The Barriers in Applying New Indonesian Words of College Students

Abstract

This research examines the extent to which the students’ know the meaning new Indonesian words and the students’ barriers in applying new Indonesian words in daily life. The subjects of this research were 15 participants of one of university in Subang. The study used a qualitative method. The data were gathered from 15 random participants from August to September 2019. The test and interview were used in gathering the data. The test was developed from new Indonesian words was updated by Badan Pengembangan Bahasa. From the interview used a semi structured interview. The results of the study show that students’ knowledge of new Indonesian words very high with percentage of average 83%. The students’ barriers in applying new Indonesian words found two factors, internal factor and external factor. The barriers caused internal factor was because students’ knowledge of the meaning new Indonesian words, and the barriers caused external factor caused the interlocutor does not know the meaning new Indonesia words. when happened barriers caused external factor, students used code-switching or change word to words are usually use, also used body language to explaining words and the last used explaining with detail.