STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD ASSESSMENT IN EXTENSIVE READING
FitriaDesyPratiwi
ABSTRACT
This is a study about students’ attitudes toward assessment in Extensive Reading (ET102) class in English Language Education Program of Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga. Therefore, the finding of this study is the answer for this research question: What are the students’ attitudes toward assessment in extensive reading class? It was conducted by employing open ended questionnaire. The participants were 92 students of English Department who took Extensive Reading Course in semester 1 2014/2015. The data from the questionnaire was used to get further information about their attitudes toward assessment. The finding showed that there were positive responses for the two components being assessed in this study: their opinion toward the assessment (79 respondents out of 91 or 86.8% respondents had positive opinions) and their feeling of the assessment (49 respondents out of 92 or 53.2% had positive feeling). From the positive responses, it can be concluded that the participants had majority positive attitude toward the assessment in extensive reading class. Through the result of this study, it is expected that it can give benefit for the students to know necessary information about their attitudes toward assessment.
