Table of Contents…………………………………………………………..1
Introduction……………………………………………………………….. 2
Literature Review * Linguistics…………………………………………………………. 4 * Phonology………………………………………………………......5 * Pronunciation……………………………………………………….6 * Listening……………………………………………………………6 * Company profile……………………………………………………8
Research Methodology * Research Design…………………………………………………...14 * Population and Sample…………………………………………….14 * The Research Instrument…………………………………………..15 * The Data Processing………………………………………………..16 * Result and Discussion……………………………………………...18
Conclusion and References * Conclusion………………………………………………………….21 * References……………………………………………………….....22
1. INTRODUCTION
The Relationship Between Pronunciation Ability and Listening
Ability of Employees in PT. PGN Area Batam
Rika Purnama Sari
Language involves a duality of patterning, as Hockett (1954) has noted. On the one hand, there are patterns that pertain to the way that sounds are organized; on the other, there are patterns that relate to hoe meanings are organized. Although language use dealing with patterns at both levels, it often seems as though the two are studied in relative isolation of one another. So, what is definition of language? Language is one system for human to communicate with other by speech and writing, so that human can represent their ideas and thoughts through the sounds or letters. Language is vested in culture and the origin of spoken language is as old as humanity itself. Early human ancestors began using spoken language several million years ago. Humans began writing about 5,000 years ago. Language made it possible for human societies to develop.
Language is the development of the basic form of communication between human beings, and in a society. And just as it is the basic form, it is also the most developed. We cannot communicate in any real sense without language. Communication happened when there are
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