Schema and Socio
-cultural Strategies to Counter Argue
Unexpected Arguments in Debate Activity
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Tyas Putri Anjarini
112007137
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
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Schema and Socio
-cultural Strategies to Counter Argue Unexpected
Arguments in Debate Activity
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Tyas Putri Anjarini
112007137
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
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Schema and Socio
-cultural Strategies to Counter Argue
Unexpected Arguments in Debate Activity
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Tyas Putri Anjarini
112007137
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SCHEMA AND SOCIO-CULTURAL STRATEGIES 1
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SCHEMA AND SOCIO – CULTURAL STRATEGIES TO COUN TER
ARGUE UN EXPECTED ARGUMENTS IN DEBATE ACTIVITY Tyas Putri Anjarini
Abstract
This study reports the strategies in overcoming the unexpected argument of nine English Department students during their study in a private university in Indonesia. Seeing the debate activity as the hardest activity in Public speaking class, this study has the purpose to explore students‟ strategies in overcoming the unexpected argument in debate sessio n. The study used content analysis to capture the strategies in dealing with the unexpected argument. Qualitative analysis was conducted to explore the findings. Data were collected through a Stimulated Recall Interview in order to remind the students toward the unexpected argument. Riessman (2008) says content analysis is served as an analytical data which focuses on the contents or themes across the nine students‟ strategies. The result
shows two major strategies in dealing with the unexpected argument, t hey are Schema theory and socio-cultural strategies. Schema theory includes previous education, own experience, and ethnicity history. Pedagogical implications are offered at the end of the paper.
