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Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching
ISSN : 25808672     EISSN : 25809962     DOI : https://doi.org/10.30743/
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching is a double blind peer reviewed international journal biannually published by the Faculty of Literature, Islamic University of North Sumatra, Medan, Indonesia. Publication is issued in June and December. Authors are encouraged to submit complete unpublished and original works or research results, which are not under review in any other journals. Manuscripts should follow the style of the journal and are subject to both review and editing. The scopes of the journal include, but not limited to, linguistics, literature and language teaching written in English.
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CONSONANT CLUSTERS IN INDONESIAN LOANWORDS Ekarina, Ekarina
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 6, No 2: December 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v6i2.6152

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This paper investigates two types of loanwords in Indonesian from a list published by NUSA in 1997 and the online version of Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI, 2019):  those of Sanskrit origin, and of European origins. When languages borrow words from one another, they may employ various strategies in dealing with unfamiliar sounds and/or sound combinations. Overall, the study is conducted by means of descriptive qualitative method, having a focus on corpus research. Specifically, this research is concerned with the handling of syllable-initial consonant clusters that is not present in native Indonesian words. The two different patterns dealing with consonant clusters in loanwords are 1) The tendency for consonant cluster preservation in European loanwords; and 2) The tendency to insert a vowel sound to break up consonant clusters in Sanskrit loanwords. It happens due to the differences in the time frame and scope of Sanskrit and European language influences in Indonesia. The results show that onset consonant clusters have become a definite marker of loanwords in Indonesian
REVEALING THE IMPLICIT MEANING OF LANGUAGE STYLE IN MADURESE PROVERBS Wardatin, Fajriyah Novi; Setiawan, Slamet
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 6, No 2: December 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v6i2.6150

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Proverb is categorized as the simplest form of myriad types of folklore. It is used to express the truth based on the traditional saying, which has some implicit meanings. One of the interesting proverbs to be investigated is the Madurese proverb connecting with some crucial life principles. The present study is aimed to reveal the implicit meaning of Madurese proverbs, which have a special meaning on foregrounding values. The study has designed a qualitative method and used the theory of conversational implicature, pioneered by Grice (1989). The analysis and the pragmatics approach are elaborated since the data were gained using the extracted method. The findings show that Madurese proverbs can be categorized as two common types of implicature: generalized conversational implicature and particularized conversational implicature. The results also reveal that those chosen proverbs represented three main Madurese social principles: (i) courage (ii) upholding the honor of moral values, and (iii) upholding self-dignity.
THE EFFECT OF STUDY HABITS ON TUTEP SCORE IMPROVEMENT Fergina, Ana; Prancisca, Stella; Barella, Yusawinur; Ghazy, Ahmad; Rizqi, Muhammad Ainur
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 6, No 2: December 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v6i2.5991

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Study habit is key to the success of the learning process. The study habit can be obtained when students have the intention to do so. Generally, the intention arises from repeated actions. In the TUTEP training class, the habits of the students during the training program can determine the test result. Thus, this study aims to examine the effect of study habits among the students or trainees on increasing their TUTEP scores. A descriptive-correlation method was used to describe the positive day-to-day habits that the trainees did to increase their TUTEP scores. The study involved respondents who attended the TUTEP training class and obtained a significant improvement in their TUTEP score before and after participating in the training. The main instrument in this study was the Palsane and Sharma Study Habit Inventory (Looyeh et al., 2017). The instrument has eight sub-scales of study habits. The results indicated that the significant test obtained was a ttest value of 0.738, where the ttest value was greater than ttable (0.738 0.254). In other words, it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between study habits and increased TUTEP scores of the trainees. Furthermore, based on the highest average value (mean) of study habits which was obtained from respondents, three indicators yielded the highest scores, namely the exam (4.66), the health (4.59), and the time management indicators (4.36).
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH ENGLISH MOVIE Hariati, Puji
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 6, No 2: December 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v6i2.6176

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This study was aimed at finding out whether or not English movie can improve students’ speaking skills. This study was conducted by using Classroom Action Research. The population and the sample were the first grade students of AMIK Medicom in 2022/2023 academic year. This research applied quantitative and qualitative methods. The results showed improvements. The students' scores improved from cycle 1 to cycle 2.  In pre-test, the mean score was 33.52. In the first cycle, meeting 1 the mean score was 37.35, in meeting 2, 42.64 and meeting 3, 52.64. In the second cycle, meeting 1 the mean score was 64,41,  in meeting 2, 80 and meeting 3, 91.17. The improvements were seen in the percentage of the student’s achievement in speaking by using English movie; in pre-test, none of the students got 75 points. In the first cycle, in meeting 1, and meeting 2, there was also no student who got 75 points,  but in meeting 3 there was 23,52% (8 students) got 75 points. This means there was an improvement of about 23.52%. In the second cycle, in meeting 1 there was 29.41% (10 students) got 75 points, it means that there was an improvement of about 5.89%. In meeting 2 there was 79.41% (27 students) got 75 points, which means that there was an improvement of about 50%.  It means that English movie helped the students in speaking, listing supporting points, and making a simple outline to write events, places, or objects related to the topic.
EXPLORING DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF INTERCULTURAL FRIENDSHIP AMONG EFL LEARNERS Khairatunnisa, Khairatunnisa; Muhamad, Malisa; Susanti, Ani
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 6, No 2: December 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v6i2.5263

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Intercultural communication or Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) is the different condition of society that used symbol systems and rules for communication and interaction with other cultures and languages. This research explored the stages of the intercultural friendship of English Foreign Language (EFL) students in Indonesia who joined the International Community Service. Nine students in the same events participated in collecting the data of the questionnaire and interview based on the three familiar theories:  trial, enmeshment, and renegotiation. Then the results showed that the students had prepared information about the place of events and learned the new cultures and habits of the different societies. The other one, the students avoided sensitive issues such as ethnicity, religion, and race to accept the contradiction among the students and society to understand one another to evaluate the contradiction to be a positive value based on the three theories of intercultural friendship. Lastly, their challenges were between them and society, and the students and their friends in a small group. Diversification of purpose and goal of their project made them difficult to implement such as internet connection and public fasilities. Besides, the village situation was poorer than other communities were, and required some facilities to assist them in their everyday operations. In accordance with the results, keeping good communication and relationship would be easier for students or institutions for the next event. The program was continued for the other participants to make the successful goals.
ENHANCING VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' READING SKILLS USING JEOPARDY GAMES Krisdianata, Yoannes Yuka; Kuswandono, Paulus
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 6, No 2: December 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v6i2.6171

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Jeopardy game is a common game for players to compete for the highest score.  Nevertheless, this game can be modified to provide the students with a fun, engaging, and challenging interactive game for learning activities. The use of the Jeopardy game in improving teaching-learning activities was abundant, whereas the use of Jeopardy in vocational high school was little to be found. This study tried to figure out the implementation of Jeopardy games in enhancing reading skills for vocational high school students. Classroom action research was conducted to observe students' improvement in reading after implementing Jeopardy games in reading activities. Closed-ended questionnaires on how the jeopardy games influence the teaching process and activities were conducted to get the quantitative data. Observation, reflection, open-ended questionnaire, and FGD were gathered to strengthen the result of quantitative data. The results showed that students demonstrated better reading comprehension from the diagnostic test, cycle I, and cycle II results; mean score 5.76, 6.48, and 7.28. Students also reported that they got motivated and were likely to read more. To conclude, students stated that they experienced some improvement in cooperative learning and reading strategies. The implication of the study is discussed at the end of this article.
POLITENESS STRATEGIES USED BY PEDICAB DRIVERS TO FOREIGN TOURISTS IN MALIOBORO STREET Setyawan, Agustinus Hary; Binawan, Heribertus; Nugraeni, Nugraeni
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 6, No 2: December 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v6i2.6162

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This study discusses the use of English used by pedicab drivers in the Malioboro tourist area as a means of communication with foreign tourists to portray and improve the quality of English-speaking services in the future. By bringing out the element of politeness in communicating, people can further strengthen their social relations, both can respect each other's self-image. Unique informal learning from direct conversations with foreign tourists produces speech variations in English that are unique and different from standard English rules. This study is a qualitative descriptive study with conversational analysis that aims to describe the linguistic phenomena in the English variation of pedicab drivers on aspects of politeness strategies. Pedicab drivers in tourist locations utilize politeness strategies to create communications when face-threatening acts are unavoidable or deliberate in order to preserve the hearer's positive and negative face. In the interactions between pedicab drivers and international tourists, 15 data on positive politeness strategies and 14 data on negative politeness strategies were identified. The data analysis provided is taken from the representative data for each strategy. The dominant sub-strategy from the positive politeness strategy is "Notice, Attend to H (his Interest, Wants, Needs, Goods)," while the dominant sub-strategy from the negative politeness strategy is "Apologize."
UNDERSTANDING THE CHILD SOLDIER IN UZODINMA IWEALA’S NOVEL, BEASTS OF NO NATION Yeboah, Philomena Ama Okyeso; Otoo, Paul; Freitas, Philip Kwame; Bonku, Lucy Korkoi; Issaka, Charity Azumi
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 6, No 2: December 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v6i2.6164

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The academic space has witnessed in recent times, a plethora of research works on child soldiering. However, the majority of these works are often viewed from a non-literary perspective. Using textual analysis which is purely qualitative in nature, this paper, from a literary perspective, focused on examining the representation of the child soldier figure in Iweala’s Beasts of No Nation by paying particular attention to the characterization of the child soldier as an individual who transitions from a victim of war to a victimizer. With the help of the trauma theory, the paper discussed and provided an understanding of the physiological factors and reactions that necessitate this transition. Based on Bloom’s concepts of trauma and the general theory of trauma, the paper finds that the child soldier transitions from a victim of war to a victimizer is a result of the fear that overwhelms him. Again, the child soldier undergoes this transition in order to survive the war – anarchetypal mammalian survival response. This study is significant as it has contributed to the existing literature on child soldier narratives in Africa and provided an understanding of the child soldier’s reactions and responses to the devastating trauma that accompanies war.
TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION OF 2013 CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Pane, Isli Iriani Indiah; Hutasuhut, Mahmud Layan; Damanik, Sisila Fitriany; Haswani, Fahri
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 6, No 2: December 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v6i2.8863

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The aim of this study was to examine English teachers’ perceptions and concerns about the implementation of the2013 curriculum in Junior high school in Indonesia. This study reports findings from interpretive case study design in a private junior high school in Medan region, Indonesia with 2 teachers. Data were generated using questionnaires, focus group interview, classroom observation and documentation. The research focus was on how the English teachers have implemented the 2013 curriculum. The findings indicate that the implementation of the curriculum was still problematic due to the teachers’ lack of knowledge of the 2013 curriculum and the teachers’ pile of work. In addition, one of the teachers was still confused with the implementation of the 2013 curriculum, to work with teenagers’ students, overcrowded classrooms, learning environments, and insufficient teaching and learning materials and facilities. This study recommends that to improve the current situation and attain quality provision of junior high schools, teachers need to develop their professional knowledge through socialization and the in-service training. The government policy planners need to provide initial teacher education that suit junior high school contexts, professional development, and conducive teaching and learning environments with available resources for effective teaching and learning practices.

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