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Pratama Irwin Talenta
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pratama.irwin@unkartur.ac.id
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+6281226979574
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electrum@unkartur.ac.id
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Jl. Raden Patah No.182-192, Rejomulyo, Kota Semarang, Jawa Tengah 50127
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Kota semarang,
Jawa tengah
INDONESIA
ELECTRUM: The English Language and Education Spectrum
ISSN : 27464717     EISSN : 28082818     DOI : -
ELECTRUM stands for The English Language and Education Spectrum. The journal is a semiannual peer-reviewed publication of the English Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Nasional Karangturi Semarang. It is located in Semarang, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia. Electrum publishes original research articles and book reviews pertinent to English and language education. Scope and Focus: 1. Research Article A full-length article which reports empirical investigations on the issues of the following areas: - English language teaching (ELT) approaches and methodologies - English literacy education - Language assessment - Distant and blended learning in ELT - Linguistic and Applied Linguistics studies - Second Language Acquisition - Discourse studies - Translation studies - English literature in ELT - Topics in teaching/learning language skills - Information technology in ELT - Curriculum and materials development - English for Specific Purposes - Research in ELT - Book reviews 2. Critical Review article A non-empirical short article that consists of critical reviews on a range of works on the issues of the following areas: - English language teaching (ELT) approaches and methodologies - English literacy education - Language assessment - Distant and blended learning in ELT - Linguistic and Applied Linguistics studies - Second Language Acquisition - Discourse studies - Translation studies - English literature in ELT - Topics in teaching/learning language skills - Information technology in ELT - Curriculum and materials development - English for Specific Purposes - Research in ELT - Book reviews
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Literacy Lessons and a Reading Contest to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension (A Case of Students in an Indonesian Senior High School, SMAN 1 Soe) Yabes Olbata; Marike Nelwan; Getreda Y Oematan
English Language and Education Spectrum Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): July, 2022
Publisher : English Education Department - Universitas Nasional Karangturi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53416/electrum.v2i2.83

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Teaching and learning is a good way to reach the educational goals. This is a classroom action research. The objective of this study was finding out how reading literacy improve students’ comprehension. This study used mix method design. The instruments used were test. The data of this study were collected through spreading questionnaires and doing interviews. The result of the study showed reading literacy could improve students’ comprehension. The data analysis showed that there was a significant improvement of students’ comprehension in cycle I compared to cycle II. It was because reading literacy could facilitate students in identifying problems, brain storming, analyzing, formulating problems, and presenting well.
Using Iconicity in Two-Tier Grammar Test for Adult Learners: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach Kartika Eva Rahmawati
English Language and Education Spectrum Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): July, 2022
Publisher : English Education Department - Universitas Nasional Karangturi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53416/electrum.v2i2.84

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Learning a foreign language is quite challenging, especially for adults (mothers) at Tambak Lorok Semarang. Their mental space about how to arrange sentences in English cannot be separated from how they arrange sentences in Bahasa Indonesia. Thus, a test is designed in order to facilitate the learners' understanding of the concept of arranging sentences in English well. The aims of this study are to investigate how the learners arrange sentences from Bahasa Indonesia to English and what their basic pattern is for the formation of the sentences. The second is to present an appropriate test for them to measure their understanding in terms of arranging sentences in the target language. Since the test has not been tested yet, the writer used 3 steps of the Research and Design Method by Borg and Gall (2003): Research and Information Collecting, Planning, and Developing a Preliminary Form of Product. There were ten questions in the two-tier grammar test. The writer used descriptive analysis to explain the result. The result shows that the learners arrange the sentences based on Bahasa Indonesia's rules. For the test, the questions on the first-tier use icons or pictures related to the optional answer. The second tier contains the reason why they chose the first tier.
The Perceptions of Student Parents towards Teacher Performances and the Implementation of Blended Learning Approach in the Learning Period of COVID-19 Athiyah Salwa
English Language and Education Spectrum Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): July, 2022
Publisher : English Education Department - Universitas Nasional Karangturi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53416/electrum.v2i2.85

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Online Learning is the only learning method proposed and approved by the Indonesian Government during the Covid-19 Pandemic that happens in Indonesia one year ago. However, parents find difficulties and obstacles while accompanying their child during the learning process in their homes. This research aims to show parents’ perception and evaluation toward teachers’ performance and teaching methodology. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative to describe parents’ opinions and reveal their arguments and suggestion to the ideal teaching and learning progress in the Covid-19 Pandemic. The instruments used for data analysis are in the form of a survey by using Google Form. The data were taken at the beginning of the second semester of the 2020/2021 academic year. The results show the majority of parents prefer the blended learning method compared to only the online learning method to use in the pandemic situation.
The Identification of EFL Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Problems in a Lexical Studies Class Allvian Ika Fiki Susanto; Aziza Restu Febrianto
English Language and Education Spectrum Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): July, 2022
Publisher : English Education Department - Universitas Nasional Karangturi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53416/electrum.v2i2.88

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The purpose of the research is to identify the vocabulary mastery problems faced by EFL students. The research method applied in this study is descriptive method. This study involves the first-semester students of English Education Department, Universitas Nasional Karangturi. The data of the research is collected by using test and questionnaire. The test result was used to identify the students’ vocabulary mastery problems. The questionare result was used to investigate the causes behind the students’ problems in vocabulry mastery. The result of the research shows three major problems of students’ vocabulary mastery faced in the lexical studies class. They are problems in mastering the use, meaning, pronunciation, and spelling of the English words. The causes of the problems are the multiple meanings of English words, differences of students’ first language (L1) spelling and pronunciation, and grammar system.
TPR: The Implementation of Speech Acts (Directives) in Classrooms Barans Irawan Palangan
English Language and Education Spectrum Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): July, 2022
Publisher : English Education Department - Universitas Nasional Karangturi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53416/electrum.v2i2.89

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One of the key factors to win global competition is mastering international language, English. In Indonesia, this language is considered as a foreign language and whenever a language has status as foreign language, it is certainly that teaching this language is more challenging. Teaching foreign language particularly English must involve two related field of study, language teaching (pedagogy) and applied linguistics. These two fields of study have made collaboration in order to solve the problem coming English language teaching. This article will describe about the implementation of one of speech acts, (directives), in children classrooms to teach tenses and aspects in the form Total Physical Response (TPR), method in children based on one of SLA grand theories, behaviorism.

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