A Thesis Presented as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement to Obtain the Bachelor Degree in the English Linguistics Study Program

A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE FEATURES OF BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE IN CENTRAL JAVA NUDC 2016

  

A Thesis Presented as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement to Obtain the

Bachelor Degree in the English Linguistics Study Program

By:

Yeremia Christiantus Sihombing

  

Student Number: 14.J1.0071

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS

SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

SEMARANG

  

2016

  

A THESIS ON

A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE FEATURES OF

BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE IN CENTRAL JAVA NUDC 2016

By:

Yeremia Christiantus Sihombing

  

Student Number: 14.J1.0071

Approved by,

th

  

Antonius Suratno, Ph.D November 8 , 2016

Major Sponsor th

  

Emilia Ninik Aydawati, Sp., M.Hum November 8 , 2016

Co-Sponsor

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A thesis defended in front of the Board of Examiners on November 8 2016

and declared acceptable

  

BOARD OF EXAMINERS

Chairperson : Antonius Suratno, Ph.D Secretary : Emilia Ninik Aydawati, Sp., M.Hum Member : Dra. Cecilia Titiek Murniati, M.A., Ph.D th Semarang, November 8 , 2016 Faculty of Language and Arts Soegijapranata Catholic University

  

Dean,

Angelika Riyandari, Ph. D NIP: 056.4.1998.768

Matthew 21: 21

  

Jesus answered and said unto them,

Verily I say unto you,

If ye have faith, and doubt not,

ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree,

but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou

removed,

and be thou cast into the sea;

it shall be done.

  

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  What I believe is, when Jesus started something, no matter what He would finish it in His way. I had experienced many things that made me disappointed and wanted to stop doing all efforts in my life. However, Jesus taught me about patience, and He lifted me up when I fell down. Therefore, first of all, I would like to say thank to my God, my Father, Jesus Christ for His love and righteousness. With His guidance I could finish this thesis.

  Secondly, I would like to thank my father, Abidin Sihombing, as the most inspiring figure in my life who taught me to be brave, not to run from every single problem in this world, but solve it in order to be a responsible man. Thank to my mother, Mutiara Sianturi who has been taking care of me since I was born until now, she never forgets to remind my needs, teaches me to be more patient and conscientious, and tells me about the real love. Thank to my first sister, Merry Sihombing for always motivating, supporting me in terms of psychology, teaching me how to control an impulsive emotion well, and suggesting me to continue my study in Faculty of Language and Arts, Soegijapranata Catholic University. Thank to my second sister, Wenny Sihombing who kept preparing my future plans based on Jesus‟s way, and helping me in some financial supports. I will always try my best to make you happy, nothing is bigger than saying I love you so much to you my family.

  Next, I would like to give my biggest gratitude to Mr. Anton as my major and Mrs. Ninik as my ma‟am and co-major in this thesis. Thank you for guiding me to write a proper thesis even I knew that you were busy to teach classes and guide other students to write their thesis.

  I would like to thank my lecturers in Faculty of Language and Arts. For Mrs. Ike as a Dean in Faculty of Language and Arts and for Mrs. Cecil as first Vice Dean in Faculty of Language and Arts. Then thank to my motivating lecturers, Mr. Retang, Mrs. Wuryani, Mrs. Lingga, for teaching me in this 2 years, and also Bu Retno for helping me to finish all administration things during my study in the faculty.

  Next, I would like to say thank you so much to people who did always accompany me during my effort in finishing this thesis Dwiyento Aryo Pangestu and Liem Kezia Debora, and for all my friends who are the members of Student Senate of Faculty of Language and Arts 2015/2016.

  Last, I would like to thank people that I could not mention one by one especially for all Faculty of Language and Arts members. Thank you for your supports and contributions.

  YC. Sihombing

  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  PAGE OF TITLE COVER PAGE ……………………………………………………………………..i

  A THESIS APPROVAL …………………………………………………………...ii

  BOARD OF EXAMINERS ……………………………………………………….iii

  MOTTO …………………………………………………………………………...iv

  ACKNOWLEDGMENT …………………………………………………………..v

  TABLE OF CONTENTS ………………………………………………………...vii

  LIST OF TABLES ………………………………………………………………...x

  ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………………xi

  ABSTRAK ……………………………………………………………………….xii

  CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………..1

  1.1. Background of the Study …………………………………………….. 1

  1.2. Field of the Study ……………………………………………………..3

  1.3. Scope of the Study ……………………………………………………4

  1.4. Problem Formulation …………………………………………………4

  1.5. Objectives of the Study ……………………………………………….4

  1.6. Significance of the Study ……………………………………………...4

  1.7. Definition of Terms …………………………………………………...5

  CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE ………………………………………7

  2.1. Discourse Analysis ……………………………………………………7

  2.2. Performance Features …………………………………………………8

  2.3. Filled Pauses …………………………………………………………..9

  2.4. Repetitions …………………………………………………………….9

  2.5. False Starts …………………………………………………………...11

  2.6. Backtrackings ………………………………………………………...11

  2.7. Incomplete Utterances ………………………………………………..11

  2.8. Persuasive Discourse ………………………………………………....12

  CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ………………………………....13

  3.1. Data Collection …………………………………………………….…14

  3.1.1. Participants ………………………………………………....14

  3.1.2. Instrument ………………………………………………......14

  3.1.3. Research Procedures ………………………………………..15

  3.2. Data Analysis ………………………………………………………....15

  CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ………………...16

  4.1. The Occurrences of Performance Features in Regional of NUDC Final round ………………………………………………………………....17

  4.2. The Performance Features on the Debate ……………………………22

  4.2.1. Filled Pauses ……………………………………………….22

  4.2.2. Repetitions …………………………………………………24

  4.2.3. False Starts and Backtrackings …………………………….26

  4.2.4. Incomplete Utterances ……………………………………..27

  4.3. The Significance of Performance Features on the Debate …………..29

  CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION …………………………...34

  5.1. Conclusion …………………………………………………………...32

  5.2. Suggestion …………………………………………………………...33

  BIBLIOGRAPHY ………………………………………………………………..35

  APPENDIX

  

LIST OF TABLES

  Table 1. Classification of Performance Features ………………………………….8

  Table 2. The Percentage and Frequency of Features Occurrence example ……...16

  Table 3. The Total Percentage of Performance Features example ……………….16

  Table 4. The Percentage and Frequency of Features Occurrence ………………..18

  Table 5. The Total Percentage of Performance Features ………………………...19

  

ABSTRACT

  English debate is one of the most prestigious English competitions in Indonesia. Winning an English debate competition is not easy. The debaters should be able to provide strong arguments and convince the judges by fluently delivering the speech as a good manner. The purposes of this study are to find out the performance features used on the final round debate of NUDC Regional Java 2016, to investigate how often performance features occurred, and to discover the significance of performance features on the debate. The data were taken by recording a final debate round which was split into 8 videos, 7.20 seconds for each video. The number of participants was 8 debaters from different universities.

  To collect the data, the researcher transcribed all videos and analyzed the performance features (Filled Pauses, Repetitions, False Starts and Backtrackings, and Incomplete Utterances). The researcher used qualitative method and quantified the qualitative data to obtain the findings. As the results, the researcher found that Filled pauses are the most frequently used among the other features which occur 240 times or 49.3% and performance features do not contribute towards a better quality of the debate and improve debater

  ‟s proficiency and fluency because the winner in the debate competition is the one who is fluent, able to convince the judges, and their viewpoints too.

  

ABSTRAK

  Debat bahasa Inggris adalah salah satu perlombaan bahasa Inggris yang paling bergengsi di Indonesia. Memenangkan lomba debat bahasa Inggris bukanlah hal yang mudah. Para debater harus mampu memberikan argumen yang kuat dan meyakinkan para juri dengan menyampaikan pidato secara fasih sebagai sikap yang baik. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mencari tahu apa saja

  

performance features yang digunakan pada final debat NUDC Regional Jawa

  2016, untuk menyelidiki seberapa sering performance features terjadi, dan untuk menemukan makna dari performance features pada debat tersebut. Data diambil dengan merekam final debat yang dibagi menjadi 8 video, 7 menit 20 detik untuk durasi satu videonya. Jumlah partisipan adalah 8 debater dari berbagai universitas yang berbeda. Untuk mengumpulkan data, peneliti menyalin semua video dan menganalisis performance features (Filled Pauses, Repetitions, False Starts and

  

Backtrackings, and Incomplete Utterances ). Peneliti menggunakan metode

kualitatif dan menghitung data kualitatif untuk memperoleh hasil penelitian.

  Sebagai hasil, peneliti menemukan bahwa filled pauses adalah yang paling sering digunakan di antara fitur-fitur lainnya yang digunakan sebanyak 240 kali atau 49,3% dan performance features tidak berkontribusi terhadap kualitas debat yang lebih baik dan meningkatkan keahlian dan kefasihan berbicara para debater, karena pemenang dalam kompetisi debat adalah debater yang fasih dalam berbicara, mampu meyakinkan para hakim, dan juga sudut pandang mereka.