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Research in English and Education Journal
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READ (Research in English and Education) Journal (e-ISSN 2528-746X) is a peer-reviewed and open access academic journal published by the Department of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. It highlights and publishes works in the parameters of English education disciplines with notable attention to English language teaching and learning, linguistics, and literature. This journal accommodates students, lecturers and academicians in these fields as a compass to maneuver their work with broader audiences both within and outside academia. Its end is to offer a plausible and accessible venue for the distribution of their scholarly work into the public, professional, and academic discussion.
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An Analysis of Semiotic Signs in Romance Movie Posters Darliati Darliati; Masrizal Mahmud
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 5, No 4 (2020): December 2020
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This research is a study of semiotics signs found in Indonesian romance movie posters. The subject of this research is fifteen movie posters of Indonesian romance movies. This research aims at identifying and describing the types of meaning of signs depicted in the posters based on the visual grammar theory proposed by Kress and van Leeuwen (2006). Using qualitative method, three types of meaning namely representational meaning, interactive meaning, and compositional meaning are described. The result is presented in form of written description and tables. The findings of this study show that most of the aspects of visual grammar theory can be found in the posters with every posters share different aspects. However, there are also some aspects of the visual grammar theory that are not found in the posters which are classificational process as one of sub processes of conceptual process and vertical angle in perspective aspect. Based on the depicted elements of the fifteen romance movie posters that have been analyzed, it shows that the romance movie posters involve many aspects of emotions. It includes the emotions of love, affection, hope, struggle, sadness, and desire which based on the theme of the movies. All of these emotions are presented through the colors, illumination, facial expressions of the characters, and the setting of the posters.
The Use of Dictogloss Technique to Improve Students’ Writing Ability Dian Mega Putri; Endang Komariah; Arifin Syamaun
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 5, No 4 (2020): December 2020
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This research is a library study which aims at analyzing how Dictogloss technique improves students writing ability based on the literature analysis. This research focused on Nunan’s theory with his 4 steps of dictogloss, which are preparation, dictation, reconstruction, analysis and correction. The data were collected using investigation technique of discourses from textbooks, articles, journals, papers and other relevant data sources. This research was re-analyzed the relationship between all data and raw data previously obtained in data collection technique. Such results were reviewed by the author look for similarities or association between one source and another source, as well as to search for strengths and limitations from both sources. The result of the analysis showed that the use of dictogloss technique could improve students writing ability in terms of all aspects of writing based on four steps of dictogloss procedure. The reason is in every step of dictogloss make students work together in a group, and then in the step of dictogloss students can ask a teacher what they do not understand, and also students are involved in a restructure stage and analysis correction stage. It makes students easier in writing English and improves the students writing ability. It can be concluded that this technique can be used to improve students writing ability.
The Effectiveness of Using Authentic Englsih Youtube Media in Improving Students’ Oral Reading Irma Zuraini; Asnawi Muslem; Nurul Inayah
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This study aimed at finding out whether using YouTube media can sigficantly improve students’ oral reading in three aspects; rate, fluency, and accuracy. A pre-experimental study with one group pretest-posttest design was undertaken by giving the students oral reading test. The sample of this study was 19 students of VIII-1 class of SMP 14 Banda Aceh. The result showed that the students’ oral reading scores were significantly improved from 46.93 in the pre test to 71.45 in the post test. The findings of this study revealed that t-test value was 17,832, while the t-table value was 2.120. It means the t-table value was lower than the t-test value (ts=17,832tt= 2.120). In conclusion, there was a significant improvement on students’ oral reading ability after they were taught by using YouTube. The result, thus, explains that Youtube can also be useful in improving oral reading in EFL classrooms.

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