BRIGHT
Vol 7, No 1 (2024)

Exploring Past Tense Usage in EFL Hospitality Students’ Narrative Essays

Stefanus Angga B. Prima (Universitas Agung Podomoro)
Dang Arif Hartono (Universitas Agung Podomoro)
Douwes Lasmana (Universitas Agung Podomoro)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Jan 2024

Abstract

This study attempts to analyze the differences of morphological features used by hospitality students in indicating tenses while writing narrative essays. Four participants of different CEFR levels enrolled in a private university in Jakarta were asked to write short essays of a story how they ended up choosing hospitality major. The method utilized discourse hypothesis, in which the morphological features indicating past, non-past, and no verb were categorized and counted. The results show that the most advanced students produce the most variety of tenses, while the lowest produce the least variety of tenses. The results indicate further interesting discussion on how interlanguage paradigm may take more important role in pedagogical approach of EFL classes for vocational students.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

bright

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

BRIGHT is a journal of English Language Teaching, Linguistics and Literature. It is published twice a year in the months of January and July. it presents articles on analysis studies, application of theories, research reports, materials development and reviews in the area of English language ...