Journalistics: Journal of English Teaching and Applied Linguistics

Analysis of Politeness Strategies on Comments in Influencers Instagram Account

2023-08-24T11:30:45+07:00

This study aims to find out the types of politeness strategies and identifying the most dominant type of politeness strategy used by netizens on Comments Influencer Instagram accounts. The research design of the study is qualitative descriptive. The data of this research collected from netizens’ comments on Influencers Instagram accounts. The data collection of thus research are observing and documenting. To get the data, the researcher used screenshot comment from Influencers Instagram account. The findings show that were 45 comments consisting of 3 Influencers accounts, each account analyzed 15 comments. In total, there are 22 Positive Politeness, 4 Negative Politeness, 11 Bald on Records, and 8 Off Records. It can be concluded that the most dominant type of politeness strategy used by netizens are Positive Politeness.

An Analysis of Slang Word on Comment in Selena Gomez’s Instagram Account

2023-08-24T11:49:03+07:00

Slang is an informal language used by a certain community or group. The aim of this research is to identify the most frequently used slang words, their types, meanings, and social factors from comments in Selena Gomez's Instagram account. Descriptive qualitative methodology is used in this research. The phenomenon of slang words is the subject of this research. The researcher found slang words in Instagram comments. The primary source of data for this research is comment in Selena Gomez's Instagram account. In this research, books, journals, and other sources that provide data to support this research will be used as the secondary data source. The result of this research are five types of slang according to (Allan and Burridge, 2006), from 50 data of slang words in column comments with total frequencies of as much as 412 words, namely acronym was the most appeared slang in this research with 139 or 33,74%. Then clipping, it is 118 words 28,71%. After that, it is imitative, it is around 66 or 16,05%. Fresh and creative are 59 frequencies or 14.3%. While flippant is the least appeared with 30 or 7,2%. The social factors that influenced the use of slang word as follows the level of age, environment, and education. As a result, slang is occasionally used as a language among individuals. Especially, when they have multiple goals like be creative, fashionable, fun, and distinct from the previous generation.

The Realization of Second Language Learning Strategies in the Newest Revision of 2013 Curriculum

2023-08-24T11:56:54+07:00

For decades, English teaching and learning in Indonesia have been through a number of changes and revision of curriculum. One of which was widely and extensively used was the 2013 curriculum in which all the aspects of learning has been provided inside of it. Unfortunately, teachers recently have neglected the importance of second language acquisition (SLA) in their activity. In this paper, the researcher investigated the relationship between SLA learning strategies with the newest revision of 2013 curriculum. The focus of the study was the curriculum document in the form of its lesson plan created by a teacher. The document was compared with O’Malley and Chamot’s topology of learning strategies (1990). The researcher also had an interview session with the teacher in charged in one of junior high schools in Ambal, Kabupaten Kebumen. The result showed that teacher didn’t consider the importance of SLA as the result of overwhelming administration duty. On the other hand, O’Malley and Chamot’s learning strategies is dominantly reflected in the curriculum. However, the well-support resources didn’t give much contribution to students’ achievement. Therefore, there should be evaluation and improvement from both parties involved in language learning.

An Analysis Figure of Speech in the “FROZEN” Disney Movie

2023-08-24T12:06:00+07:00

This research is conducted in order to find out what type and the most dominant of figure of speech that used in”Frozen” movie. This research was applied descriptive qualitative method. The subjects of this research were the transcript of frozen movie. The data of this research was collected by identifying and classifying. the use of figure of speech hyperbole is 34,7%; Simile is 13%; Metaphor is 13%; personification is 17,3%; Irony is 8,6%; and Onomatopoeia is 8,6%. The most frequent used in this movie is hyperbole. It is for about 8 sentences and the percentage is 34,7%.

Discourse Markers Used in EFL Teacher Talk: A Pragmatic Perspective

2023-08-24T12:11:49+07:00

Discourse markers (DMs) play a pivotal role in teacher talk since they not only maintain the classroom interaction but also promote the learning efficiency. This article reports on a study aimed at investigating and examining features and functions of discourse markers used by an EFL teacher. This is a descriptive qualitative study within the frame of pragmatics. The data were derived from audio-video recordings gathered through direct observation. The audio-video recordings were transcribed and analyzed afterwards. In analyzing the data, Brinton’s (2008) framework of DM features was employed to figure out the DM features and the taxonomy of pragmatic functions of DMs proposed by Fung and Carter (2007) was used to examine the functions of DMs. This study spotlights two major findings. Firstly, the discourse markers found are in the form of adverbs, conjunctions, lexical phrases, and fillers, with the five most frequent DMs used are ‘OK’, ‘so’, ‘and then’, ‘now’, ‘and ‘and’. Secondly, the discourse markers perform pragmatic functions, namely interpersonal function (checking progress, partitioning information, replaying to elicitors, seeking affirmation, and signifying acknowledgement), referential function (marking results or consequences), structural function (opening the topic/subject or adjusting the lecture mode, maintaining the students’ attention, and smoothing shifts between activities), and cognitive function (denoting the thinking process). In short, the findings of this study might help to boost awareness of the pragmatic discourse markers for EFL teachers and learners.

The Effectiveness of Using Nas Daily Youtube Videos in Enhanching Students’ Speaking Skills

2023-08-24T12:19:28+07:00

This study focuses on improving students' speaking ability through YouTube videos of Nas Daily channel, specifically the students (henceforth, the cadets) of Politeknik Bumi Akpelni studying in the fourth semester. There are many graduates in Marine Mechanical Engineering Technology (TRPK) who often receive comments from companies that there are still many TRPK cadets that are less active despite being in the world of work. The international level requires active English, especially during interviews and communication with seafarers from different countries on board. This study aims to explore the importance of using Nas's daily YouTube videos to boost students' speaking skills. This study employs an experimental design applying preliminary and predomination in each group. The population consists of fourth-semester interns and the sample is class TRPK A as the preliminary group and TRPK B as a predomination group consisting of 22 interns in each group. The first meeting is an advance-test for both groups. The researchers give the treatment during the second and third encounters, and so on. Nas daily YouTube videos are used for the preliminary group while the predomination group is treated with conventional methods. The last meeting was an end-test of the preliminary and predomination groups. The research tools used consists of conducting a simple dialogue with the subjects they have learned. Learners' speaking ability is assessed based on five aspects of speaking skills, namely articulation, grammar or morphology, vocabulary or the stock of words, chapters and fluency. The results show that the average advance-test scores for the preliminary and predomination groups are 48.60 and 44.26. End-test mean scores for the preliminaryand predomination groups are 65.30 and 55.20. The average score of each of the 5 aspects of speaking also increased after using Nas Daily YouTube Videos for the preliminary group. The significance of this study is found by applying the t-test method. After carrying out the significance test, the t-count value (2.96) is higher than the t-table (1.76). This means that a significant difference in results between cadets’ speaking skills after being treated using the Nas Daily YouTube Video and using the conventional method of the fourth-semester cadets of Marine Mechanical Engineering Technology exists. This study concludes that cadets’ speaking skills improve well through activities using Nas Daily YouTube Video. They are more confident and have easy access anytime, anywhere to learn and to speak English. Besides, they also learn unique things from Nas' videos on YouTube.

English Teachers’ Perception on the Implementation of Merdeka Curriculum at Private Vocational High School

2023-08-24T12:27:23+07:00

Curriculum is a set of plans and tools to establish the objectives, subject matter, and curriculum material as well as the learning activities to be carried out in order to achieve particular educational goals.

This research was conducted to ascertain English teachers’ perception of the implementation of the Merdeka curriculum in one of the vocational high schools, called Centers of Excellence (SMK PK). The researcher used a descriptive qualitative method as a research design, and data obtained through observation and interview. The subjects were four English teachers. This research is focused on the following six areas of implementation Merdeka Curriculum: 1) Understanding of subject 2) Content administration reduction in MBKM 3) Learning process and P5 in MBKM 4) Assessment 5) Teacher experience in MBKM 6) Obstacles. The results of the research found that the Merdeka curriculum in one of the vocational high schools had been implemented. However, an obstacle arose related to teacher are still adapting to the new term in the Merdeka curriculum. The teachers are unable to manage time effectively in the learning process and have limited references. The teachers must provide handling during the administration of the evaluation because the students are different, resulting in less engaged students for whom the teacher is only a facilitator. Other problems included teachers who rarely utilized the Merdeka curriculum's assessment methods. Additionally, the English teacher has a way to overcome some of the obstacles and make sure the Merdeka curriculum succeeds

Nationalism Portrayed In Nagabonar Jadi 2 Movie: A Semiotic Analysis

2023-08-24T12:35:31+07:00

Movie is one of the mass media in the form of audiovisual and its nature is very complex. The film became a social discourse with its characteristics spreading to many places. A movie may deliver certain messages to its audience. Movies in general also raise a topic or phenomenon occurring in society. “Nagabonar Jadi 2” is a comedy movie that portrays nationalism values in its scenes. This study used qualitative research methods using the method of content analysis. The main instrument of this study is the researcher himself, who conducts direct research such as watching, listening and understanding the movie, using Roland Barthes' semiotic theory, which focuses on the idea of two orders of signification. Besides having a general meaning, the movie also has a denotative meaning, connotative meaning and myth.

Investigating English as Foreign Language learners on Learning Morphology in English Language Curriculum

2023-08-24T12:42:42+07:00

This research in title “Investigating English as Foreign Language learners on Learning Morphology in English Language Curriculum”. linguistics provides a system that convey construction of language that used by learner appropriate to the categories. The learners required to know the basic language information which is needed in process of using. Morphology exposes the learners to fresh morphemes, which broadens your vocabulary and teaches you fresh words. This research aims to uncover EFL learner on learning morphology and explore the morphology subject classes on students’ belief. The researcher used descriptive qualitative approach. Thus, conducting morphology classes by using case or project-based method assisted the learner to analyzed and figured out the process of language in use.

Deixis Used in Miley Cycrus’s Song Lyrics “Angels Like You”

2023-08-24T12:50:01+07:00