Date of Award

2010

Thesis Type

Masters

Document Type

Dissertation

Divisions

Faculty of Languages and Linguistics

Department

Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics

Institution

Universiti Malaya

Abstract

This study analyzed pragmatically on the usage of Malay Language in classrooms’ question-answer contexts. The study focused on main question-answer strategies used by the lecturers and the students of Ungku Omar Polytechnic during five sampled sessions of teaching and learning. This research report explicitly revealed some significantly unique sequences of question-answer throughout the whole data, to be analyzed based on Searle’s felicity conditions specified in the Speech Act Theory (1969). The methodology of observation, note-jotting, and audio recordings were used to gather data in the study. Five sessions of teaching and learning in Pendidikan Moral were recorded and transcribed based on Jefferson’s transcript notation (1984). Data was analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. Findings obtained revealed that there were seven main types of questioning strategies used by the lecturers whereas four main types of questioning strategies were used by the students. In the category of answering strategies, the findings showed three main types of strategies used by the lecturers whereas five main types of strategies were used by the students. The study revealed that a variety of questioning speech acts does exist in question-answer sequences generated by the lecturers and the students, namely request, offer, affirmation, and advice. Meanwhile the speech acts of answering could be in the forms of agreement, rejection, and non-verbal actions. In conclusion, this research shows how the lecturers and the students have performed peculiar question-answer strategies in classroom situation contexts.

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Dissertation (M.A.) – Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, 2010.

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