Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: Problems Faced by English Department Students of Satya Wacana Christian University in Integrated Course

PROBLEMS FACED BY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY IN INTEGRATED
COURSE

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Steffie Lissia Nanda
112010067

ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2014

PROBLEMS FACED BY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY IN INTEGRATED
COURSE

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Steffie Lissia Nanda
112010067

ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2014

PROBLEMS FACED BY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY IN INTEGRATED
COURSE

Steffie Lissia Nanda

Abstract
Integrated Course (IC) is one of the courses offered for English Department students of Satya
Wacana Christian University in the first year. This course covers some English skills:
reading, speaking, writing and other language components such as grammar and vocabulary.
Every year there are some students who failed in this course. The aim of this study is to
describe the problems faced by the students in IC. There were thirty two students from IC
class selected as the participants. The data were collected through a close-ended
questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The result of this study shows that problems
they have in learning grammar, difficulty in grammar application in speaking and difficulty in
finding the new words when reading English texts.
Keyword: Integrated Course (IC)