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Published by Universitas Negeri Gorontalo

ISSN : - EISSN : 27224880 DOI : -

Core Subject : Humanities, Education,

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature (JJETL) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the English Education Study Program, Faculty of Letters and Culture, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Indonesia. It is published twice a year in April and October, with submissions accepted throughout the year. The journal seeks to provide established and early-career researchers, teachers and academia with a platform to publish research-based papers from the fields of English language teaching and literature. JJETL welcomes current analysis on: English language teaching and learning; English language testing and assessment; Curriculum design and development in ELT; Applied linguistics; Literary studies; and Translation studies.

Arjuna Subject : Seni dan Humaniora - Bahasa dan Linguistik

Articles 32 Documents

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Metaphor in Students’ English Poems: A Psycholinguistic Analysis Adriansyah Abu Katili
Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature Vol 2, No 1 (2021): Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature
Publisher : Univeristas Negeri Gorontalo

This research is aimed at finding how the students of English Department of State University of Gorontalo perceive the thing as revealed in the metaphor they used in their English Poem and, as well, interpreting the metaphor. This research was designed in qualitative research methodology. The subject of research was the poems written by the students in 2010. It is found that the students used metaphor to express their feeling. The metaphor reflects the students’ perception of the reality categorized in semantic fields. In terms of the intended meaning of the metaphor, the researcher inferred the meaning by finding the metaphor predications based on the researcher knowledge of the predication.

The Study on Students' Vocabulary Size Yuliana T Wero; Karmila Machmud; Nurlaila Husain
Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature Vol 2, No 1 (2021): Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature
Publisher : Univeristas Negeri Gorontalo

This study intends to know the vocabulary size of English Department Students in eight semesters. The population of this research is all students in English Department, specifically in eight semesters (class of 2013). This research used purposive sampling in taking the samples, and there are 21 students as the sample obtained from 122 students as the population. The method of this research is quantitative method. The instruments which the researcher used in collecting the data are fix test to measure how large students’ vocabulary size, that divided into two test; Receptive Vocabulary Size Test (RVST) and Productive Vocabulary Size Test (PVST). In analyzing the data, it is used numerical descriptive statistic to describe students’ vocabulary mastery first, and then calculate the vocabulary size. The result of this research shows that students’ receptive and productive vocabulary size were 3,110 words and 1,841 words respectively or in general around 4,905 words,with the receptive vocabulary knowledge was higher than productive vocabulary knowledge. However, it has shown a low result for the students who learned English for about eight semesters, it should be more than that.

Challenges in teaching English writing skills: Lessons learnt from Indonesian high school English language teachers Nurhardiyanti Adam; Abid Abid; Yusna Bantulu
Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature Vol 2, No 1 (2021): Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature
Publisher : Univeristas Negeri Gorontalo

Writing skill, among the four target language skills, is one of the skills that language learners need to master. In teaching this skill, therefore, teachers should take any effort to help learners write using the language they learn correctly. However, in the context of teaching English in Indonesia, particularly the writing skill, teachers often face challenges. The study reported in this article seeks to identify the challenges experienced by several Indonesian English language teachers in teaching English writing skills at VHS, a vocational high school, in Gorontalo, Indonesia. The participants involved were all English language teachers working at the school. Data were collected using interview and observation, and analyzed by using a thematic analysis method. The findings showed that there were four themes describing the teachers’ challenges in teaching English writing skills. They were teaching technique-related challenges, teaching time-related challenges, linguistics-related challenges, and learning motivation-related challenges. Even though the teachers are able to cope with the challenges, they still need to explore more strategies in teaching, thus the teaching and learning process can run effectively.

Teaching Vocabulary through Fly Swatter Game (A study conducted at the first grade students of SMP Negeri 03 Paguyaman) Tiwi Aprilia Samwan; Rasuna Rasid Talib; Rahmawaty Mamu
Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature Vol 2, No 2 (2021): Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature
Publisher : Univeristas Negeri Gorontalo

Vocabulary is one of the important components to master all of language skills. It has strategic positions in education and teaching. Fly Swatter game is an interesting technique in teaching and learning that makes the students can learn through playing. Therefore, this study aims to find out whether the game of Fly swatter can significantly enhance the student’s vocabulary mastery or not. It focuses only on mastering adjective and noun class. The sample of this research was the students of Paguyaman Junior high school at VII B class. Further, this study is using quantitative analysis, in investigating the student’s improvement in mastering vocabulary, the researcher give test to the students which consist of 40 numbers, which divided into 20 tests each for noun and adjective. To analyze the student’s improvement, the researcher use pre experimental design, there are three steps used that are pre test, treatment, and post test. The finding reveals that there is significance improvement on the result of pre test and post test. It was from 40% which categorized in poor level increase into 95% which categorize in excellent level, with the total increases was around 55% . Furthermore, it was proved by the result of hypothesis verification, it is found that T count = 19, 44 at the level of significance (a = 0, 05) and degree of freedom (df ) = 19-1=18. Then, it is found that T table = 2,101, it can be concluded that fly swatter game can increase students ability in vocabulary, because based on the criteria above shows that T count is more than T table 19, 44 ≥ 2,101.

Pre-Service English Teachers’ Ability in Applying Teaching Skills Nur Inda Astuti Mabing; Rasuna Rasid Talib; Nurlaila Husain
Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature Vol 3, No 1 (2022): Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature
Publisher : Univeristas Negeri Gorontalo

ABSTRACT Basic teaching skills are complex skills, which must be possessed by an educator and be able to apply them in the learning process. These basic teaching skills include opening and closing lessons, questioning skills, explaining skills, variation skills. The purpose of this study was to determine how the application of basic teaching skills during the teaching practice experience exam. This research was conducted using qualitative methods. The subjects of this study were 5 students teaching practice experience. The data collection technique in this study used an observation sheet by viewing the video exam for students teaching practice experience. Based on the results of video observations by researcher regarding the application of basic teaching skills in the teaching practice experience class, the basic teaching skills are quite good and effective because in general the participants in the teaching practice experience have applied the four basic teaching skills well but not all of the points contained in these skills implemented at the time of teaching. But in this case it can be overcome thanks to the cooperation between teachers and students.

Language Learning Strategies Used by Extrovert and Introvert Students in English as a Foreign Language Speaking Classes Afriyanti Yusuf; Nonny Basalama; Indri Wirahmi Bay
Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature Vol 2, No 2 (2021): Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature
Publisher : Univeristas Negeri Gorontalo

The students in Indonesia are from different cultures, languages, and personality traits (extrovert and introvert). Therefore, recognizing students’ personality traits and their language learning strategy may be effective to help teacher design an effective teaching strategies. The study, therefore, intends to find out the typical language learning strategies used by the extrovert and introvert students in English speaking class. The participants of this study were the fourth semester students in English Department of Gorontalo State University. This research used two models of questionnaire. They were the McCroskey’s introversion scale by Richmond & McCroskey (1998) to determine the personality type for each subject and Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) by Oxford’s (1990) to see their learning strategy. The findings were explained by using the theory of language learning strategies by O’Malley and Chamot (1990). The result shows that the extrovert students used more language learning strategies highly frequently than introvert students with 12 items compared to introvert students with only 10 items. The most strategies used by extrovert students were cooperating and empathizing with others with 66.7% in always used, while the most strategy used by introvert students was note taking with 66.7% in often used.

The Implementation of Outdoor Learning Strategy Focusing on Outdoor Project to Enhance Students' Ability in Writing Descriptive Text Ratna Andina Piala; Sartin T Miolo; Titien Fatmawaty Mohammad
Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature Vol 2, No 2 (2021): Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature
Publisher : Univeristas Negeri Gorontalo

ABSTRACT Writing is the process of expressing and developing ideas in written form. Students face some difficulties in writing descriptive text, to solve this problem the researcher tried to enhance students writing ability in descriptive text by using Outdoor Learning Strategy. Outdoor learning strategy is a strategy that use natural or environment as a place to learn and it purpose to help students can understand the material. Therefore, this study aimed to know the students improvement after got treatment of outdoor learning strategy. This research used a descriptive quantitative method, with pre – experimental design with the type one group pre – test post – test design. Population of this study is all students of class X IPA SMA Negeri 1 Suwawa and sample of this research were the students class X IPA 3. The data were collected by doing test and scoring with rubric. This research were analyzing by using t test. The result of this research shows that the mean score of pre – test is 6.84 and post – test is 14.4. Moreover, the result of hypothesis verification, it is found that T count = 74.8 at the level of significance (a = 0.05) and degree of freedom (df) = 25 – 1= 24. Then, it is found that T table= 2.064. It can be concluded that Outdoor Learning strategy can enhance students ability in writing descriptive text, because based on the criteria above shows that t count is more than t table 74.8 ≥ 2.064. Thus, it can be concluded that Outdoor Learning strategy can enhance students’ ability in writing descriptive text. Keywords: writing, descriptive text, outdoor learning strategy

Building Positive Classroom Interaction through Positive Discourse Adriansyah Abu Katili
Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature Vol 2, No 2 (2021): Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature
Publisher : Univeristas Negeri Gorontalo

This article discusses how to build positive classroom interaction through positive classroom discourse. This article is focused on lecturers’ utterances that consist of lecturers’ sentence construction and speech acts. The lecturers’ speech acts were discussed based on Sinclair and Coulthard’s theory of classroom speech acts and Austin’s speech acts that were developed by Searle. Both sentence construction and the lecturers’ classroom speech acts affect classroom interaction. Positive discourse builds positive classroom interaction. In terms of sentence construction, the lecturer constructed Designedly Incomplete Utterance (DIU). This was designed to drive the students to complete them. In terms of lecturers’ speech acts, the lecturers performed elicitation and the students responded to it. The lecturer’s negative speech acts were an expressive illocutionary act of anger that built the classroom negatively. The DIU and elicitation were categorized as positive discourse and the anger expression was negative.

Students’ Voices on English Language Uses in an Islamic Boarding School in Gorontalo Fitriyanti Taib; Usman Pakaya; Abid Abid
Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature Vol 2, No 2 (2021): Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature
Publisher : Univeristas Negeri Gorontalo

In the Islamic boarding school settings as in Indonesia, all the students are required to master English language for their daily interaction, starting from year 7 up to 12. However, the students who are beginners may often feel challenged with it. The present of study, therefore, seeks to discover the students’ voices on English language uses outside classroom context at one of the Islamic boarding schools located in the Province of Gorontalo. The participants of this study were the students sitting at the junior high school level. Informed by a qualitative approach, data were collected by using observation fieldnotes and interview protocols, and analyzed using a thematic analysis. The findings showed that there were four themes representing students’ voices: lack of preparation, language learning preference, language use preference, and English use challenges. The findings suggest that the boarding school may need to create programs that encourage the students to learn and master English, and to facilitate them in making the most of their English language learning.

Polysemy in Justin Bieber's Song Lyrics Rafislam Dilapanga; Indri Wirahmi Bay; Jefriyanto Saud
Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature Vol 3, No 1 (2022): Jambura Journal of English Teaching and Literature
Publisher : Univeristas Negeri Gorontalo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37905/jetl.v3i1.13933

This research aimed to discover the types of polysemy words to determine the meaning of polysemy words in twelve Justin Bieber’s song lyrics. The qualitative-descriptive method was used in this research. The data were collected by downloading the lyrics, reading and understanding the lyrics, and note-taking. The researchers used the theory of Miles and Huberman (1994) to determine the steps of analyzing data. The theory of Asher (2011) was used to classify and analyze the polysemy word into types of polysemy which were accidental polysemy (unrelated meaning) and logical polysemy (related meaning). Furthermore, the theory of Haspelmath (2001) was used to classify and analyze the word classes of polysemy words. As a result, the researchers found 20 polysemy words which were 10 words classified into accidental polysemy, and 10 words classified into logical polysemy. Those polysemy words were mostly in abstract nouns. Lastly, this research was expected to provide valuable information about polysemy for other researchers who would take polysemy as the topic of the research.

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