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Fillers Used by English Department’s Students of State University of Medan

Authors
Nadya Nurfadilah1, *, Ani Holila Pulungan2, Amrin Saragih3
1,2,3Post Graduate School of Applied Linguistics Study Program, Universitas Negeri Medan, Medan, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: nadyanurfadilah22@gmail.com
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Nadya Nurfadilah
Available Online 22 November 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211110.095How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Pragmatic; Filler; Speaking
Abstract

Society does not only need to develop linguistic competence but also appropriate communicative competence in communicating foreign languages. Speaking foreign languages is not easy, sometimes people pause during speaking. In fact, many spontaneous speakers of various languages have pauses in speaking that are taken when needed. This phenomenon is commonly called a filler. The objective of this research to evaluate reasons for the use of fillers by English department’s students. This research was conducted by descriptive qualitative design as methodology of research. The data are fillers used by English departments’s students in the form of the lexical empty (sound), words and phrases. The researcher as the key instrument is voice recorder. The result of this research found All the functions in this research used by English department’s students, they were hesitating (16 times), empathizing (11 times), editing term (14 times), mitigating (4 times) and time-creating (5 times).

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th Annual International Seminar on Transformative Education and Educational Leadership (AISTEEL 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
22 November 2021
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.211110.095
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211110.095How to use a DOI?
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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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