AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING DEPARTMENT
STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES TOWARD ENGLISH
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Ruth Alvina Widodo 112008025
ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
An Analysis of English Language Teaching Department Students’
Perspective toward English
Ruth Alvina Widodo
Abstract
There are many kinds of perspectives toward English around the world, for example, English as foreign language, lingua franca, global language, etc,withtheir own characteristics. In Indonesia,there are possibly some perspectives as well. This descriptive quantitative research investigates on which perspectives are applicable in Indonesia based on English Language Teaching
Department (ELTD) students‟ point of view. Questionnaires were distributed to
100 ELTD students.The questionnaires were about some statements toward English among ELTD students.The students need to answer it by choosing number 1-5 that indicated strongly disagree to strongly agree. As the result, the researcher found that ELTD students have 3 perspectives toward English. Based on the rank, the participants regarded English as global language first, English as an additional language second, and English as a foreign language third.
