prescribed topic for the conversation so they could talk about everything in naturally occured conversation atmosphere.
1.2 Reasons for choosing the Topic
There are some considerations that mademe choseto analyze the conversational structure of the conversation of non-native English speakers. The reasons were as
follows: 1
People, as the user of language, need to understand the structure of conversation so that they will be able to understand more about the
language and how to use it well. 2
To use language, people need to understand the structure of conversation, moreover the turn-taking and adjacency pairs pattern, in
order to make their communication successful. 3
Iwas interested to study with the topic of conversation analysis because conversation analysis, as what Sidnell 2010 stated, aims to describe,
analyze and understand talk as a basic and constitutive feature of human social life.
4 I decided to analyze the conversation done by non-native speakers of
English because it is very interesting to find whether their communication is successful and use the proper structure of
conversation or not after the learning proces they have been through.
1.3 Research Questios
The focus of this study was to analyze the structure of the conversation of two English department students which both are non-native speakers of English.
Based on the focus of this study, I limited the discussion by presenting these following questions:
1 How do non-native speakers of English open and close conversation?
2 What strategies do non-native speakers of English in this study use to
select their turn to talk in the conversation? 3
What kind of adjacency pairs used in the conversation among non- native speakers of English in the study?
4 What types of repair used in the conversation among non-native
speakers of English in this study?
1.4 Objectives of the Study
Based on the research question above, the objectives of this study are:
1 To analyze the way non-native speakers of English open and close in a
conversation; 2
To analyze the turn taking strategies used in the conversation between non-native speakers of English in this study;
3 To identify the adjacency pairs used by non-native speakers of English
in the conversation used in this study; 4
To identify the types of repair used in the conversation of non-native speakers of English of the current study.
1.5 Significance of the Study
