JEE (Journal of English Education)
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2017): JEE (Journal of English Education)

VERBAL SENTENCES IN UTETOTO VILLAGE, NANGARORO DISTRICT, NAGEKEO REGENCY, FLORES, NTT

Maria Desidaria Noge (Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Citra Bakti, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2017

Abstract

This study is aimed at revealing the systems of Utetoto Verbal Sentences. Specifically, this study is concerned on: (i) describing the basic sentence patterns of Utetoto Verbal Sentences, (ii) finding out the similarities and differences between English and Utetoto Verbal Sentences, and (iii) predicting some difficulties of Utetoto Students in learning English. This research was descriptive qualitative research. Robert’s (1958) model was used as research design in describing English. At the first, a need analysis was done in the method of describing the basic sentence patterns, mentioning the main patterns of verbal sentences and other patterns of verbal sentences with some native speakers of Utetoto as main informants who stay in Tanah Utetoto. Based on the result of analysis, it was found that there are many different systems between Utetoto Verbal Sentences and English ones. The basic sentence patterns of Utetoto Verbal Sentences are: Noun Phrase (NP), Verbal Phrase (VP), Adjective Phrase (AP), Numeral Phrase (NuP), Adverb Phraes (AdP), and Prepositional Phrase (PP). By contrasting both languages, it found the differences between the native language and the target language. Based on the differences between Utetoto and English system, it can be predicted some difficulties of Utetoto students in learning English.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JEE

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Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

JEE (Journal of English Education) is a scientific journal that collects the results of the research and scientific work of lecturers, teachers, or students associated with learning and teaching English. It is a blind peer review international journal which publishes manuscripts within the fields of ...