LEARNERS CHARACTER BUILDING IN GETTING SUCCESS ON ENGLISH LEARNING

Teaching english is not only transfer of knowledge, but also transfer of beliefs, values, morals, and character building. Teaching english in Indonesia has started from elementary school level until university. Various curriculum and methods have been developed to enhance students ability in mastering english. Nevertheles the result is not felt the maximum in making students can communicate well through language. There are some aspects can be considered to build students character in getting success on english learning are as follows: Introducing the importance of english learning; introducing the goal of english learning; building students motivation; building students self confidence; avoiding the sense of students anxiety in english learning; building students good image on english learning; becoming a diligent student to be a good model; developing english practice; providing speech community, giving students opportunities to learn about important moral issues; creating an atmosphere of respect for each other’s opinions, beliefs, and culture; maintaining a thresold of morality and ethnics in the classroom climate. If these aspects can be applied, students not only will master language, but also students will have self confidence, responsibility, emphaty, strong and total personality, honest, autonomous, tolerance and work together. Keywords: Learners, character building, success, English learning