THE PERSPECTIVES OF STUDENTS ON THE USE OF MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS AT SMA NEGERI 3 PALEMBANG
Daftar Isi:
- Motivational strategy is one of the strategies that can increase students’ interest in learning English. The aims of this study were to find out: (1) what dimensions of motivational strategy are the most commonly used by the teacher in English language teaching and learning process at SMA N 3 Palembang, (2) how frequently does the teacher use that type of motivational strategy dimension in English language teaching and learning process at SMA N 3 Palembang, and (3) what students’ perspectives of motivational strategy in English language teaching and learning process at SMA N 3 Palembang. The method of this study was descriptive study. The participants of the study were 72 students from the Eleventh-grade students who were chosen by using purposive sampling technique and also the English teacher who taught the same classes of participants. The results showed that: (1) the dimension 1 was the most commonly used by the teacher in English language category teaching and learning process at SMA N 3 Palembang (2) the often category in the dimension 4 had the biggest total number of percentage scores and the score was 40.27%. While, for the results of the students’ answered of all the questions in the questionnaire from part 2, the teacher sometimes used the motivational strategy in English language teaching and learning process at SMA N 3 Palembang based on students’ perspectives with the score 47.22%, (3) the students’ perspectives of motivational strategy in English language teaching and learning process at SMA N 3 Palembang was important category in the dimension 4 with the score 50%. While, for the students’ answered of all the questions in the questionnaire part 1, it also was found important category by those five categories with 52 students answered in the questionnaire and the score was 72.22%. It meant that the teacher was important to use the motivational strategy in English language teaching and learning process at SMA N 3 Palembang based on students’ perspectives.