Investigating Demotivating Factors in English Learners: The Case of an Indonesian Junior High School Students in SMP Plus Al Munawarah Jember

Wildah, Al'Aluf (2022) Investigating Demotivating Factors in English Learners: The Case of an Indonesian Junior High School Students in SMP Plus Al Munawarah Jember. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Kiai Haji Ahmad Shiddiq Jember.

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Abstract

Motivation is a key factor that influences the rate, success and failure of foreign language learning. This adds to the importance of motivation for learning as a goal of education at all levels. Unfortunately, most of educations faced some issues that make students did not enthusiastic to study, it called as demotivating factor. Demotivating factor concerns specific external forces that reduce or diminish the motivational basis of a behavioral intention or an ongoing action. The same case also happened to the students at second grade of SMP Plus Al Munawaroh Jember. The students found it more difficult to learn a foreign language dealing with lack of motivation and they just thought that English just a weird lesson. The common theread is because the circumtances of the school and student’s environment did not really support them to use Engslish.
The research questions in this research were: 1) what are the demotivating factors to study English at the second-grade students of SMP Plus Al Munawarah? 2) How do the students overcome demotivating in learning English? The goals of this research were: 1) to find out and describe the demotivating factors that discourage students from learning English. 2) To find out and describe how the students overcame demotivating in learning English.
This research used qualitative research. The participants were the English teacher and students at second grade of SMP Plus Al Munawarah. The data collection methods that have been used were observation and interview. To validate the data, the researcher also used source triangulation and techniques triangulation. Besides, this research also used data analysis included data collection, data condensation, data presentation and drawing conclusions or verifying data.
The results of this research were the students had demotivating factors and also strategies to overcome them. The demotivating factors involved internal and external factors. The internal factors were: 1) The demotivating factors involved; internal and external factors. The internal factors included: students didn’t understand the important of English, uninterested students to study English, the unconfident students to perform English. Meanwhile the external factors included Students’ environmental factor, teacher’s interaction with students, teaching strategy, lack of media used in learning English. 2) The strategies to overcome the demotivating factors included; students being able to understand English outside of classroom, finding material on internet, students’ Environmentalism enthusiastic and support, positive atmosphere toward English.
Due to those factors students become demotivate and less interest in learning English. They dislike the English subject and it can make them lost their motivation in learning English. So, they could not going to get a great score on English subject.
Key word: demotivating factors, english language learning

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