EnJourMe (English Journal of Merdeka) : Culture, Language, and Teaching of English
EnJourMe (English Journal of Merdeka) : Culture, Language, and Teaching of English is peer-reviewed journal. Funded in 2016 with registered number ISSN: 2502-5740 (online), provides a forum for the full range of scholarly articles in the field of Culture, Language, and Teaching of English. It is published by Universitas Merdeka Malang. The contents of the journal include analyses, studies, application of theories, research reports, materials development, and reviews. EnJourMe is published twice in a year in the month of July and December.
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<![CDATA[Reading Difficulties among Elementary Students in a Rural Area: A Qualitative Study ]]>
<![CDATA[Karlina Karadila Yustisia]]>;
<![CDATA[Dhia Lintang Eka Salsabila]]>
<![CDATA[ EnJourMe (English Journal of Merdeka) : Culture, Language, and Teaching of English Vol 8, No 1 (2023): July 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v8i1.10733
<![CDATA[This study investigates the factors that influence reading difficulties among elementary students in a rural area. Based on observations and interviews, the study reveals limited language skills due to the use of local dialects, impacting comprehension and decoding abilities. Phonetic awareness also requires improvement, with difficulties in recognizing and distinguishing letters. Cognitive deficiencies, particularly in working memory, affect reading comprehension. Some students display varying attentiveness, with some preferring activities like drawing, hindering engagement in reading tasks. The home literacy environment and parental involvement significantly influence reading proficiency. The absence of preschool education affects students' foundational literacy skills upon entering primary school. Recommendations include personalized approaches and early childhood education advocacy to enhance reading skills in rural students.]]>
<![CDATA[Bridging a transnational mother-daughter's relationship through a memoir ]]>
<![CDATA[Widyarini Susilo Putri]]>;
<![CDATA[Sinead McDermott]]>
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DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v8i1.10373
<![CDATA[Bridging the past and present in a family is challenging, particularly if they grow up in a different culture. The hassle of life occupies most people's minds, which leads to abandoning one of the most fundamental kinships, the mother-daughter relationship. This phenomenon appears in a literary work written by Amy Tan entitled The Bonesetter's Daughter, where the protagonist acts apathetic toward her mother's willingness to preserve their family's lineage through a handwritten memoir.Reading the literary work through the lens of Memory Studies helps to understand the mother's unpleasant to hostile behaviours in the protagonist's upbringing; besides her harsh past that caused it, the daughter's obliviousness toward her mother's wishes in getting to know about her real grandmother and the history of their family heightened her disappointment. As an Asian, family ties serve as a vital source of identity and safeguard against life's challenges, and the bond is severed more due to the different communication styles.Realising the importance of reading the forgotten memoir written by her mother became the turning point of their relationship. By willingly reading the mother's memory, finally, the daughter creates a long-wished family connection. ]]>
<![CDATA[Efforts to Increase the Use of Indonesian for Class XII at SMK Karya Bahana Mandiri, East Bekasi ]]>
<![CDATA[Farisha Hana]]>;
<![CDATA[Anis Dwi Winarsih]]>
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DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v8i1.10894
<![CDATA[The widespread use of slang in the younger generation threatens the existence of Indonesian. In fact, many young people have lost their pride in using Indonesian. They are more proud to use English, even slang because it is considered prestige. Based on this, the use of Indonesian needs to be improved. This research was conducted at Karya Bahana Vocational School in Class XII in the Indonesian language subject, with an emphasis on students' speaking skills when presenting the text of the observation report. The method used is a collaborative method based on classroom action research, which consists of planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. The aspects of assessing speaking skills which are indicators of the use of Indonesian in SMK Karya Bahana are aspects of word choice, voice intonation, facial expressions, and gestures during presentations. The results of the research obtained are that the use of Indonesian at SMK Karya Bahana has increased, from the four aspects of the assessment.]]>
<![CDATA[English sentence structures in Descriptive Writing: A case study of Business Management students at Indonesian vocational higher education ]]>
<![CDATA[Beni Wijaya]]>;
<![CDATA[Eli Yeni]]>;
<![CDATA[Darmaliana Darmaliana]]>;
<![CDATA[Munaja Rahma]]>;
<![CDATA[Muhammad Nadjmuddin]]>
<![CDATA[ EnJourMe (English Journal of Merdeka) : Culture, Language, and Teaching of English Vol 8, No 1 (2023): July 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v8i1.10534
<![CDATA[To meet the demand of current industries, the ability to write in English is highly essential in Indonesian vocational higher education. In today’s business world, students of business departments require a set of advance skills in writing business documents such as business letters and product descriptions. This research investigated the types of English sentence structures and errors in the descriptive paragraphs written by business management students of Politeknik Negeri Sriwijaya. The method used was quantitative case study research. A total of 44 descriptive paragraphs were analyzed by using syntactical structure analysis and surface taxonomy-based errors. It revealed that all types of sentence structures were used in the descriptive paragraphs. There were 34.77% simple sentence structures, 22.96% compound sentence structures, 26.36% complex sentence structures, and 15.91% compound-complex sentence structures. Thus, the most widely used was simple sentence structures. Regarding the errors, it was found that only a few errors were made by them; omission (3 errors), addition (7 errors), misformation (19 errors), and misordering (1 error). Hence, misformation was the dominant error. In summary, the students wrote their descriptive paragraphs in simple sentences mostly and made errors in misformation the most.]]>
<![CDATA[Exploring students’ perceptions of English grammar learning and its pedagogical implication at Vocational High School ]]>
<![CDATA[Miftachul Ulumiyah]]>;
<![CDATA[Agus Gozali]]>
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DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v8i1.8992
<![CDATA[Grammar is the system of language which deals with the form and structure of words in making sentences well, therefore grammar plays an important role in English subjects. Yet, many students place grammar as the last choice in English subjects, especially students at Vocational High Schools (VHS) who learn English as English for Specific Purpose (ESP) learners, and they are focused on production skills rather than language skill knowledge (Mahbub, 2019). Therefore this study was held to investigate VHS students’ perceptions of English grammar learning to understand and complete their needs in the class. This study was conducted on a VHS with 112 eleventh graders as the participants. This study obtained quantitative data through a survey by distributing a questionnaire adapted from Xiao (2019), Arif (2016), and Sopin (2015) with three main aspects such as students’ attitudes, students’ learning styles, and grammar teaching method preferred by students in English grammar learning. This study revealed that students at this VHS have positive attitudes toward English grammar learning, they also like guided learning styles, and prefer varied teaching ways from the teacher in learning English grammar.]]>
<![CDATA[Trust Exercise by Susan Choi: An annotated translation ]]>
<![CDATA[Aprodhita Galuh Karima]]>;
<![CDATA[Malikhatul Lailiyah]]>
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DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v8i1.10672
<![CDATA[This study presents an analysis of annotated translations focusing on the novel “Trust Exercise†by Susan Choi, published in 2019. The objective of this study is to identify suitable translation strategies for effectively translating cultural-specific terms encountered in Choi’s novel. Specifically, the annotations in this report pertain to Part 1 of the novel. The researchers identifies eight translation problems encountered in this section, the first being comprehension of the source text, including words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. To address these challenges, the researchers employed a simultaneous understanding and transferring approach, utilizing online dictionaries as translation aids. Moreover, the researchers adopted the most suitable translation strategy to enhance text comprehensibility. Semantic strategies were predominantly employed by the researchers, considering meaning at various linguistic levels, including words, phrases, clauses, and sentences.]]>
<![CDATA[Correlation between the knowledge of structure and the writing ability of students in the Architecture department ]]>
<![CDATA[Akhmad Sidiq]]>
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DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v8i1.9252
<![CDATA[Students writing skill is usually influenced by knowledge of grammar. To improve their writing skills they need to master English structure because it is needed to improve students' writing skills.Writing without correct structure is difficult to understand and even meaningless. Moreover, the students should have knowledge of structure first before they conduct writing activities. This study is conducted to find out whether there is significant correlation between knowledge of structure and ability to write English sentences of students Architecture Department at International Multimedia Engineering School. To solve this problem, this study was conducted in a correlation design. The result of this study found that the students who have knowledge of structure have good ability in writing. Therefore, the students are expected to have certain ways to learn English language skills especially about English structure and writing. The students are expected to read more English books so that students will be able to improve their English skills, especially for structure and writing. ]]>
<![CDATA[A deixis study on the songs of Hillsong Worship in the Cornerstone (live) album ]]>
<![CDATA[Emmanuella Laurensia Gabrielle Ondang]]>;
<![CDATA[Suatmo Pantja Putra]]>
<![CDATA[ EnJourMe (English Journal of Merdeka) : Culture, Language, and Teaching of English Vol 8, No 1 (2023): July 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v8i1.10736
<![CDATA[This study aims to determine deixis in the song lyrics and explain the meaning of deixis in the Cornerstone (Live) album songs. The Cornerstone (Live) album by Hillsong Worship has thirteen songs and, in this study, four songs which are “Cornerstoneâ€, “Greater Than Allâ€, “Beneath the Waters (I Will Rise)â€, and “Endless Light†will be discussed. The listeners might find difficulties understanding the meaning of song lyrics. That is why the researchers interprets the meaning of song lyrics through deixis. The result revealed that “Cornerstone and Beneath the Waters (I Will Rise)†have five types of deixis namely person deixis time, deixis, place deixis discourse deixis, and social deixis. Meanwhile, “Greater Than All†and “Endless Light†only have four types of deixis. In addition, “Greater Than All†does not have place deixis and “Endless Light†does not have discourse deixis. Person deixis, time deixis, and social deixis are the types of deixis always existed in every song. Person deixis such as my, I, he and you is used to refer the speaker as subject and second person as well as third person is used to refer the object of the speaker.  Time deixis such as now indicate the present time when the utterance happens. Place deixis such as come and at the cross give the location where the story of song happens. Discourse deixis such as and used to connect the previous and latest discourse. Social deixis like God is indicates the social status or relationship between the speaker and the object of the speaker.]]>
<![CDATA[Pedagogical implications of figurative language in the movie of Laskar Pelangi: Revisiting the meanings ]]>
<![CDATA[Veni Nella Syahputri]]>;
<![CDATA[Nyak Mutia Ismail]]>
<![CDATA[ EnJourMe (English Journal of Merdeka) : Culture, Language, and Teaching of English Vol 8, No 1 (2023): July 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v8i1.9973
<![CDATA[This study examines the implications of figurative language in the film adaptation of Laskar Pelangi directed by Riri Riza. Laskar Pelangi is a movie based from a novel by Andrea Hirata which was chosen because of positive messages and motivating storyline it has. The method used to conduct this study was descriptive case study. The data source was merely this 124-minute movie of Laskar Pelangi. The data collection was done through documentation by watching the movies several times to find out the figurative languages and the implications conceived. Later, the data were analyzed using interactive analysis involving data reduction, data display, and data verification. The results show that, first, the literary devices of irony, metaphors, simile, hyperbole, and symbolism are employed in the novel "Laskar Pelangi" to accentuate the profound disparity between the aspirations of the students for a more promising tomorrow and the harsh realities of their present existence; second, in terms of pedagogy, figurative language simplifies difficult topics, helps students understand Laskar Pelangi's characters' feelings and analyze word meanings. It also helps students appreciate literature. Conclusively, it can be inferred that Laskar Pelangi holds affirmative and inspiring connotations for its audience, particularly the student demographic.]]>
<![CDATA[Students' perceptions on the use of Mentimeter media in learning to write Descriptive Text ]]>
<![CDATA[Ima Chusnul Chotimah]]>;
<![CDATA[Dian Anik Cahyani]]>
<![CDATA[ EnJourMe (English Journal of Merdeka) : Culture, Language, and Teaching of English Vol 8, No 1 (2023): July 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v8i1.10646
<![CDATA[Technology media use in teaching is needed to speed the transformation of knowledge to students. This research focuses on knowing the students' response to using Mentimeter as media in teaching writing descriptive text. This research used qualitative analysis studies with the case study approach. This research was conducted in SMP Islam Al Madinah Jombang. The variable observed in this study is students' perception of using Mentimeter learning media in learning English to write descriptions. The instrument used to collect the data is a close-ended questionnaire with 20 statements. Interactive data analysis models Miles and Huberman used to analyze the data; are data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The analysis shows that the Mentimeter media can help students in writing activities, especially descriptive text. It can be seen from the students' responses that Mentimeter has many features to comment on in writing, the students can get new knowledge from their friends' writing because all students can access it, and the students can practice writing descriptively based on the picture given. From the result of the questionnaire, most of the students agree with all the statements mentioned.]]>
