Nuki Nurazizah , 2201411088 (2017) LEARNERS’ ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE MEANING IN INTERACTIONAL CONVERSATION: THE CASE STUDY OF THE CONVERSATION-3 (CV-3) CLASS OF LBPP-LIA SEMARANG IMAM BONJOL. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

Negotiation is one kind of ways to interact with other people. Doing negotiation means that participants are able to reveal what they feel and think. The main purpose of this study is to investigate learners’ ability to negotiate meaning in interactional conversation in the Conversation-3 (CV-3) Class of LBPP-LIA Semarang Imam Bonjol. Qualitative studies use a variety of research methods to collect data in order to obtain as many perspectives as possible on the phenomenon being researched. For this study, observation is done before recording. The observation is about the real condition of the class. Audio recording is the primary data. The data is transformed into transcription. After the transcript is made, the data is able to be analyzed. Results indicate that the learners mostly negotiate well. They produce statements in compliance with mood elements. They also have various kinds of mood types in the conversation. The ways that the students negotiate meaning in order to get the meaning across are countering the interlocutors’ responses, responding the teacher by giving statement that exactly suit to the teacher’s questions, and having equal turns reciprocally to convey their ideas in a conversation. In addition, there are also some grammatical problems hinder the negotiation of meaning. In order to compensate their language problems, the students use some strategies such using minor clause, speaking in their native language, and doing non-verbal communication. This analysis will give clear explanation about how interpersonal meaning work in a discourse especially negotiation of meaning in a conversation.

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