THE ANALYSIS OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION USED BY STUDENTS IN CONDUCTING CONVERSATION WITH NATIVE SPEAKER: A CASE STUDY OF VI E CLASS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

Abstract

The aim of this research is to find the nonverbal communication used by the student of VI E of English department of Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo. The researcher uses an observation sheet, the observation sheet contain list of characteristics which is going to be observed. The researcher take a note based on nonverbal codes then categorizing the nonverbal found in observation sheet.  Later the researcher describes the nonverbal used by the students in written form .After conducting an analysis; the researcher found that there are seventh types of nonverbal. The types of nonverbal are: kinesics, gesture, posture, vocalic/sound, facial expression, eye contact. Based on the data collected and the percentage computed there are 10% for kinesics, 23 % for gesture, 22% for posture and facial expression, 2% for vocalic or sound, 21% for eye contact and 0% for touch. Based on the data, it can be concluded that the most dominant types of nonverbal used by the student of VIE of English department of Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo is Gesture. Gesture being the most dominant used by the student because this type of nonverbal codes is one of the simplest type used and it is happen unconsiously while speaking.  Therefore the student unconciously made movement (gesture)  almost all time while speaking