THE IMAGINED COMMUNITIES OF 2011 STUDENTS OF
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Febi Kusuma Dewi 112008054
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
THE IMAGINED COMMUNITIES OF 2011 STUDENTS OF
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Febi Kusuma Dewi 112008054
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
THE IMAGINED COMMUNITIES OF 2011 STUDENTS OF
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Febi Kusuma Dewi 112008054
Approved by:
Anita Kurniawati, M.Hum Supervisor
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THE IMAGINED COMMUNITIES OF 2011 STUDENTS OF
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY
Febi Kusuma Dewi
ABSTRACT
The concept of imagined communities is considered as an important factor affecting the English learners’ learning trajectories, motivation, investment, and resistance in their learning (see Kamal and Norton, 2003; Norton, 2001; Pavlenco and Norton, 2005). I conducted this research to investigate the imagined communities of 2011 students of English Department of Satya Wacana Christian University in learning English. The research question is: What are the imagined communities of 2011 students of English Department of Satya Wacana Christian University? The participants of this study were 50 first-year students whom were chosen randomly. The data was collected by using open-ended questionnaire administered in January 2012. The result of this study shows the participants’ imagined communities which related to English mastery, covered the participants’ comprehension, pronunciation, fluency and accuracy, and also other language chunks (language skills, grammar mastery, vocabulary possession, etc.); the imagined communities of having future occupations, which were grouped as concrete occupations (such as teacher, translator, tour guide, etc.) and abstract occupations (show the criteria of the participants’ imagined occupation); the imagined communities about the participants’ expectation for the future, grouped as expectations for themselves and expectations for the others; and the imagined communitiesof getting a social recognition as English speakers.
