Fahrus Zaman Fadhly
Department Of English Education, Universitas Kuningan

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COGNITIVE PROCESS IN ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING: A CASE STUDY OF THREE INDONESIAN COLUMNISTS Fadhly, Fahrus Zaman; Ratnaningsih, Nita
English Review: Journal of English Education Vol 5, No 2 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/erjee.v5i2.539

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MALES AND FEMALES DISCREPANCIES IN READING FLUENCY: FOCUSING ON ADVANCED EFL LEARNERS Namaziandost, Ehsan; Fadhly, Fahrus Zaman; Solihat, Dadang
English Review: Journal of English Education Vol 8, No 1 (2019)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/erjee.v8i1.1818

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MENTAL PROCESS OF WRITING FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES: A CASE STUDY OF INDONESIAN WRITERS Fahrus Zaman Fadhly; Nurul Hasanah; Vina Agustiana
Indonesian EFL Journal Vol 3, No 2 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/ieflj.v3i2.667

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This study was aimed at reconstructing the mental processes involved in academic writing. This qualitative case study involved two lecturers in University of Kuningan since they were considered able to engage mental processes in their steps of writing for academic purposes or scientific manuscript. The data were obtained through in-depth interview. As result, there are some mental processes involved in the writing activity experienced by the writers. Those mental processes are differently involved in the steps of writing starting from brainstorming, planning, drafting, revising, editing, until proofreading stage. Besides, this study revealed the ways how the writers develop their writing in case of producing a long composition without losing the essence of the paper, how the writers overcome the sticking in their writing process, the writers’ special writing features and what they expect from the reader after reading their writing. It also revealed that the differences experienced by the participants in each stage of writing are strongly influenced by their areas of interest, writing behavior and their writing style.Keywords: mental process, academic writing, stages of writing
PRESUPPOSITION IN THE JAKARTA POST’S POLITICAL ARTICLES: A PRAGMATICS APPROACH Fahrus Zaman Fadhly; Ayu Putri Kurnia
Indonesian EFL Journal Vol 1, No 1 (2015)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/ieflj.v1i1.620

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This study is aimed to investigate presupposition in The Jakarta Post daily newspaper’s articles in political column. It covers two problems: types of presupposition and triggers of presupposition. Those problems were identified by applying presupposition theory. The data were interpreted by using descriptive qualitative method since it intended to describe a large number of sentences, clauses and phrases rather than numbers. The result of the study showed that the most frequent was existential presupposition with 202 occurences (78.59%), followed by factive presupposition with 2 occurences (0.79%), lexical presupposition with 36 occurences (14%), structural presupposition with 11 occurences (4.28%), non-factive presupposition with 2 occurences (0.79%) and counterfactual presupposition with 4 occurrences (1.56%). Besides, the study also showed the existence of 691 presupposition triggers which consisted of 631 definite descriptions (90.92%), 2 factive items (0.28%) which was similar to the existence of change of state verbs, 6 implicative verbs (0.86%), 6 itteratives (0.86%), 21 temporal (3.02%), 13 comparisons and contrast (1.87%), 8 questions (1.15%) and 3 counterfactual conditionals (0.43%). Finally, the findings showed that both types and triggers of presuppositions were related each other.Keywords: presupposition, types of presupposition, triggers of presupposition, political column, The Jakarta Post.
CREATIVE PROCESS IN FICTION WRITING OF THREE INDONESIAN WRITERS Iin Nuraeni; Fahrus Zaman Fadhly
Indonesian EFL Journal Vol 2, No 2 (2016)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/ieflj.v2i2.644

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This research investigates the creative process in fiction writing employed by three writers of different writing genres: short story, novel, and poem. This study applied a qualitative method that involved one male and two female writers in Kuningan and Majalengka. The data collected from document analysis, observation, and interview were analyzed through descriptive qualitative method. The results of the analysis revealed that there were five creative processes of writing fiction used by the writers in writing fiction, namely preparation, incubation, insight, evaluation, and elaboration. Besides, it also revealed that novel writer is more creative than short story and poem writers since he uses all steps of creative process. In addition, the researcher found that there were some ways of exploring imagination in writing fiction, including drawing and deepen characters in the film or theater, making mind mapping to write, developing a shorter text, and expecting that the writing will be read by younger generation.Keywords: creative process, writing fiction, fiction writers, imagination process
REQUESTIVE STRATEGIES OF INDONESIAN EFL LEARNERS . Meliyawati; Fahrus Zaman Fadhly
Indonesian EFL Journal Vol 1, No 2 (2015)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/ieflj.v1i2.628

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This study aims to investigate the realizations of requestive strategies used by Indonesian EFL learners. The respondents are 25 of junior students of the Department of English Education in the University of Kuningan. The data were collected through Discourse Completion Test (DCT) and interview. The collected data were analyzed by using the requestive strategies theory by Blum-Kulka, House, and Kasper (1989). The query preparatory is the most term of requestive strategy type used by Indonesian EFL learners in Department of English Education in some different situations on DCT (64.8%). Second is mild hints with 13.6%, third is mood derivable with 10.4%, forth is obligation statement with 7.5%, fifth is want statement with 2.4%, sixth is suggestory formulae with 1.1%, seventh is hedge performative with 0.3% and the last are performative and strong hints with nothings. The respondents incline used requestive strategies which is avoid conflict or threatening to the hearer. The study reveals that the social variables such as power, social distance and ranking of imposition really affect toward the realization of requestive strategies used by Indonesian EFL learners.Keywords: Requestive strategy, Indonesian EFL learners, Discourse Completion Test.
APPLYING SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO ENHANCE INDONESIAN EFL LEARNERS’ DESCRIPTIVE WRITING PERFORMANCE Fahrus Zaman Fadhly; Nurendah .
English Review: Journal of English Education Vol 3, No 1 (2014)
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Abstract: This study investigated the use of scientific approach to enhance students’ descriptive writing skill of seventh grade students in one of junior high schools in Kuningan, Indonesia. The use of scientific approach was examined based on Cuff and Payne (1979), Educational staff development center of ministry of education and culture (2013), and Syahmadi (2014) while students’ attitude was examined using a theory of Wenden (1991), and Gardner (1985). The writer used mix method study. Two instruments were used to get the data needed: test of descriptive text and questionnaire. The result showed that the Ha was accepted and the Ho was rejected as the t observed was higher than t table. Students’ descriptive writing skill in the experimental class enhanced since they were treated throughout scientific approach. It could be seen from the result of post-test (7.89) which increased significantly from pre-test result (3.697). This study also revealed that students’ attitude toward the approach was positive during the treatment. Moreover, this study proved that scientific approach enhanced students’ descriptive writing skill in one of junior high schools in Kuningan, Indonesia  and gave positive impact to the students.Keywords: scientific approach, descriptive text, attitude
REQUESTIVE STRATEGIES PERFORMED BY PAPUAN STUDENTS IN SUNDANESE CULTURAL CONTEXT Iis Sopiah; Fahrus Zaman Fadhly
English Review: Journal of English Education Vol 4, No 2 (2016)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/erjee.v4i2.339

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This study investigated requestive strategies performed by Papuan students and the effect of interlocutor’s cultural background on the way of Papuan students in making request. There were 16 Papuan students studying in senior high school and vocational high school in Kuningan participated in this study. The data were collected by using Discourse Completion Test (DCT) and interview. The theory of requestive strategies proposed by Blum-Kulka, House and Kasper (1989) and the theory of request modification proposed by Blum-Kulka Olshtain (1984) were used to analyze the data. The finding revealed that Papuan students used different strategy in making request to different interlocutor. Strategies mostly used by them while making request to Papuan was mood derivable. While making request to Sundanese, they tended to use query preparatory strategy. This finding also revealed that Papuan students tended to use more request modification when making request to Sundanese people. Those modifications involved (1) internal modifications, such as the use of interrogative, negation embedded if clause and negation, and (b) external modifications, such as the use of additional statements prior or after the head acts.Keywords: Requestive strategies, request modification, Papuan students, Sundanese.
EXPLORING COGNITIVE PROCESS OF RESEARCH TOPIC SELECTION IN ACADEMIC WRITING Fahrus Zaman Fadhly; Emzir Emzir; Ninuk Lustyantie
English Review: Journal of English Education Vol 7, No 1 (2018)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/erjee.v7i1.1535

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The purpose of this research is to explore and reconstruct the cognitive processes experienced by Indonesian scientific writers in selecting research topic in academic writing. By using grounded theory approach, this research explored the Indonesian scientific writers cognitive processes and revealed eleven ways or approaches in finding and selecting research topics, i.e: institutional research road map, literature review, search before research, research trends in the world, national topics of research, interpretation of regulations, court decisions, pros and cons of actual cases or topics, discussion and research sharing method, exposure of controlled data, and looking for possible space for existing papers. Each expertise background dicipline has its own ways and approaches in research topic selection, but there is red thread: the selection and determination of research topics rests on literature review. This research endorses practical approaches to find out research topics containing novelties and state of the art of the research in each discipline.Keywords: cognitive process; academic writing; research topic selection; Indonesian scientific writers; search before research.
FLOUTS OF THE COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE MAXIMS IN SBY’S PRESIDENTIAL INTERVIEWS Fahrus Zaman Fadhly
English Review: Journal of English Education Vol 1, No 1 (2012)
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Abstract: This paper analyzed the presidential interviews of the President of Republic of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudoyono (SBY), based on Grice’s theory of the Cooperative Principles (CP). This study employed a qualitative research design and the data were three transcripts of interview discourse between SBY and eight Indonesian journalists obtained through the presidential official website: http://www.presidentsby.info. The research investigated the ways of SBY in flouting the CP maxims in his presidential interviews and the functions of the flouts were. The research revealed that SBY flouted all the CP maxims and the maxim of Quantity was frequently flouted. Meanwhile, there were four ways used by SBY in flouting the CP maxims, i.e. hedging, indirectness, open answer and detailed element. The function of the flouts, i.e. face saving acts (FSA), selfprotection, awareness, politeness, interestingness, control of information, elaboration and ignorance. This research also revealed that CP maxims of Grice are not universal. The phenomena of CP Maxim flouts in SBY’s presidential interviews did not reduce the cooperativeness. Over- information may help interviewers to achieve a rich backgrounds andin-depth understanding of a phenomenon. Keywords: flouts, maxim, cooperative principles, SBY, presidential interview