STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LANGUAGE DAY AT DORMITORY OF MADRASAH MUALLIMIN MUHAMMADIYAH YOGYAKARTA

*3 Language day is a day when the students speak Arabic or English language in
every single activity for a whole day at the dormitory (Ahada, 2012). Language
day has been implemented at the multilingual dormitory of Madrasah Muallimin
Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta more than six years. Unfortunately, language day,
which has been implemented more than six years, is not evaluated yet. As a result,
the researcher was interested in discovering and analyzing the perception from the
students regarding to the implementation of language day. What problems found
in the implementation of language day are. The research was carried out through
six representative students from two different locations of the dormitory of
Muallimin.
The main finding of this research shows language day is good to be implemented
at dormitory because language day makes the students more creative in language.
Moreover, the implementation of language day at dormitory improves students’
communication competence and students’ speaking skill. Another finding, there
are five problems found in the implementation of language day. The main
problem is that the students are being unfamiliar with foreign and there is no
serious control by the teachers in the implementation of language day at
dormitory.
Finally, this research suggests that this research can be considered as the
evaluation for the teacher and institution on the implementation of language day at
dormitory.