DEMOTIVATING FACTORS OF NON-ENGLISH STUDENT IN LEARNING ENGLISH
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the demotivating factors of non-English
department student in learning English. This study focused on the external factors
of the students’ demotivation in learning English. Some major of the non-English
department had an interesting phenomenon such as their lack of motivation. To
achieve the research purposes, the interview was done to four students from
Agribusiness, Agro-technology, Accounting, and Mechanical Engineering major
of one of a private university in Yogyakarta. These departments have provisions
that require students to learn English. The collected data was obtained from the
interviews through qualitative research method in descriptive qualitative design.
The result of this study showed that the demotivating factors of non-English
students in learning English came from the teacher’s pedagogy and teacher’s
personality.