ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS THE LECTURERS’ USE OF ENGLISH IN THE CLASSROOM (A Study at English Education Department of University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto in Academic Year 2016/2017)

PUTRI, GIA NADA SIRIH SUKSESI (2017) ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS THE LECTURERS’ USE OF ENGLISH IN THE CLASSROOM (A Study at English Education Department of University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto in Academic Year 2016/2017). Other thesis, UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO.

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Abstract

This research attempts to portray the students’ perception towards the lecturers’ use of English in the classroom. It was conducted in one private university in Purwokerto, Central Java, involving 80 students from four different semesters. The data were collected through questionnaire, and interview. The questionnaire results were tabulated into percentage then interpreted to explore the students’ perception, and the responses from the interview were transcribed, categorized and interpreted to clarify the finding from questionnaire. The result from questionnaire showed that most of students had positive perception towards the lecturers’ use of English, in which English is used approximately 70% in the classroom. From that percentage of English, 97.8% students assumed that it could give positive impression towards the lecturers who use it. In other words, the students were highly appreciative to the lecturers. Besides, 87.3% students regarded that it was advantageous for their English improvement, and 87.9% students thought that it could bring positive classroom atmosphere. Meanwhile, the data from the interview showed that most of the students’ responses were in agreement with their answers in the questionnaire, that 88.75% students agreed with the amount of the lecturers’ use of English so far. They wanted their lecturers mix the languages when teaching in the classroom with English being dominant. However, the data also revealed that 27.5% students assumed that the use of English actively by lecturers could be a problem, causing them to be nervous in joining the classroom, and confused in understanding the material. Therefore, the lecturers also need to consider a few things, such as the portion of English, the speed of talk and the choices of word. Hopefully, the findings of the research could be a great help for English lecturers in making decision on whether they should use full English, or mix between English-Indonesian during teaching and learning process in the classroom.

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