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An Analysis of Language Styles Used in Fly-Tipping Spots in Banda Aceh and Aceh Besar Putra Phoenna; Siti Sarah Fitriani; Masrizal Mahmud
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 6, No 3 (2021): August 2021
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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Language style is the choice of words used by the speaker when speaking in different circumstances. Fly-tipping is an illegal dump of waste by people in certain area. The purpose of this study is to find out the types of language style used in fly-tipping spots in Banda Aceh and Aceh Besar. The source of data is warning boards and signs in 50 fly-tipping spots in Banda Aceh and Aceh Besar. The research design used is descriptive-qualitative research with content analysis approach. The instrument that is used to collect the data in this research is observation sheet. The data were analyzed and classified based on the types of language style proposed by Joos (1976) as cited in Hamdany and Damanhuri (2017). In analyzing the data, the researcher uses the data analysis method proposed by Miles et al. (2014) that the data are analyzed through three steps, those are data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. The results of this study show that from 50 data that are analyzed, the researcher only found three types of language style that are used. Those are formal style with 21 occurrences, consultative style with 22 occurrences, and casual style with only 7 occurrences. However, the researcher did not find any use of frozen style and intimate style from the analysis. This shows that people are more likely to use a clear, formal, and neutral language such as formal and consultative style to express something to the public, especially at the fly-tipping spots in Banda Aceh and Aceh Besar.

An analysis of Illocutionary acts in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Movie Fitriani Fitriani; Masrizal Mahmud; Chairina Nasir
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 5, No 3 (2020): August 2020
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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An illocutionary act is an act that happens when the speaker utters something to the hearer. The purpose of the current research is to find out the types of illocutionary acts dominantly used in the Fantastic Beast: The Crime of Grindelwald movie spoken by the main character “Newt”. The source of the data was Fantastic Beast: The Crime of Grindelwald movie and the movie script. The research design used in this study was a descriptive qualitative research with documentation analysis as the technique of data collection. In analyzing the data, the researcher used content analysis proposed by Miles Huberman (1994). The research shows that there were 131 illocutionary acts found in the movie. The findings show representative type is the most dominant used by the main character in this movie with 78 data. The second place is the directive type with 26 data. And then expressive type with 18 data. Commissive type with 8 data and the last type is declarative with only 1 data. Those 131 illocutionary acts are then categorized as types of illocutionary acts proposed by Searle (1969). The results of these Illocutionary acts enhanced the deep meaning in the utterances of the movie mentioned above and made it understandable.

An Analysis of Language Dominance in Students’ English Arabic Conversation at an Islamic Boarding School Ulvia Zuhra; Masrizal Mahmud
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 5, No 3 (2020): August 2020
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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The objectives of this study are to figure out what language is dominantly used by the bilingual students and what factors affect the use of one language over the other. Employing qualitative method, the study was conducted at Dayah Modern Arun Islamic Boarding School Lhokseumawe. The researcher selected the first, second and third grade of senior high school students as the respondents, with only five students selected from each grade, resulting in a total of 15 female students to be observed and interviewed. The data were collected by means of recording the students’ conversation during the lunch time and interviewing them to investigate factors that affect the use of a particular language. Using Bedore’s et al. (2012) benchmark of language dominance, students were considered bilingual dominant if their use of a language is between 80% and 60% in their dominant language and between 20% and 40% in their other language. The results indicated that the five students of the first grade were all Arabic dominant, while the five students of the second grade and the four majorities of students of the third grade were English dominant and Arabic dominant, respectedly. The results from the interview revealed that four factors influenced the dominant use of a specific language, namely preference, knowledge background, environmental factor and grammatical background.

An Analysis of Semiotic Signs in Romance Movie Posters Darliati Darliati; Masrizal Mahmud
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 5, No 4 (2020): December 2020
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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This research is a study of semiotics signs found in Indonesian romance movie posters. The subject of this research is fifteen movie posters of Indonesian romance movies. This research aims at identifying and describing the types of meaning of signs depicted in the posters based on the visual grammar theory proposed by Kress and van Leeuwen (2006). Using qualitative method, three types of meaning namely representational meaning, interactive meaning, and compositional meaning are described. The result is presented in form of written description and tables. The findings of this study show that most of the aspects of visual grammar theory can be found in the posters with every posters share different aspects. However, there are also some aspects of the visual grammar theory that are not found in the posters which are classificational process as one of sub processes of conceptual process and vertical angle in perspective aspect. Based on the depicted elements of the fifteen romance movie posters that have been analyzed, it shows that the romance movie posters involve many aspects of emotions. It includes the emotions of love, affection, hope, struggle, sadness, and desire which based on the theme of the movies. All of these emotions are presented through the colors, illumination, facial expressions of the characters, and the setting of the posters.

An Analysis of Students’ Errors in Writing Recount Text Hani Mastura; Syamsul Bahri Ys; Masrizal Mahmud
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 7, No 4 (2022): December 2022
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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This research attempted to find the types of errors produced by students at the second grade of MTsN in Aceh Besar based on the surface strategy taxonomy and communicative effect taxonomy. It aimed at analysing errors produced by the students in their recount writing based on the surface strategy taxonomy classification which is omission, addition, misformation, and misordering, and communicative effect taxonomy which is local error and global error. This study is done by using quantitative approach. The data were students’ writing on recount text. The subject of this research was all students’ writing and the objects of this study were the errors found in the students’ recount text. The findings are as below. First, based on surface strategy taxonomy, misformation errors were found at the rate of 58.7%, while omission is committed for 19.4%. Addition errors are at 13%, and misordering were performed 8.9% in total. Second, based on communicative effect taxonomy, the local error was produced 58.25% while the global error was performed for 41.74%. It can be concluded that students’ error in writing recount texts is generally misormation and local error. As further recommendation, it is best to figure out the different text or discourse to explore more about errors produced by students at middle school.

Kinship terminology in the Tamiang language: A Malay variety spoken in Eastern Aceh, Indonesia Zulfadli A. Aziz; Maya Safhida; Masrizal Mahmud
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 7, No 2 (2020)
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

This qualitative research examines kinship terms in the Tamiang language and the strategies of selection of the terms by its speakers. The data for this research were obtained through questionnaire, and interview from eight informants living in Bendahara Sub-District, Kejuruan Muda Sub-District, Karang Baru Sub-District, and Seruway Sub-District, Aceh Tamiang Regency, the Aceh Province. Observation was also done on the use of some of the kinship terms directly by the people in the speech community. This observation took place while the authors were socializing with the speakers in the research location. The results showed that the kinship terms in the Tamiang language are based on consanguinity and affinity. The kinship terms in the language also refer to birth order. Then, the strategies of the selection of kinship terms in the Tamiang language are based on kinship, age, gender, and descent, especially in terms of a speech event. Viewed role relationships, the terms addressed to men/women in the third layer of vertical relationships are not different. The horizontal relationship indicating the position of siblings and wife/husband is equal. The horizontal role relationship of cousins in the Tamiang language is limited to the third order. This study is very urgent since the study on kinship terms in the Tamiang language has not been conducted comprehensively before. Complete terms used to address family members in the Tamiang language are provided in this study, and it can be one of the resources for further research in the same field of study.

Rhetorical pattern of political advertisement in Aceh Izzatul Rizki; Bustami Usman; Iskandar Abdul Samad; Asnawi Muslim; Masrizal Mahmud
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 6, No 2 (2019)
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

The Indonesian government has adapted the genre-based approach designing curriculum, thus both English teachers and students need to master the genre aspects: the objective or social function of a text, text structure, and language features. This study aimed at describing the rhetorical pattern of Irwandi Yusuf – Nova Iriansyah’s posters during the gubernatorial election in 2017. The object of this study was the strategies used to convince the argument or namely rhetorical pattern. The design of this study was descriptive qualitative research. To obtain the data the researchers used document as an instrument in this study. The result of this study revealed that the posters applied ten strategies: form-based strategy, emotion-based strategy, attention management strategy: use of dramatic statement, using repetition in the form of image and slogan, sketch model participation, detailed benefit change, self-efficacy realized via image, offer further information or services strategy: indirect offers, use slogan, refers to a broader picture, refer to the legal status of the campaign. These strategies that were implemented in the candidates’ poster was to convince the message relied on the poster to the target readers. Further, the strategies implied have followed some strategy offered by Barron (2012). Therefore, different advertisement, as well as a poster from the different region, have a different pattern in organizing the ideas and in convincing the target readers. In conclusion, by exploring the rhetoric of the local advertisement, it can expand the material of teaching text structure, language feature and social function of the advertisement text from a different region or country due to the genre is socially constructed.

Investigating the sociological use of slang from a hearer-oriented perspective Masrizal Mahmud; Muhammad Sadli; Diana Fauzia Sari
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 9, No 3 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

Numerous studies have investigated the importance of slang in linguistics in various media, including novels. The dominant works on this subject have focused solely on the structural explanation of slang, leaving out its sociological context and meaning. Given the nature of slang itself as a pure informal language, studies about the semantic meaning of slang must be essential. This research looked into the slang words and expressions in a true-crime novel entitled ‘Black Mass’ by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill in 2000. The goal is to discover the semantic meaning of slang words and expressions in the novel using the qualitative method and Mattiello’s hearer-oriented (2008) theory as the underlying theory. We applied the documentary method to retrieve the data and further analyzed it using Miles et al. (2014) theory. Heavily influenced by the setting of South Boston and its crimes, Black Mass data indicated that this novel’s slang is primarily attributed to freshness and novelty. Subsequently, we found evidence of the novel’s use of desire to impress and faddishness, playfulness and humor, and impertinence properties. Color and musicality are this novel’s least common categories of slang, with only four occurrences in the entire manuscript. Given that the novel’s literature cover is still scarce, it is hoped that these findings are helpful to those who are interested in studying and researching the semantic area.

Womenâ€™s Language Used in â€˜Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinnâ€™ movie Zulfadli Abdul Aziz; Masrizal Mahmud; Dista Nurhasanah
AT-TA'LIM Vol 29, No 3 (2022)
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the major features of womenâ€™s language used by the female characters in â€œBirds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinnâ€ movie. This study investigates the types of women speech features found in the movie. A qualitative approach employing a content analysis method was used in this study. The data were taken from female charactersâ€™ utterances. The data were then identified and analyzed based on the classifications of womenâ€™s speech features proposed by Lakoff (1975). Findings of this study indicate that six of the features are used by the female characters: lexical hedges/fillers, empty adjectives, tag questions, super polite forms, avoiding strong words, and emphatic stress. Rising intonation, precise color terms, intensifiers, and hypercorrect grammar have not been found in the current research data.

AUGMENTING EFL STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH THE MYSTERY BOX GAME Nira Erdiana; Masrizal Mahmud; Syarifah Nisa Khaira; Yunisrina Qismullah Yusuf
English Review: Journal of English Education Vol 11 No 1 (2023)
Publisher : University of Kuningan

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This study examined how employing the Mystery Box game affected tenth-grade students' speaking skills at a senior high school in Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Indonesia. It employed pre-experimental quantitative research. A number of 25 students from class X-3 were purposively chosen as the sample of this study. In collecting the data, the researchers used tests (pre-test and post-test) as the instrument, and the results were analyzed by using statistics. The results showed that the mean scores of the pre-test and post-test were 37.2 and 73.2, respectively. The mean score of the post-test was higher than the mean score of the pre-test, with the T-test value of 4,556, and the critical value in the t-table (0.05) of 1.711. This implies that the t-score is higher than the t-table (t- score = 4.534> t-table = 1.711), and thus the alternative hypothesis (Ha) of this research was accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. In conclusion, teaching English by using the Mystery Box game to improve these EFL students’ speaking skills succeeded. Consequently, the use of this game is among the alternative media to be used by English teachers in augmenting their students’ skills in speaking English. When students achieve the accuracy and mastery of speaking skills, at a later stage, it can help them move to the improvement of other language skills

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