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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 Authors are encouraged to submit complete unpublished and original works or research results, which are not under review in any other journals.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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NATIVE AMERICAN SPIRITUALITY AND NATURAL LANDSCAPE IN N. SCOTT MOMADAY'S POETRY Jasim, Mustafa Amjed; Kamal Addin, Soukaina Hameed
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 2: December 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v7i2.7464

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Native Americans are the first people to reside in the United States of America, specifically the northern part of it. One of the famous Native American poets is Scott Momaday. Momaday is a Kiowa Native American poet, storywriter, and novelist. The purpose of this research is to explain traditions, and the significance of natural landscape in Scott Momaday's poetry, focused on words, images and metaphors by means of descriptive qualitative method.  The researchers endeavor to apply a concept of Shamanism in Momaday's poetry. Shamanism is an ancient healing tradition, and a way of life. It is a way to connect with nature and all the creations. Every plant for native Americans symbolizes a certain thing, cherries symbolize mercy, and they can heal wounds by the ointment. The data are taken from  the poems related to nature and tradition as in The Earth, Eagle Feather Fan, The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee, and Angle of Geese.  The results show that natural landscape and traditions are linked to spirituality. For Native Americans, there is no difference between animate and inanimate objects;   everything in this life has a soul.
THE EFFECTS OF SRSD WITH MNEMONIC TRAP ON EFL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION SKILL Utami, Yuni Putri; Fadhilah, Nurul
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 2: December 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v7i2.8188

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This paper examines the impact of a Self-Regulated Strategy Development using the mnemonic TRAP on the teaching of English reading comprehension skills. The primary goal of the research is to figure out whether: 1) SRSD with mnemonic TRAP is insightful in enhancing students' reading comprehension skills, and 2) the effects size of SRSD with mnemonic TRAP on students' reading comprehension skills. The research utilizes a quasi-experimental design using a pretest and posttest control group design. As of now, the research has been conducted on fifth semester college students in Sumenep, East Java, Indonesia. This research involves 70 students, with 35 assigned to the experimental group obtaining SRSD with the mnemonic TRAP and 35 assigned to the control group obtaining the RAP method - common strategy. There are significance differences in reading comprehension between students taught using SRSD with the mnemonic TRAP and those taught using the RAP strategy, confirming the results of a paired sample t-test. Students' reading comprehension improves significantly after utilizing the SRSD with the mnemonic TRAP, with an 80% contribution. 
HOW READY ‘INDONESIAN ENGLISH’ IS TO LAUNCH: AN EMIC PERSPECTIVE Hanafi, Hanafi
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 2: December 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v7i2.8422

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This is a qualitative study investigating the strength of the proposition of Indonesian English (Indolish) as a potentially emerging English variety from the outer/expanding circle from an emic perspective. This proposed variety does not yet exist even as a de facto English variety spoken in Indonesia or elsewhere. Nonetheless, the growing spread of English used by Indonesians has frequently prompted the idea of promoting the establishment of Indolish as a new English variety in the World Englishes areas for Indonesians. To clarify this early signal, an exploratory study was conducted to investigate the perspective of Indonesian postgraduate students who pursued their higher degrees in some Australian universities and whose overseas learning and language contact experience should bring them into a direct contact with a wide range of English varieties and thereby allowing them to better reflect on the significance of creating a special type of English for Indonesians. Seven participants responded to the three open-questioned survey questionnaire sent to two mailing list groups of Indonesian Postgraduate students. Two participants prefer to have Indolish while five others disagree with the idea. Majority of the participants show a strong nationalistic identity indicating a stagnant foundation process in Schneider’s Dynamic Model  in Indonesian context. Nevertheless, the participants demonstrate a strong dependence on English NS norms which confirm Kachru’s proposition and indicate their rejection of Norton’s notion of ownership of English language. In conclusion, these participants view that Indonesian English does not seem ready to launch yet.
“HOW DO THE BROCHURES SPEAK?” SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS ANALYSIS IN ONLINE PARENTING BROCHURES Syafitri, Siska Eka; Sinar, Tengku Silvana; Mulyadi, Mulyadi; Lubis, Masdiana
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 2: December 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v7i2.7053

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Online brochures are one of the preferred choices in describing the advertisement’s worth of many linguistic features. ‘Parenting’ strategies are one of the topics which are discussed in the online brochures. We can find the quotes and problem-solving about ‘parenting’ spread in cyberspace. Online parenting brochures are made by a personal or community to share that importance. The clause in parenting brochures discourse has a semantic meaning of its speech function. The language of the brochures was examined by using Halliday’s theory of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), then it was found that the language in the brochures was formulated interpersonally. The meanings of the clause are developed in any interactive features in exchanging the giving and demanding move of speech function. This research was conducted qualitatively by analyzing 48 clauses in the brochures. It was found that the most commonly used linguistic clause in the brochures was the statement (71%) as a way of giving information to the readers. Then the rest was the command (29%) for the parents or the childminder to be applied in nurturing the children. Besides, multimodal strategies were also used to make the brochures more eye-catching. The semiotics modes used in the brochures were supported by the meaning making of the discourse. The readers were also invited to comprehend the urgent situation of the topic discussed. 
TRANSLATOR'S HABITUS AND TRANSLATION IDEOLOGY: TRANSLATING THE CONCEPT OF CAPITALS IN THE NOVEL BUMI MANUSIA BY PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER Wahyuningsih, Neneng Sri
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 2: December 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v7i2.8164

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This study examines the relationship between the translator's habitus and translation ideology in translating the concept of capitals that exists in the two main characters in the novel Bumi Manusia by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method by taking a case study of two chapters in Bumi Manusia and its translation in English. The study found 30 expressions containing modals in the two main characters in chapters 5 and 7. The translation procedures carried out by the translator consist of standard translation (one datum), transference (15 data), modulation (four data), literal (six data), addition (one datum), contextual equivalence (two data), and paraphrasing (one datum). From Minke's character, there were 11 translations with the ideology of domestication and seven data of foreignization; and from Nyai Ontosoroh's character, only one expression that was translated domestically, and the other 11 data were foreignized. Therefore, 12 out of 30 data, i.e., 40%, were translated with domestication ideology, while 18 out of 30 data or 60% were translated with foreignization ideology. In conclusion, a translator's habitus influenced his way of translating which automatically directed his translation ideology.
ANALYSING PRESUPPOSITION: A STUDY ON PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO’S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS (SONA), 2022 Gyimah Manu, James; Ampong, Bernard; Marfo, Charles Ofosu
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 2: December 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v7i2.8035

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Presupposition can be said to be an assumption of a speaker prior to making an utterance or an implied claim of an utterance. Using qualitative method, the researchers examined various language structures that give rise to presuppositions. This was pursued by exploring the State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by President Akufo-Addo of Ghana on 30th March 2022. The analysis of the SONA, as the data of the study, revealed the utilization of a number of presupposition triggers – such as possessive construction, “one” construction, definite noun phrase, adverbial clause, relative clause, “even” construction, iteratives, change of state verbs, and factive verbs or phrases – under the existential, structural and lexical presuppositions. The article thus opines that the enactment of presuppositions, through the identified forms, affords the President the opportunity to disseminate his message with a higher degree of veracity on the conditions and happenings of the Ghanaian state.
EFL SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS’ PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF COGNITIVE STRATEGIES IN SPEAKING PERFORMANCE Tahmina, Tania
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 2: December 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v7i2.7552

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EFL learners adopt various strategies to speak effectively. Cognitive learning strategies assist them to speak easily and comfortably. The aim of this research was to explore the most frequently used cognitive strategies which were employed by the successful learners of the Department of English, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, in their speaking class. In this study, a mixed-methods approach was used to collect the data. The subjects of this research were eighteen (six males and nine females) successful learners. Oxford’s (1990) SILL (“Strategy Inventory for Language Learning”) questionnaire was employed to collect the data. The interview provided answers to the questions, which was helpful to comprehend the learners’ perceptions better and to validate the quantitative data. The completed questionnaires were collected and analyzed descriptively. The result showed that the most frequently used cognitive strategy which the successful learners employed to develop their speaking skills was “I say or write new English words several times” (60%). The next most frequently used strategy was a cognitive strategy “I watch English language TV shows spoken in English or go to movies spoken in English” (46.66%). This was followed by the cognitive strategies “I practice the sounds of English” (40%) and “I find the meaning of an English word by dividing it into parts that I understand” (40%). The data will assist learners, teachers and researchers for the improvement of future teaching-learning processes.
POLITENESS STRATEGIES USED BY MAJOR CHARACTERS IN JANE AUSTEN’S NOVEL, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Syakur, Abd; Sudrajad, Wahyu; Masruroh, Masruroh
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 2: December 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v7i2.8199

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The purpose of this study was to describe the language politeness employed by the major character in The Pride and Prejudice novel. The method used was descriptive qualitative. The researchers found: first, the data of positive politeness strategies and the data of negative politeness strategies were in line with Brown and Levinson's theory, 10 positive types of politeness strategies.  The mostly used were: paying attention to the speaker’s interests, wants, requirements and commodities. When the speaker truly means “you” or “me”, he can employ the strategy of inclusiveness form to invoke the cooperative presumptions and rectify FTAs, giving or asking for explanations, insisting on reciprocity, goodness, sympathy, understanding, and cooperation. Out of 8 negative types of politeness strategies, the mostly used were: adopting a customarily indirect stance, not taking compliance for granted, expressing pessimism about one’s capacity or willingness, to reduce the burden, as cited from  the FTAs as an illustration of a general principle. Then, three factors influenced the use of polite language, namely: social distance, power, and degree of impositions. 
USING YOUTUBE AS A LEARNING MEDIUM FOR EFL STUDENTS TO ENHANCE LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS Baroroh, Ummiyatul; Rizal, Daviq
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 2: December 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v7i2.8349

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The purpose of this study was to investigate a method for integrating English foreign language learners with YouTube media to enhance listening and speaking skills. This analysis uses a qualitative method by adopting a survey research design. Data collection involved the distribution of questionnaires via Google Forms to English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students at both high school and university levels. The researchers aimed to investigate the acquisition of English, focusing on listening and speaking abilities, through the use of the YouTube app. A total of 79 respondents, comprising 23 men and 56 women, participated in this study. The research included an exploration of YouTube media as a tool for English language instruction to enhance listening and speaking skills. The procedures in this study include searching for data from online forms as well as various opinions from respondents which are useful for finding accurate research results. These findings are to be useful because they can give teachers and administrators a practical and theoretical understanding of undergraduate EFL learners perception of using YouTube as a supplemental resource for language acquisition.
PERSON DEIXIS USED IN THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS MOVIE Barus, Jumat
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 2: December 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v7i2.8321

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Deixis plays a crucial role in language by pointing or referring to specific people, places, or times. The study specifically focuses on personal deixis, which is essential for effective communication in daily conversations, as it helps avoiding misunderstandings regarding references made by the speaker. The objective of this study is to analyze the types of deixis present in the movie The Pursuit of Happyness. This research uses a descriptive qualitative analysis method. The data collected for analysis follow thematic analysis which is a qualitative data analysis that focuses on identifying, analyzing, and interpreting data. The findings of this research reveal numerous instances of deixis in the movie. Among the 898 instances of personal deixis identified, singular first-person deixis accounts for 180 occurrences, plural first-person deixis 107 instances, singular second-person deixis 375, singular third-person deixis 195, and plural third-person deixis 33. This study contributes to the understanding of deixis in movie discourse and provides insights into the pragmatic use of language in the movie. It enhances our knowledge of how deixis functions within a specific cinematic context and highlights the significance of personal deixis in shaping effective communication. The findings can be valuable for linguistic analysis, film studies, and contribute to the broader understanding of deixis in various forms of media.

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