STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS ENGLISH SUBJECT

Abstract

This study is aimed to find out the students’ perception toward English subject, which focus on the students behavior, opinion, and response in English subject at the school. This study was classified into case study which was conducted by using questionnaires. The main subjects of this study were 21 students of class X^A and 14 students of class X^C at an SMA in Aceh Besar. The data obtained was qualitative. The qualitative data was gained from the questionnaires. After analyzing data, it found that in behavior analysis the subjects of this study are in medium level with the score is 40,82%, in opinion analysis also at a medium level with score is 54% and response analysis at a medium level too with the score is 67,42%, so it found that the subjects of this study are in the medium level. So, the writer could conclude that students’ perception towards English subject is in the medium level. Based on the finding, it is suggested that the teachers should help and understand their students before teaching them. This can be done by giving the students’ chance to ask questions, involve in discussion, express their ability in English, and try to help the students to investigate and solve their problem in learning English. Moreover, the students should increase their ability in English by trying to enrich their knowledge and reading related books.

Keywords: Perception, English subject.