The place of the Current Study in the Context of Grammatical Acquisition Research

1.3 Statement of the Problem

The acquisition of noun phrase by Indonesian EFL learner also deserves a place in the grammatical acquisition research. English is a foreign language in Indonesia. As a foreign language, English is not the lingua Franca used for education and government but is taught in schools at the secondary and tertiary levels. In an EFL learning context, learners learn English in their own cultural context with few immediate opportunities to use the language Brown, 1986. The current study on phrase level is also motivated by the lack of study on the acquisition of the depth of the developmental pattern of phrase level in the research literature in Indonesia as well as in other countries. The current study empirically investigated the acquisition of noun phrases by three proficiency groups that includes freshmen, sophomore and junior groups of Indonesian EFL learners. Specifically, this study aims to find out: 1. the developmental pattern of Indonesian EFL learners acquisition of English noun phrases at three different groups 2. whether there are any significant differences of the acquisition of noun phrase by Indonesian EFL learners at three different groups

1.4 Research Questions

Given the aims of the present studies above, the study set out to address the following research questions: 1. what is the developmental pattern of the acquisition of English noun phrase by English language education at three groups; freshmen, sophomore and junior level? 2. is there any significant different of the acquisition of English noun phrase by English language education at three groups? Research question 1 concerns the developmental pattern of the acquisition of the English noun phrase by three groupss. The developmental of the acquisition will also be based on the identification knowledge of noun phrase, knowledge of noun phrase translation and the developmental pattern of both identifying and translating the noun phrase. Research question 2 concern the significant differences between the three different groups of Indonesian EFL learners, university students majoring in English Languange Education of the acquisition of noun phrase based on the first research question. Therefore, there are three types of patterns: 1. The developmental pattern of the acquisition of noun phrase identification by three different groups: freshmen, sophomore and juniors, 2. The developmental pattern of the acquisition of noun phrase translation by three different groups: freshmen, sophomore and juniors, 3. The developmental pattern of the acquisition of noun phrase both identifying and translating. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI