France, Italian, and German, so he is experienced in guiding foreign tourists. In addition, he has worked as a tour guide for more than 22 years. Tour guide in this
study is represented by TG in the conversations, findings, and discussions. Foreign tourists who became the subject of data are from United States,
Germany, and New Zealand actually he was born in U.K but then he moved to New Zealand. Tourists from United States are represented by U1 and U2, tourists
from Germany are G1 and G2, and tourist from New Zealand is N1.
3.3 Object of the Study
The object of this research was the transcript of the conversations between the tour guide and foreign tourists in Prambanan Temple. The conversation recordings
were transcribed and analyzed. The method of transcribing the conversation is suggested by Wray et. al. 1998:202-206 in their book which have summarized
the basic rules of transcribing the recorded data in a research. However, Wray et. al. 1998:202-
206 notice, “In transcribing a conversation, a researcher only needs to transcribe what she or he needs. Therefore, it is not needed to put irrelevant
details such as phonetic details of the speaker‟s accent unless the researcher has reasons to do it.”
3.4 Target of the Study
The target of the study was finding the interpersonal meanings and appraisal in the conversations between a tour guide and foreign tourists in Prambanan Temple by
analyzing Mood, Modality, and Attitude.
3.5 Role of the Researcher
In this research, I had three roles: 1
As a data observer I placed myself as the observer, data collector, and data analyst. Observer
means that I had no active participation in the interaction or conversation between the tour guide and the foreign tourists. I conducted open observation
which means that the people involved in the research realized that they were observed. I became the data collector which means that I recorded the
conversation. 2
As a data collector I transcribed the recorded data. The conversations between the tour guide and
the foreign tourists were the data study. 3
As a data analyst I analyzed the interpersonal meanings in the conversations between the tour
guide and the foreign tourists. It included Mood, Modality, and Attitudes.
3.6 Type of Data
Type of data which was analyzed were clauses in the transcribed conversations because the Mood, Modality, and Attitude could be identified by analyzing
clauses. The conversations were separated into sentences. Then, the sentences were separated into clauses.
3.7 Unit of Analysis
