Afifatul Kholidah , 2201414149 (2020) STUDENTS’ USE OF FORMULAIC EXPRESSIONS IN “INTRODUCING THEMSELVES”. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

Formulaic expressions are central in communication to enable students to be sound natural and fluent in communication. It is equally important to grammar and socioculture learning. If the students are really aware of this matter, it can help increase their speaking ability. This research aims at exploring the types of formulaic expressions used by the students in their speaking performance and the students’ problems when using formulaic expressions. The research participants were the tenth year MIPA 2 of SMA Negeri 12 in Semarang, Central Java Province. The data were obtained by recording their speaking performance. The video recordings were transcribed. After all data were collected they were classified, analysed based on Biber et. al’s (1999) framework, and described qualitatively. The research findings showed that there are five types of formulaic expressions used by the students in their speaking. They are collocations, lexical bundles, inserts, idioms, and binomial expressions. However, there were several problems appeared that faced by the students when using formulaic expressions in classroom communication like deviant contruction, general underuse, grammatical disorder, and inappropriate formulaic expressions. Moreover, there were many unnatural expressions in their speaking. This implies that ttudents need more attention about formulaic expressions in teaching and learning process.

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