COMPLIMENTS IN THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION: COMPLIMENTS AMONG INDONESIAN STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

International Journal of Humanity Studies IJHS Pub Date : 2019-09-03 DOI:10.24071/IJHS.V3I1.2058

Nugraha Krisdiyanta

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Abstract

This research is conducted to investigate how Indonesian people give compliment to others in English to find the formula of the compliment the students use. The subject of the research is 27 Indonesian students of English Department from three universities. The data are collected by giving questionnaire to the students using the Discourse Completion Task. Students are asked to complete the sentences for giving compliment. The compliments requested are about appearance which consists of hairstyle, dress and figure; and ability and performance which consists of test result, getting the scholar and cooking ability. The result shows that for appearance, the most used formula is by using the word look then the use of be+adj. For ability and performance, students use the word congratulation and be+adj for cooking ability. However, some students give compliment based on Bahasa Indonesia form, not English form by giving some statements which are not related to the context. It is affirmed that compliment is influenced by the language that the people use and it is different from one culture to another.DOI:10.24071/ijhs.2019.030110

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教育机构的赞美:英语系印尼学生之间的赞美

本研究旨在调查印尼人如何用英语赞美他人，以找出学生使用的赞美公式。研究对象是来自三所大学的27名印尼英语系学生。数据收集的方式是使用语篇完成任务对学生进行问卷调查。要求学生完成表扬的句子。被要求的赞美是关于外表的，包括发型、衣着和身材;能力和表现包括考试成绩、得学者和烹饪能力。结果表明，对于外表，使用最多的是look，其次是be+adj。对于能力和表现，学生们用恭喜这个词，用be+adj来表示烹饪能力。然而，一些学生根据印尼语的形式而不是英语的形式来给予赞美，并给出一些与上下文无关的陈述。可以肯定的是，赞美受到人们使用的语言的影响，并且在一种文化与另一种文化之间是不同的

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