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English and Literature Journal
ISSN : 23550821     EISSN : 25805215     DOI : -
ELITE: English and Literature Journal (Print ISSN: 2355-0821, Online ISSN: 2580-5215) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted specifically to the studies of English linguistics and literature and other literatures with a special emphasis on local culture, wisdom, philosophy and identity. Published twice a year in June and December, the first edition of ELITE was published in 2013. The journal contents are managed by the English and Literature Department, Faculty of Adab and Humanities, Alauddin State Islamic University of Makassar, Indonesia. The primary objective of the journal is to provide a productive forum for lecturers, researchers, authors, graduate students, and practitioners to present results of their recent studies in the areas of English linguistics and literature and other literary traditions. The journal is also intended to help disseminate recent developments in theories, concepts, and ideas in the areas concerned to the academic community of language and literature studies in Indonesia in particular and worldwide in general.
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN ONE DIRECTION’S ALBUM ENTITLED UP ALL NIGHT Tira Nur Fitria
Elite : English and Literature Journal Vol 5 No 1 (2018): June
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AbstractThe aims of this study are to know the types of figurative languages and to know the most dominant figurative language used in lyrics One Direction’s album song entitled Up All Night. The research is qualitative descriptive to describe the analysis factually, accurately and systematically. The data in this research include the phrases or the sentences which found in lyric album song entitled “Up All Night” by One Direction. The data source of this study is album song entitled “Up All Night” by One Direction. Based on research finding, it can be found that there are some figurative languages in One Direction’s album “Up All Night”. There were 13 songs in this album, they are: 1) Everything About You, 2) Gotta Be You, 3) I Want, 4) I Wish, 5) More Than This, 6) One Thing, 7) Same Mistakes, 8) Save You Tonight, 9) Stole My Heart, 10) Taken, 11) Tell Me a Lie, 12) Up All Night and 13) What Makes You Beautiful. Based on the result of this research, it is found six types of figurative language in One Direction’s album entitled “Up All Night”, that are repetition, parallelism, personification, metaphor, simile and hyperbole. While, the most dominant type of figurative language used is repetition, there are 50 lyrics that contain repetition both anaphora and epiphora.Key Words: figurative language, song, album.
THE RELATION BETWEEN HUMAN, UNIVERSE AND GOD IN AHMAD FUADI’S NOVEL ANAK RANTAU Nahdhiyah Nahdhiyah
Elite : English and Literature Journal Vol 5 No 1 (2018): June
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Abstract            The nature of literature is beautiful and meaningful or in the other word is beautiful and teaching something. Studying literature is not only elaborating the beautiful string of word, sentence as the structure building of literary work. As the nature of literature, then, studying literature must touch into the revelation meaning beyond the text, revealing values, moral messages in literary work so the function of literature which is not mere giving pleasure  and entertaining. This study reveals relation between human, universe, and God portrayed in novel “Anak Rantau” by Ahmad Fuadi. This study analyzes texts using hermeneutic method. The relation between human, universe, and God means is how human supposed to behave toward universe which suits to the purpose of the human creation as “khalifah”  in the earth. The portrait of relation between human, universe,and God seems in some story extracts. The effort to return the seaside condition and environment in large which polluted by poison and fish bones in “gotongroyong” to clean seaside for returning the seaside function as giving benefit to human. In addition, the relation between human, universe, and God seems when universe becomes a teacher for human which alwaays obeys to the God decision. Keywords: the nature of literature, khalifah, human, universe, God Abstrak            Hakikat sastra adalah indah dan bermakna atau dengan kata lain indah dan mengajarkan sesuatu. Mengkaji sastra tidak cukup hanya mengurai keindahan rangkaian kata, kalimat sebagai unsur pembangun sebuah karya sastra. Sesuai dengan hakikatnya, maka Mengkaji sastra haruslah sampai pada mengungkap makna di balik teks, mengungkap nilai-nilai, pesan-pesan moral yang terkandung dalam sebuah karya sastra sehingga fungsi sastra yang tidak hanya sekedar memberi kesenangan dan menghibur semata bisa terungkap. Kajian ini mengungkap hubungan antara manusia, alam, dan Tuhan yang tergambar pada novel Anak Rantau karya Ahmad Fuadi.  Kajian ini menganalisis teks dari penggalan konflik dengan metode hermenutika. Hubungan antara manusia, alam dan Tuhan yang dimaksudkan adalah bagaimana seharusnya manusia berperilaku terhadap alam sesuai dengan tujuan penciptaannya sebagai khalifah di bumi. Potret hubungan antara manusia, alam dan Tuhan nampak pada beberapa penggalan cerita. Adanya upaya mengembalikan kondisi pantai dan lingkungan secara luas yang tercemar oleh racun dan bangkai-bangkai ikan dengan cara bergotongroyong menbersihkan pantai untuk mengembalikan fungsi pantai yakni memberi manfaat kepada manusia. Selain itu hubungan manusia, alam, dan Tuhan juga nampak ketika alam dijadikan guru oleh manusia yang selalu patuh pada hukum-hukum  Tuhan. Kata kunci: Hakikat sastra, khalifah, manusia, Alam, Tuhan 
AN EVALUATION OF TOEFL MATRICULATION PROGRAM FOR STAIN STUDENTS Leffi Noviyenty
Elite : English and Literature Journal Vol 5 No 1 (2018): June
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This is an expose facto reserach which analysed and evaluated a program done in 2016 at Language Center in State College of islamic Studies (STAIN) Curup.  The purposes of this study iwas to evaluate the improvement of students' score on TOEFL particularly those who followed TOEFL Matriculation Program at Language Center.  The improvement were investigated from three aspects of TOEFL, listening comprehension, structure and written expression and reading comprehension.  This research also searched the strategies used by lecturers in teaching TOEFL during the program, and the students' motivation in following the program.  Document analysis in the form of students' score for pre and post program, checklist, interview guidance and questionnaire were the instruments of this study.  The data was analyzed by mix method.  There were 2 English lecturers and 30 students who represented all study program in STAIN Curup.  The findings showed that there was a significant improvement of students' TOEFL score after they followed the TOEFL matriculation program at Language Center.  The score of each aspect of TOEFL also increased significantly.  The lecturers also used suitable strategies in teaching TOEFL based on the need of students.  Furthermore, the students' motivation in following the TOEFL matriculation Program was also high.  It is suggested that this program should be continued by involving more students and improving the quality of program in the future.
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON VOCABULARY MASTERY BETWEEN FEMALE AND MALE STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Andi Asri Jumiaty
Elite : English and Literature Journal Vol 2 No 2 (2015): December
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This study was conducted to examine the comparative achievement on English vocabulary mastery between female and male students.The population of this research was all of the second year students of Junior High School which consisted of 300 students and the total sample was 30 students which consisted of 15 female students and 15 male students. The data were collected by using multiple choice tests through analysis descriptive method. The result of the analysis showed that female students and male students have the same vocabulary achievement on vocabulary mastery.
THE CORRELATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE SPEAKING SKILL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS OF THE STUDENTS Nunung Anugrawati
Elite : English and Literature Journal Vol 2 No 2 (2015): December
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The research aimed at identifying whether there was a correlation between students’ speaking skill and their psychological factors and what psychological factors had an existing correlation to the students’ speaking skill.The research used a Descriptive Study which involved two quantifiable variables and how closely they were related. The samples of the research consisted of 46 students and the data was obtained by using speaking test, checking reports, and questionnaires.The result of the research about relationship between students’ speaking skill and their psychological factors was determined by correlation coefficient in Pearson Product formula. The correlation coefficientwas 0.82 in the interval of 0.70 – 0.90, in which showing high correlation. In other words, there was a significant correlation between students’ speaking skill and their psychological factors. Intelligence, motivation and personality were the important factors of students’ psyche and they also represented psychological factors. Moreover, those factors had been proved one by one that they had an existing relationship to the students’ speaking skill through calculated data. Thecorrelation coefficients consisted of 0.57, 0.73, and 0.47 for each factor. It means that intelligence, motivation, and personality had existing correlation to the students’ speaking skill. Therefore, it was concluded that the higher psychological factors belonged to students, the better ability in speaking English would be achieved by themselves.
TEACHERS’ ROLE TOWARDS STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH DEBATE COMPETITION Jumharia Djamereng
Elite : English and Literature Journal Vol 5 No 1 (2018): June
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 The research is qualitative research that intends to describe the factors that influence the students’ achievement in debate competition English Got Talent. Therefore, it was formulated the problem statement as follows:   1) Which factors that influence the students’ achievement in debate competition?  2) How are the competences of English teachers of SMUN 1 and SMUN 3 in teaching and guiding English subject in both schools? To fulfill data collection, primary data were taken from 5 teachers from every schools so the total number were 10 teachers. While the secondary data also were 10 students who were taken from 5 students from every school. The technique in collecting data  were interview and observation. The result of  the research shows that factors that may cause the students of SMUN 3 and SMUN 1  get achievement in debate competition, such as;  the competencies  owned by teachers from both schools who some of them have S1 degree in English Education and some others are Magister in English Education. Besides, they actively develop their skills in teaching methods by joining seminars and workshops. Therefore they were more creative in presenting the materials by using various teaching strategies that may help and support the students in English learning process. They also give attention to the teaching material which not too emphasize on using English book provided by the school.  In opposites, they were selective in using the teaching material, some of them develop the material by their own selves which taken from commercial books and internet. Over all, other factor that may also contribute to their achievement are the existences of teacher that becomes supervisor who responsible to prepare the students to join the competition. They have been being consulted and guided since the X years and it is usually given for 3 months before the competition held. Therefore it makes them are very well prepared to join the competition.  
SPEECH AND THOUGHT PRESENTATION IN JHUMPA LAHIRI'S INTERPRETER OF MALADIES Arina Isti'anah
Elite : English and Literature Journal Vol 5 No 2 (2018): December
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This research focuses on analyzing speech and thought presentation in the story by means of stylistic approach proposed by Leech and Short (2007). There are two main objectives in this research: (1) to find out speech and thought presentation techniques used in the story and (2) to figure out how those techniques reveal the characterization of the story. Three types of speech presentation were found in the analysis: Free Direct Speech (FDS) in 56%, Direct Speech (DS) in 41%, and Indirect Speech (IS) in 3%. Indirect Thought (IT) is the only thought presentation found in the data, presented in 15 utterances. Those presentation techniques reveal that Lahiri lets the readers involved in the story. FDS shows that the absence of the narrator in the dialogues is influenced by clarity of the context. By employing IT in the whole thought presentation, Lahiri involves herself in the character’s consciousness. Keywords: speech, thought, presentation, stylistics
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY LEARNING THROUGH EXTENSIVE READING (A STUDY OF STUDENTS IN MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF MAKASSAR) ariana ariana
Elite : English and Literature Journal Vol 5 No 1 (2018): June
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This research aims at finding out whether or not using of extensive reading was effective to develop the English vocabulary of the fifth semester students of Muhammadiyah University of Makassar. It was quasi experimental research design. This research took place at Muhammadiyah University of Makassar in academic year 20105/2016. The population of the research was 313 students. The sample of this research consisted of 52 students, 28 students as the control group and 24 students as the experimental group, which was chosen by using cluster random sampling technique. The instrument of collecting data was vocabulary test. The data were obtained through pretest and posttest for both groups and the result of the test was analyzed by using SPSS 17.0 version. The result of the data analysis showed that the application of extensive reading was effective to develop the English vocabulary of the fifth semester students of Muhammadiyah University of Makassar proved by the mean score of control group in pretest was 29.31 and the mean score of experimental group was 41.64. While the mean score of control group in posttest was 47.07 which was taught intensive reading and the mean score of experimental group was 59.86, which was taught extensive reading. It means that the improvement of vocabulary achievement in control group from pretest to posttest was 17.76 and in experimental group were 18.22. It means that Incidental vocabulary occurred both of Intensive Reading and Extensive Reading, but the improvement of incidental vocabulary learning in extensive reading was greater than that of  intensive reading (18.22>17.76).
CODE-SWITCHING AMONG STUDENTS OF DHAKA UNIVERSITY, BANGLADESH: A STUDY ON RESIDENTIAL STUDENTS Md. Sadequle Islam
Elite : English and Literature Journal Vol 5 No 2 (2018): December
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This paper focuses on an analysis of Bangla, English and Hindi code switching among the students of Dhaka University, Bangladesh. Based on the empirical data from questionnaire filled up by the students of two male and two female residential halls of Dhaka University, this paper aims to analyze the frequency and prototypes of code switching. It also presents a brief overview on exploring the factors that influence or encourage code switching and also the attitudes of the students towards the contemporary trend of code switching and its impact on their mother tongue Bangla. After collecting the data, they are transcribed, tabulated and analyzed by following quantitative method in terms of the research objectives. Overall findings indicate that in spite of having a negative attitude towards code switching, students prefer to switch Bangla-English and Bangla-Hindi codes with the friends in the informal discussions and while using social media.
ISLAMIC ASPECTS IN MAPPETTUADA TRADITION FOR CROSS-CULTURAL PERFORMANTS (Anthropolinguistics Approach) Fithrah Auliya Ansar
Elite : English and Literature Journal Vol 3 No 2 (2016): December
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Mappetuada was the fifth step of wedding proposing tradition in South Sulawesi. The aim of this research was to acknowledge the reader about how the bugis people used their language in Proposing woman in mappetuada tradition. Many religious symbols were used in Bugis local custom in order to perform their identity as a part of religious people. Islam, the most majority religion in Indonesia, is always appeared in each tribes’ activities through appearance or even untterance. This research is a part of Anthropholinguistics research. The theory of Functional analysis is used in finding the voices of speaker in using their languages. The analysis focused on various features of Islamic symbols in people utterances and appearances related to the cultural performance. The additional theory about Bakhtinian dialogism was used in order to find the features which are related and different among the people in mappetuada tradition. The result showed the features of islamic performance used by each performants from different cultural background in mappettuada tradition. The islamic cues were not only found in non- verbal signs but also existed in verbal utterances. 

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