Pragmatic Use of English Forms of Address by Javanese Students of EFL

 

Yazid Basthomi

 

 

 

This chapter reports a study exploring the pragmatic use of English forms of address by Javanese students of EFL. A pilot study was undertaken involving sixteen Australian and seven Javanese students in Perth. For English norms used in the data analysis, the Australian students were asked to complete a cloze test developed from Bernard Shaw’s play, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, with English forms of address. As a reference of Javanese forms of address, the Javanese students were asked to supply the same cloze test with forms of address in Javanese. The subjects of this study were Javanese students of the English Department of the State University of Malang. The results showed that the use of English forms of address by Javanese students were similar to that of Australian students with regard to ‘title plus last name’, ‘title plus first name’, and ‘complete name’. However, the Javanese students were aberrant with regard to the uses of ‘last name’ and ‘modified first name’. This study suggests that Javanese students seem to lack pragmatic knowledge of English forms of address. Implications for EFL teaching are discussed and recommendations for future research are put forward in the concluding parts of this chapter.

 

 

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Basthomi, Y. (2004). Pragmatic use of English forms of address by Javanese students of EFL. In B. Y. Cahyono & U. Widiati (Eds.), The tapestry of English language teaching and learning in Indonesia (pp. 125-141). Malang: State University of Malang Press.

 

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