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Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal
ISSN : 23388927     EISSN : 26572443     DOI : https://doi.org/10.30651
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal (e-ISSN 2657-2443 and p-ISSN: 2338-8927) is a journal of English Language Teaching (ELT), linguistics, and literature published in April and September by English Education Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surabaya. This journal is committed to investigate and scrutinize present issues of ELT, linguistics and literature. Contributions in the forms of research-based and literature-review studies written by national and international scholars and researchers are welcomed. High quality of studies presenting the State of the Art (SOTA) and originality is preferable.
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The Effectiveness of Making Short Film for Students’ Speaking Ability Affan Andy Wijaya
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 4 No 1 (2016): April
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (305.486 KB) | DOI: 10.30651/tell.v4i1.2093

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As far as the researcher’s knowledge, the research of “The Effectiveness of Making Short Film for Students’ Speaking Ability” is still difficult to find, the researcher formulates the statement of the research, Making Short film is effective for students’ speaking ability and the objective of research is to find out whether making short film can effective for students’ speaking ability. This research uses experimental design and quantitative method, it is suitable with this research. The subjects are eighth graders of  VIIIA as control class and VIIIc as experimental class at SMP Muhammadiyah 4 Gadung Surabaya. The data collection uses test, post-test only design as intrument to count the compaired score of the difference classes. The result of post test score is counted using SPSS 1.6 Software to know the significant different between control and experimental class. Based on  the last counted, the researcher count T-test to know the effectiveness of making short film for students’ speaking ability and Eta-square to know the effect size of T-test result. T-test result was shown significance between those classes from Equality of variances test is 0.000,  whereas P-value is more than 0,05 or P-value > α (0.05), so H0 is pushed away. So, the ability of those classes is difference. The result of Eta-square was shown 0.40 which is higher than 0.14. It means the result is very high because 0.40 was exceed the aspect scale 0.14 is large effect. After counted done, making short film proven effective for students’ speaking ability.
The Analysis of Figure of Speech in Emily Dickinson’s “Success Is Counted Sweetest” “I Had No Time To Hate”, and “Have You Got A Brook In Your Little Heart” Octavia Kurniawati; Masulah -
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 4 No 1 (2016): April
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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The analysis provides the study about figure of speech, possible meaning and the total meaning in three poem’s of Emily Dickinson “success is counted sweetest”, “ I had no time to hate”, Have you got a Brook in your little heart”, This study tries to analyze figure of speech, possible meaning and the total meaning in statement of the problem. This analysis aims to analyze the types of figure of speech and possible meaning and to tell the total meaning of the Emily Dickinson poem’s. This analysis explains the design of qualitative method because it is related to the object of research. Qualitative description defines as research designed to produce a low inference description of a phenomenon that draws from discourse. The result of the research of the first poem “success is counted sweetest” figure of speech are Metaphor, Hyperbole, symbol, the second “ I had no time to hate” , the figure of speech is personification, Symbol. The last poem “Have you got a Brook in your little heart” figure of speech is personification, allegory.
A Correlation between Student’s Mastery of Past Tense and Their Achievement in Writing Narrative Text Ahmad Zainuddin; Gusti Nurhafifah; Armeria Wijaya
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 4 No 2 (2016): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (278.188 KB) | DOI: 10.30651/tell.v4i2.2103

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This research purposed to search and find out the correlations between students’ mastery of past tense and their achievement in writing narrative text. The method in this research used a purposive sampling technique with total sample 30 students.  In this research, the data are obtained using two kinds of test namely Grammar and writing test. Meanwhile, the data were analyzed using Product Moment Pearson. The outlays of this research, the average score of past tense is 69,33and writing score is 77,33. Thus, the final result in this research when the formula correlation is applied, the score is 0,797 or substantial. It means that the r value is higher than r table; students’ master past tense influence to writing narrative text. It can be concluded that there is a positive correlation between students’ mastery of past tense and their achievement in writing narrative text
Critical Discourse Analysis Related to Power Relation in Film “The Judge” Ahmad Cholilir Rozzaq; Dwijani Ratnadewi
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 4 No 1 (2016): April
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (279.304 KB) | DOI: 10.30651/tell.v4i1.2094

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The researcher analyzed power relation in film “The Judge” by using theory of CDA in interpreting hidden meaning of words. CDA was a theory that study about the relation between the social life and talk in interaction. The approach of this research was CDA’s van Dijk as it became the most appropriate theory to analyze since grammar, metaphor, intonation, social cognition and societal structures were included. In this research, descriptive qualitative was applied to analyze the data. “The Judge” film script was used as the source of data. The researcher focused on the main character’s words which contain power in the social relation especially in court. Some powers had been found in this research, there were power as control and threat that main characters used in building their conversation. In this research, main characters used power in the community because they wanted to dominate the conversation.
An Existentialism Analysis of Chekhov’s Main Characters Smirnov in “The Bear”, Lomov in “The Proposal” and Ivan in “A Tragedian In Spite Of Himself” Aminatuzzuhriyyah -; Wijayadi -; Pramudana Ihsan
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 4 No 2 (2016): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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This study is attempted to analyze an existentialism of Chekhov’s main characters Smirnov in “The Bear”, Lomov in “The Proposal” and Ivan in “A Tragedian in Spite of Himself”. The data are taken from the dialogues selected in the plays mentioned. There are two objectives of the study that are: to find how the main characters show their existence; and to reveal why the main characters doing so in the plays. Descriptive qualitative is applied as research method, while existentialism as the main theory and positivism and rationalism as the supporting theory. This Study found out how the main characters oppose positivism and rationalism by being subjective. Each character has their own way in showing their existence. As the result, every character has their own purposes to be existence. The purposes of the main characters are their own eternal happiness. In “The Bear” Smirnov is being stubborn because he wants to show his power as a landowner, in “The Proposal”  Lomov is flaunting his wealth in order to propose Natalya, and Ivan is nagging to get sympathy from his friend.
The Implementation of Flash Games in Teaching Writing Descriptive Text to The Seventh Grade of Smp Muhammadiyah 10 Surabaya Miftahul Huda; Gusti Nur Hafifah; Armeria Wijaya
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 4 No 2 (2016): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (319.182 KB) | DOI: 10.30651/tell.v4i2.2104

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Writing is one of skill which is being basic skill in English learning. Writing is very important to be learned because it is being a compulsory in teaching English which the students have to be well mastered. There are many kinds of genres insert the teaching writing. One of them is writing descriptive. The teacher used flash game as media in teaching learning process in order to it could be motivated the students who lack motivations and minimize boredom faced. The purpose of the study was to know the implementation of teaching writing descriptive text by using flash game and the students’ responses toward teaching writing descriptive text using by using flash game to seventh grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 10 Surabaya. The researcher designs his research a descriptive qualitative research. The subject of this study is seventh grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 10 Surabaya. To collect the data in this study, the researcher used four points to collect the data. They were the observation checklist, field notes, interview the teacher, and questionnaire as the technique. The implementation of flash game in teaching writing descriptive text was very effective to teaching writing descriptive text because it could be motivated and helped the students during teaching learning process. Students were not only being motivated and helped but also being participated actively during teaching learning process in the class. The result of students’ questionnaire was very good because most of students like very much with the implementation of flash game in teaching writing descriptive text. The researcher classified the questions into four factors. They were the first factor was about the students’ opinion about the material, it consisted into four questions. The second factor was about the students’ opinion about the teacher’s role during teaching writing descriptive text by using flash game, it consisted into two questions. The third factor was about the students’ opinion about the flash game, it consisted into three questions. The fourth factor was about the students’ opinion about general evaluation, it consisted into one question. That was way, the implementation of flash game in teaching writing descriptive text to seventh grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 10 Surabaya was very successful because it can reach the aim of teaching writing descriptive text in the class and also it makes the students being participate actively during teaching learning process.
An Analysis of Metaphor in Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird” and “Still I Rise” Poems Akhbar Pradana Raharta; Waode Hamsia
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 4 No 1 (2016): April
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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This research explored the possible meaning of the metaphor in the poem of Maya Angelou. The researcher focused on metaphor forms found as the object to be analyzed in Maya Angelou’s poems. Metaphor is one part of figurative languages which is the most common and widely used in literary works such as poem. Poem is a media for a poet to express feeling and imagination based on condition of a poet’s life. The data of this research were Caged Bird and Still I Rise poems by Maya Angelou. This research used descriptive qualitative to analyze the data. The purpose of this research was to find out the type of metaphor based on Crystal, Lakoff and Johnson theory, know the reasons of the use of metaphor, and interpret the poem meaning based on explication and author’s biography. It was found that Maya Angelou used three types of live metaphor they are Conceptual metaphor, Mixed metaphor and Poetic metaphor. It was also found that each poem tells about the author’s personal opinion about the racial inequality between black races and white races in America at that time.
The Mystery of Death in Robert Frost’s Poems Eka Dahlia Ningrum; Masulah -
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 4 No 2 (2016): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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This study analyzed Robert Frost’s poems. There are three purpose of this study: analyze about figures of speech and theme death in Robert Frost’s poems. The writer was choosing Robert Frost’s because he developed a new style of poetry that was metrically precise but which sounded like ordinary American speech. His poetry was full of sentimental expressions about his personal life and conduct. Besides, his poems were simple and profound. He also wrote simple stories about everyday people, often inhabitants of rural New England. Robert Frost wrote extraordinary prose, using simple and direct language; his poems contain symbolism, hidden meanings, sounds, rhyme, meter, metaphors and more. The title of three poems were “Fire and Ice” , “In a Disused Graveyard” , “The Death of The Hired Man” that taken data from “Classic Poetry Series of Robert Frost Poems” publisher. The method used to analyzed the analysis data was Qualitative Method. This method was chosen because the object if this study does not treat object, and the object can only researched by an observation and description up to the writer’s point of view and match with theory. The result of the study shows that many of figures of speech were used on three of Robert Frost’s poems. They were Metaphor, Symbol, Hyperbole, Assonance, Anaphora, Personification, Paradox, Simile, Antithesis, Alliteration, Irony, Synecdoche and theme death could open the meaning poem as “Fire and Ice”, tells about the end of world between fire or ice. “In a Disused Graveyard”, tells about the people won’t to die. “The Death of The Hired Man” tells about the pity old man suddenly die in his employer’s home.
An Analysis of Feminism Issues in Veronica Roth's Divergent: A Reader Response Study Andi Darmawanto; Masulah -; Ari Setyorini
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 6 No 1 (2018): April
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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Since this research mainly uses a reader response approach in which the response from the readers becomes the main data to analyze, two College students with different background and gender become the subject of the research to contribute their interpretation. Moreover, they are engaged in WhatApp group as a mean to discusse about the issues which become the guide of the research. Futhermore, this research has its focus to scrutinize the response of the readers toward feminism issues in Veronica Roths Divergent. Beside that, reader-response theory authored by Wolfgang Iser to be the main theory which guides to determine the type of the readers. Their responses transcribed by the researcher are the main data to complete the aim of the research. By utilizing descriptive qualitative method to describe the interpretation, the yield of this research is that the readers interpret the issues of womens leadership, gender discrimination, and independent female in the novel of Divergent by collaborating their background; experiences, gender and prior knowledge as prime-effect on how they interpret. 
A Study of Illocutionary Acts Used by Poppy and Kate in “Wild Child” Movie Ashfi Kadarol Qolbi; Wijayadi -; Farhan Noor
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 4 No 1 (2016): April
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The aim of this research is to investigate types of illocutionary acts used by main characters in Wild Child and the purpose of illocutionary acts. The researcher uses descriptive qualitative method since she describes the phenomena of illocutionary act used by Poppy and Kate. The researcher uses the script of Wild Child movie as the data source to be analyzed and the researcher took some internet references and books as the supporting data for analyzing and discovering the types of illocutionary acts in this movie. This research found four types of illocutionary acts. There are representative, directive, expressive, and commisive. This research did not found illocutionary acts of declarative. The most of utterance used by Poppy and Kate is directive utterance. The purpose of illocutionary acts is to get someone to do something.

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