THE USE OF DISCOURSE COMPLETION TASK (DCT) AS EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION ON INDONESIAN EFL LEARNERS’ PRODUCTION OF SUGGESTION ACTS

Aika Salsabila (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Bahagia Saragih (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Barli Kifli (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Erika Novalia Srywina Sibuea (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Khairiah Putri Zulfran (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Lulu Olivia Simorangkir (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Nabila Ramayani (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Safira Abita (Universitas Negeri Medan)

Didaktik : Jurnal Ilmiah PGSD STKIP Subang
Vol. 12 No. 02 (2026): Volume 12 No. 2, Juni 2026 Public

This study aims to identify pragmatic strategies used by EFL students in peer communication, particularly in the speech acts of requesting, refusing, and apologizing. A descriptive quantitative method was applied using a Discourse Completion Task (DCT) instrument adapted from Blum-Kulka, House, and Kasper (1989). Ten students were selected as respondents through purposive sampling. The results indicate that EFL students tend to use Conventionally Indirect strategies in requesting and refusing situations, while in apologizing situations, students lean toward Softened Indirect to Full Apologetic strategies. These findings suggest that students possess adequate pragmatic awareness in maintaining politeness during informal peer communication.