Do you have enough opportunity to practice your active English? S2: I think it is enough Amongst the listening, speaking, and grammar, which skill is taught most frequently in class?
118 consciousness is taking part in Tiwis English acquisition process. The
conversation is as follow.
R: If teacher asks you to speak or answer certain questions in English and there is no penalty for wrong answers, do you still feel afraid or
embarrassed? Give reason?
S2: I am not embarrassed. R: why?
S2: I don’t need to… people say that if we want to move or get in advance, we
will make mistakes first. IS214614LLF-EA and LLF-C
Later on, Rizka told the researcher if she has enough opportunity to practice her English actively with her friends. Here is what she said.
R: Do you have enough opportunity to practice your active English? S2: I think it is enough
… R: usually with whom?
S2: with friends
… IS214614LLF-LI and LLF-EA
From the interview, it is revealed that Rizka still sometime feels nervous to speak in front of the class because she does not like to be laughed at by her friends. In
this situation, communicative English learning is not well established while Rizka also seems to be lack of good consciousness. It can be seen in the conversation
below.
R: Do you still feel afraid to speak English in front of the class? Any reason? S2: sometime still nervous
R: why? S2: because being watched by friends and being laughed at
IS214614LLF-EA and LLF-C
Rizka furthermore told the researcher that the speaking skill has not optimally been taught in the class yet. It is similar to
Tiwi‘s opinion. Below is what she said in the interview.
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R: Amongst listening, speaking, and structuregrammar, which one has not optimally been taught in class?
S2: the speaking IS214614LLF-EA
Similar to Tiwi‘s answer, Rizka revealed that grammar is the most frequent skill
to be taught in the class. This is reflected from the conversation below.
R: Amongst the listening, speaking, and grammar, which skill is taught most frequently in class?
S1: grammar IS214614LLF-EA
From Rizka‘s interview result, the researcher finds that communicative
English teaching and learning activity has not become the primary approach in Rizkas experience. It can be indicated from the few amounts of interaction and
discussion experienced by Rizka inside and outside the class. The teacher even dominantly prefers grammar-based method to communicative interactive activity.
c. Apri
The researcher is looking to find out whether or not Apri feels embarrassed or afraid if the teacher points him to answer any question without
any penalty risk. The answer is that he will not feel embarrassed because in his opinion people usually feel the pain first in order to be successful. It is similar to
what Rizka said before. The situation shows that consciousness is taking part in Rizkas English acquisition process. The conversation is as follow.
R: If teacher asks you to speak or answer certain questions in English and there is no penalty for wrong answers, do you still feel afraid or
embarrassed? Give reason?
S3: not too afraid or embarrassed R: why?
S3: usually to be successful we have to feel the pain first. IS314614LLF-EA and LLF-C
120 Later on, Apri told the researcher if he is still lack of practice on active English
because he likes playing around than studying. Here is what he said.
R: Do you have enough opportunity to practice your active English? S3: still lack of it