AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARD THE PROFILE OF ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM GRADUATES AT BENGKULU UNIVERSITY

Abstact: This research is aimed to find out the English Education Students‟
Perception toward the Profile of English Study Program Graduates at Bengkulu
University. This research used descriptive quantitative method. The population of this
study was English Education Students in the number of 149 students from 2017 and
2018 Academic Year. The samples were 115 students. The data were collected from
questionnaire with likert scale and interview. The questionnaire consisted of 25
questions and 10 questions of interview which were 100% from the researcher. The
researcher analyzed the data by Ms. Excel and IBM SPSS 25.0 statistik for windows.
The result showed that 81 of 115 students (70.34%) had positive perception, while 34
of 115 students (29.62%) had negative perception. In conclusion, most students have
positive perception toward the Profile of English Study Program Graduates at
Bengkulu University. It is suggested that the next researcher can conduct a further
study with different data source and other tecnique methods related to this topic.
Keyword: Perception, Profile of English Study Program Graduates