Interlanguage Pragmatics of Japanese Greetings by Indonesian Learners (Case Study in Careworker Class in Mirai Mandiri Singaraja)

Abstract

The teaching of second language must give attention to the language and expression with specific cultural context. This study aims to explain the interlanguage pragmatic in daily greetings used by Indonesian learners of Japanese. The respondents are 25 Indonesian students enrolling in a Japanese careworker program in Mirai Mandiri. The finding show that Indonesian learners choose to use less greetings when they greet the Japanese teachers. The types of greetings expression they use are mostly greetings from what they have learned in the classroom. Other casual greetings applied are learn from anime, and social media. Some of the Japanese greetings used are actually a direct translation from Indonesia language.