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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis study deals with SLA, which focuses on the use of Compensatory
Strategies (CpS). CpS are strategies used by language learners when linguistic
shortcomings make it impossible for them to communicate their intended
meanings in the preferred manner. It is simply explained that the language
learners are using CpS because they cannot say something but they have no idea
how to express it in intended words. Thus, to make conversation go on, they use
CpS. CpS mostly deal with oral conversation because learners mostly get stuck in
expressing their ideas in speaking. The study that the writer conducted was to find
out the types of CpS employed by the fifth semester English Department students
in oral interview with a native speaker of English and with a non native speaker of
English (in this case, Indonesian speaker). By discovering the types of CpS used
in their oral interview, this thesis was also to show whether the interlocutor affects
the choice of CpS or not, and the relationship between the subjects? proficiency
level in grade and their use of CpS.
This study was conducted by using qualitative descriptive approach. In
this study, the writer collected the data from Indonesian students, who were
learning English as their second language in Petra Christian University. They
were the students of 2001, who were taking Speaking V class. The writer used
their oral interview both with the native speaker and the non native speaker of
English as the data in the form of recorded speech. From eight students, it had
been divided into two different proficiency levels, which were four good students
and four poor students. Each student had the same task to do. Before the writer
recorded the speeches, she delivered questionnaire to divide the students into two
different levels; good students and poor students. After the recording, the writer
transcribed the data, identified and finally analyzed it.
From the findings, the writer noticed that generally the subjects tended to
use Transfer (LITRA) choice in using CpS since the use of LITRA was the easiest
way for them in overcoming the lexical problems in the oral interviews. This
study also revealed that the different interlocutors and the proficient of a speaker
influenced the CpS types used. The writer found that the subjects tended to use
more CpS types while they were doing the oral interview with the native speaker.
Finally, the writer noticed that the less proficient subjects produced a higher
number of CpS than those who have higher proficiency level.