Motivation is one of main determinant factor in learning second or foreign language. There are two types of motivation, which are integrative and instrumental motivation. Both of them play an essential role of the success in learning second or foreign language. Unfortunately, there is some debate about which kind of motivation is important for second language learner. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the senior high school students’ motivation toward learning English as a second language. The study is quantitative design. The participant of this study was twelve grade students at one of senior high school in Bandung. The data were obtained through questionnaire. The used questionnaire was integrative and instrumental motivation scale of Gardner’s Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB) that is adapted by Vaezi (2010). The questionnaire has 5-point scale ranged from “strongly disagree†to “strongly agreeâ€. The data gained then was analyzed using SPSS 16.0. The result of the study showed that senior high school students were instrumentally motivated in learning English as a second language. In their point of view, learning English was important for supporting their future job and career. Keywords: Integrative and instrumental motivation, senior high school students
Komponen pembelajaran dibutuhkan untuk mendukung proses belajar yang efektif dan efisien. Salah satu komponen tersebut adalah media. Hasil temuan penelitian lain menemukan minimnya pemanfaatan media dalam pengajaran bahasa Inggris untuk anak usia dini, khususnya pengajaran kosa kata. Oleh karena itu, pengabdian ini bermaksud untuk membekali keterampilan dan kreatifitas guru dalam pembuatan media pembelajaran bahasa Inggris dengan menggunakan barang-barang yang ada di lingkungan sekitar, terutama barang bekas seperti kardus, botol air minum kemasan, kertas, sedotan, dll. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan pengabdian ini adalah pelatihan. Pelatihan diberikan pada guru-guru bahasa Inggris di Desa Jalancagak, Subang pada 10 Agustus 2019. Hasilnya, pada dasarnya guru mampu dan cukup kreatif dalam memanfaatkan barang bekas sebagai media pembelajaran. Beberapa media ajar yang dihasilkan adalah ular tangga, papan huruf, dan wayang mobil. Namun, hal ini harus terus dimotivasi dan dikembangkan sehingga tercipta pembelajaran yang inovatif dan atraktif. Media pembelajaran dari barang bekas, bagaimanapun, memiliki keunggulan yang tidak kalah dari media pembelajaran berbasis teknologi. Selain biaya yang murah, aturan main dari pemanfaatan barang bekas ini sangat mudah dan familiar bagi siswa. Selain itu, guru juga dapat mengembangkan kreatifitas siswa dengan mengajak mereka bersama-sama membuat media dari barang bekas.
There is a belief that ice breaking can be used in the classroom as it provides several advantages for the students. One of them is that it can improve students’ learning motivation. This study aims to prove this belief. In other words, it attempts to investigate the effectiveness of ice breaking in improving students’ learning motivation. Quantitative with one group pretest and posttest was used in this study. The population was the 10th grade students at SMK YPKKP. The sample was one class of office administration major. The data was collected through motivation test adapted from (Burhan, 2017). The result showed that null hypothesis of this study was rejected. It is proved by the data from t-test that shows the sigma 2 tailed is 0.00. This value is less than 0.05. Null hypothesis, therefore, was rejected. This means that ice breaking could definitely improve the students’ motivation in learning English. The teacher therefore can implement it in the classroom. in the title.
Several studies believe that providing feedback on a students� writing task offers several benefits. However, giving excessive corrections on students� mistakes can have a negative impact on the students� feeling. This study aims to investigate English Foreign Language students� emotional response to the teachers� written corrective feedback. A qualitative method was applied. The participants were 72 third grade students at an institution in Cimahi. To collect the data, a five-point Likert scale questionnaire and a semi-structured interview were applied. The results revealed that the teachers� written corrective feedback had negative impact to the students� feelings, especially for the students who had mid and low proficiency level in writing. It even led to the students� demotivation. This indicates that the teachers have to consider several things before they give some written feedback as it can affect the students� attitude in a negative way.
Writing is part important of language. One important skill that should be mastered by the students. The fact show that most of the student find the difficulties in writing. The problems are related to their motivation and technical problem. The method is belief to be able to improve students writing skill. Therefore, the aims of the research is to investigate the application of Two Stay Two Stray (TSTS) method to improve students writing ability.This research used quantitative method.The population of this research was all tenth grade students at one of vocational schools in Cimahi. The sample was eightheen students of class X TKJ. The instrument used test.The result showed that the mean scores of pretest was 63.94 and of posttest was 73.88. From this data it can be concluded after students learned writing narrative text using Two Stay Two Stray (TSTS) method, their writing skill were improved.
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