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The Relationship between Listening Anxiety and Listening Comprehension of English Department Students in Basic Listening Classes at Universitas Negeri Padang Suci Rahma Annisa; Aryuliva Adnan; Leni Marlina
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 9, No 3 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v9i3.109344

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Listening anxiety which makes someone feel tensions, fear, uncomfortable, and worry was suspected to affect students' comprehension in listening class. Therefore, this research aims to find the relationship between listening anxiety and listening comprehension of English department students who had taken the Basic Listening class at Universitas Negeri Padang. The type of research used in this research was quantitative research. The population of this research was the second-year students in Basic Listening Class of English Department. The sample was 60 students who were chosen randomly from the total population using Simple Random Sampling. The data were collected through a questionnaire and an English listening comprehension test using Basic Listening final examination test. The results showed that Foreign Language Listening Anxiety (FLLA) and Listening Comprehension (LC) have a negative correlation (r= -.245) which indicates that high anxiety blocks the processing of listening comprehension, and when the higher anxiety the students have, the lower listening comprehension they get. Further research related to listening comprehension and listening anxiety is suggested to do.
The Correlation between EFL Students’ Listening Anxieties with Listening Self-Efficacy in Listening Class Faidhur Rahmat; Aryuliva Adnan; Leni Marlina
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 9, No 4 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v9i4.110228

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Self-efficacy is necessary for EFL student in controlling their own motivation, behavior, and social environments toward their language learning. Anxiety obstructs the student in improving their language skill in language learning. This research deals with the correlation between self-efficacy and listening anxiety experienced by EFL college students at English Department, Universitas Negeri Padang. The purpose of this research is to investigate the students’ self-efficacy and whether it is in correlation with their listening anxiety. The population of the research is obtained from all of the 2019 students (the second year students) who have already have taken Basic Listening course in their first year of study. This study is conducted in correlational research by using random sampling. The researcher collects data by using two instruments: listening self-efficacy questionnaire and listening anxiety questionnaire. The result of this study showed there are correlation between EFL students’ listening self-efficacy and their listening anxiety.  The correlation between the two aspects is low and it is in the same direction. On the other hand, students’ speaking anxiety and self-efficacy stand in the medium level. They are not high and also not low.
VOCABULARY JOURNAL AS A LEARNING TOOL FOR STUDENTS IN LEARNING VOCABULARY THROUGH READING AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HUSNA NURDINI; Leni Marlina
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 6, No 1 (2017): Serie D
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Vocabulary (kosakata) is the core component of all aspects of language competences. Someone's vocabulary greatly affects the ability in learning language primarily for reading. Indonesian students who study English as a foreign language, especially junior high school students, have difficulty in reading English text. This is because their lack of mastery and knowledge of vocabulary and words that are not familiar so reading comprehension does not achieve. When students find difficult words in reading, they tend to ask the teacher or open dictionary directly. Thus, the level of students' understanding of the word is merely understand the interpretation not understand the meaning of words. Therefore, the author proposes a vocabulary learning strategies that students can use while reading, namely, Vocabulary Journal. This vocabulary journal is used by the students during reading, when they find words that are considered as difficult or unfamiliar. Those words are recorded into the journal so that students can remember and explore the word, by writing some of components associated with the word. The components are the meaning (makna kata), part of speech (kategori kata), a sentence, synonym or antonym, and a picture. By writing and understanding these components, students can understand the words and the text they read well. So the message or idea of the text can be achieved. Furthermore, by using this journal, students are expected become more self-sufficient in achieving the learning objectives.
EFL Students’ Speech Self – Efficacy at English Department of Universitas Negeri Padang Zhiska Cladonia; Leni Marlina
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 10, No 1 (2021)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v10i1.111386

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Some students feel scared when they have to perform speech in front of public. They feel a kind of tension, worry and discomfort during the speech performance. Therefore, this research was aimed to find the level of speech self – efficacy performed by students who had taken Public Speaking class at English Department of Universitas Negeri Padang. This research was a descriptive research. The population was second year students registered in the Public Speaking Class of English Language Educational Program. The sample was taken by using random sampling. It was a class from English Language Educational Program. The chosen sample consisted of 29 students. The data were collected through a questionnaire that consist of 8 items divide 48 questions of speech self – efficacy. The results of this study shows that the students’ level speech self-efficacy was medium. It means that the students need more self – efficacy to increase their self-efficacy and motivation in studying and to improve their ability in delivering speech.
Students’ Pronunciation Errors on Vowels at Spoken English Activities (Speech) Class at English Department Universitas Negeri Padang Yon Visoni; Leni Marlina
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 9, No 3 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v9i3.109237

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Pronunciation plays a significant role in effective communication. The incomprehensible pronunciation will lead to misunderstanding in communication. This present study aims to examine commonly mispronounced sounds and types of errors in the context of vowel sounds. This study investigated the pronunciation error of speech performance to get more naturalistic pronunciation as data. The source of data of this study was six speech recordings delivered by students at the speech class of spoken English activities at English Department (Universitas Negeri Padang). The recordings were analyzed to obtain pronunciation errors from the speeches. After it is done, the errors are were measured and interpreted. The result of this study revealed [æ], [i:], [ə], [əʊ], and [eɪ] were frequently made errors. These sounds were substituted as several sounds. Therefore, it is suggested that these specific errors should be taken into consideration when teaching English to L1 Indonesian EFL students.
STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING AN ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITAS NEGERI PADANG Annisa Fitri Irwan; An Fauzia Rozani Syafei; Leni Marlina
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7, No 1 (2018)
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Analytical exposition text is one of genre text that is learned by english department students of Universitas Negeri Padang. The students must be able to write this genre text. The aim of this study is to analyze the ability of students in writing an analytical exposition text.  It was a descriptive quantitative research conducted for third semester English departments students of Universitas Negeri Padang. This research focused on how is the students’ ability in writing the thesis statement, argumentation, organization and writing, and the use of evidence of analytical exposition text. The population of this research is third semester English department of Unicersitas Negeri Padang, and the sample was from educational class, it was K-3 class which consists of 20 students. the students were asked to write analytical exposition text and then students’ writing were analyzed by using the rubric of analytical exposition text which consists of four aspect, that are thesis statement, argumentation, organization and writing, and the use of evidence. Based on the findings, there are four students who are in excellent level, five students in proficient level, ten students in fair level, and one student in inadequate level. Overall, the ability of third semester English department students of Universitas Negeri Padang is in proficient level.
An Analysis of Metaphor in the Lyrics of Selected Minangkabaunese Songs Deru Lukmana; Rusdi Noor Rosa; Leni Marlina
English Language and Literature Vol 8, No 3 (2019)
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Metaphor is two things of an implicit comparison which two unlike objects are compared with factual, the first is original meaning and the second is describing of metaphor. The purpose of this research is to analyze the types of metaphor using the theory of Lakoff and Johnson (1980). The researcher used descriptive method. The data were collected by downloading Minangkabaunese songs based on themes which fail in love or romance theme and rantau theme, listening them repeatedly, identifying and putting them into table. The data were also analyzed by classifying the data, analyzing the data, deciding the research findings, and drawing the conclusion. The result in this research there are 23 the data found in Minangkabaunese songs whose theme is fail in love or romance: structural (34,78%), orientational (39,13%), ontological (26,09%) and 25 the data found in Minangkabaunese songs whose theme is rantau: structural (56%), orientational (36%), ontological (8%). Therefore, a number of selected Minangkabaunese songs were dominated by both structural and orientational metaphor.
Critical Discourse Analysis of Propaganda Created by Mirror.co.uk and Thedailystar.net for Concerning Islamophobia Pahuse Wanda; Hamzah Hamzah; Leni Marlina
English Language and Literature Vol 9, No 1 (2020)
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This research investigates the propaganda techniques used by the online news author concerning Islamophobia. This study used lexical choices by Fairlough’s textual analysis and the aim of this study is to identify the words including verb, noun, adverb and the propaganda techniques that used by the news author to describe Islam and Muslims in their news articles. Types of research used in this study are descriptive qualitative research. The results of this study are from mirror.co.uk found that the author used 72 words including verb, noun, and adverb for describing Muslims. Meanwhile, thedailystar.net found that the author used 83 words with negative meaning for describing Islam. From the analysis of the lexical choice, the top frequencies used by the two media are terrorists, extremists, radicals and militants. From the analysis of propaganda techniques, found that both media used name-calling, card stacking, and testimonial propaganda techniques. The two media used name-calling techniques in total 155 words, card stacking in total 31 sentences, and 11 sentences are testimonial propaganda techniques. Both media also used the words which have negative connotation, and images. In such manner, it is proposed that the world of Islam be aware of this false opinion used negative propaganda against Islam and take fitting and convenient measures with the goal that they could present the genuine idea of this holy religion to the world and diminish the quantity of Islamophobic assaults on Muslim people group all through the world.
AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN VIEWS (OPINION COLUMN) OF ONLINE PADANG EKSPRES Nurhaida Nurhaida; Leni Marlina
English Language and Literature Vol 6, No 1 (2017): Serie A
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Language is a media of communication that has an important role in human life. The background of this research because of interesting issues in terms of figurative languages that contained in Online Padang Ekspres Newspaper. The use of these figurative languages sometimes makes the reader difficult to know the meaning of the sentence, because the form of figurative languages cannot be known the meaning literally. This paper aims to identify the type and meaning of figurative language used by the author in Online Padang Ekspres Newspaper in March until May 2016 editions. The paper focuses on the types of figurative language in Opinion Column of Online Padang Ekspres Newspaper, because the writer finds many sentences in form of figurative language in that column. The writer collected data by downloading opinion column of online Padang Ekspres Newspaper. In analyzing the data, the writer groups the data into specific types based on the theory Keraf (2009). Then the writer translated it in English and discussed based on the theory. From the results of this study found as many as 100 words / phrases that categorized into figurative languages. From 100 data, found metaphor as many as 66, 25 phrase belongs to simile, and 9 pieces personification. From these results we conclude that the style of the dominant language used in newspapers Padang Express Online is metaphor and most dominant meaning is positive meaning.
EUPHEMISM FOUND IN CELEBRITY NEWS PUBLISHED IN PEOPLE.COM WEBSITE Deka Novianti; Hermawati Syarif; Leni Marlina
English Language and Literature Vol 7, No 1 (2018)
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Euphemism is one of language phenomena that exists in society in order to keep the relationship in good harmony. This research aims to describe forms and functions of euphemism that are found in Celebrity News published in people.com website. This research is descriptive qualitative based on phenomena of euphemism in written language. Data of this research are words, phrases and sentences that contain euphemistic expression found in Celebrity News during February 2017.The result of the research shows that there are four forms and four functions of euphemism. The form of euphemism that is mostly found is semantic change, especially metaphorical transfer. The researcher also found various functions of euphemism. The function of euphemism that is mostly found is avoiding taboo.