experiences faced in junior high school and senior high school. “The reflection
on the lived experience is always recollective; it is reflection on experience that is already passed or lived through Van Manen, 1990, pp. 9-
10.”
1. The lived experience before study commencement
The lived experience before study commencement was divided into two: before matriculation and during matriculation.
a. The experience before matriculation
Before matriculation, the researcher and three Papuan students found some obstacles as a follows: 1 low English competence particularly vocabularies,
grammar and pronunciation; 2 limited competent educators; and 3 inadequate learning facilities. Here are the reflections of Papuan students:
In my own lived experience I wanted to learn English language in junior high school, but I had low English ability, vocabulary and grammar because in before matriculation my
English was not familiar. For example vocabulary ability, tenses, pronunciation and grammar, although I did not give up but always study in junior high school and senior high
school in Papua. Other way I had a dictionary so there were practice myself, because I wanted to knew English language or enrich vocabularies SO1. Refl.1.
There were three Papuan students who reflected that their past experience in learning English before matriculation had similar experience with my reflection
Refl. 1, for example low English ability, vocabulary and grammar. Here are the reflections of three Papuan students:
When I was in Junior High School, I had difficulties in learning English namely; tenses, pronunciation, and vocabulary. In that time, I liked study English language well. However,
I did not familiar with English language because low vocabularies, grammar and tenses. And also in primary and junior high school did not provide equipments for example English
books, grammar books etc. At that time, I did not give up but always try studied myself SO2 Refl 1. 22 April, 2014
.” Before matriculation my experience learning English I did not liked because I had low
vocabularies, pronunciation, and tenses. However, sometimes I had studied effort and to know how to learnt English well. Until in University, I am also very difficulty because
I did not enrich the vocabularies S03 Refl.129 April, 2014 .”
My lived experience before matriculation about learning English language in junior high school and senior high school I was interesting to study. However, I had difficult
vocabulary, tenses and grammar, and also did not English books or equipment because of difficulties to learning English SO4 Refl.1, 23 April, 2014
.”
The second theme was limited competent educators. All of us mentioned limited competent English educators as another cause of our low English
competence. Because of that, Papuan students had difficulties in learning in primary schools, junior high school and senior high school SO3 and SO4, Refl. 1.
Here is the Papuan student’ reflection about their limited competent educators:
My experience when I was in primary school and junior high school, I liked English but there were limited educators or English teachers. Because of that I was difficult to
undertood English language in junior high school and senior high school SO1. Refl.2.
All the three Papuan students reflected that their past primary school and junior school had
limited competence in English the one mentioned in my reflection above My Refl. Refl. 2. Here are the three students reflections:
During the primary school, my, experience in learning English, I did not liked. But when I was in junior high school, I liked English language however, in my junior high school
limited English teachers because, of the I had low vocabularies, pronunciation, in during the study period inUniversity S02Refl.2, 29 April, 2014 .”
In previous schooling in junior high school and senior school very interested to leran English language, but the problems facedmy experience was limited competent educators,
so that I did not studied English well SO3Refl.2.23 April, 2014 .”
My experience in primary school or junior high school I liked learns English. But there were not English teachers, and also there were limited educators. Because of that past
experience I had difficulty to understand English in Junior school SO4Refl.2.23 April, 2014.”
The third theme is inadequate learning facilities. There are two students reflected that their past lived experience in junior high school and senior high
school is the same with SO1 Refl.2, and SO2 Refl. 2. For example, they liked English language in junior school and senior school but they did not
acquire English competence because the Papuan government did not equipped the schools with good learning facilities. Because of that, they have difficulty in
English language. Here are their reflections:
The previous schooling experience, in my primary school and junior high school, I liked to learn English language but inadequate learning facilities. For example, English books,
dictionaries, and others learning facilities. Because of Papuan government did not equipped facilities SO1. Refl.3.
The three Papuan students reflected about inadequate learning facilities in their primary school, junior school and senior high school same as my reflection
Refl.3, such as lack of English books, and other learning facilities.
b. The lived Experience during the Matriculation
