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Excellence: Journal of English and English Education publishes research article studying foreign language as main object. Scopes of the journal consist of : - Linguistics: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Discourse Analysis, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, and Critical Discourse Analysis. - Literature: Comparative Literature, English Literature Studies - Education : English Language Teaching, Language Acquisition, Learning Development Model
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<![CDATA[POLITENESS STRATEGIES USED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OF INDONESIA IN THE 2019 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES ]]>
<![CDATA[Meida Rabia Sihite]]>;
<![CDATA[Sofia Idawati Lubis]]>;
<![CDATA[Devi Meitina Astuty Silalahi]]>
<![CDATA[ EXCELLENCE: Journal of English and English Education Vol 1 No 2 (2021): Excellence ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Education Study Program FKIP Universitas Alwashliyah Medan ]]>
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DOI: 10.47662/ejeee.v1i2.268
<![CDATA[Presidential debate is one of an interesting examples to be analyzed in terms of politeness strategies. This research analyzed the politeness strategies used by the presidential candidates of Indonesia in a presidential debate program during the election period in 2019. This research employed qualitative descriptive. The data were in the form of spoken utterances which were collected from the debate participants. The sources of the data in this research were the videos and transcripts of the second and the fourth presidential debates taken from youtube and google. The data were analyzed using data condensation, data displayed, drawing and verifying conclusion. The results of the research showed that the presidential candidates used several types of politeness strategies and realizations of politeness. There were four types of politeness strategies found in the debates; they were Bald-On Record, Positive Politeness, Negative Politeness, and Off Record. In realizations of politeness strategies, there were 30 sub-strategies realized in the second debate and 33 sub-strategies realized in the fourth debate. Positive Politeness was found as the dominant strategy since the candidates wanted to omit any gaps, give good sense, choose words selectively and convey their campaign.]]>
<![CDATA[DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON SBY’S INTERNATIONAL SPEECH TEXT: A STUDY ON CRITICAL LINGUISTICS ]]>
<![CDATA[Meida Rabia Sihite]]>;
<![CDATA[Sofia Idawati Lubis]]>;
<![CDATA[Budi Setiawan]]>
<![CDATA[ EXCELLENCE: Journal of English and English Education Vol 1 No 2 (2021): Excellence ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Education Study Program FKIP Universitas Alwashliyah Medan ]]>
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DOI: 10.47662/ejeee.v1i2.269
<![CDATA[This study dealt with critical discourse analysis of SBY’s international speech text. The objective of this study was to describe social cognition, ideology, and social context used by SBY in his international speech. This study was conducted by applying descriptive qualitative design. The data of this study were taken from SBY’s international speech text. The texts were analyzed by using Van Dijk’s discourse analysis concept by classifiying the elements of the text into Van Dijk’s table. Based on the study, it was found that the social cognition used was the event social cognition, ideology used was the ideology of Pancasila democracy, and the social context used was the diction in accordance with the social status of the invited guests. It could be concluded that the diction chosen by SBY was adjusted to the social status of the guests who were present in the 19th ASEAN Summit and also represented interests of people.]]>
<![CDATA[FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN HARRY POTTER AND DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 MOVIE ]]>
<![CDATA[Wiki Tedi Rahmawati]]>;
<![CDATA[Linda Astuti Rangkuti]]>;
<![CDATA[Karina Radiyanti]]>
<![CDATA[ EXCELLENCE: Journal of English and English Education Vol 1 No 2 (2021): Excellence ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Education Study Program FKIP Universitas Alwashliyah Medan ]]>
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DOI: 10.47662/ejeee.v1i2.270
<![CDATA[The objectives of the study were to describe the types of figurative language used in Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows Part 2 Movie and to find out the dominant type of the figurative language used in the movie. This study was conducted by applying descriptive qualitative method. The data were collected from Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows Part 2 Movie by analyzing the dialogues spoken by the actors/actress through its text transcribe. The analysis found out there were 6 types of figurative language used, namely simile 28 (28.57%), metaphor 27 (27.55%), hyperbole 20 (20.40%), idiom 13 (13.26%), personification 6 (6.12%), and proverb 4 (4.08%). The most dominant figurative language used was simile.]]>
<![CDATA[CODE MIXING IN RADITYA DIKA’S MANUSIA SETENGAH SALMON AND KAMBING JANTAN NOVELS ]]>
<![CDATA[Dian Sri Utami]]>;
<![CDATA[Iskandar Zulkarnain]]>;
<![CDATA[Linda Astuti Rangkuti]]>
<![CDATA[ EXCELLENCE: Journal of English and English Education Vol 1 No 2 (2021): Excellence ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Education Study Program FKIP Universitas Alwashliyah Medan ]]>
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DOI: 10.47662/ejeee.v1i2.271
<![CDATA[This study dealt with the use of code mixing in Raditiya Dika’s Manusia Setengah Salmon and Kambing Jantan novels. This study was conducted by applying descriptive qualitative design. The data of this study were collected from two novels by Raditiya Dika: Manusia Setengah Salmon and Kambing Jantan novels. The study’s findings showed that there were only two types of code mixing used in both novels of Manusia Setengah Salmon and Kambing Jantan. They were insertion and alternation types. In Manusia Setengah Salmon novel, insertion type was 95% and alternation type was 5%. While in Kambing Jantan novel, insertion type was 65% and alternation type was 35%. Thus, it can be concluded that insertion type was the dominant type of code mixing used in Manusia Setengah Salmon and in Kambing Jantan novel.]]>
<![CDATA[SPEECH FUNCTION IN SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) BROADCAST ON TELKOMSEL ]]>
<![CDATA[Iskandar Zulkarnain]]>;
<![CDATA[Sofia Idawati Lubis]]>;
<![CDATA[Maswidar Zalukhu]]>
<![CDATA[ EXCELLENCE: Journal of English and English Education Vol 1 No 2 (2021): Excellence ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Education Study Program FKIP Universitas Alwashliyah Medan ]]>
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DOI: 10.47662/ejeee.v1i2.272
<![CDATA[This study discussed the speech function in SMS broadcast. The objective of the study was to find out the types of speech function and the dominant type used in SMS broadcast. The method used in this study was descriptive qualitative design. The sources of the data were taken randomly from the SMS broadcast in TELKOMSEL collected from December 2018 until May 2019 and there were 25 SMS broadcast. The data were classified based on the types of speech function. Based on the findings, it was found that they were 58 speech function occurred such as Command (19 or 32.76%), Statement (25 or 43.10%), Question (2 or 3.45%), and Offer (12 or 20.69%). The most dominant type of speech function was Statement. This result showed that the most dominant type occurred type was due to the fact that the provider (TELKOMSEL) should deal with the customers’ demand to provide them goods or services or the customers should follow the program provided by the service provider.]]>
<![CDATA[LANGUAGE STYLE USED BY ROCKY GERUNG IN INSTAGRAM STATUS ]]>
<![CDATA[Wiki Tedi Rahmawati]]>;
<![CDATA[Yunita Mutiara Harahap]]>;
<![CDATA[Mahroza Mahroza]]>
<![CDATA[ EXCELLENCE: Journal of English and English Education Vol 1 No 2 (2021): Excellence ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Education Study Program FKIP Universitas Alwashliyah Medan ]]>
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DOI: 10.47662/ejeee.v1i2.273
<![CDATA[This study dealt with language style used by Rocky Gerung in Instagram status. It was aimed to describe the types of language style and to find out the most dominant language style used by Rocky Gerung in Instagram status. This study was conducted by using qualitative research design. The source of data was @rockygerungofficial in Instagram. The data were analyzed by using descriptive analysis technique by Miles, Huberman, and Saldana. The result showed that there were 3 concepts of language style used by Rocky Gerung in Instagram, namely intimate style, consultative style, and casual style. In addition, there were 9 sentences (42.86%) for intimate style, 9 sentences (42.86%) for consultative style, and 3 sentences (14.28%) for casual style. The consultative style and intimate style were dominantly used by Rocky Gerung in his Instagram status.]]>
<![CDATA[POLITENESS STRATEGIES OF THE KARONESE FAMILIES IN DELI TUA ]]>
<![CDATA[Linda Astuti Rangkuti]]>;
<![CDATA[Wiki Tedi Rahmawati]]>
<![CDATA[ EXCELLENCE: Journal of English and English Education Vol 1 No 2 (2021): Excellence ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Education Study Program FKIP Universitas Alwashliyah Medan ]]>
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DOI: 10.47662/ejeee.v1i2.280
<![CDATA[This research dealt with politeness strategies of the Karonese Families in Deli Tua. The objective of this study was to describe types of politeness strategies of the Karonese Families. This research applied qualitative research design. The subjects were three of Karonese families who lived in Deli Tua. The subjects were divided into two groups; three subjects from parents and three subjects from children group. The instruments used to gain the data were observation and interview. There were two ways relationships that were observed; first, interaction parent to parent, second, interaction parent to child. The data were analyzed by using data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing/verification. The findings showed that the Karonese families used two types of politeness strategies which were (1) bald on record strategy and (2) positive politeness strategy, both interactions; parent to parent and parent to child. They expressed their politeness strategies by using kinship forms and pronoun. There were three reasons why they used bald on record strategy as the dominant type; first, Social Distance (D) of the speaker and hearer, second, Power (P) between them, and third, the Rank of Imposition (R)]]>
<![CDATA[TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH PLOT RELATIONSHIPS CHART STRATEGY ]]>
<![CDATA[Linda Astuti Rangkuti]]>;
<![CDATA[Wiki Tedi Rahmawati]]>
<![CDATA[ EXCELLENCE: Journal of English and English Education Vol 1 No 2 (2021): Excellence ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Education Study Program FKIP Universitas Alwashliyah Medan ]]>
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DOI: 10.47662/ejeee.v1i2.281
<![CDATA[This article elaborates with teach reading comprehension through Plot Relationships Chart Strategy. Plot Relationships Chart Strategy helps students identify the major parts of a story and improves their comprehension. Comprehension is the main goal in reading process. Reading Comprehension is a process of making sense of written ideas through meaningful interpretation and interaction with language. This strategy provides students with a chart to help them comprehend the relationship among characters, goals, problems, and solutions. The chart has four columns; the first column is for the name of the characters, the second column is for the goals of the characters, the third column is for the problems or challenges that the characters faced, and the last column is for the solution of the problems. At last, this strategy helps students comprehend what they have read]]>
<![CDATA[PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS ON LANGUAGE DISORDER OF THE MAIN CHARACTER WITH ASPERGER SYNDROME IN “PLEASE STAND BY” MOVIE ]]>
<![CDATA[Syahraini Husna Br Lubis]]>;
<![CDATA[Iskandar Zulkarnain]]>;
<![CDATA[Wiki Tedi Rahmawati]]>
<![CDATA[ EXCELLENCE: Journal of English and English Education Vol 2 No 1 (2022): Excellence ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Education Study Program FKIP Universitas Alwashliyah Medan ]]>
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DOI: 10.47662/ejeee.v2i1.331
<![CDATA[This study dealt with the language disorder of the main character in "Please Stand By" movie. The aims of this study were to describe the symptoms and the types of language disorder of the main character who suffered from Asperger Syndrome. The descriptive qualitative method was used in this study and supported by the psycholinguistic approach by using Carrol's theory in describing the symptoms and the types of language disorder faced by the main character in the movie. The study found out that the main character of the movie experienced two types of symptoms of Asperger Syndrome. The first was social communication and social interaction and the second one was restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interest, or activities. It was also found two types of language disorder; they were expressive and receptive language disorder.]]>
<![CDATA[THE EFFECT OF SCRAMBLE METHOD ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN LEARNING VOCABULARY ]]>
<![CDATA[Susi Rosanti]]>;
<![CDATA[Iskandar Zulkarnain]]>;
<![CDATA[Linda Astuti Rangkuti]]>
<![CDATA[ EXCELLENCE: Journal of English and English Education Vol 2 No 1 (2022): Excellence ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Education Study Program FKIP Universitas Alwashliyah Medan ]]>
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DOI: 10.47662/ejeee.v2i1.332
<![CDATA[The objective of this research was to find out the significant effect of the scramble method on students’ achievement in learning vocabulary. The experimental design was used as the research design. The population of this research was taken from the eighth-grade students of SMP Al Washliyah 8 Medan. There were 7 parallel classes with a total number of 231 students. Each class consisted of 33 students. The sample was taken by applying cluster random sampling with the lottery technique. Class VIII1 consisting of 33 students was selected as the experimental group and class VIII3 consisting of 33 students was selected as a control group. The total sample was 66 students. The experimental group was taught by applying the scrambling method, while the control group was taught by applying the conventional method. Multiple-choice tests containing vocabularies were used as the instrument for collecting the data. The mean score of the experimental and control groups were then compared and calculated. The value of both groups then was tested using the t-test formula. It was obtained that that tobserved value was higher than ttable value (7.25 1.66) at a level of significance =0.05 with a degree of freedom df=58. Based on the determined hypothesis, it meant that Ha was accepted and Ho was successfully rejected. Thus, it was concluded that there was a significant effect of the scramble method on students’ achievement in learning vocabulary.]]>
