Research Article
Understanding Personal Intention by Elaborating Speech Function Using Social Media International Whatsapp Group
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.28-9-2019.2291092, author={Edi Sunjayanto Masykuri and Sri Widodo and Marcelo Perez}, title={Understanding Personal Intention by Elaborating Speech Function Using Social Media International Whatsapp Group}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education, ICE 2019, 27-28 September 2019, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purworejo, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICE}, year={2020}, month={2}, keywords={listening and speaking skill online teaching and learning speech analysis}, doi={10.4108/eai.28-9-2019.2291092} }- Edi Sunjayanto Masykuri
Sri Widodo
Marcelo Perez
Year: 2020
Understanding Personal Intention by Elaborating Speech Function Using Social Media International Whatsapp Group
ICE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.28-9-2019.2291092
Abstract
English is a symbol of universality in communication. Most countries around the world communicate to each other using English. Yet, the countries using English as a second language find the problem in understanding the meaning,actually when the English learners make small talk in a conversation.The purpose of the study is finding out what speech functions the participants of Men’s Club (MC) perform in casual encounters. The object of the study is MC participants in theinternational whatsapp group (IWAG). It is the online English learning and teaching, having more than twenty participants and having a different background of profession; doctor, journalism, teacher, postman, lecturer, housewife, accountant, business consultant, web designer, illustrator and so on.The research results are significant in the way that the results can be used as input for teaching English as a foreign language setting. Besides, the research on speech functions is indeed needed for teaching listening and speaking skills. The research is descriptive. Fourteen texts were collected and then analyzed by using the speech function network of Suzanne Eggins and Diana Slade. The unit of analysis is move. Move is part of the turn, which expresses speech functions. Most participants of MC prefer using questions and statements to other speech functions as initiations.