Language Use In Communication Research Articles

Between Habermas and Lyotard: Rethinking the Contrast between Modernity and Postmodernity

The article shows that Habermas’s modernism and Lyotard’s postmodernism are not as antithetical as they are often taken to be. First, we argue that Habermas is not a strong foundationalist concerned with identifying universal rules for language, as postmodern critiques have often interpreted him. Instead, he develops a social pragmatics in which the communicative use of language is the fundamental presupposition of any meaningful interaction. Second, we argue that Lyotard is not a relativist who denies any universal linguistic structure. Instead, he claims that language involves a universal element of dissensus that cannot be subordinated to consensus. Third, we show that neither does Habermas defend a new version of the kind of philosophy of history characteristic of the Enlightenment, nor is Lyotard a historical relativist, but instead they both seek alternatives to these positions. The conclusion calls for more nuance in the interpretation of both perspectives.

PENGARUH PEMBIASAAN PENGGUNAAN BAHASA JAWA DALAM PEMBENTUKAN KARAKTER PATRIOTISME SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR

Many children don't know the difference between conversations with their parents and their peers in this era. In Javanese society, we already see fewer and fewer children who don't experience difficulties in behaving around their parents, some don't even have it at all. Children are increasingly far from noble values ​​and local wisdom. The methodology for writing this article is a literature review of research results published in national publications. Procurement of habituation to the use of the Javanese language for communication in elementary schools can be one of the means to be able to preserve Javanese culture and language. Besides that, it can also increase the value of the character of love for the motherland and also children's patriotism. The provision of habituation to the use of the Javanese language in elementary schools can be associated with or can influence the love of the motherland and patriotism of elementary school students.

COMMUNICATION IN THE FAMILY AND MORAL PLANTING FOR CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF TANGKAHAN

ABSTRACT Child behavior is a result of the interpretation of communication by parents in the family. The child’s first education comes from within the family, especially from their parents. Good communication in the cultivation of morals for the child will result in good behavior in the early stages. The problem that is presented is communication the how good the cultivation of morals in the outdoors of the city field. Methods of research used are qualitative descriptive, observations, and interviews performed by each child and parents in the family in the field. The results of the research have been obtained that good two-way communication within the family between parents and children can implant morality in the child, the use of good language in communication avoids the child from bad morality. Key Words: Communication In The Famil, Moral Planting For Children

Die Fremdsprache Deutsch als Unterrichtssprache im DaF-Unterricht – das Fallbeispiel Polen

The first step in acquiring a language is to extract information from the environment. The research conducted in this field mainly focuses on two aspects: the role of language input as a trigger for language acquisition processes and the corrective function of language. The paper discusses classroom language as one of the most important sources of language input in foreign language teaching, whereby special attention is given to the quality and quantity of language input provided by Polish teachers of German as a foreign language. After presenting an overview of relevant research findings, recommendations for the use of foreign language in classroom communication are given, with reference to the example of German as a foreign language.

Сохранность этнического языка у уральских марийцев

This article presents linguistic biographies of several representatives of the Mari diaspora in the Moscow region, natives of the Sverdlovsk region who took part in the author’s sociolinguistic 2019-21 survey aimed at describing how an ethnic language functions within an internal diaspora. It is assumed that language use is due, among other things, to previous linguistic experience in the locality where one grew up. Thus, part of the survey questionnaire was devoted to language use in intra-family communication, preschool education, school education (language of instruction and language as school subject), and further education. The responses made it possible to establish which channels were used by respondents for learning Mari and Russian, as well as to identify the languages used for interacting with their neighbors in their home area. The data collected in the article is also offered as an attempt to describe the current Mari language situation in areas with a high concentration of Ural Maris in the Krasnoufimsky, Achitsky, Artinsky and Nizhneserginsky districts of the Sverdlovsk region. The author discusses Mari language use in the home and in the educational system. Some common language ideologies that underly family language policy and influence the choice of the language of intra-family interactions are described in detail. A separate section analyzes the dynamics of how the Mari language functions in education according to data obtained in interviews with teachers at local schools. The issues of Mari language-in-culture maintenance and its presence in religious rites are also explored. An important focus of the article is on preserving the ethnic identity of the Mari people residing in the diaspora that was formed in the 16-18th centuries.

LUANG ISLAND: COASTAL ECOLOGY SYSTEM IN OUTERMOST SMALL ISLANDS (ESCAOSD), MALUKU-INDONESIA

Coastal communities and their ecology are inseparable units, connected to one another. The Luang Island community is one of the coastal communities on the outermost islands in Indonesia-Maluku Province-Southwest Maluku Regency. Understanding the ecological system of the people of Luang Island is inseparable from how they live their daily lives, which then accumulates into knowledge, habits as well as patterns to regulate their life order through a long historical process of interaction with nature. This knowledge and habits depend on the geographical environment in which they live, in other words, the natural environment also influences the way they act and think. This pattern then plays a role in realizing the harmonization of their lives, to create unique social and cultural conditions which then become their spirit. This spirit can be seen in their daily lives. This study uses ethnographic research with an ecological anthropological approach. Data was collected through literature study techniques, interviews, FGDs, and participatory observation. The data analysis technique used in this research is ethnoecology. The results of this study indicate that the influence between community relations and nature on Luang Island is reflected in the use of everyday language in communication, the ability to express sea areas based on local knowledge, and presenting natural elements into the social culture of the people of Luang Island. The results of this study are useful for ecological studies in the outermost small islands in Indonesia and as a comparison among the forty-eight archipelagic countries in the world, both tropical and non-tropical.

Pengembangan Modul Praktikum Fisika Dasar Digital pada Materi Listrik Magnet sebagai Upaya Adaptasi Kebiasaan Baru

Online practicum is one of the learning solutions during the pandemic but requires adjustments both in terms of material and practicum modules. The purpose of this study was to develop a Digital Fundamental physics Practicum Module on Electromagnetic Materials. The module developed is in the form of a digital module for Fundamental physics Practicum assisted by an integrated practicum video. The Research and Development Model chosen is a 4-D Development Model which has four process stages, namely Define, Design, Development, and Disseminate. The results of the validation of the material experts obtained that the coverage and accuracy aspects of the material obtained a percentage score of 80% and the aspect of material recency received a score of 93%. The results of the validation of linguists found that aspects of language suitability and communicative use of language obtained a percentage score of 93%. In addition, the aspect of using language that stimulates student curiosity has a score of 80%. The results of media expert validation found that the media presented in the digital practicum module had the accuracy of using media in the form of images and videos, aesthetics in images and videos, as well as a clear and systematic description of video interpretation with an average score of 93%. The feasibility test resulted in an average percentage score of 86%, this means that the module is in the very feasible category

Analysis Discourse of “Blarak” Short Story by Yanusa Nugroho

In communicating, humans sometimes need to show directly what they mean. The use of language in communication between humans in dating is a form of discourse. Besides discourse being a form of language use, discourse is also an utterance. Discourse analysis based on context is, of course, inseparable from the use of pragmatics. Pragmatic discourse analysis in literary works has been done—analysis of the novel Bumi Manusia by Pramodya Ananta Tour, translated into English by Max. This study aims to analyze discourse with a pragmatic approach in the short story Blarak by Yanusa Nugroho. The type of research used in this research is descriptive qualitative research. The data of this study are the words or sentences contained in the short story Blarak by Yanusa Nugroho which are contained in the 2009 Kompas short story collection. The data collection technique in this study used note-taking techniques. This study's research instrument (data collection instrument) is from the researcher himself. The analysis technique used in this study is a qualitative data analysis technique. Based on the research results, it can be concluded that the deixis in the short story Blarak by Yanusa Nugroho includes personal deixis, place deixis, and time deixis. Keywords: analysis, discourse, short story

Content and structural aspects of communicative competence as a component of the professional qualities of future psychologists

The article analyzes scientific sources on the problem of the peculiarities of the formation of communicative competence in future psychologists. Communication competence is a necessary element for the successful practice of psychology, as it determines the psychologist's ability to interact with clients, effectively communicate information and establish deep understanding. The article analyzes various aspects of the formation of communicative competence in future psychologists. First of all, the theoretical foundations of the components of communicative competence are considered, including cognitive, communicative-speech, social-perceptive and interactive. The content aspects of communicative competence are considered: mastery of language skills, understanding of non-verbal signals and the ability to show empathy. The role of active listening, adequate use of language and flexibility in communication with different categories of people is investigated. The author also provides recommendations on the development of structural components of communicative competence in future psychologists.

ТРАНСФОРМАЦІЇ ГЕНДЕРНОЇ КОНЦЕПТУАЛІСТИКИ В ПОЛІТИЧНОМУ ДИСКУРСІ США (2017-2021)

The current article studies transformations of gender conceptualization in the political discourse of the USA from 2017 to 2021. In recent years, numerous large-scale protests in the United States of America, such as #MeToo, have affected political discourse, in particular in the United States. It should be noted that specific changes were also caused by the publication of UN recommendations on the use of more inclusive language in political communication, which did not rely on a binary understanding of gender, suggesting for the first time the use of gender-neutral terms and the avoidance of words that indicate masculinity (for example, congressman, etc.). These events lead to the transformation of the English language and weaken the binary understanding of gender, which can potentially affect the English speakers’ language world model. The article aims to investigate changes in the gender component in the language of USA political discourse associated with the introduction of gender-inclusive language and its impact on changes in the modern English language. To study the transformations of gender concept in the political discourse of the United States, a corpus linguistic analysis of the language of the United States Congress is proposed. Using two language corpora, namely the Google Books Ngram Viewer and the Congressional Regional Corpus, the article compares the frequency of use of gender marked words that are associated with a specific gender (e. g., congressman, spokesperson, etc.) with the frequency of their gender-neutral equivalents (representative, spokesperson, etc.). The comparative analysis allows us to draw a conclusion about changes in the political discourse of the USA, in particular in its gender conceptualisation: the gender component is becoming more inclusive, the binary understanding of gender is becoming less unambiguous, and the attitude towards non-binary personalities is becoming more tolerant.

The current research trend of artificial intelligence in language learning: A systematic empirical literature review from an activity theory perspective

Although the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly developed, there has been little research to review, describe, and analyse the trends and development of empirical research on AI-supported language learning. This paper selected and analysed 25 empirical research papers on AI-supported language learning published in the last 15 years. These empirical studies were analysed using the activity theory from seven constituents: tool, subject, object, rules, community, division of labour, and outcome. A key contribution of this paper is the use of activity theory to illustrate the dynamic interactions and contradictions between the seven elements. AI-supported technology as a mediating tool demonstrated some effectiveness in language learning but needs further improvement in the use of language for communication and collaborative design. We argue that teachers’ intervention and configuration of AI-supported language learning in the pedagogical design plays an important role in the effectiveness of learning. More research is needed to explore the use of AI-supported language learning in the classroom or the real-life learning context. Implications for practice or policy: Research on AI-supported language learning should view teacher and students as active agents in interacting with technology and making transformations in real life learning situations. More research should focus on productive dialogue and communication in AI-supported language learning with collaborative design. A mixed module of AI-supported language learning and formal teacher instruction should be incorporated in pedagogical design.

Perception in Krashen's Monitor Utilization and the Learners' English-Speaking Performance

Speaking of oral communication has frequently been labeled unfavorable to people because it requires confidence and courage. Thus, it appears to be one of the most challenging learning skills, requiring practice and exposure. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between Senior High School learners' level of performance in spoken discourse and their dominant monitor performance. The study employed a descriptive-correlational research design with 156 respondents selected through stratified random sampling. Recognizing and understanding Senior High School students' monitor performance was expected to motivate teachers to address the root cause of the problem, resulting in more proficient and communicative second language use. The findings disclosed that monitoring performance is crucial in determining the level of performance of learners in spoken discourse. A firm grasp of the English language, including its grammar and vocabulary components, effective discourse management, pronunciation, and interactive communication, are critical components in developing learners' speaking abilities. Additionally, this study revealed that those enrolled in the academic track are proficient at communicating, which explains why most are labeled optimal monitor users. In this regard, they use their information appropriately to strike a balance between self-correction and fluency, ensuring that error repair does not become a barrier to communication. Future recommendations were also discussed in this paper.

MASTERING SKILLS OF ORAL SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL SPEECH AS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE FORMATION OF A PROFESSIONAL AND CREATIVE PERSONALITY OF A TEACHER

The article raises the problem of the formation of the professional and creative personality of a modern teacher due to the formation of skills of using oral scientific and educational speech as the main functional tool of his professional activity. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the language training of future teachers at philological and non-philological faculties is focused mainly on their acquisition of normative and literary correctness of speech. At the same time, the functional aspect of the use of language in professional communication of a teacher, depending on his specialty, is left out of consideration. Future teachers are not oriented to take into account in their speech linguistic and stylistic features of oral scientific and educational speech, due to the systemic nature of the scientific style in accordance with the form of implementation of a particular functional variety. To ensure the effectiveness of communication, accurate and adequate perception of educational information by the audience, each teacher must take into account the extralinguistic basis of scientific and educational speech, its stylistic features, which, complementing each other, serve to enhance the cognitive activity of educational entities. The level of this knowledge and skills determines the effectiveness of the teacher’s professional duties, the effectiveness of his professional and creative growth. The level of this knowledge and skills determines the effectiveness of the teacher’s professional duties, the effectiveness of his professional and creative growth. Therefore, in the process of language training of future teachers, it is necessary to provide a special course that would provide them with theoretical knowledge and practical skills of the basics of scientific and educational communication to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their professional activities.
 Keywords: professional communication; communicative competence; style; sub-style; genre; scientific and educational speech; creative personality; teacher.

Searching for the unit of meaning: Knowledge construction in university small group talk

AbstractPrevious research has extensively addressed the relationship between collaborative knowledge construction and communicative language use. For interactive academic talk, a broad range of socio-cultural factors has been investigated to examine group dynamics for the construction of disciplinary or linguistic knowledge. What has been overlooked, however, is a focus on the basic unit of meaning for a cognitive interpretation of knowledge structures. This study is aimed to bridge the research gap by examining the semantic–pragmatic interface involved in collaborative knowledge construction in a Higher Educational setting. Using a specialized corpus of university small group talk, this study conducts an empirical linguistic inquiry into the participants’ discursive practice of drawing particular lexical concepts to invoke and manipulate knowledge structures for meaning negotiation. The research findings contribute to understanding the relationship between linguistically represented knowledge and the way language users conceptualize the academic world.

Mixed signals: an analysis of diversity value signaling in leading U.S. hospitals

Background: As the United States (U.S.) population continues to diversify, the recruitment and retention of a diverse and culturally competent nursing workforce is paramount to delivering high quality care. To meet this challenge, organizations may use diversity value signaling (DVS) in recruitment materials. DVS, defined as the use of inclusive language and terms in organizational communication, is an extension of Signaling Theory which suggests that the content in a job description provides both instrumental and symbolic signaling of the organization’s values, goals, and expectations. The purpose of this study is to examine the prevalence of DVS in leading U.S. hospitals and to explore whether there is a relationship between DVS and performance.

Revisiting L2 pragmatic competence through implicit vs. explicit instructional framework.

Successful interaction in the target language requires L2 learners to use and understand the grammatically correct language. At the same time, the language used is expected to produce socioculturally appropriate utterances that it refers to their Pragmatic competence. The latter entails acquiring pragmatic competence, which has proved to be very challenging for L2 learners. This is because they gain limited exposure to the use of language for real communication in an authentic social setting. Moreover, instruction has been found to influence the functional abilities in L2 as it equips the learners with the ability to produce and comprehend L2 in different situations. Focusing on the research conducted on the role of explicit and implicit instruction on L2 pragmatic competence, this study aimed to give a summative description of the empirical studies carried out on teaching pragmatics. The investigation ends up with a conclusion, instructional implications, and suggestions for future research.

Analysis of Speech Act “Greeting” in Film Love Actually

Pragmatics studies the use of language in human communication in different social backgrounds and contexts (Mey, 2001). In the field of pragmatics, the analysis of speech act constitutes one of the majority of the related research (Austin, 1962). Speech act is significant to research the linguistic phenomena that occur in spoken language, particularly in movies. For this study, it choose the movie Love Actually as the data to investigate one of the speech acts, greeting. Love Actually is British famous romantic comedy, displaying love stories of various characters such as Prime Minister, singer, and writer. Focusing on greeting, the essay will discuss its classification based on Ebsworth et al. (2009), and combine with Brown and Levinson’s (1987) politeness strategies to bring more implications to language education.

The Impact of Slang on The Indonesian Language Skills of Politeknik Negeri Medan D-3 Accounting Students

Indonesian as a national language must be preserved. The development of slang can threaten Indonesian if the user does not have a love of his own country's language. Slang can undermine the existence of Indonesian among the people. This study aims to explain how much influence the use of slang by adolescents has on Indonesian language skills under the rules. The explanation was obtained from the analysis and observation carried out carefully. Observations are based on the use of language in communication, the delivery of ideas or ideas both verbally and in writing, and other social relationships in interacting in public places. Indonesian use among students in its development has begun to be displaced by slang. Mixing slang with standard language creates a problem or oddity in language. The use of slang does not matter when relying on the nuances of familiarity it evokes. However, it would be nice if a person still had to know the limits to prevent an adverse impact on preserving the Indonesian language. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach by trying to skin social phenomena in an atmosphere occurring naturally without any other control.

Language Use in Conversational Agent-Based Health Communication: Systematic Review.

BackgroundGiven the growing significance of conversational agents (CAs), researchers have conducted a plethora of relevant studies on various technology- and usability-oriented issues. However, few investigations focus on language use in CA-based health communication to examine its influence on the user perception of CAs and their role in delivering health care services.ObjectiveThis review aims to present the language use of CAs in health care to identify the achievements made and breakthroughs to be realized to inform researchers and more specifically CA designers.MethodsThis review was conducted by following the protocols of the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) 2020 statement. We first designed the search strategy according to the research aim and then performed the keyword searches in PubMed and ProQuest databases for retrieving relevant publications (n=179). Subsequently, 3 researchers screened and reviewed the publications independently to select studies meeting the predefined selection criteria. Finally, we synthesized and analyzed the eligible articles (N=11) through thematic synthesis.ResultsAmong the 11 included publications, 6 deal exclusively with the language use of the CAs studied, and the remaining 5 are only partly related to this topic. The language use of the CAs in these studies can be roughly classified into six themes: (1) personal pronouns, (2) responses to health and lifestyle prompts, (3) strategic wording and rich linguistic resources, (4) a 3-staged conversation framework, (5) human-like well-manipulated conversations, and (6) symbols and images coupled with phrases. These derived themes effectively engaged users in health communication. Meanwhile, we identified substantial room for improvement based on the inconsistent responses of some CAs and their inability to present large volumes of information on safety-critical health and lifestyle prompts.ConclusionsThis is the first systematic review of language use in CA-based health communication. The results and limitations identified in the 11 included papers can give fresh insights into the design and development, popularization, and research of CA applications. This review can provide practical implications for incorporating positive language use into the design of health CAs and improving their effective language output in health communication. In this way, upgraded CAs will be more capable of handling various health problems particularly in the context of nationwide and even worldwide public health crises.

Effectiveness of Communicative Learning Technologies in the Formation of Intercultural Communication Discourse of Future Diplomat Specialists

The experience of using communicative technologies in the process of teaching intercultural communicative discourse to future diplomats is described. The authors present the results of the study of the development of communicative skills of future diplomats in the educational process. It is proved that in modern education communicative technologies are used as a means of forming communicative skills and as a means of intensifying the cognitive activity of students. One aspect of this relationship is the attitude in the learning process to the language as a means of communication, knowledge of the world around, as well as self- nalysis of the problem under study and the results of the experimental work, generalizing conclusions are fordevelopment of future diplomats as a person with their own interests, needs and abilities. Based on the theoretical amulated. The aim of the work is to justify and test the communicative technology, assuming an active role of future diplomats in the formation and development of intercultural communicative competence, necessary for the use of a foreign language in communication. The topicality of the given problem is conditioned by the process of development of international relations and by the fact that in this connection the specialists that have both a system of professional knowledge and the ability to communicate in a foreign language and on this basis successfully solve the diplomatic negotiations are needed.