Character and Characterization
A. Title : SPEAKING PROBLEMS AT FIFTH GRADE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDENTS IN AHMAD DAHLAN UNIVERSITY B. Field : Teaching C. Background of Study
Communication is the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior. Derived from the Latin word "communis", meaning to share. Communication requires a sender, a message, and a recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender 's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. Communication requires that the communicating parties share an area of communicative commonality. The communication process is complete once the receiver has understood the message of the sender. The tool of communication is language. Language is a define as a system of sounds, words, patterns, etc used by human to communicate thoughts and feelings. (Hornby, 1974:699). So, language is used by people to express their ideas and feelings about something in order to have a good communication.
Language is human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, feelings and desires by means of a system of sound and sound symbols (Hornby, 1974: 473). It means language is an instrument to express idea from the mind. Language can be used to get information about what people mean. By language, people can express their mind and their wish and get more information or some knowledge from the world. Without language, people cannot communicate with others.
Communication is the most important function of language. There are languages in the world. Every country has own language even in a country has many languages. Because of differences in state language with each other and even regions with each other country it creates a language that is used in national and international communication. English is the language used in international communication. Someone must able to speak English well if want be able to
Communication is the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior. Derived from the Latin word "communis", meaning to share. Communication requires a sender, a message, and a recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender 's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. Communication requires that the communicating parties share an area of communicative commonality. The communication process is complete once the receiver has understood the message of the sender. The tool of communication is language. Language is a define as a system of sounds, words, patterns, etc used by human to communicate thoughts and feelings. (Hornby, 1974:699). So, language is used by people to express their ideas and feelings about something in order to have a good communication.
Language is human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, feelings and desires by means of a system of sound and sound symbols (Hornby, 1974: 473). It means language is an instrument to express idea from the mind. Language can be used to get information about what people mean. By language, people can express their mind and their wish and get more information or some knowledge from the world. Without language, people cannot communicate with others.
Communication is the most important function of language. There are languages in the world. Every country has own language even in a country has many languages. Because of differences in state language with each other and even regions with each other country it creates a language that is used in national and international communication. English is the language used in international communication. Someone must able to speak English well if want be able to
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