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Helena I. R. Agustien, Helena I. R.
Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia
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THE ACADEMIC LITERACY OF SIXTEEN-SEVENTH GRADERS OF AN ENGLISH IMMERSION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN SEMARANG Rajagukguk, Th. Ervina Boru; Agustien, Helena I. R.; Mujiyanto, Yan
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 11, No 2 (2017): April 2017
Publisher : Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v11i2.9592

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This research was conducted to observe sixteen seven graders of Mondial Junior High School’ academic literacy in their academic written texts. The participants were accustomed to using English at their school. Yet, when they had to produce academic texts, the texts were produced in the level of knowledge-telling, which lacked time to plan and to set the goals. The data of this study were taken from their quizzes and final test of four subjects with different genres of texts. Because the quizzes and final test were graded, the quality of the data is ensured. The analysis was observed qualitatively from three dimensions, i.e. the linguistic, cognitive, and socio-cultural dimensions of literacy. To describe each dimension, there were some descriptors to guide the analysis process. The result shows that in general, the sixteen learners’ academic literacy was fairly good. However, some parts of the dimension of academic literacy such as the linguistic and socio-cultural dimensions should be improved in order to master the holistic dimensions of literacy. The learners should be introduced to some genres of texts which were considered new for them such as explanation text. Their mastery towards past tense should also be improved.
LEARNERS’ ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE MEANING IN INTERACTIONAL CONVERSATION Nurazizah, Nuki; Agustien, Helena I. R.; Sutopo, Djoko
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7 No 1 (2018): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching

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Negotiation is one kind of ways in order to interact with other people. Doing negotiation means that participants are able to reveal what they feel and think. For this study, observation was done before recording. Audio recording is the primary data besides there was also note. The note is about the class’ situations that were not included in the recording. Then, the data is transformed into transcription. After the transcript is made, the data is able to be analyzed. Results indicate that the learners mostly negotiate well. They produce statements in compliance with mood elements. They also have various kinds of mood types in the conversation. The ways that the students negotiate meaning in order to get the meaning across are countering the interlocutors’ responds, responding the teacher by giving statement that exactly suit to the teacher’s questions, and having equal turns reciprocally to convey their ideas in a conversation. In order to compensate their language problems, the students use some strategies such using minor clause, speaking in their native language, and doing non-verbal communication. In addition, there are also some grammatical problems hinder the negotiation of meaning. They ellipse a certain element of the clause. Another grammatical problem is that the students do not use fit correspondence between Finite and other elements.
FORMULAIC EXPRESSIONS USED IN CONVERSATIONAL TEXTS OF THE TENTH GRADE’S ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS Mustapa, Yaholil; Agustien, Helena I. R.
English Education Journal Vol 7 No 1 (2017)
Publisher : English Education Journal

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v7i1.14687

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Formulaic expressions make students become fluent and native-like in English speaking so that formulaic expressions must be introduced a lot to the students in conversational texts of English textbooks. The current study aims at investigating the forms, frequency of occurrence, accuracy, and appropriateness of formulaic expressions in conversational texts of the tenth grader’s English textbooks. This study is a discourse analysis, particularly a text analysis. The objects of the study are fourteen conversational texts taken from the tenth grade’s English textbooks. The results of the study show that there are four forms of formulaic expressions identified in the conversational texts. Moreover, the most frequent form of formulaic expressions in the conversational texts is inserts. It is followed by lexical bundles, idiomatic phrases, and free combinations of verb + particle. Besides, idiomatic phrases and free combinations of verb + particle occur accurately, while lexical bundles and inserts occur both accurately and inaccurately in the conversational texts. In addition, the formulaic expressions appear appropriately and inappropriately in the conversational texts.  Based on these findings, there are many conversational texts that do not sound natural; consequently, there must be some revisions.
LEARNERS’ ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE MEANING IN INTERACTIONAL CONVERSATION Nurazizah, Nuki; Agustien, Helena I. R.; Sutopo, Djoko
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7 No 1 (2018): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching

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Negotiation is one kind of ways in order to interact with other people. Doing negotiation means that participants are able to reveal what they feel and think. For this study, observation was done before recording. Audio recording is the primary data besides there was also note. The note is about the class’ situations that were not included in the recording. Then, the data is transformed into transcription. After the transcript is made, the data is able to be analyzed. Results indicate that the learners mostly negotiate well. They produce statements in compliance with mood elements. They also have various kinds of mood types in the conversation. The ways that the students negotiate meaning in order to get the meaning across are countering the interlocutors’ responds, responding the teacher by giving statement that exactly suit to the teacher’s questions, and having equal turns reciprocally to convey their ideas in a conversation. In order to compensate their language problems, the students use some strategies such using minor clause, speaking in their native language, and doing non-verbal communication. In addition, there are also some grammatical problems hinder the negotiation of meaning. They ellipse a certain element of the clause. Another grammatical problem is that the students do not use fit correspondence between Finite and other elements.
THE ACADEMIC LITERACY OF SIXTEEN-SEVENTH GRADERS OF AN ENGLISH IMMERSION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN SEMARANG Rajagukguk, Th. Ervina Boru; Agustien, Helena I. R.; Mujiyanto, Yan
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 11, No 2 (2017): April 2017
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v11i2.9592

Abstract

This research was conducted to observe sixteen seven graders of Mondial Junior High School’ academic literacy in their academic written texts. The participants were accustomed to using English at their school. Yet, when they had to produce academic texts, the texts were produced in the level of knowledge-telling, which lacked time to plan and to set the goals. The data of this study were taken from their quizzes and final test of four subjects with different genres of texts. Because the quizzes and final test were graded, the quality of the data is ensured. The analysis was observed qualitatively from three dimensions, i.e. the linguistic, cognitive, and socio-cultural dimensions of literacy. To describe each dimension, there were some descriptors to guide the analysis process. The result shows that in general, the sixteen learners’ academic literacy was fairly good. However, some parts of the dimension of academic literacy such as the linguistic and socio-cultural dimensions should be improved in order to master the holistic dimensions of literacy. The learners should be introduced to some genres of texts which were considered new for them such as explanation text. Their mastery towards past tense should also be improved.
LEARNERS’ ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE MEANING IN INTERACTIONAL CONVERSATION Nurazizah, Nuki; Agustien, Helena I. R.; Sutopo, Djoko
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7 No 1 (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.v7i1.25300

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Negotiation is one kind of ways in order to interact with other people. Doing negotiation means that participants are able to reveal what they feel and think. For this study, observation was done before recording. Audio recording is the primary data besides there was also note. The note is about the class’ situations that were not included in the recording. Then, the data is transformed into transcription. After the transcript is made, the data is able to be analyzed. Results indicate that the learners mostly negotiate well. They produce statements in compliance with mood elements. They also have various kinds of mood types in the conversation. The ways that the students negotiate meaning in order to get the meaning across are countering the interlocutors’ responds, responding the teacher by giving statement that exactly suit to the teacher’s questions, and having equal turns reciprocally to convey their ideas in a conversation. In order to compensate their language problems, the students use some strategies such using minor clause, speaking in their native language, and doing non-verbal communication. In addition, there are also some grammatical problems hinder the negotiation of meaning. They ellipse a certain element of the clause. Another grammatical problem is that the students do not use fit correspondence between Finite and other elements.
FORMULAIC EXPRESSIONS USED IN CONVERSATIONAL TEXTS OF THE TENTH GRADE’S ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS Mustapa, Yaholil; Agustien, Helena I. R.
English Education Journal Vol 7 No 1 (2017)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v7i1.14687

Abstract

Formulaic expressions make students become fluent and native-like in English speaking so that formulaic expressions must be introduced a lot to the students in conversational texts of English textbooks. The current study aims at investigating the forms, frequency of occurrence, accuracy, and appropriateness of formulaic expressions in conversational texts of the tenth grader’s English textbooks. This study is a discourse analysis, particularly a text analysis. The objects of the study are fourteen conversational texts taken from the tenth grade’s English textbooks. The results of the study show that there are four forms of formulaic expressions identified in the conversational texts. Moreover, the most frequent form of formulaic expressions in the conversational texts is inserts. It is followed by lexical bundles, idiomatic phrases, and free combinations of verb + particle. Besides, idiomatic phrases and free combinations of verb + particle occur accurately, while lexical bundles and inserts occur both accurately and inaccurately in the conversational texts. In addition, the formulaic expressions appear appropriately and inappropriately in the conversational texts. Based on these findings, there are many conversational texts that do not sound natural; consequently, there must be some revisions.
Co-Authors Djoko Sutopo Nurazizah, Nuki Nurazizah, Nuki Th. Ervina Boru Rajagukguk, Th. Ervina Boru Yaholil Mustapa Yan Mujiyanto