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STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE PREFERENCE

STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE PREFERENCES IN ADVANCED
GRAMMAR CLASSES

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

Yayuk Puji Rahayu
112007087

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

STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE PREFERENCE


STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE PREFERENCES IN ADVANCED
GRAMMAR CLASSES
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Yayuk Puji Rahayu
112007087

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

STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE PREFERENCE

STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE PREFERENCES IN ADVANCED
GRAMMAR CLASSES


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

Yayuk Puji Rahayu
112007087

Approved by:

Nugrahenny T. Zacharias, Ph. D.
__________________________
Supervisor

Hendro S. Husada,M.A
___________________
Examiner

STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE PREFERENCE


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112007087
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Undergraduate Thesis

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Nugrahenny T. Zacharias, Ph. D

Hendro S. Husada, M.A

STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE PREFERENCE

STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE PREFERENCE IN ADVANCED
GRAMMAR CLASSES

Yayuk Puji Rahayu

Abstract
The study aimed to find out the students’ language preferences in Advanced Grammar
classes of English Departments, Satya Wacana Christian University. The study addresses
the following questions: a) What are the students’ language preferences in Advanced
Grammar classes? b) What are the reasons for such language preferences? The data
were collected from 114 students. The data was analyzed both quantitatively and
qualitatively. Open-ended questionnaire were used to collect the data and there found
four languages preferred by Advanced Grammar students: “English only”, “Indonesian
only”, mixed language and no language preference. There results of this study proved
that mother tongue had both positive and negative effects. Pedagogical implications of
the findings will also be addressed at the end of the paper.
Key words: mother tongue, language preferences, grammar classes,