TYPES OF ADJACENCY PAIRS ON THE SIX MINUTES ENGLISH PROGRAM IN BBC LEARNING ENGLISH

Marsella, Marsella and Azwandi, Azwandi and Arasuli, Arasuli (2022) TYPES OF ADJACENCY PAIRS ON THE SIX MINUTES ENGLISH PROGRAM IN BBC LEARNING ENGLISH. Undergraduated thesis, Universitas Bengkulu.

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Abstract

This research aimed to describe the Adjacency Pairs phenomena in the BBC Learning English, comprising two adjacency pairs aspects, namely: The most frequently types of adjacency pairs used by the participants and the most frequently initiators of the first part in adjacency pairs. This research used quantitative descriptive research. The object of this research was one video contained (5parts) in it, with the topic "all about language" with a video duration of 1 hour, the video was taken from the 'Six Minutes English Program on BBC Learning English’. In this research,the researcher collected and analyzed the data by applying the theory of Murata (1994). The conversation in the English Conversation video was used for data collection.The data were exported to the datasheet for identifying the types of adjacency pairs contained in the video.The result of the research showed that there were 9 types of adjacency pairs on the Six Minutes English Program in BBC learning English in Youtube Channel. The types of adjacency pairs were Greeting-Greeting, Question-Answer, Request-Acceptance/Refusal, Blam�Admission/Denial, Assesment-Agreement/Disagreement, Command�Compliance/Incompliance, Suggestion-Acceptance/Refusal, Assertion�Agreement/Disagreement, Announcement-Acknowledgement. First,researcher found the most frequently appeared in adjacency pairs question-answerandassessment�agreement/disagreement. Also, researcher found the most frequently initiators of the first part in adjacency pairs namely the first participant. Inconclusion, from the video research in 13 adjacency pairs, only 9 adjacency pairs often appear, 3 of which are not in the conversation between two participants. For further researchers, it is recomended to develop more about adjacency pairs and use other video conversations that contain many types of adjacency pairs. Keywords : Adjacency Pairs, BBC Learning English, Six Minutes English Program, Youtube.

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