I think and maybe as mitigation tools among students of Polytechnics (EFL learners)  

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Widiawati, Yogi

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: KOLITA 16: Konferensi Linguistik Tahunan Atma Jaya Keenam Belas Tingkat Internasional, page 516-518.
Topik: hedges; English as a Foreign Language; utterances; mitigate
Fulltext: 516-518 Yogi Widiawati.pdf (338.79KB)

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This study investigates the use of hedges in the speech of learners of polytechnics at any proficiency levels of English. Most students have 400-450 for their TOEFL score. As English is used as a foreign language (EFL), it is treated as a minor subject in Politeknik Negeri Jakarta, Depok. They get only 2 hours per week, so they have only limited time to learn English. During English classes, students like to use hedges when answering questions. Hedges are used to mitigate their statements which might cause an insult to other persons. Hedges are used to moderate the force of an utterance or the uncertainty of its content and therefore play an important role in interpersonal communication. The data is taken by observing 100 students of Industrial Electronics Engineering Department which are separated in 4 classes. This study ignores the genders of the students although most students of polytechnics are men. The observations are conducted by observing their habits of using English when English subject is being taught in the class. The results of this study show that students generally use hedges „I think? (27%) and „maybe?(15%) to show their doubts and sometimes to show their appreciation to listeners or others. They use hedges to avoid insulting other people.

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