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1.2 Research Problem
Considering the previous explanation, this study is aimed to answer questions that stated as follows:
1. Do Sanata Dharma English Language Education Study Program students’
speeches reflect the gender language? 2.
What kinds of topic trigger the gender language?
1.3 Research Limitation
This research focuses on discovering, finding out, and proving whether the ways of English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma
University students reflect a set of gender language features based on Deborah Tannen’s 1991 gender language theory in the topic of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
and Transgender LGBT. In the second part, the research concentrates on the kinds of topic that
trigger gender language.
1.4 Research Objectives
Considering the formulation of the problem, there are two objectives to be obtained. They are stated as follows:
1. To find out whether or not the ways of the students speak reflect a set of
gender language. 2.
To find out to what kind of topic that trigger the existence of gender language.
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1.5 Research Benefits
There are some benefits that we can obtain from this study for both readers and scholars who are interested in a linguistic work. First, for the students who
study gender language, this study can give the real portray of gender language so that they can understand more about gender language issues in real case of the
daily conversation. This study also helps the lecturers and teachers to broader their knowledge
when they teach a material about gender language. Sometimes, teachers and lecturers should provide the example of gender language. This study can be one of
the examples. Since this research is conducted in our own culture, this study can be a good example of gender language from our culture point of view and social
contexts. This study can be one of the references for researchers who are interested
in gender issues, especially gender language, and want to work on it. There is not much to find about gender language research in our culture and society. This
study might trigger other researchers to conduct and gender language research, especially in our own culture. This study can also give the real portray for the
readers about gender language whether women and men speak differently in reality. This study can be used also as one of the references of how
communication and interaction between men and women can be very different. This research could add the research list of English Language Education
Study Program that is conducted by the students. Every thesis that the students make for their thesis or final paper would add the list of research in English
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documentation for study program.
1.6 Definition of Terms