FIXED MINDSET IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING:"ENGLISH IS NOT THE LANGUAGE OF MY ANCESTORS" IN ENGLISH LEARNING IN SMP N 1 SITOLU ORI, NORTH NIAS

Mindset is one of the most important aspect that affect students’ school
achievement. Unfortunately, Students have adopted a negative mindset: “English
is not the Language of my Ancestors” for a long time. The main purpose of this
research is to investigate the reason why this negative mindset is still exist among
the students and what are the negative impacts of this negative mindset on the
students’ English learning process for ninth grade students at SMP Negeri 1 Sitolu
Ori. This study used a qualitative approach that contains descriptive data and the
data were collected through interviews and observation. As a result, the existence
of the negative mindset among the students is caused by the students’ beliefs and
the students’ environment. In addition, the negative impacts felt by students are:
students could not focus while learning, had low self-confidence, had no initiative
to communicate, could not manage fear and lacked learning motivation.