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Journal : LinguA - LiterA

EXPLORING STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES AND METHODS IN TRANSLATING INDONESIA-ENGLISH TEXT Ayu Rizki Septiana
LinguA-LiterA: Journal of English Language Teaching Learning and Literature Vol. 3 No. 2 (2020): LinguA - LiterA
Publisher : STKIP PGRI Trenggalek

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This research was aimed to explore the strategies and methods used by the students in translating Indonesian text into English. Descriptive qualitative was used as the research design. Further, the data were taken in two methods, that is, translation test and questionnaire. Since it was done during the pandemic of Covid-19 in which the students should learning from home, the translation test as well as the questionnaire were done online using the Google Classroom and the Google Form. The result showed that the students mostly used through translation and shift of translation as the strategies to translate Indonesia-English text. While for the method, the students mostly used the free translation so that they were not tied with the structure of target language. However, it is suggested for the translators to mind on the grammatical structure of both texts, cultural words, and writing mechanic. Further, the translators should also pay attention on the similarities and differences of the structure of source language and target language. As additional data, the questionnaire result showed that the students usually used translation machine like Google translate as their helping tools. Moreover, it is known from the result of the questionnaire, the students usually found difficulties in using appropriate strategies and methods of translation, finding the equivalences of words in target language, lack of knowledge on the field of translation as well as lack of time to practice their translation skill.
The Influence of Grammatical Sensitivity and Learning Style on Writing Ability Moh Hanafi; Ayu Septiana
LinguA-LiterA: Journal of English Language Teaching Learning and Literature Vol. 4 No. 2 (2021): LinguA - LiterA
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This study was conducted to see the relationship of grammatical sensitivity and learning style on writing ability. A correlational research design was chosen as the design of this research with three variables to be tested, that is, grammatical sensitivity, learning style and writing ability. The data analysis showed that the mean score of grammatical sensitivity was 18.81 which is on medium level of grammatical sensitivity. Moreover, the students were mostly visual learning style students. Meanwhile, the writing test showed that they had good writing ability with mean score of the class 81.57. Based on the result of the data analysis of regression, it was found that 1) Partially, there is significant correlation between the students’ grammatical sensitivity and writing ability; 2) Partially, there is no significant correlation between students’ learning style and writing ability; 3) Simultaneously, there is a significant influence of grammatical sensitivity and learning style on students’ writing ability.