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Journal of Language and Literature Studies
Published by Lembaga Penelitian dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat
ISSN : -     EISSN : 28081099     DOI : https://doi.org/10.36312/jolls
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Journal of Language and Literature Studies is an open access journal which provides perspectives of languages, language teaching, and literature studies. This journal has the Focus and Scope at presenting and discussing outstanding contemporary issues in line with Applied Linguistics, English Language Teaching, Literatures, Literature in Teaching, and Curriculum Design of Language and Literature Teaching. Readers have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, or link to the full text of all articles in JoLLS. The aim of this journal is to promote outstanding language and literature issues to research by encouraging enquiry into relationship between theoretical and practical studies.
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The Relationship Between Perceived Difficulty, Reading Perceptions, and Critical Reading Strategy: A Lesson from EFL University Students Samsudin, Samsudin; Asbar, Asbar; Jazadi, Iwan
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026): March
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/jolls.v6i1.4692

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Critical reading is central to academic literacy in EFL higher education, yet many students struggle to engage strategically with complex academic texts. While prior research has examined reading strategies extensively, empirical attention has been limited to how perceived Difficulty and reading perceptions jointly relate to the use of critical reading strategies in Indonesian university contexts. This study adopted an explanatory sequential mixed-method design involving 32 Indonesian EFL undergraduate students. Quantitative data were collected using a four-point Likert-scale questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression. The quantitative phase was followed by semi-structured interviews to explain and contextualize the statistical patterns. The findings indicate that students generally reported high levels of strategy use and positive perceptions of reading, while perceived Difficulty remained moderate. Correlation results showed that reading perception was moderately associated with strategy use, whereas perceived Difficulty demonstrated weak relationships. Although the regression model did not reach statistical significance, reading perception displayed a marginal predictive tendency, suggesting that students’ epistemic orientation toward reading may play a more meaningful role than perceived textual challenge in shaping strategic engagement. Qualitative findings further revealed that students conceptualize Difficulty as multidimensional, encompassing workload, time constraints, motivation, and contextual relevance, rather than merely linguistic complexity. This study suggests that fostering positive perceptions of reading may be more pedagogically impactful than focusing solely on reducing textual Difficulty. The findings contribute to theoretical discussions of the affective–cognitive dimensions of critical reading and offer practical implications for designing strategy-oriented instruction in EFL higher education. 
The Efficacy of Collaborative Learning Assisted with Lapbook Media in Enhancing EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension Oktaviani, Ayu; Episiasi, Episiasi; Yulfi, Yulfi
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 6 No. 2 (2026): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/jolls.v6i2.4700

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Reading comprehension remains one of the major challenges faced by English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners, particularly in junior high school contexts where students often demonstrate limited engagement and difficulty in understanding texts. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of collaborative learning assisted with lapbook media in improving EFL learners’ reading comprehension and learning engagement. The research employed an explanatory sequential mixed-method design involving 34 eighth-grade EFL learners at a public junior high school. Quantitative data were collected through reading comprehension pre-test and post-test measurements, while qualitative data were obtained from structured classroom observations to explain the learning processes underlying students’ improvement. The quantitative findings revealed a significant improvement in students’ reading comprehension achievement, with the mean score increasing from 74.18 in the pre-test to 81.82 in the post-test. Statistical analysis indicated that collaborative learning assisted with lapbook media had a positive influence on learners’ reading comprehension performance. Qualitative results further demonstrated that the learning model enhanced students’ engagement, collaborative interaction, motivation, and strategic reading behaviors. The use of lapbook media enabled students to visually organize textual information, summarize ideas, and collaboratively construct meaning, thereby facilitating deeper comprehension and retention of reading materials. The integration of collaborative learning and lapbook media created an interactive and student-centered learning environment that supported both cognitive and social aspects of language learning. This study contributes pedagogical insight into the application of constructivist-based collaborative instruction combined with visual learning media in EFL reading classrooms. The findings suggest that lapbook-assisted collaborative learning can serve as an effective instructional strategy for improving reading comprehension among EFL learners.
A Semantic Analysis of the Root [س-ل-م] and Its Derivatives in the Qur'an: A Case Study of the Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs Qur'an Translation Ramadhan, Rezky; Haeruddin, Haeruddin; Baso, Yusring Sanusi; Andi, Agussalim
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026): March
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/jolls.v6i1.4710

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In the Qur'an, changes in morphological patterns (wazan) not only produce grammatical variations, but also give birth to differences in meaning. One of the most productive roots in the Qur'an is the root [س-ل-م], which gives birth to various derivations. The word سلم is often interpreted in a limited way as "peace" or "Islam". This study aims to identify all derivations  of the root [س-ل-م], classify its morphological form, and analyze its core meaning and semantic development in the translation of the Qur'an of the Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia. This study uses a qualitative-descriptive design with a morpho-semantic approach. Data were collected through a documentation technique by tracing all Qur'anic verses containing derivatives of the root, then analyzed through the stages of identification, morphological classification, determination of core meaning, and contextual analysis. The results showed that the root س-ل-م (s-l-m) appeared 140 times with 16 derivative forms, dominated by the nominal form (112 data) rather than the verbal (28 data). Semantically, these roots form a network of meanings that include existential salvation, spiritual surrender, theological systems (Islam), collective identity (Muslim), social peace, and cosmic surrender. This study confirms that the concept of salvation in the Qur'an is multidimensional and linguistically structured.
Linguistic Landscape and the Representation of European Union Power in Robert Menasse’s Novel Die Hauptstadt Megawati, Sri; Triyono, Sulis; Mala, Nila Viayanti
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 6 No. 2 (2026): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/jolls.v6i2.4757

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Linguistic landscape research has increasingly moved beyond the inventory of public signage toward the interpretation of how visible language, naming practices, and semiotic arrangements construct social and political meanings. However, literary texts remain underexplored as semiotic environments in which public space can be narrated, selected, and ideologically organized. This article examines how European Union (EU) power and legitimacy are represented through a narrated linguistic landscape in Robert Menasse’s novel Die Hauptstadt. Using a qualitative interpretive textual design, the study treats the novel as the primary data source and integrates linguistic landscape theory, multimodal social semiotics, and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). Data were collected through systematic close reading and keyword-assisted searching of the PDF text to identify excerpts containing Brussels/EU toponyms, institutional labels, bureaucratic discourse, written-display references, multilingual routines, and legitimacy-related terms. The excerpts were documented in an excerpt log, translated when necessary, coded in two cycles, and interpreted through Fairclough’s textual, discursive, and social dimensions. The findings show that the novel represents EU authority as a semiotic achievement produced through spatial anchoring, institutional naming, bureaucratic classification, multilingual routines, and image-management discourse. At the same time, this authority is destabilized by counter-semiotic disruption, street-level contestation, and moral-memory motifs. The study concludes that Die Hauptstadt constructs Brussels as a narrated semiotic landscape where EU power becomes visible, persuasive, and fragile because legitimacy depends on signs, discourse, and public interpretation. The article contributes to linguistic landscape scholarship by demonstrating how fiction can function as an analytical site for examining narrated public space and political authority.
The Decline in the Popularity of the Sundanese Language and Culture among Sundanese Ethnic Youth Serin, Pavel; Kartika, Nyai; Machdalena , Susi
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 6 No. 2 (2026): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/jolls.v6i2.4765

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As Indonesia's second-largest indigenous language, Sundanese plays a pivotal role in communication between Sundanese people. However, today’s young generations of Sundanese do not use the Sundanese language entirely and do not use it either with their friends on campus or with their parents at home. This study tries to examine the decline in the popularity of the Sundanese language among the young Sundanese generations in the capital city of West Java, a centre for the Sundanese ethnic group. Employing a descriptive survey, this study involved a total of 317 participants from a Sundanese ethnic group. The findings confirmed the initial suspicions that the use of the Sundanese language has begun to decline among the young Sundanese generations in Bandung. Among the several factors of this decline are the very intensive interactions via social media by young Sundanese generations with people of different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, causing the limited use of the Sundanese language among them. It is also due to the shift of Bandung to become a multilingual city, a melting pot of people from different backgrounds. This study can hopefully inspire the language education stakeholders in West Java to raise concerns on this issue by strengthening and modifying Sundanese language education and teaching primarily at the school level.
Material Culture-Specific Items in İstanbul: Hatıralar ve Şehir and Translation Issues into English Soliman, Heba; Sudartinah, Titik
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 6 No. 2 (2026): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/jolls.v6i2.4792

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This study investigates the translation procedures employed in rendering material culture items from Turkish into English in Orhan Pamuk's memoir İstanbul: Hatıralar ve Şehir (2003), as translated by Maureen Freely in Istanbul: Memories and the City (2006). Drawing on Vinay and Darbelnet's (1995) taxonomy of translation procedures and Newmark's (1988) classification of culture-specific items, the study adopts a mixed-methods research design, combining qualitative textual analysis with quantitative frequency measurement. A corpus of 50 purposively selected material culture items was compiled and categorized into four Newmark-derived domains: houses and towns (72%), food and drink (16%), transport (10%), and clothing (2%). The analysis reveals that literal translation (32%) and borrowing (28%) constitute the predominant strategies, followed by modulation (16%), equivalence (10%), adaptation (6%), generalization (4%), and marginal occurrences of loss and explicitation (2% each). These findings suggest that the translator prioritized linguistic transparency and cultural fidelity through strategies that either preserve source-culture specificity or facilitate target-language comprehension. Implications for translator training, cultural mediation, and cross-cultural literary reception are discussed.  
Digital Sor-Singgih: A Narrative Inquiry into Ethnotech-Pragmatics among Youth in Denpasar Wedananta, Kadek Adyatna; Budiarta, I Komang
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 6 No. 2 (2026): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/jolls.v6i2.4815

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The‍‌ research broadens the Ethnotech-Pragmatics conceptual model, initially introduced by Wedananta (2023), for investigating how the young people of Denpasar juggle the tensions between Balinese cultural values and the digital world of Instagram. This‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ paper employs a narrative qualitative method so as to reveal the "genuine experience" of these young people in their engagement with Balinese cultural values and the digital world of Instagram, which is a follow-up to the research that initially uncovered this ‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌phenomenon. This study was done by first having ten high school students, aged 17-18 of Denpasar talk separately and at length, and then it showed how the technical features of digital communication - such as the 'Close Friends' list, temporary Stories, and sticker use - can be the means to go around traditional Sor-Singgih (language hierarchy) and tactic of keeping one's face or dignity. Data‍‌ collection was done through semi-structured narrative interviews as well as "scroll-back" sessions where participants performed some phone interactions and narrated the context. Then, thematic narrative analysis was employed to examine the data. The findings present that Ethnotech-Pragmatics is more than a language change; it is also a profound identity negotiation in which technology acts as a facilitator of politeness across different cultures. Moreover, the introduction of ethnotech-pragmatics in the school curriculum offers a valuable opportunity for the youth of Bali to reconnect with their cultural heritage on a profound ‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌level.
Peircean Semiotics Analysis of Emojis and Their Meanings in Comments on the @girls Instagram Account Suryadi, Fidela Shaumi; Hkikmat, Mahi M.; Sakinah, R. Myrna Nur
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 6 No. 2 (2026): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/jolls.v6i2.4832

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Emoji interpretation has become an important issue in digital communication because emojis do not always carry fixed meanings and are often understood through their relationship with verbal text and interactional context. In semiotic studies, emojis can be examined as signs that contribute to meaning-making in online discourse. This article aims to analyze how emojis function as signs and how their meanings are constructed in the comment section of the @girls Instagram account by applying Charles Sanders Peirce’s triadic theory. This research employed a descriptive qualitative design. The data were taken from one selected post uploaded on the @girls Instagram account and consisted of nine comments containing emojis. The data were collected through observation and screenshots, then analyzed using Peirce’s triadic framework, which includes representamen, object, and interpretant. The findings show that emojis in the selected comments function as meaningful signs rather than merely decorative elements. The analysis revealed four meaning categories: agreement (1 comment), sadness (2 comments), humor (2 comments), and alternative viewpoints (4 comments). These meanings were shaped by the relationship between the emojis, the accompanying verbal text, and the context of the post. In conclusion, emojis play an important role in shaping meaning in Instagram comments. This study implies that emoji interpretation should be understood as part of visual-verbal meaning-making in digital communication and semiotic analysis.
Developing an ADDIE-Based TGTW Learning Model for Editorial Text Writing: An Evaluation of Its Validity, Practicality, and Effectiveness Rahutami, Rahutami; Diana, L.N.; Wadji, Wadji; Himawan, Riswanda
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 6 No. 2 (2026): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/jolls.v6i2.4833

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This study aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of the TGTW (Team Game Tournament Writing) method in enhancing vocational high school students' ability to write editorial texts. It adopts a Research and Development (R&D) design based on the ADDIE model, followed by an effectiveness evaluation using a one-group pretest–posttest design involving 40 twelfth-grade vocational students. The data were analyzed using the Shapiro–Wilk test for normality, a paired-samples t-test, N-Gain analysis, and effect size calculation (Cohen's d). The validation results indicated a very high level of feasibility, with an average score of 94.66%. The effectiveness test revealed a statistically significant improvement between pretest (M = 61) and posttest (M = 85) scores (p < 0.05). The N-Gain value of 0.62 was categorized as moderate to high, while the effect size exceeded 2.0, indicating a very large impact. Beyond the statistical findings, the implementation of TGTW reflects key principles of the social constructivist paradigm, particularly through collaborative role distribution and the integration of prewriting and drafting processes within a structured group dynamic. Compared to prior studies on cooperative learning which typically report moderate effect sizes—this study demonstrates a notably stronger impact. Overall, these findings contribute to the advancement of collaborative, argument-based literacy models in vocational education. Future research is recommended to extend this work by employing more rigorous experimental designs, such as control-group comparisons, to further validate and generalize the results.
Exploring Representation of 19th-Century French Society in the Novel La Bête Humaine: A Sociological Literary Approach Novriska, Emmanuela Cristomarry; Sunahrowi, Sunahrowi
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 6 No. 2 (2026): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/jolls.v6i2.4839

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Literary works serve not only as a means of aesthetic expression, but also represent the dynamics of social life. Émile Zola’s novel La Bête Humaine represents the dynamics of 19th-century French society, characterized by industrialization, moral crisis, social inequality, and complex power relations. In this context, Georg Simmel’s theory of social interaction is relevant for understanding how relationships between characters shape behavior within social structures, and enables an analysis of the interrelationship between patterns of interaction, social structure, and power dynamics in society. The aim of this study is to analyze various forms of social interaction in Émile Zola’s novel La Bête Humaine and reveal how these interactions reflect the social conditions of 19th-century French society. The method used is descriptive qualitative with a sociological approach to literature based on Georg Simmel’s theory of social interaction. The material object is the novel La Bête Humaine, while the formal objects include concepts of social interaction such as dyads, triads, strangers, conflict, and secrets. Data in the form of narrative quotations and dialogue were collected through literature studies and close reading techniques, then analyzed using manifest and latent content analysis techniques to interpret the social meanings contained. The findings indicate that social interaction within the novel not only shapes relationships between characters but also reflects the social structures that influence behavior and character. Dyads, triads, and the stranger reveal relationships between characters that develop into mechanisms trigger destructive actions, whilst conflict and secrets expose tensions within power relations, social inequality, and moral crises in 19th-century French society. This study contributes to the field of literary sociology by emphasizing that social interaction within a text is not merely interpersonal, but is linked to broader social structures.

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