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The Fillers used by the male and female teachers in the senior high school in Surabaya

In this research, the writer observed the production of fillers used by
different gender of teachers in the teaching process. The subjects were one male
and one female teachers at Pirngadi Christian Senior High School. Specifically, he
asked about the types, the frequency of occurrences, the functions of fillers used
by each teacher and also differences between the fillers used by the male and
female teachers. Mainly, the writer used the theory on the types of fillers from
Rose (1998). It was added with the theories of the types of fillers from Stenstrom
(1994) and Baalen (2001). Also, he used the theory on the functions of fillers from
Stenstrom (1994). The writer used a descriptive qualitative approach, focusing on
the types and the functions of fillers. As the source of data, the writer took two
class meetings, in which each teaching process was done by a teacher of different
gender; male and female teachers. In the findings and discussion, the writer found
that the male teacher produced fewer fillers than the female teacher. The male
teacher produced 69 fillers in the teaching process, while the female teacher
produced 115 fillers in the teaching process. Secondly, the data showed that both
the male and female teachers produced more unlexicalized than the lexicalized
fillers. In the functions of the fillers, the writer found that the types of fillers
produced by both the male and female teachers had the functions as a holder to the
turn, as a mark of hesitation, as empathizers, as time-creating device, and as an
editing term. As a conclusion, the writer concludes that the situation in the
teaching process affects the types and the functions of the fillers.