An analysis on students’ learning difficulties in english education study program of IKIP PGRI Pontianak

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the Students of English Education Study Program difficulties in learning and discover what challenges students faced while studying. The research implemented descriptive research design in quantitative method. There were 5 students which divide into 3 students who still writing thesis and 2 alumni who recently finish their study under sixth month as the subject of the research. The proposed research applied indirect method where utilized interview with open-ended questions as a tool to collected the data. The open-ended question was developed based on three main factors that can impact on learning by Quebec (2004) which consist 16 statements. The research findings indicated that there were two factors that cause students’ difficulties in their learning process, namely individual factors and family and social factors. In individual factors students had the difficulties such as health issues that interfere their learning process, Fear of being wrong when talking with the lecturers, Nervous while dealing with the lecturers, Not confidence when talking to the lecturers, Feelings (e.g. sadness, happiness, anger) that affect students mind and enthusiasm in learning process. In the family and social factors the students’ difficulties such as difficulty paying tuition fees, difficulty in cost of living during college, different accent in languages.