Wacana : Jurnal Penelitian Bahasa, Sastra dan Pengajaran
Vol. 23 No. 1: Wacana, Vol. 23, No. 1, Januari 2025

FACTORS AFFECTING TEN GRADERS’ ATTITUDES ON LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT SMAN 8 KOTA BENGKULU

Nababan, Riama (Unknown)
Lubis, Azhar Aziz (Unknown)
Arasuli (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Sep 2025

Abstract

This survey research aims to determine the factors affecting students' attitudes toward learning English positively and negatively at SMA N 8 Kota Bengkulu. The population in this study were all grade 10 students, including science and social studies classes, with a total of 316 students with a sample 177 students using a random sampling technique. This study uses a questionnaire to collect data adapted from Getie's research (2020). Then the data was analyzed using the SPSS 25 application. The results showed that students had a positive attitude toward learning English (78%). However, it was found that the anxiety speaking in class factor has affected students' attitudes negatively (74,3%). The educational context factor has affected them positively (78,5%); however, the findings show that learning materials have affected their attitudes negatively (59,1%). The social context factor has affected their attitude positively (72,6%). The age factor has influenced their attitude positively (76,3%). However, the gender factor students do not believe that gender can affect their attitude toward learning English (66,7%). These results suggest that teachers should continue to approach students to resolve their anxiety.

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jwacana

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Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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