Mashadi Said
Universitas Indraprasta PGRI

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THE EFFECTS OF VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR MASTERY ON STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL IN RECOUNT TEXT Jamhuri Jamhuri; Mashadi Said
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 4, No 2 (2021): INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : Universitas Indraprasta PGRI

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30998/inference.v4i2.6098

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Abstract: The research was performed in 9th-grade students of three (3) Private Junior High Schools in South Tangerang City. The method is an explanatory survey with quantitative research through the descriptive method, a method designed to determine if two or more variables are connected. The hypothesis test showed: 1) There are significant effects of vocabulary and grammar mastery jointly towards students’ writing skill in recount text at Private Junior High School in South Tangerang City. It is proved by the Sig = 0.000 < 0.005 and Fo = 57.783. The increasing vocabulary mastery contributes 0.395, and grammar mastery contributes to the contribution 0.240 towards writing skill in recount text. 2) There is a significant effect of vocabulary mastery towards students’ writing skills in recount text at Private Junior High School in South Tangerang City. It is proved by Sig = 0.000 < 0.005 and to 5.169. 3) There is a significant effect of grammar mastery towards students’ writing skills in recount text at Private Junior High School in South Tangerang City. It is proved by Sig = 0.00 < 0.05 and to 4.045 this second independent variable (X2.)Keywords: writing skills, recount text, vocabulary, grammar
EXPLORING COMPLEX SENTENCES AND METPHORS IN ONLINE NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT COVID-19 IN ASIA TIMES Retno Indriyani; Mashadi Said
INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 5, No 2 (2022): INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30998/inference.v5i2.9532

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This research aims to find the use of complex sentences and metaphors in online news article about Covid-19 in Asia Times. This research employs descriptive qualitative approach to examine five online news articles about Covid-19 in Indonesia containing complex sentences and seven news articles about Covid-19 in Indonesia containing metaphors posted in Asia Times. The writer uses the Verspoor’s and Azar’s theories to examine complex sentences and Lakoff and Johnson’s conceptual metaphor theory to examine metaphors. The result shows that in 5 news articles writing the authors used 115 complex sentences and 40 or (34.8%) of which are modified by noun clauses, 36 sentences (31.3%) are modified by adjective clauses, 32 sentences (27.8%) are modified by adverbial clauses, and 7 sentences (6.1%) are modified by multiple subordinate clauses. This implied that teachers should emphasize on the use of noun clauses in complex sentences when teaching writing. Secondly, the result demonstrates that in seven news articles the authors used 95 metaphors categorized into three types of metaphors: 64 or 67.3% are ontological metaphors, 16 or 16.8% are orientational metaphors, and 15 or 15.9% structural metaphors. In addition, this implied that teachers should be aware of the use of metaphors in various reading text genres specifically online articles.