The background of this study based on the low awareness of sex differences dealing with learning language. On the other hand, sex differences also give impact for any side of human such as language learning. Specifically, language learning can widely define in the context itself. According to this notion, this study explores intensively focus of the problem in learning genre especially narrative text.
The problem of this research can be stated as follows:
1. How male in learning narrative text?
2. How female in learning narrative text?
3. How the similarities of both learning?
4. How the differences of both learning?
The objectives of this study are (1) to describe how male in learning narrative text is, (2) to describe how female in learning narrative text is, (3) to find out how the similarities of both learning, (4) to find out how the differences of both learning.The study was conducted at SMA Al Muhammad Cepu Blora in the Academic Year of 2010/2011. The data is gathered through structured and unstructured interview, systematized observation and documentation. All data then analyzed using the phenomenological approach and the comparative qualitative with applying analysis inductive and reflective mode of topic. The subjects of this study were the students of Second Grade of SMA Al Muhammad Cepu Blora in the Academic Year of 2010/2011.
The result of this study shows that there are several differences and similarities of male and female in learning narrative text. These similarities and differences come because there are any different characteristics at male and female as basic aspect of term “sex differences”. Moreover, male and female have dominant different in aspiration of narrative text itself. Based on male students, narrative text is likely difficult to learn and they felt bored when have learned narrative text. In the other hand, female students told that narrative text is likely easy to learn and they were very interested with narrative text. These dominant differences exactly give any impact for the factors of the learning such as attention, frequency of preparation, readiness, frequency of learning narrative text, frequency of getting difficulty in learning narrative text. However, there are also similarities of male and female in learning narrative text such as students’ activeness, frequency of learning English, frequency of preparation for narrative text. The finding of this research would lead as reference for teacher, certain educators, researchers to determine appropriate method for male and female in learning English