Sentence Complexity of Planned and Unplanned Speaking Performance Outside the Classroom

Abstract

This study aimed to fmd out the level of sentence complexity of students' planned and unplanned speaking as reflected in the short and simple informal speaking performance outside the classroom. I also analyzed the sentence patterns of both planned and unplanned speaking performances. The participants of this study were English Department students. The data were collected by recording the students' speaking performances and it was analyzed by transcribing the recording, identifying the level of sentence complexity, and the sentence patterns. The findings show that the level of sentence complexity in the planned speaking performances was higher than the level of sentence complexity in the unplanned speaking performances.