THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES EMPLOYED IN SPEAKING ENGLISH CLASS BY THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS OF NUSANTARA PGRI KEDIRI UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/2015
Author (Penulis)
ASBHI GILANG ARDYANSYAH
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author Identity (NPM)
11.1.01.08.0032
Abstract
ABS
TRACT
Communication strategy is the way to help the speakers while they face difficulties with their
language in second language
in
communicat
ion
. Knowing, understanding, and using the types of
Communication Strategies can help the students make their conversation
in
fluency
.
This research is
descriptive quantitative
research. The researcher observed
students of
Nusantara PGRI University Kediri
especi
ally
the third semester
students during the speaking class of English department as the population,
and the sample was
6 people from three class.
The researcher found thirteen communication strategies
were applied by the students in speaking English class,
but
not all of the communication strategies were
used in every conversation, but only certain communication strategy was used. Depend on their
difficulties of the conversation topic. In this research t
he most frequent of communication strategies
had
been a
pplied
by the students was stalling or time gaining strategy. It was
6,25%.
Most of the students
used stalling or time
-
gaining strategy because they need some time to think and continue talking after
they found the right words they need to communicate clear
ly
and smoothly related
with
the topic.
Keywords :
Communication Strategies, Second Language (L2), Speaking Class