Negative Reinforcement and English Language Teaching

Abstract

The objective of this study is to find out the negative reinforcements given by English Teacher and its influences towards the students’ learning motivation in English Language Teaching. The writer uses the combination of quantitative and qualitative approach in this study. The instruments used in this study are direct observation and open questionnaires that consist of fifteen question items related to students learning motivation in English Language Teaching. The finding result shows that there are some negative reinforcements given by English Teacher to the students, such as a) Giving no praise, b) Reprimand students with a loud voice, c) Stopping student’s ridicule, d) Reading students’ mark in the front of class, e) Always give some text   to be translated, f) Taking away the break time for they who did not finish the translation, g) Still Pressure the student to fix their answer, h) Face expression (shaking head, furrowed her brow, and show disappointed face). Those negative reinforcements bring both positive and negative influences towards students learning motivation. Finally, the writer hopes that this finding result can help readers especially the English teacher to consider the proper situation, time, ways and component in giving negative reinforcements.