Academic Journal Perspective : Education, Language, and Literature
Perspective (e-ISSN 2621-6981) publishes twice a year in May and November. This journal published manuscripts in the areas of English Language Teaching (ELT) and Literature.
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Teaching Reading through Reciprocal Teaching Strategy
Afrizatama, Deni
Academic Journal PERSPECTIVE: Education, Language, and Literature Vol 4, No 2 (2016)
Publisher : Universitas Swadaya Gunung Jati
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DOI: 10.33603/perspective.v4i2.1541
This is experimental research with quantitative approach to analyse the data. Quasi experimental is used to gain the data by using the matching only pretest – postest control group design.Tne main ptirpose of tnis researcn was intended to find out whether reciprocal teaching strategy in teaching reading for the eighth grade at SMPN 10 Kota Cirebon is effective or not and what the students’ response in learning reading using reciprocal teaching strategy are. In this research. The population of this research was eighth grade students of SMPN 10 Kota Cirebon in the 2015/2016 academic year. The number population is about 270 students consisted of nine classes and each class consisted of 25 – 30 students. This research only took two classes as sample, VIII H as control class and VIII I as experimental class. There were two research instruments that was used to gather the data: Test (Pre-test and Post-test) was used to find out the students’s achievement in reading before and after teaching reading by using reciprocal teaching strategy and questionnaire was used to find out the students’ response about learning reading using reciprocal teaching strategy. After collecting the data, the data was analyzed by using t-test formula from fraenkel to find out t-account. The result of the test showed that t-account was 4.47 and t-table was 2.012 with (df) 48 and significant level 0.05 (5%). It means that t-account (4.47) is higher than t-table (2.021). It can be concluded that (Ha) “Reciprocal teaching strategyis effectivein teaching reading for the eighth grade at SMPN 10 Kota Cirebon.” is accepted.
Thematic Progression in Children Stories
Linda, Linda
Academic Journal PERSPECTIVE: Education, Language, and Literature Vol 1, No 1 (2013)
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DOI: 10.33603/perspective.v1i1.1600
This paper is intended to analyze the Thematic Progression in Children Stories. The data are taken from three story book. They are Dinosaurus Loveable: Pterodactyl, The Journey of the Noble Gnarble, The Donkey and the Lion. The Objective of this research is to analyze how the types of thematic progression are found in the text of children. At the end of analyses the writer found that the texts for children are constructed by two or three types of Thematic Progression. Constant Theme Pattern and Simple Linear Pattern are two types of Thematic Progression that occur mainly in the Texts for Children.
Risk-Taking, Speaking Ability, and Australasian Parliamentary Debate; Do They Really Appertain?
Luthfiyyah, Roghibatul
Academic Journal PERSPECTIVE: Education, Language, and Literature Vol 2, No 1 (2014)
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DOI: 10.33603/perspective.v2i1.1639
The purposes of this study are: (1) to find out whether there is any positive correlation between risk-taking and Australasian Parliamentary English Debate; (2) to find out whether there is any positive correlation between apeaking ability and Australasian Parliamentary English Debate; (3) to find out whether there is any positive correlation between risk-taking, speaking ability, and Australasian Parliamentary English Debate of the fifthh semester students of English Education Department of Unswagati in academic year 2014-2015.This research is carried out at English Education Department of Unswagati Cirebon. This research was conducted in 3 months, from January to March 2015. The population of this research was the fifth semester students of English Education Department of Unswagati Cirebon. There were 80 students taken as sample for this study using random sampling technique. the data used for this study were collected using performance tests and questionnaire. The data gained from questionnaire and tests were then being analyzed using simple correlation and multiple linier regression.Based on the result of the study, it can be concluded that: (1) there is significant positive correlation between risk-taking and Australasian Parliamentary English Debate.
Analyzing Speech Act Found in the EFL Class
Barnas, Adya
Academic Journal PERSPECTIVE: Education, Language, and Literature Vol 3, No 2 (2015)
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DOI: 10.33603/perspective.v3i2.1672
In teaching learning, lecturers teach the students with a good sentence. But there is one of students may not understand what she said although in grammatically is correct, so it will happen miscommunication between lecturer and student. This research concerns in the classroom interaction in Class I,J as the main data of this research because there are many speech acts especially categories of speech act employed by lecturer and students in the interaction related to the context and situation. This research belongs to descriptive qualitative research since it employs the analysis of descriptive and qualitative methods. The type of this research is descriptive qualitative. The participants of this classroom interaction are Mrs. Lutfhi as the lecturer and students from class I,J whereas the 6 men and 27 women. The topic is talking about social problem. In this case the writer analyzes the speech act found in the classroom interaction. The listener of this interaction ought to understand the meaning of the speaker.
Empowerment in Madrasah: What English Teachers Have to Say
Misdi, Misdi
Academic Journal PERSPECTIVE: Education, Language, and Literature Vol 5, No 1 (2017)
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DOI: 10.33603/perspective.v5i1.551
Empowerment is often defined by impact, competence, and meaningfulness (Frymier, Shulman, & Houser, 1996). In order to empower students, English teachers have to be empowered themselves. However, research indicates teachers of English in madrasahs is still underperformance. Thus, this paper is attempted to explain the aspects and factors relating to empowerment issues in the contexts of the madrasahs in Indonesia. Despite of small number of madrasah that have high qualified performances in instructional practices, public madrasahs still sound unsatisfying comparing to the secular schools. The issue of teachers and learners’ voices are still lack of attention in both school and instructional decision making. As the results, participation and engagement in English learning are still remaining less appreciation in term of meaningful learning both for teachers and students. Keywords: empowerment, madrasah, decision-making, voice, meaningful learning, learning involvement
English Teaching Materials for Teaching Recount Text: A Design and Students’ Reflection
hendriwanto, hendriwanto
Academic Journal PERSPECTIVE: Education, Language, and Literature Vol 6, No 1 (2018)
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DOI: 10.33603/perspective.v6i1.1147
This study was aimed at designing the teaching materials for learning recount text as a type of genre in senior high school students. This study used Design Based Research method level one by researching without testing. The results obtained that students need the teaching material recount text written in accordance with students understanding, an attractive packaging and helping independent study. This study also obtained that the teaching material designed according to the students’ needs such as the arrangement of the colors, the image, and inscription on the front cover of the module to be placed in the appropriate position to make it look attractive. This study implies that teaching materials can be as facilitator to comprehend a wide range of genre types.
Translation Analysis on Passive Voice from Indonesian into English Found in "Gua Sunyaragi" Book
Apandi, Apandi;
Islami, Fajry Nur
Academic Journal PERSPECTIVE: Education, Language, and Literature Vol 6, No 2 (2018)
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DOI: 10.33603/perspective.v6i2.1576
This research aimed at analyzing the translation of passive voice from Indonesian into English and finding out how the passive sentences were translated. The qualitative descriptive method was applied in this research. The data were gathered from the book GuaSunyaragi by group 6 of Indonesian-English Translation class (2017). The analyzed data were limited only to the first section of GuaSunyaragi. The researcher followed some steps in analyzing the data, first was classifying the collected data, then the researcher anaylized the data based on grammatical and semantics approach, then the researcher put the result into tables, and the last step was to draw the conclusion. The findings have shown that there are 32 passive sentences found in the GuaSunyaragi book.21 (65.62 %) of the data were passive sentences that were translated into passive sentences, 7 (21.86%) were passive sentences that were translated into active sentences, 2 (6.25%) were passive sentences that were translated into sentence with whiz deletion, and 2 (6.25%) were passive sentences that were translated into active sentences with preposition. Translation shift occasionally occurs in the process of translation in order to create a natural translation from the SL to the TL.
The Effectiveness of English Talking Book in Teaching Reading at the Eighth Grade of Junior High School
Hartini, Nurani
Academic Journal PERSPECTIVE: Education, Language, and Literature Vol 1, No 2 (2014)
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DOI: 10.33603/perspective.v1i2.1631
This research untitled "The Effectiveness of English Talking Book in Teaching Reading at the Eighth Grade of Junior High School". The researcher aims to investigate whether the English Talking Book in Teaching Reading at the Eighth Grade of Junior High School effective in reading aloud. Theories used to support this research are from Patel and Jain (2008) about the audiovisual media and reading aloud. Audiovisual media involves more than one sensory organs of the learner which improve retentiveness and makes learning permanent also seeing and hearing go together which play ordinary roles in learning. Meanwhile, reading aloud is very important for the teacher to carry out, to know, and to check the students' pronunciation, information, stress, paused, and rythm and their ability in various short of punctuation marks. The research used experimental research of method, and took two classes consisting of 30 students each class as sample in SMP Al Washliyah Sumber. The data for this experimental study were students' reading scores, and the reading scores were analyzed of using McMillan and Schumacher's formula. The research found that the reading scores of the experimental group is higher than the control group. The result of t account is 0.75, t table is 1.672 forα -5%. It means that t account is higher than t table (t account > t table). Therefore, the conclusion is English Talking Book in Teaching Reading at the Eighth Grade of Junior High School is effective in reading aloud. English Talking Book in Teaching Reading makes the students enthusiasm to learn the fairy tale test and help them produce correct intonation or tunes and notice how English is spoken differently from the way they are written and listen very well. It is suggested to use of English Talking Books in Teaching Reading as an alternative media in order to students' ability in reading aloud other genres of text or to improve students' listening skill.
The Analysis of Repetition in the Body Text of Shampoo Advertisements
Nurjannah, Nunung
Academic Journal PERSPECTIVE: Education, Language, and Literature Vol 2, No 2 (2015)
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DOI: 10.33603/perspective.v2i2.1663
This research is intended to analyze the repetition in the body text of shampoo advertisements. The objectives of this research are: first, to describe what types of repetitions are used in the body text of shampoo advertisements. Second, to find out which repetition is most often used in the body text of shampoo advertisements. Third, to find out why certain repetition is most often used in the body text of shampoo advertisements. This is a qualitative research. Therefore, it uses descriptive method with the theories of repetition proposed by Halliday and Hasan (1976), Renkema (1993), Hoey (1991) and Halliday (1994), the theories of discourse proposed by Halliday (1985), Renkema (1993) and Nunan (1993), and the theories of advertisement proposed by Cook (1992) and Moi (1997). At the end of the analyses the writer found that the repetitions in the body text of shampoo advertisements are classified into simple repetition and complex repetition. Simple repetition is the most dominant types of repetition that used in the body text of shampoo advertisements because the use of simple repetition in the body text of shampoo advertisements is very important to make the readers or consumers understand and remember the name of the products or brands and the usage of products. It also makes the relationship between the sentences in the body text of shampoo advertisement clear and more communicative.
Enhanching Students’ Reading Comprehension through Learning Cell Technique
Aisyah, Aisyah;
Nurjannah, Nunung
Academic Journal PERSPECTIVE: Education, Language, and Literature Vol 4, No 1 (2016)
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DOI: 10.33603/perspective.v4i1.1685
The aim of this research is to find out whether Learning Cell Technique can enhance students reading comprehension or not and to find out the improvement of each indicator of students‟ acheivement. This research was conducted by using Classroom Action Research. The subject of this research is the first year students of English Department of Unswagati Cirebon. The population of this research is 200 students and the sample of this research is 44 students. The technique of colecting the data used test and analyzed by using T-test of non-independent. This research was conducted only one cycle and will be continued to the next cycle. Based on the result of this research shows that (1) Learning Cell technique could enhance students‟ reading comprehension but it was still not significant in the first cycle, the result of Towas 1.789 and ttis 2.015. (2) Learning Cell technique can enhance students‟ reading comprehension for two indicators and two other indicators was still no enhancement.Based on the result of the research, it can be concluded that Learning Cell technique can enhance the students' reading comprehension.