Attitude-Motivation of Learning English as L2 - Study Case of Airlangga Linguistics Students Full Manuscript

Abstract

This study aspires to scrutinise the attitude and motivation of Airlangga University linguistics students in learning and mastering English as their L2. Sufficient proficiency and command in English are needed to support the academic success in teaching-learning process, particularly in a university. Through a total of 20 active linguistics students in Airlangga University that had been surveyed, it is found that a plenty of them still do not meet the minimum proficiency that the university has set. There are several factors that affect students’ proficiency in English of the linguistics students in Airlangga University. Through the finding of this research, it is found out that these factors derived from internal motivation of the students and also external factors that keep motivating the students to have adequate proficiency and command in English. To help the linguistics students in bridging their understanding for the teaching-learning materials which are predominantly delivered in English is the main drive of the linguistics students’ motivation to master English as their L2. This research provides students, academics, scholars, and institutions several suggestions and solutions that can be done to overcome obstacles or problems that the learners must face in order to obtain L2 learning achievements. Several things are also suggested in this research regarding what can be done in order to maximise L2 learning process.