Parawati Siti Sondari, 2014
A Study Of English Article Choice: A Case Study Of Two Indonesian English Teachers Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu
Table of Content
Page of Approval...ii
Page of Declaration...iii
Acknowledgements ... iv
Table of Content ... v
List of Tables ... vii
List of Figures ... viii
Abstract ... ix
Chapter I Introduction ... 1
1. 1 Background ... 1
1. 2 Research Questions ... 4
1. 3 The Aims of The Study ... 4
1. 4 The Clarification of Terms ... 5
1. 5 The Scope of The Study ... 6
1. 6 The Significance of The Study ... 7
1. 7 Conclusion ... 8
Chapter II Theoretical Foundation ... 9
2. 1 English Articles ... 9
2. 1. 1 Semantic-pragmatic context of Definiteness ... 11
2. 1. 1. 1 Uniqueness ... 11
2. 1. 1. 2 Familiarity ... 16
2. 1. 1. 3 Identifiability ... 18
2. 2. 2 Specificity ... 19
2. 2 English Nominal System ... 25
2. 3 The Representation of Definiteness in Indonesian... 28
2. 4 Indonesian Nominal System ... 33
2. 5 Second Language Acquisition Theory: Universal Grammar ... 34
2. 6 Previous Studies on Article Choice ... 36
2. 6. 1 Early Studies on Article acquisition ... 36
2. 6. 2 Article Choice Parameter (ACP) ... 37
2. 6. 3 Studies on Article Choice to Article-less L1... 39
2. 6. 4 Studies of Article Choice to L1 with Articles ... 43
2. 6. 5 Studies of Article Choice Compering L1 with articless and Article-less L1 ... 44
2. 6. 6 Studies of English Article Choice to Indonesian L1 and Malay L1 ... 45
Parawati Siti Sondari, 2014
A Study Of English Article Choice: A Case Study Of Two Indonesian English Teachers Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu
3. 1 Research Paradigm and Design ... 46
3. 2 Research Questions ... 48
3. 3 Data Collection Method ... 49
3. 3. 1 Research Participants ... 49
3. 3. 2 Data Collection Instruments ... 51
3. 3. 2. 1 Forced-choice Elicitation Task ... 52
3. 3. 2. 2 Video-taped Observation ... 57
3. 3. 3 Data Analysis ... 58
Chapter IV Findings and Discussions ... 61
4. 1 Definiteness ... 61
4. 1. 1 Forced-choice Elicitation Task ... 61
4. 1. 2 Observation Data...67
4. 2 Specificity ... 74
4. 2. 1 Forced-choice Elicitation Task ... 74
4. 2. 2 Observation Data...84
4. 3 Noun Countability ... 90
4. 3. 1 Forced-choice Elicitation Task ... 90
4. 3. 2 Observation Data...95
Chapter V Conclusions and Suggestions ... 102
5. 1 Conclusions ... 102
5. 2 Suggestions for Further Research ... 107
References ... 108
Appendices ... 116
Appendix I The list of nouns used in the task...116
Appendix II Forced-choice elicitation task ...117
Appendix III Forced-choice elicitation task analysis...157
Appendix IV Observation transcriptions...160
Appendix V Transcription analysis...189
