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QE60: “What do you feel about learning English and learning text in it? And also, what do you want to say about it?”
AE60: “For me, English is very fun and enjoyable. Learning text in English can build up my knowledge, it can be from the vocabulary, genre,
grammar, and its value. In the future, I will keep learning English to build up my knowledge in order to make my dreams come true.”
QE60-AE60FM. Egi presented his gratitude in learning English especially in learning the text.
He could explore many things by learning it, such as the vocabulary, generic structure, grammar, and the life meaning of the story. For him, learning English was
not only done in the school, but also outside the school after he graduated. He started love English because his hobby is reading. Moreover, he ever won the English debate
competition A2E04FM. His love to English was increased because of that. He and his friends experience to win the competition in his second grade in their school.
d. Action
In action, Egi told his activity during teaching and learning process in English thorough text based approach. He also proved that he is able to practice telling one of
the stories in certain text. QE22: “When you studied English text in the class, is there any practice
that you memorize?”
AE22: “In the class so far, there was no practice either in making something based on procedure text, or telling a story in front of the class
based on narrative text. The teacher just asked us to discuss with peers.” QE23: “Alright. Then, is there any memorable moment in the class?”
AE23: “Yes. At grade 11 in the beginning of the semester, from the short story we used to practice in the class. We made a performance in front of
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QE24: “Good. So you performed role play. Is it like mini drama?” AE24: “Right. We often did that with classmates.”
QE22-AE22, QE23-QE23, QE24-QE24AS. Egi with his friends often did performances based on short story text. It was in
his XI grade. In the classroom, they illustrated the story and acted it. Yet, they did not practice any kind of procedural text which general high school students did.
QE31: “What is the best experience related to English in the school? Maybe, you ever won the English competition?”
AE31: “We ever did an English debate competition in the school and we passed the semi-final. It was when we were in grade XI. The competition
was held in our school. ”
QE32: “Great” QE31-AE31,QE32AA.
The current dialog discussed about his achievement in the school related to the competition in English. In grade XI, Egi and his two friends won English debate
competition. It was in the beginning semester of grade XI, which was in August, 2014. The competition was held to
celebrate Indonesia’s Independence Day. Egi proved that he could compete with his friends. Being vocational high school student
did not mean that he dismissed the other subjects besides his major, but he persisted by joining the English competition and got the great level. He could achieve
something academically. Furthermore, the researcher asked him to convey one of the texts. He chose to tell the short story entitled The Magical Fish. Here was the story.
AE53: “Once upon a time, there is a couple. They live in a small house. In Sunday, one of them was fishing in a river, and then he caught a large
fish. And suddenly, the fish was talking to the man, the fish was wanted to be losing. And then the man was giving back the fish to the river, and the
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and talk to his wife. And then his wife making a wish, and then the man going to the river again and met the fish and talking about his wife’s
wish. And then the fish make his wife’s wishes to become true, and then, but the wife is not satisfied about what the fish giving to her. Then, he
made another wishes and more and more, and then the fish become angry. Finally the fish clear all her wishes and their lives become start
from the begging.”
AE43AS. He practiced it without any preparation. The researcher just asked him to tell
one of the text types and he chose short story. It was done on Friday, 5
th
February when the first interview was done. There was a little mistake in grammar especially in
the tenses. The diction was quite different but he could cover the gist. Overall, he could show that learning text in English gave lived experience for him. After telling
the story, he explained about the value that we could grab.
e. Intention
Intention talked about the willingness of the participants. In this part, Egi stated his intent after learning English at the formal school.
AE61: “……..I will keep learning English to build up my knowledge in order to make my dreams come true.”
AE61IG. Egi identified his willingness to continue learning English after he graduated.
He felt lucky to be one of the SMK N 2 Depok students because it served good subjects. He was not only good in lessons related to his major but also the other
subjects especially English. Learning English particularly learning text, gave life meaning he could never get by the other subjects.
