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Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies
Published by Universitas Lancang Kuning
ISSN : 26847620     EISSN : 26849224     DOI : https://doi.org/10.31849
Core Subject : Education,
Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media
ELSYA Journal of English Language Studies (Theory and Application) is a triannual publication journal for all those involved in English Language Studies, whether as a second, additional, or foreign language, or as an international Lingua Franca. The Journal links the everyday concerns of practitioners with insights gained from relevant academic disciplines such as Linguistics, Literature, and Education in English context. ELSYA journal aims to provide a medium for informed discussion of the principles and practice which determine the ways in which English is taught, learnt and explored around the world. It also provides a forum for the exchange of information and ideas among members of the profession worldwide.
Arjuna Subject : Ilmu Sosial - Linguistik dan Bahasa
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Demystifying the Hegemony of the English Language: Scrutiny of ‘Gak Bisa Bahasa Inggris!’ Advertisement within a Semiotics Lens Ahmad Sugianto; Ilham Agung Prasetyo; Dewi Aria; Indiwan Seto Wahjuwibowo
Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/elsya.v4i2.7582

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Due to its overarching status and power, the English language has dominated and influenced nearly in various means of communication, and one of which is instantiated in advertisements. However, studies concerning the hegemony of the English language represented in an advertisement were found to be under-explored. Thereby, the present study aimed to scrutinise the domination and power of the English language, particularly in Indonesia, represented in one of the advertisements, which is a remake video of a viral video from 2017 to date, entitled ‘Gak Bisa Bahasa Inggris!’ from a Youtube Channel named Pahamy. Semiotic analysis was employed to analyse the advertisement. The findings revealed only five out of eight types of syntagma found comprising descriptive syntagma, bracket syntagma, episodic syntagma, autonomous shot, and scene. The present study concluded that it seemed not possible to have the eight syntagmatic types in a very short advertisement video, and some signs found in the advertisement could be used to shed light on the hegemony of the English language in Indonesia, which might result in either positive or negative effect; hence, any thoughtful consideration and action through multilingual education was advocated to solve or at least mitigate this issue.
Critical Discourse Analysis: The Negative Representation of the French President in France's English Online News Yulia Anggraeni; Elvi Citraresmana; Eko Wahyu Koeshandoyo
Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/elsya.v4i2.7797

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There is a scarcity of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) studies on the representation of social actors in news media, thus this study addressed this research gap by analysing the way news represented the French President Emmanuel Macron, regarding his controversial support of Samuel Paty, a history teacher in France who was murdered because he showed a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad in his class. This research aims to see the representation of Emmanuel Macron from the perspective of the French media, The Connexion France, which published their news in English language online to reach world-wide audience. Four articles of the news were purposively selected for this CDA study, which were published from October 18 until November 1, 2020. The French President’s representation was analysed with the nomination and predication strategies. Results showed that the Connexion France uses four nomination strategies to refer Emmanuel Macron. The professional anthroponyms refer to Emmanual Macron as “the President”, proper names as “Emmanuel Macron” to be the centre of the discourse, synecdoche as “Emmanuel Macron”, and deixis as “he” to avoid repetition the subject of the text. Two predication strategies were also used, the explicit predicate of how the President “has promised” action against Islamists and presupposition from the way the news linked pictures of boycotted French supermarket products with the President. This research provides a take on fresh news with CDA and can beneficial for the students who learn English language by showing how the media uses language for political figures.
Hospitality School Students’ Perception on the Use of Wordwall to Enrich Students’ Work-Ready Vocabulary Mastery Ni Nyoman Arsini; Made Hery Santosa; Ni Putu Era Marsakawati
Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/elsya.v4i2.8732

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This study addressed the gap of research on the innovative learning medium Wordwall for working adult learners by investigating the perceptions of students of Apollonia Hotel School in Denpasar, Indonesia, regarding how well Wordwall helps in increasing their English vocabulary during online learning. The method used by the researcher was qualitative. Data were collected from 10 respondents who had been selected with qualifications of activeness while studying, and always participated during the process. Data obtained from short questionnaire distributed through Google Form, then analysed using a qualitative descriptive model according to Creswell, (2012). From the data analysis, the researcher found that the students had high enthusiasm in learning vocabulary through the Wordwall application. This application provides various types of creative and interactive vocabulary games. The disadvantage is that this application does not provide a place to explain explanations for students' answers, both right and wrong. Students have the opportunity to learn about context and changes to sentences in games. Based on this analysis, it proves that Wordwall is an effective learning media to help increase students' vocabulary as a future career opportunity. In addition, Wordwall is also effectively used during online learning to provide interesting vocabulary questions. From this study, it is suggested for hospitality lecturers to use Wordwall application because it can help students to be more motivated to learn English vocabulary.
Discovering the Pattern of Pop Song Artist’s Word Formation Processes for Slangs Yanti Kristina Sinaga; Herman Herman; Arwin Tannuary
Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/elsya.v4i2.6337

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Songs is one of the most popular creations of human language, but linguistic study of this medium is still limited. One popular trend is to study the slangs in songs, but previous studies often used a single song or albums with little data, thus this study aims to explore the word formation of slangs in a pop album known for its numerous slangs in each song, namely the album Heaven & Hell by Ava Max. This study is descriptive qualitative research. The data is the lyrics of the 15 songs of the album which were analysed with content analysis to identify the slang word formation processes. Of the total 545 slangs, results found five types of processes: contraction, shortening, blending, clipping and compounding. Contraction is the most dominant type by a huge margin (77%), which is significantly different with the majority of previous studies’ conclusion that clipping is the most dominant type. This study offers a new insight by extending the amount of data. Similar studies in the past have mostly conducted this study on less than 200 data of slangs in a single song or a selection of a few songs in an album, while this study included all 15 songs in an album to obtain more than 500 data and found the pattern of dominant types of slang word formation process to be different than what has been reported over the years.
Vlogging as an Assessment Tool in ELT: A Study Among Adult Learners in a Distance Learning Programme Nor Ashikin Ab Manan; Noraziah Azizan
Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/elsya.v4i2.8160

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The study was conducted to address the problem of English language speaking anxiety among adult ESL learners by introducing vlogging as one of the learning activities and as an assessment of speaking skills. The main objective of this action research was to establish whether vlogging assignments could assist in alleviating speaking anxiety among adult learners and in determining whether the students' vlogs posted in the class's Facebook group could be used as part of the course's speaking assessment to replace face-to-face presentation. A qualitative research design was adopted in this study. The study employed purposeful sampling, and the participants chosen came from an intact group of thirty adult learners who enrolled in a distance learning programme at a public university in Malaysia. The study was conducted in the students’ ‘English for Communication’ class over a study period of fourteen weeks. The data was collected at the end of the study period through focused group interviews and analysed using the thematic analysis method, and presented descriptively. It was found that vlogging is effective in increasing the students’ English talk time outside class which consequently contributes to increasing their self-confidence and alleviating speaking anxiety. Thus, it can be concluded that vlogging is effective in lessening language speaking anxiety among the participants and can effectively be used as an assessment tool to reduce test-taking anxiety. Facebook group is also found to be a suitable platform for group interactions as it provides a non-threatening learning environment for the learners. The findings of the study have potential implications for English language teaching among adult learners.
How First and Second Languages Influence Indonesian Students’ English as a Third Language: Transfer and Interference Analysis Andiopenta Purba
Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/elsya.v4i2.8704

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In the face of the scarcity of linguistic studies on Batak Toba language, this study tries to contribute by investigating how Batak Toba students’ local language and mother tongue’s elements are transferred to their English as a foreign language output. Specifically, this study aims to describe the transfer and interference of Batak Toba and Indonesian as first and/or second language and how they influence learners’ English as a third language. The study observed 15 English Education programme students who were selected via snowball sampling and analysed the way the students speak and translate a set of phrases to their respective second and third languages. Results indicated that the students’ first and second languages interferes with their English language performance at the phonological, morphological, and syntactic levels. The novelty of this study is that it offers a detailed investigation of how students whose first language, Batak Toba, and second language, Indonesian, interfere with the foreign language that is a mandatory subject in the country’s formal education system, namely English. Recommendations for teachers, particularly teachers of Indonesian learners whose students are primarily bilingual and multilingual, are discussed.
Critical Discourse Analysis on “Bright: An English” Textbook: Gender Equity in a Popular EFL School Textbook in Indonesia Andi Aspian Nur Apsari; Didin Nuruddin Hidayat; Nida Husna; Alek Alek
Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/elsya.v4i2.9549

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Using Critical Discourse Analysis as an analysis tool, this study explores gender representation in the national EFL textbook “Bright: An English” for Eighth Grade Junior High School students, a book utilized in Al-Ikhlas Lambuya Junior High School’s learning and teaching process. Fairclough's three-dimensional framework was used to examine the data in this study. The study aims to see how gender roles are communicated and how gender equity is reflected in the textbook. To uncover the power imbalance or disparity between males and females, characteristics such as male and female visual representation, male and female characters, male and female social, domestic duties, male and female semantic roles, and activities were investigated. The research revealed a gender bias in favour of men in particular functions and activities, such as becoming an 'athlete,' engaging in social events, and participating in sports. On the other hand, female dominance is evident in that female students outnumber male students significantly. Nevertheless, the study discovered some equality in terms of pictorial representation, some activities, and roles. Although conventional roles and behaviours are associated with female and male genders in this book, all genders are equally portrayed in terms of social position, power, and domination. Furthermore, no ideology such as anti-feminism or masculinity is discussed in this text.
Interlingual Errors in Indonesian EFL learners' Pronunciation: From Minimal Pairs to Speaking Ability: Frans Sayogie; Muhammad Fadhli Adbaka
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/elsya.v4i2.9693

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The majority of previous research observed phonemes produced individually to examine errors. As a result, based on the concept of minimum pairings, this study offered a novel way of assessing interlingual errors based on the concept of minimal pairings. This study examines the interlingual errors in consonant minimal pairs to see the correlation between the errors and the speaking ability that happened to high school students. There are several consonants which are being used such as /v/, /θ̠/, /ð̠/, /ʃ/, /t̠ʃ/, /ʤ/, /f/, /t/, /d/, /z/, and /s/ as indicators to find the interlingual errors. This study is descriptive qualitative research that examines the interlingual errors produced by high school students when utilizing English minimal pairs of consonants. All of the consonants acted as the test tool for the 19 selected students in the form of 10 minimal pairs. The research found that students did have difficulties when they were pronouncing the consonant minimal pairs such as /d/ & /ð/, /f/ & /v/, and /ʃ/ & /t̠ʃ/. Thus, the difficulties that occurred in the students’ pronunciation also generate speaking ability between students based on the interlingual errors. The findings showed that high school students mostly struggled with their pronunciation when uttering consonants that do not exist in the Indonesian language. In conclusion, interlingual errors play an important role as a method in teaching a foreign language to see the consonant errors happen in high school students when pronouncing the English language.
Assessment of English Foreign Language Learners: MOOC Material Resume and Review of Online Professional English Network (OPEN) Misnawati Misnawati
Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/elsya.v4i2.9755

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As a personal research note, this paper presents the summary and review of the course material "Assessment of English Language Learners" from the author's participation in the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) program offered by the U.S. Department of State as the Online Professional English Network (OPEN). This article is suitable for practical tests for ESL/EFL teachers in classes where students learn English as a second language. It aims to fill the lack of literature on assessing English Language Learners, especially regarding meaningful and purposeful assessment studies in L2 language classes. This paper serves the information as a contribution to 1) determine a meaningful assessment; 2) collect and use data to use the right assessment; 3) select the types of alternative assessment; 4) foster students' motivation and engagement through assessment; and 5) making assessment fun. This paper's contributions will supplement teachers in determining the most appropriate assessment in line with their students' needs. In addition, assessment should act as an evaluation tool and be turned into something fun in the classroom so that students can get many benefits at once, namely learning experiences and learning outcomes. This article is recommended for practical assessments for EFL teachers in English second language learning classes.

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