INVESTIGATING THE ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION OF EFL STUDENTS

Muhammad Mersandy Wirajaya

Abstract


Procrastination is frequently performed by students and many studies claimed that it happened to all levels of students. This study aimed at: (1) investigating the level of academic procrastination of EFL students in Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, (2) investigating EFL students’ reasons in engaging on academic procrastination, and (3) determining whether self-efficacy correlates with academic procrastination. An embedded mix-method with explanatory design was employed in this study, it is started quantitatively than followed up by an in-depth qualitative study. A correlational analysis was used to test the hypothesis of this study. The findings revealed that (1) EFL students in Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha mostly had a high level (63%) of procrastination (n= 130); (2) the main reasons of EFL students to engage on academic procrastination were; Time management (28%), Aversiveness of the Task (24%), Sincerity (22%), and Personal Initiative (26%); and (3) there was a strong, negative correlation between students academic procrastination and self-efficacy, r = –.651, n = 130.


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Academic Procrastination, Self-efficacy, EFL students

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