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JASON WALKER’S MOTIVATION TO SURVIVE IN BRANDON MULL’S NOVEL SERIES BEYONDERS: A WORLD WITHOUT HEROES Masdin, M. Wahyuddin; Nurindah, Nurindah; Sapan, Yulius Tandi
Journal of Teaching of English Vol 5, No 3 (2020): Journal of Teaching of English
Publisher : Universitas Halu Oleo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (257.629 KB) | DOI: 10.36709/jte.v5i3.13863

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Literature is a written work that have intellectual and imaginative ideas with a neat and organized structure. Novel as a kind of literary works is a piece of writing in form of prose which has complex attribute such as complicated plots, various settings, and a great variety of characters.One of the best fantasy works is Beyonders series, written by Brandon Mull.Beyonders: A World Without Heroes is the first of Beyonders trilogy series. The story of Beyonders: A World Without Heroes novel is about a thirteen years old boy named Jason Walker who trying to find a way to go back to his world. From Beyonders: A World Without Heroes novel, things that stand out are the story of a struggle to survive and find the way to go back home.Therefore, one of the particular elements to build the story in the novel is motivation of the major character.Motivation helps to achieve something that can make a better circumstance, we will not be able to achieve anything if we do not have any desire to achieve it.This study aimed to analyze Jason Walker’s motivation to survive in Brandon Mull’s novel series Beyonders: A World Without Heroes. This study used Personal Construct Theory (PCT) which classified emotions to analyze Walker’s motivation to survive as to which emotions caused Walker to be motivated to survive. This study found that Walker’s motivation in real world is his interest towards animals was what motivated Walker to study in zoology major. Trapped in unreal world made Walker motivated to survive to find a way home and  as  setting  and  conflict  influenced,  Walker’s  motivation  has grown to save Lyrian from Maldor. By using Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory (PCT), this study found that anxiety on why Walker was stranded in unreal world, guilt of involving Lyrian’s people and did not want to make his family and friends worried about him, threat from Maldor
THE EFFECT OF PWIM (PICTURE WORD INDUCTIVE MODEL) ON STUDENTS’ COMPETENCE IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT Sabrina, Kisti; Kamaluddin, Kamaluddin; Sapan, Yulius Tandi
Journal of Teaching of English Vol 5, No 4 (2020): Journal of Teaching of English
Publisher : Universitas Halu Oleo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (207.48 KB) | DOI: 10.36709/jte.v5i3.13868

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This research aimed at investigating whether there is a significant effect of Picture Word Inductive Model on students’ competence in writing narrative text. The design of this research was Pre-Experimental design one group pre test and post test. The population of this research was all first grade of class IPA of Senior High School 4 Wangi-Wangi. The sample of this research was class IPA 1 which consists of 20 students. The instrument of this research was writing test in narrative genre and the criteria of students’ writing were assessed from five aspects of writing, namely content, organization, language use, vocabulary and mechanics. The data were obtained by using two essay writing tests. They were pre-test and post-test. The pre-test was given before treatment and the post-test was given after treatments in order to know the students’ competence before and after treatment of Picture Word Inductive Model.  The data were analyzed by using SPSS in form of Paired Sample T-test. The result of the analysis showed that there was a significant effect of Picture Word Inductive Model on students’ competence in writing narrative text. It proved by the result of hypothesis testing using paired sample t-test. The mean score of pre-test was 59.77 and mean score of post-test was 76.67. Moreover, as a result the probability score of .000 (p score) was less than the level of significance (p ≤ 0.50. Therefore, it can be said that using Picture Word Inductive Model gives significant effect to increase students’ competence in writing narrative text at class IPA 1 of Senior High School 4 Wangi-Wangi.
AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR IN ONE DIRECTION ALBUM Agustin, Tuti Dwi; Tanduklangi, Amri; Sapan, Yulius Tandi
Journal of Teaching English Vol 4, No 3 (2019): Journal of Teaching English
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (92.891 KB) | DOI: 10.36709/jte.v4i3.4862

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Lyrics in song are intended to send a message to the audience ormusic lovers. Composers use figurative language as the media toconvey their message. One of the figurative languages that is mostlyused in song’s lyrics is Metaphor. This study was intended toinvestigate the types of metaphor used in One Direction Album. Theobjective of this study to identify the types of metaphor found in thesong lyrics and to analyze metaphor meaning in One Direction song.This study adopted a descriptive qualitative research design. Threesongs by One Direction had been chosen as the data of this study;Story of My Life, Steal My Girl and Drag Me Down. The data wereanalyzed its metaphor by using Lakoff and Johnson theory, while ininvestigating the meaning, Chaer’s theory of contextual meaningwas used. The result of the study showed that based on the threetypes of metaphor, structural metaphor becomes the most frequentlyused in the song lyrics, meanwhile 2 of 3 songs used all of the threetypes of metaphor; Orientation, Structural and OntologicalMetaphor. In answering the second research question about themeaning of each metaphor, each lyric has been analyzed throughcontent analysis to know the true meaning of what the song writerwant to express in his/her lyrics and each lyric has differentcontextual meaning which is elaborated further in this study.1Keywords: Metaphor, Meaning, One Direction’s Album
The Correlation between Studenst' Motivation and Their Speaking Achievement at English Department of Halu Oleo University Fatimah, Wa Ode; Sale, Firdaus; Sapan, Yulius Tandi
Journal of Teaching English Vol 4, No 4 (2019): Journal of Teaching English
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (35.698 KB) | DOI: 10.36709/jte.v4i4.8284

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This research focuses on the correlation between students’ motivation and their speaking achievement. The research conducts in Halu Oleo University, English Department at academic year 2017/2018 that have pass Speaking III to see their motivation and speaking achievement. There are 36 students taken as sample. The data of the research collect through close-ended questionnaire adapted from Gardner (1985) who had developed the Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB) to get the data of students’ motivation index (integrative motivation and instrumental motivation), especially in speaking III. To analyze the data, the researcher uses descriptive statistic to find out the students’ speaking achievement and their motivations based on the five categories of; very good, good, moderate, low and failed. The researcher uses the SPSS 16 program as the statistical program to analyze the data. The finding of the research shows that students’ speaking achievement was mostly categorized as a moderate category and students are moderate motivated in speaking English. The result of inferential statistical analysis show that the result of the Pearson correlation is valued as much as rxy= 0,479 (moderate correlation) with positive significant 0.03(rxy<0.05). Based on the data, the researcher found that there is a significant correlation between students’ motivation and their speaking achievement at English Department of Halu Oleo University. Motivation is an important factor that influenced students’ achievement. Motivation is directly proportional to the score of students. The higher the students’ motivation to speak, the higher their speaking score achieved.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION AND THEIR SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF HALU OLEO UNIVERSITY Fatimah, Wa Ode; Sale, Firdaus; Sapan, Yulius Tandi
Journal of Teaching of English Vol 4, No 4 (2019): Journal of Teaching of English
Publisher : Universitas Halu Oleo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36709/jte.v4i4.13972

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This research focuses on the correlation between students’ motivation and their speaking achievement. The research conducts in Halu Oleo University, English Department at academic year 2017/2018 that have pass Speaking III to see their motivation and speaking achievement. There are 36 students taken as sample. The data of the research collect through close-ended questionnaire adapted from Gardner (1985) who had developed the Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB) to get the data of students’ motivation index (integrative motivation and instrumental motivation), especially in speaking III. To analyze the data, the researcher uses descriptive statistic to find out the students’ speaking achievement and their motivations based on the five categories of; very good, good, moderate, low and failed. The researcher uses the SPSS 16 program as the statistical program to analyze the data. The finding of the research shows that students’ speaking achievement was mostly categorized as a moderate category and students are moderate motivated in speaking English. The result of inferential statistical analysis show that the result of the Pearson correlation is valued as much as rxy= 0,479 (moderate correlation) with positive significant 0.03(rxy<0.05). Based on the data, the researcher found that there is a significant correlation between students’ motivation and their speaking achievement at English Department of Halu Oleo University. Motivation is an important factor that influenced students’ achievement. Motivation is directly proportional to the score of students. The higher the students’ motivation to speak, the higher their speaking score achieved. Keywords: Speaking, speaking achievement, motivation (integrative and instrumental)
AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR IN ONE DIRECTION ALBUM Agustin, Tuti Dwi; Tanduklangi, Amri; Sapan, Yulius Tandi
Journal of Teaching of English Vol 4, No 2 (2019): Journal of Teaching of English
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36709/jte.v4i2.13924

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Lyrics in song are intended to send a message to the audience or music lovers.  Composers use figurative language as the media to convey their message. One of the figurative languages that is mostly used in song’s lyrics is Metaphor. This study was intended to investigate the types of metaphor used in One Direction Album. The objective of this study to identify the types of metaphor found in the song lyrics and to analyze metaphor meaning in One Direction song. This study adopted a descriptive qualitative research design. Three songs by One Direction had been chosen as the data of this study; Story of My Life, Steal My Girl and Drag Me Down. The data were analyzed its metaphor by using Lakoff and Johnson theory, while in investigating the meaning, Chaer’s theory of contextual meaning was used. The result of the study showed that based on the three types of metaphor, structural metaphor becomes the most frequently used in the song lyrics, meanwhile 2 of 3 songs used all of the three types of metaphor; Orientation, Structural and Ontological Metaphor. In answering the second research question about the meaning of each metaphor, each lyric has been analyzed through content analysis to know the true meaning of what the song writer want to express in his/her lyrics and each lyric has different contextual meaning which is elaborated further in this study. Keywords: Metaphor, Meaning, One Direction’s Album
Cohesive Markers Used on Thesis Background of English Education Department Students Wardaningsih, Irda Juni; Rohmana, Rohmana; Sapan, Yulius Tandi
Journal of Teaching of English Vol 6, No 3 (2021): Journal of Teaching of English
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36709/jte.v6i3.21068

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This study was conducted to analyse grammatical cohesive markers in students’ thesis background. The objectives of this study was to describe the kinds of grammatical cohesion used in students’ thesis background, to find out the mistake of the use of grammatical cohesion on thesis background, and to know the reason why the students made mistake in their thesis background. The respondents were under graduated students of English Education Department of Halu Oleo University in academic year 2014/2015. The design of this study was qualitative descriptive that consisted of collecting ( reading students’ thesis background), classifying (giving a code in every grammatical item), identifying (determining the incorrect word), analyzing (explaining the mistake and give the correction) and interviewing about the respondents’ mistake. The finding showed that the students were able to apply grammatical cohesion devices in their thesis background which were conjunction, reference, ellipsis and substitution. The students mostly made mistakes in the use of conjunction and reference. The students made mistake because most of them did not give more attention to the background thesis text, they rechecked in such a hurry.
Comparing Robert Frosts’ Poems; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and The Sound of Trees Riru, Kusmarlin; Nurindah, Nurindah; Sapan, Yulius Tandi
Journal of Teaching of English Vol 6, No 4 (2021): Journal of Teaching of English
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36709/jte.v6i4.22867

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This study aims to find out the similarities and the differences of Robert Frosts’ poems “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “The Sound of Trees” in terms of imagery and figurative language. The design of the study used a qualitative design with a descriptive semantic approach. Data analysis used descriptive and content analysis techniques. This study found that the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowing” contains two types of imagery namely visual and auditory and three types of figurative language namely metaphor, personification, and hyperbole. There are three types of imagery namely visual imagery, auditory imagery, and organic imagery, and four types of figurative languages namely   metaphor, simile, personification, and irony in the poem “The Sound of Trees”. Furthermore, the two poems have similarities and differences in terms of imagery and figurative language. Both of them have visual imagery and auditory imagery as well as metaphor and personification. Besides having similarities and differences in terms of imagery and figurative language, the two poems also have similarities and differences in terms of imagery characteristics. What the two poems have in common is that they both have the speaker I as a man, natural theme, and setting of the place, which is at home, even though the marker word for the imagery is different. Meanwhile, the difference lies in the listener, and the setting of the situation namely the listener of the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” which is the little horse and woods with a snow and the darkest evening setting. Meanwhile, the listener of the poem “The Sound of Trees” is the trees with a white cloud situation setting.