Life values Emerging Themes

91 exposition, discussion, discussion, review, anecdote, spoof, and news item. This current research investigates the lived experience of the students in learning English trough text-based approach. It is accompanied by three chosen participants as informants, who are the students of SMK N 2 Depok Sleman. The three students are Egi, Laura, and Angel. They are in the same school and grade, which is grade XII, but from different majors of study. Egi is from Mining Geology, Laura is from Computer and Network Engineering, and Angel is from Gas Manufacture and Petroleum Engineering. This research is the attempt to reveal essence of learning English through text- based approach. The participants have passed learning English in their school since in the X grade. As this research is lived experience, thus it talks about something which have happened, something in the past. Exploring their lived experience, the researcher finds several similarities and differences. The similarities are mostly found in their understandings. They generally understand the goal of learning English, especially learning texts. Most of them mention descriptive, narrative, procedure, report, and recount. Those texts are the common texts which are learnt in the school. Rather similar to each other, they state that learning text in English can build up their knowledge about English itself and other aspects. Knowledge about English, they can their vocabularies, grammar pattern, and generic structure. The other aspects cover the message that they can hold based on the story. For instance, narrative, short story, anecdote, and spoof. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 92 Nevertheless, since the students are bot really familiar with anecdote and spoof, so they memorize narrative and short story which have value of life. The differences are found when students face English lesson. Egi feels there is big problem dealing with English when learning text. Laura, sometimes finds it difficult to memorize the generic structure of the text. Angel, somehow, she finds it difficult when learning about tenses and grammar. Those three students have their own perceptions, belief, and feeling about learning English through text based approach. The interpretation of this research consists of two parts, such as pre-figured themes and emerging themes. In the pre-figured themes, it can be found three themes which are living a life in vocational high school, passing difficulties and easiness, and thinking out-of the box. The participants have passed three years studying in vocational high until now they are in their internship. Living a life in vocational high school then became their self-fulfillment. It was not easy studying in those difficult majors. Somehow, passing difficulties is a common sense for them. Learning English was one of their difficulties. But time to time, they found easiness because they realize that it was important for them. Until finally, they can think differently and creatively and become a better persons. Therefore, it can be concluded that learning English through text based approach has taken a part in the students’ lives. Beside it contributes knowledge, it also gives different view for them. Basically, learning language is also learning its culture. Therefore, they can enrich their understanding of it. Becoming vocational high school students is unique, they can develop what have been their consideration PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI