Author (Penulis)

NINDRA FIBRI SUHENDRI
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

11.1.01.08.0141

Abstract

ABSTRACT Communication strategy is strategies to solve communication breakdowns when the speakers find difficulties of other’s performances. By applying some of those strategies it is hoped that sharing knowledge inside the classroom can be achieved. This study is aimed at describing the use of communication strategies by a teacher of seventh grade secondary school in SMPN 1 Grogol Kediri. It includes kinds of communication strategies used and the reasons of employing certain communication strategies. Descriptive qualitative method is selected in this study. The subject of the study is a teacher of the seventh grade SMPN 1 Grogol that is teaching class 7B, a class consisted of 37 students. The data was gathered by using observation, interview and questionnaire. Observation is for knowing what communication strategies that used by the teacher, while interview and questionnaire are delivered to investigate the reasons. From the observation, the teacher uses 10 communication strategies. Those are approximation, use of all purpose word, non linguistic signals, literal translation, code switching, stalling or time gaining, self rephrasing, meaning negotiation, confirmation requests, and comprehension check. Approximation emerged 11 times, use of all purpose word was only once, non linguistic signals 28 times, literal translation 20 times, code switching 6 times, stalling or time gaining 7 times, self rephrasing 2 times, meaning negotiation 2 times, confirmation requests emerged once and comprehension check is occurred 5 times. So, non linguistic signal is the most frequently used by the teacher. While based on the questionnaire and interview, the general reasons of using them are to emphasize the instruction and to let the students understand easily. Key words : Communication strategies,English teacher

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PUBLISHED

2016-02-10

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

ISSUE

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