CHAPTER I ‘TRODUCTION This chapter presents: (a) background; (b) problem of study; (c) objective of the study; (d) significances of the study; (c) hypotheses of the study; and (f) criteria of testing the hypotheses. A. Background Language is a basic for human in communication. According to Searino and Liddicoat (2009, p. 2), language is something that people do in their daily lives dan something they use to express, create and interpret meanings and also estblish and maintain social and interpersonal relationships. It is a means of communication for individuals that bring them into relationship with their environment. Language can become a bridge to connect one another that live in different places and cultures. Amberg and Vause (2012, p. 2) state that in every social context, language always becomes a means for communication, We express our feelings, thought, stimulate action and reaction through language. Therefore, without language people cannot live and communicate with each other. One of the languages that people use in communication is English. It becomes popular than other languages. Most fields of life in the world, such as education, business, sport, science, medicines, and technology use English. Meanwhile, in Indonesia, English serves as a foreign language. According to Richards and Renandya (2002, p. 1), English in different parts of the world where it is not a native language may have the status of either a “second” or a “foreign”