The EFL Students’ Perception on The Bilingual Language Used

by The Teacher in an English Classroom of the 4th Semester

Students in University of Muhammadiyah Malang

THESIS

By:

Nia Kurniawan

201610100311136

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER

TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY

OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2021

The EFL Students’ Perception on The Bilingual

Language Used by The Teacher in an English Classroom

of the 4th Semester Students in University of

Muhammadiyah Malang

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Language Education

By:

Nia Kurniawan

201610100311136

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2021

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This thesis was written by Nia Kurniawan and was approved on 2 june 2021

By:

Advisor II, Advisor I,

Nina Inayati, S.Pd., M.Ed Erly Wahyuni, Dra. Hj., M. Si

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UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN

PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Kampus III: Jl. Raya Tlogomas No. 246 Malang Telp (0341) 464318 - 319

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SURAT KETERANGAN E.5.a/261/B.Ing-FKIP/UMM/VII/2021

Yang bertanda tangan

di bawah ini:

Nama : Bayu Hendro

Wicaksono, M.Ed.,Ph.D Jabatan

: Ketua Prodi

Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

Menerangkan bahwa

mahasiswa:

Nama : Nia Kurniawan

NIM : 201610100311136

Judul Skripsi : The EFL Students Perception on The Bilingual

Language Used by The Teacher in an English

Classroom of the 4th Semester Students in UMM

adalah benar-benar mahasiswa Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa

Inggris FKIP-UMM yang telah melaksanakan proses ujian skripsi

pada Periode III 2021. Mahasiswa tersebut telah dinyatakan lulus

ujian skripsi dengan nilai B+ dan telah melakukan revisi yang telah

disetujui oleh para penguji.

Demikian surat keterangan ini dibuat, agar digunakan sebagaimana

semestinya.

Malang, 13 Juli 2021

Ketua Prodi,

Bayu Hendro Wicaksono, M.Ed., Ph.D

Visi: Menjadi Prodi yang terkemuka di tingkat internasional dalam

penyelenggaraan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris berdasarkan nilai-nilai

keprofesionalan dan ke-Islaman.

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MOTTO AND DEDICATIONS

MOTTO

“Life is an succesion of lessons which must be lived to be

understand. All is riddle , and the key to a riddle is another riddle”. –

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one

pages”. – Augustine of Hippo

DEDICATIONS

I dedicate this thesis to:

Me, my family, my friends, and my dearest advisor Mrs. Erly and

Mrs. Nina

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The EFL Students’ Perception on The Bilingual Language Used

by The Teacher in an English Classroom of the 4th Semester

Students in University of Muhammadiyah Malang

ABSTRACT

Most of people are agree that bilingual language should be used in

mastering English, in this modern era the students should master English well, by

using bilingual language they will easy to learn English. The aims of this study to

investigate the perception of students toward the use of two languages (English –

Indonesia) by the lecturer in an English classroom and to find out the benefits for

the students in learning English. The study used a descriptive design. The

participant of the study was 40 students on 4th semester, academic year 2021, 40

students completed the questionnaire and 3 students were selected to be the

respondents.

The findings show that generally the students have positive perception on

the use of bilingual language by the teacher in an English classroom. The

interviewees state that the use of bilingual language was helpful for the students in

the class, they thought that they can express something easily without any

pressure, also it helps them translating vocabulary and grammatical error. The

benefits were: helping them to catch up the material easily, making them easy to

understand new vocabulary in English, making them to feel comfortable with the

class atmosphere, helping them to manage the time in learning English, making

them to be more willing to express something, helping them easy to solve the

problem and helping them to increase their ability in writing, reading, listening

and speaking. Based on the findings, Students and teachers are given advice about

how to be more communicative so that they can discuss whether or not the

students are confused by the teachers' language.Finally, it is also suggested for the

future researchers to employ the sample from higher level of students.

Keyword :bilingual languages, EFL classroom, students perceptions

Advisor I The Researcher

Erly Wahyuni, Dra. Hj., M. Si Nia Kurniawan

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First and the foremost, praises and thank to Allah SWT., the

Almighty, for giving me the big blessing throughout my research work

to complete the research.

I would like to say big thanks to my research advisor Mrs. Erly

Wahyuni, Dra. Hj., M. Si and Mrs. Nina Inayati, S.Pd., M.Ed for always

being very patient to face the students like me. It was a great moment to

complete my thesis under their guidance.

I am very thankful to my beloved family for their love, prayers,

their caring, and their sacrifices for educating and supporting me as

always. I would like to say thanks to all of my friends who help me

complete this thesis. My special thanks go to myself and God,

completely.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

APPROVAL ............................................................................................................... ii

MOTTO AND DEDICATIONS ................................................................................. v

AUTHOR’S DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY .................................................. vi

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................ vii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................ viii

TABLE OF CONTENT .............................................................................................. ix

CHAPTER 1 .............................................................................................................. 1

1.1 Research Background ....................................................................................... 1

1.2 Research Questions ........................................................................................... 5

1.3 Research Objectives .......................................................................................... 5

1.4 Significance of the Study................................................................................... 5

1.5 The Scope and Limitation ................................................................................. 6

1.6 Definition of Key Term ..................................................................................... 6

CHAPTER 2 ............................................................................................................... 8

2.1 Definition of Bilingualism .................................................................................. 8

2.2 Perceptions .......................................................................................................... 11

2.3 The Use of L1 in EFL Classroom ....................................................................... 13

CHAPTER 3 ............................................................................................................... 18

3.1 Research Design .................................................................................................. 18

3.2 Research Participant ............................................................................................ 19

3.3 Data Collection Method ...................................................................................... 20

3.3.1 Questionnaire .................................................................................................. 20

3.3.2 Interview ........................................................................................................ 21

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3.4 Research Procedures ........................................................................................... 22

3.5 Data Analysis ...................................................................................................... 23

CHAPTER 4 ............................................................................................................... 25

4.1 FINDING ............................................................................................................ 25

4.1.1 The Students’ Perception on The Used Bilingual Language by The Teacher . 26

4.1.2 The Benefits of Using Bilingual Language by an English Teacher ................. 35

4.2 DISCUSSION ..................................................................................................... 38

CHAPTER 5 ............................................................................................................... 41

5.1 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................... 41

5.2 SUGGESTION ................................................................................................... 42

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APPENDICES ............................................................................................................ 44

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