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PROMOTING MORAL MESSAGES BEHIND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES IN NIRWANA’S SONG LYRICS Hamzah Fikri Mashobi; Rismiyanto - Rismiyanto; Mutohhar - Mutohhar
Prominent Vol 5, No 1 (2022): Prominent: Journal of English Studies
Publisher : Universitas Muria Kudus

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24176/pro.v5i1.7077

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Figurative Language is commonly used in literary work, especially in a song lyric. The song is also commonly used by English teachers as a medium in the teaching process. It makes the learning proses becomes more interesting and satisfying. Besides that, the song also contains a moral message which is implied in the lyrics which can be used by the teachers to teach the students in building the characters. This research is aimed at finding the types and meaning of the figurative language which are used in Nirvana’s song lyrics and to explain the interpretation of the meanings which support moral message. This research is descriptive qualitative research. The data of this research are the words, phrases, and sentences of Nirvana songs that use figurative language. The data source is taken from all of Nirvana's song lyrics in the “Nevermind” Album. The result of the research indicates that the there are 13 types of figurative language, those are Metaphor (32,7%), Symbolism (30,2%), Idiom (9,5%), Hyperbole (5,2%), Metonymy (3,4%), Satire (3,4%), Synecdoche (2,6%), Pun or Paronomasia (2,6%), (2,6%), Litotes (2,6%), Paradox (2,6%), Simile (1,7%), and Personification (0,9%); and that the most moral messages delivered in Nevermind Album are bravery and honesty. 
THE PRESENCE OF COLLABORATION SKILL IN ELT CLASS Mutohhar Mutohhar; Hakim Sudinpreeda; Agung Dwi Nurcahyo; Fajar Kartika
Prominent Vol 3, No 2 (2020): Prominent : Journal of English Studies
Publisher : Universitas Muria Kudus

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24176/pro.v3i2.5333

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One of the skills that must be possessed in the 21st century is collaboration skill. It requires teachers to present or provide it in the learning process, so that later students are expected to be able to implement it in their real life. The study reported in this paper aims to describe the implementation of collaboration skill in the process of teaching and learning. The data collected by means of close-ended questionnaires and guided interview that were administered to 125 freshman students of the English Education Department of Universitas Muria Kudus. The result shows that 84% of the students said that the teacher has implemented the collaboration skill, however from 84%, only 48% is categorized as instructionally effective. It is suggested that the teachers should manage some instructions and control how the instructions are executed. Keywords: 21st century skills, collaboration skill, effective instruction.
COLLOCATIONS FOUND IN THE DIALOGUE TEXTS WRITTEN BY THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MAN 1 KUDUS Della Futika Putri; Muh Syafei; Mutohhar Mutohhar
Prominent Vol 6, No 1 (2023): Prominent: Journal of English Studies
Publisher : Universitas Muria Kudus

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24176/pro.v6i1.8380

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Lexical collocation is one of the grammar material in English subjects that is taught by the English teacher for the eleventh grade students in the High School. Therefore, it is important to analyze the students’ level of understanding after learning the material. This research aims to classify the types of lexical collocation and to find out the students’ ability in writing dialogue text using lexical collocations. In this research, the descriptive qualitative was used as a research design. The writer did documentation as data collection technique. The participants of this research were the XI MIPA 6 students of MAN 1 Kudus in the academic year 2021/2022. The writer had analyzed 13 dialogue texts written by the students who worked in a pair. The findings show that there are seven types of lexical collocation found, those are verb with preposition + noun/pronoun (8.93%), verb + noun (19.64%), adjective + noun (35.71%), noun + verb (1.79%), noun + noun (25%), adverb + adjective (1.79%), and verb + adverb (7.14%). Moreover, the percentage of the correct lexical collocations shows that the students have excellent skills in writing dialogue text using lexical collocations.