EDULITE: Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture
EduLite Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture is a blind peer review international journal which publishes manuscripts within the fields of teaching English as a first, second or foreign language, English language teaching and learning, English language teachers' training and education, English language and literary studies, literature, and cultures in general (more on focus & scope). It is published by Language and Communication Science Faculty (former Language Faculty), Universitas Islam Sultan Agung twice a year in February and August.
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<![CDATA[Project-based learning in teaching speaking to young learners: Is it effective? ]]>
<![CDATA[Elok Widiyati]]>;
<![CDATA[Wulan Pangesti]]>
<![CDATA[ EduLite: Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture Vol 7, No 1 (2022): February 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30659/e.7.1.71-81
<![CDATA[Students’ disfluency in speaking is caused by limited practice, incorrect pronunciation, and inappropriate learning methods. That of the last point drove this research in finding out the effectiveness of using Project-based Learning (PBL) to improve students’ speaking skills. The study participants were 59 students of the seventh graders of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Kudus, divided into the experimental and the control classes using a quasi-experimental research design. The data were obtained from the pre-test and the post-test. The results showed that the students’ speaking ability mean scores in both classes were higher in the post-test than in the pre-test. In addition, the independent sample t-test supported the result in the hypothesis testing. It means that project-based learning applied had a significant difference or effective to improve young-learner students’ speaking skills. To conclude, using this method created more fun, active, and interactive speaking class atmosphere for young learners.]]>
<![CDATA[The ongoing convergence of blended learning classroom in new normal: Teachers’ and students’ perspectives in higher education ]]>
<![CDATA[Ramli Ramli]]>;
<![CDATA[Farid Helmi Setyawan]]>;
<![CDATA[Ridwan Ridwan]]>;
<![CDATA[Nofvia De Vega]]>;
<![CDATA[Romlah Ulfaika]]>
<![CDATA[ EduLite: Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture Vol 7, No 1 (2022): February 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30659/e.7.1.1-15
<![CDATA[Since Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, educational technology has become trended by playing E-learning. Teachers and students are forced to transform from traditional classes into E-classrooms. However, full e-learning did not give students a massive impact yet, and lately, they have become less motivated since it provided no real communication (Mese & Sevilen 2021). Integrating face-to-face learning (direct interaction) and technology-based learning (digital communication) becomes promising (Garrison &Vaughan, 2008; Rianto, 2020). This study explored the perspectives of 3 pre-service teachers and 27 students towards the blended learning (BL) practices in the EFL context. The setting was the English education department, Universitas Borneo Tarakan. The data were collected using online interviews to gain in-depth information. The findings uncovered that the teachers and students gave positive perspectives to apply this model to the new normal. In addition, BL could reshape the teachers' roles by applying multiple technology use in the teaching and learning process. BL was also able to broaden students' learning experience and provide them with a technology-based world. This study highlighted some implications, including the need for pre-service teachers' professional development that ultimately will help teachers assist students in succeeding in blended learning.]]>
<![CDATA[Signification functions of Undomestic Goddess novel cover ]]>
<![CDATA[Cindy Maria Christine Pandie]]>;
<![CDATA[Ahmad Jum’a Khatib Nur Ali]]>
<![CDATA[ EduLite: Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture Vol 7, No 1 (2022): February 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30659/e.7.1.148-159
<![CDATA[Novel cover is like human appearance; it is the first thing that the people will take notice of. It turned out that novel cover is quite essential in influencing the opinions and impression of the reader regarding the novel itself. Novel’s cover using symbols, fonts, and colors, construct cover signs functions. The researcher intends to analyze the novel covers sign functions. The source data of the research is selected using purposive sampling following the standard of a novel cover. This research uses three (3) covers of the novel Undomestic Goods by Sophie Kinsella as the data source. The theory of signification by Rolland Barthes is the analytical tool of this research used to determine the function of the elements in the object of research. The results of the study are both covers have their own significations functions; the first edition (1) cover function emphasizes on promoting the novel by using signification content of the novel. Cover (2) emphasizes promotion function using the author popularity and best-selling author status and promoting the novel by using signification content of the novel. Cover three (3) the latest edition function emphasizes on ‘advertises’ the novel by using the author popularity and best-selling author status.]]>
<![CDATA[Engineering students’ English public speaking: Why is it a nerve-wracking experience? ]]>
<![CDATA[Musrifatun Nangimah]]>
<![CDATA[ EduLite: Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture Vol 7, No 1 (2022): February 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30659/e.7.1.82-99
<![CDATA[Mastering English public speaking is required for Engineering students to contribute to the Ministry of Education’s internationalization policy that is manifested in the university’s regulation. However, English public speaking has become a nerve-wracking experience for L2 learners. This research aims to explore Engineering students’ English public speaking anxiety and its causes. The explanatory sequential design is applied. The online-based survey was conducted on 197 first-semester students and semi-structured interviews with 8 most anxious participants. The triangulation data analysis of quantitative and qualitative phases was carried out. The results illustrate that students experience moderate to low public speaking anxiety levels. The reasons for public speaking anxiety are linguistics problems, inhibition, lack of speaking practice, the difficulty for sentence construction from L1 into the target language, fear of peer negative feedback and being assessed, and dealing with unfamiliar topics as well as speaking delivery driven thoughts. Furthermore, teachers' reflexive identity and the appointment system used to determine public speakers become additional pressures. These findings can be used as valuable consideration to design appropriate speaking pedagogy, especially in the context of English for non-English major programs. Recommendation for future research is discussed.]]>
<![CDATA[Reading intensively: What do the students really need? ]]>
<![CDATA[Dzurriyyatun Ni'mah]]>;
<![CDATA[Fitri Awaliyatush Sholihah]]>
<![CDATA[ EduLite: Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture Vol 7, No 1 (2022): February 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30659/e.7.1.16-31
<![CDATA[Intensive reading plays a great role in enhancing students’ reading comprehension. Effective teaching materials are the best assistance for students. Often, in intensive reading class, lecturers neglected the students’ needs and preferences regarding the reading texts and topics being discussed. The materials only come from the lecturers’ perspectives. This study explores the students' needs and lecturers' perceptions toward the effective teaching materials of intensive reading. A questionnaire, delivered to 71 English Department students who have completed the Reading 1 course, is used for analysing the students' needs and preferences on intensive reading materials. Moreover, two English lecturers who experienced in teaching intensive reading for five years were interviewed to get detailed information about the students' needs and effective materials on intensive reading. The data were then analysed using a quantitative and descriptive qualitative approach. The result showed that the reading materials which offer various genres and topics, lists of new vocabularies, clear explanations about reading and vocabulary skills, as well as complete exercises to test the reading comprehension were viewed proper for both teachers and students. This research finding gives important information to develop effective reading materials for both sides.]]>
<![CDATA[Investigating English language teachers at tertiary level in adopting technological pedagogical content knowledge: Challenges in the 21st century ]]>
<![CDATA[Yogi Widiawati]]>
<![CDATA[ EduLite: Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture Vol 7, No 1 (2022): February 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30659/e.7.1.100-110
<![CDATA[In this 21st century era, English teachers must have good knowledge of English as well as the skills of using various technology in order to make their teaching-learning process go smoothly. Nowadays, technology is like the primary need in every sector, especially in education sector. English lecturers should be able to adapt with the changes of teaching environment since the use of computers, laptops and other tools are becoming the big necessity in our daily life. There are three things that must be considered; technology, pedagogy and content knowledge. By understanding them, the teaching-learning process will become perfect. This article aims to find the perceptions of TPACK how it helps English lecturers achieve their goals. The data were taken from 3 English language lecturers of three different departments as the respondents. This mini research used descriptive quantitative in which the data were collected through observation and were analysed with data reduction, interpretation, and description. The findings shows that the score for content knowledge (CK) for all teachers ranges 78%-80 %, pedagogical knowledge (PK) ranges 55%-65%, technological knowledge (TK) ranges 60%-75%. Meanwhile score for Technological Content Knowledge (TCK) ranges 77%-82%, Technological Pedagogical Knowledge ranges (TPK) 60%-67%, TPACK 72%-75%. These imply that lecturers of polytechnics are good and skilful to integrate the technology with pedagogic and content knowledge.]]>
<![CDATA[Move structures found in the final project abstracts written by Indonesians and Filipinos ]]>
<![CDATA[Slamet Utomo]]>;
<![CDATA[Diah Kurniati]]>;
<![CDATA[Atik Rokhayani]]>;
<![CDATA[Ana Espejo Miraña]]>
<![CDATA[ EduLite: Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture Vol 7, No 1 (2022): February 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30659/e.7.1.32-43
<![CDATA[This study was conducted to investigate the move structures of the final project report abstracts produced by the undergraduate students of the English Education Department (EED-UMK) Indonesia and by the Secondary Education undergraduate students of Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA) Philippine. This study employed the content analysis method. Sample final project reports from EED-UMK and CBSUA were gathered and analyzed. The findings of this research revealed that the abstracts of EED-UMK and CBSUA used different move structures patterns. The majority of EED-UMK abstracts (80%) referred to Hyland's five move structures, which consisted of introduction, purpose, method, product, and conclusion (I-P-M-Pr-C). Meanwhile, one of the CBSUA abstracts (20%) applied Bathia’s four move structures consisting of purpose, method, result, and conclusion (P-M-R-C). The remaining of the EED UMK and CBSUA abstracts did not address either Bathia's or Hyland's styles. This study concludes that the two Universities have different style structures in writing the final report abstracts. This study suggests that students use the move structure style consistently in their abstracts.]]>
<![CDATA[Islamophobia in an American studies approach as seen in Donald Trump’s speech documentary videos ]]>
<![CDATA[Kasiyarno Kasiyarno]]>;
<![CDATA[Didik Murwantono]]>
<![CDATA[ EduLite: Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture Vol 7, No 1 (2022): February 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30659/e.7.1.177-191
<![CDATA[Donald Trump’s rhetoric in his campaign was markedly different, his speeches on Islamophobia and anti-immigrant rhetoric became a big issue. Trump used the rhetoric of fear to induce his followers against Muslims and immigrants by linking to both groups with the terrorism issue. This article has aims to analyse Trump’s speeches for protecting American people surrounded by the terror threat through an American studies framework. This research was under descriptively qualitative research supported by an interdisciplinary approach of American Studies. Theory of Conservatism and theory of Discursive Psychology were used to analyse American experiences of Islamophobia as seen from Donald Trump’s speeches of documentary videos as the primary data. The completion of this research shows that American conservatives in the era of Donald Trump were strongly enough and the discourse psychological approach was designed to persuade. The discursive approach also allows for an understanding of how American identity, history, and values are both invoked and constructed. It is like American identity of conservatives who are proud of their nationality of Americans.]]>
<![CDATA[Text-based approach to teach English diphthongs ]]>
<![CDATA[Katharina Rustipa]]>;
<![CDATA[Agnes Widyaningrum]]>;
<![CDATA[Teguh Kasprabowo]]>;
<![CDATA[Yulistiyanti Yulistiyanti]]>
<![CDATA[ EduLite: Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture Vol 7, No 1 (2022): February 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30659/e.7.1.111-124
<![CDATA[Spoken communication demands the students' intelligible pronunciation of English speech sounds since unintelligible pronunciation hampers successful communication. However, the pronunciation of English speech sounds is problematic for many EFL learners even after years of learning English. The pronunciation problem is more complex when the speech sounds occur in a text. This is because, in an English class, the focus of pronunciation practice is usually on isolated words, phrases and sentences. Thus, they find difficulties when they apply the words, phrases, and sentences in a text. This study focused on teaching English diphthongs using the text-based approach. It investigated how text-based teaching can enhance the EFL students’ mastery to pronounce English diphthongs in a text. This study is an experimental design, comparing two groups of students’ pronunciation competence taught with genre/text-based approach and conventional approach. The research results revealed the effectiveness of text-based teaching since there was a significant difference in the students' competence taught with text-based teaching compared to those taught with the conventional method. Drilling techniques which were also applied played a vital role in the pronunciation practice. Based on the conclusion above, it is recommended that English teachers apply the text-based approach and drilling techniques as an alternative strategy to teach English diphthongs.]]>
<![CDATA[Exploration of Kejawen in "Visit Central Java" version of KukuBima Ener-G advertisement ]]>
<![CDATA[Rustono Farady Marta]]>;
<![CDATA[Supina Supina]]>;
<![CDATA[Erlina Fernando]]>;
<![CDATA[William Yohanes]]>;
<![CDATA[Ignatius Dwi Pulung Cahyanto]]>
<![CDATA[ EduLite: Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture Vol 7, No 1 (2022): February 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30659/e.7.1.160-176
<![CDATA[Developments in the era of globalization are in the world's spotlight, not only on differences in mindset but also on many aspects. One of them is the impact on the existence of culture in Indonesia. This fact drives companies in Indonesia to reintroduce Indonesian culture through advertising. An example is the Visit Central Java version of the KukuBima Ener-G advertisement explored in this study, intending to take an essential role in contributing to presenting local content that specifically raises the cultural side of Central Java. This study also aims at seeing the cultural values embedded in Javanese society, namely the Kejawen, which is implied in the KukuBima Ener-G advertisement. This study used a descriptive qualitative approach and data collection techniques using John Fiske's Semiotics Method to analyze more deeply the content of advertisements based on the Social Code Theory initiated by Edward T. Hall. This study explores deeper in terms of the strategy of cultural visual but still displays the brand image. The results of this study lead to the emergence of a number of Kejawen from the aspect of Low Context Culture and High Context Culture in each advertising scene.]]>
