Motivation and Self-Efficacy of Travel and Tourism Business Study Program Using English to Support The Graduate Competence

摘要

Tourism Department, State Polytechnic of Bali has carried out a curriculum review on the three study programs in 2007, two years up to when this study is performed. Travel and Tourism Study Program is one of the study program that its curriculum was reviewed. As a result, the study program management has decided to emphasize that English has to be mastered in order to support the core subjects and support the graduates' competence where English is widely used in the industry where they are employed. This study is aimed at investigating the effect of motivation and self-efficacy on the survival and communicative level learners and factors causing the high level of self- efficacy and its influence on their English speaking ability. This study applies descriptive qualitative research method. The data were collected through participating observation, interviews with the learners as well as literature study. The study found, so far self-efficacy gives a significant effect on learners' speaking ability at the survival and communicative level. It was also found that the four criteria in motivation and self- efficacy have significant influence, which the most dominant is the criteria of learners 'psychic and emotional state of speaking English endeavor. This study contributes empirically that instructors can update their instruction techniques by observing learners' motivation and self- efficacy through communicative activities and practices. Additionally, learners can find out learning condition during the teaching learning process in the purpose of creating a comfortable and conducive learning atmosphere.