Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2019, 35(1) The Structure Pattern of Ngrasani ‘Gossiping’ by Javanese Women in Indonesia Prembayun Miji Lestari 1 , Djatmika 2 , Sumarlam 2 , Dwi Purnanto 2 Program Doctoral Pascasarjana 1 Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta, Indonesia prembayun@gmail.com Faculty of Humanities 2 Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta, Indonesia djatmika@staff.uns.ac.id , sumarlamwd@gmail.com, dwi.purnanto@yahoo.com Abstract : The purpose of this research is to find the structural pattern of ngrasani „gossiping‟ used by Javanese women in social interaction. This study applied the sociolinguistic approach. The research site was rural and urban areas of Klaten regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Data are in the form of gossip from Javanese women in social interactions collected by observation and interview techniques to informants. Spradley's model of analysis which consists of domain analysis, taxonomy, componential, and cultural themes was made operative upon data analysis. In this study three patterns of variation were found, namely the opening structure, contents, and closing. Each of these structures consists of several elements which show how the stages and cultural behaviour of gossiping rural-urban Javanese women in Indonesia. The findings indicate that the structure of content is more productive than the initial and final structure. The pattern of the structure of gossip used by Javanese-village women is more complex than the structural pattern used by Javanese-urban women. This research is very important to do to contribute to the theory of gossip and understand the cultural behaviour of Javanese women in Indonesia through the pattern of gossip activities carried out. Keywords: pattern structure, ngrasani „gossiping‟, social interaction, Javanese women, cultural behavior INTRODUCTION Activities of Gossip show structured activities in a particular culture. Gossip as a conversation between two or more people occurs in an informal context and no third party is present at the conversation.Gossip is considered a typical communication of women, because women are considered to like and do a lot of this compared to men (Einat, T. & G. Chen, 2012; Holmes, 2012).This is in line with Coupland (2000) which explains that gossip is a source of identity, strength, and fun activities for women. Likewise with gossip or ngrasani carried out by Javanese women in Indonesia certainly have special structures and characteristics according to their cultural identity. Gossip activities in social interactions have been used as objects of research (Eder & Enke, 1991; Eggins & Slade, 1997; Foster, 2004; Rooks, Tazeelar and Snijders, 2010; Al-Hindawi & Abu Krooz, 2013; Mangul, 2013; Feinberg, Willer, & Schultz, 2014; McAndrew, 2014; Hamman & Kruger, 2017; Musfiroh, 2017). However, this study is different from previous studies, the difference is seen in the focus of the problems studied, the approach used, and the formed cultural context. To date, the studies concerning gossip in numerous contexts, which include business context (Rooks, Tazeelar and Snijders, 2010), gossip in game (Sommerfeld, Hans-Jürgen, Dirk, & Milinski, 2007), gossip in campus life (Mangul, 2013; Musfiroh, 2017); gossip in social studies and psychology (Eggins & Slade, 1997; Baumeister, Zhang & Vohs, 2004; Dunbar, 2004; Foster, 2004; Lee Guy, 2004; Meinarno, Bagaskara, Rosalina, 2011; Hamman & Kruger (2017), and gossip in pragmatic studies (Al-Hindawi & Abukrooz, 2013). The language choice in ngrasani (Lestari, Djatmika, Sumarlam, Purnanto, 2016; 2018). Although a number of studies have been carried out to investigate the ngrasani or gossip, there are still gaps that can be further investigated. The first gap is related to the participant. Existing research generally