AN INVESTIGATION OF INDONESI
AN EFL LEARNERS’
APPLICATION OF STRATEGIES IN DISAGREEING USING
ENGLISH
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Dewi Kusumawati Sofyan
112010085
ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
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AN INVESTIGATION OF
INDONESIAN EFL LEARNERS’
APPLICATION OF STRATEGIES IN DISAGREEING USING
ENGLISH
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Dewi Kusumawati Sofyan
112010085
ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
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TABLE OF CONTENT
INSIDE COVER PAGE ……… i
APPROVAL PAGE ………..…………... ii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT ………..………... iii
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION ………...……… iv
TABLE OF CONTENT ………..….… v
Instrument and Data Collection ………... 8
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. Disagreement Strategies Used in Condition 1 ……… 13
Figure 2. Disagreement Strategies Used in Condition 2 ……… 15
Figure 3. Disagreement Strategies Used in Condition 3 ……… 16
Figure 4. Disagreement Strategies Used in Condition 4 ……… 18
AN INVESTIGATION OF INDONESIAN EFL LEARNERS’
APPLICATION OF STRATEGIES IN DISAGREEING USING
ENGLISH
Dewi Kusumawati Sofyan
Abstract
The current study aims at investigating Indonesian EFL learners‟ strategies in expressing disagreement using English. In attempt to achieve the goal, 100 English Department students of Satya Wacana Christian University were invited to participate in this study. The participants were given a Discourse Completion Test (DCT) modified from studies by Takahashi and Beebe (1993) and Guodong and Jing (2005). The data obtained through this test were analyzed based on taxonomy of disagreement strategies by Muntigl (1995). The data was described in quantitatively. This study is important because disagreement is perceived as a face-threatening act (FTA). The findings revealed the tendency of IEFL learners to mitigate FTA by using
counterclaim as the most employed disagreement strategy by Indonesian EFL (IEFL)
learners. Based on the findings of this study, a course about pragmatic understanding is suggested to offer in English Department in attempt to create more awareness of the students in speech acts realization, especially disagreement. Hopefully the findings of this study would provide additional information about strategies employed by IEFL learners in expressing disagreement.
