A NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF A SUCCESSFUL MILLENNIAL IN INDONESIA: HOW DID HE ENGAGE AND LEARN ENGLISH LANGUAGE?

Abstract

This study aims to describe the successful millennial stories and experiences in English language learning. This study used a qualitative research method with the type of narrative inquiry as a research design for researching how a successful millennial engages with English language learning. Additionally, this research can be an answer to the dearth of research investigating successful millennial in terms of their academic, economic, and political achievements and its relevance to their engagement in learning the English language, particularly in Indonesian contexts. Purposive sampling was adopted in selecting the participants of this study. The Semi-structured interview was employed to gather the qualitative data in terms of millennial stories and experiences in English language learning. Also, the researcher prepared the interview protocol to guide the interview process. Then, the researcher did interview during august 2022 for four phases by recording the conversation and after that the researcher transcribed the data and did the process of analyzing the data, such as coding, classifying, and interpreting. In conclusion, after analyzing the data, it is found that the participant has affective and cognitive engagement in English language learning. The participant has positive feelings toward English class at school and positive sense of belonging at school because he is interested, enjoyed full, and has high Self-confident in learning English. Sometimes, he has Negative feelings toward his friends. However, he had strategies in learning English and Self-regulation strategy.