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Journal of English Language and Culture

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Published by Universitas Bunda Mulia

ISSN : 20878346 EISSN : 25978896 DOI : -

Core Subject : Humanities, Education, Social,

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

Journal of English Language and Culture (JELC) is a journal of English Language and Culture Department of Universitas Bunda Mulia. It consists of a collection of research papers and articles written by professionals and academicians in the field of English language and culture.

Arjuna Subject : Seni dan Humaniora - Bahasa dan Linguistik

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Examining a News Discourse of a Female Politician in Indonesia: Fairclough's Model of Critical Discourse Analysis and its Implication in English Language Teaching Wulandari Santoso
Journal of English Language and Culture Vol 9, No 1 (2018): Journal of English Language and Culture
Publisher : Universitas Bunda Mulia

As one of the most important sites in which particular agenda are articulated and disseminated, news media play important roles in reproducing power relations and ideologies. Drawing on Fairclough’s approach of three-dimensional model within the paradigm of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and of the qualitative research, this study aims to identify the ideology enacted in a news article which reports the appointment of Susi Pudjiastuti as the Indonesian minister of maritime affairs and fisheries. It does so by analysing the textual, the discursive, and the social practices of the news discourse. Underpinned by the results of the analysis, this research also investigates the integration of CDA in English classrooms in Indonesia. The results of this study reveal that the patriarchal ideology is enacted in the news through (1) the construction of language use in comparing the qualifications of Susi with Indroyono Soesilo as the coordinating minister for maritime affairs; (2) the use of direct and indirect speech constituted intertextuality; (3) the enquiry of socio-political contexts surrounding the news discourse in relation to women’s participations in politics. Based on these findings and Cot’s framework, this research also attempts to design a reading task using the news article by constructing consciousness-raising questions, so that students can enhance their critical thinking skills and their ability to reveal hidden meanings in discourse. The implications of the research both in the theoretical importance and in the English language teaching are also discussed with reference to intercultural issues.Keywords: critical discourse analysis, news discourse, ideology, patriarchy

Hedging in News Stories and Editorials in The Jakarta Post and The Washington Times Ardi Nugroho
Journal of English Language and Culture Vol 4, No 1 (2014): Journal of English Language and Culture
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The use of hedges in academic discourse is important because academic writers need to present their findings and arguments accurately but carefully so that they are academically appropriate. Many researches have been conducted on this topic; however, not many studies have explored the use of hedges in other discourses such as newspaper discourse. Newspapers contain different types of articles with different linguistic characteristics. These different characteristics may include the different uses of hedges. The use of hedges in newspapers is no less important as their use in academic discourse, as newspapers serve as an important source of information. This research is an attempt to find out the frequency and the different types of hedges used in two newspapers, i.e. The Jakarta Post and The Washington Times newspaper. The types of articles that are used as the object of study are news stories and editorials. This study also compares the use of hedges in the two types of articles from both newspapers. The findings show that hedges are used more frequently in editorials compared to news stories in both newspapers. However, the Indonesian writers tend to use hedges more frequently compared to the American writers, especially in news stories. Keywords: hedges, news stories, editorials

Language Proficiency as A Social Capital among Indonesian Migrant Workers: from Language Acquisition to Language Maintenance Diding Fahrudin
Journal of English Language and Culture Vol 1, No 2 (2011): Journal of English Language and Culture
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The economic and social pressure has led many Indonesian to become migrant workers in some foreign countries for a better life. Their poor language proficiency due to their lack of preparation prior to their departure has hampered them from communicating well in the country of destination which they have lived. This paper presents the analysis of how the Indonesian migrant workers prepared their language proficiency in their country of origin,Indonesia, how they have acquired the language of the receiving country in which they have worked, and how they have maintained the acquired foreign language upon their return toIndonesiaas their social capital. This paper found out that language preparation, language acquisition and language maintenance play very important roles in the life of Indonesian migrant workers. Poorly planned language training has made the migrant workers face many problems in communication in the country of destination. This condition can be gradually solved by acquiring the language during their work in the country of destination and this language acquisition through immersion has become their social capital; however, such social capital is not well processed to empower the community in most areas of the country of origin,Indonesia. This fact is worsened by the reality that the formal government structure in the villages seems to neglect this self-empowered group of the community. Key words: Economic and social pressure, migrant workers, proficiency, acquired, social capital

Directive Speech Act Seen on Family 2.0 Drama Script Written by Walter Wykes Evi Jovita Putri
Journal of English Language and Culture Vol 8, No 2 (2018): Journal of English Language and Culture
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The research entitled Directive Speech Act Seen on Family 2.0 Drama Script Written by Walter Wykes purposes to describe and uncover the types of form and intended meaning of directive speech act on that drama script. This descriptive research uses pragmatic approach and theory. The collecting and analysing data are focused on the using of declarative, imperative, and interrogative sentences in the text of drama. The forms of those sentences will be analysed to find out the types of form of directive speech act, while the context of those sentences will be used to analyze the intended meaning of directive speech act uttered by speakers. The results of the research are found that, first, there are two types of the form of directive speech acts, direct directive speech acts and indirect directive speech acts. Direct directive speech acts are represented by imperative sentence without subject; imperative sentence with let; and negative imperative sentence. Meanwhile the indirect directive speech acts are represented by declarative sentence statement; declarative sentence if clause; negative declarative sentences; and interrogative sentences. Second, the intended meanings seen on drama script of Family 2.0 are command, prohibition, request, treat, and persuasion. It can be concluded that, the most frequent intended meaning appeared in directive speech acts on this script is command by the use of imperative forms. Then, the declarative and interrogative forms are used to request something by adults charaters; in contrast the kids characters use them to command and prohibit the hearer.Keywords: family 2.0, pragmatic, speech act, directive, form and intended meaning

Evaluating Translanguaging Practices in Bilingual Classrooms Magdalena Kartikasari Tandy Rerung
Journal of English Language and Culture Vol 5, No 2 (2015): Journal of English Language and Culture
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The debate over whether English language classrooms should include or exclude students’ native language has been controversial issue for a long time (Brown, 2000). In order to overcome this situation, several studies have been conducted to find out the students’ perception toward the monolingual or bilingual approach in their classroom. It was started in the 1990s where mother tongue was attached in the language classroom. Auerbach (1993) stated that “Starting with the first language (L1) provides a sense of security and validates the learners’ lived experiences, allowing them to express themselves. Auerbach further reports that the use of L1 shows positive results among researchers and learners, Furthermore, the use of L1 in the classroom apparently help students to understand several tasks such as “language analysis, presenting grammar rules, discussing cross-cultural issues, giving instructions, explaining errors and checking comprehension”. Translanguaing in this case offers a better solution for learners who are still hesitating whenever they want to communicate in English. García(2009) explains the term as “the act” used by bilinguals in order to communicate ideas effectively by autonomously selecting their own words and language expressions. The following research would like to conduct further observation into more specific topic under translanguaging. The main focus is to analyze how lecturers deliberately send their knowledge by translanguaging. The grammar class itself would be selected for observing the following phenomena since there are some rules and forms of English structure needs to be explain in details. The process of translanguaging in this case will probably provide a way for the lecturer and students to build a bilingual environment in order to understand the message clearer. The observers will record the strategies applied by the lecturer whenever he switches the language from English to Bahasa Indonesia purposely. Keywords: translanguaging, bilingual approach

Western Capitalism and Eastern Exoticism: Orientalism in Edward Said's Perspectives Ronald Maraden Parlindungan Silalahi
Journal of English Language and Culture Vol 7, No 2 (2017): Journal of English Language and Culture
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Postmodernism fundamentally supersedes the ideas of modern ages that base their perspective on rationality and objectivity into postmodern thought that aimed at improving awareness of the reality in human life. It is aimed at improving social or cultural conditions or circumstances and to build the forms of awareness about realities that occur in human life in all spheres of life. This conception ultimately awakens Edward Said to a social phenomenon associated with the Western (colonialist) and Eastern (orientalist). Through his writing entitled Orientalism, Edward Said links Western responses and worldviews (Orient) which are always based on the nature of preconceived and stereotyped. In this paper, the author will firstly reveal the thoughts of postmodernism and then associate them with the concept of Orientalism. At the end of this paper, the authors will conduct case studies on two texts that are considered to reflect the issues of orientalism. Keywords: postmodernism, orientalism, Edward Said

The Analysis of Students’ English Competence in the Grammar Section in the Paper-Based TOEFL: A Case Study at English Department in Bunda Mulia University Jonathan Tanihardjo
Journal of English Language and Culture Vol 6, No 1 (2016): Journal of English Language and Culture
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TOEFL is a standardized test used to measure non-native English speakers’ proficiency. Even though the paper-based test (PBT) as well as the computer-based test (CBT) may seem obsolete and have progressively been replaced by the Internet-based Test (iBT), most universities and institutions still make use of PBT as a graduation requirement. There are three sections in PBT, namely listening comprehension, structure / written expression and reading comprehension. However, this study only aims to provide information on students’ problems, particularly those in the grammar section in the PBT TOEFL. The study involved students of the Culture and English Department in Bunda Mulia University from semester 6 who are already finished with the whole grammar subjects: Grammar I – IV and whose scores in the structure / written expression section are below 50 in the pre-test. Two Random paper-based tests are opted for in the post-test, and therefore there are 80 questions in total. The purposes of this research are to find out (1) the most frequent types of questions to occur and (2) the mistakes students tend to make. The study is then expected to help both lecturers and students to have a clearer picture of types of questions in the PBT TOEFL structure / written expression and know how to overcome problems. Keywords: PBT TOEFL, structure / written expression, mistakes

Raising Pragmatics Awareness: How to Raise Conversational Implicature Awareness through Movies Nurdiana Nurdiana
Journal of English Language and Culture Vol 2, No 2 (2012): Journal of English Language and Culture
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Learning a language is not merely learning its grammar. There are some other factors which should be covered in language learning, e.g. language in use, or meaning and communication. In other words, L2 learners of English not only need to reach grammar competence, but also pragmatic competence. Unfortunately, pragmatic competence is rather neglected as language learning and teaching, most of the time, puts emphasis on grammar competence. Hence, in this paper, I would like to discuss the importance of integrating pragmatic competence, in this case, conversational implicature, in English language teaching and learning materials. A previous study, conducted by Manowong (2011), reported that non-native speakers of English have difficulty in interpreting conversational implicature. Thus, teachers should make great efforts to help the learners raise their conversational implicature awareness. One of the most effective ways to raise learners’ awareness on conversational implicature is by making use of authentic materials. Movies could be great sources to help learners raise their conversational implicature awareness. Therefore, in this paper, I would like to propose a model of materials which integrate some scenes of a movie that might be useful for teachers and learners in English language learning and teaching. Keywords: Raising pragmatics awareness, conversational implicature, movies

Reflecting Translanguaging in Classroom Practices: A Case Study Magdalena Kartikasari Tandy Rerung
Journal of English Language and Culture Vol 7, No 1 (2017): Journal of English Language and Culture
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Strategies comes from Greek word “strategia” which means the art of planning and directing. Regarding to language learning, a strategy is used to achieve their goal depends on the skill they obtain. Specifically speaking skill is one of the productive skills that can be a challenging thing for university students who majored in English. Besides vocabulary, other element that support their language production is motivation. Avoiding in using Bahasa Indonesia can make them unmotivated sometimes. If this is the case, therefore the students might be passive learners in the classroom. Translanguaging is a strategy in language learning that can motivate students keep learning the language by combining their first language with the foreign one. The following case study is intended to observe how do students use translanguaging. The study was a class observation involving four students majored in English Language and Culture Program at Bunda Mulia University. They were in fourth semester and enrolling in the Listening and Speaking Class. Apparently the result shows that students who use their first language in the speaking task help them in delivering information and telling stories.Keywords: translanguaging strategies, speaking skill, language learning

English for Secretarial Program: Target and Learning Needs of 'Cinta Kasih Tzu Chi' Vocational School Students Junita Junita; Nurdiana Nurdiana
Journal of English Language and Culture Vol 9, No 2 (2019): Journal of English Language and Culture
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English is one of compulsory subjects in vocational high schools. It is a required school subject as students of vocational school graduates are prepared to work based on their major and skills. In addition, in the workplace context, English is the common foreign language used in and among divisions in the workplace. To help the students use the language appropriately, schools need to prepare them with adequate learning materials. Thus, reliable sources of learning, one of which is English coursebooks, should incorporate appropriate language input for the students specifically devised for vocational school students. Unfortunately, most of the coursebooks contain materials which do not meet target and learning needs of the students who study in vocational schools. Therefore, this study aimed at examining their target and learning needs of English, particularly for those taking secretarial program. In order to achieve the objective of the study, a questionnaire consisting of target and learning needs items was distributed to the subjects of the research. The findings of this research revealed that the target needs of the students who majored in the secretarial program are to be able to communicate in English both in oral and written texts, vocabulary enhancement related to the workplace, and to pass the national exam. As for the learning needs, most of the students are keen on learning English from authentic materials integrated in all language skills.Keywords: materials development, target and learning needs, ESP

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