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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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PROMOTIING LEARNER AUTONOMY: TEACHERS, APPLICATION IN MANAGING CLASS (A STUDY AT SMA ADABIAH, PADANG) Mulyani, Putri; Sani, Riny D.
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 3, No 1 (2017): March 2017
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This study aims to look how the teachers applied the strategies used to promote learner autonomy in the classroom. The research design was descriptive using qualitative approach. Source of the data from this study is an English teacher in high school Adabiah Padang totaling three teachers. In collecting the data, the researcher used observation checklist, field note and video recorder. When observed by using a checklist and field notes, researchers looked at all the activities of teachers and checklist based on indicators of the strategies to promote leaner autonomy in the classroom. Observations were also supported with video recording in order to help the researcher in the data process. There are six indicators used in this study, namely leaner goals, focusing on student's independence from the teacher, providing opportunities for the students to learn from each other, leaner strategy, providing opportunities for self-peer correction and reflection on learning. After analyzing or data process obtained from the use of such instruments, the researcher found that only two of the six indicators are often used by two the teachers from the three teachers that observed were providing opportunities from the student's to learn from each other and providing self-peer opportunities for correction. The percentage of promoting leaner autonomy: teachers' application in managing class at SMA Adabiah Padang, for teacher A is low level (33,3%), for teacher B is low level (33 ,3%) and for teacher C is very low (1 6,6%).
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL OF RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH DIARY WRITING Autila, Rani
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This research investigated the students’ writing skill on Recount Text at Session 2016 A English Department of STKIP PGRI West Sumatera. Some of them had difficulties in organization, content, grammar, mechanic, and vocabulary. Then, they really need lecturers’ guidance in every step of their writing process. Therefore, the independent writing should be applied in each part of their writing process. As consequence, the researcher applied Diary Writing as the focus of research to solve this problem. The purpose was to find whether Diary Writing can improve students’ writing skill on Recount Text. The method of research is a classroom action research (CAR).  This research was conducted in one cycle, which has six meetings. Researcher used writing test, observation checklist, and field note, as the instruments. The findings of the research showed that the students’ writing skill of Recount Text improved through Diary Writing. The implications related to this research, the lecturers are suggested to use Diary Writing to help students to be independent and creative writer and for the next researcher to use Diary Writing in others kinds of texts.
AN ANALYSIS OF HUMOUR IN “MARIO TEGUH GOLDEN WAYS” TALK SHOW CJ, Juvrianto
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communication. In this case, the researcher analyzed the humour expressions appeared in a famous talk show in Indonesia, Mario Teguh Golden Ways. The research is focused on the types of humour expressed by Mario and the audiences during the show. The method of this study was descriptive qualitative since the researcher intended to obtain the conversations among the keynote speaker and participants. . The data were taken from the video of the talk show. The research subjects of this study are the keynote speaker and participants of the talk show Mario teguh golden ways “how to begin to be a richman” episode. The data collections were done as follows: first, the researcher downloaded the videos and transcribed of The Mario teguh talk show. Second, the researcher observed the videos; compared the videos and the transcriptions. Later, the researcher transcribed the parts of the transcription that contain humour to be analyzed further. The findings show that there are many humourous expressions appeared during the show. There are seven extracts which is divided into three classifications of humour; they are irony, teasing and joking. None of the humour expression can be categorized as banter or language play. All of the humour expression are conceptual humour.
THE USING METAPHOR OF KATO SERAH TERIMO TEXT IN BUNGO CULTURE Magria, Vera
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This research examines about the kinds of metaphors that found in the kato serah terimo text in Bungo tradition and the meaning of it. This research applied descriptive qualitative research in which the data are obtained from kato serah terimo text. It took from Bungo official office.The data are collected by observational method supported by note-taking and interviewing technique. After analyzing the data, it is found that there are 10 metaphors included into three from four kinds of metaphor based on Leech (`1981) theory. There are animistic, synaesthetic and concrete to abstract of metaphor. Animistic metaphor dominant exists in kato serah terimo.
TEACHER’S COMPETENCE IN CHOOSING ASSESSMENT METHODS AT SMAN 5 PADANG Fitrianti, Dela; Yulmiati, Yulmiati
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This research explained about teacher competence in choosing assessment methods. This research is qualitative research where the participants are three English teachers at SMA N 5 Padang. The instruments of this research were document chekclist and interview. The result of this research is teachers at SMAN 5 Padang have competence in choosing assessment methods. Their assessment methods also demand the content of validity. In other words, they often used all kinds of assessment methods in the class such as: objective test, essay, written, performance based assessment, self report assessment, oral, assigment and project to assess students at SMAN 5 Padang.
SIMPLE SENTENCE IN GIVING THE TITTLE OF HEADLINE NEWS Merina, Yola
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This research investigates the structure of simple sentence which was used by journalist to convey the news to the reader. Moreover, this paper was performed to investigate the transitivity of simple sentence of the news tittle and also to know the constituent structure in simple sentence in declaring the news to the consumers of news, namely readers. The method of collecting data were performed in observational method with the following technique was non-participant observational technique. The data were taken only from headline news during one month. In analyzing the data, the writer used referential identity method which using equalizer technique as the following technique. The result of this paper showed the simple sentences which were used by journalist were nuclear constituent where the transitivity of sentences were constructed in active sentence and the  part of transitive verbs for fulfilling predicate was also available.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENGLISH SONG IN BUILDING ENGLISH VOCABULARY AT MURNI KINDERGARTEN PADANG Mokhtar, Meidiawaty; Mayuasti, Mayuasti; Ikhsan, M. Khairi
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 3, No 1 (2017): March 2017
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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis penerapan lagu Bahasa Inggris dalam memperkenalkan kosakata Bahasa Inggris oleh guru di Taman Kanak–Kanak Murni Padang. Peneliti menganalisis tahap penerapan sebuah lagu bahasa Inggris yang dapat digunakan oleh guru Bahasa Inggris dalam memperkenalkan kosakata Bahasa Inggris berdasarkan teori dari Case, Lynch, dan Sophya. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif. Dalam penelitian ini, peneliti meminta peneliti sejawat memberikan evaluasi dalam bentuk ceklis observasi yang berisi saran dari peneliti sejawat tentang ketiga tahap observasi penelitian yang telah dilakukan. Dari data yang diberikan oleh peneliti sejawat setelah melakukan tiga kali observasi, ditemukan bahwa guru belum menerapkan seluruh tahap pengajaran dengan sempurna dan anak TK belum mengenal kosakata disaat observasi pertama. Saat observasi kedua, guru telah menerapkan seluruh tahap pengajaran dan anak TK mulai mengenal kosakata. Di akhir observasi, peneliti sejawat menganalisis bahwa peneliti mampu menerapkan seluruh tahap pengajaran lagu bahasa Inggris kepada anak TK Murni dan anak TK mampu mengenal kosakata yang telah dipelajari. Disimpulkan dari hasil penelitian ini bahwa peneliti sudah mampu melakukan seluruh tahapan pengajaran bahasa Inggris melalui lagu dan anak TK meningkat kosakata yang dikenal secara bertahap.

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