Language Use in English Learning Contexts: A Sociolinguistic Analysis from Papua
Keywords:
Language Use, English Learning Contexts, Sociolinguistic Analysis, PapuaAbstract
Language use refers to the language which someone uses to communicate with another. Then, the use of languages is directly related to the language choice a speaker makes depending on context and to whom he is talking to. The purpose of this study is to describe how is the use of the language in English Training classroom interaction between English Instructors and students of state Junior High School 2 Warsa, North Biak. Due to the purpose of the study, there is no research about the use of the language in English class at the State Junior High School Two Warsa, North Biak. Hence, this study aims to answer three research questions such as; (1) What is the domain of language use?; (2) What are the use of languages in English Training classroom Interaction?; (3) What are the reason of the use of student’s and teachers’ first language in language learning classroom?. Regarding methodology, this study used qualitative research which is given by Hill (2015, in Luardini, et, al 2021) to interpret the data collected in the field. Also, this study applied theories which are given by Luardini, et, al (2021) about the use of the language in English classroom Interaction between teacher and students, and Bouangeune (2009) about the use of students’ first language as a tool in language learning classroom. The finding showed that the English instructors and students mostly used Standard Indonesian and Papuan Malay in English Training classroom interaction. Finally, the selected domain is education and the education domain indicated that both Papuan Malay and Standard Indonesian are dominantly used in English Training class room interaction.
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