Abstract :
The current study is aimed to find out the circumlocution especially the kinds and
roles of circumlocution used by language learners in their daily interaction. In this
research activity, the researcher applies the descriptive qualitative as a research
tradition and based on the theory of circumlocution proposed by Arteaga & Llorente
(2012). The researcher analyzes the gained data with five steps, those were reading
the segmented utterances, identifying the utterances, categorizing the utterances that
contain circumlocution, tabulating the result of the utterances, and interpreting the
findings. In the findings, the researcher found that there are four kinds of
circumlocution used by the learners and those were paraphrase, gestures,
demonstrate, and switch the code. Paraphrase and gestures are dominant (33,35%),
followed by demonstrate (26,68%) and switch the code (6,67%). Alongside the kinds
of circumlocution, the researcher also found two roles of circumlocution that were
elaborations (15,43%) and confident (26,66%). From the data, the researcher
concludes that language learners interact effectively and feel confident by applying
paraphrase and gestures.