Zuliati Rohmah
IAIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, Jl. Ahmad Yani No. 117 Surabaya

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Two Different Poles of Disagreeing Strategies in Indonesian Graduate EFL Discussions Zuliati Rohmah
Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan Vol. 13 No. 3 (2006)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.17977/um048v13i32006p167-174

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The present study is concerned with verbal strategies applied by doctorate students in expressing their disagreements during discussions in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes. The study collected data from fourteen classroom discussions among the doctorate English Program students speaking in English as a foreign language. Among the five broad strategies applied, aggravating a disagreement seems to be an undesired strategy, and, acknowledging peers and asserting vulnerability during disagreements are the more favored strategies. Hence, the results of the study strengthen Viechnicki's (1997) findings that intellectual figure is fundamental to the graduate students that needs to be protected