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Citing Others' Works in Academic Texts: How Non-native Writers of English Across-disciplines Use Reporting Verbs and Reporting Signals in Their Research Article Introductions Safnil Arsyad; Syahrial Syahrial; Husnul Hakim
JURNAL ARBITRER Vol. 8 No. 1 (2021)
Publisher : Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia Universitas Andalas

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25077/ar.8.1.59-71.2021

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This study is aimed at investigating how Indonesian writers in multidiscipline use reporting verbs (henceforth RVs) and reporting signals (henceforth RSs) in their research article introductions in English. Fifty research articles (henceforth RAs) were chosen on purpose from the recent edition of five different English language journals in Multi-disciplines published in Indonesia (i.e., 10 from Applied Linguistics, 10 from Medicine, 10 from Animal Husbandry, 10 from Engineering and Technology, and 10 from Geography). The results reveal that the most frequent groups of RV found in the RA introductions are SHOW and ARGUE groups; while the most frequent RS is Reporting Noun. It is also found that Indonesian writers in the data of this research tend to use RVs in Present and Past Tense. These findings are similar to those of previous studies where there is no important difference between English native and non-native speakers in using RVs in their RAs. This implies that Indonesian writers of the articles used in this study have used RVs in a similar way to English native speakers. This is because the RAs used in this research were taken from reputable international journals indexed by Scopus and/or Web of Science.
Students’ Difficulties in Writing Descriptive Text at the Seventh Grade of SMP Sint Carolus Bengkulu Nelly Kristiana; Wisma Yunita; Syahrial Syahrial
Linguists : Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 1 (2021): JULY
Publisher : Islamic State Institute of Bengkulu (IAIN) Bengkulu

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29300/ling.v7i1.4249

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The objective of this research was to investigate the students’ difficulties in writing descriptive text, the most dominant difficulty faced by the students, and the students’ strategies to overcome these difficulties. This study was conducted at the Seventh Grade of SMP Sint Carolus Bengkulu. This is a descriptive quantitative study. The instruments used in this research were questionnaire and interview. Based on the results, it was found that students experienced difficulties in the three aspects of the study, namely linguistic, psychological, and cognitive difficulties. In each of these aspects, organization is the highest one followed by behaviour, feedback, grammatical items, and vocabulary. In organizations, difficulties in developing ideas are the most difficult. Anxiety is the highest difficulty in behaviour, while the lack of practice is the most difficulty in the feedback. The difficulty in using connectors is the highest point in the grammatical items, and the lack of vocabulary is the most difficulty in the vocabulary. Based on the questionnaire and interview results, organization was the most difficult aspect in writing descriptive text. To overcome the difficulties, the students choose to master vocabulary and learning from other sources such as books or the internet while the others like to read from dictionary. Finally, it is also suggested for other researchers to carry out similar research in a broader scope, as well as a description, especially about the mechanic that get negative results.
Students’ Speaking Anxiety in English Class Atanasius Gabe Hardional Sinaga; Syahrial Syahrial; Gita Mutiara Hati
Jadila: Journal of Development and Innovation in Language and Literature Education Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020): Jadila: Journal of Development and Innovation in Language and Literature Educat
Publisher : Yayasan Karinosseff Muda Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52690/jadila.v1i1.13

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This research aimed to find out the level of students’ speaking anxiety students in English class and the most dominant factors that caused students’ speaking anxiety faced by the third grade students of Junior High School in SMPN 15 Bengkulu in English Classroom. This research used descriptive quantitative design with questionnaire as the instrument. The questionnaire of this research was Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) proposed by Horwitz et al. (1983). The data has been analyzed by using SPSS program. The population of this research was the third grade students in SMPN 15 Bengkulu. The total is 7 classes: class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, and Class G. The total number of population is 163 students. From 7 classes, the researcher decided to take only 20% of student each. The result of this research showed that the majority of the students of the third-grade were Mildly Anxious level and the most dominant factors causing the student speaking anxiety was the Fear of Negative Evaluation. According to the result, most of the students were already feel anxious about the fact that they had to speak in a group or individually and also being evaluated by the teacher in front of the English class. In conclusion, the researcher found that students are afraid to speak up in front of the class because they always think that other students will laugh at them and judge the student who speaks in front of the class. This might make the student’s speaking anxiety arise and make them to stay silent instead of speaking.
An Analysis of Supplementary Reading Material Based on Students’ Preference Vavia Darmayanti; Syahrial Syahrial; Wisma Yunita
Jadila: Journal of Development and Innovation in Language and Literature Education Vol. 1 No. 3 (2021): Jadila: Journal of Development and Innovation in Language and Literature Educat
Publisher : Yayasan Karinosseff Muda Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52690/jadila.v1i3.50

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The aims of this study were to find out the types of text of supplementary reading material chosen by students based on their preference and to investigate the students’ reasons in choosing the types of text of supplementary reading material at grade VIII of SMPN 1 Kepahiang. This research was categorized as descriptive quantitative and qualitative research. The subjects were the students of grade VIII who are chosen by using semi random sampling. The data was collected by using text types list and open ended questions. The researcher asked the students to choose types of text which were prefered by them, from total 50 texts the students must choose twenty texts. Then, to know the reason why they chose those texts, the researcher did an open ended questions to 20 students randomly. There were two findings of this research; (1) the type of text for supplementary reading material chosen by mostly students based on their preference at grade VIII of SMPN 1 Kepahiang was narrative text; (2) there were three students’ reasons in choosing the types of text for supplementary reading material at grade VIII of SMPN 1 Kepahiang, they were; the narrative text contains some stories which can entertain them, the narrative text is interesting to read, and the narrative text is easy to understand. Due to the limited sample taken in this research and the situation on Covid-19, it was suggested for further researcher to conduct similar research in more numbers of sample by conducting research in the classroom directly.
Students’ Problems in Answering Reading Comprehension Question of Descriptive Text in The “Mandiri” Textbook Published by Erlangga at SMPN 1 Kepahiang Meri Diana; Syahrial Syahrial; Wisma Yunita
Jadila: Journal of Development and Innovation in Language and Literature Education Vol. 1 No. 2 (2020): Jadila: Journal of Development and Innovation in Language and Literature Educat
Publisher : Yayasan Karinosseff Muda Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52690/jadila.v1i2.51

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This research aimed to find out the students’ problems in answering reading comprehension questions of descriptive text in the “Mandiri” textbook published and the causes of students’ problems in answering reading comprehension questions of descriptive text in the “Mandiri” textbook published by Erlangga at SMPN 1 Kepahiang. The design of this research was a descriptive quantitative research. This research was designed based on the problems identified and arranged to adjust the main purpose of the research, so that the researcher employed descriptive method. The researcher took 50 students as the sample of this research. The instruments of this study were reading test and interview guideline. The researcher used a reading test in multiple choice forms consisted of fourty numbers of questions included in Mandiri textbook published by Erlangga. Another instrument was an interview guideline. The interview guideline was arranged based on the result of the reading test to reconfirm the result of the reading test and to get an indepth data on the causes of students’ difficulties in reading comprehension. The findings of this research were; (1) the students’ problems in answering reading comprehension questions of descriptive text in the “Mandiri” textbook published by Erlangga at SMPN 1 Kepahiang were finding main idea, identifying specific information, inference, and vocabulary; (2) there were four causes of students’ problems in answering reading comprehension questions of descriptive text in the “Mandiri” textbook published by Erlangga at SMPN 1 Kepahiang; (a) finding main idea is rather complicated, the students need to read the text repeatly to find the main idea; (b) the students need to read from the beginning to finish this description so that they can get the information and answer the questions given; (c) to find inferences they must know the text well and clearly; (d) There are some words that they find difficult to understand and they have never met. They answered that there are some words which are not familiar to them.
Pelatihan Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Bahasa Inggris Berbasis Budaya Lokal Syahrial Syahrial; Safnil Safnil; Syafryadin Syafryadin (Scopus ID 57212212579, WoS ID: ABI-8120-2020)
Jurnal Inovasi Pengabdian Masyarakat Pendidikan Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Bengkulu

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33369/jurnalinovasi.v3i1.24016

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Pelatihan pengembangan bahan ajar berbasis budaya lokal merupakan kegiatan yang memberikan dampak positif bagi guru bahasa Inggris. Oleh karena itu, pengabdian ini memiliki tujuan untuk mengimplementasikan pelatihan pengembangan bahan ajar bahasa Inggris berbasis budaya lokal yang ada di Sumatera Selatan, khususnya di kota Pagar Alam. Pengabdian ini melibatkan 40 guru SMA bahasa Inggris dan menggunakan angket untuk menilai pelatihan yang dilakukan. Data pengabdian ini dianalisis dengan menggunakan perhitungan sederhana berupa frekuensi dan presentasi serta rata-rata. Selain itu, data pengabdian dianalisis secara kualititatif dengan menggunakan catatan selama pelatihan. Hasil pengabdian ini menunjukkan bahwa para guru bahasa Inggris sangat antusias untuk mengikuti pelatihan. Pelatihan berjalan dengan lancar dimana para guru bisa mempraktikan pengembangan bahan ajar berbasis budaya lokal dengan memasukkan unsur budaya pada materi atau teks yang berhubungan dengan budaya lokal tersebut. Selain itu, para guru memberikan persepsi yang positif terhadap pelatihan ini. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan kebanyakan guru memilih setuju dan sangat setuju terhadap angket yang diberikan. Secara singkat, pelatihan ini perlu mendapatkan follow up demi pengembangan profesionalisme guru bahasa Inggris.