“STUDY
OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENT’S REASON TO BE ABSENT
IN CERTAIN CLASS”
Conducted
by
NURSYAH
PUTRIANA KAABA
MUZNA
MONOARFA
CINDRA
S. HULU
FERNANDO
USUMAN
CHAPTER
I
INTRODUCTION
- Basic Consideration
Discuss
about students motivation is not only talk about their learn
motivation but also include the whole of the factors which influence
that. Their motivation is dividing to good motivation and bad
motivation. In classroom, absolutely concern to their attitude and
their academic ability. Especially in our mini research will observe
about students reason to be absent in certain class or subject. Next,
the researchers are not only observing the student’s reason to be
absent but also search the data about student’s perception to being
absent and the benefit for them.
Based
on the description above, the researchers are interested in
conducting a research about students reason to be absent in certain
class. So the researchers formulates the title of this research is
“STUDY OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENT’S REASON TO
BE ABSENT IN CERTAIN CLASS”.
- Problem statement of this research is:
- What is the student’s reasons to be absent in certain class?
- Hypothesis
Based
on the problem statement, the researchers think that student’s
reason to be absent in certain class is sick.
- Objective of Research
The
objective of this research is to know what is the student’s reason
to be absent in certain class.
- Significant of Research
The
data is collected by observe the sample of student’s reason to be
absent in certain class. So, the
significant of this research are as follows:
- To give information to the lecture about the student’s reason to be absent in certain class.
- To give contribution to the other researchers who will observe about student’s reason to be absent in certain class.
CHAPTER
II
LITERALLY
REVIEW
- Influence of Students Interest to Their Motivation in Class
Anne Anastasi and
Susana Urbina stated that someone interest and attitude is can
influence their academic achievement and work. That is can be the
basic theory to observe students motivation in class. Surely there
are strong relations between academic result and learning process; in
this case their motivation. Direct or indirect it will very close
with everything that will be the problems in learning process,
include being absent itself.
Next, to know the
real sixth semester students condition in classroom especially in
being absent, the researchers ask some questions that related with
the kinds of motivate. That was agree with the theory of motivate
that argued by Agus Susanto.
- Learning Problems
Learning problems,
specifically students learning difficultness are the main point that
will be discuss in this research. Example, student’s basic reasons
and teacher attitude. It will be very useful to observe teacher
attitude too, because to observe learning process is not only talk
about student’s problems but also teacher’s problem (Mulyono
Abdurrahman: 2002).
CHAPTER
III
METHODOLOGY
OF RESEARCH
- METHOD OF RESEARCH
The
method used in this research is qualitative method. In this case,
the researchers want to know english department sixth semester
student’s reason to be absent in certain class.
- SUBJECT OF RESEACH
The
subject of this research is english department sixth semester
student.
3.4
TEHNIQUE OF COLLECTING DATA
In
collecting data, the researchers are using Cross-Sectional method.
3.4
TEHNIQUE OF ANALYSING THE DATA
In
analyzing the data, the researcher use qualitative method. The steps
in analyzing the data are following:
- Designing
Researchers
are designing the quistioner.
- Collecting
Researchers
collecting data based on the respondent answers.
- Analyzing
Researchers
analyze the data and converse the data to percent form.
CHAPTER
IV
DISCUSSION
The
researchers have been got the data by asked some questions in the
format of questioner to the 32 sixth semester students of English
department. We selected questioner method to collect the data because
that is really appropriate with the short time research. This method
of collecting data is called Cross-Sectional method (Bimo
Walgito:2004:26).
The
questioner is contains with 10 questions, which categorized to three
short answer-questions and seven multiple choice-questions. This
questioner is the mix-form of open questioner and closed questioner.
Based on Nurkancana: 1993, there are kind of questioner based on the
questions form. The questioner that provided the answer is called
closed questioner and the questioner that allow the respondents to
answer freely is called open questioner. Then, for our questioner we
mix those kinds, to be mix form of open and closed questioner.
Here
is the result of our study. We will explain from number one to ten.
- We asked about their frequency to be absent from the first year until now, and the result are:
- 40,62 % are often to be absent
- 37,5 % has been absent
- 15,62 % are never absent
- 6,25 % are very often to be absent
- We asked about what class/classes that they always absent to, and the result are:
- Most respondent are absent in Reading III class
- Secondly, some of them are absent in English Instructional Design class
- We asked why they be absent in that class, and we asked them to select the most five reasons, the result are:
- 68, 75 % are sick
- 65, 62 % are lazy
- 56, 25 % are wake up late
- 50 % has another important business outside classroom
- 43, 75 % are boring
- We asked them about another reason that make they absent, and the result are:
- Most of them answered that the lecture explanation are confusing
- Some of them answered that rain is the another reason
- We asked them about the concrete impact for them to be absent, and the result are :
- 93,76 % are lost the material in that meeting.
- 3, 12 % are mad by the lecture.
- 3,12 % has been decrease/error their mark.
- We asked them about their feeling when they present in the next meeting after they have been absent recently, and the result are:
- 37, 5 % are worry.
- 25 % are feel something lost.
- 25 % are afraid the lecture will mad to them.
- 18, 75 are feeling ok.
- We asked them about their other feeling when they present in the next meeting after they have been absent recently, and the result are:
- Most of them answered feel sorry.
- We asked them about what the lecture do if they absent to their class, and the result are:
- 59, 37 % answered that the lectures ask them about their reason to be absent.
- 40, 62 % answered that the lecture do nothing.
- 12, 5 % answered that the lectures decrease their score.
- We asked them about the benefit to be absent, and the result are:
- 43, 75 % are feel relax.
- 37, 5 % are can do another thing that you tend to more like.
- 28, 12 % are feeling free at the time.
- We asked them about what they think about being absent in certain class, and the result are:
- 46, 87 % answered that is totally not good.
- 40, 62 % answered that is normally.
- 12, 5 % answered that they do not have any idea about it.
Overall,
based on our result of study, especially for the question that asked
about the reason to be absent in that class, the results are:
- 68, 75 % are sick
- 65, 62 % are lazy
- 56, 25 % are wake up late
- 50 % has another important business outside classroom
- 43, 75 % are boring
It
means that beside sick, they also influenced by their interest and
motivate. That is very agreeing with Anastasi and Urbina’s
argument. They think that interest, motivate and attitude has big
power to influence someone’s education and work.
Next,
about the result of question that asked about what the lecture do if
they absent to their class, and the result are:
- 59, 37 % answered that the lectures ask them about their reason to be absent.
- 40, 62 % answered that the lecture do nothing.
It
means that, teacher’s attitude especially response to them is can
be the reason to make them being absent again and again. Also, the
material that seems like not appropriate with students level is make
student feel uncomfortable to be in that class. If teacher teach the
inappropriate material to the students developments, it can make
students difficult to learn (Mulyono Abdurrahman: 2002: 84). For
instance, teacher should pay attention to the student, not only who
has academic problem but also has motivate problem.
CHAPTER
V
CONCLUSION
After
observed this study, we can conclude that there are many reasons
which influence students frequency to be absent in certain class.
There are, sick, lazy, wake up late, having another business outside
classroom and boring. It means that not only physical condition that
can be factor, but also psychological motivate.
Next,
is really important for teacher to pay attention to the always-absent
student and also change their learning method. Because if we improve
students motivate and teacher attitude, the learning problem will be
solved.
APPENDIX
STUDY
OF STUDENT’S REASONS TO BE ABSENT IN CERTAIN CLASS/SUBJECT
- Read careful every single question
- Answer with the true fact
- Your name and identity will be protected
- How often you absent in certain class or subject from the first year until now?
- Never
- You have been do that
- Often
- Very often
- What class that you always been absent?
Note:
Mention one or two certain classes
- Why you absent in that class/classes?
Note:
choose the most five reasons
- Sick
- Has another important business outside classroom
- Boring
- You did not like the lecture for some reason
- The lecture is tend to be absent too
- You not yet do the homework/task
- You wake up late
- You did not like the subject/class
- You have been persuaded or attracted by your friend/s
- Lazy
- Do you have another reason/s that make you be absent in that class/classes?
Note:
if you have, mention it.
- The concrete impact for you to been absent in that class/classes is?
- You lost the material in that meeting
- The lecture is being mad to you
- You lost the chance to submit your task or follow the exam
- Your mark is been decrease/error
- What do you feel when you present in next meeting after you have been absent recently?
- You are ok/fine
- You are worry
- You are afraid the lecture will mad to you
- You feels something lost
- Do you have the other feeling that you feel when you present in next meeting after you have been absent recently?
Note:
if you have, mention it.
- What lecture do if you absent to their class?
- Nothing
- The lecture admonish you
- The lecture ask your reason to be absent
- The lecture mad to you
- The lecture decrease your score/mark
Note:
choose two and you may add one or another.
- The benefit for you to be absent is?
- Feel free at the time
- You can do another thing that you tend to more like/more important to you
- You can save the money or use that for other things
- You have time to relax or take a rest
Note:
choose one and you may add.
- What do you think about being absent in certain class?
- That is totally not good
- That is normally
- That is weird
- You have no idea about that
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