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LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching
ISSN : 14107201     EISSN : 25799533     DOI : https://doi.org/10.24071/llt
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching, to be published twice a year, namely in April and October, is a scientific peer-reviewed journal published by the English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta. The journal welcomes articles on language and language teaching, including 1. language studies/investigations, 2. language teaching/learning, 3. literature related to language studies or learning, and 4. linguistics related to language learning.
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RECONCEPTUALIZING ENGLISH EDUCATION OF FILIPINO ESL LEARNERS FROM PUBLIC SECONDARY LEARNING INSTITUTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES Orlyn Joyce Dollente Esquivel
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 24, No 2 (2021): October 2021
Publisher : English Education Study Programme of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v24i2.3281

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This study examined the results of a survey questionnaire on 300 Grade 10 Filipino ESL (English as a second language) learners, randomly selected from two public secondary learning institutions in the Philippines. The survey was used to investigate the students’ attitudes toward the English language and their own learning experiences. For the data collection, the survey questionnaire consists of 20 statements, in which every five statements belong to one particular category of the four English skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills). Overall findings of the descriptive-quantitative analyses unveiled that most of the students elicited a high degree of negative attitudes toward the English language. This paper concludes with educational implications to help develop ‘positive attitudes’ in English language learning which are not only limited to Filipino ESL students, but also to other ESL learners around the world.
Voice Onset Time (VOT) and Vowel Duration Veniranda, Yohana
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 15, No 2 (2012): October 2012
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v15i2.298

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This study investigates the effects of voicing of a preceding and following plosive on the Voice Onset Time (VOT) and vowel duration. The data consist of words with CVC segments, with the four groups of samples that represent both voiced and voiceless plosives, both for the ones following and preceding the vowels. The preliminary hypothesis is that voicing of following plosives affects the length of the vowels, indicated by the vowel duration, and VOT is affected by the voicing of thepreceding plosives, not the following plosives. To compare the effects of voicing on the lengths of the vowel duration and VOT, the sound files are analyzed using the Praat program. The results of this study show that the voicing of the following plosives affects the vowel duration, while the voicing of the preceding plosives does not affect the vowel duration. The results also show that it is the voicing of the C1 plosives that affect the VOT. The word-ending plosives do not affect the VOT of the preceding plosives.This study is on English vowel duration and VOT affected by the following and preceding stops. A further study can be done to compare the results of the effects with another language.
ENGLISH TEACHERS MOTIVATION AND CHALLENGES IN VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN YOGYAKARTA Indraswari, Veronica Noviatri; Kuswandono, Paulus
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 21 (2018): Special Issue (Supplement) June 2018
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v21iSuppl.1197

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This study examines English teachers voices regarding the teacher professional development (TPD) experiences in state vocational high school in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The voices include their motivation and perceived challenges of professional development efforts. The study is a qualitative research employing questionnaire and interviews to gather the data from ten English teachers in state vocational high school. The findings unravel some intrinsic motivations of English teachers and the challenges and needs perceived in doing TPD related to their time management, namely problems related to teaching schedule and time to look after the family. Most teachers also need more training to practice their ICT skills and performance. The suggestions for further studies are also discussed.
THE CORRELATION OF ENGLISH PROFICIENCY LEVEL AND TRANSLATION STRATEGIES USED BY INDONESIAN EFL LEARNERS Delti Yulita
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 24, No 1 (2021): April 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v24i1.2812

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The importance of using translation to improve English language proficiency has been a debatable topic, specifically the effect of learners’ proficiency level in which dictate how the learners use the translation as a learning strategy. Thus, this study was purposed to find out the relationship between English proficiency level and EFL learners’ use of translation strategies. The Inventory for Translation as a Learning Strategy (ITLS) questionnaire was administered to 40 University students that divided into B2 and B1 based on CEFR level. One-way ANOVA results show that both learners are highly using translation as a learning strategy with mean score 3. Nonetheless, the significance difference was found in using translation to improve English skills such as reading, writing, speaking, and listening in which high proficient learners were less likely using translation strategies than low proficient. Furthermore, the correlation analysis shows the negative correlation between English proficiency and translation strategies and a positive correlation in using translation to find differences and similarities between L1 and L2. The pedagogical implications present that high and low proficient learners were benefited using translation strategies to enhance their English skills.
Speech Acts and the Different Perspectives on the Meaning of Very Sorry in the Letter on Hainan Island Incident Christine Permata Sari
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 20, No 1 (2017): April 2017
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v20i1.405

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This study aims to analyze the types of speech acts in the text and to analyze different perspectives on the meaning very sorry between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China. The object of the study is a letter of saying sorry from the U.S. Ambassador for China Joseph Prueher to the Foreign Minister of the PRC Tang Jiaxuan on the incident in Hainan Island which caused the death of the Chineses pilot and the custody of the aircraft crew and the surveillance aircraft relating the emergency landing without any prior permission. The researcher employed the speech acts theory proposed by Searle (1979) as cited by Wardhaugh (2006) to analyze speech acts types and to obtain the dominant type and the implication used in the text. The strategies of apology by Cohen and Olshtain (1986) as cited by Zhang (2001) were also employed. This study is descriptive qualitative research. The result showed the biggest percentages of the types were expressive and assertive. The researcher also found the different perspectives on the meaning of very sorry between the US and the PRC which led into misunderstanding influenced by the culture. This research benefits the English language learners to understand the meaning of locutions which they hear and to acknowledge the culture influences society perspectives in understanding the meaning especially for non-English speakers.
Developing Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Worksheets for the Eight Grade Students at Junior High School Isrokijah, Isrokijah
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 18, No 2 (2015): October 2015
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v18i2.251

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This study aims at developing problem-based learning (PBL) worksheets for the eighth grade students at junior high school. It belongs to Borg Galls research and development R D, involving 35 students from one class as the subjects. Interview guide for the teachers and questionnaire for the students were employed to collect data in needs analysis, and checklist in validation and try-out stages. The qualitative data collected through interview was analyzed descriptively, while, the quantitative data collected through questionnaire and checklist was analyzed using statistic descriptive by counting the frequency of appearance of the response. Finally the result of the data analysis was synthesized to get the real picture about the teachers and students response towards the use of PBL worksheets in learning English.
CONTENT INSTRUCTOR AS SURROGATE ESL TEACHER: A SURVEY ON PERCEPTION, KNOWLEDGE AND WILLINGNESS Ahmad Nazri Abdullah
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 22, No 1 (2019): April 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v22i1.1683

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In a normal university curriculum, students have to fulfil a minimum of 120 credit hours before they can graduate with a bachelors degree; of these, about 6 to 9 credit hours are usually reserved for ESL classes where students are taught the necessary language skills for use within the academic ambience or for future communication in the workplace. The amount of time reserved for language instruction might not be enough to really prepare students for the rigor of real-life academic and workplace demands. It is felt that the huge amount of time utilized for content-based subjects might serve as a valuable platform for language acquisition to take place if content instructors have the necessary language skills and if they can be made to view their role as surrogate ESL instructors. This paper sets out to gauge content instructors perception of their mastery of English, the role they can play as surrogate ESL instructors and their willingness to do so. A total of 24 content instructors from a technical university were selected as participants to provide the necessary information. Results indicate that most of the respondents perceived themselves as not apt to act as surrogate ESP instructors due to shortcomings in their language proficiency.
THE ROLE OF READING ALOUD STRATEGY ON IMPROVING READING AND PRONUNCIATION FOR EFL PUPILS AT PRIVATE BASIC SCHOOLS: TEACHERS PERSPECTIVES Abbas Mukhar Mohamed Badawi; Nagla Taha Bashrie Alnour; Montaser Alamin; Sami Balla Sanhori
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 24, No 2 (2021): October 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v24i2.2910

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The study aims at investigating the role of reading aloud on English as foreign language for learners in improving reading and pronunciation at basic level schools. The study used the descriptive analytical method. In order to examine the hypotheses, the study used a questionnaire as a tool for collecting needed data. The questionnaire was distributed randomly to fifty English language teachers at private schools in Bahary locality. The data was analyzed by using SPSS program. The study came up with results that reading aloud is beneficial to develop and promote pupils reading, as well as improving their pronunciation. The study mentioned some recommendations and suggested some points of studies which can convene futurity.
EMPOWERING ENGLISH WRITING STUDENTS: REFLECTING ON ASPECTS OF THE PROCESS THAT HELPED ME MOST? Walker, Deron
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 20, No 2 (2017): October 2017
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v20i2.735

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Process-oriented writing instruction has been advocated for both L1 and L2 writing classrooms since the 1960s. Empowering learner autonomymay best occur through non-direct instruction (Rogers Freiberg, 1994), engaging students in social learning (Vygotsky, 1978) andcreating workshop-like classrooms (Murray, 2004). Any number of techniques can be used, preferably in-sync with each other, to accomplish such an approach. This study will examine the results of some recent action research in the classroom to attempt to ascertain among various process-techniques, designed to accomplish the aforementioned aspects of process-oriented instruction,which techniques (CODA paradigm / rubrics, journals, peer reviews, teacher conferences, etc.) were most useful to developmental students, especially from their own points of view. Student voices were collected through oral presentations, instructor evaluations, and classroom observations in an American classroom where native English speaking and non-native English speaking writers wrestled with freshman level developmental writing side-by-side.
SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE OF ADJECTIVE, ADVERB AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES OF AWGNI Agajie, Berhanu Asaye
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 23, No 2 (2020): October 2020
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v23i2.2527

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The objective of this study is to agree to a logical inspection of syntactic structures of Awgni Adjective, Adverb and Preposition Phrases. The article attempts descriptive research design. Through purposive sampling, 12 texts were selected. Six informants (tree females and three males) were involved in group discussion to crosscheck these data. The scheme of data analysis employed in this study was x-bar syntax. Results indicated that Awgni Adjective, Adverb and Preposition Phrases were pending in a variety of head, complement, specifier and adjunct utterances. The Selections of complement, adjunct, and specifier in between phrases were to some extent syntactically similar. The study showed that syntactic structures have dominance, and precedence relationships. Finally, the study recommended a further research on some basic properties of Awgni labeling algorisms.