COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES IN PRESENTATION BY THE GERMAN LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN INDONESIA

Abstract

This study attempts to describe the verbal and nonverbal communication strategy used by students in Freier Vortrag (Free Speech) course. The research was conducted at the Universitas Negeri Malang Indonesia for one semester. 39 female and seven male students participated in this study and they were aged between 20-21 years old. The data was collected through videotape and observation sheets. The findings revealed that students used various communication strategies. Interestingly, this research revealed that female students unconsciously produced specific body language when they tried to generate ideas and control themselves over nervousness. It also indicated that students should increase their ability to be able to speak German fluently and accurately. The implication for research and practice is that lecturers should know the communication strategies; thus, they can find out the difficulties of students presenting in German and can find solutions to these problems