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Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni, Universitas Negeri Semarang
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INTERACTIVE MATERIALS FOR TEACHING SPOKEN NARRATIVE TEXTS BASED ON INDONESIAN FOLKTALES Farida, Lulu April; Sofwan, Ahmad
Lembaran Ilmu Kependidikan Vol 41, No 1 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lik.v41i1.2231

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Penelitian ini bertujuan mengembangkan bahan ajar interaktif dengan mendaptasi cerita rakyat Indonesia, dan mengkaji penggunaannya dalam pengajaran teks naratif lisan bagi siswa SMP. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian pengembangan dengan memodifikasi model Gall, Gall & Borg dan Thiagarajan, Semmel, & Melvyn. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa guru dan siswa membutuhkan bahan ajar interaktif untuk menjadikan pembelajaran lebih efektif. Sesudah dievaluasi oleh pakar, prototipe bahan ajar direvisi dan diujikan di dua SMP. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa produk itu dapat digunakan dengan baik di kelas dan siswa mencapai kompetensi yang diharapkan pada ketrampilan mendengarkan dan membaca. Siswa dan guru berpendapat bahwa bahan ajar itu efektif dan berguna bagi mereka untuk belajar Bahasa Inggris. Disimpulkan bahwa bahan ajar interaktif yang dikembangkan dari adaptasi cerita rakyat Indonesia berbentuk Widuri Game terbukti dapat diterapkan dan efektif untuk meningkatkan ketrampilan lisan siswa. This study aims at developing interactive teaching materials by adapting Indonesian folktales, and examining their implementation for teaching spoken narrative texts to junior high school students. A research and development (R&D) method with six stages was used in this study. The results show that the teachers and students require interactive materials that could make the teaching learning activities more effective. After being evaluated by experts, the prototype was revised and field-tested in two junior high schools. The results showed that the product was successfully implemented in the classroom in that the students could achieve the passing grade for both listening and speaking tests. The students also perceived that the product was effective and useful for them to learn English. The teachers perceived that the product was good and excellent to be used in the classroom. Therefore, it could be concluded that Widuri Game, the interactive materials adapted from Indonesian folktales was practical and effective to improve the students’ oral competence skill.
AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH PHRASAL VERB TRANSLATION IN TOTTO-CHAN NOVEL: THE LITTLE GIRL AT THE WINDOW Sari, Dwi Indah Mutiara; Sofwan, Ahmad; Kalisa, Pasca
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 6 No 1 (2017): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v6i1.20453

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This study is attempted to focus on phrasal verb translation of an English novel Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window to its Indonesia version entitled Totto-chan: Gadis Cilik di Jendela. The objectives of the study are: (1) to describe the strategies used in translating phrasal verb in the Totto-chan novel (2) to describe the quality of phrasal verb translation in the Totto-chan novel. In conducting this research, descriptive qualitative approach is used. The presentation of discussion is presented in a descriptive way. The data are analyzed by finding the phrasal verbs in the source language and in the target language. The translation strategies are analyzed based on Mona Baker’s theory. Meanwhile, the researcher uses Nababan’s theory to identify the translation quality of the phrasal verbs. The result of the study shows that (1) there are 35 data translated using idiom of similar meaning and form, 155 phrasal verbs translated using an idiom of similar meaning but dissimilar form, 5 phrasal verbs translated by paraphrase and 5 phrasal verbs are translated by omission; it shows that the most strategy used is using idiom of similar meaning but dissimilar form (2) the accuracy level of this novel’s phrasal verb translation is 80,67 % which indicates that the translation is accurate, the acceptability level is 83,17 % which shows us the translation is acceptable and the readability level which is 92,33 % which proves that the translation of this novel is highly readable.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPOSITION TRANSLATION PROCEDURES IN ENGLISH-INDONESIAN TRANSLATION OF EPIC MOVIE SUBTITLE Anggraeni, Putri; Mujiyanto, Januarius; Sofwan, Ahmad
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7 No 2 (2018): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v7i2.28850

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The topic of this research is The Implementation of Transposition TranslationProcedures in English-Indonesian Translation of Epic Movie Subtitle. Movie or filmcan be considered as the most popular literary work yet brings out language aspectsinto broaden. As we know, a lot of popular movies are written in English which ledtranslator produce a qualified translation of the movie in order to make the movieeasier to understand by the audiences. There are many translation proceduresimplemented in a movie translation, one of them is transposition translationprocedure. The goals of this final project are to reveal how many types and how thetransposition translation procedure is implemented in translating the subtitle of Epicmovie. This study used qualitative approach in describing the results of the analysisof transposition translation procedure implemented. In gathering data, the writerused two steps, they are watching and transcription. In analyzing data, the writerused several steps, they are identifying, classifying, reducing, and reporting. Afteranalyzing the data, the results of this research were presented by using thequalitative-descriptive method. There are 108 out of 1551 parts of subtitlesimplemented four types of transposition translation procedure. The results of theanalysis are described as follows: transposition translation procedure involvingliterary translation is 63.9%, transposition translation procedure involving change ofwords’ position 27.7%, transposition translation procedure involving change of wordclass 4.6%, and transposition translation procedure involving adjustment andreplacement of words 4.6%. It can be seen that the most frequently implementedprocedure is transposition translation procedure involving literary translation. Thetranslator implemented all types of transposition translation procedure in order toproduce a good translation which high in naturalness and equivalency of meaningbetween SL and TL.
AN ANALYSIS OF TEXTUAL MEANING ON STUDENTS’ WRITING OF RECOUNT TEXTS Febriyana, Anggie; Sofwan, Ahmad; Farida, Alief Noor
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7 No 2 (2018): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v7i2.28858

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The topic of this study is the textual meaning on students‟ recount texts of the 4thsemester students of English Department, Semarang State University in theAcademic Year 2016/2017. The analyses intend to figure out what Thematicstructures are displayed and what Thematic progressions are employed in thestudents‟ recount texts. The approach used in this study is qualitative descriptivemethod, and some quantitative approaches to enhance the depth of results. Theunits of analysis of this study were clauses in the 4th semester students‟ recount textstaken from Genre-Based Writing course. The results of the Thematic structuresanalysis show that unmarked topical Theme is the most frequently used rather thanthe marked one. Modal adjunct is the only constituent of interpersonal Theme thatis found to show the writer‟s judgment. Moreover, structural and conjunctiveadjunct are used in relating the clause to its context or another clause. In addition,there only one continuative found in the text to signal a new move is made. Thestudy also shows that the students used re-iteration (constant) to make the text keepfocused. Then, zigzag pattern is commonly used in relative clauses which replacesubject. While multiple (split) pattern is used to introduce a number of differentpieces of information which is made as Theme in subsequent clauses.
SPEECH ACT AND GRICE’S MAXIMS NON OBSERVANCEIN HER WORLD MAGAZINE ADVERTISEMENTS Riyanti, R Ririn; Sofwan, Ahmad
English Education Journal Vol 6 No 2 (2016)
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This research is aimed to analyze the implied meaning inside the elements of advertisement based on Austin’s Speech Act Theory and Non-Observance of Grice’s maxims, and their effects to the readers. The sample of the research are 12 advertisements of ‘her world’ magazine Singapore in edition of December 2013 and 22 participants of the Perlocutionary Act Survey. The analysis results of the advertisements based on Speech Act and Non Observance of Grice’s Maxims were used to arrange survey questionnaires. Surveys for Perlocutionary Act were conducted using sets of questionnaire to seek for reader’s perception towards the advertiser's intentions and the degree of interest of the participants would be in buying the products. The Result Summary of Q1 of the Survey shows that the participant’s recognition towards the Literal Meaning of the advertisement is bigger than that of the Implied Meaning. This is relevant with the result of Q2, the degree of the Participants’ Interest would be in Buying the Products, since Somewhat Interested is the biggest answer. The relationship among Q1 and Q2 explains how perlocutionary act of the advertisements help English ads successfully achieve effect among participants.
POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN OFFICIAL FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS OF CNN, TWSJ AND NBC ON OBAMA VISITING HIROSHIMA Rosyidah, Ima Fitriana; Sofwan, Ahmad
English Education Journal Vol 7 No 1 (2017)
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The purpose of this study was to identify and to count the percentage of the politeness strategies used in the comments of official facebook account of CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and NBC on Obama’s visit to Hiroshima. Then, it tried to find the politeness scale in the utterances of people toward Obama as the President of the United States at that time. Besides, it also tried to compare the politeness strategy that is often used in those three facebook accounts. In this study, the data analysis reveals research findings as follows: (1) there were positive politeness strategies used in the comments with the highest data was performed by the strategy 7 (presuppose) - 26.7%; and the lowest was performed by the strategy 3 (intensify interest) - 0.9%. Meanwhile, in the negative politeness strategy the highest data was performed by the strategy 7 (impersonalise speaker and hearer) - 55.7%; and the lowest was performed by the strategy 5 (give deference/humble oneself) - 0.7%, (2) the scale of politeness were determined by politeness factors, and the highest level was performed by the ranking of imposition, and (3) the politeness strategies and politeness scale mostly appeared in the NBC’s official facebook account.
Appraisal And Speech Structure Of Contestants’ Speeches In Speech Contest Of ESA WEEK Competition Ghasani, Betari Irma; Sofwan, Ahmad
English Education Journal Vol 7 No 2 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v7i2.15738

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Performing a persuasion speech and delivering meanings through spoken text poses many challenges for students. As a part of interpersonal meanings, appraisal helps the speaker expressing their position in speech through the choice of words or diction. The chosen diction enables the speaker to precisely realize the message she/he intends to convey through spoken text. Furthermore, in order to guide the listener so they can understand of speaker’s ideas, a clear speech structure is needed. Integrating the theories of appraisal (Martin and White, 2005) and speech structure (Sellnow, 2005), this thesis was intended to explain the appraisal and the speech structure on the students’ speeches in speech contest of ESA WEEK Competition. By using Discourse Analysis (Bavelas, 2002; Celce-Murcia and Olshtain, 2007), the data – in the form of transcripts from video recordings – were analyzed. The findings map out the high use of appreciation of attitude, entertain of engagement, and focus of graduation applied. Those appraisal, moreover, were highly found in the body of the speech. Finally, this thesis provides suggestions that teaching the speech structure and how to convince the listener by using appraisal is needed for better speeches.
The Relation Between Pragmatic Awareness and Realization of Requests Among Non-Native English Instructors Anisatu Suriya, Hanny; Sofwan, Ahmad
English Education Journal Vol 7 No 3 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v7i3.20738

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Language acquisition requires the learners to develop their pragmatic competence so that they are able to comprehend and produce the language as a mean of conveying meaning that is understandable by certain strategy or manner. Foreign language learners with lack of pragmatic awareness realized inappropriate target language. This study, therefore, was aimed to describe the English instructors’ pragmatic awareness and realization in requests, and how the awareness relates to the realization. The study used a descriptive qualitative in order to describe and elaborate the pragmatic awareness and realization of request speech acts among the 12 representations of non-native English instructors studying English Education in Graduate Program of State University of Semarang. Multiple Discourse Completion Task (MDCT) and role play were used in collecting data. Triangulation that included English native speaker’s analysis was also used in order to enhance the validity of the data. The result of the study shows that the participants’ awareness was high in the term of power relation but lower in ranking of imposition and social distance. Power relation was the social factor that mostly influenced the choices of request strategies in the oral production of requests. It is, therefore, concluded that there is causal relation between pragmatic awareness and its realization.
Realizations of Promising Speech Act by Students of English as a Foreign Language of Semarang State University Mubais, Ahmad; Sofwan, Ahmad
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 1 (2018): March 2018
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i1.22042

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To communicate with others requires the ability of communicative competence. The communicative competence covers discourse competence, linguistic competence, pragmatic competence, socio cultural competence and lastly actional competence. Pragmatic competence is such a communicative competence which is important to study in order to fill the gap among the speakers, especially students of English as a foreign language. The gap among the speakers of different languages can be decreased by the study of speech act in various languages and perspectives. The focus of this study is the analysis of pragmatic study that focuses on promising speech act delivered by Students of English as a Foreign Language of Universitas Negeri Semarang. The objectives of his study are concentration on analysing the realization of promising speech act by the students, the probable factors that influence the students in realizing promising speech act, how those factors influence students to realize a promise and what dominant strategy used by the students. This research is qualitative descriptive research. The source data of this research is document. In order to collect the data, there are two methods used in this research; DCT and Role play methods. The types in analysing the data are transcribing, coding, classifying and interpreting. The subjects of the research are 20 students of English as a Foreign Language of Universitas Negeri Semarang at sixth and eighth semester. There are 480 utterances of promising speech act produced by the students from the DCT and Role play data elicited. Based on the analysis, the study reveals that the students applied future action, promise-to-act and predictive assertion strategy to realize the promise. The probable factors that influence students to realize the promise are distance, dominance and imposition. Actually, those factors (distance, dominance and imposition) are not primary factors that impose the students in realizing the promise. Some situations with different combination of social parameters deliver different strategy. The different combination of the three factors in situation given and interference of students’ native language and pragmatic transfer in the language learning process also affects the respondents in realizing a promise strategy. The dominant strategy used by the students is future action strategy.
The Adjacency Pairs Patterns of Trumps’ Victory Interview in ‘60 Minutes’ Bintana, Khomsa; Rukmini, Dwi; Sofwan, Ahmad
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 1 (2018): March 2018
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i1.22044

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This research is descriptive qualitative research which focuses on adjacency pairs patterns of Trumps’ victory interview in ’60 Minutes’. The objectives of this study are to analyze the patterns realization of adjacency pairs in the interview, to evaluate the adjacency pairs contribution of the conversation flow in the “60 Minutes”, and to evaluate the pedagogical contribution. The subject of the research are Lesley Stahl, Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Tiffani Trump. The writer collected the data through observation and documentation. There are two data collections that had been analyzed in this research. The data collection are the video of the interview and the transcription of the interview. The writer found some research results. First, there are six patterns of adjacency pairs found in this research. The following details are 45 data of question patterns, 17 data of assertion patterns, 7 data of request patterns, 4 data of assessment patterns, 1 data of compliment pattern, and 1 data of invitation pattern. The dominant data is the question patterns and the least data is the compliment and invitation patterns. The second is the contribution of conversation flow. Almost all the responses given by the speakers are preferred responses, so the conversation runs smoothly. Although, there are some dispreferred responses given but it does not decrease the meaning of the conversation. It gives effective contribution to the flow of the conversation. The third is this research has contribution to the theoretical and practical aspects. The theoretical contribution implicated to the theory development of linguistic especially conversation analysis and adjacency pairs. Meanwhile in practical contribution, this research can be used as reference in teaching English especially speaking.
Co-Authors Alief Noor Farida Andras Setyorini Anggara, IGede Arga Anggara, IGede Arga Anisatu Suriya, Hanny Anisatu Suriya, Hanny Argian Ekowati Arina Hafadhotul Husna, Arina Arini Sabrina, Arini Bambang Ruby Sugiarto Bintana, Khomsa Bintana, Khomsa Daning Desy Artyani, Daning Didik Rinan Sumekto Djoko Sutopo Dwi Anggani Linggar Bharati Dwi Rukmini Edmundus Bouk Eki Nurwulandari, Eki Eko Suwignyo Fatona Suraya, Fatona Febriyana, Anggie Febriyana, Anggie Fitri Aliningsih, Fitri Ghasani, Betari Irma Ghasani, Betari Irma Ima Fitriana Rosyidah, Ima Fitriana Januarius Mujiyanto, Januarius Kasprabowo, Teguh Kasyfur Rahman Lulu April Farida M. Arifuddin, M. Masfa Maiza, Masfa Melawati Anggrayani, Melawati Mohamad Achsan, Mohamad Mubais, Ahmad Mubais, Ahmad Mursid Saleh Nur Zaida, Nur Pasca Kalisa Putri Anggraeni R Ririn Riyanti, R Ririn Retmono - Retno Trihandayani, Retno Rochyani Lestiyanawati, Rochyani Rosmini Rudi Hartono Sari, Dwi Indah Mutiara Sari, Dwi Indah Mutiara Sri Wahyuningsih Tedi Budiman Teguh Kasprabowo Yoga Prihatin