Journal of English Language and Education Vol 3. No. 2, December 2017 ISSN : 2460-7142 44 MULTILINGUAL LEARNING PROGRAM: PESANTREN STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE MULTILINGUAL SIMULTANEOUS-SEQUENTIAL MODEL Saidna Zulfiqar Bin-Tahir1, Haryanto Atmowardoyo2, Syarifuddin Dollah3, Yulini Rinantanti4 1 English Education Department of Universitas Iqra Buru, Maluku, Indonesia 23 English Education Department of Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia 4 English Education Department of Universitas Cenderawasih, Papua, Indonesia 1saidnazulfiqar@gmail.com, 2haryanto@unm.ac.id, 3syarifuddindollah@unm.ac.id, 4yrinantanti@gmail.com Abstract This study aimed at determining whether or not the knowledge, educational level, perception, and attitude of the pesantren students affect the implementation of the multilingual simultaneous- sequential model (MSSM). This research employed quantitative research using a survey design. The sample of the study consisted of 100 students of three pesantren schools in the city of Makassar (Pesantren Modern IMMIM, Pondok Madinah, and Pesantren Darul Arqam Muhammadiyah Gombara). The data were collected through the questionnaire and be analyzed descriptively and inferentially using SPSS program. The results found that the knowledge, level of education, perception, and attitude of pesantren students collectively had a positive impact on the MSSM. However, these perceptions have no significant effect on the MSSM implementation partially. The results of this study contributed to developing further multilingual teaching and learning material such as ssyllabus, lesson plan, and course book for pesantren students in Indonesia, especially in Makassar. Keywords: multilingual program, MSSM, perception, knowledge, attitude INTRODUCTION Pesantren School is an Islamic boarding school that prioritizing the Islamic teaching and sciences using two of foreign languages such as Arabic and English, besides the Indonesian and local languages as the language of instruction in teaching and learning process and also as tools of communication in the daily life inside or outside the pesantren environment where the students and teachers live together (Mastuhu, 1994; Daulay, 2009, p. 61; Madjid, 2013, p. 3; Nizar, et al, 2013, p. 85; Engku, et al, 2014, p. 107; Bin-Tahir, 2015a&b, p. 34; Amri, et al, 2017, p. 125). The existence of various languages teaching and using them in the daily communication has led to the diversity of methods, strategies, and models applied by teachers in teaching activities. Most of them applied eclectic methods that combining several of immersion, transitional, dual language, and pullout methods. They also combined the teacher-student communication, student-student relationships, daily routines, and language-group time strategies (Bin-Tahir, 2017, p. 74). Besides, they employed an interested of a multilingual instructional model namely multilingual simultaneous-sequential model (MSSM) (Bin-Tahir, et al, 2017, p. 87). This model was an old model implemented by the modern pesantren in teaching and learning languages. In the past time, this model could have been a very effective model in languages teaching and learning, but this model couldn’t Journal of English Language and Education Vol 3. No. 2, December 2017 ISSN : 2460-7142 45 be necessarily suitable to be applied to the present day. This reason is certainly caused by several factors, such as; a) the changing of students’ mindset in languages learning, b) the lack of students’ awareness in languages learning, c) the less of students’ attitude concerning with languages learning, and d) the degeneration of students’ language skills performance comparing with the previous of pesantren graduates (Bin-Tahir, 2015b, p. 210). Based on the background, the researchers intended to measure the influence of knowledge, educational level, perception, and attitude of the students partially and collectively to the implementation of the multilingual simultaneous-sequential model at pesantren schools. The results of this study are expected to provide theoretical and practical information and references for the governments, pesantren stakeholders, the researchers themselves, the further researchers, and other interested parties of this field in order to manage and provide the alternative solutions for the further multilingual teaching and learning model in Indonesia. There are many definitions of multilingual proposed by some experts. Most of them defined it as a person’s ability to speak three or more languages either separately or in various degrees of code- mixing (McArthur, 1992, p. 673; Edwards, 1994, p. 33; Vildomec, 1963, p. 28; Kemp, 2009, p. 11). It is in line to what stated by Cenoz (2002, p. 53) and Herdina & Jassner (2000, p. 53) that multilingual is a considerable number of people who can speak more than two languages in their everyday life due to some interaction reasons. Besides, Cruz-Ferreira (2010) stated that multilingual is not about what several languages can do for people but what about people can do with several languages. Therefore, the multilingual people in this study refer to the ability of a person to speak and communicate actively using three or more languages in a circumstance or in an occurrence of the communication and not in separate circumstances. Recently, the multilingual instructional models are generally adapted the bilingual instructional model, such as; a) ESL model that contained the ESL pull-out, ESL class period, and ESL resource center, b) Bilingual model that consisted of early-exit program and two-way program, c) Sheltered model or content-based model, and d) structured immersion model (Collier 1992; Ramirez, Yuen, and Ramey, 1991). For ESL/EFL students, the right choice of multilingual instruction model was the Mother Tongue- Based (MTB) model. This model will easy to place on a solid footing of the students’ first language (L1), then build gradually into their second language (L2) and then reforming their third language (L3). This model also will give the students the opportunities to learn the concepts of the new language (Malone, 2009, p. 34). There is no claim that one model is better than another since each model could be more effective in some cases or places. It Journal of English Language and Education Vol 3. No. 2, December 2017 ISSN : 2460-7142 46 depends on how to choose the right model for the right school and for the students’ level. A variety of MTB model was the multilingual simultaneous-sequential model (MSSM) that has some phases to develop the students’ multilingual performance. In the other word, this model creates the students from monolingual become multilingualism and at the end, they become a mono- multilingualism. The first phase was developing the students’ fluency and confidence in using their L1, L2, and L3 orally in everyday communication. The second phase was building the students’ oral in L1, L2, and L3 by introducing the reading and writing skills in their L2 and L3. The third phase was developing oral and written skills in L2 and L3 specifically and separately. The fourth phase was developing the students’ reading, written, and oral skills in L2 and L3. The fifth phase was developing the students’ fluency and confidence in using L2 and L3 in the monolingual classroom (Bin-Tahir, et al, 2017, p. 87). This MSSM model was an old model implemented by pesantren schools in the city of Makassar. For further developing of this model, the researchers begin by measuring the students’ perception to the MSSM model. Perception is a basis for comprehending the individual differences as for how the individual perceives something will influence how he/she behave (Cillessen, 2002, p. 635; Lopes, 2010, p. 63). The perceptions have a very close relationship with the attitude. It deals with the use of knowledge to understand a person’s surroundings. The attitude, on the other hand, is the feeling of a way of thinking about something based on their perception (Pickens, 2005). In the other term, the attitude is a feeling, belief, or opinion of approval or disapproval towards something. It is predisposition or the conception to respond cognitively, emotionally, or behaviorally to a particular object, person, or situation in a particular way (Strickland, 2001, p. 56; A’yun, et al, 2017, p. 030040). The students’ attitude is a reflection of their perception that can guide and set their sights on their learning activities (Artini, 2010). The students’ learning activities and styles are related to the perception of learning and often determine their decisions to conduct many aspects of classroom activities such as the interaction, presentation, engagement, attention, discussion, and assessment (Zhu & Wang, 2014, p. 299; Stipek, et al, 2001, p. 213). Therefore, the researchers intended to measure the influence of knowledge, educational level, perception, and attitude of the students partially and collectively to the implementation of the multilingual simultaneous-sequential model at pesantren schools. METHODS This research was a survey research that employed a sample from a population using the questionnaire as the principal instrument of data collection (Singarimbun and Efendi, 1989, p. 3). The research sample was gained using simple random sampling technique which is drawn from the 10% of the total of Journal of English Language and Education Vol 3. No. 2, December 2017 ISSN : 2460-7142 47 the population (Arikunto, 1998). Thus, the number of sample in this study was 85 participants then be fulfilled to 100 samples. The sample of the study consisted of 100 students of the three pesantren schools in the city of Makassar which have chosen randomly, they were; 35 respondents from Pesantren Modern IMMIM, 30 respondents from Pondok Madinah, and 35 respondents from Pesantren Darul Arqam Muhammadiyah Gombara. The instrument of this study was the questionnaire which is a technique to collect data by providing a set of statements or questions to respondents to be answered in writing or by checking the scale of the Likert Scale model that has been provided in the list of the questionnaire. The questionnaire can be closed or open questions and can be given to the respondent directly or by post (Sugiyono, 2010, p. 199). The instrument used in this study has been qualified validity and reliability test as it was done by the empirical validity tested on 30 respondents who have the similar characteristics to the population. The collected data were analyzed as follows; 1) To examine the effect of independent variables X1, X2, X3, and X4 partially toward the dependent variable Y used the simple regression with the equation: � � = a + bX; 2) To examine the effect of independent variables X1, X2, X3, and X4 collectively to the dependent variable Y used inferential analysis with multiple regression equations. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION The descriptive analysis results in determining the effect of the students’ knowledge, educational level, perception, and attitude toward the implementation of the multilingual simultaneous-sequential model by distributing the questionnaire to 100 respondents that can be described in table 1 below: Tabel 1. Descriptive Analysis of Variaables Knowledge, Education, Perception and Attitude toward the MSSM Program Varia ble N Mini mum Maxi mum S u m M ea n Std. Devi ation Kno wled ge 1 0 0 45 90 54 80 55 11.6 99 Educ ation 1 0 0 21 46 28 71 28 .7 1 8.69 8 Perce ption 1 0 0 31 75 53 64 53 .6 4 11.3 52 Attitu de 1 0 0 21 50 32 02 32 .0 2 8.07 5 Toler ance 1 0 0 16 46 28 71 28 .7 1 7.69 8 Source: Research data, 2016 Table 1 illustrates the lowest score of the knowledge variable was 45 and the highest was 90 with average value was 55. The standard deviation was 11.699 with the interpretation as much as 68% or the majority of the pesantren students have the knowledge level of the MSSM program ranged from 43.301 to 66.699. The lowest score of the educational level was 21 and the highest was 46. The lowest score of perception was 31 and the highest was 75, it can be interpreted that 68% of pesantren students have a good perception of the MSSM program ranged Journal of English Language and Education Vol 3. No. 2, December 2017 ISSN : 2460-7142 48 42.288 to 64.992. While the interpretation of the students’ attitude toward the implementation of the MSSM program ranged from 23.574 to 39.946. As to determine the contribution of each research variable, it can be presented in table 2 below: Table 2. Analysis of Coefficient Correlation and Determination of Knowledge, education, Perception, and Attitude toward the MSSM Program Model R r Squa re Adjust ed r Square Std. Error of the Estim ate Knowled ge .36 3a .132 .123 .63736 Educatio n .44 2a .196 .187 .61356 Perceptio n .37 0a .137 .128 .63554 Attitude .49 9a .249 .241 .59297 Collectiv ely .65 3a .427 .403 .52604 Source: Research data, 2016 Table 2 shows that knowledge variable has a weak relationship to the implementation of the MSSM program whereby the coefficient of correlation was 0.363 and the coefficient of determination was equal to 0.132. This means that the level contribution of knowledge towards the implementation of the MSSM program was 13.2% and the rest of the contributions derived from other variables. While the education level has strong enough relationship to the MSSM program in which the coefficient of correlation was 0.442 and the coefficient of determination was 0.196. This means that the level of education contributed 19.6% towards the implementation of the MSSM program. The perception variable has a strong enough relationship to the implementation of the MSSM program whereby the coefficient of correlation was 0.370 and the coefficient of determination was 0.137. This means that the level contribution of the perception towards the implementation of the MSSM program was 13.7%. While the attitude has a strong enough relationship to the implementation of the MSSM program in which the coefficient of correlation was 0.499 and the coefficient of determination was 0.249. That means that the contribution of the attitude towards the implementation of the MSSM program was 24.9% and the rest of the contributions derived from other variables. The results of the analysis also found that the coefficient of correlation (RR) was 0.653. It showed a strong correlation to the value of the determination coefficient (R2) was 0.427. This means that the contribution level of knowledge, education level, perception, and attitude impact collectively toward the implementation of the MSSM program was 42.7% and the rest contributions (57.3%) originated from other variables that were not addressed in this study. To determine the influence of knowledge, education level, perception, and attitude towards the implementation of the MSSM program of pesantren students in this study using a probability value was 0.005. The analysis results can be presented in Table 3. Table 3 shows the regression of each variable partially, namely knowledge, education level, perception, and attitude of Journal of English Language and Education Vol 3. No. 2, December 2017 ISSN : 2460-7142 49 pesantren students have a relationship with the implementation of the MSSM program, but the data obtained indicated that the contribution of the perception of pesantren students was considerably low, while the education level has a high contribution to the implementation of the MSSM program. However, the combined regression for all variables collectively has a significant relationship and effect to increase the implementation of the MSSM program success. The regression table also shows that to increase the implementation of the MSSM program success at pesantren schools should be integrated collectively and not partially. Table 3. Regression Analysis of Knowledge, Education level, Perception, and Attitude toward the Implementation of the MSSM Program Source: Research data, 2016 The significant influence of the students’ knowledge toward the implementation of the MSSM program in pesantren schools contributed as much as 13.2%. It means that the students’ knowledge has not been able to encourage them to be involved in the implementation of the MSSM program. On the other word, the knowledgeable people without having the multilingual awareness will make them become apathetic towards the implementation of the MSSM program. The insufficient of the students’ knowledge has an impact on the less participation of the students in the implementation of the MSSM program activities. This is caused by the notion that defined knowledge as the basis to behave properly and can be socialized in the real circumstances and in real conditions, as well as the ability to justify, assess, and evaluate the implementation of the MSSM program activities based on the principles of sustainability (Zhu & Wang, 2014, p. 299; Stipek, et al, 2001, p. 213). The influence of education level of pesantren students toward the implementation of the MSSM program in pesantren schools contributed 18.6%. It indicated that the level of education has not been able to encourage the students to engage voluntarily in the implementation of the MSSM program activities. This is due to the low of students’ educational level so it is difficult to mobilize them to learn actively in the MSSM program. The characteristics of the students were more concerned with the interest of individuals in the form of learning, teaching, and acquiring languages compared to engage in the spoken activities. The influence of students’ perception towards the implementation of the MSSM Model Unstandardiz ed Coefficients Standar dized Coeffici ents t Sig. B Std. Error Beta 1 (Consta nt) .619 .322 1.923 .057 Attitud e .415 .086 .397 4.853 .000 Percept ion .138 .104 .115 1.323 .189 Educati on .201 .076 .230 2.640 .010 Knowle dge .205 .073 .233 2.787 .006 Journal of English Language and Education Vol 3. No. 2, December 2017 ISSN : 2460-7142 50 program had a contribution of 13.7%. This shows that the students’ perception cannot change the level of the implementation of the MSSM program in pesantren schools. This is due to their knowledge and experience to the previous language teaching and learning program and their characteristics which tend to be negative prejudices to other languages as the factors that increasingly influenced the implementation of the MSSM program in pesantren schools (Pickens, 2005). The students’ experience in the previous teaching and learning program has led to being a negative prejudice against all forms of the teaching and learning activities on behalf of the multilingual program. As noted by Artini (2010) that the negative expectations of the students will greatly influence their perception and attitude toward the implementation of the MSSM program. The students’ attitude towards the implementation of the MSSM program in pesantren schools has contributed to 24.9%. It shows that the students’ attitude has not contributed significantly to increasing the implementation of the MSSM program. This is due to the students’ attitude which evolving directly to their awareness behaving. As many experts stated that the attitude associated with the behavior in the real context which contains three components, namely the attitude of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor. The individual attitude is usually consistent between those components in cognitive and actions (Zhu & Wang, 2014, p. 299; Stipek, et al, 2001, p. 213). The effect of knowledge, education level, perception, and attitude of the students toward the implementation of the MSSM program has contributed quite high at 42.7%. It means that the entire variables collectively have an influence on the implementation of the MSSM program in pesantren schools. But partially, the students’ perception did not have significant effect toward the implementation of the MSSM program because of the three variables (knowledge, education level, and attitude) are the underlying factor that related to the basic of human need directly in which the knowledge has a role in planning, utilization, and evaluation of the social communication relationship, while the low level of education will affect the tendency to be unawareness. CONCLUSION Based on the results and discussion, the researchers draw the conclusions as the following: a. There was a positive and significant influence of the students’ knowledge towards the implementation of the multilingual simultaneous-sequential model whereby the lack of knowledge will impact on the low of the implementation success. b. There was a positive and significant influence of the students’ educational level towards the implementation of the multilingual simultaneous-sequential model in which the low level of education will affect the low level of the Journal of English Language and Education Vol 3. No. 2, December 2017 ISSN : 2460-7142 51 implementation success at pesantren schools. c. There was a positive and significant effect of the students’ perception towards the implementation of the multilingual simultaneous-sequential model in pesantren schools. d. There was a positive and significant influence of the students’ attitude towards the implementation of the multilingual simultaneous-sequential model in pesantren schools. e. The students’ knowledge, educational level, perception, and attitude collectively have the positive influence on the implementation of the multilingual simultaneous-sequential model in those three of pesantren schools. 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