THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATIVE TASK BASED TEACHING TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION ON LEARNING ENGLISH AT EIGHTH GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Motivation is essential part on language learning. It can determine the success of learning. When the students are motivated to learn, they will show their best effort in learning language. There are several ways to improve students’ motivation. The study in Banglore proved that task based teaching can enhance students’ language proficiency. Language proficiency can be achieved if the students have high motivation to learn. It implies that Task Based Teaching can enhance students’ motivation on learning English. The goal of this study is to know the effectiveness of communicative task based teaching to enhance students’ motivation on learning English at Eighth Grade of Junior High School. It based on preliminary study in which the researcher found a school where the teachers have been implemented task based teaching since 18 years ago. There, the teachers gave communicative tasks which invite the students to communicate in target language. This study was descriptive qualitative research. The researcher described and analyzed the existing phenomena during the implementation of Communicative Task Based Teaching. The subjects of this study were the English teachers and the students of eighth grade at SMPN 2 Manyar. The instrument of this study was the researcher herself who use interview, observation form, and open-ended questionnaire. The finding showed that Communicative Task Based Teaching made students become more active in speaking English. The observation proved that students can position themselves as a monitor on their own learning. They can evaluate their friends’ performance and avoid the similar mistake so their performance became better. The implementation of this method also made the students more enthusiastic and active in learning because the teachers give a communicative task and new learning experience to the students. The result of questionnaire also showed that 83% students gave positive respond to Communicative Task Based Teaching