The Tendention of Using American English and British English of Pbi Students
Introduction
A. Background English, one of the most spoken languages in the world, has a lot of variants. The most well-known English variants are British and American English. Although British and American English are the same language, they have some differences in vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and spelling (http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/usgbintr.html, 2011). However. one variant cannot be said to be superior to the other because both have been standardized (Kemmer,2009). Despite no course about the differences between British and American English, PBI students they are still able to communicate using English. It was not known whether they tend to use British or American English. Their ability to recognize those variants of English is also questioned. Therefore, their use of American and Btritish English is studied in this research.
B. Research Problems
Based on the description above, the problems that can be formulated are:
1. Do PBI students more frequently use British than American English vocabulary?
2. What is the tendency of PBI students in using British and American English pronunciation?
3. How successful do PBI students in identifying reading and listening passage of British and American English?
4. What is PBI students’consistency in using British and American English?
C. Aims
The aims of this research are:
1. to analyze whether PBI students more frequently use British English or American English vocabulary.
2. to analyze the tendency of PBI students in using British English and American English pronunciation.
3. to analyze the ability of PBI students in identifying reading and listening passage of British English and American English.
4. to analyze PBI students’ consistency in using British and American English.
D. Benefits By conducting this research, the benefit that the researchers can get is to widen the knowledge concerning the differences between British and American English. For science, it
A. Background English, one of the most spoken languages in the world, has a lot of variants. The most well-known English variants are British and American English. Although British and American English are the same language, they have some differences in vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and spelling (http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/usgbintr.html, 2011). However. one variant cannot be said to be superior to the other because both have been standardized (Kemmer,2009). Despite no course about the differences between British and American English, PBI students they are still able to communicate using English. It was not known whether they tend to use British or American English. Their ability to recognize those variants of English is also questioned. Therefore, their use of American and Btritish English is studied in this research.
B. Research Problems
Based on the description above, the problems that can be formulated are:
1. Do PBI students more frequently use British than American English vocabulary?
2. What is the tendency of PBI students in using British and American English pronunciation?
3. How successful do PBI students in identifying reading and listening passage of British and American English?
4. What is PBI students’consistency in using British and American English?
C. Aims
The aims of this research are:
1. to analyze whether PBI students more frequently use British English or American English vocabulary.
2. to analyze the tendency of PBI students in using British English and American English pronunciation.
3. to analyze the ability of PBI students in identifying reading and listening passage of British English and American English.
4. to analyze PBI students’ consistency in using British and American English.
D. Benefits By conducting this research, the benefit that the researchers can get is to widen the knowledge concerning the differences between British and American English. For science, it
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