Nursing Students’ Perceptions of English Club

Extracurricular Activities Toward Academic

Achievement
Juliana1,*
1
julianazakaria123@gmail.com
*
Corresponding author. Email: julianazakaria123@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
This research is a descriptive study. It aims to examine descriptively about students’ perceptions of English Club
Extracurricular activities toward students’ academic achievement. The sample consists of students who took part in
English Club extracurricular activities as many as 47 students in academic year 2010/2020. Data collection method in
this study are questionnaire and documentation. Questionnaire was used to find out students' opinions about English
extracurricular activities. While documentation was used to obtain data about the names and number of students who
become research respondent. The data was analysed in term of percentage by using statistic descriptive Ms. Excel
2013. The results of this study found that the average value of students' perceptions reached 85,60% which means
students strongly agree with the existence of English Club extracurricular activities to support the improvement of
their academic achievement especially in English.

Keywords: Perception, English Club, academic achievement

1. INTRODUCTION Extracurricular activities are a series of teaching and

In this global era, English is a mandatory material
that must be used as a teaching material for students,
including nursing students [1]. This is important
because it is undeniable that nurses in Indonesia often
encounter obstacles when serving foreigners. It is quite
difficult for them to have a dialogue with tourists, even
though at this time our country is increasingly being
visited by foreigners, whether for holidays, research, or
student exchange. Most of time, while the tourists are
here, they experience health problems or just need a
check-up.
Furthermore, instructions for use of the majority of
the medical equipment are also in English. In this case,
to understand the concept, good English skills are
needed so that we can understand the meaning of
context. Therefore, the campus should provide facilities
to support the students’ skills in English, such as
English club extracurricular activities.
learning activities outside the programmed lesson hours
[2]. The purposes of these activities are to increase
students’ talents and interests as well as the spirit of
community service. Many types of activities are carried
out in extracurricular activities, such as Youth Scouts,
Red Cross, English Club and so on. In these activities,
students can directly practice it such as holding
environmental clean-up actions, providing assistance to
people in need and learning to interact with the
surrounding environment when carrying out social
services and also practicing English with the people
around them.
There are several components in learning activities
and the learning process, such as learning methods,
learning media, interests, and time to carry out these
learning activities [3]. The interest that each student has
in a course is also able to influence student learning
outcomes in that course. In coaching students, a forum
or program that is run is needed to support the
educational process that can improve abilities and skills Academy of Nursing Kesdam Iskandar Muda Banda
towards more advanced knowledge. English has always Aceh (AKIMBA), which organized an English
been a major problem that many learners of English extracurricular activity which is commonly called the
encounter [4]. English Club to develop students' talents and interests in
English. English Club is an extracurricular activity that
In order to make students like what they learn and
aims to develop students' abilities in the field of English
increase their motivation in learning foreign language,
[13].
the teacher should be able to select the best way and
employ various techniques in the teaching learning AKIMBA as one of the health colleges with a
process [5]. One of them is with extracurricular nursing science study program has placed English as a
activities. The development of the potential of students mandatory skill that students must master. In the
as referred to in the goals of national education can be education pattern at AKIMBA always prioritizes the
realized through extracurricular activities which are one importance of mastering English as an international
of the activities in the curricular program [6]. language that must be mastered by students. So that in
the future it is hoped that graduates of AKIMBA will be
Extracurricular activities are part and parcel of
able to become professional nurses who are able to have
modern day’s academic curriculum [7]. It provides them
global competitiveness [14].
a positive character-building opportunity and teaches
ways to develop discipline, commitment, tenacity, self-
control and a healthy respect for college authority [8].
English Extracurricular is one option to be able to learn 2. METHOD
English in a more fun way [9].
Some studies have discovered extracurricular 1.1. Design
benefits in increasing students’ achievement. There is a
This research is descriptive quantitative study.
positive influence and significant between student
Descriptive research is one of the current problem-
activity in extracurricular activities on student
solving procedures based on actual facts and is
achievement [2]. Other research related to
investigated by describing or describing the current
extracurricular to learning achievement were to find the
state, subject or object of research based on visible facts
influence of Japanese extracurricular activities on
[15]. The subjects of the study were 47 students of
Japanese language learning outcomes. From this study
AKIMBA in the academic year 2019/2020 who took
indicated that indicators in Japanese extracurricular
part in English Club extracurricular activities. They
activities that can affect student learning outcomes are
consist of 10 male students and 37 female students.
student interested in attending extracurricular activities
Their English level was intermediate in the context of
and they understand the explanation and pay attention
EFL situation. The research instrument is a tool used to
more to the explanation of the teacher [10]. Moreover,
measure the natural and social phenomena observed
student activeness in extracurricular activities and
[16]. The instruments used in this study was
student study habits have a significant effect on student
questionnaire. It was used to obtain the respondents'
achievement [11].
opinions and information about English Club
Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture extracurricular activities. A questionnaire is a set of
of the Republic of Indonesia Number 81A of 2013 questions that must be answered by the respondent,
concerning Curriculum Implementation, it is explained which is used to convert various information directly
that extracurricular activities are one of the curriculum provided by the respondent into data, and can also be
operational tools. It aims to enable students to enrich used to reveal experiences that the respondent has
and expand themselves by broadening their knowledge experienced in the past as well as experiences
and encouraging the development of attitudes and experienced at this time [17]. Data collection tool of
values [12]. These activities need to be compiled and motivation to learn a questionnaire developed by
stated in the annual work plan / academic calendar of researcher.
the education unit and evaluated for its implementation
Table 1. Answer Alternative Score
every semester by the education unit. This
extracurricular activity is an additional activity
organized by educational institutions to facilitate the
talents and interests of their students. As was done by
 Answer Score Answer Score
Some clues used to obtain research data are as follows: Alternative Alternative
Table 2. Clues of Research Instruments
Strongly 4 Always 4
Agree (SA)

Agree (A) 3 Often 3

Disagree 2 Sometimes 2
(DA)

Strongly 1 Never 1
No Variable Sub Variable Item number Disagree (SD)
1 English Club Interest and Talent Reason to join 3
Activities English Club To get data, the researchers did several ways; gave a
Activities
- Love English questionnaire consisting of 47 questions related to
language English Club activities. Questionnaires are used to
Attendance in every 11, 12
English Club activity obtain results from student perceptions and student
Increase knowledge 2, 6 experiences in English Club activities. The
and insight
Increase potential, 5, 9, 10 questionnaire uses the Likert Scale. Likert Scale is an
talents, and skills agree-disagree or satisfied-dissatisfied approach to
Independence and Do assignments given 4
happiness by the teacher measure opinions, attitudes, behaviours or opinions, or
Find out the material 14 interviews in the form of a questionnaire in various
to be studied
Participate in English 1 forms; education, politics, economics and so on in the
Club activities form of an opinion order [19].
without coercion

Add insight about 7

After the data was collected, the researcher conducted
English several data analyses to identify student perceptions.
Understanding and Understand the 15
attention teacher’s explanation
Focus on the teacher 8, 13
during the activity

1.2. Data Collecting Technique

The data used in this research were questionnaires and
documentation. The questionnaire was used to find out
student perceptions about the English Club activities
being carried out. The questionnaire used was a closed
questionnaire and alternative answers have been
provided so that the respondent only needs to choose
one of the available answers. While documentation was
used to obtain data about the names and number of
students who become research respondent. The
instrument is used to obtain the results of student
perceptions and student experiences in English Club
extracurricular activities in English. The instrument is
valid if the instrument can measure exactly what it
wants to measure [18].
3. RESULT
In accordance with the research design, data was
obtained through distributing questionnaires to explore
data about respondents to English Club activities. The
questionnaire consists of three dimensions (interest and
talent, independence and happiness, understanding and
attention) which were broken down into fifteen
questionnaire items [3]. After the data is processed, the
following recapitulation is obtained:
Table 3. Recapitulation of Respondents’ Answers

1.3. Data Analysis Technique

QA Questionnaire Items Total % There were three items related to independence and
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 happiness. They are item 1, 4, 7 and 14 (Table 5).
SA 22 26 37 45 24 11 36 30 17 14 29 25 33 0 0 349 49,50
A 25 20 10 2 23 36 11 17 30 33 18 22 14 23 22 306 43,40
DA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 25 50 7,09 Table 5. Students’ Independence and Happiness of
SD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 English Club Activities
47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 705 100
Item Statement Strongly Agree Disagree Strongly
Agree Disagree
1 I noted the material 22 25 - -
From the data listed in Table 3, the answers being taught by teacher. (46,8%)
to the questionnaires distributed to 47 respondents. (53%)
Overall, everyone gave varied answers to the 4 I join English club with 45 2 - -
alternative answers provided, in accordance with the much pleasure
(95,7%) (4%)
character of the perception that each person’s 14 I search the material that - 23 24 -
interest, independence, and attention would be will be given at the next
(48,9%) (51%)
different on the same object. In detail, the researcher meeting
can present that the frequency of alternative answers 7 I take part in English 36 11 - -
Club activities because I
to Strongly Agree (SA) was 349 (49,50%); Agree love English
(76,5%) (23%)
(A) as many as 306 (43,40%); Disagree (DA) 50
(7,09%); and Strongly Disagree (SD) is 0 (0%). In
addition, it was also known that the highest 3.1.3 Understanding and Attention
frequency of alternative answers was Strongly Agree There were two items related to understanding and
(SA) as many as 349 of 49,50%, and the least was attention. They are item 13 and 15 (Table 8).
the alternative answer Disagree (D) as many as 50 or
7,09%. Table 6. Students’ Understanding and Attention of
From the results of data processing respondents’ English Club Activities
answers, it was known that the maximum score was 47
x 15 x 4= 2820, while the score obtained was 2414 or Item Statement Strongly Agree Disagree Strongly
85,60%. To find out the meaning of percentage Agree Disagree
obtained, the data is compared with the data 13 Focus on the teacher 33 14 - -
interpretation table and it was known that the alternative during the activity
(70%) (36%)
answers of 85,60% were in the interval 75 – 100 with a 15 Understand the - 22 25 -
very good category. teacher’s explanation
(46,8%) (53%)
3.1 Students’ Perceptions 8 I asked teacher when 30 17 - -
there was something I
(63,8%) (36%)
3.1.1 Interest and Talent did not understand
during English club
There were ten items that assessed students’ interest activities
and talent. These included items 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11,
and 12 (Table 4).

Table 4. Students’ interest and talent of English

Club Activities

3.1.2 Independence and Happiness

Item Statement Strongly Agree Disagree Strongly
Agree Disagree
2 English Club activities 22 25 - -
help me learn English (46,8%) (53%)
easily.
3 I take part in English 37 10 - -
Club activities because I (78,7%) (21,2%)
want to broaden my
knowledge about
English
5 English Club activities 24 23 - -
made me like English (51%) (48,9%)
even more

6 English Club activities 11 36 - -

have made me more (23%) (76,5%)
fluent in English.
9 I participate in English 17 30 - - in English club, students got new knowledge about
Club activities with (36%) (63,8%)
enthusiasm.
English so they felt motivated to learn English.
10 English Club activities 14 33 - -
are able to develop my (36%) (70%) The fourth item was about English club activities
talents in English.
11 I feel disappointed when 29 18 - -
made them more fluent in English. From 47
English Club activities (62%) (39%) respondents, 11 people (23%) answered strongly agree,
are closed.
12 I attended English Club 25 22 - - the remaining 36 people (76,5%) answered agree. This
activities on time (53%) (46,8%) was related to the purpose of English Club is to make
students able to use English properly, fluently and
4. DISCUSSION correctly in order to face the era of globalization,
international trade and enter the job competition. The
Based on the research results, it was obtained the sixth item was about taking part in English club
information that from fifteen questionnaire items that activities because they like things related to English.
has been distributed to 47 respondents with four From 47 respondents, 30 people (63,8%) answered
alternative answers, the higher frequency was strongly strongly agree, the remaining 17 people (36%) answered
agree or 49,50%. This data was relevant to descriptive agree. This means that most of the students who took
analysis result that showed generally that nursing part in English because they have knowledge about
students’ perception of English club extracurricular English and they want to broaden their knowledge so
activities toward academic achievement reached 85,60% they tried to join in English club in order to know more
which means students strongly agree with the existence about English.
of English Club extracurricular activities to support the
improvement of their academic achievement especially The seventh item was about students participated in
in English. English club activities enthusiasm. From 47
respondents, 17 people (36%) answered strongly agree,
To find out specifically related to students’ the remaining 30 people (63,8%) answered agree. This
perceptions, the researcher discussed the results of means that all of them felt happy without any
respondents’ answers to each item of the questionnaire. compulsion to join English club. It was related to
This questionnaire was divided into three parts. They research in MIN 2 Sleman that stated students who take
are interest/talent, independence/happiness and part in these extracurricular activities appear more
understanding/attention. The first item of the confidents, cheerful, and enthusiastic [20].
questionnaire was about English Club activities help
them in learning English easily. From 47 respondents, The eighth item of the questionnaire was English
22 people (46,8%) answered strongly agree, the club activities are able to develop my talents in English.
remaining 25 people (53%) answered agree. This means From 47 respondents, 14 people (36%) answered
that in general, students’ perception of English club strongly agree, the remaining 33 people (70%) answered
activities is very good that can help them easily to learn agree. This means that English club is very important
English. for students in addition to accommodating students who
have the ability, interest, talents and achievements in
The second item of the questionnaire was about English. It can also improve students’ achievement as
taking part in English club activities because they want well as to improve academic competence.
to broaden their knowledge about English. From 47
respondents, 37 people (78,7%) answered strongly The nineth item was about students felt disappointed
agree, the remaining 10 people (21,2%) answered agree. when English club activities are closed. From 47
This means that students believed that by joining respondents, 29 people (62%) answered strongly agree,
English club, they were not only mastering the material the remaining 18 people (39%) answered agree. This
taught in the classroom, but they can also discover new means that students were enthusiasm in studying
things and increase their scientific knowledge about English and participating English club activities. They
English and its culture. did not want to absent from any meeting of English
club.
The third item was about English club activities
made them like English even more. From 47 The tenth item was about attending English club on
respondents, 24 people (51%) answered strongly agree, time. From 47 respondents, 25 people (53%) answered
the remaining 23 people (48,9%) answered agree. This strongly agree, the remaining 22 people (46,8%)
means that by knowing about new things every meeting answered agree. This means that student’s interest and
discipline in participating English club. They felt loss if
they come late in the club.
Based on above explanation of the scores, it can be
concluded that students who participating English club
have the intrinsic motivation. They join English club
without any compulsion. They also felt love English
even more when they join English club. Usually,
students who have intrinsic motivation stated that
learning English for desiring to succeed in the future,
increasing experiences, fellowship and knowledge, and
improving fluency in English speaking.
The next question related to independence or
happiness. The first item for this category was about
students noted the material being taught by teacher.
From 47 respondents, 22 people (46,8%) answered
strongly agree, the remaining 25 people (53%) answered
agree. This means that students have good action to do it
even though teacher did not ask them to note but they
have their own initiative to write or note it. The second
item was students join English club with much pleasure.
From 47 respondents, 45 people (95,7%) answered
strongly agree, the remaining 2 people (4%) answered
agree. The third item was students search the material
that will be given at the next meeting. From 47
respondents, 23 people (48,9%) answered agree, the
remaining 24 people (51%) answered disagree. It means
that not all the students were curious about the material
that would be given in the next meeting. But they still
enthusiasm to participate in English club. The last item
about the independence was about taking part in English
club activities because they love English. From 47
respondents, 36 people (76,5%) answered strongly
agree, the remaining 11 people (23%) answered agree.
This means that most of students joined English club
because basically they love English so that they try to
join English club in order to gain more knowledge about
English.
From the result of questionnaire about independence
or happiness, it can be concluded that students’
independence can be formed by themselves based on the
extracurricular they follow, in this case was English
Club activities [21]. They will also have character
because they can broaden their knowledge and build
better skills.
The next questions were related to understanding/
attention. The first item for this category was about
focusing on the teacher explanation. From 47
respondents, 33 people (70%) answered strongly agree,
the remaining 14 people (36%) answered agree. It
means that students have good attention to the
explanation. By having good attention, it believed that
they can gain more knowledge and the ability of
students to easily understand and remember every
vocabulary that the teacher teaches. It related to result
that the teacher repeats new vocabulary and students
listen carefully until students can mention and
understand the meaning or command of the vocabulary
[20]. The next question was about understanding the
teacher explanation. From 47 respondents, 22 people
(46,8%) answered agree, the remaining 25 people (53%)
answered disagree. It means that not all of the students
understand about the explanation. This is related to the
next question that was about asking the teacher when
there was something they did not understand during
English club. From 47 respondents, 30 people (63,8%)
answered strongly agree, the remaining 17 people (36%)
answered agree. It means that although they cannot
understand the teacher explanation, they still tried to ask
the teacher about something they did not understand yet.
So, they can gain the knowledge better when knowing
about the teacher explanation.
By paying attention to the results of research
through the distribution of questionnaires, it is known
that nursing students’ perceptions of English club
activities are very good. The result of this study are in
line with the previous results which stated that English
club can improve students achievement [2].
Extracurricular especially English club is closely related
to student achievement. Through English club activities
students can gain insight into subjects that are closely
related to lessons in classroom. Through English club
activities, students can also show their talents, interests,
and potential [22].
Learning achievement of students is not only enough
from the teaching learning process in the classroom.
This makes the participation of English club
extracurricular activities as a balancer in the teaching
and learning process. Students who want high learning
achievement must have high creativity and activity from
all things, such as participation in extracurricular
activities.
CONCLUSION
The success of achieving effective learning
objectives requires synergistic support from various
factors, one of them is the students’ perception. From
the results of the analysis of the students’ perceptions
are generally in very good category. It can be concluded
that there is a positive relationship between participation
in English club extracurricular activities and student
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