Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: An Investigation of Indonesian EFL Learners' Application of Strategies in Disagreeing Using English
AN INVESTIGATION OF INDONESIAN EFL LEARNERS’
APPLICATION OF STRATEGIES IN DISAGREEING USING ENGLISH
Dewi Kusumawati Sofyan
Abstract
The current study aims at investigating Indonesian EFL learners’ strategies in expressing
disagreement using English. In attempt to achieve the goal, 100 English Department students
of Satya Wacana Christian University were invited to participate in this study. The
participants were given a Discourse Completion Test (DCT) modified from studies by
Takahashi and Beebe (1993) and Guodong and Jing (2005). The data obtained through this
test were analyzed based on taxonomy of disagreement strategies by Muntigl (1995). The
data was described in quantitatively. This study is important because disagreement is
perceived as a face-threatening act (FTA). The findings revealed the tendency of IEFL
learners to mitigate FTA by using counterclaim as the most employed disagreement strategy
by Indonesian EFL (IEFL) learners. Based on the findings of this study, a course about
pragmatic understanding is suggested to offer in English Department in attempt to create
more awareness of the students in speech acts realization, especially disagreement. Hopefully
the findings of this study would provide additional information about strategies employed by
IEFL learners in expressing disagreement.
Key words: Disagreement, Strategies in Disagreeing.
APPLICATION OF STRATEGIES IN DISAGREEING USING ENGLISH
Dewi Kusumawati Sofyan
Abstract
The current study aims at investigating Indonesian EFL learners’ strategies in expressing
disagreement using English. In attempt to achieve the goal, 100 English Department students
of Satya Wacana Christian University were invited to participate in this study. The
participants were given a Discourse Completion Test (DCT) modified from studies by
Takahashi and Beebe (1993) and Guodong and Jing (2005). The data obtained through this
test were analyzed based on taxonomy of disagreement strategies by Muntigl (1995). The
data was described in quantitatively. This study is important because disagreement is
perceived as a face-threatening act (FTA). The findings revealed the tendency of IEFL
learners to mitigate FTA by using counterclaim as the most employed disagreement strategy
by Indonesian EFL (IEFL) learners. Based on the findings of this study, a course about
pragmatic understanding is suggested to offer in English Department in attempt to create
more awareness of the students in speech acts realization, especially disagreement. Hopefully
the findings of this study would provide additional information about strategies employed by
IEFL learners in expressing disagreement.
Key words: Disagreement, Strategies in Disagreeing.