Riana Eka Budiastuti
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Analysing Communication Strategies of Youtube Video by Students of English Department in Unimus Riana Eka Budiastuti; Testiana Deni Wijayatiningsih
Surakarta English and Literature Journal Vol 2 No 1 (2019): Volume 2 Number 1 February 2019
Publisher : Faculty of Language and Literature, University of Surakarta

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This research aims at explaining communication strategies (CS) used by the 4th semester students of English education in University of Muhammadiyah Semarang. Data gained from the transcription of YouTube video in each channel owned by students. This descriptive qualitative study observed the frequency of communication strategies employed by students by analyzing their utterance used Tarone’s typologies of communication strategies. Based on the analysis, it can be seen that the use of communication strategies in speaking class were dominated by Topic Avoidance (28%), followed by Message Abandonment (24%), and Approximation (20%). After that, it is followed by Mime (16%), and Literal Translation (12%). It can also be said that the 4th semester students of English department of University of Muhammadiyah Semarang employed 25 communication strategies in their YouTube video.