Literal Translation COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES

KONFERENSI NASIONAL SASTRA, BAHASA BUDAYA KS2B 2016 | 147 associates Gardner, 1985; Gardner Lambert, 1972; Gardner MacIntyre, 1991 1993; Gardner Tremblay, 1994. Those research got findings about motivation influences the second language acquisition. The existence of motivation influenced learning English skills. There were four skills to complete communication such as Writing, Speaking, Listening, and Reading. Besides that, there were also the elements of English given in classroom like grammar, vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation. Those elements were supposed to support the mastery and the development of the four skills above. All these language skills and elements are related to each other. A solid view of first language acquisition focused on the role of the linguistic environment in interaction with the child’s innate capacities in determining language development. The interactionist’ position was that language developed as a result of the complex interplay between the uniquely human characteristics of the child and the environment in which the child developed. Interactionists attributed considerably more importance to the environment than the innatist did. For example, unlike the innatists, most interactionists claimed that language which was the level of junior modified to suit the case. The research could not indicate precisely how motivation was related to learning. As indicated before, we do not know whether it was the motivation that produced successful learning that enhanced the motivation in learning, or whether both were affected by other factors. Depending on the learner’s attitudes, learning a second language could be a source of enrichment or a source of resentment. One factor which often affected motivation was the social dynamic or power relationship between the languages.

B. RESEARCH METHOD

This study was descriptive qualitative research since it depicted the factors of the motivation and language environment affected the learning and development of English skill. Moreover, the design of the study is case study. Thus, it analyzed the phenomena that happen in the society that was the English skill of a special homeschooling student. It was in line with Cresswell 1994 that proposed, qualitative research as an investigative method for understanding a phenomenon based on separate methodological traditions of inquiry that elicit human conditions or social problem. To collect the data, semi-structured interview was conducted face-to-face. It supports theory from Merriam 1988 that stated, interview utilization is one of the major sources to obtain qualitative data from subjects. Furthermore, to investigate deeply about the object, the interview was conducted during thirty minutes via audio-recorded interview. The subject of this study was a student age 13, a student of homeschooling in the level of Junior High. The subject showed the characteristics of hyperactive. The subject was very talkative in learning English. Moreover, the English proficiency was above the average. One more strength of the subject was a better English skill compared with other students in the same grade who shared the same situation. Therefore, the researchers were curious to know the motivation and language environment that affected the English learning and development of this particular student. This study was conducted in the subject’s resident. It was due to the accessible to get the data and it could make the subject of this study comfortable in answering the interview’s questions. The instruments were test and interview, semi-structured interview to be exact.