Communication Strategies in English Conversations

Authors

  • Puthut Ardianto English Education Department, Faculty of Language Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

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https://doi.org/10.18196/ftl.112

Abstract

This research aims to reveal communication strategies used by students of the English Education Department of a university in Indonesia in English conversations and to find out the moments when the strategies were used. This research employed an interlanguage analysis. There were four par- ticipants who were asked to converse under a certain picture and was audio-recorded, transcribed, coded, and analysed. The findings show that the participants employed thirteen strategies when they were having English conversations.

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https://doi.org/10.18196/ftl.112

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2016-10-13

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Ardianto, P. (2016). Communication Strategies in English Conversations. Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Learning, 1(1), 16–25. https://doi.org/10.18196/ftl.112

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016): January

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