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Syafitri Ramadhani
Universitas Negeri Padang
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Understanding Parts of Speech by EFL Students to ease them in constructing an English sentence Syafitri Ramadhani; Ririn Ovilia
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 11, No 4 (2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v11i4.119944

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Grammar is one important English component that need to be mastered starting from identifying and understanding parts of speech. Parts of speech are English basic component in which words are recognized and classified based on their lexical functions. They consist of eight major parts of speech, such as nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections. Each part of speech has certain role in composing a sentence. In other words, it is important to be understood by EFL students in order to help them to write a correct sentence. By considering the importance of understanding parts of speech, this study was done to find out how the students’ understanding of parts of speech ease them to construct a sentence. It was a qualitative study. There were 31 students who took Basic grammar class as the participants of this study. The data were collected by English test and interview. The data were analysed narratively to describe how the students’ understanding of parts of speech can ease them to compose a sentence. Based on the result of the research, it can be stated that the students’ understanding of parts of speech could facilitate the students to write a sentence.
Discourse Markers Used by Presenters in Their Thesis Seminars: A Case at English Education of Graduate Program of Universitas Negeri Padang Syafitri Ramadhani; Hermawati Syarif
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 10, No 4 (2021)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v10i4.122350

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This research was aimed at finding out discourse markers used by presenters in thesis seminar presentations and oral responses in discussion sessions, difficulties faced in using discourse markers, and the causes of difficulties. The research design was descriptive qualitative with discourse analysis method with 20 graduate students that presented their thesis proposal and the research result. There were six types of discourse marker investigated in this research, namely topic change markers, contrastive markers, causative markers, elaborative markers, inferential markers and interactional markers. The research findings showed the six types of discourse markers were used in presentations and oral responses in discussions. Yet, they were mostly found in the presentations. Based on the findings, Elaborative marker is a type of discourse marker used mostly by 20 presenters in both activities. Also, it was discovered that the presenters’ difficulties in using discourse markers are difficulty to control him or herself not to keep on using the same words, phrases or sentences from each type of discourse marker in delivering utterances, underuse, overuse, and misuse of discourse markers. Those difficulties were caused by some factors such as lack of practice, the influence of mother tongue or first language and culture, and students’ awareness about the use of discourse markers. In conclusion, English graduate students still face difficulties to employ discourse markers in delivering statements.
Co-Authors Hermawati Syarif Ririn Ovilia