Abstract
English is difficult to study by foreign language students especially Vocational High School’s students because English has its own language structure which is different with Bahasa Indonesia’s language structure which is more complicated. As a result, students are not interested in learning English and they have anxieties in learning English. For example, feeling afraid of negative feedbacks of their participation in English class, feeling anxiety towards the, communication during English class, feeling terrified towards assessment in English class [1]. However, not at all students only have anxieties, some students also have motivation to learn English. There are two kinds of motivation, which are intrinsic and extrinsic. In this research, the writer uses descriptive qualitative method. The subject of this study was the first-grade students of SMK Negeri 4 Malang which consist of 35 students from X DG E class. The writer used two instruments which were questionnaire and interview for 4 selected students. The result of the questionnaire showed that the students intrinsic and extrinsic motivation was “high” with variable mean was 2.910. It was supported the result of interview; they intrinsically feel happy to learn English and they extrinsically learn English to pass the exam. Meanwhile, the finding of this research showed that the students’ anxiety was “low” with the variable mean was 2.427. It was supported the result of interview, that they do not feel anxious towards English class. Therefore, it suggests the students to maintain their motivation and eliminate anxiety in order to improve the students’ achievement in learning English.
Highlights
English is difficult to study by foreign language students especially Vocational High School’s students because English has its own language structure which is different with Bahasa Indonesia’s language structure which is more complicated
The result of interview showed that the students do not feel anxious towards English class
The result showed that the students had intrinsic motivation in learning English because the mean was higher than 84. It means that the result of previous study and the present study showed the high intrinsic motivation
Summary
English is difficult to study by foreign language students especially Vocational High School’s students because English has its own language structure which is different with Bahasa Indonesia’s language structure which is more complicated. The finding of this research showed that the students’ anxiety was “low” with the variable mean was 2.427 It was supported the result of interview, that they do not feel anxious towards English class. Intrinsic motivation comes from within individual and extrinsic motivation is the result of any number of outside factors [7] These two kinds of motivation are very important that can influence the success of learning English. Based on all those aspects, the writer chooses Vocational High School students as the subject. In this research the writer only focuses on finding how is the motivation and anxiety of the first students’ of SMK Negeri 4 Malang
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