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THE IMAGINED COMMUNITIES OF 2011 STUDENTS OF
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY

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

Febi Kusuma Dewi
112008054

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012

THE IMAGINED COMMUNITIES OF 2011 STUDENTS OF
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY

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

Febi Kusuma Dewi
112008054

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
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THE IMAGINED COMMUNITIES OF 2011 STUDENTS OF
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY

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

Febi Kusuma Dewi
112008054

Approved by:

Anita Kurniawati, M.Hum
Supervisor

Nugrahenny T. Zacharias, Ph.D
Examiner

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Anita Kurniawati, M.Hum
Supervisor

Nugrahenny T. Zacharias, Ph.D
Examiner
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THE IMAGINED COMMUNITIES OF 2011 STUDENTS OF
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY

Febi Kusuma Dewi

ABSTRACT
The concept of imagined communities is considered as an important factor affecting
the English learners’ learning trajectories, motivation, investment, and resistance in
their learning (see Kamal and Norton, 2003; Norton, 2001; Pavlenco and Norton,
2005). I conducted this research to investigate the imagined communities of 2011
students of English Department of Satya Wacana Christian University in learning
English. The research question is: What are the imagined communities of 2011
students of English Department of Satya Wacana Christian University? The
participants of this study were 50 first-year students whom were chosen randomly.
The data was collected by using open-ended questionnaire administered in January
2012. The result of this study shows the participants’ imagined communities which
related to English mastery, covered the participants’ comprehension, pronunciation,
fluency and accuracy, and also other language chunks (language skills, grammar

mastery, vocabulary possession, etc.); the imagined communities of having future
occupations, which were grouped as concrete occupations (such as teacher, translator,
tour guide, etc.) and abstract occupations (show the criteria of the participants’
imagined occupation); the imagined communities about the participants’ expectation
for the future, grouped as expectations for themselves and expectations for the others;
and the imagined communities of getting a social recognition as English speakers.
Keywords: imagined communities

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