DIALEKTIKA: JURNAL BAHASA, SASTRA DAN BUDAYA
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2022): DESEMBER

An Analysis of Pauses in Conversations By Students of The Faculty of Letters and Languages, Universitas Kristen Indonesia

Christyanto Fernandez Mulyohartono (Universitas Kristen Indonesia)
YulesOrlandoSianipar (Universitas Kristen Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2022

Abstract

This article discusses about pauses phenomenon and the factors that cause pauses among students of the Faculty of Letters and Languages, Universitas Kristen Indonesia. This article was made by using qualitative research methods and using the theory of Reed and Kahar. Data is taken from recorded transcripts of online classes. Then, the data regarding the pauses phenomenon will be classified according to the types of pauses based on Reed and Kahar's theory. After that, the factors or causes of the pauses phenomenon will be analyzed. The results showed that there were 51 data on pauses (41 data filled pauses and 10 data unfilled pauses), which means that there are many students of the Faculty of Letters and Languages, Universitas Kristen Indonesia who do the pauses for various reasons, ranging from nervousness, hesitation, and etc. In conclusion, the students from the Faculty of Letters and Languages, Universitas Kristen Indonesia use filled pauses more than unfilled pauses for reasons of nervousness and hesitation when they are talking. It is suggested that the students have to read more and practice speaking English regularly, increase English vocabulary, and the lecturers can also motivate students to practice so that they can minimize their pauses.

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Journal Info

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dia

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Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

FOCUS AND SCOPE Journal of Dialektika is a professional, double-blind peer-reviewed international journal devoted to promoting scholarly knowledge and exchanging academic research and professional findings on all aspects of English such as English literature, second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) ...