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Published by Universitas PGRI Sumatera Barat

ISSN : 24427608 EISSN : 25027468 DOI : https://doi.org/10.22202/tus

Core Subject : Education, Social,

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

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.

Arjuna Subject : Ilmu Sosial - Linguistik dan Bahasa

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INTRODUCING THE INTELLIGIBILITY ISSUES IN EIL CONTEXTS BY USING YOUTUBE VIDEO CLIPS Imelwaty, Sri; Kemal, Edwar; Suharni, Suharni; Perpisa, Lili
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 7, No 2 (2021): September 2021
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Communication problems may occur in EIL contexts when English language users from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds conveying their messages. Being intelligible should not be seen as simple as pronunciation problems but it has other essential issues beyond it. To overcome such problem, there is a need for the English language learners to be aware of the intelligibility issues. This paper discusses the importance of introducing the intelligibility issues in EIL contexts for English language learners at secondary education in order to prepare them to communicate effectively with the diverse English language users around the world. The analytical scheme developed by Hu and McKay (2014) which defines the dimension of integrating multilingual and multicultural practices is adopted to select the YouTube video clips for the teaching materials. This practical guidance for introducing the intelligibility issues to the secondary school students could be employed by the English teachers to raise their students’ awareness toward the construct of intelligibility in EIL contexts.

STUDENTS’ BELIEF ON LEARNING AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Autila, Rani; Merina, Yola; Sevrika, Hevriani
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 7, No 2 (2021): September 2021
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This research investigated students’ belief on learning English as a foreign language at Social Science Department of STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat. Based on the learner-centered approaches to foreign language teaching, it is important for teacher to understand about students’ prior knowledge and experiences, expectations, and attitudes towards language learning. Belief as part of attitude can influence students’ way of thinking, feeling, or making sense of the learning process. Thus, the teachers need to know about students’ belief. The purpose was to find what beliefs about language learning do Social Science Department students hold? The methodology of research is descriptive quantitative research. It describes the phenomena about students’ belief in the field. This study examines all students in Social Science Department of STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat which totally 10 students. The data were taken form a questionnaire. The findings of the research showed that English subject in campus is not enough for students to develop their English ability. However, they belief that they have a special ability in learning English. The results also showed that some students have belief which in learning English students have to know the culture of the native speaker, have good grammar, pronunciation and practice regularly.

INDONESIAN-ENGLISH CODE-MIXING IN INSTAGRAM CAPTIONS OF AN INDONESIAN CELEBGRAM Dewi, Gusti Putu Rustika; Adnyani, Ni Luh Putu Sri; Padmadewi, Ni Nyoman; Suwastini, Ni Komang Arie; Jayantini, I Gusti Agung Sri Rwa
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 7, No 2 (2021): September 2021
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Code mixing is a sociolinguistic phenomenon that deals with bilingual speakers' ability to use language features of two languages in one sentence or utterance. This research investigated the type of code-mixing used by an Indonesian celebgram and explored reasons for using code-mixing in Instagram captions of an Indonesian celebgram. The data for this study were collected from Instagram captions posted by an Indonesian celebgram @keanuagl from February 2020 to September 2020. The data were analyzed by using Muysken’s theory of type of code-mixing. The reasons for using code-mixing in Instagram captions were analyzed using Hoffman's theory which covers seven reasons. The findings showed that insertion was the most frequent type of code-mixing used by @keanuagl. It was followed by congruent lexicalization, and the minor type used was alternation. It was found that the percentage of insertion was 68.96%, alternation was 10.34%, and congruent lexicalization was 20.68%. For the reason of using code-mixing, it was found that there were only three reasons that motivated the use of code-mixing by @keanuagl in his Instagram captions. Those reasons were to talk about a particular topic, show empathy or solidarity, and intend to clarify the speech content for the interlocutor.

THE MANIFESTATION OF CRITICAL THINKING ELEMENTS IN EFL STUDENTS’ ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING Halum, Yustus Sentus; Guna, Stanislaus
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 7, No 2 (2021): September 2021
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This qualitative study aims at investigating patterns of argumentative structure manifested in the students’ argumentative paragraphs. The result of this study showed that the six elements of critical thinking proposed by Stapleton were represented in the students’ argumentative writing. Arguments were used by all the 30 students (100%), reasons were 21 students (70%), evidences were 20students (66,7%), refuse of opposition (ROP) were 10 students (33,3%), conclusion were 15 students (50%), and then fallacies were used by 25 students (83,3%). Based on the result of this study it can be concluded that all the critical thinking elements proposed by Stapleton were manifested in the third grade students’ argumentative writing. However, not all the students put all the six elements in their writing except argument. Most of the students overwhelmed in highlighted the refutation point of view in whole their argumentative essay and then in drawing the conclusion. Indeed, most of students produced many fallacies which made their argument weak. Based on the numbers of students who put those elements, the total of each criteria existence also counted. The dominant presence of those criteria were fallacies, which impacted by the lack of putting logical reasons, evidences and illogical conclusion as could be the effect of students’ reading habit. The weakest numbers of ROP indicated the students made the readers difficult to decide whether pro or contra to their standing positions.

COGNITIVE LEVEL IN READING QUESTION OF STUDENT'S BOOK "BAHASA INGGRIS" FOR TENTH GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Ainayah, Alya; Riza, Armilia; Yulmiati, Yulmiati
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 7, No 2 (2021): September 2021
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This research was a descriptive research that aimed to analyze the cognitive level of reading questions in student’s book "Bahasa Inggris". Researcher analyzed the level of reading questions in the textbook based on the revised edition of Bloom’s Taxonomy. In the revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy there are 6 levels of question levels, namely: C1-Remembering, C2-Understanding, C3-Applying, C4- Analyzing, C5-Evaluating, and C6-Creating. The researcher used the textbook "Bahasa Inggris" as a source of data. The researcher used document checklist table in collected the data and analyzed the data to found the research findings. Researcher analyzed the questions only focused on reading questions in chapters of monologue text. After conducted the study, there were 7 chapters containing questions and there were 98 reading questions. The results showed that the level of questions contained in the textbook "Bahasa Inggris" only 5 levels. The results of the study, found the percentage of each level is 75.51% for remembering level, 9.18% for understanding level, 2.04% for applying level, 8.16% for analyzing, and 5.10% for evaluating. Of these, the most dominant level in the book is remembering with a percentage of 75.51%.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMIP (ENGLISH MODUL INTERACTIVE POWERPOINT) TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ LEARNING OUTCOME Nusi, Ahmad; Limba, Paulina; Abrahamsz, Metty; Marantika, Mey
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 7, No 2 (2021): September 2021
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This study preciously aims to elucidate the development of EMIP (English Module Interactive PowerPoint) to improve students’ learning outcomes, staff of general affairs, at Ambon State Polytechnic. This study used research and development (R&D), encompassing of the preliminary study, model development and model testing. The results of this study were obviously eligible based on the development steps. The first results of media and material validation were shown with average score of 78,8% and 86,2% respectively. The second result, the staff general affairs' responses to EMIP (English module interactive PowerPoint) on small-scale with scored 80.75% and large-scale trials obtained a score of 84%. Furthermore, based on the value obtained, the EMIP (English module interactive PowerPoint) was feasible (very valid) to be implemented to the staff general affairs students. Referring to the test results of the staff general affairs students learning on small-scale result, it briefly showed that 62% of students totally passed with the score 74. Moreover, on a large-scale result, 100% of the students passed and scored 75. Finally, it can be concluded that the development of EMIP (English module interactive PowerPoint) is appropriate for staff general affairs at Ambon State Polytechnic.

STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES IN UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEXTS
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 7, No 2 (2021): September 2021
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This study entitled “Students’ Difficulties in Comprehending English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Text” was intended to find out the challenging areas of difficulty in reading comprehension and to find out why the students faced the difficulties in that areas. The participants of this study were the students of XIIPA-3 and there were 26 students of XIIPA-3. The instruments of this study were test, and interview guides. Based on the analysis of the test, the writer found that the challenging areas in comprehending the text were inference, vocabulary and phrase questions and this question also was classified into the difficult question based on index difficulty formula. Through the interview, the writer found that the students are poor in vocabulary mastery, and limited knowledge in analyzing reading comprehension question. Thus, this study found that the three areas above were the challenging parts faced by the students. There were some factors influencing the students’ challenging in comprehending the text. First it was also influenced by their weaknesses in mastering wide range of vocabulary, sentence structure, and reading comprehension question types in English. And the second was lack of knowledge in analyzing the text.

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Willy Satria

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Kampus Universitas PGRI Sumatera Barat, Jl. Gunung Pangilun, Padang, Sumatera Barat

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