Repair Strategies in Formal Conversations by Indonesian Efl Students

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10.2991/assehr.k.220503.115How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Conversation Analysis; Repair Strategy; Self-Confidence

Abstract

The ability to conduct smooth conversation is the basis of human communication throughout centuries. In the globalization era in which intercultural communication is frequently performed, the ability to conduct conversations with others directly or indirectly through modern means of communication is highly demanded. In L2 learning, this has induced linguists and language educators to develop methods for enhancing L2 learners’ ability to communicate in L2. This study investigated the ways in which English students conduct English conversations at English course in Surakarta. It particularly examined the ways in which they use of repair strategies. The participants of this study were Elementary level students at English Course. The data of the study was obtained through observing and recording the conversations among teacher and students in ELT activities. The results of this research revealed that other initiate-other repair was frequently used by the teachers to encourage the students’ confidence in speaking. The students commonly used two types of repair, namely requesting for definition and correcting.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Diyah Murti Hastuti
AU  - Agus Wijayanto
AU  - Malikatul Laila
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/05/14
TI  - Repair Strategies in Formal Conversations by Indonesian Efl Students
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference of Learning on Advance Education (ICOLAE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1056
EP  - 1063
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220503.115
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220503.115
ID  - Hastuti2022
ER  -