Iwa Lukmana
Indonesia University of Education

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Style Shifting In A Workplace: A Case Study of Interactions between Superiors and Subordinates in a Private Corporation Company in Bandung Euis Rina Mulyani; Iwa Lukmana
Journal of English Language Studies Vol 4, No 1 (2019): Available Online in March 2019
Publisher : English Department - University of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30870/jels.v4i1.4723

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In Indonesian culture, people vary their way of communicating according to whom they speak to. The addressee’s social attribute, such as age, position, social status, and power, commonly lead the speakers to choose a certain variation of utterances. In other words, style shifting often happens during communication with people of different social factors. The present study concerns style shifting in a workplace between employees of superiors and subordinates position in a private corporation company. This study is aimed at (1) investigating whether the employees at a private corporation company shift their style of speech when communicating with their superiors and subordinates, and (2) the characteristics of their style shifting (if they do). The respondents of this study were 20 workers of the company. They were selected purposefully, male and female workers who had both superiors and subordinates. Questionnaire was employed for the data collection. Both qualitative and quantitative procedures were used to analyze the data. The conclusion of this study is that style shifting is principally influenced by power relation, as shown in use of address terms, apologetic words, length of utterances, directness/indirectness, and formality of expression. Keywords: style shifting; interaction; superior; subordinate
Self-concept of EFL Pre-service Teachers: A Reflection from a Teacher Practicum in Indonesia Context Dina Rachmawati; Emi Emilia; Iwa Lukmana
Journal of English Language Studies Vol 2, No 1 (2017): Available online in March 2017
Publisher : English Department - University of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30870/jels.v2i1.1589

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This study is intended to determine the self-concept of English Foreign Language (EFL) Pre-service Teachers. The self-concept used in this study was adapted from the self-concept of Burns, (1982) and the Teachers’ Competence of Indonesia Government Regulation no. 19 article 28 (2005). The self-concept is divided into three aspects: academic self-concept, which is comprised of pedagogic and professional self-concept, social self-concept, and emotional self-concept. The data was collected through the five Likert-scale of closed-ended questionnaire. The questionnaire contains thirty items which represent the aspects of self-concept. The questionnaire was distributed to fifty participants of a pre-service program of English Education Department of Indonesia University of Education. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The findings show that most of the participants in this study have medium and high average on the three aspects of self-concept. The findings suggest that the participants of this study perceive themselves as prospective English teachers positively. Key words: Pre-service Teachers; Pre-service teaching program; Self-concept