REPETITION AND HESITATION IN DELIVERING IMPROMPTU SPEECH

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  • Maria Astri Hutabarat and Syamsul Bahri

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https://doi.org/10.24114/jalu.v4i2.6673

Abstract

This study deals with the types of repetition and hesitation in delivering
impromptu speech. The objectives of the study were to describe the kinds of
repetition and hesitation which used in impromptu speech and why the repetition
and hesitation used in delivering impromptu speech. This research applied
descriptive quantitative method. The source of data was impromptu speech of
English Education class b 2012. Documentary recording as the instrument to
collect the data and there were five students to deliver impromptu speech. The
data were taken from the utterance of five speechs in impromptu speech into
clauses.There were topics prepared for five topics, each speaker varied one
another to deliver impromptu speech.The speakers were given 3-5 minutes
(maximum) to deliver impromptu speech. Based on the analysis, there were 61
utterances of repetition, the result of the analysis showed that two kinds of
repetition; 59.01% of false start and 40.59 % of parentherical remark. And 205
utterances of hesitation, the result of the analysis showed that three kinds of
hesitation; 28.78% of filled pause, 43.90% of silent pause and 27.31% of
lengthening. The reason why the repetition and hesitation used in impromptu
speech because the speakers forgot the words when they were talking or speaker
are looking for the right words. Not everyone could speak fluently for all topics of
impromptu speech. In general, people were talking, thinking that the hesitation
was more difficult than repetition.

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Published

2015-04-01

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2015): (APR-JUNE)

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REPETITION AND HESITATION IN DELIVERING IMPROMPTU SPEECH. (2015). LINGUISTICA, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.24114/jalu.v4i2.6673