

The research methodology used in this investigation is eclectic drawing on the essential principles of both qualitative and quantitative approaches for a comprehensive understanding of the situation under investigation. The aim of this study is to find out the extent to which the students of electrical engineering at UMT possess the necessary reference skills to be able to use the EFL learner dictionaries efficiently in situations of linguistic and pragmatic failure. The main cause of all this is attributed to the lack of requisite reference skill (Dictionary using skills) by the learners. As a result, the wealth of information, both linguistic and encyclopedic goes unheeded by the potential learners. The modern-day dictionaries, particularly the EFL learner dictionaries have improved enormously on their micro-macro and super structure, yet the potential users of these kinds of dictionaries are not fully aware of this comprehensive improvement. The percentage of next cycle rises up to 84% The findings in the first cycle showed that students' motivation is 46% which is indicated low. The data is analyzed using descriptive qualitative research. Beside questionnaire, observation and documentation are also used to get data. All 23 Subjects, as students of class X 2 MAN 1 Bombana who enrolled in 2014/2015 were given questionnaire. The treatment is aimed to describe students' activities and get students' responses during learning process. The problem was solved by using short story under classroom action research using 2 cycles. It of course blocked the learning process. Those negative responses appeared in X 2 MAN 1 Bombana. Abstract Students did not have pleasure, enthusiast, interest, and give other negative responses in learning English. Kata Kunci: cerita pendek motivasi siswa. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa aktivitas siswa meningkat, respon siswa positif dan indikasi kuat motivasinya meningkat. Disiklus II, persentase ini meningkat menjadi 84% dengan kualifikasi tinggi.

Hasil angket motivasi siklus I 46% dengan kualifikasi rendah. Kemudian dianalisilis secara deskriptif kualitatif. Data diperoleh melalui observasi, penyebaran angket, dan dokumentasi. Subjek penelitian adalah Siswa Kelas X 2 MAN 1 Bombana tahun pelajaran 2014/2015 dengan jumlah siswa 23 orang. PTK dilakukan dalam 2 siklus, dengan tujuan penelitian: mendeskripsikan aktivitas siswa, dan mengetahui respon siswa terhadap proses belajar Bahasa Inggris.

Melalui Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK) masalah ini dicoba untuk diatasi dengan menggunakan short story. Abstrak Siswa terlihat tidak aktif, tidak ada binar mata antusias, kurang bergairah, stress dan memberi respon negatif lainnya merupakan faktor penghambat pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris yang terjadi di kelas X 2 MAN 1 Bombana tahun pelajaran 2014/2015.
