THE USE OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN BBC VCD AS ALTERNATIVE MEDIA IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING REPORT (experimental)

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

            This chapter is the first chapter in which the writer would like to discuss the background of the study, reasons for choosing the topic, statements of the problems, objectives of the study, statement of the hypothesis, significance of the study and outline of the report. 

1.1.  Background of the Study

Nowadays, all of us face a globalization era, in which everything demands competitive ability in technology, management, human resource, and almost every aspect of human life. We, whether we like or not,  need to have a competitive competence reached through the high international standard level of knowledgeable and skillful of human resource in order to develop ourselves and compete in this changing era.  It goes without saying that globalization era requires change in every aspect of life. It impacts on the role of English as the most important international language all over the world to communicate. Harmer (2003:1) states that “English has become a lingua franca”.

According to Harmer (2003:1), “a lingua franca can be defined as a language widely adopted for communication between two speakers whose native languages are diferent from each other’s and where one or both speakers are using it as a ‘second language’.” The use of English language in both English and non-English countries in International economical, socio-?????????????????????????????