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Prominent : Journal of English Studies
Published by Universitas Muria Kudus
ISSN : 2621024X     EISSN : 26210258     DOI : https://doi.org/10.24176/pro.v3i2
Core Subject : Education,
Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other
Prominent Journal of English Studies is a national journal of OJS published by English Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Muria Kudus (UMK) dedicated to publish high quality articles of research and non-research in the field of English Studies covering linguistics, literature, teaching, education, translation, culture, information and communication technology (ICT).
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Academic Speaking Students’ Efforts in Minimizing Their Lack of Self- Confidence Novita Kusuma Ningrum; Listyani Listyani
Prominent Vol 5, No 2 (2022): Prominent: Journal of English Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24176/pro.v5i2.7874

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The existence of self-confidence is needed and related with students’ academic achievement, which in this context of the study is speaking skills. Speaking skills are the language learning aspects that are also crucial for students to master to have good communication. Unfortunately, speaking skills cannot be mastered because of the lack of self-confidence that is commonly faced by EFL learners. By seeing this reality, the researcher tried to identify the causes of the lack of self - confidence faced by Academic Speaking students (FLA-UKSW) and the efforts that the students implemented to overcome their lack-of self-confidence. This study used a qualitative method in collecting data. The data were collected from thirty-three Academic Speaking students using open-ended questions and semi-structured interviews. The findings indicated the causes of the lack of self-confidence were fear of making mistakes, lack of speaking skills formally, public speaking anxiety and personal experience influenced. The efforts used by students were talking in front of a mirror, practicing pronunciation, rehearsing with friends, mastering materials, making notes, watching YouTube videos. The result of these findings hopefully helped students who are dealing with self-confidence in academic context specifically in speaking skills.                
THE ANALYSIS OF GENERIC STRUCTURE OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS PRODUCED BY COLLEGE STUDENTS Achmad Hilal Madjdi; Atik Rokhayani
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24176/pro.v5i2.7730

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Writing is a challenging skill for some English students. Before writing, students must consider the genre. A text type is genre. It's not easy to apply genre theory in writing. The students must comprehend the text's genre, general organization, and lexico-grammatical features. They have lots of ideas but can't put them into a nice writing. This is a big issue for some EFL students. This study examined the impact of genre choice and generic structure on students' writing. The researchers studied the English Class of the Psychology Department of Universitas Muria Kudus. This study is descriptive qualitative. The descriptive qualitative examines the study of students' writings based on genre choice and generic structure. This study was conducted in English class at Universitas Muria Kudus at Psychology Department. Based on the research findings, students' descriptive texts consisted of a generic structure of identification and description. A person's introduction is described in identification. A person is described in a description. Identification and description were well used by all students. Thus, the students consistently used generic structure in their writings. However, there were issues with punctuation, diction, and meaning. This research may help English Education Department, especially students who need to better their texts and think about generic organization and challenges while writing.
CREATIVE, FUN, AND EFFECTIVE WRITING IN EFL CLASSROOMS Irma Herawati; Tono Suwartono; Pipit Sri Mularsih
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24176/pro.v5i2.8304

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“Writing is difficult”. That might be the most common expression when the students are asked to make a writing composition, especially an English language composition. Actually, writing is a challenging activity not only for the students but also for the teacher. From the students’ point of view, writing is about finding the idea, organizing it, making sentences, and constructing them into coherent paragraphs or essay. Unfortunately, the students have lack of vocabulary to write and motivation in joining writing class. On the other side, the teacher is struggling with how to make the students able to find the ideas, then build them to make a good composition. The teacher must empower many kinds of media and also methods as well as techniques to make the writing class fun and effective. Hopefully, by practicing those suggested methods and techniques the students writing ability can be significantly improved.
STUDY OF LANGUAGE STYLES IN PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN’S VICTORY SPEECH Budi Susatyo; Dholiful Hadi
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24176/pro.v5i2.8050

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This study is a study of the Language Style in a speech on Youtube com with its subtitle,  entitled: President-elect Joe Biden stands on stage with his wife Jill, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. Transcript of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory speech Saturday night in Wilmington, Del., as delivered. Provided by the Biden campaign: The Language Style used by Joe Biden are: Repetition, Metaphor, Euphemism, Persuasion, Climax, Anti-tesis, Repetition, Rhetoric, Idiom, Literal Meaning, Persuasive Slogan.Language Style used by Joe Biden could give a positive comprehension, enthusiasm, motivation, understanding for the effectiveness of the audience as well as the listeners and the viewers. This  can be understood  from his speech that the audience often pay attention in each language style (can be seen on Joe Biden makes a history speech " in Wilmington.Messages can enhance 'understanding' or 'message comprehension'. The use of  Language Style  in Joe Biden speech can facilitate understanding. Complex ideas may be conveyed more clearly through Language Style or rhetoric. Stored messages can help to 'alert' a message. The use of various syntactic patterns or figurative words can help audiences remember an important element in the message. The message conveyed can increase the persuasion appeal. Key words: Figurative Meanings, Speeches, Rhetorics, Motivation, Enthusiasm
SPONTANEITY ELEMENTS FOUND IN SPOKEN DISCOURSE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS Dina Novita Wijayanti; Atik Rokhayani
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24176/pro.v5i2.7587

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Speaking English is useful to share information to other people around the world. To communicate appropriately, the students can fulfill the features of spontaneity. In fact, the students of Psychology Department of Muria Kudus University find difficulty to achieve the ideal situation. They do not know how to respond to the speaker spontaneously. To fill the empty space, the participants can apply spontaneity elements. The study is intended to analyze and explain the types of spontaneity elements found in the spoken discourse of university students and the university students’ understanding of spoken discourse. The design of the study used is discourse analysis. The participants were 16 students who did job interviews in pairs for 10 minutes. To collect the data is by using documentation. The findings showed that the types of spontaneity elements found in spoken discourse of university students are 176 occurrences consist of 45 repetitions (25.6%), 121 filled pauses (68.7%), 1 backtracking (0.6%), 9 incomplete utterances (5.1%). The students often use filled pauses to maintain the speaking consistency and seldom to use backchannels because they seldom to restatement the previous utterance while the students’ understanding of spoken discourse is low. It occurs because 3 elements of spontaneity are less than 50%, while 1 element is more than 50%. The students are actively speaking English only in the class. So, it is suggested for the students to speak English in daily life because by practicing to speak English, it can increase progress.
THE OBSTACLES IN LEARNING VOCABULARY OF EFL STUDENTS Nisrina Lutfiyah; Nuraeningsih Nuraeningsih; Rusiana Rusiana
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24176/pro.v5i2.8257

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There are many problems faced by students which prevent them from improving their English skills and abilities. One of the most common is their vocabulary mastery. This study aimed to figure out what obstacles they encountered in learning vocabulary and what strategies they used to solve their problems. It is a survey and the respondents were 30 students of second semester students of Universitas Muria Kudus. Questionnaire was used as the instrument to obtain data. The study revealed that there were several obstacles in learning vocabulary, i.e., difficulty in distinguishing how to spell and pronounce English words correctly, difficulty in developing their vocabulary skills and difficulty in using vocabulary correctly and difficulty in understanding the connotation. To solve the problems, the students do some strategies, namely (1) dictionary strategy and memorization (2) peer practice (3) listening to music or watching English videos (4) share and discussion with friends, and (5) additional individual class.

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