Past tense verb acquisition of students of SMAN 70 Jakarta

drs, yamin, m.pd; ujang suparman, ma, ph.d;prof.drs. nurachman hanafi, dipl. tefl, ma, ph.d;

In order to determine how learner background and learner attitudes affected English as a second language students' verb production, 23 students of the accelerated program of SMA 70 Jakarta participated in both oral and written tasks. They were given written surveys to determine what was emphasized more in learning English: speaking or writing. Another survey was administered to determine which of these activities that they liked best. Next, the subjects watched a movie clip, wrote about it, and then spoke about it. Their written and spoken total amount of verbs produced and total amount of verbs used correctly were compared and analyzed to see if there was a relationship between their learning background and production in speaking and writing and activity preference and production in speaking and writing. The subjects' samples were studied in order to determine the effects of preference and language background on production.