Turn taking in student organization meeting of Petra Christian University

Kusumaningsih, Elizabeth Endah (2009) Turn taking in student organization meeting of Petra Christian University. Bachelor thesis, Petra Christian University.

Abstract

This research discussed about turn taking in student organization meeting of Petra Christian University, specifically on turn taking strategies. The writer used theory from Stenstrom (1994) about the turn taking strategies. In this research, the writer used descriptive approach, and then analyzed utterances which contained turn taking used by participants in the meeting. The data of this research were obtained by recording the conversation, transcribing, and translating the data. The data analysis was based on the theory of turn taking strategies. From the analysis, the writer found that almost all of the turn taking strategies was applied in the meeting, except filled pauses and verbal. Turn taking strategies that were applied were starting, taking over, interruption, silent pauses, repetition, new start, prompting, appealing, and giving. The most frequent strategy in the meeting was taking over. Taking over was the most frequent strategy because this was the strategy about giving response to others.

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