Analysis on Students’ Attitude Towards Learning
English Language Based on Gender (A Descriptive
Study at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 1 Boyan
Tanjung in the Academic Year of 2015/2016)”.
The main purposes of this research were to find out the attitude level of
male students, the attitude level of female students and the difference between
male and female students’ attitude towards learning English language (at the
Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 1 Boyan Tanjung in the Academic Year of 2015
/ 2016).
This research was conducted at SMPN 1 Boyan Tanjung to get data of
students’ attitude towards learning English language based on gender. The
researcher conducted the research for three classes of VIII grade that consisted of
VIII A, VIII B and VIII C with the total number of students was 71 students, 35
male students and 36 female students. The researcher used a descriptive method
to identify students’ attitude level, both male and female students and the
difference between male students’ attitude and female students’ attitude. The
researcher used questionnaire as tool for collecting data. Furthermore, researcher
analyzed the data by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).