Analysis of Discourse Markers Used by Students of English Department of UKI Toraja in Oral English

Abstract

The types of discourse marker used by students of English Department of UKI Toraja in speaking English. The objective of this research is to analyze the discourse markers used by students of English of UKI Toraja in oral English and the dominant of discourse markers used by students. In analyzing the data of research, the researcher employed quialitative methods and quantitative method. This research conducted at UKI Toraja and the participant of this research is students seventh semester of English department. The data of this research was collected by providing topic choices to students, then identifying and classifying discourse markers to find the types used. Based on the findings, the researcher found that there are six types of discourse markers, namely discourse ma rkers (So, right, okay), discourse markers organize what we say, discourse markers um and erm, discourse markers sounding less direct, discourse markers as a response, and discourse markers as responses. The most dominant types of discourse markers used by students of English department of UKI Toraja in speaking English are the discourse markers um and erm.