LANGUAGE PREFERENCE IN PLAYING ONLINE GAMES BY INDONESIAN YOUTUBER GAMING

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.