Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning and Advanced Education (ICOLAE 2022)

How Autonomous Students Solved Their Problems in Learning English: A Case at a Special Program Class (PK) in an Indonesian High School

Authors
Vika Widiyantiningsih1, Mauly Halwat Hikmat1, *
1Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, Surakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: mh178@ums.ac.id
Corresponding Author
Mauly Halwat Hikmat
Available Online 29 August 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-086-2_188How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Students; Special Program Class; Learning English
Abstract

This study aims to exemplify how students who have some problems in learning English try to solve their problems. The design of this research is qualitative descriptive study. The subject of the study were students who had low achievement in English who got scores under 75. The data were collected by using observation, documentation and interview. The data source used in this study were 24 students of ninth class A special program at MTS Negeri 1 Surakarta. Observation were used to analyze the English learning process. The results of the study showed the following findings. The problems faced by the students were low motivation, limited idea or opinion, low ability to understand the materials. To overcome the challenges; students listened to the motivation given by teachers, learning from various resources that were easy to understand, and participated in collaborative learning applied by teachers. It indicates that students challenges can be solved by students themselves.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning and Advanced Education (ICOLAE 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
29 August 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-086-2
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-086-2_188How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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