The Experiential Function Realized by Online Tutor and Students in E-Learning Classroom

Abstract

One of the language function is to describe experience which realizes reality in text or discourse. The communication of online tutor and students in E-learning classroom during teaching-learning process tends to use discourse. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the categorization of discourse analysis in terms of experiential function realized by online tutor and students in E-learning classroom. This study focused on: 1) types of experiential function realized by online tutor and students in E-learning classroom; 2) analysis of experiential function realized by online tutor and students in E-learning classroom; 3) types of experiential function dominantly realized by online tutor and students in e-learning classroom. This study applied descriptive qualitative research to collect the data from the discourse of online tutor and students in E-learning classroom of Indonesia Open University and the data were analyzed into three phases namely selected the discourse into clauses, analyzed the discourse into types of experiential function and classified the elements of experiential function. The data showed that online tutor and students realized experiential function in their discourse in e-learning classroom. Types of experiential function realized by online tutor and students were 1) 49 Participants 2) 35 Process, and 3) 22 Circumstance. Participant was dominant realized by online tutor and students in E-learning classroom.