Assignment 2

Learning Language

Learning language is very important for us as a human being. We need language to be communicated with others. Of course, to know about a language we need to learn the language itself. In language learning, many obstacles will be faced, however, with a strong willingness we can survive from those obstacles then finally we can master the language. According to skinner (cited in Az-Zahro at al, 2012) explores that an ability of speaking and understanding a language was acquired from environment. This cannot be argued because the proof that could be seen is the dialect of each community is affected by their community

My experience when learning a language (English) is very hard. I faced many obstacles in learning the language. One of the obstacles is lack of self confidence to speak or practice with other students who are learning the same language. This problem could be solved by joining some activity that related to the language such as join the English club, join a debate competition and so on, so that I can speak confidently now.

In this last paragraph I would like to tell you about my friend’s experience when learning English. Since the first time she learned about English, she was very enthusiasm in her study. Ask many questions to the teacher, studying from many sources such as internet, books, etc. One time she finally found her sodden. She was very bored of learning English. This could be happened to everyone. She finally solved the problem by took some refreshing to another good place (beach and mountain) she forgot about learning English for that time. After coming back from her refreshing she learned English again with a new spirit.

References:

Az-Zahro, N.F., Handiri, P.M., Sanjaya, R., Estantri, S.D (2012) Teori belajar bahasa dan asal usul bahasa. Politeknik Kesehatan Surakarta. Retrieved November 7, 2012 from: http://perantauan-tw.blogspot.com/2012/03/teori-teori-belajar-bahasa-dan-asal.html

Dardjowidjodjo, S (2005) Psikolingistik: Pengantar Pemahaman Bahasa Manusia Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia

Chaer, A (2003) Psikolingistik Kajian Teoretik. Jakarta: PT Rineka Cipta