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The Reasons for EFL University Students Employ Hedges during Their Speaking Class Udin, Imran Trista; Zulkhaeriyah; Hasim, Fiviyanti
ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 5 No. 4 (2022): December
Publisher : Hasanuddin University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (309.271 KB) | DOI: 10.34050/elsjish.v5i4.24815

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Communication is important in language schools because it connects the meaning of a person's thoughts. As a result, as foreign language learners, students must grasp how to engage effectively with other students. In this regard, the researcher believed it was critical to explore English Foreign Language (EFL) university students' communication styles during their speaking class, which included hedges. The research aims were to discover the sorts of hedges used by EFL university students during their speaking class in an academic context, as well as the reasons why EFL university students used hedges during their speaking class. This study was conducted at Politeknik LP3I Makassar and it was focused on the students in the first semester in subject Basic Speaking with the total participants were 23 students of one class. The method used was descriptive qualitative method. There were 6 recordings in the interview sections the theory from Riekkinen and Svarova (2009) was used to analyze the data gained. After transcribing and analyzing the data, the results showed that the students employ hedges for some reasons. The first reason was to express a personal evaluation or a suggestion to put into practice for a current situation, the second reason was markers of vagueness that will enable students to express uncertainty, the third reason gained in interview section was to apply a need in a situational context such as request, seek permission, and giving advice, and the last reason was to apply politeness in requesting the attention of the hearer.
Gibran Language Style in Indonesian Vice-Presidential Election Debate 2024 Asri, Delukman; Hasim, Fiviyanti
Inspiring: English Education Journal Vol 8 No 1 (2025): Inspiring: English Education Journal
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri Parepare

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Many people talked about Gibran’s step to be a vice president. The Constitutional Court changed some rules for vice president before Gibran was declared as Prabowo’s vice president candidate which head of court is his uncle. The national committee of general election presented vice president debate which each candidate will show the ideas or attack other candidates’ statement. This research used stylistics in identifying Gibran’s language style. The researcher writes the words, phrases and sentences in six segments from youtube with title “RONDE 4! Debat Cawapres 2024. The result indicates that Gibran used repetition, alliteration and anti-climax repeating his ideas. Then, he used satire, cynicism and rhetoric attacking his opposite candidates. Gibran described his programs strongly and explained his ideas assertively. Candidate’s style in this debate is very important for make sure that the voters get the ideas and understanding the candidate’s standing point.