Last modified: 2021-06-23
Abstract
Language acquisition is the process of humans acquiring the ability to capture, produce, use words to understand and communicate. The context of language acquisition is natural, whereas learning refers to formal conditions with programmed contexts. The aim of this research is to get a deep and comprehensive picture of the acquisition of English as a foreign language and vocabularies of the tourism workers particularly Cart drivers. The research design was qualitative with case study methods. Researchers found that the way they gained English language by listening, asking, imitating, practicing and remembering. In terms of acquired vocabularies strategies, findings show that the strategy to obtained vocabularies commenced from language function, social strategy, determination strategy, memory strategy, cognitive strategy, speech acts and word classes. Implications of these findings are discussed in relation to second language teaching among adult language learners, tourism workers and expected to be adapted by learners both formal and non-formal, the way to acquire foreign languages
English Language, Acquisition, Foreign Language, tourism workers, Cart driver.