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Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal
ISSN : 23388927     EISSN : 26572443     DOI : https://doi.org/10.30651
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal (e-ISSN 2657-2443 and p-ISSN: 2338-8927) is a journal of English Language Teaching (ELT), linguistics, and literature published in April and September by English Education Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surabaya. This journal is committed to investigate and scrutinize present issues of ELT, linguistics and literature. Contributions in the forms of research-based and literature-review studies written by national and international scholars and researchers are welcomed. High quality of studies presenting the State of the Art (SOTA) and originality is preferable.
Articles 285 Documents
The Effectiveness of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy to Increase Students Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text Nurul Hikmah Islamiyah; Sulton Dedi Wijaya
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 7 No 1 (2019): April
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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Reciprocal Teaching Strategy has proven as a good method in increasing students reading comprehension. This method has been applied in teaching in elementary school students, ESL (English as Second Language) and EFL (English as Foreign Language) contexts. The researcher doing a research about the implementation of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy to increase students reading comprehension. The objective of this  research is to find out whether Reciprocal Teaching Strategy is Effective in Increasing Students Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text and to know how Reciprocal Teaching Strategy enhance students’ reading comprehension in narrative text. This research use a quantitative method Quasi Experimental Design. The data is analyzed by the researcher using SPSS and Microsoft Excel. The subject are eighth grade one of the State Junior High School of Surabaya. This research done for about one month from 20th January until 22nd February 2018. Reciprocal Teaching Strategy has 4 steps in it, such as: Predicting, Questioning, Clarifying, and Summarizing. This strategy is effective for students’ cognitive process in reading that prevent from failure and the result showed Reciprocal Teaching is Effective In Reading Narrative Text, it can be seen from the significant improvement of students score of pretest to post test.
Janice Rodway’s Ideal Romance in Hero (Chirstian Grey) and Heroine (Anastasia Steel): An Analysis of Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L James Kinanti Resmi Hayati; Fikry Zahria Emeraldien
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 7 No 1 (2019): April
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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Christian Grey and Anastasia Steel are the main character in trilogy of Fifty Shade by E.L James. This novel is one of the best popular literatures in 21st century. This study focuses on analyzing both main characters by using ideal romance by Janice roadway which is portrayed in first trilogy of Fifty Shades. There are some terms in ideal romance; two of them are the ideal of hero and the ideal of heroin. This study focuses to look deeper into character of Christian grey as the hero and Anastasia steel as the heroin.  This study also discusses about their sexual behavior and relation as part of romance popular literature today. This study is using textual analysis approach and genre analysis theory to analyze the problem. Whether Christian Grey and Anastasia Steel has all the ideal categories of hero and heroine which is based on Roadway’s ideal romance. However, there are some pro and cons in the result of discussing about the main characters depicted in Fifty Shades of Grey.
The Influence of The Use of Direct Method in Teaching Reading Comprehension and The Students' Achievement Lukma Nul Hakim
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 7 No 2 (2019): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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ABSTRACT: Direct method of teaching is a systematic instructional method that first and foremost requires the teacher to have a command of the subject matter at as close to mastery level as possible. This means that whether subject matter is at the elementary level, middle school level, high school level, college level or adult education level, the teacher thoroughly "understands" the content. The main purpose of direct method of teaching is to provide information within a structure that enables all students to attain the stated objectives at a level of mastery.The aim of the research was whether there was any influence between the use of direct method in teaching reading comprehension and the students' achievement in reading comprehension or not.The methods of collecting data were questionnaire, test for reading, and documentary study. The data of this research are analyzed by using "Product Moment Correlation" Person method.The result of calculation of the correlation coefficient between the use of direct method in teaching reading comprehension and the students' achievement up to 0.93. The value of product moment in the table with N = 30 or df = N-2 = 28 in significant 5% is 0.361 and 1 % is 0.463. If this value or rxy is compared with the value of product moment, so 0.361 < 0.93 > 0.463 or rxy > rxyt, it means the value found is bigger than the value in the table. It is a significant correlation between the use of direct method in teaching reading comprehension and the students' achievement.
Relationship between Human and Animal in Kate DiCamillo The Magician's Elephant Syafira Hardina Chairani; Masulah Masulah; Ari Setyorini
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 7 No 2 (2019): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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This study aimed to analyse the relationship between human and animal in Kate DiCamillo’s novel entitled The Magician’s Elephant. This study analyzed how the people in The Magician’s Elephant treat the animal. From the analysis in the research, the researcher found the disharmony of the relationship between humans and animals in the novel. This novel is very anthropocentric, where the people in it do not build good relations with animal, including exploiting and treating animal improperly. Ecocriticism opposes excessive exploitation of nature. All animals in the world have their own rights to life no less certainly as human do. Ecocriticism believes that animals could feel like the human in the world, aware of the world, also aware of what happens to them. Include their bodies, their freedom, even their lives. The researcher used ecocritcism theory to support this research. Qualitative descriptive is used as the research method in this research. Based on the analysis the reasearcher conclude that The Magician’s Elephant have the animal right issues, where humans ought to establish good relations with nature, especially animals
Writing Procedure Texts Through “How To Make…” Video Siti Nur Aisah
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 7 No 1 (2019): April
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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ABSTRACT: The aim of this research is to describe whether there is effect in teaching writing procedure text for 7th grade students of SMP Al-Fattah Buduran Sidoarjo. The instrument to collect the data was test. After collected the data, the researcher analyzed it. The analysis of data were from pre test and post test score of experimental and control class. The result of the research showed that the mean score of experimental class higher than the mean of control class (83 > 69.07) and the t-test result showed the value of t-test is higher than the value of t-table. The value of t-test was 6.163 while the value of t-table on α = 5% was 1.699. It indicated that the hypothesis of this research was accepted. For the next researcher, hope this research can be alternative method for teaching writing procedure text through video.
Learning of Cross-Cultural Based Writing Skill in The English Camp Program (ECP) of English Education Department Mohammad Hafidz; Maulana Yusuf Aditya
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 7 No 2 (2019): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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Learning of cross cultural based writing skills is the process of conveying different cultural values to be consciously understood and presented in written text. The purpose of the research is to convey and apply the new culture of various national capitals in learning writing skills. This study used a qualitative descriptive approach with a case study design, the data were collected directly by observing  the activities of ECP (English Camp Program). in Mojokerto. Then, researcher analyzed the dat using content analysis of social treatment with  reducing, presenting data and drawing conclusions.The result is cross-cultural based learning makes ECP participants easy to write because of the availability of a variety of theoretically and practically references. Cross-cultural based learning is not a psychological problem but a very interesting scientific study to be applied into real life. Cross-cultural understanding is the main element in producing comprehensive writing skill.
The Effectiveness of Utilizing Nox Android Emulator for Interactive Teaching on Students' Writing Competence and Involvement Edi Pujo Basuki; Novi Rahmania Aquariza
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 7 No 2 (2019): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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Learning English, as outlined in Curriculum 2013, is more directed at mastering the ability to write text-based genres. In this study the author introduces game by utilizing the Android Emulator. The problem of this research is to find out the effectiveness of using the Andoid Emulator tool as an effective interactive learning media on the ability to write and the involvement of students in the learning process of writing. The design of this study is pre-test-post-test group design. After implementing the Game Before Writing Procedure using the Nox Android Emulator, a post-test is performed. The population is high school students SMA Bhayangkari 10 Porong. Research samples were 39 students. The Research Instruments are tests and observation sheet. Data Analysis is using the T Test and descriptive. From data, the mean difference is 12,435. This means that Learning with Game Before Writing Procedure has an influence on the ability of Writing Report.. 80% of students are actively involved in the game. Based on the results of the T Test for the Utilization of the Nox Android Emuator in the implementation of Game Before Writing Learning Procedures, it is effective in improving report writing skills. The fun game encourages student involvement
Students’ Difficulties in Comprehending Narrative Text Aulia Khoirunnisa; Estu Widodo
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 7 No 2 (2019): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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Reading skill has been found to be one of difficult skills to achieve for many learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Importantly, based on the preliminary study, narrative texts  are deemed to be difficult.  This study was conducted to investigate the students’ difficulties in reading text at a private primary school in Batu, involving 29 ninth grade students in the academic year of 2018-2019 as the samples. Employing the purposive sampling method by which the best class was selected, the researcher used10-items of a closed-ended questionnaire to collect the data. In the analysis, some aspects of the narrative text such as words, structure, language feature, character, setting, plot, moral value, and point of view were highlighted. Consistently, narrative texts were found to be the most difficult text faced by students at school. According to the English teacher, students got the difficulties because of lack of vocabulary, the use of simple past tense, and the instruction to make sense of the moral values. Further, difficulties pertain to the effort to comprehend the structure, point of view, and the words.
Comparison of Allegory Symbols in O Novel by Eka Kurniawan and Animal Farm by George Orwell Mazro'atul Islakhiyah; Suyatno -; Suharmono Kasiyun
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 8 No 1 (2020): APRIL
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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: This study aims to examine the comparison of allegorical symbols in O's novel by Eka Kurniawan and Animal Farm by George Orwell, which includes comparison of symbolic shapes and their meanings. This study was a qualitative research with a comparative literary approach. This data were in the forms of allegory symbols, meaning symbols in the form of words, sentences and paragraphs in both novels. Data sources used were two novels entitled O and Animal Farm, as well as other supporting books. The results of this study indicate that there are similarities and differences in terms of the shape and meaning of symbols in both novels. The shape of the animal symbol is the form that dominates both novels. Based on the meaning, both novels the same describe the state of a country. These similarities and differences are based on the basis of affinity in comparable literature.
Grammatical Error of EFL Senior High School Learners in Writing: A Review of Language Interference Studies Vidya Mandarani
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 8 No 1 (2020): APRIL
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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Considering the importance of English as one of pivotal courses in compulsory education, Indonesian students are liable to error produced during their language acquisition phase. This paper’s aim is to unveil what is the most frequent language interference presents in students’ writing that centered upon grammatical context, along with its correlative factors and the very process of interference, encountered by senior high school learners within their second or foreign language acquisition phase. This was carried through library research, which relies towards other articles from researchers, under the same concerns of language interference, as the main objective. There are 4 researches taken as primary sources that issued or published within the last 5 years. The findings of each studies are assessed in gaining a better insight for this paper’s inquiries. From the analysis, the outcomes proved that the errors mostly occurred were caused by interference came in a form of incorrect use of verb as well as copula ‘be’ omission during sentence composing. Such errors were not solely caused by the entity of language interference alone, yet also compounded by the lack of motivation in using English as a communication medium both inside and outside the classroom activity.

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