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Sukma Septian Nasution
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lexeme@unpam.ac.id
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+6281210356273
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Kota tangerang selatan,
Banten
INDONESIA
Lexeme : Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Published by Universitas Pamulang
ISSN : 26857995     EISSN : 26567067     DOI : 10.32493
Core Subject : Education,
Lexeme: Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (e-ISSN: 2656-7067; p-ISSN: 2685-7995) is a scientific journal published twice a year in January and July managed by the English Literature Study Program, Faculty of Letter, Universitas Pamulang. Established in November 2018, the legal standing of this journal is based on an issued letter by LIPI with SK no. 0005.26567067/JI.3.1/SK.ISSN/2019.03 – March 29th, 2019 for the online version. Lexeme accepts either empirical or conceptual scientific work that focuses on linguistics and applied linguistics written by English teachers and lecturers within Indonesia or overseas countries. accredited by the Indonesian Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (RistekDikti) of the Republic of Indonesia in SINTA 5.
Articles 297 Documents
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSESSMENT IN READING: AN OVERVIEW OF E-LEARNING
Lexeme : Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Vol. 1 No. 1: January 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32493/ljlal.v1i1.2479

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Abstract E-learning is a program that has been implemented in Pamulang University since 2015. Despite the benefits of it as the medium for the students to learn with the absence of the teacher, it also gives beneficial or them to learn independently and creatively. However, as it is a latest for both teachers and students, the adversity cannot be avoided in terms of assignments and assessments. Therefore, this study was aimed to reveal the students’ attitude towards the assignments and assessments provided by the teacher for Reading in E-learning Program. The participants of this study were 40 students of reading class at the fourth semester of English Department of Faculty of Letters of Pamulang University. The data were collected by questionnaires and observation that the questionnaires were given to the students of reading subject while observation was conducted by observing reading assignment and assessment of E-learning program. The data from observation were analyzed by using qualitative measurement and the questionnaire used paper-based Likert-scale. The results showed that in spite of the difficulties in adapting in E-learning program they also have difficulties in understanding the materials and term of assessment. Furthermore, there is a negative attitude from them toward the assignment and assessment of reading in E-learning program.Keywords:, assignment, assessment, attitude, e-learning, reading
IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH QUESTION AND ANSWER RELATIONSHIP (QAR) READING STRATEGY
Lexeme : Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Vol. 1 No. 1: January 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32493/ljlal.v1i1.2480

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Abstract This research investigated the use of Question and Answer Relationship Reading Strategy in increasing the students’ reading comprehension achievement. The research aimed to find out to what extent the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension achievement after being treated using Question and Answer Relationship (QAR) reading strategy. This research was conducted at the grade XII students of SMK Sasmita Jaya 2, Tangerang Selatan. This reaseach administrated cluster random sampling in taking the sample then decided two classes as the samples, one class was treated using QAR reading strategy and the other class was not. The method of the research was quantitative research under quasy experimental research. The result of the research shows that there was significant improvement of their reading comprehension after being treated using QAR reading strategy and there was also significant difference between the the students who were treated using QAR reading strategy and the students who were not.Keywords: Comprehension, Reading, Strategy, Students, QAR
THE INTERACTION EFFECT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING MOTIVATION TOWARDS THE STUDENT’S ENGLISH RESULT ( AN EXPERIMENT AT STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN BOGOR REGION)
Lexeme : Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Vol. 1 No. 1: January 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32493/ljlal.v1i1.2481

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Abstract `The purpose of this study was to determine the interaction effect of teaching and learning motivation towards students’ English result consisting of 30 for experiment class and 30 for control class, and the sampling technique used is cluster random sampling. The research was guided by a conceptual framework leading to the two ways of ANNOVA Research instrument used were the test results od learning motivation and English result scoring that have been tested : 1) there is an significant effect of teaching method towards the students’ English score, as Fo = 17,994 and Sig. = 0,000 < 0.05. 2) there is a significant effect of motivation towards students’ English score, as Fo = 31.308 and Sig. = 0.000 < 0.05. 3) there is an interactive significant effect of teaching method and motivation towards the students’ English score, as Fo = 3.858 and Sig. = 0.054 > 0.05. the results contribute most to increasing of the students’ English score by using the Inquiry Method beside reinforcing of the students’ motivation trait in the classroom activity. Keywords: interaction effect, teaching, learning motivation.
AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE ON STUDENTS’ WRITING
Lexeme : Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Vol. 1 No. 1: January 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32493/ljlal.v1i1.2482

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AbstractThis study is aimed to find out and describe the students' error on active and passive voices on students’ writing skill especially in local errors, inter-lingual errors and intra-lingual errors. Everybody who considers English has precisely made a few blunders, particularly the students in Junior secondary school or in Senior High School.. Active contrasts with passive mainly. For most active clauses, there is a corresponding passive clause, which has almost exactly the same meaning, but a different emphasis. The research was done at public senior high school in CISEENG, BOGOR, and it was done on March 2018. The researcher did the research in the science class on 12th grade. The method, which was used in this research, is the qualitative method. In this case the researcher asked the English teacher on that school to get the students’ writing result. The data used in this research is the error on active and passive voices on students’ writing at public senior high school. To get the data, the students wrote their own text. The result shows that active voice errors are more than passive voice errors. It means that the students still have difficulties to make the correct English structure in active voice.Keywords: Error Analysis, Aactive-Passive Voice, Students’ Writing.
THE VALIDITY AND REALIBILITY OF IELTS SPEAKING RUBRIC FOR INLINGUA INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS
Lexeme : Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Vol. 1 No. 1: January 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32493/ljlal.v1i1.2483

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AbstractThe field of English for specific purposes (ESP) has developed rapidly to become a major force in English language teaching. IELTS (International English Language Testing System), as one of the ESP branch, is one of the biggest ESL tests needed world-wide.This study was conducted to find validity and reliability of IELTS speaking rubric between three teachers who assess speaking ability for the same students in the same class. This would enable IELTS teachers to measure the students’ speaking ability likely in the same band area. The participants of this quantitative study were 21 Indonesian graduate students who were taking English for Pre-departure program of their Master’s Degree abroad, an English for Academic Purpose (EAP) class. The result shows that the teachers in Inlingua Internatinal English training produce reliable and valid results of the speaking IELTS subtest; even though they have different working span experience because they use the same rubric. Also, the correlation between one group of scores to others are significant and linear. This can be reference for the future in the way Inlingua International maintain their teachers’ marking scheme.Keywords: IELTS, validity, realibility, speaking rubric, ESP
WORD CHANGE IN WORDPLAY BY TEENANGERS ON TWITTER: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY
Lexeme : Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Vol. 1 No. 1: January 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32493/ljlal.v1i1.2484

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AbstractThere are always a new slang language that teenagers use from period to period. New slang language that teenagers use are word change. Word change is usually used by teenangers because of following the previous speaker and make it as a habit language for them. Word change in wordplay patterns on Twitter will be researched that written by teenagers. The main object of this reserach is Twitter. The purpose of this research is to analyze word change in wordplay patterns by teenangers written on Twitter. Qualitative method is used in this research. Documentary study is used and the data written desciprtively. The subject of this research are the teenagers between 13-22 years old who write documentation on Twitter using word change in wordplay as the main data. Basic and advanced technique are used in describing the data. The result of this research shown that there are 8 wordplay patterns with word change revealed in 8 data written by teenagers using wordplay in Twitter.Keywords: slang language, teenagers language, wordplay, word change, twitter
INVESTIGATING METACOGNITIVE LISTENING STRATEGY AND LISTENING PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY ENGLISH LEARNERS
Lexeme : Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Vol. 1 No. 1: January 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32493/ljlal.v1i1.2485

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Abstract Among listening strategies that are proposed by experts, metacognitive is one of important strategies in language learning. Metacognitive strategies help students understand the way they learn and the steps they take. Hence, learners will success in learning a language. The study investigated metacognitive listening strategies awareness and the listening difficulties among the second semester students at Faculty of Letter of Universitas Pamulang academic year 2017/2018. Out of 300 students of the population, 131 students (99 females and 32 males) were chosen as the samples based on the random sampling. The data in this study were obtained through questionnaires (MALQ, Vandergrift et al, 2006) and openended questionnaire. This study revealed that overall the highest level of the students’ metacognitive awareness is problem solving and the lowest is directed attention. The students identified a number of factors that contribute to difficulties in listening comprehension: lack of vocabulary, speaker speed, accent, pronunciation, concentration, and other problems. In this paper, the findings and conclusion are discussed for classroom instruction and note substantive concerns that should be addressed in future research. Keywords: English learners, listening problem, listening skill, metacognitive, strategy
THE EFFECTS OF STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR MASTERY TOWARDS ENGLISH RECOUNT WRITING SKILL IN THE SECOND GRADE OF PRIVATE JUNIOUR HIGH SCHOOL IN TANGERANG
Lexeme : Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Vol. 1 No. 1: January 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32493/ljlal.v1i1.2486

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AbstractThe purpose of this research is to obtain empirical data about the effects of students’ vocabulary and grammar mastery towards English recount writing skill. There are the effects of students’ vocabulary (X1) and grammar mastery(X2) towards students’ English recount writing skill (Y). That is proved by the result Fobservedis 679.878 with significance probability level Sig 0.000. The probability value is (0.000) less than 0.05. It means the regression model could be used to predict the students’ skill in writing. The result of data analysis, the multiple regression in which the multiple correlation coefficient, is ( R ) is 0.987 or (ryx1x2 = 0.987). It means it gives strong effects among them. The simultaneous contribution of perception on the teacher’s competence and grammar mastery towards students’ writing skill is R2 x 100% or 0.987 2 x 100% = 97.4 % and the rest 2.6 % determined by the other factors. In conclusion H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted significantly. There is no effect of students’ vocabulary (X1) toward students’ English recount writing skill (Y). It can be proved tobserved 1.574 meanwhile ttable = 1.69. Because of the score of Sig> 0.05 (0.124>0.05) and tobserved<ttable(1.57 <1.69). The score of Sig = 0.124 means H0 is accepted it means that there is no significant effect of student’s vocabulary toward students’ English recount writing skill. From the test of correlation and regression it can be concluded that there is no effect of students’ vocabulary towards students’ English recount writing skill. There is an effect between grammar mastery (X2) toward students’ writing skill (Y). It can be proved by tobserved 14.718 meanwhile ttable = 1.69. Because of the score of Sig< 0.05 (0.000<0.05) and tobserved>ttable(14.718 > 1.69) determination of regression significance criteria is the score of Sig = 0.000 means H0 is rejected. It means that there is a significant effect of grammar mastery towards students’ English recount writing skill.Keywords: Recount Text, Grammar Mastery, Regression Significance, Vocabulary, Writing Skill,
Improving Students’ Ability in Writing Narrative Text through Picture Series in the Twelfth Grade Students of Vocational School
Lexeme : Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Vol. 1 No. 2: July 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32493/ljlal.v1i2.5121

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Writing is one of productive skills, and teaching writing needs to concern many aspects. One of them is teaching aid. Appropriate teaching aid, like picture series, can help students optimize their learning process in writing. The research objective is to discover the effectiveness of picture series in improving students’ writing ability of narrative text. The writer used an experimental method. The population of this research was the students of SMKN 2 Tangerang Selatan. The samples were taken from two classes of the twelfth graders majoring in Accounting. The writer took 31 students for the samples in experiment class and 32 students in control class. The data that the writer got from the research were using the t-test formula. The findings show that using picture series is effective in improving students’ writing ability. The result is tobserved =  2.73   and ttable = 1.67. Because to > tt , it means there is a significant effectiveness to improve in students’ writing ability using picture series. The findings are expected to be useful for the students to help them improve their English writing ability of narrative text. Additionally, it gives information to the teachers to know appropriate teaching aids to teach writing ability for the students.
The Effects of Learning Motivation towards Student’s Learning Achievement in English
Lexeme : Journal of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Vol. 1 No. 2: July 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32493/ljlal.v1i2.5122

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English is still regarded as a difficult lesson by most of the students, so student’s learning achievement in English is low. The Purpose of this research determines The effects of Learning Motivation Towards Student’s Learning Achievement in English at Kota Tangerang Selatan. The research method used is survey method. Sample size as many as 90 students from SMP Negeri 4 represents International Designed Rating School, SMP Negeri 11 represents National Rating School and SMP Negeri 6 Kota Tangerang Selatan. Data Collection carried out by interview, giving questionnaires and carrying out learning achievement in English test. The research  is conducted in May 2012.Research results show learning motivation variable has significant effects towards students’ learning achievement in English. Research results state there is the effects of learning motivation towards student’s learning achievement in English of class VIII SMP Negeri Kota Tangerang Selatan From the research results, it can be concluded that each increase in learning motivation by one unit will be followed by changing in one unit of student achievement in English as well. Suggestions that can be conveyed are to increase learning motivation, many things can be done, including by giving awards to outstanding students.