THESIS ENGLISH TASK TO DEVELOP English Task To Develop The Students’ Communicative Competence: A Study Of Edukatif Work Book For Junior High School Students.

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THESIS

ENGLISH TASK TO DEVELOP

THE STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE:

A STUDY OF

EDUKATIF

WORK BOOK FOR JUNIOR HIGH

SCHOOL STUDENTS

MANUSCRIP PUBLICATION

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Master Degree in Language Study at Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta

by

DYAH ROHMA WATI S.200 090 012

MAGISTER OF LANGUAGE STUDY

MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA 2012


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APPROVAL

ENGLISH TASK TO DEVELOP

THE STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE:

A STUDY OF EDUKATIF WORK BOOK FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

STUDENTS

Manuscript Publication by

DYAH ROHMA WATI

S 200 090 012

The Manuscript Publication Has Been Approved by Board of Consultants of English Language Study, Graduate School of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, on

May 2012


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ENGLISH TASK TO DEVELOP

THE STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE: A STUDY OF EDUKATIF WORK BOOK FOR

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

by

Dyah Rohma Wati

ABSTRACT

This research is mainly intended to find out the extent tasks in Edukatif work

books are designed to develop the students‟ communicative competence. The objective of this research is to explain what extent tasks in Edukatif work books are designed to develop students‟ discourse competence, linguistic competence, actional competence, sociolinguistic competence, and strategic competence. This research is qualitative research which involves content analysis approach. The object of this research is English work book named Edukatif that published by Akik Pusaka Sragen. The writer analyzes the work book of eight grade students including the work book that used in the first and second semester. In collecting the data, the writer uses documentation method. The data analyze used the theory of Hiberman and Miles which involves data reduction, data display and verification.

The findings show that among the five competences and its components of communicative competence, some components are not developed in both work books. Both Edukatif work book one and two can develop all components of discourse competence. But the tasks do not develop one aspect in linguistic competence that is phonology. Moreover, work book one and two can develop most component of actional competence, except speech act (in work book one) and problem key area (in work book two). Some tasks in both work books also develop two components- among four components-of sociolinguistic competence, except cultural and non-verbal communicative factor. Latter, the work book only develop one component-among five components- of strategic competence that is time and gaining strategy. So, considering the result above, the writer can conclude that the tasks in both Edukatif work books are not sufficient to develop the students‟ communicative competence, especially in developing sociolinguistic and strategic competence.


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1. Introduction

Learning material plays important role in English language teaching. It provides anything which is used by teacher or learner to facilitate and support the language learning. There are many kinds of learning materials including cassette, videos, CD-Rooms, dictionaries, grammar books, readers, work books, photocopied exercises, newspapers, etc (Tomlinson, 1998:2).

The contents of learning material in EFL learning context always changes, which is due to the influence of the Indonesian government policy about the change of curriculum in the secondary education level. As materials are components of curriculum, they should comply with the curriculum guidelines. According to Sukmadinata (2008:103-110) there are some components of curriculum, namely; aim, material, teaching strategy, teaching media, and teaching evaluation.

Nowadays, common learning materials used by English teachers are text books and work books. In fact, teachers often use work books rather than text books as compulsory materials for the students because they help teachers to teach a lesson-in which there is summary of materials- and provide some tasks for students. According to Tomlinson (1998: xiii) work book is a book which contains extra practices for learners to work on in their own time.

The use of work book is inclined on the use of its tasks. According to

Breen in Nunan 1989: 6 “ Tasks is assumed to refer to a range of work plans which have the overall purpose of facilitating language learning- from the simple and brief exercise type, to more complex and lengthy activities such as group problem solving or simulations and decision making”. The tasks in the work book used by teacher as source of exercises in each material.

Indonesian government has implemented many model of curriculum. Recently, Curriculum in the Unit Level of Education (Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan) or KTSP is introduced. It is common that in KTSP curriculum, English teachers should develop students‟ communicative competence. In addition, the regulation of the Ministry of National Education


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Number: 22 / Year 2006 (number I) stated that the Content Standard for the English language learning in Junior secondary school should develop

students‟ language skills which can enable them to communicate in spoken and written English.

The description of Curriculum and Regulation above shows that language learning in Junior secondary school emphasize to develop students‟ communicative competence in which the model of communicative competence by Celce-Murcia, Thurrell, and Dornyei(1995) is applied. Communicative competence can be gotten only through its supporting competence, namely, linguistic competence, actional competence, sociocultural competence, and strategic competence. The pedagogical implication is that formulating English competence and its indicator that used in English language learning based on the competence above. Therefore, the indicator in curriculum as well as the work book should develop the five competences and its components.

Nowadays, there are many kinds of work book used in Indonesian EFL learning context. Here, the writer analyzes work book entitled Edukatif at the eight grades of Junior high school students in Sragen which is published by

Akik Pusaka.

Based on the explanation above, the problem of this study is to what extent tasks in Edukatif work book are designed to develops students‟ communicative competence. Considering there are five components of communicative competence, the subsidiary question of the research question above is “To what extent are tasks in Edukatif work book designed to develop

students‟ (1) discourse competence, (2) linguistic competence, (3) actional

competence, (4) sociolinguistic competence, and (5) actional competence”?.

Thus, the objective of this study is to describe what extent tasks in Edukatif

work book are designed to develop the five competences.


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1.1 Communicative Competence

The term communicative competence was coined by Dell Hymes in 1966 who defined it as the knowledge of both rules of grammar and rules of language use appropriate to a given context, reacting against the

perceived inadequacy of Noam Chomsky‟s distinction between

competence and performance (1965). Much of Hymes‟ justification of this theory is based on his criticism of Chomsky‟s linguistic competence. Later, Cook (1997:117) defines communicative competence as the ability to use language effectively to communicate in particular context and for particular purposes.

The notion of communicative competence has been evolving for years. In short, the development of the concept of communicative competence can be drawn as follows:

a) Chomsky (1957, 1965) linguistic competence

b) Dell Hymes (1967, 1972) generalized communicative competence into (1) whether (and to what degree) something is possible. (2) Whether (and to what degree) something is feasible. (3) Whether (and to what degree) something is appropriate. (4) Whether (and to what degree) something is done.

c) Canale and Swain (1980) competence (grammatical, sociolinguistic, discourse and strategic competence)

d) Bachman (1980) competence (language competence, strategic competence, and psychophysiological mechanism)

e) Celce Murcia, Dörnyei and Thurrel (1995) further refined the model by making finer distinctions in the area of sociolinguistic competence: (1) linguistic competence (not narrowly grammar); (2) strategic competence (efficiency and recovery); (3) sociocultural competence (non-linguistic knowledge for appropriate deployment of linguistic resources); (4) actional competence (carrying out/ understanding communicative intent by performing and interpreting speech acts and speech events); and (5) discourse competence, this competence


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concerns the selection, sequencing of linguistic items (words, structures, sentences, utterances) to achieve a unified spoken/ written text.

1.2. The Component of Communicative Competence by Celce-Murcia, Dornyei, Thurrell

The latest model of communicative competence is proposed by Celce-Murcia, Dornyei and Thurrell. It is represented in a pyramid enclosing a circle and surrounded by another circle as bellow:

Figure 1. Schematic Representation of Communicative Competence (Celce-Murcia et al. 1995:10)

The figure above shows that the main competence in language learning is Discourse Competence. It means that if people involved in such communication whether in oral or written form, they involved in cultural and situational context that cover it. To gain discourse competence people need to develop its supporting competence, such as linguistic competence, actional competence, sociocultural competence, and strategic competence. Moreover, each competence above is divided into sub- component (micro competence) which is used as guide in language learning (Fauziati & Hikmat, 2009:8-9).

The Pedagogical implication is that in formulating the competences and indicators of English language should be based on those competences


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in order to achieve discourse competences in educational process. Therefore, the indicator which is stated in curriculum decided based on the five competences. Here is the explanation of the five competences:

a. Discourse Competence

Discourse Competence concerns the selection, sequencing, and arrangement of word, structure, sentences, and utterance to achieve a unified spoken or written text Celce-Murcia et al (1995: 13). There are many sub-areas that contribute to discourse competence, they are cohesion, deixis, coherence, genre, and the conversational structure. b. Linguistic Competence

Linguistic competence is the mastery of language code, the ability to use grammar, syntax and vocabulary. This competence encompasses knowledge of roles of phonology, morphology, lexical items, and syntax (Brown, 2000: 247).

c. Actional competence

Actional competence is defined as competence in conveying and understanding communicative intent, that is, matching actional intent with linguistic form based on the knowledge of inventory of verbal schemata that carry illocutionary force (speech act and speech act sets). The conceptual of actional competence domain divided into two main components, knowledge of language function and knowledge of speech act. Therefore, actional competence also involves knowledge of how speech act and language function can be pattern and sequenced in real life situation (Celce-Murcia, et.al., 1995: 20-21).

d. Sociolinguistic Competence

Sociolinguistic competence refers to the speaker‟s knowledge of how to express message appropriately within the overall social and cultural context of communication, in accordance with the pragmatic factors related to variation in language use. Celce-Murcia et al (1995:23) have divided the relevant sociocultural competence into four main


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categories, namely, social contextual factors, stylistic appropriateness factors, cultural factors, and non-verbal communicative factor.

e. Strategic Competence

Strategic Competence conceptualized as knowledge of communication strategies and how to use them. In other word, it is the ability to solve communication problems despite an inadequate command of the linguistic and sociocultural code. According to Celce-Murcia et al (1995, 28) this competence consist of five main parts , namely, avoidance and reduction strategies, achievement and compensatory strategies, stalling and time gaining strategies, self-monitoring strategies, and interactional strategies.

2. Research Method

This study applies qualitative method. Bogdan and Taylor in Moelong (2007: 4) said that qualitative method is research procedure that yield descriptive data in the form of written or oral speech and observable behavior. The approach used for this research is content analysis. This analysis closely associates with qualitative research. Indeed, qualitative

content analysis also said as „latent level analysis‟, because it concerns

second-level, interpretative analysis of the underlying deeper meaning of the data (Dornyei, 2007: 245-246).

The data of this research are some tasks that are written in the work book. The source of data is English work book / Edukatif of the eight grade Junior high school students and published by Akik Pusaka Sragen. This research includes the work book for the first and second semester. Each work book consists of three chapters related to certain theme. Here, the writer focuses on discussing some tasks that are covered in those three chapters.

The technique used to collect the data is documentation method. There are some procedures in applying this method.


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b. She marks the tasks that are thought can develop the target competences. c. She gives code on the marked materials in accordance with the

developed competence.

d. She notes the page and number of the tasks that develops the competence.

e. She accounts amount of the tasks that develop the competence

After collecting the whole data, the next step is analyzing the data. Huberman and Miles (1994: 10) mention three linked processes of analysis, namely, a) data reduction, b) data display, and c) data conclusion drawing and verification. The process of analyzing data is described in the figure below.

Figure 2. Components of Data Analysis: Interactive Model (Huberman and Miles, 1994: 12)

3. Research Findings

The findings of the research are displayed in the table below. They are displayed based on the competence developed and followed by the example of the tasks.

Data

Collection Data

Display

Data

Reduction Conclusion:

Drawing/Verify ing


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The Frequency of the Tasks to Develop Students’ Discourse Competence.

The following table is the frequency of both Edukatif work books in providing tasks to develop the students‟ discourse competence.

Table 4.1.Frequency of ‘Edukatif’ Work Book in Providing Tasks to Develop Students’ Discourse Competence.

Work book

Competence Sub- Competence Example Frequency Total

I Discourse Cohesion

146 - Reference Look this sentence! It shows them…(paragraph 2).

“It” refers to… 6 - Ellipsis Is it tropical bird?

Answer: Yes, it is 6

- Conjunction Pulau Tiga is a popular island. This is .…( so, or, and, because ) two episode of TV program survivor was filmed here.

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- Lexical Organization

....he waits quietly by my bed until I wake.

The word underlined has the similar meaning as…. 21

Deixis On the island you will find mud

volcanoes…..(This, That, These, Those) volcanoes are about two meters high and 10 meters in diameters.

48

Coherence Everyone enjoys playing futsal. This is

way…(much, a few, a little) of the school in Kuantan have decided to organized a futsal tournament in Kuantan.

28

Genre/Generic Structure

Write a letter in the form of recount about your past experience when you were ill or treated in the hospital!

30

Conversational Structure

Farah: May I speak to Rudi?

Rudi: ……..is speaking? 3

II Discourse Cohesion

- Reference ….I could not forget it. „it‟ refers to….. 4

- Ellipsis Is Tony going to come to the party? 6


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Answer: No, he isn‟t

110 - Conjunction Fill the blanks with: Although, so, because or but.

- The farmers want to plant the rice….there is no water.

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- Lexical Organization

They grew impatient with only one golden egg a day (Paragraph three).

The opposite of the underlined word above

is……….

6

Deixis Today, I give this necklace to you.

47 Coherence Only a short time after I……(1) my 13th birthday,

everything was changing for me. One day I……(2)

that my voice was becoming deeper and sounding

rough. ,…

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Genre/ Generic Structure

Work in pair. Identify the characteristic of the text

above. Don‟t forget to supply examples of

characteristic from the text above. 15

Conversational Structure

You : Hello Mr. Budi, the weather is bright,

isn’t it?

Mr. Budi: Oh, hello. Yes, the weather is so bright. I love it.

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The Frequency of the Tasks to Develop Students’ Linguistic Competence.

The following table is the frequency of both Edukatif work books in providing tasks to develop the students‟ linguistic competence.

Table 4.2. Frequency of ‘Edukatif’ Work Book in Providing Tasks to Develop Students’ Linguistic Competence.

Work book

Competence Sub- Competence Example Frequency Total

I Linguistic Phonology -

Morphology A dog run fast but a horse is faster

2

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Lexicon Complete the sentences with the correct words! - When the harvesting time, the farmer has

abundant of rice.

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27 Syntax Change into negative and interrogative sentences.

- Mother plants the flowers in the garden. 6

II Linguistic Phonology -

40 Morphology Change the following regular verb into past forms!

1. lie 2. describe

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Lexicon Find the Indonesia meaning of the underlined phrase on the text above!

- the entrance gate -walked around

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Syntax Arrange these sentences into the correct orders!

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The Frequency of the Tasks to Develop Students’ Actional Competence.

The following table is the frequency of both Edukatif work books in providing tasks to develop the students‟ actional competence.

Table 4.3. Frequency of ‘Edukatif’ Work Book in Providing Tasks to Develop Students’ Actional Competence.

Work book

Competence Sub- Competence Example Frequency Total

I Actional Knowledge of

Language Function -Interpersonal

Exchange

Listen to your teacher reading the following dialogue!

Andi : Hi , Nila!

Nila : Hi, Andi

27

- Information Complete the dialogue below?

Mr. John : Thank you very much, Sir. By the way, can you tell me how to get the subway station from the bank?

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- Opinion Choose the correct answer by giving cross on a, b, c, or d!

Cyntia: What do you think of Indonesian movie today?

Sita : In my opinion, it is good

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68 - Feelings Practice the dialogue below!

Yohana: Novi, tomorrow is a holiday. How

about going,…

Novi : That’s great. I agree with you. I wanted to go there

3

- Suasion Father : Rian, don’t forget to water the plants. They will die if you do not water

them twice a day. 13

- Problems Yani: Ani, where is my eraser? you borrowed it

yesterday, didn‟t you?

Ani : Yes, but I lost it last night at home. I am really sorry.

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- Future Scenario Father: Promise me you don’t lie next time.

Rian : I promise 3

Knowledge of Speech Act

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II Actional Knowledge of

Language Function -Interpersonal Exchange

Nita : Do you want to come to my house? we can do our homework together. Leo :Yes, certainly. We can discuss it

together.

25

- Information Someone : Excuse me, Could you tell me 4


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where the rest room is? You : Yes, it is near the record store.

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- Opinion Complete the dialogue with suitable

expressions!

Adi : What do you think of the story of Malin Kundan?(asking)

Sanusi : I think the story is very touching.

15

- Feelings Dhea : Yes, it is. Nice weather we‟re having.

Jack : Look! This is a fantastic sight. 2

- Suasions Shinta : Dad, can I go to Diana’s party tonight? Tomorrow is holiday. I don‟t have any

homework.

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- Problems -

- Future Scenario Jack : The weatherman says it will be sunny today.

Dhea : Really, Let‟s go camping then,…

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Knowledge of Speech Act

Shafa : It is hot today.

Gita : Would you like a glass of ice?

Shafa :Yes, please I like it very much.

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The Frequency of the Tasks to Develop Students’ Sociolinguistic Competence.

The following table is the frequency of both Edukatif work books in providing tasks to develop the students‟ sociolinguistic competence.

Table 4.4. Frequency of ‘Edukatif’ Work Book in Providing Tasks to Develop Students’ Sociolinguistic Competence.

Work book

Competence Sub- Competence Example Frequency Total

I Sociolinguistic Social Contextual Factor Andi: Hi, Nila!

Nila : Hi, Andi!

(Greeting between two classmate that might have equal age, status(as student) and it happened in backyard of

Nila‟s house)

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Stylistic Appropriateness Factors

Shopkeeper :Would you like a hat, Sir? There are several colors including blue.

Michael : No, thanks,...

(Negative politeness and using more formal language)

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Cultural Factors -

Non-Verbal

Communicative Factors -

II Sociolinguistic Social Contextual Factor Someone: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the restroom?

You : Yes, it is near the record store.

(Dialogue between foreigner and you. It take place in a mall)

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Stylistic Appropriateness Factors

Father: Anton, come here a minute. Anton: Yes, Dad, What is it?

Father: What do you say if we go to the bookstore

tomorrow to buy some story books?

(Positive politeness and use less of formal language)

13

Cultural Factors -

Non-Verbal

Communicative Factors -


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The Frequency of the Tasks to Develop Students’ Strategic Competence.

The following table is the frequency of both Edukatif work books in providing tasks to develop the students‟ strategic competence.

Table 4.5. Frequency of ‘Edukatif’ Work Book in Providing Tasks to Develop Students’ Strategic Competence. Work

book

Competence Sub- Competence Example Frequency Total

I Strategic Avoidance or Reduction

Strategies

-

7

Achievement Strategies -

Time-Gaining Strategies

Rian : Umm…..yes, I did. 7

Self-Monitoring

Strategies -

Interaction Strategies -

II Strategic Avoidance or Reduction

Strategies -

5

Achievement Strategies -

Time-Gaining Strategies

Nissa : Well, I am reading an English book. We‟re

having a test tomorrow, remember? 5

Self-Monitoring

Strategies -

Interaction Strategies -

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4. Discussion

Among the five competences of communicative competence, work book one provides the tasks that develop all component of discourse competence (146

tasks). The work book also provides some tasks that develop students‟ ability in

linguistic competence (27 tasks), but there is one component that is not developed in the work book that is phonology. There are some tasks in work book one related to actional competence (68 tasks), but speech act does not appear in the tasks. The work book also provide some tasks that develop students ability in sociolinguistic (16 tasks), but there are two components that do not appear in the tasks, they are cultural and non verbal communicative factors. In strategic competence, work book one only provides the tasks that develop one component of this competence that is stalling and time gaining strategy (7 tasks).

Edukatif work book two also provides some tasks that develop students‟

ability in discourse competence and all of its components (110 tasks). The work book also provides some tasks related to linguistic competence (40 tasks), but there is one component that does not state in the work book that is phonology. In actional competence, the work book also provides some tasks that develop this competence (53 tasks), but problem key area of language function does not appear in the work book. The work book also provides some tasks that develop students‟ ability in sociolinguistic competence (13 tasks), but there are two components that do not appear in the tasks, they are cultural and non verbal communicative factor. Latter, the tasks in work book two only develop one component of actional competence that is stalling and time gaining strategy (5 tasks).

Based on the findings, the researcher determines that the tasks in both

Edukatif work books are not totally extend to develop students‟ communicative competence. It considers among the five competences and its components of communicative competence, there are components that are not developed in both work books they are some components of sociolinguistic and actional competence.


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5. Conclusion and Suggestion Conclusion

After analyzing the tasks in both Edukatif work books, the writer finds that-among the five competences of communicative competence and their components- the tasks in both work books can develop all components of discourse competence. But the tasks do not develop one component in linguistic competence that is phonology. Moreover, work book one and two can develop most component of actional competence, except speech act (in work book one and problem key area (in work book two). Some tasks in the work books also develop two components- among four components-of sociolinguistic competence, except cultural and non-verbal communicative factor. Latter, the work book only develop one component-among five components- of strategic competence that is time and gaining strategy.

From the discussion above, the writer can conclude that the tasks in both Edukatif work books are not sufficient to develop the students‟ communicative competence. Especially, the tasks are lack to develop sociolinguistic and strategic competence. In fact, both competences are important aspect that should be developed in order to foster students‟ ability to communicate appropriately within overall social and cultural context; and also to use some strategies to compensate the limitation of their language competence.

Suggestion

There are some suggestions given to those who are related to provide

tasks for developing students‟ communicative competence, they are:

1. For Other Researcher

The writer hopes that this study can be stepping stone for other researchers who are interested to do a research related to this study. They can focus the research in each domain of communicative competence in order to get deeper findings. In addition, the next researcher can do a research in work book or other learning materials using another parameter,


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such as The Indicator of School Based Curriculum, The Indicators that suggested by some linguists, etc.

2. For the Teacher

Considering the work book is one of learning material and as source of tasks for the students, English teacher should be able to identify that the work book can develop all components of communicative competence. By doing this, the teacher know to what extent the tasks in work book are designed to develop the competence and can complement it by taking another source of learning material.

3. For the Writer of the Work book

The finding of this research show that the tasks in both Edukatif

work books are not totally develops some components of communicative competence. So, the duty of work book writer is to develop some tasks in both work books in order to develop all components of communicative competence. More specifically, they can observe types of tasks that are suitable for developing the components of sociolinguistic and strategic competence by observing other learning materials.


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The Frequency of the Tasks to Develop Students’ Sociolinguistic Competence.

The following table is the frequency of both Edukatif work books in providing tasks to develop the students‟ sociolinguistic competence.

Table 4.4. Frequency of ‘Edukatif’ Work Book in Providing Tasks to Develop Students’ Sociolinguistic Competence. Work

book

Competence Sub- Competence Example Frequency Total

I Sociolinguistic Social Contextual Factor Andi: Hi, Nila! Nila : Hi, Andi!

(Greeting between two classmate that might have equal age, status(as student) and it happened in backyard of Nila‟s house)

16

Stylistic Appropriateness Factors

Shopkeeper :Would you like a hat, Sir? There are several colors including blue.

Michael : No, thanks,...

(Negative politeness and using more formal language)

16

Cultural Factors -

Non-Verbal

Communicative Factors -

II Sociolinguistic Social Contextual Factor Someone: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the restroom?

You : Yes, it is near the record store.

(Dialogue between foreigner and you. It take place in a mall)

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Stylistic Appropriateness Factors

Father: Anton, come here a minute. Anton: Yes, Dad, What is it?

Father: What do you say if we go to the bookstore tomorrow to buy some story books?

(Positive politeness and use less of formal language)

13

Cultural Factors -

Non-Verbal

Communicative Factors -


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The Frequency of the Tasks to Develop Students’ Strategic Competence.

The following table is the frequency of both Edukatif work books in providing tasks to develop the students‟ strategic competence.

Table 4.5. Frequency of ‘Edukatif’ Work Book in Providing Tasks to Develop Students’ Strategic Competence. Work

book

Competence Sub- Competence Example Frequency Total

I Strategic Avoidance or Reduction Strategies

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7

Achievement Strategies -

Time-Gaining Strategies

Rian : Umm…..yes, I did. 7 Self-Monitoring

Strategies -

Interaction Strategies -

II Strategic Avoidance or Reduction

Strategies -

5

Achievement Strategies -

Time-Gaining Strategies

Nissa : Well, I am reading an English book. We‟re

having a test tomorrow, remember? 5 Self-Monitoring

Strategies -

Interaction Strategies -

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4. Discussion

Among the five competences of communicative competence, work book one provides the tasks that develop all component of discourse competence (146 tasks). The work book also provides some tasks that develop students‟ ability in linguistic competence (27 tasks), but there is one component that is not developed in the work book that is phonology. There are some tasks in work book one related to actional competence (68 tasks), but speech act does not appear in the tasks. The work book also provide some tasks that develop students ability in sociolinguistic (16 tasks), but there are two components that do not appear in the tasks, they are cultural and non verbal communicative factors. In strategic competence, work book one only provides the tasks that develop one component of this competence that is stalling and time gaining strategy (7 tasks).

Edukatif work book two also provides some tasks that develop students‟

ability in discourse competence and all of its components (110 tasks). The work book also provides some tasks related to linguistic competence (40 tasks), but there is one component that does not state in the work book that is phonology. In actional competence, the work book also provides some tasks that develop this competence (53 tasks), but problem key area of language function does not appear in the work book. The work book also provides some tasks that develop students‟ ability in sociolinguistic competence (13 tasks), but there are two components that do not appear in the tasks, they are cultural and non verbal communicative factor. Latter, the tasks in work book two only develop one component of actional competence that is stalling and time gaining strategy (5 tasks).

Based on the findings, the researcher determines that the tasks in both

Edukatif work books are not totally extend to develop students‟ communicative competence. It considers among the five competences and its components of communicative competence, there are components that are not developed in both work books they are some components of sociolinguistic and actional competence.


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5. Conclusion and Suggestion

Conclusion

After analyzing the tasks in both Edukatif work books, the writer finds that-among the five competences of communicative competence and their components- the tasks in both work books can develop all components of discourse competence. But the tasks do not develop one component in linguistic competence that is phonology. Moreover, work book one and two can develop most component of actional competence, except speech act (in work book one and problem key area (in work book two). Some tasks in the work books also develop two components- among four components-of sociolinguistic competence, except cultural and non-verbal communicative factor. Latter, the work book only develop one component-among five components- of strategic competence that is time and gaining strategy.

From the discussion above, the writer can conclude that the tasks in both Edukatif work books are not sufficient to develop the students‟ communicative competence. Especially, the tasks are lack to develop sociolinguistic and strategic competence. In fact, both competences are important aspect that should be developed in order to foster students‟ ability to communicate appropriately within overall social and cultural context; and also to use some strategies to compensate the limitation of their language competence.

Suggestion

There are some suggestions given to those who are related to provide tasks for developing students‟ communicative competence, they are:

1. For Other Researcher

The writer hopes that this study can be stepping stone for other researchers who are interested to do a research related to this study. They can focus the research in each domain of communicative competence in order to get deeper findings. In addition, the next researcher can do a research in work book or other learning materials using another parameter,


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such as The Indicator of School Based Curriculum, The Indicators that suggested by some linguists, etc.

2. For the Teacher

Considering the work book is one of learning material and as source of tasks for the students, English teacher should be able to identify that the work book can develop all components of communicative competence. By doing this, the teacher know to what extent the tasks in work book are designed to develop the competence and can complement it by taking another source of learning material.

3. For the Writer of the Work book

The finding of this research show that the tasks in both Edukatif

work books are not totally develops some components of communicative competence. So, the duty of work book writer is to develop some tasks in both work books in order to develop all components of communicative competence. More specifically, they can observe types of tasks that are suitable for developing the components of sociolinguistic and strategic competence by observing other learning materials.


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