Investigating Students’ Pragmatic Deficit of Teacher-Student Interaction in a Language Classroom Discourse

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10.2991/978-2-38476-120-3_23How to use a DOI?

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Classroom Discourse; Interaction; Language Acquisition; Language Impairment; Pragmatic Deficit

Abstract

Students’ pragmatic deficit is closely related students’ language impairment due to the lack of innate ability to interact emotionally with other. It can be found in teacher-students interaction. This study attempts to illuminate the students’ pragmatic deficit in classroom discourse. The participant of this study is a male student of autism center in East Java, Indonesia. The qualitative approach is applied in this study to portray how the student carries out their pragmatic deficit in classroom discourse. The findings reveal that student encounters pragmatic deficit in language acquisition process. He gets pragmatic deficit in interacting with their teacher. In classroom discourse, the pragmatic deficit of an autistic child is impaired in his speech acts and conversational breakdowns. The findings can enrich teachers’ or practitioners’ knowledge in providing meaningful learning for students in classroom discourse. The further study on students’ pragmatic deficit should explore on the way of overcoming students’ pragmatic deficit in classroom discourse by applying appropriate interventions.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ika Lusi Kristanti
AU  - Bambang Yulianto
AU  - Ahmad Munir
AU  - Dian Anik Cahyani
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/09/28
TI  - Investigating Students’ Pragmatic Deficit of Teacher-Student Interaction in a Language Classroom Discourse
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on English Language Teaching (ICON-ELT 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 254
EP  - 265
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-120-3_23
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-120-3_23
ID  - Kristanti2023
ER  -