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The Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching contains the research manuscripts related to the broad areas of Linguistics and English Language Teaching. The journal is published twice a year (July and October) by Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Bengkulu and is based at the Department of Tadris Bahasa Inggris, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Tadris. It is nationally and internationally reviewed by the journal's editorial board as well as other academic experts.
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IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION BY USING REAP (READ, ENCODE, ANNOTATE, PONDER) STRATEGY Vera Maria Santi
Linguists : Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 2, No 1 (2015)
Publisher : Islamic State Institute of Bengkulu (IAIN) Bengkulu

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (60.071 KB) | DOI: 10.29300/ling.v1i1.120

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This research was a classroom action research. The objective of this research was to explain the extent to which the using REAP Strategy can improve students’ reading comprehension and factors improved the students’ reading comprehension at the second year students of VIII.2 class of SMPN 14 Kota Bengkulu. The subjects of this research were 37 students, consisted twenty two (22) males and fifteen (15) females. The instruments of this research were reading comprehension tests, students’ and teacher’s observation checklists and field notes, and interview. The research was conducted in two cycles which included plan, action, observe, and reflect. The evaluation test was given at the end of each cycle. The result of this research shows that using REAP strategy successfully improved students’ reading comprehension. There were 83,7% students reached the very good category or got the score ≥75. The improvement was influenced by the used of interesting materials chosen, the REAP strategy, and the teacher attitudes toward the students
The Implementation of Curriculum 2013: English Teachers’ Perceptions on Developing Lesson Plan and Teaching Materials Dwi Bayu Saputra
Linguists : Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 5, No 2 (2019)
Publisher : Islamic State Institute of Bengkulu (IAIN) Bengkulu

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Curriculum 2013 has been implemented in both primary and secondary schools in Indonesia. To execute this, teachers are supposed to be the only medium that has a major role in running this curriculum. However, they do not seem to have well preparations to implement the 2013 curriculum. Some fundamental aspects in this curriculum such as planning lesson and teaching materials need to have more attention in order to run the program well. Moreover, teachers should be well informed regarding these aspects, yet the implementation of 2013 curriculum in English teaching learning is not completely perfect. Considering the issue above, this research aims to investigate English teachers’ perceptions towards developing lesson plans and teaching materials. A questionnaire was used to collect the data about their insights on developing lesson plan and teaching materials. To triangulate the data, this research also administered an interview. The finding indicates that the English teachers tended to feel that structuring lesson plan is not an easy task. They sometimes felt burdensome in modifying the lessons and teaching materials. Besides, 80% of the participants stated that their teaching objectives were achieved after concerning those aspects. The results indicate that teachers needed sufficient knowledge and strong motivation to deal with these important aspects.
THE ROLE OF INPUT, INTERACTION, AND NEGOTIATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Dio Resta Permana
Linguists : Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 4, No 2 (2018)
Publisher : Islamic State Institute of Bengkulu (IAIN) Bengkulu

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It has been still debatable whether someone acquire second language acquistion similar to first language or not especially in field of input. Input is one of the most important elements in the process of second language acqusition. Without input, learning second language cannot take place. In this paper, two hypotheses of input processing have been described based on Krashen’s input hypothesis and Long’s interaction hypothesis in order to see its influence in second language acquisition.
Teacher’s Difficulties in Teaching Oral Communication Skills in Indonesia: A Comparative Literature Review Valisneria Utami
Linguists : Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 5, No 2 (2019)
Publisher : Islamic State Institute of Bengkulu (IAIN) Bengkulu

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While oral communication skills is considered as an indicator of foreign language proficiency, in Indonesia, these skills seems to receive minium attention. As a result, the learning outcomes, still far from satisying. According to the literatures, teacher’s still encountered difficulties in teaching speaking and listening and hesitance to utilized English language in the classroom. This present study aimed to present comparative literature review of research studies related to teacher’s difficulties in teaching oral communication skills. First the study explains about communicative competence and listening model. Second, this study demonstrates the condition of oral communciation teaching in Indonesia and its relationship to the teachers’ competence. Thirdly, this study explore other Asian contexts. These contexts are compared and contrasted, thus some similarities and differences are highlighted. Finally, some practical implications and suggestions for further researches are offered. 
REQUEST EXPRESSION USED BY THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY MUHAMMADIYAH OF BENGKULU Desti Handayani
Linguists : Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 2, No 1 (2015)
Publisher : Islamic State Institute of Bengkulu (IAIN) Bengkulu

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In this research the researcher want to know what are the forms and what it the request strategythat frequently used by the English department students of UMB. The objectives of this researchwere to know and describe the form of request expressions used by the English departmentstudents of UMB, and also to find out the request strategy that frequently used by the firstsemester students of English Department of UMB, Academic Year 2010-2011. The design ofthis research was descriptive method. The population of this research was the first semester ofEnglish Department students of UMB. The sample was 37 students from each class. The datawere collected by using the cards, and the samples expressed the instruction based on thecards. The data were analyzed based on the category framework of request strategies proposedby Blum-Kulka et al (1989). The result of this research showed that most English departmentstudents of UMB in the first semester Academic Year 2010-2011 expressed the request by usingthe form of request such as ‘can you’, ‘could you’, would you’, and there were some studentswho add the word ‘please’, at the beginning or at the end of sentence when they expressed theirrequest. From the three categories of request strategies written by Blum-Kulka et.al (1989),Direct level, Conventionally Indirect Level, and Non-Conventionally Indirect level, thestudents only used the conventionally indirect level when they expressed the request to thehearer, there were ‘can’, ‘could’, and ‘would’ that involves in query preparatory.From theresult of this research, the researcher can conclude that there are some forms of requestexpression that used by the English Department students, such as can you, could you, andwould you. From the categories of request strategies written by Blum-Kulka et.al 1989, thestudents only used the conventionally indirect level when they expressed the request to thehearer, there are can, could, and would. Based on the result, the researcher suggest thestudents to study more about speech act especially in request expression. The researcher alsosuggest the other researcher to do further research about request expression based on thestrategy in request. The researcher also suggests the lecturers to motivate their students to usespeech act with appropriate grammar when they expressed the request in real lifecommunication.
The Speech Act of Basuki Tjahja Purnamas’ Utterences on His Visit to Kepulauan Seribu Regency Dendi Wijaya
Linguists : Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 5, No 2 (2019)
Publisher : Islamic State Institute of Bengkulu (IAIN) Bengkulu

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This research is a descriptive study, looking at the speech act model in the remarks of Basuki Tjahja Purnama (BTP) in the face of the Kepulauan Seribu Regency. The benefits of this research can contribute to the analysis of the development of pragmatic studies and provide knowledge and lessons for the community of social media users to be wiser in responding to every news. The data of this research contained BTP's speech in his speech in the Kepulauan Seribu which was analyzed using the theory, namely pragmatic theory. This research method is a descriptive research method. The data source used is a secondary data source. From this BTP speech several types of speech acts were found, namely representative / assertive, commissive, directive, and expressive speech acts. The results of data analysis showed that the dominant speech act used was assertive speech act which contained speech acts stated, speculated, claimed, acknowledged, and believed. Also found directive speech acts that contain speech acts calling, asking, and hoping. Furthermore, expressive speech acts given speech acts are satisfied, appreciated, and gratitude. While commissive speech acts only found speech acts in the form of promises and threats. However, if seen from the dominance of the speech, then the commissive speech act taken as a promise is the type of speech act that is most commonly found in BTP speeches in the Kepulauan Seribu.
Students’ Ability and Factors in Using Subject-Verb Agreement: A Case Study of Indonesian EFL Learners in University Level Rina Husnaini Febriyanti
Linguists : Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 5, No 2 (2019)
Publisher : Islamic State Institute of Bengkulu (IAIN) Bengkulu

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Learning subject-verb agreement (SVA) is still challenging to be mastered by EFL learners especially in University level. Hence, the aim of this study id to describe the student’s ability and to find out the factors in using SVA. The method of this study used qualitative method that displaying analysis descriptively. The participants were 100 Indraprasta PGRI Jakarta University students who took grammar class and learnt about subject-verb agreement. The data was collected by giving test involved short answer choices that consisted of basic SVA, SVA using expression of quantity, SVA using there +be, and SVA using some irregularities, and short multiple-choice questions that related with the factors of learning SVA. The result showed the student’s ability in using SVA in fairly good and the factors came from the student’s motivation in improving their ability such as lack of reading the materials of SVA, lack of understanding on the SVA materials, lack of understanding on their lecturer’s explanation, lack of rereading the SVA materials after getting explanation from their lecturer, lack of doing the exercises, lack of practicing by themselves in SVA exercises, lack of doing self-correction in practicing SVA exercises, lack of doing analysis on the mistakes of SVA exercises, and lack of restudying the mistakes of SVA exercises. 
THE EFFECT OF TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING (TBLT) STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY IN DEMONSTRATIVE SPEECH Abdul Aziz
Linguists : Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 4, No 2 (2018)
Publisher : Islamic State Institute of Bengkulu (IAIN) Bengkulu

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The aim of conducting this research was to find out whether or not TBLT strategy has the effect of students’ speaking ability. The population was all of the eleventh grades students of MAN 2 Kota Bengkulu in academic year 2017/2018 that consist of 281 students. The sample of the research of this research was taken from class XI IPS 3 which consisted of 35 students and class XI IPS 4 which consisted of 35 students. The students were divided into two class, the experiment class and the control class. The experiment was given treatment by using TBLT strategy in teaching speaking about demonstrative speech, while the control class was given by using conventional technique. The pretest was given to the two groups before giving the treatment. The mean score of experimental group was 57.786 and the mean score of control class was 58.057. The result showed that sig.(2-tailed) 0.927 was higher than α-value (0.05). It means that the ability of both classes are not significant effect.  After given the treatment for ten meeting in experimental class, the mean score of experimental class was 68.92 and the mean score of control class was 63.54. The result showed that sig.(2tailed) 0.02 was less than (0.05). It means that the alternative hypothesis accepted and null hypothesis is rejected. So the researcher concluded the TBLT strategy gave positive effect towards students’ speaking ability in demonstrative speech of MAN 2 Kota Bengkulu. Moreover, the problem of this research formulated in the question: Is there any significant effect on students’ speaking ability in demonstrative speech between the students who are taught using TBLT strategy and those of that who are not?  The hypothesis of this research is there is significant effect on students’ speaking ability in demonstrative speech between the students who are taught using TBLT strategy and those of that who are not.
The Causes of Grammatical Errors Made by EFL Students in Writing Essay Resty Maya Sari
Linguists : Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 5, No 2 (2019)
Publisher : Islamic State Institute of Bengkulu (IAIN) Bengkulu

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Writing an essay is one of challenging assignment for students, even an English department student get confused in writing a descriptive or narrative essay. Hence, there are many students who make some grammatical errors in writing an essay. This study aimed to investigate the causes of grammatical errors made by sixth semester English Study Program students in writing essay. The design of this study was qualitative with descriptive method. The researcher took 66 students as the subject of the study and open ended questionnaire as the instrument. The finding of this study showed that there were three causes of grammatical errors made by students, namely; carelessness, first language, and translation and the dominant cause was translation. The researcher also found that another causes of grammatical error were lack of vocabulary and lack of grammar. Mostly the students made error because of the translation method by using google translate or online dictionary. It can be concluded that the causes of grammatical error made by the students in writing essay at sixth semester students in the English Education Study Program at University of Muhammadiyah Bengkulu were carelessness, first language, and translation. Moreover, the dominant cause of misformation error done by the students was translation. It is suggested for the students to practice writing more frequently to minimilize the errors in writing essay. It will be better if the students did not use google translate or online dictionary much. For lecturer of writing subject, the results of this study can be one form of evaluation that can be used to know the students’ causes of grammatical errors in order to find out some relevant strategies to overcome the causes. By overcoming the causes of misformation and giving motivation to the students to write carefully, the lecturers can carry out better quality teaching and learning activities especially in writing skill.
Using Story Mapping Strategy and Reading Motivation to Improve Reading Narrative Comprehension Achievement of Tenth Graders of SMAN 1 Kotapadang Hendri Firmansyah; Istikomah Istikomah; Sri Hidayati
Linguists : Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 5, No 2 (2019)
Publisher : Islamic State Institute of Bengkulu (IAIN) Bengkulu

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The study was conducted to see whether or not there was a significant improvement in reading narrative comprehension achievement between the students who were taught by using Story Mapping and those who were taught by Guided Reading, to know what the students’ reading motivation, and to know whether or not reading motivation significantly contributed to reading narrative comprehension achievement of tenth grader of SMAN 1 Kotapadang Bengkulu. The experimental research with non-equivalent control design was applied in this study. The population was the tenth graders of SMAN 1 Kotapadang and sixty students were selected as the sample purposefully; they were equally grouped into experimental and control ones. To collect the data, Reading Comprehension Test and Motivation Reading Questionnaire (MRQ) were used. The results showed that there was significant improvement in reading narrative comprehension achievement of the students who were taught by Story Mapping, students’ reading motivation was high, and reading motivation was significantly contributed to reading narrative comprehension achievement of tenth graders of SMAN 1 Kotapadang.

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