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Discourse analysis: Conversational analysis of the internal conversation in Oracle Corporation Malaysia Marwa Marwa
Lectura : Jurnal Pendidikan Vol. 6 No. 1 (2015)
Publisher : Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (FKIP), Universitas Lancang Kuning

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/lectura.v6i1.188

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This study highlights the internal conversation which takes place in Oracle CorporationMalaysia. Through the study, it will be shown how conversational analysis is used toanalyze the transcription of a telephone conversation between Oracle staffs. The analysisof the transcriptions will apply a few basic concepts of conversational analysis; turntakingorganization, and the adjacency pair. The objective of the study is to find out howthe internal conversations takes place by focusing on the conversation itself, that is, theconversational structures spontaneously produced by people during talk ranging fromturn-taking strategies, how topics are introduced, conversation closings and so on. Bylooking in detail at such talk, we can gain a detailed understanding of how the staffs seethemselves in relation to the company that influence their daily lives.
A STUDY ON THE ABILITY OF THE TENTH GRADE AT SMA N I TAMBANG IN UNDERSTANDING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT Marwa Marwa
Lectura : Jurnal Pendidikan Vol. 6 No. 2 (2015)
Publisher : Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (FKIP), Universitas Lancang Kuning

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/lectura.v6i2.193

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In SMA N 1 TAMBANG, the researcher found Based on the result of observation thefact shows that most of the students have low ability in descriptive text, especially at the tenthgrade students. It perhaps, caused by several factors such as, some students do not know genericof structure, some students do not really understand about information of given paragraphs, somestudents do not fully know the meaning of vocabulary, some students have problem in thebackground knowledge of the text given, and some students get bored they have to as look up adictionary in frequent. This research was conducted to know the students ability in understandingdescriptive text and what factor influence their ability. Survey design was method used in thisresearch. There was quantitative descriptive statistic. The result showed that the ability of the attenth grade SMA N 1 TAMBANG in understanding descriptive text. The average of mean scoreof the students’ ability in understanding descriptive text is 56.5. It could be identified that thestudents’ ability in understanding descriptive text is categorized into less. It is hoped that thefinding of the present study will be useful for the teaching of English, especially inunderstanding descriptive text.
Do Native Speakers in Youtube Videos Benefit EFL Students’ Phonological Appropriation? Marwa Marwa; Herdi Herdi
Lectura : Jurnal Pendidikan Vol. 8 No. 2 (2017): Lectura: Jurnal Pendidikan
Publisher : Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (FKIP), Universitas Lancang Kuning

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/lectura.v8i2.346

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This classroom action research investigates how YouTube videos containingpronunciation drills exposed by English native speakers develop the EFL students’phonological appropriation. This activity also relates to developing classroom-basedmaterials via accessing various relevant resources inside and outside the classroom asthey are available in the information, communication and technology (ICT) era now.The study was based on the problems that the students got difficulties in EnglishPhonology class pertaining to the segmental, supra-segmental phonemes andphonological contrast. It is all about the phonology complex rules that students have tounderstand and drill in a very short meeting hour (2 credits course- 2x45 minutes permeeting). The participants of the study were the fourth semester students (class F) ofEnglish Education Department of Faculty of Education, Lancang Kuning University inRiau. The study was conducted from March to May 2014 only in one cycle consisting ofseven meetings. The study reveals that using such YouTube videos could improvestudents’ phonological appropriation and assist them in understanding the complex rulesof English phonology class since they had been experienced with English nativespeakersas the models for their pronunciation learning and practices as they couldaccess them in YouTube.
Reasons for Students’ Code-Switching Between Informal Indonesian and English in ELT Contexts Marwa Marwa
ELT-Lectura Vol. 1 No. 1 (2014): ELT-Lectura Studies and Perspective in English Language Teaching
Publisher : Universitas Lancang Kuning

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/elt-lectura.v1i1.446

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This descriptive and analytical study aimed at exploring the phenomenon of code-switching between Informal Indonesian (INF-I) and English exhibited in the classroom speech of the students at English Education Department of Faculty of Education and Teachers Training Lancang Kuning University in Pekanbaru-Riau. The main discussion of code-switching (CS hereafter) is the students’ reasons for employing CS. The data was collected by recording the students’ speech which was then transcribed as conversational data and by conducting unstructured interview. The research was conducted particularly in formal situations; in Speaking I classes involving sixty students of the first year. This study found that in formal situations such as in ELT contexts, the students’ reasons for CS were as compensatory strategy for the deficiency, as a language negotiation, as extended explanation, as an expression of solidarity, as flexibility of expression and as translation. These all reasons were primarily pertinent to fulfill communicative needs and communicative strategies.
The Effect of Pecha Kucha Presentation in EFL Speaking Class M. Fadhly Farhy Abbas; Shintia Dwi Putri; Marwa Marwa; Herdi Herdi
ELT-Lectura Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): ELT-Lectura Studies and Perspective in English Language Teaching
Publisher : Universitas Lancang Kuning

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/elt-lectura.v4i1.6157

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This study aimed at finding the significant differences in achievement between the students who are taught speaking by using the Pecha Kucha and those who are taught by using the Picture Series. This study was an experimental research which employed a quasi experimental design of two classes: one as the experimental A group taught using Pecha Kucha, and the other was the experiment B group taught using the Picture Series. Each class had 21 and 20 students. So the total number in the sample were 41 students in second semesters of English Education Department Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Lancang Kuning University. The instruments was a speaking test. The data from tests were analyzed by using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The result shows that Asym. Sig. (2-tailed)> Significant level that is 0.314 > 0,05, so Ho is accepted in which the students who were taught speaking through Pecha Kucha achieved a similar performance with the students who were taught speaking through Picture Series. This means that there is no significance difference in achievement between the students in both groups. Furthermore, the students were seen to be more active and creative in expressing their ideas.