Journal of English Teaching, Applied Linguistics and Literatures (JETALL)
Vol 4, No 1 (2021): JETALL Volume 4 Number 1 2021

Social Factors Found in The Story of How I Went to School

Ananda Taqwa (Universitas Sanata Dharma)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 May 2021

Abstract

This paper aims at revealing social factors happened in a short story by Tera Fabiánová called How I went to School. Sociolinguistics theory was used to collect the data which was how the social factors are depicted through the story. The results of the analysis presented that social factors in the story were speaker and setting/scene. In speaker, it was found certain aspects such as class, position, age, and relations. Moreover, in setting, three aspects were identified namely crowd, private, and group. Moreover, this story gives a moral value to the audience, that education is a powerful thing to change people’s lives in order to have a brighter future.Keywords: Social factors, Linguistics theory, Tera Fabiánová, How I Went to School

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jetall

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

JETALL is published twice a year in the months of May and October. It publishes within the fields of teaching English as a second or foreign language, English language teaching and learning, English language teachers' training and education, and English language and applied linguistics and literary ...