The attitude of English Education Department Students of UIN Ar-Raniry in the Light of the Theory of World Englishes
| Main Author: | Zahria Amalina, 231121250 |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2016
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| Online Access: |
https://repository.ar-raniry.ac.id/id/eprint/1654/1/Zahria%20Amalina.pdf https://repository.ar-raniry.ac.id/id/eprint/1654/ http://library.ar-raniry.ac.id |
Daftar Isi:
- By adopting the notion of World Englishes (WE) as the theoretical framework, this study has explored the attitudes of college students and their awareness toward different varieties of English. This study adopted the concurrent embedded or concurrent nested strategy of mixed methods design. In this approach, quantitative data obtained from questionnaires of 38 respondents and qualitative data gained from interviews of 10 students were collected and analysed. The secondary qualitative data were embedded within the primary quantitative data to provide a supporting role in explaining and expanding the questionnaire results of the second research question. Meanwhile, the secondary quantitative data were embedded within the primary qualitative data to provide a supporting role in explaining and expanding the interview results of the first research question. This research involved some English department students batch 2012 as the participants of this study. The study found that the students have positive attitudes toward the varieties of English and they are aware of different varieties of English. However, because of their lack of exposure of the varieties, students’ knowledge of those varieties is limited.