8 the family needs including the children‘s educational needs. The researcher
determined the parents‘ lack of academic capabilities based on their occupations and their last formal education level. The other identified problem is that the
learners do not have adequate motivation and confidence in learning English as well as the lack of facilities from the students itself or which are provided by the
school. Furthermore, the learners seem to be having difficulties in solving problems in English learning. To be concluded, based on the pre-observation and
experiences, the researcher has identified problems to be observed, including the factors from parents, learners‘ motivation and confidence, and the facility.
C. Problem Limitation
In regards with the issue, the researcher will put the focus on aspects related to the way people with low financial capacity learn English, low economic
learners‘ motivation in learning English, parents influence in the learning process, and
low economic learners‘ interaction in learning English. Those aspects are chosen in regards with Horgan‘s 2007 explanation that the academic
achievement is affected by many factors such as parents‘ attention, learning motivation, and social economic condition. In addition to that according to
Bergeson 2006 students from low income families consistently, regardless of ethnicity or race, score below average. From what Bergeson 2006 has stated, the
researcher can find that there is a clear correlation between low economy factor and academic achievement.
The researcher limits the research by observing the issues which covering the accessibility of holding observation in a vocational school. Furthermore,
9 qualitative method will be used to investigate the influencial factors, especially
the economy factor, to the learners‘ process of learning.
D. Research Question
Based on the background of the study, the problem identification, and the problem limitation, this study will formulate a research question as the following:
What is the lived-experience of learners with low financial capacity in the English learning process of vocational school like?
E. Research Objectives
As the context of this study is the lived-experience of learners with low financial capacity
, this study attempts to attain the descriptions of low economic learners‘ lived-experiences in English learning process. By doing so, the essential
themes and the meaning from the participants lived-experiences regarding with the researched issue will be able to obtain.
Then, this research is conducted in order to know the effect of low financial capacity in learning English, the researcher needs to find out the lived-
experiences of learners with low financial capacity in learning English, particularly by referring to their motivation, awareness, learning interaction,
family, and facilities. From the aspects mentioned above, the researcher will put effort to analyze whether there are impacts in the learners‘ English learning
process or not. Then, the researcher can also analyze what kinds of impact occur.
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F. Research Benefits
