AN ANALYSIS OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES APPLIED BY ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS IN SPEAKING FOR PRESENTATION

This Study was mix method design which used the combination of both
qualitative and quantitative data. This study was aimed to identify the types and
the dominant communication strategies used by the fourth semester students of
English Study Program in University of Bengkulu. The instruments used in this
research were observation checklist adapted from Dornyei (1995) and video
recorder to collect data. The data were analyzed by Dornyei‟s Theory of
Communication Strategies. The population of this study was fourth semester of
class A of English Study Program. The samples of this study were selected with
purposive sampling technique. The researcher used inter-rater reliability to
establish the credibility of findings from the analysis. The findings of this research
were: (1) the students used all of the type of communication strategies, namely: a)
message replacement, b) topic avoidance, c) message abandonment, d)
circumlocution, e) approximation, f) word coinage, g) non-verbal signal, h) literal
translation, i) foreignizing, j) code switching, k) time gaining strategy, and l)
appeal for help, 2) the dominant type of communication strategies used by the
students is time gaining strategy with 47.70%. In conclusion, the students used all
types of communication strategies and time gaining strategy was the most
frequently strategy that applied by the students due to the students of English
Study Program have had English proficiency but they still needed delays or fillers
to produce the utterances.
Key words: Communication strategies, speaking skill, Speaking for
Presentation.