Complaint Strategies Used By Indonesian EFL Learners In Muhammadiyah University Of Surakarta Viewed From Social Distance, Status, And Gender

摘要

This research describes the differentiated of complaint strategies use in complaint relation ofuddistance, status (relative power), and gender by Indonesian EFL learners in MuhammadiyahudUniversity of Surakarta. This constituted descriptive research in which the researchudparticipants of this research were fifty the first semester of Indonesian EFL learners atudEnglish department in Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. The data were on the spokenudutterance form, of complaint strategies obtained through oral DCT (Discourse CompletionudTask) scenarios. The subjects of the research were taken using proportional randomudsampling technique consisting twenty five male and twenty five female EFL partisipants. Theudwriter analyzed the data of complaint strategies basd on Trosborg (1995). The writer alsoudconected the research with sociopragmatics theory about the relation of complaint strategiesudwith distance, status (relative power), and gender. The result findings showed that there areudany differences in the use of complaint strategies based on different status (relative power),uddistance, and gender.