Since the first time I came to Yogyakarta, 2009, and I lived at the dorm Sanata Dharma University and I had learnt many subjects. And I also learnt English language little but I
don’t understand more as I find difficult to understand it. This is because my former English teachers, at the primary school, and Junior or Senior High school, did not tough to
me very well SO1.Refl. 04.
Papuan students were also supported in the form of the learning methods in Java.
First time I came to Yogyakarta, I had difficulty to adapt in learning teaching methods, when the matriculation, because of the curriculum in Papua teaching learning was different.
And another cause adapt the environment during the matriculation, the Dean of faculty gives me opportunity to learn and adapt in the society with Javanes people SO2 Refl 04
23 April 2014.
Students SO1 and SO2 Refl.4, indicated the same experience in their reflections
about adaptation to the environment with both students’ SO3 and
SO4. For example Refl.1, the Dean talk to Papuan students in public places. Knowing is a mode of being of in being then this mean that every moment of
practical acting and knowing always already takes place in a mode of being that heshe call in-
being Heidegger, 1985, p. 161.”
2. The lived experience during the study period
In this study the researcher divided the study period into the first three semester at the ELESP 1-3 and the last semesters 4 onwards.
a. The first three semesters
In this part, the researcher analyse Papuan students lived experience in the first three semesters at the English education study program. There are the two
themes appears: 1 difficulty to adapt with classmates; and 2 difficulty to follow
English lessons. Here is the discussion about
my own and my friends ’
experience in our interaction with classmates:
In my own reflection when I was first time I had difficult to adapt with classmates, in during the teaching learning. And also difficult to adapt with in classroom activities that
experience because of different cultures, for example group discussion or group work delivery opinion also think slowly and doubt cause did not dare SO1.Refl. 05
Other Papuan students also faced the same difficulty to adapt with classmates during the classroom activities in the first three semester 1-3, for
example SO1 who said that:
Since when I was first time in classroom I was very difficult to adapt with classmates, in during the classroom. And also outside class because first time I had to lack confidence
with classmates, so that different cultures, for example group discussion or group work delivery opinion SO2Refl. 05 23 April 2014.
Another two students also had difficulty in the first three semester to adapt, in the first three semester 1-3 in the classroom activities, for example, SO1
Refl.5 and SO2 Refl.5, who found it hard to adapt with classmates and in group discussions.
The second theme is difficulty to follow English learning. This is the reflection of the
researcher’s difficulty in the first three semesters 1-3 to follow English learning at the English education study program:
Since the first time I learned English at the English education study program, first
semester, I felt difficult to understand explanation by the lecturers. Another cause I lack of confidence and I felt difficulties to adapt during the classroom activities with my
classmates. Because of different culture, however, I was learnt together with my classmates, and it would be accustomed SO1. Refl.06.
Feeling “difficulty to adapt” was commonly expressed in other students’ reflections. For example, students SO2 Refl.6, felt difficult to adapt during the
classroom activities. Here is the reflections of another experience:
What I felt during the first time in learning English, at first I was scred because of my English ability is very weak. From that effect when I was studying at the class first
semester I was difficult to adapt with my friends because of different cultures whereas, Papua and Javanes are different dialect as a Javanes language. And also in my motivation
to learnt English education issaya ingin menjadi guru bahasa Inggris, sebab saat saya di SMP SMA disana tidak ada guru bahasa Inggris. Karena, saya sudah menghadapi banyak
pengalaman belajar mengajar di kampung saya., I wanted to be a teacher because when I was in junior high school, and senior high school, there were not English teachers, so
that I faced more experience teaching learning in my village SO2 Refl. 06 23 April, 2014.”
The other students also reflected that “ first time in classroom activities I was very difficult, because lack of confidence with my classmates SO3
”. Her reflections indicated her experience during the following English learning, at the
ELESP. Here is her reflections in learning:
First time in English education study program, I had difficult to understand lecturers explanation. And also first time I had afraid to classmates because my English is not
fluently so lack of confidence with classmates, and then low English ability. For adapt with classmates during the group work, or group discussion in classroom and outside class are
same experience with Refl 6, SO2 SO4 Refl.06 24 April 2014.
My own and my friends’ reflections indicated similar experience in the
first semesters 1-3 at the English education study program.
b. After the first three semesters 4 semester onwards
