Linguistics and Elt Journal
Linguistics and ELT Journal (p-ISSN 2339-2940 | e-ISSN 2614-8633) is published twice a year in the months of June and December. The purpose of LELTJ is to disseminate information and facilitate understanding among those people who are concerned with English language teaching and linguistics, emphasizing theoretical and empirical studies. This journal is administered by English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Mataram.
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<![CDATA[Improving Students’ Reading Skill Through Think-Pair-Share (TPS) Technique ]]>
<![CDATA[Muhammad Hudri]]>;
<![CDATA[Irwandi Irwandi]]>
<![CDATA[ Linguistics and ELT Journal Vol 6, No 2 (2018): December ]]>
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DOI: 10.31764/leltj.v12i2.746
<![CDATA[This study aims at investigating how the Think-Pair-Share (TPS) technique can improve the students’ reading skill at the English Language Department, FKIP, Muhammadiyah University of Mataram. The problem found in the fourth-semester students is that they have low ability in comprehending the text. The TPS technique is offered by the researcher to solve the problem. Later on, the design of this research was classroom action research adopted from Kemmis & McTaggart which goes through a cycle that consists of four stages namely planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. At the cycle 1, the students failed to meet the criteria of success because only 14 (fourteen) out of 30 (thirty) or 47% students who got the minimum passing grade 75 (seventy-five) and the average score was 67. It meant that the study must be continued to the next cycle. At last, in the cycle 2 met the criteria of success in which 67% students or 20 (twenty) out of 30 (thirty) students met the minimum passing grade 75 and the average score was 72. Beside gaining improvement in the reading score, the students also seemed enthusiastic in thinking, pairing and sharing their ideas. They stated that this technique could encourage and motivate them in thinking, exploring and sharing their opinion and ideas. This technique is also good to enhance cooperation with other people. Finally, TPS technique also able to increase the students’ confidence to share their ideas in front of many people.]]>
<![CDATA[The Students' Ability in Writing English Exposition Texts: Descriptive Study at the Second Grade of Senior High School of Hangtuah 3 Mataram in Academic Year 2016-2017 ]]>
<![CDATA[Muslimin Muslimin]]>
<![CDATA[ Linguistics and ELT Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2017): June ]]>
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DOI: 10.31764/leltj.v9i1.737
<![CDATA[The population of this research was the second-grade students of SMA 3 Hangtuah Mataram in academic year 2015/2016 which consist of 2 classes. It means that all of the population was 30 students and this population makes sample 30 students’. The thesis aimed to find out the student’s ability in writing English exposition text: descriptive study at the second grade of senior high school of Hangtuah 3 Mataram in academic year 2015/2016. The researcher took 30 students of the second years' students of Hangtuah 3 Mataram to be respondents/sample, the population only two classes consists of 30 students. In collecting data, the researcher used a writing test. The students were asked to make a paragraph in exposition text. The data analysis, the students score was found that student’s ability in writing English exposition text as good in 2 class (30 students), in this case, in class 2 there are no students got excellent , 20 students got good level (67%), 8 students got very good criteria (26%), and 2 students got fairly good criteria (7%). Based on the result above it can be concluded that the students' ability in writing English exposition text 20 students “good” criteria or 67%.]]>
<![CDATA[A Conversational Analysis of Grice’s Maxims Theories on Cooperative Principles at Undergraduate English Students ]]>
<![CDATA[Hidayati Hidayati]]>;
<![CDATA[Lukman Lukman]]>
<![CDATA[ Linguistics and ELT Journal Vol 6, No 1 (2018): June ]]>
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DOI: 10.31764/leltj.v11i1.742
<![CDATA[This study was aimed to analyze students’ conversation based on Grice’s maxim theory at the English department of Muhammadiyah University of Mataram. The method of this research was qualitative. The result of this research showed that students were followed the maxim of quantity is 60 utterances, followed the maxim of quality is 16 utterances, followed the maxim of relevant is 24 utterances, and followed the maxim of manner is 6 utterances. Violated maxim of quantity is 47 utterances, violated maxim of quality is 27 utterances, violated maxim of relevant is 50 utterances and violated manner is 89 utterances. Violated maxims often happen than followed the maxims, total of violated whole the maxims are 213 and total of followed whole the maxims are 106 because the speaker and participants are come from different cultures, using informal language and their purpose in communication to maintain their social harmony.]]>
<![CDATA[An Analysis of Students' Ability in Distinguishing Lexical and Structural Ambiguity in English Sentences at Second Grade of SMA 1 Labuapi in the Academic Year 2016-2017 ]]>
<![CDATA[Irwandi Irwandi]]>
<![CDATA[ Linguistics and ELT Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2017): June ]]>
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DOI: 10.31764/leltj.v9i1.733
<![CDATA[Ambiguity is the property of having two or more distinct meanings or interpretations. Sometimes we found many ambiguities sentences when we are reading or listen to the English sentences. A word or sentence is ambiguous if it can be interpreted in more than one way. The problem stated in this study is: How is the students’ ability in distinguishing lexical and structural ambiguity in English sentences? The purpose of this study is to investigate the students’ ability in distinguishing lexical and structural ambiguity in English sentences at second grade of SMAN 1 Labuapi in academic year 2016/2017. This study used a descriptive qualitative approach. The writer used purposive sampling for taking the sample, namely class IPA 2 which consists of 22 students. The data were collected by a gap-filling test for lexical ambiguity word class of noun and label for structural ambiguity. The results of the research demonstrate that the students of SMAN 1 Labuapi were categorized into a very poor with the average score was 4.450. The writer illustrates the analysis result in the percentage of all test’s items in simple sentences, there were 890 ambiguous words and phrase. Lexical ambiguity involves noun (150) and structural ambiguity involve noun phrase (30). Finally, based on the research findings, the writer concluded that more than a half of students at the second grade of SMAN 1 Labuapi had very poor abilities in distinguishing lexical and structural ambiguity in English sentences.]]>
<![CDATA[Semantic Change Analysis on Film “the King’s Speech” ]]>
<![CDATA[Hidayati Hidayati]]>;
<![CDATA[Ilham Ilham]]>
<![CDATA[ Linguistics and ELT Journal Vol 6, No 2 (2018): December ]]>
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DOI: 10.31764/leltj.v12i2.747
<![CDATA[Semantic Change is the meaning of a word can indeed change through its use in a metaphor, and it is often mentioned as one of the significant factors in semantic change. Based on the types of semantic change, they are divided into four types namely generalization, specialization, pejoration and amelioration. This research aims to analyze semantic change by characters on the film The King’s Speech written by David Seidler to find the types of semantic change by using qualitative research, and the data were collected through the film script especially from the characters in the film. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher found two semantic change such as the semantic change of generalization reaches the highest number with 10 data (62.5%). It implies that the characters in the film gave the words which were containing the meaning of a word is broadening to include new concepts. The range of its meaning increases so that the word can be used in various contexts with a broader meaning than its neutral one. The semantic change of specialization with 6 data (37.5%). It implies that the characters in the film gave the words which were containing the meaning of the word is narrowed into the same class. The range of its meaning is decreased, and word can be used only in fewer contexts than before.]]>
<![CDATA[The Analysis of Educational and Cultural Values of "Boho Oi Ndeu" in Wedding Ceremony of Bimanese at Rabakodo Village ]]>
<![CDATA[Asbah Asbah]]>
<![CDATA[ Linguistics and ELT Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2017): June ]]>
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DOI: 10.31764/leltj.v9i1.738
<![CDATA[BohoOiNdeuis wedding ceremony to the bride and groom using coconut milk and water flowers inserted into the pottery(RoaBou), two bridal wear woven and tied using white thread(EroLanta)to the position of the body facing the Qiblah. It is intended that both partners in the wedding bond remain strong and lasting. The aim of this study to investigate Educational and Cultural values Boho Oi Ndeu in the wedding ceremony of Bimanese at Rabakodo village Bima Regency. The method of this study is a qualitative method and the data was collected used observation to informant, interviews informant to examine ceremony of Boho Oi Ndeu, and documentation to take pictures from an informant by using interviews and took videos while the ceremony of Boho Oi Ndeu was running. The results of this study showed that the Cultural values of the traditions of Boho Oi Ndeu performed by the ceremony are expected that the bride and groom would be lived in a harmonious family, happy, safe and peaceful. The Educational values during the ceremony of Boho Oi Ndeu get from a tool used by the nanny to bathe the bride and groom that consists of pottery, sarong, candles and white thread.]]>
<![CDATA[HE PROBLEM FACED IN WRITING THESIS BY EIGHTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM FKIP-UMM IN ACADEMIC THE STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS IN WRITING AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS: A CASE STUDY AT ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING PROGRAM OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF MATARAM ]]>
<![CDATA[Irwandi Irwandi]]>
<![CDATA[ Linguistics and ELT Journal Vol 5, No 2 (2017): December ]]>
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DOI: 10.31764/leltj.v10i2.793
<![CDATA[The purpose of this study was to investigate the problems faced by Eighth-semester students of English Education Program FKIP-UMM in the academic year 2015–2016 in writing thesis, especially in internal and external factors. This study used a case study. The subjects of this study were the Eighth-semester students who composed their thesis. In this study, the writer used purposive sampling as the sampling technique. So, the sample was 15 students. The instruments applied in this study were questionnaire and interview. The questionnaire was used for finding the students’ problems in writing a thesis. However, the interview was used to support the data obtained from the questionnaire. The result of this study showed that the problem faced in writing a thesis by Eighth-semester students of English Education Program, especially in internal and external factors. The first internal factors consisted of 33 % of students have a problem in deciding the title of thesis, 20 % of students did not understand how to write the organization of their thesis, 20 % of students have a problem in finding appropriate theories to support their thesis, 13 % of students have a problem in deciding methodology which is suitable. The external factor was 33 % of students said “No” library of the college provides a variety of books that can help them to write their thesis. Those problems are dominantly caused by internal factors rather than the external ones. The internal factors include the knowledge of students while the external factor related to the facility of college that support students in writing a thesis.]]>
<![CDATA[THE EFFECTIVENESS OF JIGSAW TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ]]>
<![CDATA[Moh Fauzi Bafadal]]>
<![CDATA[ Linguistics and ELT Journal Vol 3, No 1 (2015): June ]]>
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DOI: 10.31764/leltj.v3i1.821
<![CDATA[This study was about experimenting the effectiveness of Jigsaw technique in teaching writing descriptive text at second-grade students of SMPN 21 Mataram. The research method was quasi-experimental research with nonequivalent control group design. The finding showed the mean score of the experimental group was 13.3 and the mean score of the control group was 7.2. After analyzing the data, it was found that t-test was 3.657. The degree of freedom (df) was Nx+Ny-2 = 38 from 40 students as the samples. The researcher got score 2,042 for confident level 0.05 or 95% and score 2,750 for confident level 0.01 or 99%. It means that using the Jigsaw technique in teaching writing descriptive text is effective.]]>
<![CDATA[THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REWRITING TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ]]>
<![CDATA[M. Hudri M. Hudri]]>
<![CDATA[ Linguistics and ELT Journal Vol 3, No 2 (2015): December ]]>
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DOI: 10.31764/leltj.v3i2.392
<![CDATA[The objective of this research was to observe the effectiveness of using paraphrasing technique in academic writing course at sixth semester of Muhammadiyah University of Mataram in Academic Year 2014/2015. The method used in this research was quantitative method namely quasi experimental design. The number of population of this research was 43 students. The writer took 43 students as the sample and divided into two classes namely class VI.A-VI.B which consist of 23 students as an experimental class that showed their English ability in paraphrasing technique and the second class B which consist of 20 students as a control class that showed their English in summarizing technique. The writer here employed t-test to obtain the data. The tests were pre-test and post-test. Pre-test was given in the first meeting; the aim was to know the student’s ability in paraphrasing technique. Then, post-test was given after students got treatment for 6 meetings for each class. After collecting and computing the data, the writer found that class A obtained higher score than class B. The mean score of class VI.A (experimental) was 9.95 while for class VI.B (control) was 6.2. The standard of deviation of the class was computed by using t-test. T-test was 5.95; the critical value was higher than t-table. The t-table was 2.021 at the confidence level of 0.05 (95%) and 2.704 at the confidence level of 0.01 (99%). The consultation of t-test to t-table were found that the t-test is 5.95t-table 2.021 (95%) and t-test 5.95 t-table 2.704 (99%). It means that the alternative hypothesis is accepted and null hypothesis is rejected. Therefore, the rewriting technique is effective in teaching descriptive text at the sixth semester of Muhammadiyah University of Mataram in academic year 2014/2015.]]>
<![CDATA[SPEECH ACTS ANALYSIS IN COLLEGE DISCOURSE AT THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF MATARAM IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017 ]]>
<![CDATA[Muhammad Fauzi Bafadal]]>
<![CDATA[ Linguistics and ELT Journal Vol 5, No 2 (2017): December ]]>
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DOI: 10.31764/leltj.v10i2.789
<![CDATA[In expressing something, speakers showed an action. This action could make the listeners easier to know what the speakers intended to. This is called speech act. The purpose of this research was to analyze the types of speech act used in college discourse at the English departement of Muhammadiyah University of Mataram. The researcher used those speeches as the data. The researcher took 14 students of English departement at Muhammadiyah University of Mataram as the participants. Observation was used as the data collection procedure. The result of research revealed that the aspects of speech act used at the college discourse analyzed by the researcher were: locutionary act, illocutionary act, and perlocutionary act. From those three aspects analyzed by the researcher, illocutionary act was the most often used in college discourse at the English departement of Muhammadiyah University of Mataram.]]>
