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DISCOURSE PHENOMENA IN MEANING MAKING FOR GLOBAL COMMUNICATION Salam, Md. Abdus
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 8, No 1: June 2024
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara (UISU)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v8i1.8937

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Global communication currently plays a crucial and highly significant role in both first language (L1) and foreign language (L2) learning situations. This occurs for various reasons, including international commerce, politics, higher education, immigration, and tourism. This article critically examines discourse phenomena in global communication, highlighting discourse metonymy, shifters, and textual metaphor as the discourse techniques used in metadiscourse to enhance communication and meaning creation in global contexts.Based on secondary and tertiary data, this study employs qualitative data analysis. Lev Vygotsky's 1962 interactional theory is used to comprehend communication theory. The purpose of this study is to answer the research question: How beneficial and acceptable are discourse phenomena in terms of meaning-making and global communication? The researcher finds that each of these discourse phenomena plays an important role in the meaning-making process, making communication clearer and more effective for L2 learners, whether at the vocabulary, clause, or sentence level in written texts or oral expression. As a result, the researcher recommends these discourse phenomena to students, teachers, linguists, and researchers for effective and appropriate global communication.
Designing A Speaking Test for Special Purposes (SP) in Hiring Experts for a Company Salam, Md. Abdus
Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 11(1), May 2026
Publisher : Pusat Pelatihan, Riset, dan Pembelajaran Bahasa

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21462/ijefl.v11i1.1015

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Designing speaking tests for special purposes involves contentious debates regarding specific contexts, company goals, and learner requirements, and hence, requires further research. This article designs a speaking test for the specific purpose of recruiting company professionals. At present, multinational companies around the globe are evolving day by day, and their sister concerns are getting diverse perspectives. The research objective of this article is to design a speaking test. This study requires finding an answer to the research question: how to design a valid and reliable speaking test for recruiting company professionals? This study applied a qualitative data analysis approach to find an answer to the research question, in which research articles, books, periodicals, and magazines were treated as secondary, and the speaking test design was primary data. This study finds that multiple challenges are present in designing a speaking test, keeping in mind the reliability and validity of the tests, like test-time, assessment-criteria, validity, and reliability. The findings of this article will be helpful and have positive impacts for the examinees as well as the employers. Observing the necessities, this study recommends further research for designing a speaking test, keeping real-world relevance in all contexts.