A study on English teachers and students’ perception toward English learning at SD Muhammadiyah Pakel

Silvia Pratiwi, Prayudha Prayudha, Nuraini Sekar Farika

Abstract


English is the most widely spoken language, making it extremely important in the modern world. Teaching young learners English is a must nowadays. This study investigates the perceptions of English learning among teachers and students at SD Muhammadiyah Pakel. Despite English being removed from the elementary school curriculum under Permendikbud No. 67 of 2013, the school continues to teach English as a Local Content subject. Through semi-structured interviews with one English teacher and ten sixth-grade students, a descriptive method was used to describe the results from the two groups of participants. The results of this qualitative study showed that the teacher and the students had positive perceptions towards English Learning in the school. Furthermore, the result also showed that English learning in Elementary Schools should be improved so that students get the benefits from learning English.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12928/iucee2024.v3i1.14613

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