The Role of Pragmatics in Developing Humanistic Character of French Language Students

DOI

10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.88How to use a DOI?

Keywords

pragmatics, developing, humanistic character, speech act

Abstract

Globalization has entered an era called the Industrial Revolution 4.0 that has produced changes in humans, including ways of thinking, ways of communicating. It cannot be separated from information communication technology devices. The courtesy that is usually maintained in face-to-face communication is no longer as important as before. Sometimes people no longer think of the language they use which can hurt others. UNNES as the Teacher Education Institution has the responsibilities to face this situation. UNNES has a role in building the character of the students Therefore, this study aims to reveal (1) French language competencies of students in using speech acts (2) the role of Pragmatics in developing the humanistic character of students of French Literature Study Program of FBS UNNES. The qualitative approach of Milles and Huberman was used in this study. A total of 55 students were asked to fill out a questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using s steps, namely: (1) data reduction, (2) data presentation, (3) conclusion. The research findings revealed that (1) French language competencies of students in using speech actsis good; (2) by learning Pragmatics, the students stated that they are (a) more polite in behaving especially when speaking, (b) more careful in using speech or writing messages to not causing misunderstanding, (c) more careful and wiser at the words of others, (d) can produce appropriate speechsfor more senior interlocutors, and (e) they have a better ability to use language. The respondents of the research can be expected to be role models as students with good character. The conclusion of this study is that learning Pragmatics can be the main media in building the humanistic character of students.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Sri Rejeki Urip
AU  - Novi Kurniawati
AU  - Khotibul Umam
PY  - 2019/08
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TI  - The Role of Pragmatics in Developing Humanistic Character of French Language Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education Social Sciences and Humanities (ICESSHum 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 551
EP  - 556
SN  - 2352-5398
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