ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF ENGLISH AS INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE

English is an international language that has an important role to communicate between countries. Today, English is the main language that enters into every aspect of life, one of which is education. In Indonesia itself, English is also included in the school curriculum and must be taught to students. Therefore, this study aims to find out the perception of English students towards English as a language, because English students will be prepared to become educators. The results of this study showed that every English student has a good perception of English. They also agree that English provides many benefits for personal and professional development. Some students also gave reasons why they liked English and their purpose of learning English. However, although the students have a good perception of English, most of the English students rarely use English in their daily life. In conclusion, a good perception of a language does not necessarily mean that the language is used in life