A Survey of Indonesian High School Students Perceptions of Learning Engagement in a Language Classroom

Abstract

ThiV VWXd\ ZaV cRQdXcWHd WR LdHQWLI\ IQdRQHVLaQ KLJK VcKRRO VWXdHQW¶V SHUcHSWLRQ RI learning engagement in a language classroom by students at a private high school in Indonesia. A survey study was employed by adapting the Four Aspect of Student Engagement Questionnaire (FASEQ) from Reeve and Tseng (2011). The questionnaire consists of 22 items. In conducting this study, SPSS and Microsoft Excel were used to analyze the data to obtain descriptive statistics calculation. The participants were 33 students in a 11th grade at a Private High School. They were selected asrespondents because they already have one year of learning experience at the school, also they are familiar with the environment and feel the various kinds of learning situations that occur in the school. The sampling method used is convenience sampling. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that students feel more engaged in the classroom through the behavioral and emotional engagement points offered by the teacher. The highest score revealed i ni t e m s n u m b e r 7 with mean (M=6.33) and standard deviation (SD=0.77), and the lowest score presented in items number 2 with mean (M=4.12) and standard deviation (SD=1.23). Further research is recommended to explore learning engagement further andto use a larger sample size to enhance the broader relevance of the findings.