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AL12: “In my opinion, the difficult ones are tenses.” QL08-AL08BS, QL09-AL09BM
The dialog above showed that Laura was able to follow English lesson. But somehow, she found that tenses were difficult because it contained the rules.
QL18: “Is English helpful in your daily life? Can you tell me from the beginning you enter this school.”
AL18: “Yes, it’s really helpful. In the first grade, I learnt about tense. Actually I liked it, but sometimes it makes me difficult to remember.”
QL19: “Oh ya I see. Can you please mention one of the text types that is really important for you? Is that procedure, in describing how to make
something, or anything else?”
AL19: “Yes, for me, procedure text is important in giving steps of how to use or how to make something in English.”
QL20: “Alright. Can you give example of that?” AL20: “Sure. For instance, how to make something or how to use
medicine.” QL21: “So it is the prescription, right. Beside procedure text, is there any
other text types that you believe can help you much in your life?” AL21: “Narrative and descriptive, because they contain of stories from
western.” QL22: “Ok. Besides, is there any other benefit by learning those text
types? For instance, they make you love more in English, or they can build up your vocabularies?”
AL22: “Yes, it can enrich my vocabularies. It is useful for my vocabulary input in English.”
QL18-AL22BG Laura stated that learning procedure text has essential meaning for her. She
said that it was useful for giving the instruction. Besides, narrative and descriptive were also believed could contribute the important roles, such as western knowledge
and vocabularies. She understood the goal of those texts. Based on her story, she PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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actually liked English from the first grade. But, because it consists of grammar then it was difficult for her to memorize the formulas.
QL26: “Right. Now, what is the text type that becoming the most influencing text in your life? Is it narrative text, which you like the most?
Or the other text?”
AL26: “in my belief, narrative text.” QL27: “Can you please give the reason why you choose that text?”
AL27: “Because it covers the meaning, morality, and value of life.” QL26-AL27BG.
The current dialog discussed about the most influencing text type on somebody’s life. She argued that narrative became the text that she like most.
Nevertheless, she also believed that narrative text had influenced her life. She said that by learning that text she could also learnt the meaning, morality, and value of
life.