Lingua Scientia

MONGONDOW LANGUAGE STRUCTURE AS TEACHING MATERIALS FOR LOCAL CONTENT AT BOLAANG MONGONDOW SCHOOL

2023-07-24T03:00:19+00:00

The Mongondow language is categorized as an agglutinative language, which is a language with an affix system for vocabulary that expresses tenses, aspects, and modes (capitals), as well as for nominalization or verbalization and determines the grammatical function of nominals that are marked as absolutive. How the Mongondow language in the classroom becomes interesting to study, this study aims to describe how the structure of the Mongondow language is used as teaching material in schools. This research is a qualitative descriptive type with the object of analyzing the structure of the Mongondow language. Typical Mongondow syllables consist of a consonant + a vowel (KV) or just a vowel without a prefix (V). produces a /ti/ sound (eg:t + <in>) is switched to produce a /si/ sound. Exocentric phrases, or those whose constituent parts cannot fully capture the phraseological unit, exist in Mongondow. Additionally, it can be claimed that the combined parts are different from their immediate subordinate elements in terms of both class and form (these two phrases complement one another in distribution to the center), and in Mongondow language which contains certain sounds or clusters of sounds can be pronounced in two or more ways.

TEACHERS’ INVOLVEMENT AND RECOGNITION FOR INFLUENCING EFL STUDENTS’ READING MOTIVATION IN ONLINE LEARNING CONTEXT: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY

2023-08-05T02:58:12+00:00

The sudden transition of the learning environment during the COVID-19 outbreak had driven the educational field to be online learning. The novel environment with a lack of preparation influence EFL students reading motivation. Reading is an essential skill for language learning, especially in the non-English-speaking country. Considered the importance of reading motivation for students. The aim of this study were to find out the type of reading motivation among the EFL students in online learning due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Further, the semi-structured interview, questionnaire and observation conducted in this study. The MREQ (Motivation for Reading English Questionnaire) proposed by previous research, namely Komiyama 2013, was distributed for 31 participants students at MAN 2 Batam in twelfth-grade of language major. Finally, type of reading motivation found in online learning are curiosity, involvement, recognition and compliance which mean that students are extrinsically motivated to read during the online learning. This study still needs to investigate more about how the teacher strategies can foster students’ reading acquisition based on their reading motivation type and examining factors that could foster students’ reading motivation.

VISUALIZING RESEARCHES ON ENGLISH LEARNING: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

2023-09-01T02:56:32+00:00

The bibliometric analysis encompasses a vast collection of scholarly articles and publications related to English learning. Data is extracted from reputable academic databases and citation indices, forming the basis for quantitative assessments. This research aimed to visualize, describe and analyse the map of English learning researches with the used term “English Learning” in Scopus Database accessed from Sciencedirect official website. The method used in this article was VOSviewer application in which it could be used for visualizing the map of research using keywords or terms, also the authors or researchers of the subject. The results showed that there were 179,232 article results, in which it came from 2000 up to 2024 publication from various field. Then, specifically from the area of arts and humanities, there were 5,296 results, in which the most keywords related to the “English Learning” term were motivation, English as Foreign Language, English, e-learning, foreign language teaching, language learning, higher education, also English language teaching

LEVERAGING INSTAGRAM TO ENHANCE THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS” VOCABULARY MASTERY IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2023-09-19T00:29:10+00:00

Abstract

This research aims to find out how effective the impact of Instagram is in improving students' vocabulary understanding. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of using Instagram social media in increasing the vocabulary mastery of class VIII students of SMP Negeri 4 Kubutambahan. This type of research is a quasi-experiment involving 64 students selected through an intact group sampling technique. Data collection used quantitative methods with a post-test-only control group design. By using the pre-test as a test of the requirements that the students' abilities between the two classes are the same. And for the post-test is used as a hypothesis test. The results showed that there were significant differences between students' vocabulary mastery before and after the intervention. results of independent t-test analysis on experimental and control group post-test scores obtained t (df = 62) = 0.3.148, p > 0.003. This means that the research hypothesis is accepted. In other words, the use of social media Instagram for learning can improve the vocabulary mastery of class VIII students of SMPN 4 Kubutambahan.

ANALYSIS OF DEIXIS USED IN AN AMERICAN-SIGN LANGUAGE MOVIE ENTITLED ‘A QUIET PLACE’

2023-10-23T06:10:18+00:00

This study employed descriptive qualitative research that aimed to investigate the use of deixis and its frequency in ‘A Quiet Place’ movie as the most popular movie tagged with keyword ‘American-sign-language’. This research used Levinson’s theory about deixis types to analyse the data. The result shows that there are 47 total amount of deixis used with 33 person deixis, 3 spatial deixis, 4 temporal deixis, 3 discourse deixis, and 4 social deixis. Moreover, person deixis placed as the most dominant type used with total amount 33. Meanwhile, spatial deixis and discourse deixis are the least deixis used with total amount 3 for each type. It implies that the use of deixis cannot be separated from human’s communication process in any kind of form. Both verbal and non-verbal communication included deixis as the part in understanding the context of the communication.

EXPLORING THE FEMALE EFL TEACHER’S LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT LITERACY (LAL): A NARRATIVE INQUIRY

2023-10-17T02:24:32+00:00

Most teachers in Indonesia assess their students through a common test such as mid-term test and final semester test. In terms of assessing English language, the students need to be assessed on 4 (four) skills which are listening, reading, speaking, and writing. The process of assessment could be very tricky if the teachers do not have sufficient Language Assessment Literacy (LAL). It is because the government, through Kurikulum Merdeka, promotes the learning process as essential as the learning products. Teachers need to know all their students’ English learning journey, so they will not face confusion to determine the assessment scores in the end. In Indonesia, generally female EFL teachers have double roles as wife or mother at home and as a teacher in school. This study explores a female EFL teacher’s experience with non-permanent teacher status in describing her LAL. This study will also investigate female teacher’s challenges faced during the application of assessment in the EFL classroom. A narrative inquiry research with mixed-method data collection was employed to have in-depth understanding of the teacher’s experience. The result showed the participant’s LAL category was at a fair level. The reasons could be limited time factor, double roles, and limited information for getting seminar/workshop/training on the assessment.

Keywords : female efl teacher, language assessment literacy, narrative inquiry

PRAGMATICS AND MULTIMODALITY IN INTERPRETING POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN JOE BIDEN'S VICTORY SPEECH

2023-10-02T07:59:16+00:00

This study aimed to interpret political discourse using a pragmatic multimodality approach to the text and video of the victory speech of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, using linguistic and gestural analysis using Searle's speech act theory, Perrine's speech act theory, and gesture interpretation. After that, the combined analysis of the three were classified into the function of political discourse which includes communicative, emotive, incentive, motivational, phatic, metalanguage, and aesthetic functions. The method used in this research was descriptive qualitative method. The findings on speech acts show that assertive speech acts dominate speech with 61%, followed by expressive (14%), directive (11%), commissive (9%), and declarative (5%) speech acts. Meanwhile, findings on figurative language show that there are 7 figurative languages found in speech, namely synecdoche (24%), symbol (21%), personification (21%), hyperbole (11%), metaphor (11%), simile (9%), and apostrophe (3%). The combination of speech acts, gestures, and figurative language with the function of political discourse mostly refers to emotive function and motivational function, which shows Joe Biden's political discourse leads to the act of evoking the audience’s emotion and motivating the audiences related to the United States national movement under the leadership of Joe Biden in terms of maintaining his power as the president of the United States of America.

INTERACTIVE PATTERNS OF THE OPENING STATEMENT IN THE DEFAMATION CASE TRIAL OF DEPP VS HEARD 2022

2023-11-01T01:28:50+00:00

In light of the interactive aspects of a monologue speech, this study intends to examine the opening statement by the plaintiff’s lawyer, Ben Chew, in the trial of the Depp versus Heard Defamation case in 2022. Utilising Searle’s Illocutionary Acts and Hyland’s Stance and Engagement Models which was modified by Chaemsaithong, and the qualitative descriptive method, the writer can elaborate on how the interactive patterns can be discerned through the utterances presented by the lawyer. The finding shows 68 utterances dominated by 46% representative acts and 40% commissive acts, while the least occurrences are 7% of expressive acts and 7% of directive acts. Thereafter, it is also found 91 stance markers in the form of 50% attitude markers and 13% first-person pronouns, and 54 engagement markers in the form of 26% second-person pronouns, 10% reported discourse, and 1% questions. Through those interactive devices, the lawyer negotiated his representations within the opening statement at three levels: narrative, interpersonal, and personal self. Those negotiations are operated simultaneously as interactive means for presenting his proposition and identity as a lawyer while engaging rapport with jurors. Therefore, persuading them to be on the same page with the lawyer’s point of view, in which he stood on the plaintiff’s side in the trial.