AN INVESTIGATION OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD THE USE OF GOOGLE TRANSLATOR IN LEARNING PROCESS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT OF BATURAJA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The objectives of the study were to investigate the students’ attitude toward the use of google
translator, the students frequency of using google translator in learning process and problems
when using GT and solutions. This study was a case study. The population of this study was
all students of English Education Department of Baturaja University. The researchers used
total sampling to take the sample , the sample was all the students of English Education
Department. The data collected through the questionnaire and interview. The result of the
study showed that students’ attitude toward the use of google translator in leaning process were
in positive category. The students responses on the attitude aspect were on interval 41% -
100% that included in positive attitude. The data of the frequency of GT showed that the mean
score was on 2.34 – 3.66 that means on moderate level. In addition, the result of questionnaire
asking about the problems of using GT showed that using GT was not always correct, the
solutions that students found were double check the result of GT. The next problem was about
signal which make students cannot access GT and the solutions were using their own effort to
translate it such as using dictionary or another resources.