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TELL - US JOURNAL
ISSN : 24427608     EISSN : 25027468     DOI : https://doi.org/10.22202/tus
Core Subject : Education, Social,
The purpose of TELL-US Journal is to promote the wide dissemination of the results of systematic scholarly inquiries into the broad field of English research. TELL-US Journal is intended to be the journal for publishing articles reporting the results of research on English. The TELL-US Journal invites manuscripts within spectrum: English Language Teaching General English Studies Linguistics (Language Studies) Literature (Literary Studies) Usage The TELL-US Journal accepts articles in any English related subjects and any research methodology that meet the standards established for publication in the journal. The primary, but not exclusive, audiences are academicians, graduate students, practitioners, and others interested in English research. Discussions on the latest issues in relation to the above topics are the main spectrum of this journal. Research articles, book reviews, or annotated bibliography are welcomed to be published in this journal. All topics need to be the factual and discussed among the scholars in the field of English language and literature or English Education. The primary criterion for publication in TELL-US Journal is the significance of the contribution an article makes to the literature , i.e., the significance of the contribution and on the rigor of analysis and presentation of the paper. The acceptance decision is made based upon an independent review process that provides critically constructive and prompt evaluations of submitted manuscripts.
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IMPROVING STUDENTS' SKILL IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXTS THROUGH PICTURE SERIES Yunita, Ita; Regina, Regina; Rezeki, Yanti Sri
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 10, No 3 (2024): September 2024
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22202/tus.2024.v10i3.8580

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This research aimed to describe how picture series improved students’ skill in writing recount text. This research was conducted to Year-8 students of SMPN 01 Semparuk in Academic Year 2023/2024. The students in class VIII B that consist of 23 students were the subject of this research. The method used in this research was Classroom Action Research which has been conducted in two cycles. The researcher used observation checklist table, field notes and writing test as the tools of data collection in this research, and the data has been analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively by referring to the result of tools of data collection. The finding showed that the use of picture series improved students’ skill in writing recount text. Students’ participation, students’ mastery of writing recount text, students’ writing test score and class situation had a better improvement from the first cycle to the second cycle. It could be concluded that students’ skill in writing recount text through picture series improved.
AN ANALYSIS OF TYPES AND CONTEXTS OF DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS IN HOWARD AND BUSH’S ENCANTO MOVIE Putri, Rizki Rienda Solehati; Delfi, Syofia; Eliwarti, Eliwarti
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22202/tus.2024.v10i3.8081

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The aspect of Directive Speech Acts can be analyzed through movie in order to find out how they are used in everyday situations. The result might be useful for learners whose first language is not English. In order to find out types and contexts of Directive Speech Acts in a movie, this research aims to analyze types and contexts of Directive Speech Acts used in Howard and Bush’s Encanto Movie. The research method is descriptive qualitative research. The instrument of this research is audio-visual material and script of Encanto movie. The data were analyzed by using thematic analysis. The analysis about types of Directive Speech Acts is based on Searle’s theory and the context of Directive Speech Acts is based on Dell Hymes’s theory called SPEAKING MODEL as the reason in all produced utterance. The results of analysis show there are 10 types of Directive Speech Acts found in this movie. The most dominant types are commanding (23 data), questioning (19 data), and ordering (16 data), meanwhile, the less dominant type is prohibiting (1 data). The finding about the contexts of Directive Speech Acts shows 8 aspects of context in this movie. As the implication of this study, English teachers are expected to attract students’ interest in watching movie for outside classroom activities in order to learn the appropriate use of directive speech acts.
Investigating the Students’ Challenges and Opportunities in Self-Directed English Language Learning Through Social Media Content: A Case Study of Merdeka Curriculum School Fahrezi Munthe, MHD. Husri Zaini; Dewi, Utami
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22202/tus.2024.v10i3.8525

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This study examines the challenges and opportunities encountered by students in self-directed English language learning through social media content within the framework of Merdeka Curriculum schools. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five junior high school students using a qualitative approach. The thematic content analysis reveals several key challenges, such as difficulties selecting appropriate content, distractions from non-academic material, and a lack of guidance. However, students also identified important opportunities, such as flexible learning times and places, increased motivation, access to various resources, and opportunities to interact with native speakers and peers from different backgrounds. The results of this study highlight the importance of more structured strategies and guidelines to help students effectively utilize social media in English language learning.
THE ANALYSIS OF LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF MILO ADVERTISEMENT Ikrimah, Ikrimah; Altalarik, Agel; Luardini, Maria Arina
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22202/tus.2024.v10i3.7397

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An advertisement can be in the form of text, a picture, audio, or video and is intended to promote a certain product. Certainly, an advertisement may be analyzed in terms of the linguistic features that it contains. Linguistic features encompass the utilization of sentence structure, grammatical conventions, and mechanical elements within written communication. This analysis has an intention to find out the linguistic features of Milo advertisement, as well as the visual features, and the relationship between them. The approach that was taken was a form of description that involves monitoring the official advertisement that was available on Youtube platform then the researchers analyzed it. The result showed that there were lexical, morphological, and syntactic aspect appeared, where there were verb phrase, noun phrase, and adjective for lexical and morphological aspect, meanwhile imperative and declarative for syntactic aspect.
EXAMINING SPEECH ACTS AND PRAGMATIC IMPLICATIONS IN BBC NEWS HEADLINES: MEDIA DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON THE PALESTINE-ISRAEL CONFLICT Hidayoza, Prima; Muslim, Ahmad Bukhori
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22202/tus.2024.v10i3.8434

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The framework underpinning the Speech Acts theory developed by Searle (1979) examining the headlines of one online International news advocating the never-ending conflict of Palestine-Israel becomes a fundamental analysis of this research. The qualitative case study is presented by 26 selected headlines (ranging from 6 to 13 words) from BBC News distinguished with the world–Middle East section of the Gaza and Israel war. This covers the headline from October 2023 to January 2024. The document analysis through the written texts of headlines was the main data. The research shows that there are four of five categories of speech acts found in this research, calculating “assertive” and “commisive” as both the largest and the least frequent models under the main framework of the Searle model. The pragmatics analysis is also integrated which presents five different types of implications including the involvement of external actors, statistics of released hostages, casualties of the war, Benjamin Netanyahu's point of view, and the war condition.
AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHER’S DISCOURSE MARKERS IN THE CLASSROOM INTERACTION Sukriyah, Nazifah Rahma; Jismulatif, Jismulatif; Delfi, Syofia
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22202/tus.2024.v10i3.8080

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This research aims to find out the types of discourse markers used in the teacher talk and the reasons for the presence of its dominant use. The subject of this study was an English teacher of SMP YLPI Marpoyan. This study used a descriptive qualitative design. The data was gathered through observation, recording, and interview. The data were evaluated using Fung and Carter's (2007) hypothesis. The result of the study revealed that there were four types of teacher discourse markers in English classroom interaction: interpersonal, referential, structural, and cognitive. Interpersonal marker is the most dominant type of discourse markers used by the teacher with 49,21%, referential 23,43%, structural 21,87%, and cognitive 5,46%. The reasons for the teacher's use of interpersonal markers as the dominant one were influenced by the presage category and the context category. The English teacher was suggested to understand the importance of employing discourse markers in conversations to add to the efficacy of the teaching and learning process.
TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT IN INTERNATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL: BENEFITS AND OBSTACLES Purnamasari, Rike; Anam, Syafi'ul; Munir, Ahmad
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 10, No 3 (2024): September 2024
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22202/tus.2024.v10i3.8484

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Since assessment is an essential component of education, various assessments, both short-term and long-term, can be used throughout or at the end of the learning process. Among these, alternative assessment becomes prominent to be applied. This study reveals the teachers’ views and experiences, the potential advantages, and challenges of implementing alternative assessment in primary international schools. Data were collected through open-ended questionnaire from international primary school teachers that have experienced more than 10 years. This study discovered four notable benefits and three notable challenges that have been deduced from the current theoretical framework. The benefits can be classified into four main categories: enhancing students' performance, catering to different learning styles and preferences, emphasizing process-oriented learning, and promoting motivation. The three obstacles are to the issues of subjectivity and trustworthiness, time limitations, and the selection of the suitable methodology. Alternative assessment is crucial as it offers a valuable opportunity to improve students' learning and should be implemented to allow students to strengthen their skills. Hence, it is imperative for EFL teachers to regard alternative assessment as a viable option for classroom assessment.
ENGLISH TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT LITERACY AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS OF KERINCI Nezfi, Nauval Zalmi
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22202/tus.2024.v10i3.7917

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Based on the observation in the field, the researcher identify the problem as follow: English teachers look at assessment as something that is final with a purposeof just giving students a grade. The purpose of this research was to To find out how do English teachers’ perception of Language Assessment Literacy  at SMP Kerinci. The design of this research was quantitatif descriptive. In collecting the data, the researcher was distributed questionnaire to the respondents to assess their perception on LAL. Based on the finding of the resrech, 1). the total mean of teachers’ perception of Language Assessment Literacy (LAL)  was 3.37. It mens that the teachers’ perception of LAL was at medium level. 2). the item anlysis of Langauge assessment literacy of  knowledge components it was found that the total mean of this components was 2.63. It means that the teacher sometimes used knowledge components in LAL. 3). Then, the item anlysis of Langauge assessment literacy of  skills components it was found that the total mean of this components was 2.83. It means that the teacher sometimes used skills components in LAL. 4). In other hand, the item anlysis of Langauge assessment literacy of  principles  components it was found that the total mean of this components was 3.56. Thus, it can be concluded that the teachers’ perception of  LAL of principles component was at High level criteria. It means that the teacher usualy/often used principles  components in LAL
AN ANALYSIS OF CODE MIXING USED ON GITA SAVITRI'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL Khairinnahda, Fitra; Delfi, Syofia; Eliwarti, Eliwarti
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22202/tus.2024.v10i3.8105

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Sociolinguistic is an interdisciplinary field of science that studies language in relation to the use of that language in society. The process of communication in which two languages used together by the speakers, sociolinguistics experts call it code mixing. Code-mixing is the use of two or more languages to interact with speakers in situations that require mixing the code. This research aims to discover the types and reasons of code-mixing used in the Gita Savitri YouTube channel. In this study, the writer used qualitative research design in the descriptive form. The results reveal 164 data of code-mixing. The first video, with the title ”Jadi Kaum Open-Minded,” with a total of 92 data, contains intra sentential and intra-lexical code mixing; the second video, with the title “Pengen Jago Bahasa Inggris,” with a total 44 data code mixing, contains intra sentential and intra lexical code mixing. The last video the titled “Memahami Tone Policing: Taktik Membungkam Suara Yang Terpingirkan,” a total of 28 data containing intra-sentential and intra-lexical code mixing. The writer found the reasons for code mixing: talking about a particular topic, repetition used to clarify, and being emphatic about something in three videos. In summary, findings indicate that the three videos on Gita Savitri’s YouTube channel have a lot of code-mixing for viewers to know this phenomenon with the most significant number being in the video with the title “Jadi Kaum Open-Minded”.Keywords: analysis,code mixing, types of code mixing, reasons for code mixing
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING CHATGPT ON STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Salsabila, Tiara; Syafrizal, Syafrizal; Handayani, Ika
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22202/tus.2024.v10i3.8551

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The study aims to assess the effectiveness of ChatGPT in improving grade XI students' writing skills at SMAN 1 Puloampel. The method used was a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design involving 60 students divided into a control group and an experimental group. Data were collected through pre-tests and post-tests in the form of essays. The results of the analysis using the Independent T-test showed a significance value (2-tailed) of 0.000, which means that the null hypothesis (H0) can be rejected, supporting the alternative hypothesis (Ha). Moreover, the effect size test yielded a value of 1.18, indicating a "high effect" category according to Cohen's interpretation. It suggests that ChatGPT was an effective medium in improving the writing skills of eleventh-grade students at SMAN 1 Puloampel, particularly in explanation text material.

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