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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS IN LEARNING ENGLISH
USING GROUP WORK ACTIVITIES
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
IVANA ARLENE WELLINGTON
112010100
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS IN LEARNING ENGLISH
USING GROUP WORK ACTIVITIES
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
IVANA ARLENE WELLINGTON
112010100
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS IN LEARNING ENGLISH
USING GROUP WORK ACTIVITIES
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
IVANA ARLENE WELLINGTON
112010100
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This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or any diploma in any university. To the best of my knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright @2014. Ivana Arlene Wellington and Prof. Dr. Gusti Astika, M.A.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga.
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Faculty : Faculty of Language and Literature Kind of Work : Undergraduate Thesis
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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS IN LEARNING ENGLISH USING GROUP WORK ACTIVITIES
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Made in : Salatiga
Date : February 20, 2014
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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS IN LEARNING ENGLISH
USING GROUP WORK ACTIVITIES
Ivana Arlene Wellington
Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga – Indonesia.
Abstract
Group work activity has been very popular nowadays because it gives the students chance to speak more, to share ideas, to overcome the problems given, and to think critically. Many research conducted by many experts show that it gave benefits and positive impacts to the students. However, no research presented the students’ perceptions about group work activities. Thus, this study focused on the students’ perceptions about group work activities. The participants were 60 students of Satya Wacana High School. The study shows that most of the participants had the same perspective toward group work activities and most of their attitude toward it was positive. Although most of the students felt that group work activities gave them positive impacts, yet, some students saw it differently. When it came to the problems they encountered in doing group work activities, most of them responded that many students were not actively involved in the group work activities. The participants also stated that group work activity was not very effective because it required a lot of time.
