CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
We never stop
learning language-from the babbling of babies to the vicarious preschool years,
from our early encounters with print and our first attempts at writing through
to the secondary textbooks and then beyond to the new demands of the adulthood,
where we still continue to learn and refine the language needed in every new
situation in which we find ourselves. (Derewianka, 1990:3) People use language
to express their mind, wishes, and ideas. Language is a means of communication
people use to share ideas with others. Language predicts attitude and wishes of
the users. Ramelan (1992:14) says: “…the use of language enables
the members of a social group to cooperate with one another for their own
benefits. Language has to be learned and used in a social community,
without which the existence of language is beyond understanding.”
Language is not only
used for daily conversation but also used in education, research and
science both spoken and written.
Considering those functions of language, people study language both formal or
in class and informal or outside the class. English is one of the
widely used international languages. Both as a means of oral and written
communication, including the broadcasting and the writing of newspaper,
magazine and technological as well as scientific books. Therefore, people who
want to be acquainted with technology and scientific advances have
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