MOTORIZED TRICYCLES DRIVERS IN ENGLISH FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

This study is aimed to analyze the Motorized Tricycles Drivers in English Foreign Language Acquisition. It was conducted to find out how motorized tricycles drivers can master English and the language strategies of Motorized Tricycles Drivers to communicate with the foreign tourists on understanding the object which they do not completely understand. The method used in this study was qualitative descriptive study. The primary data were the result of interviews with motorized tricycles drivers in Banda Aceh. The technique used in collecting the data was interview. The data were analyzed by employing the six steps of analyzing data, namely; (1) prepare and organize data, (2) Explore and code data, (3) Build description and themes, (4) Represents and reports the qualitative findings, (5) Interpret the findings, (6) Validate the accuracy of finding. The result revealed that
(1) The motorized tricycles drivers acquired English through formal and nonformal education, and learning through friends and the tourists. (2) The language strategies of motorized tricycles drivers are verbal, nonverbal, visual, and written language.