Perception and Interest in English Teaching as Profession
(A Survey towards Fifth Semester Students of English Department in Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto)
A THESIS
Submitted to English Department as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement S.Pd. Degree
By:
DENA YUDIAPASA MULYONO 1201050105
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
MOTTO
The perfect faith will not leave a practice that can
bring him to God even if there are thousands of
reasons to leave .
( Sayyid Abdullah Al - Haddad )
You will never fall if you are afraid to
climb.
DEDICATION
Bismillahirrohmanirrohim
My praise be toward Allah SWT, Shalawat and salam always be given to our
prophet Muhammad SAW. This thesis is heartedly dedicated to:
1. My beloved parents, Mrs. Emi Yudiarti and Mr. Mulyono, S.Pd. for your
countless support, prayers, love, and for your endless forgiveness. You‟ve
been through hard times because of me. I love you so much;
2. Dra. Titi Wahyukti, M.Pd., my supervisor, for having inspired and guided me
patiently in composing this thesis;
3. all the examiners who have given suggestions and critics to this thesis. Also
all my great lecturers in English Department for the invaluable teaching;
4. all chiefs of departments of Teacher Training and Education Faculty;
5. my honorable friend Rina Sukmawati, S.Kom. for motivating me;
6. my dearest classmates in Class D PBI UMP 2012, love you all buddies.
Thanks for the best time we spent together;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
To The Almighty, Allah, all this thankfulness is presented. Praise is merely to Allah SWT for the gracious mercy, and tremendous blessing that enable me to accomplish this bachelor thesis as a requirements in accomplishing S-1 Degree in English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. The writer would like to express his great appreciation to:
1. Drs. Pudiyono, M. Hum., the dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of The University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto.
2. Aulia Nisa Khusnia, S.S, M.A. as the head of English Department.
3. Dra. Titi Wahyukti, M.Pd. for the valuable assistance and inspiration as well as great constructive advice to the completion of this bachelor thesis.
4. all chiefs of departments of Teacher Training and Education Faculty, for the permission to conduct research.
5. all lecturers in English Department, for the inspiration, guidance, and patience during study in the university.
6. Fift semester students of English Department Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto for the participation.
It is a real consciousness that this thesis is still far away from perfection. To do with this, constructive comments, suggestions, and guidance are very welcome for the sake of betterment of the quality of this research.
Wassalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
Purwokerto, 21 Januari 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Research ... 1
B. Reasons of Choosing the Topic ... 2
C. Research Problems ... 3
D. The Objectives of the Research ... 3
E. Significance of the Research ... 3
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW A. Literature Description ... 5
CHAPTER IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
A. Results ... 28
1. Perception ... 28
2. Interest ... 68
B. Discussion ... 44
1. Perception ... 44
2. Interest ... 47
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATION A. Conclusion ... 51
B. Implication ... 51 REFERENCES
LIST OF TABLES
1. Table 3.1.
Indicator of Questionnaire... 25
2. Table 3.2.
Scoring Sistem of Questionnaire ... 25
3. Table 3.3.
Interview Guideline ... 26
4. Table 3.4.
12. Figure 4.12.
Item number 12 ... 37
13. Figure 4.13.
Item number 13 ... 38
14. Figure 4.14.
Item number 14 ... 39
15. Figure 4.15.
Item number 15 ... 39
16. Figure 4.16.
Item number 16 ... 40
17. Figure 4.17.
Item number 17 ... 41
18. Figure 4.18.
Item number 18 ... 42
19. Figure 4.19.
Item number 19 ... 42
20. Figure 4.20.
LIST OF APPENDICES
1. APPENDIX A
Instrument
2. APPENDIX B
ABSTRACT
Perception and Interest in English Teaching as Profession (A Survey towards Fifth Semester Students of English Department in
Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto)
DENA YUDIAPASA MULYONO 1201050105
The aims of this research were 1) to describe the fifth semester students‟
perception toward English teaching as a profession 2) to reveal the fifth semester
students‟ interest in English teaching as a profession. The research was descriptive. It was survey study. The population of this research was the fifth semester students of English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto. The researcher took 60 students as sample. The instruments of collecting data were questionnaire and interview. Data collection was conducted on December 2016. Based on the research result, researcher concluded that on
average the students‟ perception achieved M=2.95 (73.75%) and interest achieved M=2.98 (74.5%). It means that generally the most of fifth semester students had good perception and interest in English teaching as a profession.
