Attitude And Motivation Of English Education Students Toward English: A Survey Study

Abstract

In learning English, the learning process is influenced by several aspects such as; attitude and motivation. In fact, not all the students have a positive attitude and motivation toward the major they are studying. These differences may affect the way they carry out the learning process. In this section, the researchers attempt to concentrate on students’ attitudes and motivation toward learning English in the English Education Department. The objective of this study is to determine English Education students’ attitude and motivation in learning English. This study is quantitative approach; it employs surveys as the design of the research. There were 183 students participated in this study. To collect the data, this study used modified version of AMTB (Attitude and Motivation Test Battery) from Gardner. The newest version was adapted from Imsa-Ard (2020). There were 34 questions; the questionnaire was divided into five aspects (i.e. personal, emotional, educational, professional and parental). The data were then analyzed by using SPSS and Microsoft Excel. The results show that English Education students have a positive attitude and motivation toward English. The overall results revealed that students in this study are highly motivated on the professional aspect.