A STUDY OF LANGUAGE ATTITUDE OF BANYUANYAR ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL’S STUDENTS TOWARD THE USE OF MADURESE, INDONESIAN, ARABIC AND ENGLISH IN DAILY ACTIVITIES

Homaidi: 140511100096. English Study Program. Faculty of Social and Cultural
Sciences. This study is entitled “A Study of Language Attitude of Banyuanyar
Islamic Boarding School’s Students Toward the Use of Madurese, Indonesian,
Arabic and English in Daily Activities”.
This study focuses on language attitude. This study aims to find out the type
of students’ language attitude toward the use of Madurese, Indonesian, Arabic and
English including the factors motivate them to have the attitudes. The study uses
language attitude type of Garrett et al. (2003).
This study was conducted by applying a descriptive quantitative method
design by using Likert scale with measurement scale 2.50 – 4.00 for positive
attitude and 1.00 – 2.49 for negative attitude and Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree
and Strongly Disagree scale to measure the students’ motivati on on their attitude.
The data were taken from forty students’ responses in Banyuanyar Islamic Boarding
School. The data were collected by direct analysis method through questionnaires.
The result of the study showed the type of students’ language attitude. The
type of students’ attitude was positive attitude. The score for their response to
Madurese language were (2.73), to Indonesian language were (2.83), to Arabic
language were (2.92) and to English language were (2.9). The average of the whole
scores were 2.85. The score was more than 2.50 which shows positive attitude
toward those languages. The motivation of students’ positive language attitude was
motivated by the prestige and powers of each languages and motivated by their
better educational expectation in their future education.

Key words: Language Attitude, Positive and Negative Language Attitude, Motivation, Likert Scale.