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INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching
The textbooks play an important role in teaching and learning activity in language program. Becau... more The textbooks play an important role in teaching and learning activity in language program. Because of the various textbooks provided, textbook analysis is seen as an important thing to be conducted in order to find out how the components of the textbook are served. This study was aimed to investigate to what extent the English textbook entitled “Bahasa Inggris: When English Rings a Bell” for eighth grade students meet the criteria of BSNP (linguistic features and presentation of materias). The linguistic features consist of language appropriateness while the presentation of materials consist of content appropriates, presentation appropriateness, and graphic appropriateness. This study was descriptive qualitative approach. The instrument used to collect the data is document study used in the form of checklist. A checklist was made adopted from BSNP (2011) framework. The results of this study showed that textbook entitled “When English Rings a Bell” for Eight Grade is suitable to be ...
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](INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching
The aim of this study is to analyze how the plot of the story represents an identity crisis issue... more The aim of this study is to analyze how the plot of the story represents an identity crisis issue and the character’s action in dealing with his problems to manage his identity crisis. The reality and fantasy of the main character portrays the character’s identity crisis influencing his personality. The study employed qualitative method with the descriptive analysis. In identifying the data, Erikson’s theory about identity crisis and the interpretation of dreams by Sigmund Freud are used to find out the main character’s Id and how he manages his Id. The results of this study show the main character’s Id in The Jungle Book can be seen through the reflection of his anxiety through Freud theory. His anxiety and identity crisis have a significant role in Mowgli’s thoughts and behaviors: he cannot define himself in one’s identity. It comes to the conclusion that he is not a man, but neither a wolf.
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching
The purpose of this study was to determine (1) the form of significant lexical collocation in stu... more The purpose of this study was to determine (1) the form of significant lexical collocation in student's English writing discussion text, (2) the process of lexical collocation creates cohesion in student's English writing discussion text, and (3) the cultural reflection displayed by the structure of lexical collocation and textual cohesion in student's English writing discussion text. This study applies a mixture of descriptive and quantitative qualitative methods in describing research findings. The data source of this research is the results of writing discussion texts in 3 PKBM Karawang. Data that has been documented in total is 30 discussion texts with 5274 words and 1664 types of words. The author uses the help of a computer application called Antconc to obtain the collocation data. The findings show that (1) the lexical collocations produced by students in Paket C in the discussion text are L1 (15%), L2 (34%), L3 (18%), L4 (4%), L5 (18%), and L7 (11%); (2) reference data are personal (51%), demonstrative (30%), and comparative (10%); conjunction data are additive (44%), adversative (15%), temporal (5%), and causal (36%). (3) The cultural representation found was the issue raised as the title of the text sourced from daily activities and used the words claim and assumed to describe students' ideas and opinions in the text. This shows that collocation is able to get a special place in learning English to improve the writing ability of students in Paket C in PKBM.
Scope, Apr 22, 2022
The objective of this research is to analyze the character and moral value in "The Lorax" by Chri... more The objective of this research is to analyze the character and moral value in "The Lorax" by Chris Renaud. The method employed a descriptive-analysis. Movie script and scenes were the data with tables for characters and moral values to be analyzed as the instruments. The data were analyzed by using Schmidt"s theory for characters and Gulla"s theory for moral values. The research results find out the five types of characters. The protagonist has the most fractions with 26%. Sidekick has the second-highest level at 20%. Another sidekick represents the same 20 % of the total. The antagonist's share of showing in this story is 16 %. The following percentage is 10 % for the mentor and the smallest group in terms of character is a love interest at 8%. The research also results in 11 moral values in this movie.They are kindness 18,7%, commitment 17,6%, love 14,7%, honesty 12,7%, respect for others 9,8%, integrity 4,9%, sacrifice 4,9%, compassionate 4,9%, truthfulness 4,9%, tolerance 3,9% and sincerity 3%. Ted Wiggins as the protagonist and the moral value of kindness have the most portion in this movie.
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2021
This research aims to understand: 1) The effect of self-concept and learning motivation in Englis... more This research aims to understand: 1) The effect of self-concept and learning motivation in English narrative listening skills, 2) self-concept towards English reading, 3) The effect of learning motivation towards English narrative listening skills. The method used in this research is a survey using correlational and regression analysis techniques. The population in this research was 1015 students. The sample in this research was 100 students. The study results conclude that: 1) There was a significant effect of self-concept and learning motivation towards English narrative listening skills. Sig can prove that 0,000 <0.05 and Fcount = 20.325. 2) There was a significant effect of self-concept towards English narrative listening skills. The Sig proves that 0.002 <0.05 and tcount = 3.246. 3) There was a significant effect of learning motivation towards English narrative listening skills. The Sig proves 0,000 <0.05 and tcount = 4,617.Keywords: self-concept, learning motivation, ...
Students in Indonesia have already learned English since they were in Junior High School; in fact... more Students in Indonesia have already learned English since they were in Junior High School; in fact, some of them have studied English since they were in Elementary School but most of them are not able to speak English fluently even though they have graduated from Senior High Schools. This caused of Teachers taught English by focusing on grammar and using Indonesian as lingua franca when they were teaching. To solve the problem mentioned above, a new strategy is needed, the strategy which is appropriate to teaching English as a means of communication. Key words : English learning strategy, English as a means of communication
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2020
The research aims to analyze the characters and moral values contained in the film "TheSound... more The research aims to analyze the characters and moral values contained in the film "TheSound of Music" by Robert Wise. Based on the theories of character and moral values, there are four primary points to analyze: 1) There are three kinds of characters that appear in the characters in "The Sound of Music" by Robert Wise based on Russel, those are the Protagonist, the main protagonist played by Maria and the Von Trapp Family and the sisters in the monastery, the Antagonist, played by The Baroness and Herr Zeller, and Foil character played by Rolfe and Franz, 2) There are seven types of moral values that appear in "The Sound of Music" by Robert Wise based on Borba, they are respect, kindness, conscience, self-control, justice, empathy and tolerance.Keywords: content analysis; moral values; movie
Diskursus: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Indonesia, 2021
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kesalahan penggunaan taksonomi dan ejaan dalam buku p... more Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kesalahan penggunaan taksonomi dan ejaan dalam buku panduan Happy Love Guide karya Jose Aditya untuk mengungkapkan seberapa banyak kesalahan yang terdapat dalam buku panduan ini. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah analisis isi yang didalamnya terdapat upaya memutuskan tujuan, mendefinisikan istilah-istilah, mengkhususkan unit yang akan dianalisis, mencari data yang relevan, membangun hubungan konseptual, merencanakan penarikan sampel, dan melakukan pengodean kategori yang dilakukan secara objektif dan sistematis. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah teknik sadap, yakni menyadap kesalahan data yang terdapat dalam buku Happy Love Guide. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah teknik agih dengan teknik dasar bagi unsur langsung dan teknik lanjutan yang digunakan adalah teknik pengubahan wujud dengan merekonstruksi kalimat. Hasil penelitian ini ditemukan 42 buah data kesalahan taksonomi siasat permukan dengan rincian sebagai b...
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2020
This research aims at showing the connection between the characters’ reality and fantasy on ident... more This research aims at showing the connection between the characters’ reality and fantasy on identity crisis in Alice through the Looking-Glass novel by Lewis Carroll. Thus, the conducted research was analyzed using qualitative method with the approach of psychoanalytical literary criticism: Psychoanalysis by Freud as well as the theory of Psychosocial Development by Erikson to seek the identity crisis of the character Alice. As the conclusion of the research; 1) Alice’s ‘ego’ cannot manage her ‘id’ which is difficult to be gratified in reality that triggers Alice overreact her defense mechanisms; 2) Alice’s fantasy works as a defense mechanism which is caused by her unfulfilled wishes in reality; 3) It is revealed that Alice experiences identity crisis at the phase of autonomy versus doubt and shame as well as initiative versus guilt which influences her behaviors, resulting Childhood Onset schizophrenic (COS) personality disorder.Keywords: identity crisis; psychoanalysis; interpret...
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2021
The purpose of this research at finding out empirical evidence concerning whether clustering tech... more The purpose of this research at finding out empirical evidence concerning whether clustering technique and vocabulary mastery are effective or not for the student to write recount text. The research methodology used is an experiment. The sampling technique uses random sampling at Private Vocational High Schools in East Jakarta. Data collection is obtained by testing their vocabulary mastery and writing skills. Data analysis to test hypothesis is two ways ANOVA. The research results conclude 1) There is a significant effect of the clustering technique on students' writing skills with the value (Sig) being 0.000 < 0.05 and F0 = 36.740. 2) A significant effect of vocabulary mastery on students' writing skills with the value (Sig) is 0.000 < 0.05 and F0 = 72.161. 3) There is a significant interactive effect of clustering technique and vocabulary mastery on students' writing skills. With the value (sig) is 0.018 < 0.05 and F0 = 5.921. Then all of H0 is rejected, and H1 is accepted. So, there is the effect of clustering technique and vocabulary mastery on students' writing skills in recount text.
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2020
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of reading habit and grammar mastery towards... more The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of reading habit and grammar mastery towards the Students descriptive writing, then do research using the survey method. The sample used 90 students with cluster random sampling technique. The results showed that there is a significant influence reading habits and mastery of grammar together on the ability to write descriptive texts English. This is evidenced by the acquisition of the Sig. 0.000 <0.05 and Fh = 18.414. Together. 2) There is a significant effect on the ability of the habit of reading English writing descriptive texts. This is evidenced by the acquisition of the Sig 0,002, <0.05 and th =3,235. 3). Also, there is a significant effect on the ability of mastering grammar writing descriptive texts English. This is evidenced by the acquisition Sig.0,005 value <0.
Diskursus: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Indonesia, 2021
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan (1) Aspek kohesi gramatikal dalam kumpulan cerpen konven... more Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan (1) Aspek kohesi gramatikal dalam kumpulan cerpen konvensi karya A. Mustofa Bisri dan (2) Aspek kohesi leksikal dalam kumpulan cerpen konvensi karya A. Mustofa Bisri. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah simak bebas libat cakap dan catat. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah teknik agih dengan teknik dasar bagi unsur langsung (BUL) dan teknik lanjutan yang digunakan adalah teknik lesap dan teknik ganti. Setelah melakukan penelitian, peneliti menemukan beberapa temuan, sebagai berikut; (1) Kohesi gramatikal dalam penelitian ini ditemukan 109 data dengan rincian sebagai berikut; aspek pengacuan sebanyak 99 data atau 91%, konjungsi sebanyak 8 data atau 7%, ellipsis sebanyak 2 data atau 2%, dan subtitusi 0 data atau 0%. Sedangkan (2) Kohesi leksikal ditemukan 26 data dengan rincian sebagai berikut; aspek repetisi 6 data atau 23%, sinonim sebanyak 6 data atau 23%, antonim 6 data atau 23%, ekuivalensi sebanayak 4...
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2020
The objective of this research is to find, to describe and to interpret the use of past verbs and... more The objective of this research is to find, to describe and to interpret the use of past verbs and conjunctions in recount texts, written by students of senior high school in Jakarta. The population in this research was the students of grade X at those two schools, meanwhile, the number of the population consists of 1400 students. Thus, the sample of the research was 10% from the population from which 140 students was taken. The method used in this recount texts. The result of this research is: first, Students’ mastery in using past verbs in writing recount texts is quite good; even though, there were some mistakes such as generalization; for instance, adding -ed ending for irregular verbs and using past verbs after prepositions; second, students’ mastery in using conjunctions was good and students could apply them in their writing correctly.Keywords: simple past tense; conjunction; recount text; foreign language writing
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2020
The purpose of this study was to analyze white supremacy and structural racism in the film "... more The purpose of this study was to analyze white supremacy and structural racism in the film "The Shawshank Redemption". The method used is descriptive-qualitative to describe white supremacy and structural racism in the film. Data is obtained, analyzed and explained based on dialogues contained in the film, namely: 1) white supremacy that is analyzed from a) the appearances of the character using a sequence table, and b) visible glorification and invisible glorification using glorification dialogue table, and 2) structural racism, using binary opposition, namely positive and negative characterization of the characters. By the sequence table, the character that is predominant in the film is Andy Dufresne. From the glorification dialogue table, visible glorification gets the highest presentation while invisible glorification gets the lowest presentation. This shows that white supremacy exists in American film. As for structural racism, the negative characterization of the sup...
International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 2018
Task-based language teaching has been widely used for language classroom. Using tasks as main act... more Task-based language teaching has been widely used for language classroom. Using tasks as main activities, task-based materials was developed particularly for writing class. This article is intended to present the study of effectiveness of task-based materials in improving writing class for university. To accommodate the research purposes, mixed method approach was carried out by using quasi experimental research and content analysis of sentence complexity. The respondents were 210 students from writing classes as experiment and control with writing test as instrument. The results of data analysis showed that there were significant differences of writing skill to those who taught using developed task-based materials. Despite the fact that the score did not significantly differ on the aspect of writing mechanics, a developed task-based material has been proved to improve students’ writing skill in the aspect of format, content, organization and grammar. Moreover, the levels of lexical...
SHS Web of Conferences, 2018
Writing is viewed as the most complex skill to learn and to teach. Beside learner factors, teache... more Writing is viewed as the most complex skill to learn and to teach. Beside learner factors, teacher, materials and syllabus may also affect the process of learning language as foreign language. Syllabus, in general, can be defined as a set of what is taught (content) and the way it is taught (procedure. This current research aims to design a task-based syllabus for writing class at university level. This study was conducted by qualitative descriptive design with 92 students and 4 lecturers as respondents. As part of research and development project in one private university in Jakarta, a developed task-based syllabus was based on need analysis and the principles of task-based language teaching. Students’ proficiency levels are fair with sentence patterns and grammar as the most difficult aspects. Academic writing is more preferable orientation with the small portions of creative writing. Then, the developed task-based syllabus has been proposed for writing class which covers the comp...
Lingua Cultura, 2018
This present study intended to develop the first draft syllabus for writing course in English Edu... more This present study intended to develop the first draft syllabus for writing course in English Education major. Particularly in teaching writing as foreign language, syllabus became one of the key factors for teachers before and while delivering thelesson. The research was carried out by initial steps of research and development approach (R and D). The respondents were the students from writing classes, writing lecturers, and the stakeholders in one university in Jakarta. In collecting data, the instruments were the questionnaire and in-depth interview. After analyzing the data from need analysis descriptively, the researchers have modeled a developed layout of the syllabus for writing class. The syllabus is developed in a set of concepts and rationale, general and specific objectives or outcomes of the course as competences, teaching methods, materials and content, practices and activity, and evaluation.
KnE Social Sciences, 2018
A task-based approach leads learners to focus on meaning instead of form and enhances their perso... more A task-based approach leads learners to focus on meaning instead of form and enhances their personal experiences in learning language. The present study aims to design task-based materials for writing classes at university. The research used a qualitative descriptive design through lecturers and students as respondents, and expert reviews. The research was conducted at a private university in Jakarta. As part of a research and development project, proposed task-based materials were developed based on needs assessment and a set of competencies underpinned by university vision and the graduate profile. The tasks were divided into task types, including pedagogical tasks, language exercises, and communicative activities, particularly for writing skills.
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching
The textbooks play an important role in teaching and learning activity in language program. Becau... more The textbooks play an important role in teaching and learning activity in language program. Because of the various textbooks provided, textbook analysis is seen as an important thing to be conducted in order to find out how the components of the textbook are served. This study was aimed to investigate to what extent the English textbook entitled “Bahasa Inggris: When English Rings a Bell” for eighth grade students meet the criteria of BSNP (linguistic features and presentation of materias). The linguistic features consist of language appropriateness while the presentation of materials consist of content appropriates, presentation appropriateness, and graphic appropriateness. This study was descriptive qualitative approach. The instrument used to collect the data is document study used in the form of checklist. A checklist was made adopted from BSNP (2011) framework. The results of this study showed that textbook entitled “When English Rings a Bell” for Eight Grade is suitable to be ...
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching
The aim of this study is to analyze how the plot of the story represents an identity crisis issue... more The aim of this study is to analyze how the plot of the story represents an identity crisis issue and the character’s action in dealing with his problems to manage his identity crisis. The reality and fantasy of the main character portrays the character’s identity crisis influencing his personality. The study employed qualitative method with the descriptive analysis. In identifying the data, Erikson’s theory about identity crisis and the interpretation of dreams by Sigmund Freud are used to find out the main character’s Id and how he manages his Id. The results of this study show the main character’s Id in The Jungle Book can be seen through the reflection of his anxiety through Freud theory. His anxiety and identity crisis have a significant role in Mowgli’s thoughts and behaviors: he cannot define himself in one’s identity. It comes to the conclusion that he is not a man, but neither a wolf.
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching
The purpose of this study was to determine (1) the form of significant lexical collocation in stu... more The purpose of this study was to determine (1) the form of significant lexical collocation in student's English writing discussion text, (2) the process of lexical collocation creates cohesion in student's English writing discussion text, and (3) the cultural reflection displayed by the structure of lexical collocation and textual cohesion in student's English writing discussion text. This study applies a mixture of descriptive and quantitative qualitative methods in describing research findings. The data source of this research is the results of writing discussion texts in 3 PKBM Karawang. Data that has been documented in total is 30 discussion texts with 5274 words and 1664 types of words. The author uses the help of a computer application called Antconc to obtain the collocation data. The findings show that (1) the lexical collocations produced by students in Paket C in the discussion text are L1 (15%), L2 (34%), L3 (18%), L4 (4%), L5 (18%), and L7 (11%); (2) reference data are personal (51%), demonstrative (30%), and comparative (10%); conjunction data are additive (44%), adversative (15%), temporal (5%), and causal (36%). (3) The cultural representation found was the issue raised as the title of the text sourced from daily activities and used the words claim and assumed to describe students' ideas and opinions in the text. This shows that collocation is able to get a special place in learning English to improve the writing ability of students in Paket C in PKBM.
Scope, Apr 22, 2022
The objective of this research is to analyze the character and moral value in "The Lorax" by Chri... more The objective of this research is to analyze the character and moral value in "The Lorax" by Chris Renaud. The method employed a descriptive-analysis. Movie script and scenes were the data with tables for characters and moral values to be analyzed as the instruments. The data were analyzed by using Schmidt"s theory for characters and Gulla"s theory for moral values. The research results find out the five types of characters. The protagonist has the most fractions with 26%. Sidekick has the second-highest level at 20%. Another sidekick represents the same 20 % of the total. The antagonist's share of showing in this story is 16 %. The following percentage is 10 % for the mentor and the smallest group in terms of character is a love interest at 8%. The research also results in 11 moral values in this movie.They are kindness 18,7%, commitment 17,6%, love 14,7%, honesty 12,7%, respect for others 9,8%, integrity 4,9%, sacrifice 4,9%, compassionate 4,9%, truthfulness 4,9%, tolerance 3,9% and sincerity 3%. Ted Wiggins as the protagonist and the moral value of kindness have the most portion in this movie.
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2021
This research aims to understand: 1) The effect of self-concept and learning motivation in Englis... more This research aims to understand: 1) The effect of self-concept and learning motivation in English narrative listening skills, 2) self-concept towards English reading, 3) The effect of learning motivation towards English narrative listening skills. The method used in this research is a survey using correlational and regression analysis techniques. The population in this research was 1015 students. The sample in this research was 100 students. The study results conclude that: 1) There was a significant effect of self-concept and learning motivation towards English narrative listening skills. Sig can prove that 0,000 <0.05 and Fcount = 20.325. 2) There was a significant effect of self-concept towards English narrative listening skills. The Sig proves that 0.002 <0.05 and tcount = 3.246. 3) There was a significant effect of learning motivation towards English narrative listening skills. The Sig proves 0,000 <0.05 and tcount = 4,617.Keywords: self-concept, learning motivation, ...
Students in Indonesia have already learned English since they were in Junior High School; in fact... more Students in Indonesia have already learned English since they were in Junior High School; in fact, some of them have studied English since they were in Elementary School but most of them are not able to speak English fluently even though they have graduated from Senior High Schools. This caused of Teachers taught English by focusing on grammar and using Indonesian as lingua franca when they were teaching. To solve the problem mentioned above, a new strategy is needed, the strategy which is appropriate to teaching English as a means of communication. Key words : English learning strategy, English as a means of communication
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2020
The research aims to analyze the characters and moral values contained in the film "TheSound... more The research aims to analyze the characters and moral values contained in the film "TheSound of Music" by Robert Wise. Based on the theories of character and moral values, there are four primary points to analyze: 1) There are three kinds of characters that appear in the characters in "The Sound of Music" by Robert Wise based on Russel, those are the Protagonist, the main protagonist played by Maria and the Von Trapp Family and the sisters in the monastery, the Antagonist, played by The Baroness and Herr Zeller, and Foil character played by Rolfe and Franz, 2) There are seven types of moral values that appear in "The Sound of Music" by Robert Wise based on Borba, they are respect, kindness, conscience, self-control, justice, empathy and tolerance.Keywords: content analysis; moral values; movie
Diskursus: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Indonesia, 2021
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kesalahan penggunaan taksonomi dan ejaan dalam buku p... more Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kesalahan penggunaan taksonomi dan ejaan dalam buku panduan Happy Love Guide karya Jose Aditya untuk mengungkapkan seberapa banyak kesalahan yang terdapat dalam buku panduan ini. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah analisis isi yang didalamnya terdapat upaya memutuskan tujuan, mendefinisikan istilah-istilah, mengkhususkan unit yang akan dianalisis, mencari data yang relevan, membangun hubungan konseptual, merencanakan penarikan sampel, dan melakukan pengodean kategori yang dilakukan secara objektif dan sistematis. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah teknik sadap, yakni menyadap kesalahan data yang terdapat dalam buku Happy Love Guide. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah teknik agih dengan teknik dasar bagi unsur langsung dan teknik lanjutan yang digunakan adalah teknik pengubahan wujud dengan merekonstruksi kalimat. Hasil penelitian ini ditemukan 42 buah data kesalahan taksonomi siasat permukan dengan rincian sebagai b...
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2020
This research aims at showing the connection between the characters’ reality and fantasy on ident... more This research aims at showing the connection between the characters’ reality and fantasy on identity crisis in Alice through the Looking-Glass novel by Lewis Carroll. Thus, the conducted research was analyzed using qualitative method with the approach of psychoanalytical literary criticism: Psychoanalysis by Freud as well as the theory of Psychosocial Development by Erikson to seek the identity crisis of the character Alice. As the conclusion of the research; 1) Alice’s ‘ego’ cannot manage her ‘id’ which is difficult to be gratified in reality that triggers Alice overreact her defense mechanisms; 2) Alice’s fantasy works as a defense mechanism which is caused by her unfulfilled wishes in reality; 3) It is revealed that Alice experiences identity crisis at the phase of autonomy versus doubt and shame as well as initiative versus guilt which influences her behaviors, resulting Childhood Onset schizophrenic (COS) personality disorder.Keywords: identity crisis; psychoanalysis; interpret...
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2021
The purpose of this research at finding out empirical evidence concerning whether clustering tech... more The purpose of this research at finding out empirical evidence concerning whether clustering technique and vocabulary mastery are effective or not for the student to write recount text. The research methodology used is an experiment. The sampling technique uses random sampling at Private Vocational High Schools in East Jakarta. Data collection is obtained by testing their vocabulary mastery and writing skills. Data analysis to test hypothesis is two ways ANOVA. The research results conclude 1) There is a significant effect of the clustering technique on students' writing skills with the value (Sig) being 0.000 < 0.05 and F0 = 36.740. 2) A significant effect of vocabulary mastery on students' writing skills with the value (Sig) is 0.000 < 0.05 and F0 = 72.161. 3) There is a significant interactive effect of clustering technique and vocabulary mastery on students' writing skills. With the value (sig) is 0.018 < 0.05 and F0 = 5.921. Then all of H0 is rejected, and H1 is accepted. So, there is the effect of clustering technique and vocabulary mastery on students' writing skills in recount text.
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2020
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of reading habit and grammar mastery towards... more The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of reading habit and grammar mastery towards the Students descriptive writing, then do research using the survey method. The sample used 90 students with cluster random sampling technique. The results showed that there is a significant influence reading habits and mastery of grammar together on the ability to write descriptive texts English. This is evidenced by the acquisition of the Sig. 0.000 <0.05 and Fh = 18.414. Together. 2) There is a significant effect on the ability of the habit of reading English writing descriptive texts. This is evidenced by the acquisition of the Sig 0,002, <0.05 and th =3,235. 3). Also, there is a significant effect on the ability of mastering grammar writing descriptive texts English. This is evidenced by the acquisition Sig.0,005 value <0.
Diskursus: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Indonesia, 2021
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan (1) Aspek kohesi gramatikal dalam kumpulan cerpen konven... more Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan (1) Aspek kohesi gramatikal dalam kumpulan cerpen konvensi karya A. Mustofa Bisri dan (2) Aspek kohesi leksikal dalam kumpulan cerpen konvensi karya A. Mustofa Bisri. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah simak bebas libat cakap dan catat. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah teknik agih dengan teknik dasar bagi unsur langsung (BUL) dan teknik lanjutan yang digunakan adalah teknik lesap dan teknik ganti. Setelah melakukan penelitian, peneliti menemukan beberapa temuan, sebagai berikut; (1) Kohesi gramatikal dalam penelitian ini ditemukan 109 data dengan rincian sebagai berikut; aspek pengacuan sebanyak 99 data atau 91%, konjungsi sebanyak 8 data atau 7%, ellipsis sebanyak 2 data atau 2%, dan subtitusi 0 data atau 0%. Sedangkan (2) Kohesi leksikal ditemukan 26 data dengan rincian sebagai berikut; aspek repetisi 6 data atau 23%, sinonim sebanyak 6 data atau 23%, antonim 6 data atau 23%, ekuivalensi sebanayak 4...
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2020
The objective of this research is to find, to describe and to interpret the use of past verbs and... more The objective of this research is to find, to describe and to interpret the use of past verbs and conjunctions in recount texts, written by students of senior high school in Jakarta. The population in this research was the students of grade X at those two schools, meanwhile, the number of the population consists of 1400 students. Thus, the sample of the research was 10% from the population from which 140 students was taken. The method used in this recount texts. The result of this research is: first, Students’ mastery in using past verbs in writing recount texts is quite good; even though, there were some mistakes such as generalization; for instance, adding -ed ending for irregular verbs and using past verbs after prepositions; second, students’ mastery in using conjunctions was good and students could apply them in their writing correctly.Keywords: simple past tense; conjunction; recount text; foreign language writing
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2020
The purpose of this study was to analyze white supremacy and structural racism in the film "... more The purpose of this study was to analyze white supremacy and structural racism in the film "The Shawshank Redemption". The method used is descriptive-qualitative to describe white supremacy and structural racism in the film. Data is obtained, analyzed and explained based on dialogues contained in the film, namely: 1) white supremacy that is analyzed from a) the appearances of the character using a sequence table, and b) visible glorification and invisible glorification using glorification dialogue table, and 2) structural racism, using binary opposition, namely positive and negative characterization of the characters. By the sequence table, the character that is predominant in the film is Andy Dufresne. From the glorification dialogue table, visible glorification gets the highest presentation while invisible glorification gets the lowest presentation. This shows that white supremacy exists in American film. As for structural racism, the negative characterization of the sup...
International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 2018
Task-based language teaching has been widely used for language classroom. Using tasks as main act... more Task-based language teaching has been widely used for language classroom. Using tasks as main activities, task-based materials was developed particularly for writing class. This article is intended to present the study of effectiveness of task-based materials in improving writing class for university. To accommodate the research purposes, mixed method approach was carried out by using quasi experimental research and content analysis of sentence complexity. The respondents were 210 students from writing classes as experiment and control with writing test as instrument. The results of data analysis showed that there were significant differences of writing skill to those who taught using developed task-based materials. Despite the fact that the score did not significantly differ on the aspect of writing mechanics, a developed task-based material has been proved to improve students’ writing skill in the aspect of format, content, organization and grammar. Moreover, the levels of lexical...
SHS Web of Conferences, 2018
Writing is viewed as the most complex skill to learn and to teach. Beside learner factors, teache... more Writing is viewed as the most complex skill to learn and to teach. Beside learner factors, teacher, materials and syllabus may also affect the process of learning language as foreign language. Syllabus, in general, can be defined as a set of what is taught (content) and the way it is taught (procedure. This current research aims to design a task-based syllabus for writing class at university level. This study was conducted by qualitative descriptive design with 92 students and 4 lecturers as respondents. As part of research and development project in one private university in Jakarta, a developed task-based syllabus was based on need analysis and the principles of task-based language teaching. Students’ proficiency levels are fair with sentence patterns and grammar as the most difficult aspects. Academic writing is more preferable orientation with the small portions of creative writing. Then, the developed task-based syllabus has been proposed for writing class which covers the comp...
Lingua Cultura, 2018
This present study intended to develop the first draft syllabus for writing course in English Edu... more This present study intended to develop the first draft syllabus for writing course in English Education major. Particularly in teaching writing as foreign language, syllabus became one of the key factors for teachers before and while delivering thelesson. The research was carried out by initial steps of research and development approach (R and D). The respondents were the students from writing classes, writing lecturers, and the stakeholders in one university in Jakarta. In collecting data, the instruments were the questionnaire and in-depth interview. After analyzing the data from need analysis descriptively, the researchers have modeled a developed layout of the syllabus for writing class. The syllabus is developed in a set of concepts and rationale, general and specific objectives or outcomes of the course as competences, teaching methods, materials and content, practices and activity, and evaluation.
KnE Social Sciences, 2018
A task-based approach leads learners to focus on meaning instead of form and enhances their perso... more A task-based approach leads learners to focus on meaning instead of form and enhances their personal experiences in learning language. The present study aims to design task-based materials for writing classes at university. The research used a qualitative descriptive design through lecturers and students as respondents, and expert reviews. The research was conducted at a private university in Jakarta. As part of a research and development project, proposed task-based materials were developed based on needs assessment and a set of competencies underpinned by university vision and the graduate profile. The tasks were divided into task types, including pedagogical tasks, language exercises, and communicative activities, particularly for writing skills.