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Genre Journal: Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS UNIMED
ISSN : 23015160     EISSN : 29861551     DOI : https://doi.org/10.24114/genre.v11i4
Genre Journal : is a journal of art creation and study managed by the English and Literature Program, faculty of Language and Art, State University of Medan. Genre is a quarterly publication primarily intended to publish articles, either research-based or conceptual, on language teaching and learning, language acquisition, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics.
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THE READABILITY IN ENGLISH ZONE TEXTBOOK FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA N 2 BANDAR Lilis Uliartha Nababan; Willem Saragih; Syamsul Bahri
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 1 (2017)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

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This study was carried out to find out the readability level of the reading texts in English Zone textbook by using Flesch Reading Ease Formula and Cloze Test at the tenth grade students of SMA N 2 Bandar. The population of this research was the tenth grade students of SMA N 2 Bandar in the academic year 2015/2016. The textbook consists of 181 pages with 29 reading texts in it. The researcher took 5 reading texts from the English textbook entitled English Zone published by Penerbit Erlangga and the tenth grade students of 30 students as the sample. The method used in this study was descriptive analysis using quantitative data. The instruments of the research were Flesch Reading Ease Formula and Cloze Test. The data were analyzed using Flesch Reading Ease Formula which is focused on the average number of the syllables per words. The result of the analysis by using Flesch Reading Ease Formula is grouped into three levels which are Very Easy, Easy, and Fairly Easy. The average readability score for all texts is 82.6 which implies that the text are in Fairly Easy Level. The result of the analysis by using Cloze Test, the average readability score of the five texts is 51.20% (Independent Level), the text are predicted to be of appropriate difficulty. It could be concluded that the reading texts were in the English Zone textbook were not suitable to be used by the students at the tenth grade students of SMA N 2 Bandar. Keywords :Readability, Textbook, Fesch Reading Ease Formula
DEVELOPING ENGLISH LISTENING MATERIALS FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF TOURISM MAJOR IN VOCATIONAL SCHOOL Simon Christofel Silalahi; Rahmad Husein; Anggraini Thesisia Saragih
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 1 (2017)
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The objective of this study is to find out what the English listening materials are appropriate for students in tourism major. Indonesia has many spots for tourism then it makes government to improve the students’ ability in tourism major. Since the students need to communicate with other people especially tourist then it needs to improve listening skill. Because basically listening is a skill of English that consists of receiving, constructing, and responding to verbal or nonverbal massage. In fact, the finding of materials that provided for the Grade X students of Tourism major at SMK Negeri 7 Medan that listening materials provided in the textbook are not related to the students’ major. Then it is needed to develop the English listening materials for the tenth grade of tourism major. The research was conducted by using Research and Development (R&D) method. The subject of this research was 2016/2017 students of the tenth grade of tourism major in SMK Negeri 7 Medan. The number of the students was 26 students. The data of this study were collected by using need analysis questionnaire, and interview. It was found that 61.90% of the respondents assumed that existing listening materials are not related to their major, and 93.75% expected major-related English listening materials. The experts’ validation shows that the developed listening materials are appropriate and recommended to be used. At the end of this study, teachers are expected to be able to see the students’ needs and can prepare even develop the materials in order to meet students’ needs and job. Key words: Research and Development, English listening materials, Tourism
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BLOOM’S TAXONOMY ON THE ENGLISH SUMMATIVE TEST ITEMS FOR SECOND YEAR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016 Nurul Soraya Saragih; Indra Hartoyo; Johannes Jefria Gultom
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 1 (2017)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

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This study aimed to analyze the distribution of cognitive level of Bloom’s Taxonomy in English Summative Test items for reading comprehension in odd and even semesters of second year students in SMAN 1 in Tebing Syahbandar academic year 2015/2016. The method of this research is descriptive qualitative research for collect, analyze and classify reading questions based on revised of Bloom’s Taxonomy. The data of this study were taken from English Summative Test for eleventh grade of SMAN 1 Tebing Syahbandar. The results of this study are: for odd semester C1 (69.23%), C2 (15.38%), C3 (7.69%), C4 (7.69%), C5 (0%) and C6 (0%); and for even semester C1 (38.89%), C2 (5.56%), C3 (0%), C4 (55.56%), C5 (0%) and C6 (0%). Adapted by Sudjana (2009), these results do not achieve proportion of thinking order skill that the total of C1 and C2 is 30%, C2 and C3 is 40%, C4 and C5 is 30%. It shows that the distribution of cognitive level of Bloom’s Taxonomy in English Summative Test items for reading comprehension in odd and even semesters of second year students in SMAN 1 in Tebing Syahbandar academic year 2015/2016 are not appropriate.Key words: English summative test, reading comprehension questions, revised Bloom’s Taxonomy.
THEME, RHEME AND THEMATIC PROGRESSION OF STUDENTS’ HORTATORY EXPOSITION TEXT AT THE TWELFTH GRADE OF MAN 2 MODEL MEDAN Fajriah Hasanah; Anni Holila Pulungan; I Wy. Dirgeyasa
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 1 (2017)
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This study deals with the theme, rheme and thematic progression of students’ hortatory exposition text of the Twelfth Grade at MAN 2 Model Medan. The objectives of the study were to investigate thematic progression pattern used and the misuse of theme and rheme occurs in students’ hortatory exposition text. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The data in this study were clauses of students’ hortatory exposition text. The instrument for collecting data was writing test of hortatory exposition text. The data were analyzed by using interactive model technique of Miles, Huberman and Saldana (2014). The findings indicated that there were two patterns of thematic progression used in students’ hortatory exposition text, they were Theme Reiteration/Constant Theme Pattern (TR/CTP), and Zig-zag/Linear Theme Pattern (Zig-zag/LTP). In terms of the problems of the misuse from theme and rheme, there two occurred in the students’ hortatory exposition text, they were the problems of brand new theme and empty rheme. Keywords: Theme, Rheme, Thematic Progression, Hortatory Exposition text.
EXAMINING EFL CLASSROOM INTERACTION BASED ON SINCLAIR AND COULTHARD MODEL Nurul Wulanda; Anni Holila Pulungan; Isli Iriani Indiah Pane
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 1 (2017)
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The aim of this study were (a) to identify classroom discourse patternings of EFL classroom interaction based on Sinclair and Coulthard Model, and (b) to describe how EFL classroom interaction affects the students’ learning process based on Sinclair and Coulthard Model. The subject of this study were an English Teacher, and 40 students of XI MIA 1, SMA Swasta Nurul Iman. The instrument for collecting data were observation and recording. The result of this research were the following, (a) it was found that in the classroom discourse, there were seven patterns initiated by the teacher and four patterns initiated by the student as the IRF (Initiation-Response-Feedback) was used more often by the teacher, (b) the interaction affects the teaching learning process in a way how the lesson passed on to the student affects the goal of learning English itself to be able to use English both inside and outside the classroom. It can be concluded that the students were not getting used to interact with English, and the goal of communicative skill in English was not achieved. Thus, the teachers should reorganize the activities which can foster more interaction by using English in the classroom. Keywords: Classroom interaction, classroom discourse, Sinclair and Coulthard, IRF Pattern.
DEVELOPING LEARNING MATERIAL OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS AS A SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL Frikson Siburian; Meisuri Meisuri; Sumarsih Sumarsih
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 1 (2017)
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The objective of this study was to develop learning material on descriptive text based on the students’ needs as a supplementary material. This research was conducted as research and development (R & D) design. The data were taken from the books, internet and environment. The instruments used in this research were questionnaire and interview. The product of this study was a set of learning material that can be used as a supplementary material. The developed learning material consisted of two units, namely: Describing peoples which was consisted of two texts namely describing public figure (Jokowi Dodo) and describing an Idol (Agnes Monica) and Describing places consisted of three texts namely; Azizi mosque, Tangkahan and Bukit Lawang. Each of the text consisted of two kinds of exercise and in the last page of the product were provided the answer keys. Keywords: Reading Learning Material, Supplementary Material, Descriptive text.
LANGUAGE FEATURES OF TEACHER’S TALK IN TEACHING PROCEDURE TEXT FOR THE TWELFTH GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT SMA SWASTA TUNAS PELITA BINJAI Siska Rahayu; Amrin Saragih; Isli Iriani Indiah Pane
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 1 (2017)
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This study aims at analyzing features of teacher’s talk in teaching procedure text. The data of the study were the script of utterances the teacher and students. The source of data were the twelfth grade of Senior High School at SMA Swasta Tunas Pelita Binjai where the teacher taught 27 students in one class. This study was used descriptive qualitative. SETT (Self Evaluation of Teacher Talk) framework used to identify and classified features of teacher talk during learning process which used video recording and field notes. The finding of the study showed that the dominant feature of teacher talk was extended leaner-turn (41, 6%). This feature effected on the students’ learning process because the teacher gave the opportunity to the learners to deliver their ideas, it could improve the learners’ speaking skill. Keywords :  Procedure Text, Features of Teacher Talk, Learning Process.
POLITENESS STRATEGIES USED BY AN ENGLISH TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM AT MTS SWASTA AL-JIHAD MEDAN Jumita Sari; Rahmad Husein; Syamsul Bahri
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 1 (2017)
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This study aimed at investigating types of politeness strategies used by an English teacher in the classroom, and to describe the reasons politeness strategies realized by English teacher in the classroom. This study was conducted by applying descriptive qualitative research. The source of the data was an English teacher of class VIII in MTs Swasta Al-Jihad Medan. The researcher used random sampling technique. The instruments of this study were interview and video recording. The data were analyzed using data descriptive. The findings of the result were that: (1) There were three of politeness strategies, namely: Bald on Record (38.1%), Positive Politeness (33.33%), and Negative Politeness (28.57%) and Off Record (0%). (2) Bald on Record was realized because it made close relationship between teacher and students, Positive Politeness was realized because to give respect to the students during teaching learning process, Negative Politeness was realized to maintain closer friend among them, and Off Record never realized by English teacher during teaching learning process. Keywords: Politeness, Politeness Strategies, and Roles of Teacher.
DEVELOPING ENGLISH READING MATERIAL FOR FASHION DESIGN PROGRAM IN VOCATIONAL SCHOOL Zhana Sabrina Amelia; Busmin Gurning; Isli Iriani Indiah Pane
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 1 (2017)
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This study concern on how reading text materials are developed for fashion design vocational school. The objectives of this research were: (1) to design English reading material for students in Fashion Design Program, (2) to develop English reading material for students in Fashion Design Program. This study was conducted by using developmental research (R & D). The subject of the research was grade twelve in SMK N 10 Medan consisting of 33 students. Instrumentation for collecting data was document, questionnaire, and interview. After analyzing the data, the writer got the students’ need learning English based on their program in school. Based on the students’ need analysis, it was got some reading materials from the students’ book are not appropriate with the syllabus. Then, there is reading material that should develop based on their syllabus and their need. After the materials had been designed, the reading materials were done. The results show of the 84.1% from the Expert – lecturer and 92.1% from the Expert – English teacher, for the new reading material and the categorized is “relevant” as the reading material criteria. The developed teaching materials were related to the vocation that the students had; it was fashion design program. The development of materials followed six stages; those were gathering information and data, analyzing data, designing new reading material, validating expert, revising new reading material from experts’ suggestion and developing reading material (final product). Keywords: Develop, Reading Text Materials, Fashion Design, Vocational School, Developmental Research
CLASSROOM INTERACTION IN ENGLISH LESSON BASED ON FLANDER’S INTERACTION CATEGORIES (FIAC) Elfridayani Purba; Amrin Saragih; Siti Aisyah Ginting
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 1 (2017)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

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This study focuces on analyzing the process of classroom interaction through Flanders Interaction Analysis Category (FIAC) model. The objective was to describe how the teacher and students use the categories of classroom interaction in English class by using Flanders Interaction Analysis Category (FIAC) model. The data was found based on the data transcription. The source of the data was the utterances between English teacher and 7th grade students at SMP N 1 SEIBAMBAN. The instruments for data collection were observation, video recording, and note talking. The data analysis applied descriptive qualitative research. It was found that the total percentage each categories classroom interaction were accepts feelings (0.57%), praise and encourages (1.34%), accepts or uses the ideas of the students (0.19%), asks questions (13.74%), lecturing (7.06%), giving directions (30.9%), criticizing or justifying authority (3.91%), students talk-response (28.81%), students talk-initiation (0.29%), and silence or confusion (13.17%). It showed that students participated in the interaction process. Keywords: Teacher Talk, Students Talk, Flanders Interaction Analysis Categories (FIAC) model.

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