Khasanah, Yunita Uswatun (2022) Attrition of efl receptive skills among non-english department students / Yunita Uswatun Khasanah. Doctoral thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.
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Khasanah Yunita Uswatun. 2022. Attrition of EFL Receptive Skills Among Non-English Department Students. Dissertation. Graduate Program in English Language Teaching Universitas Negeri Malang. Advisors (I) Prof. Utami Widiati M.A. Ph.D (II) Dr. Sintha Tresnadewi M.Pd (III) Anik Nunuk Wulyani M.Pd. Ph.D Keywords EFL Attrition receptive skills language maintenance effort extra-linguistic factors Language attrition as a part of language development deals with a non-pathological loss of language competence performance skill or select linguistic elements in a healthy individual. To date there have been numerous studies conducted on language attrition focusing on the domain of L2 and the variables governing the phenomenon. From these studies affective factors such as motivation attitude anxiety frequency of use as a part of language maintenance and age that is related to brain plasticity have been known to be the contributing factors determining the attrition level. However research on attrition of L2 put second and foreign languages in the same cluster despite the fundamental differences in environments and nature of acquisition and development. In acquisition and attrition the environment where the target language is addressed is as essential as the language and the learners themselves. Most second-language speakers live in an environment where people outside the classroom speak the language to a certain degree. In the context of EFL when learners graduate from school the network of proficient speakers that could accommodate language practice is few and far between. It deprives them of the necessary resource to practice their language skills which in turn makes them susceptible to language attrition. On the other hand the primary source of language exposure and use in EFL is explicit teaching and learning in formal classrooms. This study investigates the degree of attrition of EFL receptive skills of students after they are taken from the primary environment of English exposure. This current study also investigates whether the contributing factors in L2 attrition also contribute to EFL attrition complemented by the calculation of the predictive power of different language maintenance efforts. To do so the data was collected from 165 students at the State Polytechnic of Malang who had not received English lessons during the data collection process. To get the attrition data a TOEIC-like standardized test was administered twice within the span of 24 months. A questionnaire was distributed to the participants that denoted their demographic data linguistic profile and affective data. The analysis was done using t-tests one-way ANOVA and multiple regression analysis. The analysis shows that attrition occurred 24 months after the initial first test despite the age of the students who are no longer children. Upon further breakdown the low achiever participants undergo the most attrition followed by the intermediate participants. The high achiever groups undergo little to no attrition at all. A series of t-tests were conducted to measure the correlation between attrition level and several variables contributing to second language attrition. The result shows a significant negative correlation between attrition and motivation attrition and attitude and a positive correlation between actual and perceived attrition and attrition and anxiety. The multiple regression analysis that sought the predictive power of each language maintenance dimension on the level of language attrition showed that language activities related to an academic activity held the least predictive power whereas social interaction held the most. The analysis of this study suggests a different result from the previous attrition studies that social interaction becomes the primary source of language intake to support language acquisition and thus combat language attrition. Another finding is that even though there is no comparative analysis of the effect of different ages on attrition this study reveals that changes are possible in the adult mind. From the demographic data processing there is no significant difference between the level of attrition of female and male participants. This study contributes to the field of knowledge by addressing the attrition of English as a foreign language in the multilingual context of Indonesia. It provides insight into the context of maintenance and deterioration of language and acquisition and uses that in the face of non-production and the absence of input language change in receptive skills occurs. In a pedagogical context this study could inform learners educators and policymakers about what can be done to ensure language learned at school retention even after schools are over.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Sastra (FS) > Departemen Sastra Inggris (ING) > S3 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Users 2 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Aug 2022 04:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2022 03:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/271853 |
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