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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
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such materials as has been submitted for examination for any
course or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the
best of my knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or
written by any other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright @ 2012. Yayuk Puji Rahayu and Nugrahenny T. Zacharias, Ph. D
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga
Yayuk Puji Rahayu:
STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE PREFERENCE
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
__________________________________________________________
As a member of (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic
community, I verify that:
Name:
Student ID Number:
Study Program:
Faculty:
Kind of Work:
Yayuk Puji Rahayu
112007087
English Department
Faculty of English and Literature
Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty
right for my intellectual property and the contents there in entitled:
Students’ Language Preferences in Advanced Grammar Classes
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right of copy, reproduce,
print, publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or
database, transmit, broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part
without my express written permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
: Salatiga
Date
: 31 January 2012
Verified by signee,
______________________
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
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,
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
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such materials as has been submitted for examination for any
course or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the
best of my knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or
written by any other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright @ 2012. Yayuk Puji Rahayu and Nugrahenny T. Zacharias, Ph. D
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga
Yayuk Puji Rahayu:
STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE PREFERENCE
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
__________________________________________________________
As a member of (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic
community, I verify that:
Name:
Student ID Number:
Study Program:
Faculty:
Kind of Work:
Yayuk Puji Rahayu
112007087
English Department
Faculty of English and Literature
Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty
right for my intellectual property and the contents there in entitled:
Students’ Language Preferences in Advanced Grammar Classes
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right of copy, reproduce,
print, publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or
database, transmit, broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part
without my express written permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
: Salatiga
Date
: 31 January 2012
Verified by signee,
______________________
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
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,