3.6 Classification of Data
In this study, the data source is in the form of recording conversation. Furthermore, I concern on the functional strategy only. I classified the
communication strategies used by the radio announcers and their participants into some categories.
The first category is message abandonment which is used by the speakers to talk and give information but than unable to continue and stop in
middle utterances. In using message abandonment, the speakers firstly initiate to convey the messages, however, considering the difficulties they found, they
stop entirely and give up then. The second category, topic avoidance is used when the speakers
simply try not to talk about concept for which the target language item is not known. Furthermore, the difference between message abandonment and topic
avoidance is that in message abandonment, the speakers firstly initiate to convey the messages, although, finally they give up due to the unknown item,
while in the topic avoidance, the speakers avoid the topic by entirely stopping, have no initiate to convey the messages first.
The third category, appeal to the authority used as speakers attempt to ask someone for correct term for which the unknown term to convey the
messages. The fourth category, language switch is used when the speakers employ their language term. Finally the fifth category is changing code, that is
the speakers’ effort to defend the communication by changing some of words into other form in the target language.
3.7 Data Analysis
To find out the data required, I firstly record the conversation that have been made by announcers of Happy Hour program and their participants.
Then I listen to the recording conversation many times carefully and indicate the participants’ structure in the conversation into the transcription based on
the conversation recorded. After doing the transcription in written language, this data source will be analyzed and identified for coding used to support for
coding. Finally, the results of the transcription coding will be used to support the research and will be analyzed qualitatively.
The most obvious way to analyze spoken data is content analysis. Although one way certainly obstruct reducible items from interview data in
order to quantify them, such activity ceases immediately being qualitative analysis Berg 1989:42.
Here, through the data analysis, I used the qualitative research method. I will be able to understand the strategies of the English speakers of Indonesia
in conveying their messages in making conversation.
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