Language Style of the Fifth Semester Students atthe English Department of FKIPUniversity of HKBP Nommensen (UHN)Pematangsiantar

Abstract

This research is related to the language style used by the students. In theseanalysisare : “what are the language styles used and what is the most dominant language style used in speaking by the fifth semester of English students in FKIP UHN Pematangsiantar in seminar class?. To answer the problem, the writer follows some theories, namely : as Sapir (1921), Chaika (1982), Chambers (1995), Hudson (1986),Joos (1956),Holmes ( 2001 ).The aim of this research is to find out the language style that the students use in speaking and what the most dominant language style the students use specially to the fifth semester students at the English Department Of FKIP UHN Pematangsiantar. The objects of the research is the students’speaking during the presentating the student’s seminar paper in seminar class. To collect the data, the writer record the student’s speaking.