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Are these texts readable? An Analysis on the Readability Level of English Textbooks for Indonesian High Schools Fahrisky Azima; Maria Teodora Ping; A.K. Amarullah
Borneo Educational Journal (Borju) Vol. 5 No. 1 (2023): February
Publisher : Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Widya Gama Mahakam Samarinda University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24903/bej.v5i1.1095

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Reading texts or passages from textbooks are commonly used as learning materials in the Indonesian EFL context. This leads to the emergence of readability or reading level analyses for EFL reading materials using conventional formulas which, unfortunately, were originally developed for either English as L1 or L2 context. Moreover, there are alternative readability formulas for EFL materials that are relatively newer yet still underused in the field. Hence, this current descriptive study aimed to address this gap by attempting to analyze the reading texts in three Senior High School English textbook series published by the Ministry of Education and Culture, using formulas measuring the readability level without grade-levelling and using simplified EFL reading materials. In this study, the two specific formulas employed to conduct the readability level analysis were Miyazaki EFL Readability Index and McAlpine EFLAW formula. The results showed that the overall Miyazaki EFL readability score of all reading texts in the 10th, 11th, 12th grade English textbooks was 50, categorized as having a “standard” difficulty. Meanwhile, based on the analysis using McAlpine EFLAW readability formula, the overall readability score was 20.86, which was considered as “very easy to understand”. Eventually, it could be concluded that the two formulas could be conveniently used to analyze the readability level of all the reading texts in the textbook series. Moreover, the texts could be deemed as of “suitable and understandable” level for the intended EFL students in Indonesia. Keywords:Readability; Texts; Textbooks; Miyazaki EFL formula; McAlpine EFLAW formula
Stylistic And Political Issues In Donal J Trump’s Tweets Ananda Hardianti Qamara; Sunardi; A.K Amarullah
E3L: Journal of English Teaching, Linguistic, and Literature Vol 4 No 2 (2021): September
Publisher : English Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Mulawarman University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (528.148 KB) | DOI: 10.30872/e3l.v4i2.1912

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The study was considered as stylistics analysis because it was purposed to elaborate the features of graphological level and syntactic level that found in Trump’s tweets. In addition, it also discussed about the political issues that raised in his tweets because he was an active user of twitter since his presidency in 2017. This study was conducted at English Department Mulawarman University. The design of this study was qualitative approach which was purposed to classify the tweets into some features of graphological level and syntactic level. It was also used to classify the political issues raised within the tweets. There were found around 368 tweets between November 3rd and December 3rd, 2020. The instruments of the study were the writer herself and the tweets from Trump’s twitter. There were also found some tweets which were not contained the type of the levels and the political issues. Afterward, the data are collected from the tweets and have been triangulated. The first finding of the study indicated the features of graphological level. There were found some features such as full stop, comma, apostrophe, and others. Full stop was the feature of graphological level that was most frequently encountered. It has been detected approximately 614 times within the tweets. Additionally, at the syntactic level, it was discovered that the simple present tense was the most often used tense in the tweets. Trump's tweets contained the feature approximately 220 times. Then, in the following result, it was discovered that election related topics were the most frequently discussed political issues in tweets. During this same period, Trump has tweeted a lot about the electoral landscape. There were around 223 instances of it in the tweets.
Metaphor on Three Poems, Invictus, The Road Not Taken and Dreams Chandra Arya Pranata; Sunardi; A.K Amarullah
E3L: Journal of English Teaching, Linguistic, and Literature Vol 3 No 1 (2020): March
Publisher : English Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Mulawarman University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30872/e3l.v3i1.1960

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This study presents an analysis of metaphor on three poems, Invictus, The Road Not Taken and Dreams. The objective of this study is: to find out the types and meaning from three poems. The analyses were based on the combination of Lakoff and Johnson’s theory (2003), and Konvecses’s theory (2010) to find out the kind’s of metaphor and meaning of Invictus, The Road Not Taken, and Dream poems. What is the kind’s of metaphor and meaning of line on Invictus, The Road Not Taken, and Dream poems. In this study, the researcher will use descriptive qualitative research. The findings of this study were directed to know what is the kind’s of metaphor and meaning of Invictus, The Road Not Taken, and Dream poems. The result of this research is to show that the kind’s of metaphor and the meaning of poetry
Simplification of Dialogues in Shakespeare’s Drama : Macbeth Nada Zahro Afifah; Sunardi; A.K Amarullah
E3L: Journal of English Teaching, Linguistic, and Literature Vol 3 No 1 (2020): March
Publisher : English Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Mulawarman University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30872/e3l.v3i1.1961

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The purposes of this study are to find the simplification language usage, the vocabulary and structure, and content in unabridged and abridged dialogues of Shakespeare’s Drama: Macbeth. This research used descriptive qualitative research and the script of drama to analyze the dialogue of each character and the language simplification usage, the vocabulary and structure controlled in unabridged and abridged, and the content in abridged version.. The data source that used in this research is a dialogue of Shakespeare’s drama Macbeth in unabridged and abridged version. The result of the reasearch showed that there were simplification of vocabulary, structure and content. Simplification of vocabulary and structure occured inside the language rules while simplification of content occured inside the dialogue content. All the simplification language occured because of the verbs, the length of discursive segments, and the elements of drama
The Correlation between Self –Esteem nd English Learning Achievement of the First Year English Education Department Students at Mulawarman University Novira Anjani; Aridah; A.K Amarullah
E3L: Journal of English Teaching, Linguistic, and Literature Vol 3 No 2 (2020): September
Publisher : English Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Mulawarman University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30872/e3l.v3i2.1965

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This study aimed to find out the correlation between students’ self-esteem and English learning achievement of the first-year English Education Department Students at Mulawarman University. The method used in this study was quantitative research which was designed in a correlational study. The total sampling method was used to take the samples, where it was the same with the numbers of population (86 students). The samples were the first-year students of the English Department from three classes. Self-Esteem Questionnaire (QSE) was adopted from Hyde (1979), which was used to find students’ self-esteem. Cumulative scores related to English courses in the first semester were used to find students’ English learning achievement. Descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used to analyze the data. The mean score for students’ self-esteem was 75.59, it indicated that the level of self-esteem was vulnerable. While the mean score for students’ English learning achievement was 3.24 which was categorized as Good. The calculation using the Pearson Product Moment showed the r-value was .185 and it was lower than r-table 0.212 with the level of probability (p) significance (sig.2-tailed) was .089 and it was higher than 0.05. It indicated that there was no significant correlation between self-esteem and English learning achievement. The different results were found between English skills subjects and non-English skills subjects with students’ self-esteem. There was a positive slight significant correlation between self-esteem and the subject of English skills, while there was no significant correlation between self-esteem and non-English skills subjects