Inspiration : Instructional Practices in Language Education


WHY DO THE STUDENTS DO DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN ENGLISH CLASSROOM?

Anida Fadhilah Jati (English Education Department, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta)
Endang Fauziati (English Education Department, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta)
Agus Wijayanto (English Education Department, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Oct 2025

Abstract

A conducive learning situation is essential in learning English. However, one problem that usually disturbs the learning situation is the appearance of disruptive behavior. Students' disruptive behavior is an inappropriate behavior conducted by students during the learning process which turns the classroom into not conducive. Exactly, there are several factors contribute to the occurrence of disruptive behavior in the classroom, especially on senior high school students. Thus, the current study was a case study aimed to investigate several causes of students' disruptive behavior in English teaching-learning process in the classroom. The subjects of this study were seven English teachers and six selected classes from the tenth grade until the twelfth-grade students in a small town in Indonesia. The data were collected by using observation and interview. The result of this study showed that students' disruptive behavior in the English classroom was caused by internal factor and external factor. Feeling boredom, feeling anxiety, and seeking attention were internal factor that became the occurrence of disruptive behavior. While fatigue and the influence of media were the external factor that causes the emergence of students' disruptive behavior in the English teaching-learning process in the classroom.

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inspiration

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Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

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Inspiration: Instructional Practices in Language Education is a peer-reviewed international journal published bianually by Magister Tadris Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan keguruan, UIN Sumatera Utara Medan, Indonesia. INSPIRATION is dedicated to serve as a forum for academicians and ...