REiLA: Journal of Research and Innovation in Language
REiLA Journal of Research and Innovation in Language is a double-blind peer-reviewed international journal published triannual on April, August and December. It is dedicated to promoting scholarly exchange among teachers and researchers in the field of languages. Although articles are written in English, the journal welcomes studies dealing with other than English as well. The scope of REiLA includes the following fields: The subject covers textual and fieldwork studies with various perspectives of Language, research of History, Society, Humanity, and also various perspectives in Education interest.
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<![CDATA[Bilingual Education vs English-only Approach at Australia’s Northern Territory Schools ]]>
<![CDATA[Fadhlur Rahman]]>
<![CDATA[ REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[The Institute of Research and Community Service (LPPM) - Universitas Lancang Kuning ]]>
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DOI: 10.31849/reila.v2i1.3854
<![CDATA[The present library research highlights the “English-only” approach used in the Aboriginal classrooms in Northern Territory (NT) schools, Australia. This library study collects its data from five decades (1968-2018) of research and theorisation on the implementation of English instruction at Indigenous classrooms in Australia by referring to the changes of approaches from bilingual instruction policy to the current “English-only” approach. The writer then reports the problems occurred in the implementation of this approach in the specific classroom interaction. Factors like socio-cultural gap and dysfunctional discourse were found to be influencing the ineffective English-only classroom in the NT schools. What alternatives may have been tried in the Northern territory schools and to what degree of success?]]>
<![CDATA[Incorporating Communicative Competence in Assessment and English Language Teaching in Multilingual Settings ]]>
<![CDATA[Ella Yuzar]]>
<![CDATA[ REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language ]]>
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DOI: 10.31849/reila.v2i1.3864
<![CDATA[There has been a high level of agreement among scholars that communicative competence should be integrated within language learning and assessments. The study attempts to unravel the issues of how communicative competence can be assessed and measured in multilingual environments and how communicative language testing can be promoted. Using the content analysis approach as the qualitative method, it begins with the historical review of communicative competence that started at the beginning of 1970s to the most current concept involving intercultural communicative competence. Then, some practical models of communicative competence that can be used to propose a measurement of communicative competence are presented. Later, this article argues that there is an upsurge need to shift the paradigm of language testing and language assessment towards communicative competence. Moreover, the nature of language testing should not only concern linguistic or knowledge competence but also recognize the different varieties of English. This study implies that, in the field of language testing, language test designers should encompass the concept of communicative competence in the test construct to include real-life language use, and by extension, to increase test validity. As for teachers, a reform integrating communicative competence in classroom language assessment has become essential within the scope of language teaching.]]>
<![CDATA[Discourse Analysis in E-Learning-Based Course Using Moodle Platform: An Experimental Design ]]>
<![CDATA[Silvia Eka Putri]]>;
<![CDATA[Budianto Hamuddin]]>;
<![CDATA[Mutia Sari Nursafira]]>;
<![CDATA[Tatum Derin]]>
<![CDATA[ REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language ]]>
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DOI: 10.31849/reila.v2i1.3960
<![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic has caused educational institutions all over the world to migrate their teachings online. Since Indonesian government issued the SK Mendiknas No. 107/U/2001, educational institutions had to steadily integrate their learning process with technology. So, this study intends to investigate the effectiveness of using the open-source learning platforms known as Moodle in a selected university, Universitas Lancang Kuning (Unilak) in Indonesia. While multiple courses uses Moodle, this study selected to analyse the 2017/2018 fifth semester students as they are the ones who pioneered Moodle for other classes to use. With a quasi-experimental research design, this study used four types of test to calculate the results of the essay pre-test and post-test on both experimental and control classes. With the eventual mean of 65.53 for the experimental class and 63.25 for the control, this study proved that Moodle does effectively improve Indonesian university EFL students’ learning compared to conventional lecture-style learning. Future research is hoped to extend or compare this study with an investigation on how university EFL students are using e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors that have not been covered in this empirical study.]]>
<![CDATA[Language Comparison Between Swahili and Malay Languages with Semantic and Pragmatic Problems ]]>
<![CDATA[Shintia Dwi Putri]]>
<![CDATA[ REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language ]]>
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DOI: 10.31849/reila.v2i1.3961
<![CDATA[The purpose of this study is to explore the similarities and differences of Malay and Kiswahili, which is better known as Swahili. This study intends to investigate the patterns of response from Malays and Kiswahili. In discussing the idea of linguistic meaning by comparing the Swahili language with Malay, this study focuses on different meanings, assuming that there will be differences regarding the discussion of meaning types that can enhance understanding and appreciation of linguistic meaning. The discussion takes a general conceptual orientation of approach that considers language to be an analysis where the analytical unit is speech acts. From a broader perspective, this article distinguishes the conceptual and associative meaning of the use of Malay and Swahili languages then begins dealing with the individual types. There are five types of meanings discussed, namely conceptual, connotative, social, affective and collocative. The results show that there are many differences between Malay and Swahili languages. The connotation is meaning that is still difficult to understand, and it is what requires the continuation of learning semantics and pragmatics because every language has a different meaning following the culture.]]>
<![CDATA[Five Factors Influencing the Students’ Motivation to Learn English as a Foreign Language: A Closer Look into Montessori Classroom Environment ]]>
<![CDATA[Febti Batubara]]>;
<![CDATA[Tatum Derin]]>;
<![CDATA[Nunung Susilo Putri]]>;
<![CDATA[Ratih Saltri Yudar]]>
<![CDATA[ REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020): REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language ]]>
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DOI: 10.31849/reila.v2i2.3165
<![CDATA[Good learning environment will bring out qualified students. This study focuses on the Montessori method, which is an approach of education designed to train the students’ independence in learning. The study uses descriptive quantitative research design to describe the factors of Montessori classroom environment on the motivation of students in Royal Prime Montessori Elementary School Pekanbaru in academic year 2018/2019. The sample of study is 55 students selected from five classes. The data were collected using questionnaire and observation checklist. This study found five factors influencing the students’ motivational condition, i.e., teacher’s presence, personal attitude, Montessori materials, classroom conditions and friends’ influence. This study revealed that the students taught with this method are active and cooperative during their English learning activities.]]>
<![CDATA[Analysing Reading Skill in National Plus School Curriculum: Phonological Awareness of Young Learners ]]>
<![CDATA[Jumerli Ariati]]>
<![CDATA[ REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020): REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language ]]>
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DOI: 10.31849/reila.v2i2.4007
<![CDATA[This research aims to analyse reading skill of English for young learners in SES national plus school which teaches their classes using full Indonesian or full English. The researcher used phonological awareness test to determine the students’ ability to switch between the two languages. 63 young learners from the selected school were tested to find out the nature of their awareness when it comes to the reading tasks. This study used central tendency measures of descriptive statistics to summarise and describe the data. The results indicate that the respondents displayed phonological awareness in some tasks and experienced difficulties in other tasks. Various deficits in phonological awareness of the bilingually educated young learners were observed and categorised as Initial Sound Identification, Final Sound Detection, Final Sound Detection and Letter Identification]]>
<![CDATA[A Study of Hot and Cold Metaphors in Iraqi Arabic ]]>
<![CDATA[Khalid Wahaab Jabber]]>;
<![CDATA[Hayder Tuama Jasim Al-Saedi]]>
<![CDATA[ REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020): REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language ]]>
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DOI: 10.31849/reila.v2i2.4227
<![CDATA[The present study is an attempt to explore the ways of an Iraqi Arabic speaker conceptualises his/her understanding of various abstract domains of emotions or feeling and attitudes through his/her experiences of concrete domains of Cold and Hot metaphors. Lakoff & Johnson’s (1980) Conceptual Metaphor Theory is adopted to analyse the collected data. Idiomatic expressions and proverbs are chosen specifically from the southern dialect where they are widely used in daily interaction. The data analysis classified the results according to their abstract and concrete domains of the sampled data. The findings of this study showed different conceptualisations of the Hot and Cold metaphor in Iraqi Arabic. The study concluded that these metaphors are used to conceive more of the abstract concepts of emotions, feelings, and attitudes. Cold domain is used to conceptualise the bad habits of people, and it is also used to conceptualise some good habits, on the other hand. Whereas Hot domain is used to conceptualise the more intensive of emotions and attitudes. The study concluded that the sharp emotions, feelings and attitudes that are understood from the conceptualisation of Hot and Cold conceptual metaphors, are experienced from the more concrete domains of hard things.]]>
<![CDATA[Sexism in Elementary EFL Textbooks: Spotted in Uzbekistan ]]>
<![CDATA[Nasiba Norova]]>
<![CDATA[ REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020): REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language ]]>
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DOI: 10.31849/reila.v2i2.4470
<![CDATA[The current study examines the representation of gender in four English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks, Kid’s English, for elementary students produced in Uzbekistan. The study implements Fairclough's (2013) three-dimensional discourse approach: description, interpretation, and explanation for textbook analysis. The quantitative analysis of EFL textbooks unveiled an imbalance in gender representation depicting males more than females. Underrepresentation of females in the textbooks demonstrates that Kids' English EFL textbooks have a sexist ideology and stereotypical agenda. The study suggests that the sexist ideology of the textbooks perpetuates patriarchy and unfair gender societal values hindering the development of gender equality efforts in the EFL context of Uzbekistan.]]>
<![CDATA[Challenges Confronting the Administration of English Language Program: Secondary School Context in Nigeria ]]>
<![CDATA[Niyi Jacob Ogunode]]>
<![CDATA[ REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020): REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language ]]>
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DOI: 10.31849/reila.v2i2.4506
<![CDATA[This objective of this study was to investigate the challenges facing the administration of English Language program in Senior Secondary schools in Abaji Area Council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nigeria. The study used questionnaire as instrument for data collection. 80 respondents were selected from the entire population of English teachers and school administrators in Abaji. Purposive research techniques were employed to select the respondents. Research survey method was adopted for the study. To determine the reliability of the instrument, test and retest methods. The data collected were analysed using simple percentage, mean statistical and chi-square was employed to test the hypotheses. The result collected from the study led to the following conclusion that scant fund, shortage of professional English teacher, inadequate English language instructional materials, deficient English laboratory, poor capacity development of English language teachers and paltry motivation of English language teacher are the challenges affecting the effective administration of English language program in Abaji secondary Schools.]]>
<![CDATA[Impact of Vocabulary Learning Strategies on Gender Based ESL Learners in Pakistan ]]>
<![CDATA[Muhammad Safdar Bhatti]]>;
<![CDATA[Rafia Mukhtar]]>
<![CDATA[ REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language Vol. 2 No. 3 (2020): REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language ]]>
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DOI: 10.31849/reila.v2i3.4603
<![CDATA[The wide spectrum of English language compels readers to find out the exact crux of the language itself. English has won the status of international language. It has become a dire need of this age. The English language is comparatively difficult due to its pronunciation, sentence structure and vocabulary level from local languages in Pakistan. Vocabulary is the utmost aspect of learning a second language. It is the essence and soul of language. The language process depends on learning vocabulary. So the current paper investigates the impact of vocabulary learning strategies for the ESL learners in Pakistan. It was an experimental type of research. One hundred students of Grade-9 in the academic year 2019-20 participated in this study. The data was collected through test and questionnaire. The study results revealed that the students who were taught by the ESL learning techniques (semantic mapping, imaging and pics, visual and auditory, group association and word contact) performed better as compared with the students in the traditional vocabulary learning method. Female students performed better in the experimental group. ESL male learners used group association learning technique at priority, and ESL female learners used visual and auditory learning at their priority. The researchers recommend that English language teachers should use vocabulary learning strategies for teaching English to ESL learners.]]>
