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ELLITE: Journal of English Language, Literature, and Teaching
ISSN : 25274120     EISSN : 25280066     DOI : -
ELLITE Journal is published twice a year in the months of May and November; it presents articles on English language, literature, and teaching. The contents include analyses, studies, research reports, application of theories, material development, and reviews
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Articles 175 Documents
Slang Language Acquisition, Construction, and Context of Used in Teenagers’ Perspective of Batam City Ambalegin, Suhardianto,
ELLITE Vol 2, No 1 (2017): ELLITE
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (569.01 KB) | DOI: 10.32528/ellite.v2i1.761

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Abstract This study aims to find the acquisition, construction and perspectives of adolescents in the use of slang in the city of Batam. This research is a qualitative research used to examine the condition of natural objects where researchers are as a key instrument. In this study, researchers will conduct an investigation by collecting data directly or face to face with the source data and perform descriptive analysis without using statistical procedures or other calculations.The results showed that the formula in the acquisition and construction of slang languages can be seen from seven ways, among others: (a) Abbreviation, (b) Deletion, (c) Letter and sound change, (d) Adoption of Basic Word, (e) English or Indonesian-mixed abbreviation, (f) Citation from other slang languages, (g) New Construction. While the perspective of using slang among teenagers in communicating between them is 30.25% say, they use slang because they want to show other groups that they look more slick and cool, follow the times as much as 27.72%, easier to communicate between them 21% Follow-up friends 7.56%, funny 5.04%, let famous 4.20% and custom 1.64%. Keywords: acquisition, construction, perspective, slang
Writing Ability Improvement on EFL Students Using Think Pair Share Technique Huwaida, Nisrina Balqis
ELLITE Vol 2, No 2 (2017): ELLITE
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This research was to find out the effective way using think pair share techniqueto improve the students’ ability in writing analytical exposition text. The designof this research is Classroom Action Research. The research subject is XI Bclass consisting of 30 students. The data collected by using writing test, fieldnote and documment. In order to analyze the data students’ writing score,percentage formula is used. The researcher used only one cycle which consistof two meetings. Those the result of this cycle achieved the criteria of success.Think Pair Share technique improved the students’ writing ability in one cyclefrom the percentage of the students’ score ≥ 75 ( E= 83%). It is concluded thatThink Pair Share Technique can improve the Eleventh grade students’ writingability at Islamic Boarding School Baitul Arqom in the 2016/ 2017 academicyear by involving the students working in pair and sharing the ideas. So that they can discuss their writing draft and revise the writing product.
Enhancing Mentally Retarded Students’ Comprehension: The Development of MASH Project-Based Reading Material Asyrifah, Lulu
ELLITE Vol 2, No 2 (2017): ELLITE
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The development of reading material through Project Based Learning (PBL)strategy using MASH is aimed to meet mentally retarded students’ learning andtarget needs in EFL English reading courses. This study employed a researchand development design which comprises seven stages, namely: a) students’need analysis, design of MASH Project based reading, development, expertvalidation, implementation, reading material evaluation, and final product inthe form of MASH project based reading material. The result of the reading material development took resulted six chapters in terms of number 11-20, expression agree/disagree, and part of house where containing material of thetopic, video, and exercises that utilize Project-Based Learning strategy. Theresult of experts’ validation from an English teacher who assessed the materialrevealed the score was 78% that sorted out into ‘very good’ category and anInformatics teacher who assessed the media revealed the score was 74% thatsorted out into ‘good’ category. While, the result of the students’ responserelated to the product showed the total score was 79% that the students agreewith MASH media to be used in learning process. As its effectiveness towardthe improvement of mentally retarded students’ reading comprehension is notmeasured yet, so an experimental study is addressed for further research tomeet the issue of MASH reading material effectiveness and conduct the similarproject with another media to develop more reading materials and activities.
The Effect of Using Three Step Interview on Students Writing Achievement Putri, Kiki Aprilia Ananda
ELLITE Vol 2, No 2 (2017): ELLITE
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Three Step Interview technique is kind of cooperative learning techniqueimplemented for seventh grade students at MTs Baitul Hikmah to improve thestudent’s writing skill because it is one of the most important skill in educationsuccess and one of the most complex skill to be mastered. Then, the researchaimed to find the effect of using Three Step Interview on students’ writingachievement. It investigated whether students taught by using Three StepInterview technique showed better result in writing descriptive text than students who were taught by lecturing method. This is a quasi-experimental research. The subjects of this research were 35 students of seventh grade at MTs BaitulHikmah. The researcher used two groups that is Experimental and ControlGroups were given a writing test to measure their writing achievement. The datawas collected by giving pre-test and post-test focusing on writing descriptivetext. After the data were tested and found to be homogeneous variance anddistribution of the data is normal, the hypothesis was tested using IndependentSample T-test in SPSS Version 23 which showed that the significant valuesis 0,003. The value is lower than significances level of 5% which means thatNull Hypothesis (H0) is rejected. So, Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) is accepted.Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a significant effect of using ThreeStepInterview on Students Writing Achievement at MTs Baitul Hikmah in 2017/2018 academic year.
Reading Material Based Gender and Cultural Familiarity and Its Implementation Susanti, Elis
ELLITE Vol 3, No 1 (2018): ELLITE
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The schemata theory in reading explains that in the process of comprehending a reading material, a pre-exsistent knowledge of the readers will be active when they read a piece of reading material in which it presents a familiar vocabulary, patterns, or contexts in which they fit into the readers’ pre-exsistent knowledge. As a result, readers can recognize what they read because it fits into patterns what they already known. This research was categorized as a type of research and development in which it developed a reading material on the basis of the readers’ interest and content  familiarity which was constructed under the concept of  schemata theory in reading. The research stages consisted of conducting praresearch, developing a prototype, validating the prototype, and applying the design to the research sample. The researchers took a class of X social science class in SMAN 1 Abung Semuli consisting of 32 students as the research sample to apply the prototype of this research development product. The data analysis shows that the use of reading material based gender and cultural familiarity gives significant influence on the students’ reading comprehension in which to the conclusion that the prototype of this research product is effective to be used as a reading material in a reading class.
Implementation of Mind Mapping Learning Model to Improve English Learning Outcomes in Simple Descriptive Texts Junaedy, Junaedy
ELLITE Vol 3, No 1 (2018): ELLITE
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Writing is a linguistic activity that plays an important role in the dynamics ofhuman civilization. Through writing activities, people can also benefit for theirdevelopment. Unfortunately, English lessons at Ambulu 2 Junior High Schoolshowed indications of a decline. This is a classroom action research that aimedto find out how the implementation of mind mapping learning models canimprove English achievement of the seventh grade students of Class VII-C atSMPN 2 Ambulu. The results showed that learning with the Mind Mappingmodel had a positive impact in improving student learning outcomes whichwas marked by an increase in student’s achievement in each cycle, that is cycleI (61.76%), cycle II (76.47%), cycle III ( 94.12%). Likewise, the application ofthe Mind Mapping model can improve student learning activities as indicatedby the score of observations showing an increase in the percentage of studentactivity, that is cycle I (23.53%), cycle II (73.53%) and cycle III (91.18). This means that the mind mapping learning model is good to be applied in teaching andlearning activities in English materials for Preparing Simple Descriptive Texts.
Interactive Multimedia in Teaching Reading Sari, Indah Novita
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This research is intended to investigate the effectiveness of interactive multimediafor teaching reading in junior high school. Based on my preliminary research,there were many problems in teaching and learning reading for junior highschool students. Seeing those problems, the researcher tried to implement theinteractive multimedia in teaching reading. Then, the method used in thisresearch is quasi experimental with test as the instrument for collecting thedata. The students’ score was analyzed using SPSS (independent sample t-test).The result revealed that the statistical value of t-test was 4.325 and the degree offreedom of 46 at significant level 5 % was 2.02. It means that the t-value (4.325)is higher than critical value 2.02 (4.325 2.02). Therefore, the students whowere taught using interactive multimedia had better achievement in readingrather than those who were not taught using interactive multimedia.
Finding the Reasons of Using the Flouted Maxims in the Utterances of Adaline in the Age of Adaline Movie Subtitle Laraswati, Novita Ayu
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People sometimes flout the maxims of Cooperative Principle in speaking becausethey imply something in their utterance. To get the implied meaning of thespeaker, the theory of cooperative principles and context are used to analyzethe utterance. This article is aimed to analyze the types of maxim being floutedand the factors that influence the use of flouted maxim in a movie. The sourceof the data used in this research are taken from a movie subtitle entitled TheAge of Adaline (2015) directed by Lee Toland Krieger. This is a qualitative and quantitative research. The qualitative method is applied to analyze the data whereas the quantitative is used to count the number of each flouted maxim.The results of this research show that there are four types of flouted maxim usedby the main character in The Age of Adaline movie, they are: flouted maxim ofrelation, flouted maxim of quantity, flouted maxim of manner, flouted maximof quality. The writer also found the factors influenced the characters to floutthe maxim. The main character flouts the Maxim of Manner because she wantsto end the conversation. Another flouted maxim is Maxim of Quantity. Thereason is Adaline wants to give more information to the hearer about something.The reason of Adaline flouts the maxim of Relation is because she wants tohide something. The reasons why the character flouts the Maxim of Quality isto tease the hearer. Additionally, Adaline as the main character in The Age ofAdaline movie also flout two maxims in an utterance. The reason is that shewants to emphasize her intentions.
The Use of Video as a Media to Improve Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Devanti, Yeni Mardiyana
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The objective of this Classroom Action Research was to improve students’vocabulary mastery by using video as a media in teaching and learning process.It covered four stages of activities, they were planning, implementing, observing,and reflecting of the action. The subject of this research was class VII C of SMPMuhammadiyah 1 Jember. In this research, the primary data were collectedfrom the vocabulary test while the observation check list as supporting data was taking during the teaching and learning process. Video as a media of teaching and learning vocabulary improved students vocabualry mastery in two cyclesfrom the percentage of students scored ≥ 70,was 69% in cycle 1 to 80% in cycle2, it also improved students’ active participation from 55% in cycle 1 to 77%at the end of the cycle 2. Based on the research result, it can be concluded thatthe video as a media of teaching English vocabulary was able to improve theseventh grade students’ vocabulary mastery and students’s active participation.
Challenges in Teaching English for the Deaf Students Ristiani, Aris
ELLITE Vol 3, No 1 (2018): ELLITE
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English is a subject included in the education curriculum in Indonesia.According to the individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), one of thecategories of students with special needs is deaf students. This paper is aimedto discover the challenges faced by deaf students’ teachers in teaching Englishand the strategies to cope with those challenges based on relevant theoriesand previous studies. The finding showed that teachers experienced severalchallenges in teaching the deaf students such as getting students’ attention,understanding words from students’ lip movements, giving definitions andexample, differentiating similar words in different contexts, and deliveringmaterials related to students prior knowledge. The strategies to cope thosechallenges are asking students to prepare dictionaries, using alphabetic signs,waving or patting students’ shoulders to get their attention. In addition it alsorequires teaching model and professional teacher to be creative and effectivein teaching English for the deaf students.

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