CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 General Background
of the Study
Language
cannot be separated from human’s life. It is one of the universal systems in a culture that
functions as a means of communication. It enables people to interact,
communicate, and make sense of the world so that it is dynamic, and it develops
and changes over time as a result of many different influences. In addition, it
is used by human beings in communicating
with each other, both in oral and in written discourse. English is one of
languages, which are used by people all around the world to communicate with
each other.
In
Indonesia, a lot of people are interested in learning English as a foreign language,
because they know that English is the
international language used in many countries all over the world. Besides, English is considered to be the first foreign
language there, because it has an important role in international communication.
Consequently, now English is taught in schools, from playgroups until
university level.
For Indonesian learners, the ability to speak
in English is a kind of dream which comes true, because there are few
Indonesian learners who can speak English. Learning English as a foreign
language is quite difficult because there are so many differences between
English and Indonesian culture, it has
different system of language; it has different grammatical structures,
differences in meaning of words, and different sound system.
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addition, in order to master English, Indonesian learners have to master the
four basic skills, namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing. English
has its phonological, vocabulary, and
grammatical system and so does Indonesian. However, Indonesian learners face
many difficulties in acquiring those English systems. One of them is difficulty
in pronouncing speech sounds in English. That is because of English is
considered to be the foreign language.
Besides
the problem of speech sounds, another problem in learning English as a foreign
language for Indonesian learners is the
fact that they have their own mother tongue, and they are getting used to their
own language since they were children. “Since childhood a foreign learner has
been speaking his mother tongue, which is deeply implanted in him as part of
his/her habits.”(Ramelan, 1984: 6) For Indonesian learners, another difficulty
in learning English is learning English phrasal verbs. It is necessary to
master phrasal verbs because they are frequently used in both oral and written
material. Since English is a foreign language, it is understandable why most
students face difficulties in understanding words meaning, especially dealing
with phrasal verbs.
For
learners of all ages, the comprehension of idiomatic expressions is facilitated
by contextual support. (Cacciari and Levorato, 1989; Nippold and Martin, 1989).
One important to be put in mind is that idiomatic expression such as phrasal
verbs depend on their context. It helps to grasp their meaning. Therefore, the
context in which a phrasal verb is used will???????
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