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An analysis of Politeness Strategies in Indonesian English Textbooks Ayu Meiratnasari; Agus Wijayanto; Suparno Suparno
ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 2 No. 4 (2019): DECEMBER
Publisher : Hasanuddin University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (774.35 KB) | DOI: 10.34050/els-jish.v2i4.8393

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The research aimed explores politeness approaches in EFL textbooks, especially Indonesian English textbooks. There were two textbooks which analysed as the sample for this study. The textbooks entitled “Talk Active 1” and “Talk Active 2: Language and Culture Programme”. The researcher limited the analysis on the dialogs which provided as materials in the textbooks. Brown & Levinson's (1987) politeness strategies were applied to categorize the data. The researcher applied content analysis method proposed by Denscombe, (2010) as the research method. The results of the study revealed bald on-record, positive politeness, negative politeness, and off-record were reflected in the Indonesian English textbooks. Both types of bald on-record strategies were found in the Indonesian English textbooks. However, there were only three types of off-records strategies were reflected in the textbooks. The finding revealed 11 types of positive politeness as strategy follows: S1: Notice, attend to hearer; S2: Exaggerate, S3: Intensify interest to hearer; S4: Use in-group identity markers; S6: Avoid disagreement; S7: Presuppose/assert/raise common ground; S8: Joke; S10: Offer, promise; S12: Include both speaker and hearer in the activity; S13: Give (or ask for) reasons; S14: assume or assert reciprocity. The result also presented 8 types of negative politeness as follows: S1: Be conventionally indirect; S2: Question, hedge; S3: Be pessimistic; S4: Minimize the imposition; S5: Give deference; S6: Apologize; S7: Impersonalize speaker and hearer and S10: Go on record as incurring a debt, or as not indebting hearer. The analysis showed positive and negative politeness strategies were central strategies that reflected in the textbooks. It proved that Indonesian English textbooks have pragmatics input for the students. 
English Vowels and Diphthongs Problems of Sundanese Learners Kuntum Palupi Setyaningsih; Agus Wijayanto; Suparno Suparno
ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 2 No. 4 (2019): DECEMBER
Publisher : Hasanuddin University

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EFL Sundanese learners encounter the difficulties in English pronunciation. The learners are often unable to differ between English vowel sounds long [i:] with short [I] like the word cheese they pronounce it as /ʧIz/ instead of  /ʧiːz/, despite they have learned English since elementary school, officially they have learned English for around 5 years. The purpose of this study is to explore the interference of mother tongue in pronunciation field that was made by Sundanese learners dealing with English vowels and diphthongs. The participants were 30 EFL learners with Sundanese background as their mother tongue. The data were collected by recording the students’ pronunciation and analysed using contrastive analysis. The results demonstrate that the learners met obstacles in uttering English vowels [i:],[u:],[ɔ], and diphthongs[eɪ],[əʊ],[æ]. The dominant mispronunciation of the English sounds occurs because of the absence of those English sounds in the learners’ mother tongue. This paper offers some recommendations to the teachers to overcome the phenomenon mother tongue interference.
Native English Teacher’s Politeness Realizations in EFL Classroom Interaction Wisma Wijayanti; Agus Wijayanto; Sri Marmanto
ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 3 No. 1 (2020): MARCH
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The realizations of politeness need to be implemented in the process of teaching and learning in the class, especially in English language classroom context. Applying appropriate politeness strategy in talking to the students is very important to create effective teaching and learning process. This study examines politeness strategies used by the native English teacher. It aims to identify the use of politeness strategies realized by the native English teacher in classroom interaction. This research was qualitative research method. The participant of the research was one native English teacher who taught EFL students in a university in Indonesia. The data were obtained through the class observation. Those data then were analyzed by using politeness theory proposed by Brown and Levinson (1987). The result revealed that all politeness strategies suggested by Brown and Levinson (1987) were applied by the teacher in delivering his speech to the students, such as bald on record, positive politeness, negative politeness, and off record. Negative politeness became the most dominant politeness strategy performed by the native English teacher while the least one was off record. These four strategies were mostly employed by the teacher in order to remind the students, give them commands (task-oriented), praise the students, request the students to do something, make the class more interesting, and motivate the students.
Extensive Reading on Wattpad and Its Benefits to Students' English Skills: Students' Perceptions Intan Permatasari; Agus Wijayanto; Diah Kristina
ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 3 No. 4 (2020): DECEMBER
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The purpose of this study was to explore students’ perception’s towards Extensive Reading on Wattpad platform as well as its benefits to students’ English skills. Extensive Reading enables students to read a great deal amount of reading materials based on their personal interests and level of comprehension which is actually applied outside the class room for most people consider it as reading for pleasure. It has also been known that Extensive Reading has many benefits in improving students’ language skills. The advancement of technology over the years allows people to do many activities online, including Extensive Reading activity. Thus, Wattpad is considered to have enormous and various reading materials that can support extensive reading for the students. This study is a case study. The data were obtained from an in-depth interview with the participant who were two undergraduate students majoring English Education from a state university in Indonesia. The participants were selected purposively for the reason they were known to have been doing extensive reading activity on Wattpad for a quite long time, specifically for more than three years. The research findings showed that students have positive perceptions towards Extensive Reading on Wattpad which are categorized into three elements namely cognitive, affective, and conative. Four notable benefits of Extensive Reading on Wattpad were also mentioned by the students such as it contributed in unconsciously improving students’ writing skills, vocabulary mastery, speaking skills, as well as listening skills.
Strengths and Weaknesses of Self-Regulated Learning through YouTube: Indonesian EFL Students’ Perceptions Hj. Fadhilah Harahab Putri; Agus Wijayanto; Slamet Supriyadi
ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 3 No. 4 (2020): DECEMBER
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The recent advancements in technology are growing rapidly, because of that the demands of Internet are increasing rapidly. Include the use of website and application. Technology has brought various potentials for language learning. Therefore, in this research the aims are to determine the perceptions of EFL students and the strengths and weaknesses of self-regulated learning using YouTube. To achieve the objective of the research, the method used in this research is a case study. The data in this research were collected through in-depth interviews. The subjects in this research were four undergraduate students who are majoring in English education from university in Indonesia and they were purposively selected, so that they can provide sufficient information. The results in this research showed the positive perceptions of students towards EFL students self-regulated learning using YouTube. They declared that the use of YouTube could facilitate them in regulating their learning English, brings joy, pleasure and excitement during the learning process. In addition, in this research found out that the strengths of self-regulated learning using YouTube; YouTube provides a lot of learning materials, the ease to use YouTube, flexibility of time and place when using YouTube in regulating their learning. Meanwhile the weaknesses are financial constraints and problem of Internet connectivity.
Students' Perceptions of the Strategies Used by Teachers in Teaching Speaking in Desa Bahasa Sragen Novita Indah Purwaningsih; Agus Wijayanto; Ngadiso Ngadiso
ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Vol. 3 No. 4 (2020): DECEMBER
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The objective of this study was to determine students' perceptions of the teaching strategies used by teachers to teach speaking in “Desa Bahasa Sragen”. The subjects of this study were the six students of the “Desa Bahasa Sragen”. There are six students who voluntarily agreed to be participants in this study. The instruments used to gather data was interviews. The case study is used in this research as a research method. The results showed that the students gave a positive perception of the strategies used by the teacher in teaching speaking in “Desa Bahasa Sragen”. They stated that the strategies used by the teacher in teaching speaking in “Desa Bahasa Sragen” could help them practice speaking, making them feel the learning process fun. In addition, their positive perceptions are influenced by the new experiences they get while learning English, especially speaking in “Desa Bahasa Sragen”.