Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: An Analysis of Refusal Strategies used by Freshmen in English Teacher Education Program (ETEP)

AN ANALYSIS OF REFUSAL STRATEGIES USED BY FRESHMEN IN
ENGLISH TEACHING EDUCATION PROGRAM (ETEP)

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Tan. Anastasia Irawati. P
112009032

ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2015

ABSTRACT
This study is about the refusal strategies used by Freshmen of English Departmen of Satya
Wacana. Garcia’s refusal strategies (1992) is employed to analyze the refusal strategies to
decline requests, suggestions, offers, and invitations. 50 freshmen students of English Teacher

Education Program of Satya Wacana Christian University are selected randomly to be the
participants in this study. Discourse Completion Test (DCT) was used to obtain the response of
refusal strategies employed by the participants. The researcher found that most respondents
prefered to use regret/sorrow strategy to refuse requests, invitation, suggestion, and offers.
However, direct refusal and mitigated refusal were most employed strategies to refuse suggestion
and offers from friends. The study also found that actually the respondents did not really use one
strategy. Instead, they mixed the strategies, which include reasons and explanations.
Key Words : Refusal, Refusal Strategies