AN ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE STYLE USED BY “ENGLISH WITH LUCY”, THE MOST SUBSCRIBED ENGLISH TEACHER CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE

Abstract

This article focuses on analyzing the language style used by the most subscribed English teacher channel on youtube from a sociolinguistics perspective. To address the study questions, a descriptive method was used in qualitative research. The data consisted of a transcript of an English teaching video from Lucy Bella Simkins, an online English teacher in her channel named English With Lucy entitled “DO NOT say "you're welcome"! Respond to "thank you" PROPERLY!”. The findings reveal a variety of speech styles used by the teacher predominantly employing a casual-consultative style.