A. Tenry Lawangen Aspat Colle, 0203516060 (2018) REALIZATION OF ACTIONAL AND FORMULAIC COMPETENCES IN TEACHERS’ TALK IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOM. Masters thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Colle, Andi Tenry Lawangen Aspat. 2018. Realization of Actional and Formulaic Competences in Teachers’ Talk in English Language Classroom. Thesis. English Department, Pascasarjana, Universitas Negeri Semarang. Advisor: Sri Wuli Fitriati, S.Pd., M.Pd., Ph.D and Puji Astuti, S.Pd., M.Pd., Ph.D. Key Words: Actional Competence, Formulaic Competence, Teachers’ Talk This study was spoken discourse study which aimed to explain the realization of actional competence based on Celce-Murcia (2007) theory in teachers’ talk. This study also tried to to explain the realization of formulaic competence which focused on Biber et al. (2004) theory. And the last aim is to explain the relationship between both competences. English teachers at SMAN 1 Semarang, SMA Nasional Karangturi Semarang, and SMA Mardisiswa Semarang were involved as the research participants in this study. The instruments of this research were audio recorder and interview guideline. The findings of this study revealed that there are some sub-categories of language functions which were mostly occurred in the teachers’ talk namely asking for information, giving instruction, explaining, and complementing. Related to the realization of lexical bundles in teachers’ talk, it concluded that lexical bundles mainly contained verb phrase along with dependent clauses. In contrast, lexical bundles that incorporate noun phrase and preposition fragments accounted for only a small proportion of lexical bundles. This finding aligns with the findings of previous researchers where that academic speech primarily comprises more lexical bundles with verb and clause fragments. Dealing with relationship between actional and formulaic competences, this study reveal that the frequency of language functions used has resulted in highly fixed phrases or formulaic expression. In simple word, each social move or language functions, there is a stock potential expression (lexical bundles) on it. Such as language function of asking questions are associating with yes-no question fragments (do you want …) and WH-question fragment (how do you …). Seeing there is relationship between actional and formulaic competence in teachers’ talk, where language functions which are occupied teachers’ talk in teaching activity include many set phrases (lexical bundles), ),thus this study suggested that the teachers must choose appropriate utterances in a given situation as the model for the students. The teachers need to maintain a balance, where the English teachers are not only focused in grammar and pronunciation but also but also have adequate knowledge and competence of lexical bundles for performing appropriate language functions.

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