Sovia Rahmaniah
Universitas Islam Negeri Antasari Banjarmasin

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Teaching Politeness of Using Slang in Speaking: Analysis of Conversations in Tuesdays with Morrie Sovia Rahmaniah
Tarbiyah : Jurnal Ilmiah Kependidikan Vol 7, No 1 (2018): Juni
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Antasari Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18592/tarbiyah.v7i1.2102

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Slang language is commonly used in American society in their daily life communication. However, teachers are still hesitant to teach slang in their speaking class, because slang language is assumed as impolite language. Most of the teachers don’t realize that even slang language can be used in polite conversation. This paper is intended to show some analysis on some conversations in the movie entitle ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ which are assumed as the representation of social language for American. The focus of the analysis is the use of slang in polite conversations. The analysis will be based on the identification of a communicative event along with three dimensions called field, tenor, and mode. The significance of the study is to clarify teachers’ understanding toward slang language that can be assumed as a politeness, so the teachers will not hesitate to teach slang language to their students in speaking class. Furthermore, through this analysis, the students will know why, when, where, and how to use slang politely in their daily life conversation.
COMMON ERRORS OF ENGLISH FINAL CONSONANT CLUSTERS BY ADVANCED ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDENTS Luthfy Al Razieb; Saadillah; Sovia Rahmaniah
TEFLA Journal (Teaching English as Foreign Language and Applied Linguistics Journal) Vol. 3 No. 2 (2021)
Publisher : UMBanjarmasin

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35747/tefla.v3i2.1063

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Student of English Education Department as a teacher candidate have to be good in producing English sounds, because they will be a teacher in the future which is students will imitate what they are saying. But, in reality mispronunciation is still frequently found in students of English Education Department, moreover to the advanced English education students. This research was using descriptive quantitative approach. And the objectives of this research were to know advanced English education students’ ability in pronouncing English final consonant clusters and what are the factors influences. The result showed that there were 44 pronunciation errors from 50 final consonant clusters that has been tested. Furthermore, many Advanced English Education students are unable to pronounce particular final consonant clusters. They tend to make error when they pronounce words containing /nd/, /mp/, /rst/, and /kst/ final consonant clusters. Based on the findings and discussion, it can be concluded that many of Advanced English Education students are still unable to pronounce English final consonant clusters correctly. They tend to get rid one sound at the end of the word because of interlingual factor, their friendship circle and their efforts in exploring the target language.