Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics
Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics is a peer-reviewed academic journal of studies in English language teaching and learning published biannually in January and July. Given that the journal prioritizes research reports in ELT, viewpoint articles in the same field will be considered for publication. The scope includes the teaching and learning of English as a foreign or second language: teaching strategies, language curriculum, testing and assessment, linguistics and teaching, literature and teaching, ICT in language teaching, etc.
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<![CDATA[THE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE WRITING SKILL OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS BY USING SNAKE AND LADDER GAME ]]>
<![CDATA[Rini Widiastuti]]>;
<![CDATA[Nafisah Endahati]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics ]]>
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DOI: 10.31316/eltics.v5i1.531
<![CDATA[This study aims to know the process of improving the writing skill of eight grade students at SMPN 14 Yogyakarta by using snakes and ladders game. The subjects of the study were the students of grade VIII B. They found difficulty in writing skills. The participants consisted of 32 students. The study was conducted in a classroom action research methodology. The data were collected through field notes, observation, interview and documentation. They were analyzed using descriptive qualitative. The result of the study shows that the process of teaching and learning in each cycle ran well by using snakes and ladders game. The indicators of achievement are students achieve higher the minimum standard score, use correct English structure, adopt a variety of English vocabulary, use appropriate punctuation, and write recount text appropriately. Those indicators of achievement obtain a successful result within 3 cycles. Based on the data analyses, there is an improvement in cycle 2 as many as 43.12% or at an average of 69.99. In cycle 3, the result increases up to 82.49 or 82.49%.]]>
<![CDATA[Van Dijk Modelling on Critical Discourse Analysis (A Study on Mata Najwa Program ‘Gara-Gara Tagar’ In Trans 7 In September 5th 2018) ]]>
<![CDATA[Sujatmiko Sujatmiko]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics ]]>
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DOI: 10.31316/eltics.v5i1.533
<![CDATA[The television program of Mata Najwa on Trans 7, is well-known for its high rating, often invites public figures from society, politics and government. The program is used as a strategic media for groups of people from the background of social and politics, employing the oral designing, to influence public’s perception and opinion. As a result, it forms a particular discourse. A good discourse should not reveal various perception of the recipients. From every oral discourse being produced (either it is good or bad) will form various perception and drive public’s opinion. In this investigation, it focuses on Mata Najwa’s “Gara-Gara Tagar†which was broadcast live on Wednesday September 5th 2018 in Trans 7. The study of discourse, in this research, employs Van Dijk modeling on critical discourse analysis whose perspective is that language has strong relationship with power, ideology and politics. Three research problems being investigated in this research are textual analysis (micro structure), super-structure analysis and social-contextual analysis (macro structure). This is qualitative research by conducting observation to gain the data. The results of this research are macro structure, super structure analysis and micro structure analysis. Discourse can be employed as a media to making opinion which influences public’s opinion through sentences, diction and language styles.]]>
<![CDATA[COMBINATION OF POWER AND KWL STRATEGIES TO TEACH WRITING ]]>
<![CDATA[Ichsanira Purwandari]]>;
<![CDATA[Sri Wiyanah]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics ]]>
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DOI: 10.31316/eltics.v5i1.536
<![CDATA[The aim of the study was to identify the effectiveness of using the combination of POWER and KWL to teach writing of fourth semester students at English Language Education Study Program in the University of PGRI Yogyakarta. It is based on the research problem that the students got difficulties on writing because they used ineffective strategy. The research used experimental research design. This research was conducted in 3 stages: data collection, action and data analysis. The data were collected through test, observation, and questionnaire. The data were analyzed using the steps of: normality test, homogeneity test, inferential analysis, determining hypothesis testing, and conclusion.The hypothesis is determined into the Null hypothesis (H0) and Alternative Hypothesis (Ha). H0 is accepted if the significance value >0.05 and Ha is rejected. The result of this research presented that the combination of POWER and KWL strategy was effective to teach writing at the university level. The control group’s mean score on the pre-test was 56,22 increased to 57,88 in post-test with gained point 1,59. The experiment group’s mean score on pre-test was 57,33 increased to 60,89 on post-test with gained point 3,66.]]>
<![CDATA[IMPROVING STUDENTS’ CRITICAL READING ABILITY: COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY ]]>
<![CDATA[Emy Sudarwati]]>;
<![CDATA[Yana Shanti Manipuspika]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics Vol. 6 No. 1 (2021): Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics ]]>
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DOI: 10.31316/eltics.v6i1.539
<![CDATA[This study deals with a strategy named Group Discussion model of CooperativeLearning strategy applied in the teaching of Critical Reading course at English Study Program,Brawijaya University. By using that strategy, it is expected that the problem in CriticalReading class can be solved and students’ ability in critical reading will, in turn, be improved.The design of the study is Classroom Action Research (CAR) since the study is aimed atimproving the students’ critical reading ability and solving the classroom’s problems on theteaching of reading. Based on its characteristics, the classroom action research is donerepeatedly until those problems can be solved. Dealing with the classroom setting, the study isdirected to develop the teaching strategy in order to find out a solution to the classroom’sproblem in the teaching of reading. This study reveals that Cooperative Learning strategy hassuccessfully improved students’ critical reading ability. In doing so, there are stages conductednamely, having cooperative work organization, using appropriate media, having creativity (forteachers), monitoring teaching and learning processes closely, and giving students feedback ontheir work. In conclusion, Cooperative Learning can be beneficial for students’ learning incritical reading as it can make students active and enjoy the classroom activities. However, italso has weaknesses such as time consuming and less appropriate for classes with biggernumber of students. Despite the weaknesses, teachers are still recommended to apply thisstrategy in critical reading classes.]]>
<![CDATA[THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS’ LEARNING ENGLISH APPLYING TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE (TPR) ]]>
<![CDATA[Sri Wiyanah]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics ]]>
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DOI: 10.31316/eltics.v4i1.540
<![CDATA[The research aims to describe the visually impaired students’ learningEnglish using Total Physical Response (TPR). The research may contribute to thedevelopment of English learning model for the visually impaired students whoneed attention in their right to get better education and improvement in learningEnglish using Total Physical Response (TPR). The research method wasdescriptive qualitative method. The study was conducted at YaketunisYogyakarta. There were fifteen visually impaired students who becameparticipants in this research. The sources of the data were (1) visually impairedstudents as the participants of the study, (2) recorded actions (video-taped), (3)recorded interviews (audio-taped), and (4) field note.The result showed that visually impaired students had new experience inlearning English effectively, actively, stress-free and joyful. Total PhysicalResponses handled that students’ limitation in visualization to get informationthrough voice by their senses of hearing. The students practiced giving responsesof some instructions, pronunced some words and repeated the words many timesby maximizing their sense of hearing to activate their psychomotor competence.This process of learning activities supported them in developing their skill inmastering vocabulary, expression, and language command.]]>
<![CDATA[The Translation Problem Types in Translating Indonesia Text to English (A Case Study of Translation Subject of Fifth Semester English Students –UPY) ]]>
<![CDATA[Sujatmiko Sujatmiko]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics ]]>
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DOI: 10.31316/eltics.v4i1.541
<![CDATA[This research is entitled “The Translation Problem Types in Translating Indonesia textinto English (A Case Study of Translation Subject of Fifth Semester English Department –UPY) . It is about how Indonesia text is translated into English by English students, toidentify the translation problems, and to identify the problematics of translation technique.This research uses qualitative method to analyze the data. Techniques of analyzing datain this research consist of 3 components, they are (1) reducing the data, (2) explaining thedata, and (3) taking a conclusion. Reducing data is a process of selecting, focusing,simplifying and abstracting the data. Explaining the data is a process of organizinginformation and arranging the complete narration. Taking a conclusion is a process ofdrawing conclusion from the data. The data source of this research are Indonesia text andstudent’s translation.After conducting the research, the research find the data that all respondents havesimilar translation problem types in translating Indonesia text into English. The problems arediction, tenses, no equivalence translation; others have problems of adverb, article, andrelative clause. None of respondents apply other translation technique. They only apply wordper word translation technique. The accuracy of transfer level is adequate level. Only onerespondent have almost completely successful transfer level. Other respondents haveadequate accuracy transfer level. By applying the untrue translation technique has an impactto translation accuracy transfer level.This research is expected to open wide opportunities and challenges to academicians,especially those in translation linguistics sphere to deepen their research and study, especiallyin translating Indonesia text to English in order to be a new contribution to the translationfields.]]>
<![CDATA[TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE METHOD IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING ]]>
<![CDATA[Yunanfathur Rahman]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics ]]>
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DOI: 10.31316/eltics.v4i1.542
<![CDATA[Foreign language is now a must in every level of education. People begin tolisten to foreign language and the try to master it. Listening is the languageskills that are closely related to the daily life of human beings. Listening is theprocess of accepting verbal symbols with caring, understanding, appreciation,and the interpretation of information, here we capture the content ormessages, as well as to understand the meaning of communication. Whilelistening to a foreign language we will hear how the language is spoken.Therefore, listening is a basic skill that must be mastered by learners inlearning a foreign language before speaking, reading and writing skills. But infact, the foreign language learners have difficulties in Listening. The TotalPhysical Response method can desirable overcome this problem.]]>
<![CDATA[BUZZ GROUP-BASED STRATEGY IN EFL READING CLASSROOM ]]>
<![CDATA[Juang Kurniawan Syahruzah]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics ]]>
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DOI: 10.31316/eltics.v4i1.543
<![CDATA[The intention of this study is to describe the effectiveness of buzz group in EFL reading classroom of English Department students of PGRI University. The comprehension analysis is intended by comparing the answer of EFL reading classroom students in reading exercises. In order to sequence the reading comprehension of the EFL reading classroom the pre-test and post-test of reading exercises are measured. The experiment of reading comprehension includes the recruitment of 40 students of EFL reading classroom, the training, and exercising of reading text in reading exercises. These students are all first-year female teacher training students at PBI-UPY and aged between 17 and 23. The measurement is compare with pre-test and post-test of reading exercises. Standard measurement is comparison of students answer in pre-test and post-test of reading exercises.]]>
<![CDATA[ERROR ANALYSIS OF SIMPLE PRESENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ]]>
<![CDATA[Indah Lestari]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics Vol. 5 No. 2 (2020): Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics ]]>
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DOI: 10.31316/eltics.v5i2.748
<![CDATA[The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of the ability to write descriptive text. This research was conducted at the University of PGRI Yogyakarta and specifically investigated how simple present tense is used and which errors are most often done by research subjects.The subjects of this study were 8 4th-semester students majoring in English Education at PGRI University of Yogyakarta. Researcher used qualitative descriptive method in this study. The first step taken by researcher was to gave students three themes, namely Family, My Idol & Beautiful Place in Yogyakarta. After that students choose one of these themes and then wrote it into descriptive text. By using the Surface Strategy Taxonomy, researcher then classify what errors they have made.The results of this study indicate that students made 33 errors (47.14%) from 70 Present Present Tense sentences. This was less than the correct use of Simple Present Tense, with a total of 37 (52.86%). Students made the most error in misformation by 13 (39.39%). Whereas the most rarely made error is addition with a total of 2 (6.07%).]]>
<![CDATA[ASSESSING THE VOCABULARY SIZE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLASS STUDENTS ]]>
<![CDATA[Vinindita Citrayasa]]>;
<![CDATA[Maria Setyaningsih Nernere]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics Vol. 5 No. 2 (2020): Journal of English Language Teaching and English Linguistics ]]>
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DOI: 10.31316/eltics.v5i2.765
<![CDATA[As the important component of language acquisition and language learning affecting language skill mastery, vocabulary has been the concern of the language expertise. Many of them focus a lot on how to enrich the learners’ vocabulary. In fact, vocabulary development is not only about increasing the quantity but also on its quality. Knowing this fact, it is needed to find out how qualified the vocabulary development nowadays. Therefore, the quantitative study is done to identify and analyze the vocabulary size developmental pattern across the levels. It is a cross sectional survey research. The data was taken by doing vocabulary test to the international students who deal a lot with English exposure in their learning. Three batches consisting of freshmen, sophomore, and junior in the International classes were assessed to see their developmental pattern. Vocabulary size test developed by Paul Nation becomes the best option as the test measuring the vocabulary size of the students. As a result, the hypothesis was accepted. It is found that there is a difference in the vocabulary size from the three batches with a surprising finding too due to the pattern. This result is then useful for a means of reflection and evaluation for the students and the institution.]]>
