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E-Structural
Published by Universitas Dian Nuswantoro
ISSN : 26218844     EISSN : 26219395     DOI : -
Core Subject : Humanities, Education, Art, Social,
Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences
E-Structural is a scientific journal that is managed and published by the English Department of Universitas Dian Nuswantoro, Semarang, Indonesia. It is committed to publishing studies in the areas of English linguistics, literature, translation, and culture. E-Structural is published twice a year, in June and December. The articles published in E-Structural undergo a peer-review process by local and international reviewers
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Benefits and Challenges in Mastering Speaking Skills through Animated Movies: Students’ Perspective Wijayanto, Dimas; Mulyadi, Dodi; Wijayatinningsih, Testiana Deni
E-Structural (English Studies on Translation, Culture, Literature, and Linguistics) Vol. 8 No. 02 (2025): December 2025
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This research investigates the perspectives of eighth-grade students at SMPN 2 Semarang on the benefits and challenges of mastering English-speaking skills through animated movies. A mixed-method approach was employed in this study, integrating both qualitative and quantitative techniques. Data were collected through closed- and open-ended questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The questionnaire was distributed to 108 eighth-grade students, while nine students were selected for in-depth interviews. The quantitative data from the questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS to identify statistical trends. At the same time, the qualitative responses from interviews were examined using NVivo software to code and categorize students’ perspectives. This combination provided comprehensive insights into the benefits and challenges of using animated movies in mastering English-speaking skills. The findings revealed that animated movies provided substantial benefits, particularly in enhancing vocabulary acquisition, increasing motivation, improving pronunciation, and boosting students’ self-confidence. Most students expressed that the visual and auditory nature of animated movies made it easier for them to understand and remember new vocabulary, learn correct pronunciation, and practice speaking more enjoyably. Nevertheless, some challenges remained, particularly in mastering grammar and overcoming anxiety when speaking in front of others. Despite these challenges, the study concludes that animated movies are effective and engaging tools for developing speaking skills and recommends their use in the English language learning process. The study's results provide insights for teachers, learners, and educational institutions in selecting appropriate media to support English instruction.  
A Comparative Study on the Reception of AI-Generated and Human-Written Flash Fiction by the Students of the English Literature Study Program Maya Kurnia Dewi; Ratih Laily Nurjanah; Deswandito Dwi Saptanto; Adam Zidan Fahrezi; Irene Sharon Margaretha
E-Structural (English Studies on Translation, Culture, Literature, and Linguistics) Vol. 8 No. 02 (2025): December 2025
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The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) fundamentally challenges traditional literary paradigms that burden the modern reader with authenticating the text's source. This study empirically investigates the reception of AI-generated flash fiction (Text A) and human-written flash fiction (Text B) by 16 4th Semester English Literature students at Universitas Ngudi Waluyo. The research utilizes a mixed-methods approach grounded in Hans Robert Jauss’s reception theory, particularly the concept of the horizon of expectations. The core research methodology employs a "mirrored prompt" approach to ensure high internal validity, giving the human and AI authors the same core narrative and emotional task. The questionnaire analyzed the students' literary experience, Technological Horizons, and Interpretative Horizons. The results show a consistent and significant preference for Text B (Human-written) across all measured dimensions of the Interpretative Horizon, particularly in terms of emotion and stylistics, compared to Text A. Eleven out of 16 students (68.75%) accurately identified Text A as AI-generated and Text B as human-written. Qualitative data reveal that students critique text A for its lack of affective resonance, while text B has a "natural and flowing style”. This finding empirically validates that the reader’s interpretative horizon, particularly the expectation for deep emotion and unique style, is the primary factor in determining the perceived authenticity of a text, thus updating Jauss's theory to include the challenge of algorithmic works. The accuracy rate (68.75%) is significantly higher than previously reported research, suggesting that academic literary competence may increase the ability to discern AI-generated fiction.
Shame, Honor Culture: Women's Resistance and Double Surveillance in Short Stories by Abdullah and Jarrar Evania Alya Camila; Djohar, Hasnul Insani
E-Structural (English Studies on Translation, Culture, Literature, and Linguistics) Vol. 8 No. 02 (2025): December 2025
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This research discusses how female characters in short stories by Shaila Abdullah and Randa Jarrar experience shame and honor culture, double surveillance, and women’s resistance. This study aims to explore how honor and shame operate as mechanisms of patriarchal control, and how women navigate social pressures both in local and diasporic contexts. Using a qualitative method, this research analyzes textual elements, including dialogue and narration to examine these issues. Patriarchy Theory by Sylvia Walby, Intersectionality Theory by Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Postcolonial Subaltern Theory by Antonio Gramsci are applied to explain how gender, culture, and social expectations shape women’s experiences. The results show that the main characters face double surveillance from family and society, creating psychological and social constraints, yet they enact subtle forms of resistance to assert autonomy and identity. In conclusion, this research highlights the persistence of honor culture as a social control mechanism and the strategies women employ to reclaim freedom and dignity.
EFL Student-Generated Symbolism towards “God Sees the Truth but Waits” Dwiana, Nadya; Indawan , Syahri; Anggraini, Dita Rizki
E-Structural (English Studies on Translation, Culture, Literature, and Linguistics) Vol. 8 No. 02 (2025): December 2025
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This study investigates EFL learners’ student-generated symbolism in responding to the short story “God Sees the Truth but Waits” by Leo Tolstoy. Employing a qualitative descriptive design, the participants were 20 sixth-semester students enrolled in a Literary Appreciation course in an English Education study program. After guided classroom discussions on symbolism as a reader-response strategy, the students were asked to create their own symbolic representations of the text and provide written explanations of their interpretations. The data, consisting of students’ symbolism and written responses, were analyzed thematically. The findings showed that student-generated symbolism enabled learners to engage in personal, critical, and multimodal meaning-making, revealing higher-order interpretive thinking in response to the literary text. The study suggests that student-generated symbolism may function effectively as a multimodal reader response that can be meaningfully integrated into EFL literature classes.  
Muslim women and patriarchy: Struggles and resistance in the short stories of Randa Jarrar and Shaila Abdullah Zafira Hasna Indah; Hasnul Insani Djohar
E-Structural (English Studies on Translation, Culture, Literature, and Linguistics) Vol. 9 No. 01 (2026): June 2026
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This study discusses how the Muslim female main characters in Randa Jarrar’s short stories, “Accidental Transients and The Life, Loves”, and “Adventures of Zelwa the Halfie” (2016), and Shaila Abdullah’s “Amulet for the Caged Dove” and “Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust” (2005), experience the struggles with patriarchal constraints. Moreover, this study examines how the Muslim female main characters resist the very patriarchal system that confines them. This study aims to reveal how patriarchy adversely impacts Muslim women’s lives, how their patriarchal experiences are shaped, and their agency in liberating themselves. A descriptive qualitative method was employed using comprehensive textual analyses to examine the selected issues. This study employs several feminist theories, including Sylvia Walby’s theory of Patriarchy, to explore how the Muslim female main characters’ struggles are presented, and Kimberlé Crenshaw's theory of Intersectionality to investigate how their gender intersects with their diverse social identities. In addition, James Scott’s theory of Resistance is employed to examine how the Muslim female main characters resist patriarchy. The findings show that there is a private form of patriarchy perpetuated by both men and women within the short stories. Furthermore, patriarchal experiences occur due to the interaction between gender and cultural background, and the Muslim female main characters’ resistance is illustrated through positive self-affirmations, self-perceptions, and eventually leaving the patriarchal environment. As a result, this study contributes to raising awareness of the struggles that Muslim women must face due to patriarchy and promotes Muslim women’s empowerment in overcoming its adverse impact through resistance.
Cultural tensions as the catalyst of intergenerational trauma in The Joy Luck Club Navisya Avni Zulvana; Sri Sumaryani
E-Structural (English Studies on Translation, Culture, Literature, and Linguistics) Vol. 9 No. 01 (2026): June 2026
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This study examines the dynamics of mother-daughter interactions in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club through the lens of intergenerational cultural conflict and Brave Heart’s theory of historical trauma. This analysis investigates how mothers’ past experiences influence their relationships with their daughters in America and focuses on four mother-daughter pairs. The relationship between Suyuan Woo and Jing-mei Woo is characterized by high aspirations that Jing-mei interprets as emotional suffering due to loss and deferred dreams. Unspoken pain is transmitted through silence and emotional distance in the relationship between Ying-ying St. Clair and Lena St. Clair, which encourages passivity and a sense of powerlessness in the next generation. Meanwhile, the relationship between Lindo Jong and Waverly Jong shows how conflict arises from past trauma that emphasizes control and reputation through excessive pride and creates pressure for the daughter. As in the relationship between An-mei Hsu and Rose Hsu Jordan, the experience of loss shapes the need for assertiveness and inner strength, but this conflicts with the daughter’s values of independence. Overall, this study suggests that the tension between mother and daughter in the novel stems from inherited emotional trauma stemming from differences in cultural values between first and second-generation immigrants.
A systematic literature review of translation memory mechanisms in technology-based translation processes Lidhya Zulyani; Adika Salsabila; Silvia Ramanda Putri; Jiehan Ashara Halim; Claudya Fritsca; Refika Andriani
E-Structural (English Studies on Translation, Culture, Literature, and Linguistics) Vol. 9 No. 01 (2026): June 2026
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This study presents a systematic literature review (SLR) of Translation Memory (TM) mechanisms in technology-based translation processes, explicitly following the PRISMA framework for identification, screening, eligibility, and inclusion of studies. A total of 26 journal articles and conference papers published between 2020 and 2025 were analyzed. Findings reveal that TM operates through core mechanisms, including segmentation, storage of translation units, matching, retrieval, exact matches, fuzzy matches, and similarity measurement, which improve translation consistency, efficiency, and productivity, especially in repetitive and specialized tasks. The study also identifies limitations of TM, including dependence on database quality, reduced contextual flexibility, and challenges in capturing semantic variation with conventional matching methods. Furthermore, recent studies show that TM has evolved beyond traditional CAT tools and is increasingly integrated into neural machine translation and retrieval-augmented systems. This review contributes to the field by synthesizing current research trends, highlighting gaps in the literature, and providing recommendations for future studies to advance the integration and application of TM in modern translation workflows.
Teachers’ AI literacy: Perspectives from the technical, pedagogical, ethical, and critical dimensions Ratih Laily Nurjanah; Sri Waluyo
E-Structural (English Studies on Translation, Culture, Literature, and Linguistics) Vol. 9 No. 01 (2026): June 2026
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This study investigates the AI literacy of lecturers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) at Indonesian higher education institutions across four analytically distinct dimensions: technical, pedagogical, ethical, and critical. Employing a descriptive-exploratory qualitative design, data were collected through semi-structured Zoom interviews with 20 EFL lecturers aged 25–35 who had at least 2 years of teaching experience. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed through reflexive thematic analysis. The findings reveal a recurring pattern of uneven AI literacy development across all four dimensions. Technically, participants demonstrated functional familiarity with AI tools without a foundational understanding of the generative mechanisms underlying these systems. Pedagogically, AI use was largely confined to lesson preparation and task automation rather than the intentional redesign of instructional strategies. Ethically, participants’ awareness was concentrated on academic integrity, while data privacy and algorithmic bias remained substantially underexplored. Critically, evaluation practices for AI-generated content varied considerably, with only a minority of participants applying systematic screening protocols. These findings collectively indicate that the EFL lecturers in this study possessed AI literacy at a formative stage—adequate for surface-level tool engagement but insufficient to support reflective, ethical, and pedagogically transformative AI integration. The study calls for professional development programs that address all four dimensions of AI literacy, with particular attention to conceptual understanding, critical evaluation, and ethical awareness in the Indonesian EFL higher education context.
Reading through the style in John Keats’s “On the Grasshopper and Cricket” Ariya Jati
E-Structural (English Studies on Translation, Culture, Literature, and Linguistics) Vol. 9 No. 01 (2026): June 2026
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This article intends to delve into the style in John Keats’s “On the Grasshopper and Cricket”, probing its versification, diction, as well as imagery and figures of speech. This Keats’s sonnet will be studied using Gabriele Griffin’s view on a textual analysis, and this study adopts S.H Burton’s concept of style in relation to ADP Briggs’s that of English sonnets. The analysis results mainly in the poetic prosody of the sonnet, and it can be concluded that although the sonnet is deemed less renowned, it distinctively designates the poet’s stylistic development. After all, it is recommended that further research produce, among others, musical annotation to bridge sonic gaps.

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