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Published by Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Majene

ISSN : 27154408 EISSN : 27154416 DOI : https://jurnal.stainmajene.ac.id/index.php/lets/ar

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Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies (p-ISSN: 2715-4408, e-ISSN: 2715-4416) is an open access and peer-reviewed journal published biannually by English Program of Education and Teaching Training Department of State Islamic College of Majene, West Sulawesi. LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies publishes research papers which focus on the following issues: (a) language learning, teaching, and assessment, (b) second language acquisition, (c) language curriculum and material development, (d) linguistics and applied linguistics, (e) cultural issues in language studies, and English literature and cultural studies.

Arjuna Subject : Umum - Umum

Articles 51 Documents

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Act of Resistance against Government Policies in Slavery as Reflected in Uncle Tom’s Cabin Anugrah Murtini
LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies Vol. 1 No. 2 (2020): LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies
Publisher : Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Majene

The aims of this research were to find the implementation of government policies toward the AfricanAmerican slaves in America and act of resistance against slavery system as reflected in the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The research employs a descriptive qualitative method by applying sociological approach in analyzing Uncle Tom’s Cabin with reference to Wellek and Warren on the relationship between literary work and social context in which it was written. Data sources are primary and supporting data. The primary data are taken from Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and supporting data are taken from the books, journals, articles, and some sources from internet. In this novel, the researcher found that; 1) Government policies toward the African-American slaves reflected in Uncle Tom’s Cabin are Slave Codes 1705 and Fugitive Slave Act 1850 2) the act of resistence by the slaves against slavery system reflected in this novel is passive resistence. Passive resistences are shown by the characters of the slave such as runnaway, tell a lie, and protesting the authority of their owner.

The Correlation between Students’ Self-Confidence and Speaking Performance Andi Mangnguntungi Sudirman; Rusdiana Junaid; Ibo Indira Tamallo
LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies Vol. 1 No. 2 (2020): LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies
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The research aims to examine the correlation between students’ self-confidence and speaking performance in SMAN EX Palopo. The researcher implemented quantitative as the research design because the data in this research was correlation design. The sample of this research consist of students MIA 1, MIA 2, MIA 3. The researcher took five samples from each class. The researcher used the students score from spoken test to categorize as samples of this research. To collect the data, the researcher employed two kinds instrument, such as: Speaking Test and questioners. The result of correlation analysis shows that there is no correlation between students’ self-confidence and speaking performance in SMAN EX Palopo. It proofed from p-value (0.088) is higher than α (0.05). Therefore H0 is accepted and H1 is rejected

The Use of Jargons of Clash of Clans Game by Makassarese Teenagers Yudhi Faizal Eka Putra; Serliah Nur; Rabiatul Adawiah; Nurfitrah Nurfitrah
LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies Vol. 1 No. 2 (2020): LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies
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Online Games are popular for Indonesian teenagers, and one of them is the Clash of Clans (COC). Each online game has specific terms. Those are known as jargon. This study is aimed to find jargons of Clash of Clans used by teenagers. It is qualitative research using a descriptive method. The result shows that there are seventeen jargons used by three teenagers. They are Archer Troops, Barbarian Troops, Wall Level 3, Wall Level 1, Town Hall 3 Starts, Mortar, Golem, Hogs, Wars, Builder, Hidden Tesla, Clan Castle, Giant, Healer, and Elixir. Those jargons are used in other contexts, out of that online game. the players use this jargon language by considering the things in real life with all of the things in Clash of Clans. So the jargon language from the game is accidentally said by teenagers in their real-life context.

Using Video Critics Strategy in Developing Students’ Writing Muh Asshiddiq; Farida Abd Rauf
LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies Vol. 1 No. 2 (2020): LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies
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This study was aimed to see the writing ability development at SMA Negeri 11 Sidrap. The objective of this study is to get the empirical data of the differences between students’ score of writing test who were and were not taught by using Video Critics strategy. The population of this research consists of 56 students. The sample of the research were class XI IPS as the experimental group which consists of 17 students and XI MIPA as the control group which consists of 39 students. The research method used in this research was quasi-experimental with nonequivalent control group design. The data was collected through pretest and posttest. It aimed to know whether Video Critics strategy in teaching writing can develop students’ writing ability

Comparing between Total Physical Response and Silent Way Method to Develop Students’ Speaking Ability Andi Muhammad Syafri Idris; Abu Bakar Juddah; Nurhamdah Nurhamdah
LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies Vol. 1 No. 2 (2020): LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies
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The objective of the research is to get information about comparing between total physical response and silent way to develop speaking students’ ability at second grade senior high school 1 liliriaja Kab. Soppeng. This was a quasi-experimental research using two classes on pre-test and post-test design, the population of this research was second grade senior high school 1 liliriaja Kab. Soppeng. The technique to take the sample is cluster random sampling and the data was analyzed into descriptive statistics and T-test. The result of data analyzing shows that the students’ achievement of control class at pre-test 3,5625 and post test 5,59375, experimental class at pre-test 2,71875 and post-test 4,46875. While the result of t-test score was greater than t table. For the effectiveness of the speaking classroom context, the method tends to provide difficulties in practicing the speaking method. The researcher suggests the future researchers to conduct the relevant research by adding some new aspects into it. The aspects can be expanded in terms of the method used, number of research variables, research participants, etc

Using Quickwriting in Improving the Students’ Ability to Write Paragraph Abdullah Syukur; Ardhy Supraba
LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies
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The objectives of this research were to find out: the ability of the second semester students of Informatics Study Program at Cokroaminoto Palopo University in writing paragraph through quickwriting. This research employed quantitative method. The method used in this research was pre-experimental with one group pretest-posttest design. The istrument was writing test. The results of the research shows that quickwriting is effective to be used to improve students’ ability in writing because there was a significant difference between the progresses in writing of the students who were studying through quickwriting and those are not. By quickwriting strategy, the students can express their ideas easily without stopping and rushing. It gave them writing power and easy to understand. No more stopping in writing because it’s under the pressure of time, and the students’ attitude of the second semester students of Informatics Study Program Cokroaminoto Palopo University in learning English writing was positive and more interested in learning English writing through quickwriting strategy. It was proved that there was significant difference between the result of students’ pre-test and post-test by the value of t-test (12.50) is greater than the value of t-table (2.011).

The Correlation between Students’ Vocabulary Mastery and Students’ Reading Comprehension Netty Huzniati Andaz
LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies
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Vocabulary is one of essential language element which help student to comprehend the reading text. Students are able to understand what they read easily if they have amount of vocabulary. Therefore, this research was aimed to explore the correlation of student’ vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension at the second Grade of SMPN 1 Kolaka. This research used quantitative descriptive design. The design of this research was quantitative descriptive. The population of this research was the second grade students of SMPN 1 Kolaka which was consisted of eight classes. The total number of the population was 206 students. To take the sample, the researcher used purposive sampling that was class VIIIB, it was comprised of 26 students. To gather the data, the researcher used two kinds of test; vocabulary test and reading test. The data was analyzed by using the formulation of Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The result of data analysis showed that rxy was 0.705 was higher than rt was 0.404 with the degree of freedom (df=N-nr) was 24. Meanwhile, from the result of hypothesis testing was α ≠ 0 or rxy was higher than rt which meant the score of vocabulary and reading was straight comparable. So that, H0 and H2 was rejected and H1 was accepted. It was indicated that there was a positive correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and students’ reading comprehension at the second grade of SMP Negeri 1 kolaka in academic year 2017/2018.

A Textbook Evaluation of Socio-Cultural Contexts in “Got It Series” Mehdi Nasri; Ehsan Namaziandost; Elnaz Zariholhosseini
LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies
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This study investigated the appropriateness of socio-cultural contexts in Got It Series. To do so, a survey questionnaire was applied to elicit the teachers and supervisors’ perceptions towards the Series. The findings revealed that the intercultural content of the Series was understandable and positively evaluated by the participants. However, according to the results of this test, there were significant differences among the means of these categories. The results suggested that among five categories in the questionnaire, the highest mean belonged to cultural presentation. In addition, the lowest mean belonged to aims and achievements. Variance analyzed accompanying with repeated measure ANOVA were used to compare the means. According to the results of this test, there were significant differences among the means of these categories. The results of Bonferroni Post-Hoc suggested that the mean of the aims and achievements was less in comparison to other categories, and there were no significant differences among other categories. The supervisors agreed more with the questions included in category D in comparison to the teachers. Moreover, there were no significant differences between these two groups in other categories.

Improving Speaking Skill through Peer Tutoring Strategy to Members of An English Meeting Club Alim Akkas
LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies
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English speaking skill helps people to communicate and interact with other people. The objective of the research is to know whether peer tutoring strategy is able to or not to improve the speaking skill of members of YEMC of MTs YMPI Rappang in learning speaking through peer tutoring strategy. This research used pre-experimental method by one group pre-test post-test design. The population was the members of YMEC of MTs YMPI Rappang. The sample of this research was 20 members. The technique of sampling was total sampling technique. The data was analyzed by using SPSS version 17 computer software and the second question was analyzed by using questionnaire. The result calculation of mean score pre-test of students was 7, and mean score post-test of students was 10,35. It showed that members' seapking skill was improved. The result finding that SPSS output for paired sample t-test= 11,513 and sig (2-tailed) = 0,000. This out reveals that sig= 0,000 was lower p-value= 0,05. It showed the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted, which t-test value (11,513)was greater than t-table value (2,093). Based on data analysis, the researcher concluded that through peer tutoring strategy can improve the speaking skills at members of YEMC of MTs YMPI Rappang. Based on the calculation, peer tutoring strategy has a very strong influence to improve the members speaking skill.

Assertive and Expressive Speech Act Used by English Teachers and Its Implications Rezky Uspayanti
LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): LETS: Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies
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This study focused on the use of assertive and expressive speech acts by English teachers and its’ implication in teaching and learning process. The study was done in Senior High School 1 Pinrang. The sample was two English teachers. The sample was taken by using a purposive sample. The sample was chosen because they produced more speech acts in teaching and learning process. In collecting the data, classroom recording, observation checklist and interview were used. In analyzing data from classroom recording and interview, the researcher used qualitative data analysis that consisted of three stages: data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing/verification. The results show that teacher A and B used representative and expressive speech act with a different function. Teacher A used representative speech acts which functions were informing, explaining, asserting and concluding the material, while teacher B used representative speech acts which functions were explaining, informing and asserting the material. For expressive speech act, teacher A used expressive speech acts which functions were greeting, apologizing and pleasure or happy feeling, while teacher B used expressive speech acts in classroom interaction which functions were greeting, taking students’ attention, apologizing, and pleasure in terms of thanking. For implication of speech acts are as the way in making the students understood on the teacher’s explanation and used English properly. Therefore, it is also as the way to motivate the students, avoid the misunderstanding in learning process, build up the effective communication build up their understanding, know the communicative functions, stimulate each other and would be used to hear and use English.

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