Abstract:
Every game player has their own language choice for playing online games. For
this reason, the researcher interested to find what language options are used when
playing online games. The purpose of this research is find out language preference
in playing online game and to analyze the extent to which Indonesian youtuber
language preferences towards the use of language in online games. This research
was conducted using a descriptive qualitative method. The data source was
obtained from YouTube.The data collection techniques in this study were carried
out using the following methods observation and documentation. The data
analysis technique used in this study is a qualitative data analysis technique
perpose by (Miles & Huberman, 1992). These steps consist of three streams of
activities that occur simultaneously, namely:data reduction, data display and data
conclusion. Based on the results of research on Language Preference in Playing
Online Games by Indonesian Youtuber Gaming in general they use English and
Indonesian, and most of them use Indonesian. The English used is daily English
expressions and there are also those who use terms in online games. They also use
informal Indonesian and there are also those who mix Indonesian and English.
