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Ahmad Sugianto
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Arts Humanities Computer Science & IT Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Social Sciences

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‘Can We See It?’: Contextualizing ‘Deforestation’ from an English-Medium Science Textbook for a Primary School Level Ahmad Sugianto
J-Lalite: Journal of English Studies Vol 2 No 2 (2021): December
Publisher : Program Studi Sastra Inggris Universitas Jenderal Soedirman

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20884/1.jes.2021.2.2.5072

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Understanding an English-medium science textbook is possibly challenging for some students. It is, for example, due to the language used. To deal with this issue, construing the use of the other mode, such as visual images, along with the verbal text is regarded useful. Thereby, the construal of multimodality in an English-medium science textbook becomes crucial. Albeit a myriad of inspections on multimodality exists, but to the best of the writer’s knowledge, such investigation with respect to an English-medium science textbook, particularly at a primary school level, was found to be limited. Therefore, this study aimed to scrutinize the verbal text and visual image presented in a science textbook used for a primary school level which is presented in English. To that end, a descriptive research design was employed. In this regard, a systemic functional multimodal discourse analysis (SF-MDA) within the trinocular metafunctions encompassing ideational, interpersonal, and textual metafunctions was utilized. The systemic functional linguistics theory, the grammar of visual design, intersemiotic complementarity, and logico-semantics were the frameworks employed to analyze the artefact, the English-medium science textbook. The findings revealed that the visual image and verbal text interact with one another within the three metafunctions. Given the interaction between the two modes, the present study suggests that both teachers and students are required to take into considerations and be aware of the potential or roles of images along with the verbal text, i.e. the images are not merely accessories, but instead, these are able to assist the comprehension of the science materials learned.
Uncovering the Anti-Islamic Sentiment in The New Yorker Cover Issued on July 21, 2008: A Semiotic Analysis Ahmad Sugianto; Rizki Denarti; Ilham Agung Prasetyo
International Journal of English Linguistics, Literature, and Education (IJELLE) Vol 3, No 1 (2021)
Publisher : Universitas Veteran Bangun Nusantara

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32585/ijelle.v3i1.1450

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An image is deemed as one of the tools through which a magazine communicates particular messages. The messages may include various purposes, such as commercial or political purposes and values. Thereby, understanding a magazine cover image constitutes an essential issue for the underlying purposes and values that a magazine tries to communicate through it can be revealed. One of the most controversial magazine covers is that which was issued by The New Yorker on July 21, 2008, depicting Obama and his wife, Michelle. The portrayal was perceived as controversial on account of sentiment to a particular religion, namely Islam. Hence, this study aimed to figure out the meanings of the magazine cover, particularly in association with the anti-Islamic sentiment. Besides, the qualitative method, a semiotic analysis based on  Barthes' (1986)  theory of signification, were employed. The findings revealed that the signs had some indications for the anti-Islamic sentiment represented through the portrayals of the figures of Obama, Michelle, and the other pictures surrounding them. Moreover, some conclusions drawn from the analysis asserted that the magazine cover image represents signs having to do with the portrayal of Obama and Michelle during the election campaign and these also represents some attitudes vis-à-vis the anti-Islamic sentiment of some people in the US then. Finally, the present study advocates some considerations to reduce such a negative sentiment to Islam and Muslims, namely through education, appropriate and thorough framings from the American media, and intensive communication through inter-religious rapport and contact. 
GAZING AT ‘THE-YOU-KNOW-WHO/WHAT’ IN WHATSAPP: DEIXIS USED IN ONLINE LEARNING AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC Ahmad Sugianto; Ahmad Bukhori Muslim
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 25, No 1 (2022): April 2022
Publisher : English Education Study Programme of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v25i1.4485

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WhatsApp, as one of the most powerful and ubiquitous social media platforms, has become one of the promising tools utilized for English online learning during the current crisis, COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, interacting effectively via this platform might be challenging for messages communicated to this platform might have more than one meaning that is likely to result in misunderstanding among the users. Thus, understanding deixis, known as one of the interactional phenomena in which language and context can be figured out, is invaluable. Nevertheless, to the best of the writers’ knowledge, studies concerning the use of deixis with respect to WhatsApp for English online learning are still left under-researched. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the deixis employed during online learning via a WhatsApp group. The method utilized in this research was a descriptive study. Besides, the participants comprised 23 postgraduate students and an instructor from an English Education Study Program of one university in Bandung city. The data were taken from the artefact in the form of an online chat archive.  Based on the data analyzed, the findings revealed that all the types of deixis encompassing personal, social, discourse, place, and time deixis were found in online learning through the WhatsApp application. In this regard, the person(al) deixis (46%) was the most frequently used deixis, followed by social (39%), discourse (8%), place (5%), and time deixis (2%), respectively. Moreover, the appropriate and effective use of deixis by the instructor was found to influence students’ engagement and critical thinking ability. Besides, the WhatsApp feature, emojis, was found to be utilized along with the deixis, as well as it assists in providing some emphasis, understanding of the messages conveyed, and showing respect or compliment among the participants.
The visual-verbal text interrelation: Lessons from the ideational meanings of a phonics material in a primary level EFL textbook Ahmad Sugianto; Devi Andriyani; Ilham Agung Prasetyo
EnJourMe (English Journal of Merdeka) : Culture, Language, and Teaching of English Vol 6, No 1 (2021): July 2021
Publisher : Universitas Merdeka Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v6i1.5865

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The interrelation between verbal and image represented in a textbook is one of the prominent issues that should be taken into account. If the interrelation between these modes is presented in a textbook properly and aptly, students' outcomes of a particular material, such as phonics, may be entrenched and fostered. Thereby, this study aimed to scrutinize the interrelation between the verbal and image represented in the phonics material, which was to the best of the writer's knowledge concerning studies scrutinizing the phonics materials vis-à-vis multimodal text was still limited. Furthermore, a qualitative research method using content analysis was employed to investigate the analysis unit, namely the phonics material taken from one primary level EFL textbook. Besides, Royce's (1998, 2002, 2007) Intersemiotic Complementarity and Kress and van Leeuwen's (2006) Grammar of Visual Design involving one of the metafunctions deriving from Halliday's Systemic Functional Linguistics, ideational metafunction was employed. The findings revealed that a multimodal text encompassing the phonic material was, in fact, had fruitful meanings manifested in various modes, and there was a synergy found between the visual and verbal meanings realized by the ideational intersemiotic complementarity.
'Is the Picture Worth a Thousand Words?': The Interpersonal Meanings of a Dialogue in an EFL Textbook Ahmad Sugianto; Ilham Agung Prasetyo; Widy Asti
Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Vol 10, No 2 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v10i2.4510

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This study was aimed at scrutinising a multimodal text embedded in a dialogue of an EFL textbook. To this end, Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis (SF-MDA) focused on interpersonal meanings consulting grammar of visual design and intersemiotic complementarity drawing on systemic functional linguistics were employed to analyse the artefact, a dialogue within a part named 'communication' taken from an EFL textbook for a primary school level. The findings revealed that declarative clause and modalisation (epistemic modality) of probability was found to be the most common system used in the verbal text. Meanwhile, high modality and validity were found in the visual image indicated by the realisations and representations of detailed abstraction and full-colour saturation. Finally, the study draws a conclusion that there is a cohesive interaction to a certain extent between the verbal text and the visual image represented in the multimodal dialogue.
Construing the Challenges and Opportunities of Intercultural Language Teaching Amid Covid-19 Pandemic: English Teachers' Voices Ahmad Sugianto; Nadya Ulfah
Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics, 5(3), December 2020
Publisher : Yayasan Visi Intan Permata

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21462/jeltl.v5i3.454

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Due to globalization, intercultural competence becomes one of the prominent competences in English teaching. Unfortunately, the current condition, the COVID-19 pandemic happened may not lead the intercultural language teaching run as expected because it should be moved to an online setting.  Through combining qualitative and quantitative research methods with questionnaires and interviews, this study aimed to unravel the teachers' competence and the challenges and opportunities of intercultural language teaching during the current situation. This study concluded that most of the teachers' intercultural competence was deemed moderate. Furthermore, some challenges found comprised the aspects of internet access and students' psychological aspect, such as attitudes toward intercultural language teaching and learning conducted in an online classroom. Meanwhile, the opportunities found comprised the aspect of language skills, attitudes, and the other supporting skill such as critical thinking development.
Intercultural Competence in ELT: Does It Really Matter for English Teachers in Indonesia? Ahmad Sugianto
UICELL No 4 (2020): UICELL Conference Proceedings 2020
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA

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Due to globalisation, having an effective communicative skill becomes a pivotal issue. To make effective communication, not only do people require adequate language skills but also the intercultural competence through which mutual understanding across the cultural boundary can be attained should be taken into account. Thereby, English teachers duties are expected not only to provide and facilitate students to gain English skills but also intercultural competence. This study aimed to reveal the EFL teachers' views and beliefs regarding intercultural competence in English teaching practice. The subjects comprised twenty-nine teachers having experience in teaching at some educational institutions, namely schools, universities, and English courses. Based on the collected data using questionnaires and interviews, it was found that most of the teachers had positive views of integrating cultures and intercultural competence into their English teaching practice. Besides, they viewed cultures as an inseparable part of the language. Moreover, teachers' knowledge of the target culture was found to be categorized high. In their teaching practice, they reported that various techniques were utilized to facilitate intercultural language teaching. However, it was found that the way the target cultures were integrated into English teaching had not been adequately considered good; hence, some systematic endeavor was suggested to cope with the issue.
English teachers' reflections of the integration of intercultural competence into their teaching practices: What and how? Ahmad Sugianto
Musamus Journal of Language and Literature Vol 4 No 1 (2021): Musamus Journal of Language and Literature
Publisher : Universitas Musamus

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35724/mujolali.v4i1.3529

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In this globalization era, the English teaching is expected to not only exhort language skills but also promote the effective communication involving cultures is crucial. This study aims to scrutinize the way the English teachers reflect the (inter)cultural competence incorporated into their English instructions. Thirty one English teachers studying at a university in Bandung were involved. The data were gleaned through questionnaires and interviews. Findings reveal that the teachers have various levels of beliefs in incorporating cultures and intercultural competence in English teaching practices. In this regard, 35.48% were found to be in the moderate level, 25.81% in the good level, 22.58% in the low level, and 16.13% were categorised into a high level. Moreover, in all aspects of the familiarity of the target cultures, most of the teachers were categorised to have a moderate level. Furthermore, storytelling constitutes the most frequently used technique by the teachers. Besides, the English teachers perceived that some challenges were still emerged during the practice of integration of target cultures into English teaching practices. Thus, some systematic endeavors to endorse it are advocated.
[Book Review] Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and Teacher Education in EFL Context by Wawan Gunawan Ahmad Sugianto
JLA (Jurnal Lingua Applicata) Vol 5, No 2 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Gadjah Mada

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/jla.68697

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‘Are They Merely Pictures?’: Delineating The Images Represented in Acrostic Poems of a Primary School Level EFL Textbook Ahmad Sugianto; Marisa Azka Prastika
IJECA (International Journal of Education and Curriculum Application) Vol 4, No 3 (2021): December
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Mataram

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31764/ijeca.v4i3.5834

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A picture is considered to have a significant role in facilitating the students' English learning. Thus, understanding the picture represented in an EFL textbook considered one of the sources through which the students learn the English materials is crucial. Nevertheless, to the best of the writers' knowledge, few studies investigating the interrelations between visual and verbal text focusing on the learning material of acrostic poems were found. Thereby, this study aimed to scrutinise the interrelations of the visual-verbal text concerning acrostic poems. To that end, a qualitative research method using Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis (SF-MDA) was employed to investigate the analysis units, i.e., the acrostic poems included the images of a primary level EFL textbook. Besides, analysis units were investigated based on the relative status and logico-semantics relations and grammar of visual design deriving from systemic functional linguistics. The findings revealed that the visual image could be construed through ideational, interpersonal, and textual/compositional meanings. Besides, there are some interrelations in a certain extent and fashions between the pictures and the verbal text, indicated by the relative status and logico-semantics comprising independent and complimentary equal status with exposition, exemplification, and extension. In summary, the trinocular meanings, i.e. ideational, interpersonal, and compositional meanings, along with the interactions between the visual image and verbal texts, the pictures are considered to have significant roles in assisting the readers/viewers in understanding the poems due to such an interaction built by the images and verbal texts exist.
Co-Authors Ahmad Bukhori Muslim, Ahmad Bukhori Devi Andriyani Didi Sukyadi Eri Kurniawan Fazri Nur Yusuf Ilham Agung Prasetyo Marisa Azka Prastika Nadya Ulfah Rizki Denarti Widy Asti