Language Attitude and Motivation Toward Learning Indonesian of Third Grade Students of Junior and Senior High Schools at Triton Tutoring Agency Denpasar
Abstract
This study aims to describe (1) the attitude and (2) the motivation toward learning Indonesian of the third-grade students of junior and senior high schools at the Triton Tutoring Agency Denpasar. The population in this research comprised all junior and senior high school third-grade students who follow study guidance at the Triton Tutoring Agency Denpasar, i.e. a total of 1719 students. The samples of the study comprised 95 students determined using a probability sampling method with proportional random sampling technique. The data in this study were collected by using questionnaires. Data were analyzed using quantitative descriptive analysis. The results of this study indicate that (1) the language attitudes toward Indonesian of the third-grade students of junior and senior high schools at the Triton Tutoring Agency Denpasar tend to be negative and (2) the motivation of these students toward learning Indonesian tends to be low.
Keywords: language attitude, motivation toward language learning, tutoring agency
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