AN ANALYSIS ON REQUEST STRATEGIES USED BY THE SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM OF UNIVERSITAS RIAU

Abstract

bstract: This research aims to find what types of request strategies are used by
the sixth-semester students in the English Study Program in Universitas Riau. This
research is a descriptive qualitative approach. The samples of this research are the
sixth-semester students of the English Study Program Universitas Riau. The total
number of students is 114 students. They are divided into 3 classes. One of the classes
were selected using Cluster Random Sampling (CRS). The number of sample is 38
students. Data collection technique in this research was discourse completion task
(DCT). The analysis of data was conducted by sending a Google form to the sixth-
semester students of the English Study Program. In this study, the researcher employs a
qualitative data analysis methodology. The result shows that the respondents more
prefer to use conventionally indirect query preparatory strategy. And some of the
percentage strategies used are as follows; direct explicit performatives with
occurrences (0.8%), want statements with occurrences (2.3%), conventionally indirect
query preparatory with occurrences (94.6%), and non-conventionally indirect mild hint
(2.0%).
Key Words: Request Strategies, Direct Strategies, conventionally Indirect,
Non-conventionally Indirect, Speech Act