English Language in Focus (ELIF)
English Language in Focus (ELIF) Journal conceptually concerned on an interdisciplinary field of English Applied Linguistics and Literature, including: Bilingualism Multilingualism Conversation Analysis Contrastive Linguistics Sign Linguistics Language Assessment Literacies Discourse Analysis Language Pedagogy Second Language Acquisition Language Planning and Policy Interlinguistics Stylistics Language Teacher Education Pragmatics Forensic Linguistics Translation Literature
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<![CDATA[The Effectiveness of Morphological Analysis Technique in Teaching Vocabulary ]]>
<![CDATA[Ismalianing Eviyuliwati]]>;
<![CDATA[Dillan Kibar Dzikrika]]>;
<![CDATA[Bahrul Hasibuan]]>
<![CDATA[ English Language in Focus (ELIF) Vol 1, No 1 (2018): English Language in Focus (ELIF) ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Department, Faculty of Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta ]]>
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DOI: 10.24853/elif.1.1.9-22
<![CDATA[The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of Morphological Analysis technique in teaching vocabulary at SMPN 13 Kota Tangerang Selatan, Banten. The design of the study was quasi-experimental. The samples were 76 students of the 8th grade who were taken randomly using purposive random sampling. The samples were classified into two groups: 39 students in the experimental group and 37 in the control one. The data collected through a pretest and a posttest which had been proved valid and reliable by ANATES. In between, the teaching of 20 prefixes and 20 suffixes were done in both groups but with a higher frequency of occurrence in the experimental class. The finding showed that the experimental group got a higher mean score than the control one, and the statistical calculation found that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of the two groups. It indicated that the morphological analysis technique is effective to teach vocabulary to the 8th-grade students of SMPN 13 Kota Tangerang Selatan, Banten.]]>
<![CDATA[Multiple Intelligences (MI) on Developing Speaking Skills ]]>
<![CDATA[Shelawati Rizqiningsih]]>;
<![CDATA[Muhamad Sofian Hadi]]>
<![CDATA[ English Language in Focus (ELIF) Vol 1, No 2 (2019): English Language in Focus (ELIF) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24853/elif.1.2.127-136
<![CDATA[The current study investigates the impact of multiple intelligences-based Instructions on developing speaking skills of the students of English. Therefore, the problem of the current study can be stated in the lack of speaking skills of the students of English school in Junior High School, MTs Al-Ihsan Jakarta Barat. To confront this problem, the researcher developed a multiple intelligences-based program to enhance the speaking skills paying due attention to the individual differences among students. The sample of the study consisted of sixty fourth-year perspective students of English. The Quasi-experimental research design was used in the study as the researcher used the one group post-test to assess the usefulness of using this approach. Results of the study proved the effectiveness of Multiple Intelligences-(MI) On Developing Speaking Skills of the 9th Grade Students’ of MTs Al-Ihsan Jakarta Barat.]]>
<![CDATA[Teaching English to Young Learners in Indonesia (Pros and Cons) ]]>
<![CDATA[Tatu Zakiyatun Nufus]]>
<![CDATA[ English Language in Focus (ELIF) Vol 1, No 1 (2018): English Language in Focus (ELIF) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24853/elif.1.1.65-70
<![CDATA[Teaching English for young learners in Indonesia still invites the controversies among the educators and psycholinguists that concern on learners’ development in thinking and communication. Because teaching English for young learners in Indonesia seems to force them in knowing the rule and forms of the sentence. In addition, some of the teachers who teach English for young learners have not the appropriate educational background that can teach the younger as well as the objective wish. Actually, there is not any regulation or decisions that obligate the school to teach English to young learners. It only depends on the school itself. In this paper, the writer would like to describe the teaching English to young learners in Indonesia in the side of its implementation and also the pros and cons based on the second language acquisition experts. ]]>
<![CDATA[The Use of Song in Teaching English for Junior High School Student ]]>
<![CDATA[Muhamad Sofian Hadi]]>
<![CDATA[ English Language in Focus (ELIF) Vol 1, No 2 (2019): English Language in Focus (ELIF) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24853/elif.1.2.107-112
<![CDATA[The aim of this study is to investigate in detail the use of song in teaching English for Junior High School student. This study is action researches conducted at Dharma Karya UT Junior High School class VII with participant number are 25 students. Data obtained from the result of test in each cycle. The findings showed that the learning process using song makes the students become more active in their interaction, it is showed by their participation level during the teaching is increased. Another finding also revealed that there is a significant improvement in the student’s English language skills using song from preliminary to cycle II stage in the research process. The average score of students at the preliminary stage is only 60 then it increased to 68 in the first cycle and increased significantly in cycle II with the amount of 80. It can be concluded that action research is done by using song in teaching English for Junior High School significantly helps the students in increasing their English language skills. This study recommends the continuation of using various teaching media and tools for Junior High School student in order to improve their English language skills.]]>
<![CDATA[Indonesian Islamic Children’s Literature: the Lexical Choices in the Religious Teachings ]]>
<![CDATA[Laily Martin]]>
<![CDATA[ English Language in Focus (ELIF) Vol 1, No 1 (2018): English Language in Focus (ELIF) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24853/elif.1.1.23-34
<![CDATA[The study discusses Islamic religious teachings presented in the Indonesian Islamic children’s literature through the uses of the lexical choices. The discussion covers the religious concepts and practices. For the purpose, the data were taken from five sample children story books of Seri Kalimat thoyyibah which is written by and translated by an Indonesians. The lexical choices presenting the Islamic religious teachings were analyzed by implementing the corpus method and using semantic theories of semantic field and relations. The analysis was also seen from the perspective of the characters’ age by referring to the idea of children psycholinguistic development. The findings show that the lexical choices presenting the concepts of Islamic teachings are mostly unsuited the age of the children characters, as well as the children target readers. This raises concern on the stories comprehensibility. On the other hand, the verb choices describing Islamic practices are friendlier to children readers.]]>
<![CDATA[Islamic Values in the Context of English Learning and Teaching ]]>
<![CDATA[Zaitun Zaitun]]>;
<![CDATA[Siska Kusuma Wardani]]>
<![CDATA[ English Language in Focus (ELIF) Vol 1, No 1 (2018): English Language in Focus (ELIF) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24853/elif.1.1.70-80
<![CDATA[The aim of this research is to describe the Islamic values in the process of teaching English. This research was conducted at SD Labschool FIP UMJ for about 3 months starting from June 2018 until August 2018. This study focuses on English teaching and learning process at 4th graders. The study applied a qualitative descriptive research method which used observation and documents as the instruments in collecting the data. The writers observed both the school and 4th grade class and used the syllabus, lesson plan and English textbook as the documents. The analysis of the data showed that the Islamic values had been being well-built in the area of the school together with the school activities. While in the class observation the writer found that the Islamic values were not being applied yet in the process of teaching and learning English, besides, it was also found that syllabus, lesson plan, and textbook did not insert any Islamic values at all either in the content of the materials or in the teaching and learning activities. Thus this research study concludes that the Islamic values did not fully exist yet in the process of teaching English to the 4th graders of SD Labschool FIP UMJ.]]>
<![CDATA[The Effectiveness of Using Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) on Students’ Reading Comprehension of Narrative Text ]]>
<![CDATA[Narindia Lisandy]]>;
<![CDATA[Nuryansyah Adijaya]]>
<![CDATA[ English Language in Focus (ELIF) Vol 2, No 1 (2019): English Language in Focus (ELIF) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24853/elif.2.1.53-58
<![CDATA[This study aimed to find out whether or not the use of collaborative strategic reading (CSR) will be effective on students’ reading comprehension of narrative text. The study used a quantitative method with pre-experimental design. The instruments used in this study were pre-test and post-test and the subjects of this study were the tenth-grade students of MA Annida Al-Islamy. The data were analyzed by using the t-test. The results showed that the students mean score in pre-test was 64 while in post-test mean score was 78. The result of this study analysis obtained 8.439 to and 2.045 tt with significant of 5%. Thus, it can be said that the use of collaborative strategic reading (CSR) on students’ reading comprehension of narrative text was effective.]]>
<![CDATA[Blending Wattpad Platform and English Prose Course in Industrial Revolution Era 4.0 ]]>
<![CDATA[Irpan Ali Rahman]]>;
<![CDATA[Iwan Iwan]]>
<![CDATA[ English Language in Focus (ELIF) Vol 2, No 1 (2019): English Language in Focus (ELIF) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24853/elif.2.1.25-32
<![CDATA[This paper focuses on an exploration of Wattpad platforms and English prose course as blended learning models in undergraduate students. In the era of industrial revolution 4.0, the use of blended learning models is an alternative solution to the challenges of the times in integrating technological progress with learning. This study used descriptive qualitative research method to examine the concept of blending of wattpad platforms and English prose course. This research finding showed that wattpad platforms as a digital media resources contain intellectual property in the form of prose literary works with various genres. It is very interesting to be used as English teaching material. Wattpad offers easy access to English prose material so that it is more flexible to maximize the time and place of the English learning process. English prose that contains language content such as vocabulary, phrases, sentences, and dialogues which become the media of the writer to express his ideas to his readers. The use of wattpad platforms media helps students as literary readers in transferring the contents of literary works to their readers to obtain a more meaningful learning process because it is rich in moral and social values. In addition, wattpad platforms offer opportunities to respond and appreciate literary work through the reader response features provided by wattpad. Through blended learning design, English learning process can be done either face-to-face or online between lecturers and students to provide maximum learning outcomes. In the end, the learning design of the blending wattpad platforms with the English prose course is expected to be implemented as an alternative in learning English processes for advanced learners.]]>
<![CDATA[Using Puppet Games in Teaching Speaking for Tenth Graders of Senior High School ]]>
<![CDATA[Dania Yolanda]]>;
<![CDATA[Muhamad Sofian Hadi]]>
<![CDATA[ English Language in Focus (ELIF) Vol 2, No 1 (2019): English Language in Focus (ELIF) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24853/elif.2.1.1-8
<![CDATA[This research aimed to improve the students’ speaking skill in English lesson by puppets games. This research was conducted by using Quasi-Experimental. The subject of this research was Class X MIPA of SMA Perjuangan Depok 2018/2019 academic year, which consisted of 29 students. The objective of this research was to teaching students’ speaking skill in English Lesson by using Puppets Games at Ten Grade of SMA Perjuangan Depok. The data were gathered through quantitative and qualitative data. The result of this research showed that there was increasing of students in speaking skill. The mean of pre-test was 58.34. The mean of post-test was 77. Based on the result analysis, it can be concluded that there was a significance using puppets games in teaching speaking at tenth grade senior high school. The result showed that the result of T-test calculation is 13.090 more higher than T-table 5%, it gained score 2.045. Therefore, it can be conclude that teaching speaking using puppets games is effective to improve speaking skill at the tenth grade of SMA Perjuangan Depok. The results of this study are expected to be useful to related parties such as principals, teachers, parents, students and further researchers.]]>
<![CDATA[Item Analysis for a Better Quality Test ]]>
<![CDATA[Neti Hartati]]>;
<![CDATA[Hendro Pratama Supra Yogi]]>
<![CDATA[ English Language in Focus (ELIF) Vol 2, No 1 (2019): English Language in Focus (ELIF) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24853/elif.2.1.59-70
<![CDATA[This study is a small-scale study of item analysis of a teacher’s own-made summative test. It examines the quality of multiple-choice items in terms of the difficulty level, the discriminating power, and the effectiveness of distractors. The study employed a qualitative approach which also used a simple quantitative analysis to analyze the quality of the test items through the document analysis of the teacher’s English summative test and the students’ answer sheets. The result shows that the summative test has more easy items than difficult items with the ratio of 19:25:6 while they should be 1:2:1 for easy, medium, and difficult. In terms of the Discriminating Power, there are 3, 13, and 16 for excellent, Good, and satisfactory level, but there are 17 and 2 for poor and bad levels of Discriminating Power. There are 43 (21.5%) of all distractors which are dysfunctional which, in turns, makes the items too easy which also makes the items fail to discriminate the upper-group students from the lower ones. Therefore, the 43 dysfunctional distractors should be revised to alter the difficulty level and improve the discriminating power. This research is expected to serve as a reflective means for teachers to examine their own-made test to ensure the quality of their test items.]]>
