Acuity : Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2016): Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture

Small Talk Among the Indonesians in Three Different Countries: America, Indonesia, Philippines

Caroline Victorine Katemba (Universitas Advent Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jan 2016

Abstract

This study explores the “Small Talk” Among the Indonesians in three countries. It aims to determine the topics that make up a small talk among the Indonesians in the motherland/homeland, USA (New Jersey, LA, Washington D.C), and the Philippines (Manila).This study sought to answer the following questions: (a) What particular topics of conversation shared by the Indonesians upon meeting for the first time? (b). Are Indonesians who stay in the motherland/homeland and those who are in the Philippines and those who migrated to the USA shared the same topics? (c).What changes of conversational topic has taken place? Keywords: small talk, Indonesian culture, the Indonesians

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Journal Info

Abbrev

acuity

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture (Jelpedlic) is the research journal for the Teaching of English, Literature & Culture. It publishes research-based articles, reviews and poems, which reflect on every aspect of English teaching. The journal also considers new developments ...