The Attitude of Non- English Major Student in Learning English

Abstract

This paper analyzed the results from a survey of 116 non English major students from four majors at State College for Islamic Studies, Syaikh Abdurrahman Siddik Bangka Belitung. It focused on some causes that may have hindered English learning in the past for students participating in the survey, and the students’ perspectives about English learning in State College for Islamic Studies, Syaikh Abdurrahman Siddik Bangka Belitung.
In the study reported here, a ready-made questionnaire from Hsiu-Ju Lin dan A. Clyde Warden about The English Learning Questionnaire was exposed, Factors of English learning for this population were analyzed descriptively.
Results showed that most of the students had not either fear or unpleasant feelings about their past English learning experiences, and those students of different majors had different perspectives about English learning. Several suggestions are provided for future application in teaching English to non-English majors at State College for Islamic Studies, Syaikh Abdurrahman Siddik Bangka Belitung..