Djoko Sutopo
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THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AND THEIR PARAPHRASING ABILITY IN NARRATIVE TEXT Swarini, Ade Resky; Bharati, Dwi Anggani Linggar; Sutopo, Djoko
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7 No 2 (2018): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
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Paraphrasing activity allows the students to interpret what they have understoodfrom the text in reading activity. This study investigates the correlation of thestudents’ reading comprehension and their paraphrasing ability in narrative text.There are two hypotheses in this research; null hypothesis (Ho) and the alternativehypothesis (Ha). The null hypothesis says “There is no correlation between students’reading comprehension and their paraphrasing ability in narrative text”. Then, Hasays “There is a correlation between students’ reading comprehension and theirparaphrasing ability in narrative text”.The population of this study is the eleventh graders of SMAN 1 Ambarawa in theacademic year of 2016/2017. The students of XI MIPA 5 are taken as the samples.The design of this study is explanatory research design. The data are gained byadministering two kinds of tests; reading comprehension and paraphrasing tests.Those tests are administered twice by using two different texts. There are three mainprocesses in applying this method in the study; the use of the scatterplot, Pearsonproduct moment coefficient, and correlation coefficient interpretation. Scatterplotsdisplays that there is a positive linear relationship. Then, the data are calculated byusing the Pearson product moment to know the degree of relationship among thevariables. The results of the computation of correlation coefficient applied to thesample are 0.67 and 0.84. The consultation to the critical value of the r ProductMoment with 95% confidence level and the number of the subjects 32 is 0.349. Itmeans that the results obtained from the computation are higher than its criticalvalue. Next, the results of the computation of correlation coefficient are consulted tothe criteria of correlation coefficient interpretation. The interpretations of therelationship are substantial and high to very high. It can be concluded that there is asignificant positive relationship between students’ reading comprehension ability innarrative text (X) and their paraphrasing ability in narrative text (Y) on the eleventhgraders of SMA Negeri 1 Ambarawa in the academic year of 2016/2017.
The Comparison Between Evaluative Stance of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Realized in the Campaign Speeches of the United States Presidential Election 2016 Novi, Aris; Fitriati, Sri Wuli; Sutopo, Djoko
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 1 (2019): March 2019
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The aim of the study was to compare and explain the appraisal resource of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton realized in the campaign speeches of the United States Presidential Election 2016. This study is discourse analysis conducted by employing appraisal framework (Martin and White, 2005). It is focused on analyzing the appraising items of engagement utilized by the speakers in their first and last speech. The results show that in both speeches Trump produced 704 appraising items, while Hillary discovered 300 appraising items. Besides, it was also discussed that the engagement used contains more disclaim, such utilization by Trump was a medium to deliver his political agendas. While the existence of contrary position in Hillary’s speeches indicated her effort to clarify, even counter-strike all issues she dealt with. The similarities of appraising items utilized by the speakers were relied on both speeches, in the first speech, all features of engagement were deployed in the same configuration, while in the last speech, it happened only on disclaim and proclaim. Meanwhile, the differences of appraising items used were found in entertain and attribute in the last speech. In relation to the pedagogical implication, the study suggests that the English teaching and learning that adopts appraisal resource contextualized in hortatory text is an appropriate technique, the students are engaged to experience the relevant English language skills effectively and be able to produce text properly.
The The Use of Appraising Items in Doyle’s Novel Titled A Study in Scarlet Rahimi, Ranti Harvi; Fitriati, Sri Wuli; Sutopo, Djoko
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 2 (2019): June 2019
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This research investigated the interpersonal meaning in A Study in Scarlet, how the appraising items used by the main characters and also its pedagogical implication to English education by using the framework by Halliday (2004) and Kress van Leeuwen (2006). The objectives of this research were to explain the use of the attitude, consisting of affect, judgment, and appreciation. This research was a discourse analysis which belongs to qualitative research. The source was nine chapters from the novel which is divided into two parts. The object was the utterances from the main characters. The units of the research were the clauses consisted in the chapters. The finding showed that the use of the attitude was dominated by Dr. Watson as the main character and also the narrator. In affect, he used mostly happiness, negative capacity, normality in judgment and positive reaction in appreciation. It can be concluded that the writer portrayed Sherlock Holmes through Dr. Watson’s utterances and monologues in order to show Holmes characters, how he reacted to series of events in the novel by using certain appraising items. By applying appraising items in teaching-learning, this research hopefully could help students to enhance their interpersonal skills in communication inside or outside the classroom to reach the purpose of having varied and natural conversation also a mutual understanding.
The The Realization of Interpersonal, Ideational, and Textual Meaning in Graduate Students’ Research Paper Wardani, Hesti Eka; Sutopo, Djoko; Faridi, Abdurrahman
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 2 (2019): June 2019
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Systemic Functional Linguistics offers a model of approach in analyzing discourse concerning to reveal how language is used to negotiate meaning. Research paper, also known as research article presents students’ work in a process of academic which involving students’ understanding and interpreting knowledge in applying knowledge in a certain phenomenon. Therefore, this study aimed to explain the realization of Interpersonal, Ideational, and Textual Meaning in graduate students’ research paper. Descriptive qualitative research design was used in this study with ten research papers form graduate students of English language education program in Universitas Negeri Semarang were taken as the subject of analysis. Mood, Transitivity, and Theme analysis was used to achieve the data analysis. The findings revealed that the meanings were realized by the students’ language choice. Interpersonal meaning realized in the research papers showed that the research papers were carrying the speech role as giving information. Moreover, the students took role as the information giver in the third person point of view. Ideational meaning realized in research papers showed that the students presented their experience in state of being and doing through relational process and material process with help of other process types, participant roles and circumstances to support their presenting. Textual meanings were realized through the use of theme structure by giving high concern on the subject of the clause as the main delivered message point. The realization of the meanings also could give benefit to students in having the guideline when they are proposed to write research paper.
The Semantic Equivalence of Culture Specific Terms in The English-Indonesian Translation of Novel The Duchess War By Courtney Milan Navik, Susi; Hartono, Rudi; Sutopo, Djoko
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 2 (2019): June 2019
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This study aims to classifyand identify how the semantic equivalence of culture-specific terms achieved in English-Indonesian translation of novel The Duchess War. The aims then break down into five, following Newmark’s categorization of culture-specific terms; ecology, material, social, organizations, customs, and ideasand thelast is gestures and habits. The original novel investigated entitled The Duchess War by Courtney Milan and its translation entitled “Skandal Sang Duchess”translatedy Eka Budiarti as the subject of this study. The limitation of this study covers up the semantic equivalence of culture-specific terms of the English-Indonesian translation of novel The Duchess Warby considering the seven types of meaning proposed by Leech (1974); conceptual, connotative, stylistic, affective, reflective, collocative, and thematic meaning.Descriptive qualitative research is employed in this study. The data gathered through 490 sentences containing culture-specific terms were identified and after reducing the redundancy of the data, researcher found there are 106 types of culture-specific terms and categorized into five categorizations following Newmark’s. The result shows of 106 culture-specific terms, there are 20,75% ecology culture, 39,62% of material culture, 16,04% of social culture, 21,70% of organizations, customs, and ideas, and the last is gestures and habits that has 1,89% of data.Based on the data, there are some similar culture-specific terms found based on the data gained. The same culture-specific terms categorization found, but the meaning is different, or the same in meaning but different in TT translation. Those happened because the translator considers the context in the usage of certain terms. All the data has been examined by the expert and the different meaning due to the suitable context in the novel The Duchess War. Hence, the culture-specific terms between ST and TT are semantically equivalent.
The Implementation of Thematic Development in Exposition Texts by EFL Learners Williyan, Aldha; Sutopo, Djoko; Widhiyanto, Widhiyanto
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 2 (2019): June 2019
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The ability to implement the Thematic development is important in writing exposition text. Moreover, the exposition text is written to convince the readers. It means the writers are required to achieve the readers’ expectation. This study therefore aims to explore EFL learners’ exposition texts using Thematic progressions. The analysis of this element reveals the logical relations which become the main aspect in the text to achieve micro-level of coherence. Three exposition texts written by high, average and low proficiency level learners, are analyzed using systemic functional linguistics approaches on discourse analysis. The analysis reveals that the exposition text written by high proficiency level learner successfully implements the Thematic progressions and hence it achieves the micro-level of coherence. The Theme re-iteration patterns are implemented to keep the text focused. The zig-zag patterns are used to construct newly introduced information. Then, the multiple Theme patterns are implemented, especially in thesis statements of the texts, to preview the argument that will follow in the texts. Differently, the exposition text written by average proficiency level learner overuses one of the patterns, namely the Theme re-iteration patterns. This makes the text stuck in only same idea. However, the micro-level of coherence is still achieved as the logical relations of the text are still implemented successfully. Lastly, the exposition text written by low proficiency level learner unsuccessfully implements the Thematic progressions and hence the micro-level of coherence is not achieved. In sum, the implementation of Thematic progressions helps the texts to hang together and make sense.
The Ideological Construction of The 2015 Paris Attacks in The Jakarta Post Nurzakiyah, Nafisah; Mujiyanto, Januarius; Sutopo, Djoko
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 3 (2019): September 2019
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The terrorist attacks makes the global phenomenon in the world as the radical action by terrorist group. Therefore, this study wants to find out the ideological constuction of the 2015 Paris attacks in the Jakarta Post. The writer analyzed the data by using Critical Discourse Analysis which is proposed by van Dijk. This theory known as socio-cognitive approach which analyzes the object of the study into three levels: text, socio-cognitive, and societal analysis. The expected of the study, the writer applies the qualitative method to observe the study. The finding of this study revealed that The Jakarta Post emphasizes the bomber in Paris is claimed by Islamic group or ISIS. The writer found that ISIS in Paris attacks is depicted as violent group. Therefore, the people around the world cares about this case. From the findings, it was true that the power or dominant group can influence the text to spread the ideology to the society.
The Implementation of Scaffolding Technique in Teaching English to The Students of High Schools in Semarang –A Case Of High School English Teachers in Semarang Hayati, Nesti Noor; Sutopo, Djoko; Faridi, Abdurrachman
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 3 (2019): September 2019
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The use of appropriate teaching technique to teach English in senior high schools in the context of EFL determines the quality of the students’ achievement because the success of their efforts to reach the learning goals cannot be separated from teacher’s role in assisting the process of learning.The research was conducted to describe the implementation of scaffolding technique in 6 senior high school in Semarang and to analyze the obstacles and factors underlying found in the process of the implementation used in the classroom by applying Dewerianka’s scaffolding model.The data were taken from classroom interactions of 6 teachers in 6 public senior high schools in Semarang. The research subjects were 6 English teachers and 10th grade students in 6 different public schools. There were four stages of scaffolding technique suggested by Dewerianka, they were building the field, modeling, joint construction, and independent construction. The result shows that the implementation of scaffolding technique contributes to the students’ ability. It was seen on (a) the students were able to produce the text depending on the purpose, social contexts, and medium in oral or written forms and (b) the teacher gave the contribution during individual work and reduced the contribution during pair work or group work. The strengths of the scaffolding technique in teaching English for 10th grade students are (a) to build the character of the students, and (b) to measure the ability of the students when producing the texts. Meanwhile, the obstacles were: (a) the differences of characters and ability among students, (b) limited time allotment for English class, and (c) school facility. This research will be beneficial as the source of information and reference related to the English teaching in EFL context.
The Realization of Transitivity Systems in Undergraduate Learners’ Argumentative Essay Texts Nurkholidah, Endang Siti; Sutopo, Djoko; Widhiyanto, Widhiyanto
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 4 (2019): December 2019
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Transitivity systems define as a system to explore how language concernes in the overall grammatical resources for construing going on. The ability to realize transitivity systems in argumentative essays is important because by realizing these systems, the writer can explore language in process of doing, sensing, saying activities happened in the real world. Therefore, this study aims to explore the realization of transitivity systems in students’ argumentative essay texts. There are five argumentative essays written by students who have a good quality in writing skill. The findings show that the writers have already realized six process types corresponding with participants and circumstances. By realizing all process types in essay, the readers can experience different world so that they will know the writers’ experience in using language to mark experiential meaning in essays. In this case, the writers mostly asked readers to experience with process of doing by material process. Thus, the writers moved the readers’ attention by showing the experience of stating relation of the participants. The relation was showed in a configuration of being in attributing and identifying the participants. Therefore, the occurrence of other processes as well as participants and circumstances makes the argumentative essay text more alive. Keywords: Transitivity Systems, Process types, Participants, Circumstances, argumentative essays.
The Realization of Ideology of Translation in Rendering Figurative Language in Dashner’s The Fever Code Ilyas, Muhammad; Sutopo, Djoko; Mujiyanto, Januarius
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 4 (2019): December 2019
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Translation involves at least two languages which come from the source language (SL) and target language (TL). In addition, it also involves the ideology in all of the translation fileds including novel. Novel has many components on it including figurative language. It means that the ideology depends on the belief of the writer or the translator which deals with two domain; foreignization and domestication. The realization of ideology of figurative language translation needs to be investigated to find out the translator's tendency. This study is a descriptive qualitative study. The main objective of the study is to explain the realization of ideology in rendering figurative language from English into Indonesian in Dashner’s The Fever Code. In order to collect the data, the researchers used the document. The document was used to collect of figurative language from both English and its Indonesian translation including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and irony. Then, they were analyzed the translation method used by the translator and the realization of ideology in rendering figurative language. The finding shows that two translation tendencies involves in translating process; they are SL emphasizes and TL emphasizes. The SL emphasizes involves literal translation, faithful translation, and semantic translation. Meanwhile, TL emphasizes involves free translation, idiomatic translation, and communicative translation. The SL emphasizes matches the foreignization which introduces what is foreign and unknown to the target readers, taking the reader cover to the foreign culture and making the target readers see the cultural and linguistic differences; it also enables the better understanding and appreciation of the thoughts and lives of foreign people. Moreover, TL emphasizes matches domestication which brings what foreign and unknown the cultural and linguistic differences to the target readers. The findings can be concluded that the employing translation method leads to the translator to realize the ideology in rendering figurative language; simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and irony.
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