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Acuity : Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture

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Published by Universitas Advent Indonesia

ISSN : 25410229 EISSN : 25410237 DOI : -

Core Subject : Education,

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture (Jelpedlic) is the research journal for the Teaching of English, Literature & Culture. It publishes research-based articles, reviews and poems, which reflect on every aspect of English teaching. The journal also considers new developments in literacy, drama, film, literacy studies, literature, language, media, and new technologies as they pertain to the teaching of English.

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Stylistics: An Analysis of Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvelous Medicine and The Girrafe and The Pelly and Me to Provide Insights on Establishing Writing Style Simanjuntak S., MAEd, Debora Chaterin
Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture Vol. 1 No. 2 (2016): Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture
Publisher : LPPM Universitas Advent Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v1i2.605

This study aims to provide insights on establishing writing style through stylistic analysis on Roald Dahl’s George Marvelous Medicine and The Giraffe and The Pelly and Me. This is a qualitative study which focuses on literary analysis. The data was collected from those two books. Evidently this study will bring benefit to English majors to gain insights on how to establish effective writing style. The findings of this study show that Dahl has four outstanding elements for writing style: Lead Sentences, Rhyme-schemed poem, Peculiar Chosen Words, and Concept of Personification. Although Dahl’s books have great insight on establishing one’s writing style, there are some positive and negative influence that should be considered in reading Dahl’s masterpieces. Keywords: Stylistics, elements of writing style, literary analysis

Small Talk Among the Indonesians in Three Different Countries: America, Indonesia, Philippines Katemba, Caroline Victorine
Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture Vol. 1 No. 2 (2016): Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture
Publisher : LPPM Universitas Advent Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v1i2.606

This study explores the “Small Talk” Among the Indonesians in three countries. It aims to determine the topics that make up a small talk among the Indonesians in the motherland/homeland, USA (New Jersey, LA, Washington D.C), and the Philippines (Manila).This study sought to answer the following questions: (a) What particular topics of conversation shared by the Indonesians upon meeting for the first time? (b). Are Indonesians who stay in the motherland/homeland and those who are in the Philippines and those who migrated to the USA shared the same topics? (c).What changes of conversational topic has taken place? Keywords: small talk, Indonesian culture, the Indonesians

Students' Perception in applying lesson Study in Teaching Introduction to Linguistics Trisnendri Syahrizal, Ida Lisdawati &
Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture Vol. 2 No. 2 (2017): Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v2i2.612

Lesson Study is an approach used in learning process. It has attracted educators, experts, and professional in the area to make use of it in proving the lesson. This study focuses on the students’ perception in applying Lesson study of teaching Introduction to Linguistics. As this case study, it will focus on Introduction to Linguistics subject. Interview and questionnaire was used to collects information on how Lesson study was normally conducted and observation was used to see the real implementation of Lesson study and during the teaching and learning process become a great attention here. Keywords: lesson study, linguistics, perception

Improving Student's Reading Comprehension Ability Using Jigsaw 1 Technique Katemba, Caroline Victorine; Samuel, Samuel
Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture Vol. 2 No. 2 (2017): Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v2i2.613

This research is entitled “Effectiveness of Utilizing Jigsaw 1 towards Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension Ability. The experimental design was used in this study. The participants of this study were two classes of grade 8 of Â junior high school in Parongpong Bandung, Indonesia; each class consisted of 32 participants in grade 8A as the experimental group and 33 participants in grade 8B as the control group. The experimental group was taught using Jigsaw 1 Technique and the control group was taught using conventional technique.Â This study intended to seek an answer on the question; Is there any significant difference on the effect of reading comprehension between those students who are using jigsaw-1 and those who are taught through the conventional method. This research was divided into three steps: giving a pre-test, treatment (Jigsaw 1 Technique) and the last giving post-test. Data analysis shows that there is a significant difference in the reading comprehension ability between those who were taught using Jigsaw 1 technique and those who were taught using the conventional techniques. Keywords: Jigsaw 1, Reading Comprehension

Designing an English Learning Module for English for Tour Guide Course in English Language Education Program of STKIP Siliwangi Bandung Ula Nisa El Fauzia, Intan Satriani, Gartika Pandu Bhuana,
Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture Vol. 2 No. 2 (2017): Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v2i2.614

English for Tour Guide is one of the courses in English Language Education Program of STKIP Siliwangi Bandung. This course uses “English for Professional Tour Guiding Services” as a textbook. Various problems are found when teachers use this book in the classroom. It predominantly deals with the materials. In response to this problem, this study aims to evaluate the use of “English for Professional Tour Guiding Services” book for students in English Language Education Program of STKIP Siliwangi Bandung. This research will apply quantitative and qualitative research design. There are two instruments in obtaining the data, namely questionnaire and interview. Through this study, it is expected that the strengths and weaknesses of this book can be found. Thus, suitable materials for the students can be designed. For the long term, it is expected that the result of this study can be used as a reference to make a book of English for Tour Guide course. Keywords: textbook evaluation, English for tour guide

The Use of Context-Clue and Read Aloud Instruction to Enhance Junior High School Students’ Vocabulary Ability Through Literature (Comparative Study at SMPN 1 Cisarua, Bandung Barat) Caroline V Katemba, Nelson Balisar Panjaitan, Rindu Bintang,
Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture Vol. 2 No. 2 (2017): Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v2i2.615

The aim of this research is to find out the better method between context-clue and read aloud instruction to enhance students’ vocabulary. This research is quantitative research with comparative design. The research was conducted in SMPN 1 Cisarua, Bandung Barat. Population on this research was 8 grader of Junior High School and the sample was 8A grader that contain 30 students and 8B grader contain 32 students. 8A was given Context-Clue Instruction treatment and 8B was given Read Aloud Instruction Treatment. Statistic test that researcher used was Mann-Whitney Test. The result of this research showed there is no significant difference in enhancing vocabulary ability between students who are taught through context-clue instruction and students who are taught through read aloud instruction. Keywords: Vocabulary ability, Context-Clue Instruction, Read Aloud Instruction

Language Learning Motivation among Senior High School Students Bhuana, Gartika Pandu
Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture Vol. 2 No. 2 (2017): Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v2i2.616

Abstract Motivation is one of main determinant factor in learning second or foreign language. There are two types of motivation, which are integrative and instrumental motivation. Both of them play an essential role of the success in learning second or foreign language. Unfortunately, there is some debate about which kind of motivation is important for second language learner. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the senior high school students’ motivation toward learning English as a second language. The study is quantitative design. The participant of this study was twelve grade students at one of senior high school in Bandung. The data were obtained through questionnaire. The used questionnaire was integrative and instrumental motivation scale of Gardner’s Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB) that is adapted by Vaezi (2010). The questionnaire has 5-point scale ranged from “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree”. The data gained then was analyzed using SPSS 16.0. The result of the study showed that senior high school students were instrumentally motivated in learning English as a second language. In their point of view, learning English was important for supporting their future job and career. Keywords: Integrative and instrumental motivation, senior high school students

Teachers’ Problems and Solutions in Implementing Curriculum 2013 Apsari, Yanuarti
Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture Vol. 3 No. 1 (2018): Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v3i1.620

Curriculum 2013 as an effort to reform educational system. However, the Curriculum demands teacher and school to be skilled and trained and because of this, in implementing School Based Curriculum teachers deal with some problems. Thus, this study aims to find out the problems faced by the English teacher in implementing Curriculum 2013 and their solution to overcome those problems. With regard to the purpose of the research, a qualitative approach was employed. The data were obtained through observation, questionnaires and documents. The data were transcribed, categorized, and interpreted to answer the research questions. The respondents of this study were three English teachers of three high school in Batujajar. The result of the study showed that dealing with the the implementation of Curriculum 2013 the teachers had the problem related to three aspects namely: problems related to teaching and learning process, problems related to creating lesson plan, and problems related with teaching material. It was also revealed that the respondents do some efforts to overcome those problems such as maximizing the provided facilities, cooperating with others teachers, getting involved in workshop or MGMP,searching the example of lesson plan from internet, reading the various sources, copying and using lesson plan from the other schools, download E book, asking for friend to send E book through email and using the previous book. Â Key Words: Curriculum 2013, Problem and Solution

The Effectiveness of Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy (VSS) Towards Students’ Vocabulary Enhancement Nelson Balisar Panjaitan, Rosita Sihotang,
Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture Vol. 3 No. 1 (2018): Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v3i1.621

The purpose of this study is to find student’s vocabulary enhancement using VSS strategy. This study used quantitative research method and experimental design. The sample of the study was the students of SMAN 1 Parongpong, Bandung in academic year 2016/2017. There were two classes in ten grades which were divided into the VSS group and conventional group with a total of 74 students. The result of this research was: normalized gain of VSS group is 0.423 while the group not taught by VSS is 0.385. And the data from T-Test found that the p-value Sig (tailed).(0.850)â‰¥Î±(0.05). It means that Ho is accepted, Ha is rejected. Based on the result of the data there is no difference in student’s vocabulary enhancement between students who were taught using VSS group and students who were taught using conventional group. Keywords: Vocabulary Self-collection Strategy

The Effectiveness Of K-W-L Technique To Increase Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievement Through Reading Descriptive Text For Grade 8 of SMP Negeri 1 Cisarua Situmorang, Nelson Balisar Panjaitan, Radema
Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture Vol. 3 No. 1 (2018): Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v3i1.622

The purpose of this study is to find out whether there is a significant difference in reading comprehension achievement between those who are taught using the K-W-L (Know-Want to know-Learn) technique and those who are taught using the Conventional technique. In this study, the researcher used quantitative research. The participants of this study were students at SMP Negeri 1 Cisarua, Bandung. This study was conducted in ten meetings. This research was conducted in four steps: Pilot test, Pre-test, treatment (K-W-L technique) and post-test. After analyzing the data from the result of pre-test and post-test score it showed that there is significant difference in reading comprehension between those who are taught using K-W-L technique and those who are taught using conventional technique. Therefore, it can be concluded that the K-W-L technique as a teaching material has a positive impact in reading comprehension achievement.Key Word: K-W-L technique, Effectiveness, and Reading Comprehension.

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