This paper aimed to investigate the use of metadiscourse markers in scientific journal articles. Data of this qualitative research consisted of metadiscourse markers collected from eight journal articles of a special edition published by LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching. The collected metadiscourse markers used in the journal articles were analyzed using discourse analysis based on ten metadiscourse marker categories. Results showed that the analysed journal articles contained 708 metadiscourse markers, with more interactive metadiscourse markers, reaching 529 occurrences, than interactional metadiscourse markers, occurring 179 times. Transitions, such as “but” and “thus”, with 249 occurrences, were the most frequently-used metadiscourse marker and boosters, such as “in fact” and “definitely”, with 24 occurrences, were the least productive marker. Thus, readers can gain a better understanding of the use of metadiscourse markers when using English. It is expected that English language learners and instructors can benefit from the results of this study, particularly concerning the use of metadiscourse markers in academic writing.
English Education Master's Program (EEMP) students are required to master listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Regarding the speaking skill, they must have fluency and clarity in speaking English since they should be good models for their students. However, the minimal use of English in their oral communication during the courses leads to the speech disfluency. They are aware of their disfluency but they do not understand the specific aspects of it. Thus, this study aimed to discuss the speech disfluency produced by the master students in oral communication. There was one formulated research question: "What are the speech disfluencies which commonly occur in groups' presentations among EEMP students?" To examine the speech disfluencies, the researchers employed document analysis as the method of the study. The transcription of their groups' presentations were analyzed based on the types of disfluency (Shriberg, 1994;Bailoor, John, & Laxman, 2015). The findings showed that there were five disfluency types found in this study namely unfilled pause, filled pause, repetition, substitution, and deletion.Keywords: disfluency, disfluency types, English Education Master's Program (EEMP) students, groups' presentations IntroductionThe English Education Master's Program (EEMP) is one of post graduates programs in Sanata Dharma University which prepare the students to be a professional English teacher or lecturer. As the future English teachers or lecturers, they are required to be able to master all four skills in English including listening, speaking, reading, and writing (Council of Ministers of Education Canada, 2013). Focusing on speaking, they have to be able to speak English fluently because they have to be good models for their students in teaching English. It corresponds to what is written by CMEC (2013) in the book of Speaking for Excellence that teachers have roles in the classroom consisting instructor, evaluator, manager, communicator, and model of academic language and culture. In order to be a good communicator, the teachers must have fluency and clarity in speaking English to their students.However, the use of English is still limited. In fact, during the courses, the students of master program more often use their first language which is Indonesian than English. Thus, the minimal use of English in their oral
English Education Master Program (EEMP) students are required to master listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Regarding the speaking skill, they must have fluency and clarity in speaking English since they should be good models for their students. However, the minimal use of English in their oral communication during the courses leads to the speech disfluency. They are aware of their disfluency but they do not understand the specific aspects of it. Thus, this study aimed to discuss the speech disfluency produced by the master students in oral communication. There was one formulated research question: What are the speech disfluencies which commonly occur in groups presentations among EEMP students? To examine the speech disfluencies, the researchers employed document analysis as the method of the study. The transcription of their groups presentations were analyzed based on the types of disfluency (Shriberg, 1994; Bailoor, John, Laxman, 2015). The findings showed that there were five disfluency types found in this study namely unfilled pause, filled pause, repetition, substitution, and deletion.DOI:doi.org/10.24071/llt.2018.210102
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