The Use Communication Strategies During Online Chatting by Indonesian EFL Learning in Dealing with Vocabulary Deficiencies

Main Author: Budiono, Hezky Charisma
Other Authors: Sumakul, Dian Toar Y.G., Kisnanto, Yustina Priaka
Format: Thesis application/pdf
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS-UKSW , 2017
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Online Access: http://repository.uksw.edu/handle/123456789/10455
Daftar Isi:
  • Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) becomes an effective communication in globalized era, althought it also has some communuication problems just like in face-to-face (FTF) communication. In order to deal with it, EFL learners who use English as L2 should have communication strategies. This study aimedto find out the communicattion strategies (CSs) employed by the EFL learners, Faculity of Language andLiterature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga, Indonesia, to copy with the vocabulary deficienciesas the communication problem faced during online chatting. Nature of CSs, CMC, and the vocabulary dimensionsbecome the theoretuical framework of the study. Once the participants did an online chat and recorded,stimulated recall protocol (SRP) followed the data collection process using a semi-structured interview. FTF's CSs taxonomy and CMC-related CSs upon grammatical level difficulties are used to analyzed the data. Out of 15 CSs employed, two new CSs are proposed in this study. CSs in dealing with vocabulary problems that exclisively occured in CMC will also be discussed in this paper. The finding may profide insight for teachers and EFL learners on ho to evercome vocabulary difficulties while communicating through online chatting and maintain an effective communication.