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THE CULTURAL-ACADEMIC GAPS FACED BY THE EFL LEARNERS IN UNDERSTANDING AND USING ENGLISH TENSES Jufrizal Jufrizal; Lely Refnita
Leksika: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra dan Pengajarannya Vol 7, No 1 (2013)
Publisher : University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30595/lks.v7i1.111

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That there are many grammatical features of English which are different from those of bahasa Indonesia and of other local languages in Indonesia should be academically and culturally understood by EFL learners in Indonesia. Most EFL learners say that they have known grammatical features and functions concerning with the English tenses, but some facts tell that they fail to use the appropriate tenses in speaking and in writing short texts. This condition was found at the English Department of FKIP Universitas Bung Hatta, Padang. This paper discusses the cultural-academic gaps commonly faced by the EFL learners at the English Department of FKIP Universitas Bung Hatta, Padang. The discussion of this paper is based on the questions: (i) what are the grammatical problems made by the English Department students of FKIP Universitas Bung Hatta in writing essays concerning with the use of English tenses?; (ii) do they face cultural and academic gaps in understanding and using the English tenses appropriately?; and (iii) why do they face such cultural and academic gaps? The data and discussion presented in this paper are based on the results of pre-research conducted on January 2012, as a part of stages of a Research and Development (R & D) conducted at the English Department of FKIP Universitas Bung Hatta, Padang. Key words/phrases: English, grammar, tenses, EFL learners, cultural gaps, academic gaps
FENOMENA TIPOLOGI GRAMATIKAL BAHASA MINANGKABAU: AKUSATIF, ERGATIF, ATAU CAMPUR? Jufrizal Jufrizal
Leksika: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra dan Pengajarannya Vol 3, No 1 (2009)
Publisher : University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30595/lks.v3i1.2236

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The typological dichotomy of grammatical structures of languages in the world as accusative and ergative languages gets “challenged” from linguistics data of Minangkabaunese. There are types of grammatical structures of clauses in this local language which has grammatical properties as accusative constructions and others are ergative ones. The ideas of split-S and fluid-S become other typological analyses that could be used to learn the grammatical properties of Minangkabaunese. Another grouping of languages which needs further proof is that the ‘mixed’ or ’neutral’ languages. This paper discusses the syntactical phenomena of Minangkabaunese as a ‘mixed’or ’neutral’ language based on grammatical typology theoretical framework.
GRAMMATICAL CONSCIOUSNESS ON ENGLISH MEDIO-PASSIVE CONSTRUCTIONS: IS IT ESSENTIAL FOR EFL TEACHERS’ COMPETENCY STANDARD? Jufrizal Jufrizal
Leksika: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra dan Pengajarannya Vol 8, No 2 (2014)
Publisher : University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30595/lks.v8i2.98

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Most EFL learners in Indonesia have already known that English grammatically has active and passive con-structions. However, the so called medio-passive constructions in English have not been seriously introduced and understood by many EFL learners; they do not have sufficient knowledge and “grammatical conscious-ness” on the stylistic constructions, then. The lack of understanding and grammatical consciousness may raise academic and psychological problems on English grammar. Such lack of grammatical consciousness may academically affect both learners’ and teachers’ competency standards. Many students cannot use gram-matical and communicative English appropriately in academic and practical uses. This paper briefly dis-cusses the academic need for grammatical consciousness on the medio-passive constructions as part of learn-ers’ and teachers’ competency standards in EFL, particularly in multilingual speakers like in Indonesia. Key words/phrases: medio-passive, grammatical consciousness, EFL, competency standards