TELL - US JOURNAL
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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<![CDATA[POETRY IN EFL CLASSROOM ]]>
<![CDATA[Antika, Rindilla]]>
<![CDATA[ TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 2, No 2 (2016): December 2016 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22202/tus.2016.v2i2.1335
<![CDATA[Literature is considered as a promoting tool for language learning purposes. Literature can be used to foster students motivation to read and write in order to achieve their academic proficiency. Poetry as a part of literature has affirmed that literature has a great deal in developed students’ literacy competence. This paper argues for the use of literature and some approaches in teaching and learning literature especially poetry in EFL classroom. This paper also elaborates some benefits of using literature and poetry in the EFL classroom and proposes some assessments which can be used to assess students’ literary competence in poetry.]]>
<![CDATA[EFL Classroom Discourse; From the Perspective of Discourse Analysis and Conversation Analysis ]]>
<![CDATA[Putri, Dian Mega]]>
<![CDATA[ TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 4, No 1 (2018): March 2018 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22202/tus.2018.v4i1.2387
<![CDATA[This research aims to analyze the EFL classroom discourse by investigating the terms of IRF (Initiation, Response, and Feedback) structures, turn taking, conversational repair and repetition. The subjects were two English teachers and their students from different schools SMKN 10 and SMA Adabiah Padang. The data was collected from classroom recording. The recordings were taken in one meeting for each teacher. There are four findings in this research. First, the discourse structure in EFL classroom is more complex than single IRF model which also includes the IRFR structure, the IR [I1R1 … (InRn)] F structure and the IR1F1R2F2 …RnFn structure. Second, students in EFL classroom rarely initiate the conversation, and usually take the turn by nomination. Third, it is found that repairs are frequently adopted by the teacher and students to cope with problems in speaking, hearing and understanding. Fourth, repetition frequently occurs in EFL classroom, and teachers usually use repetition to emphasize or guide students to complete utterance, and students usually repeat part or all teachers’ utterance to show their confirmation or doubts. In conclusion most of the interaction in the EFL classroom is from the teacher to the students, there is little student initiative and little student-student interaction. ]]>
<![CDATA[RESEPTIVE AND EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE ABILITY OF BILINGUAL CHILD WITH ADHD: A Case Study at SDS Permata Ananda Bekasi. ]]>
<![CDATA[Marita, Tia]]>;
<![CDATA[Sastra, Gusdi]]>;
<![CDATA[Lindawati, Lindawati]]>
<![CDATA[ TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 6, No 2 (2020): November 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22202/tus.2020.v6i2.3844
<![CDATA[This research focused on examining the receptive and expressive abilities of a child with ASD/ADHD with initial name “T” who is able to communicate with two language or a bilingual at SDS Permata Ananda in Bekasi. ASD is the condition of a child with developmental disorder mostly affects the ability in interaction, communication, and socializing. The purpose of this research is to find out the receptive and expressive ability of a child with such difficulties and able to acquire not one but two language in young age. This research was conducted by using observation method and Simak, Libat, Cakap (SLB) technique in which researchers were directly involved in interviews and interactions with the subject. The language used in interactions is Indonesian as T’s first language (L1) and English as her second language (L2). The results of this study indicated that the subject has excellent receptive and expressive abilities in receiving and producing speech both in L1 and L2. The receptive and expressive ability of the subject both in L1 and L2 can be found from how the subject is able to understand the meaning and purpose of the speech of the interlocutor and then provided responses in the form of speech that is appropriate to the context of the speech of the interlocutor. These findings prove that by getting the right treatments and strategies as early as possible, the interaction difficulty will not become a problem in language acquisition.]]>
<![CDATA[READING HABITS AND THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL AMONG EFL LEARNERS ]]>
<![CDATA[Setyaningrum, Riya Risqi]]>;
<![CDATA[Fatmawati, Riryn]]>;
<![CDATA[Nahdiah, Sirli]]>
<![CDATA[ TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 8, No 3 (2022): English Education Art ]]>
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DOI: 10.22202/tus.2022.v8i3.6205
<![CDATA[The study aims to find out the reading habits of EFL students to find out the writing skill of students and to find out a significant relationship between students' reading habits and the writing skill of students in the informatics engineering study program UNISLA. The method of study is quantitative with a correlation descriptive design. The data collection is documentation of students’ score in portfolio writing and the questionnaire’s score of reading habits. The instruments of research are the report mark of students’ writing ability and the questionnaire. The finding showed that the value of “r” is 0.41. It means that the correlation between students' reading habits and writing skill between English learners of Informatics Engineering at UNISLA in the academic year 2021/2022 were "Fairly High Correlation". A grade of r (0.41) ≥ of r-table (0.317) proves that Ha is accepted, so there is a significant relationship between students' reading habits and writing skill between Informatics Engineering study program learners at UNISLA in the academic year 2021/2022. Finally, researchers suggested to English teachers should get students interested in reading books by providing facilities and motivation to students. If the student has a high reading habit, the student will write easily in English.]]>
<![CDATA[POSITIVE-SELF AND NEGATIVE OTHER PRESENTATION IN THE 2016 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENT SPEECHES: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ]]>
<![CDATA[Rinaldo, Zainal Arifin]]>
<![CDATA[ TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 2, No 1 (2016): March 2016 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22202/tus.2016.v2i1.1333
<![CDATA[The aim of this research is to investigate the ideology manifestation of each political party (Republican and Democratic) with respect to the current issue of social, economy, politics, education, and foreign policy of the U.S. through the analysis of positive-self and negative-other presentation in the announcement speeches delivered by the candidates who run for the 2016 U.S. Presidential bid. Besides, this study also aims at investigating how the candidates from each party try to justify themselves and persuade the audience to win their consensus. The four candidates whose speeches being analyzed are Hillary Rodham Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, and Ben Carson. The research was conducted under the theory of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) proposed by Dijk and Wodak. The result shows that the positive-self and negative-other presentation performed by the candidates through p r e d i c a t i o n a l , r e f e r e n t i a l / n o m i n a t i o n , a r g u m e n t a t i o n , p e r s p e c t i v a t i o n , and i n t e n s i f y i n g s t r a t e g i e s . The presence of positive-self and negative-other presentation indicate that the manifestation of ideology in political speech is possible to be delivered through implicit assumptions and evaluative attributions.]]>
<![CDATA[STUDENTS’ READING ABILITY IN RECOUNT TEXT AT SMP N 4 BATANG ANAI ]]>
<![CDATA[Nusri, Febrina]]>;
<![CDATA[Syafar, Dian Noviani]]>
<![CDATA[ TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 3, No 2 (2017): September 2017 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22202/tus.2017.v3i2.2623
<![CDATA[Penelitian ini dilatar belakangi oleh kurangnya kemampuan membaca siswa SMP N 4 Batang Anai kelas 8. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan dan mengetahui kemampuan membaca siswa SMP N 4 Batang Anai. Adapun jenis dan pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah (descriptive research). Jenis dan pendekatan penelitian ini digunakan untuk menggambarkan dan menganalisis kemampuan membaca siswa, tingkat kemampuan membaca siswa yang kurang baik yaitu dengan cara melihat kemampuan membaca dengan menggunakan tes. Penelitian ini menunjuk 75 siswa kelas delapan SMP N 4 Batang Anai yang diberikan tes menggunakan metode (total sampling) yang mana sample yang dibutuhkan adalah keseluruhan siswa. Selanjutnya pada proses pengumpulan data, untuk mengetahui kemampuan membaca siswa, peneliti menggunakan tes sebanyak 2 kali yang pertama try out untuk melihat reliabilitas dan validitas item. Alat penggumpulan datanya yaitu berupa dokumen hasil test siswa dan dinilai dengan menggunakan rumus yang telah ditentukan oleh peneliti dan peneliti menganalisis hasil tes dari siswadengan menggunakan rumus yang telah ditetapkan oleh peneliti. Dengan demikian peneliti mendapatkan hasil bagaimana kemampuan membaca siswa SMP N 4 Batang Anai, apakah kemampuan membaca nya very good, good, fair, low and very low. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan kemampuan membaca siswa SMP N 4 Batang Anai khususnya kelas 8 adalah fairdengan nilai 83. Maka untuk itu guru bisa meningkatkan lagi kemampuan membaca siswa SMPN 4 Batang Anai. ]]>
<![CDATA[TURN-TAKING IN CLASS SEMINAR DISCUSSION ]]>
<![CDATA[Lidya, Marina]]>;
<![CDATA[Melvina, Melvina]]>
<![CDATA[ TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 5, No 2 (2019): September 2019 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22202/tus.2019.v5i2.3225
<![CDATA[This research investigated the process of turn-taking in an Indonesian classroom context. It investigated the class seminar discussions of second-year graduate students at language education section, Graduate Program of Faculty of education of Riau University. The aims of this research were to examine the major factors that influence the process of turn-taking in-class seminar discussion, the types of turn-taking emerged from the factors, and the implications of the turn-taking emerged to the atmosphere and the process of learning. As research on classroom discourse, the research was designed as qualitative research. The data were collected through observation of passive participation and structured interview. The model of Miles and Huberman was used to analyze the data. The findings show that there were three major factors that have influenced the process of turn-taking in-class seminar discussion. The factors were the models of discussion applied, the role of the moderator and the direct reward. Each factor implied the process of turn-taking in-class seminar discussion. The types of turn-taking emerged from the application of the factors implied the atmosphere and the process of learning.]]>
<![CDATA[THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEACHING WRITING THROUGH A GENRE-BASED APPROACH ]]>
<![CDATA[Rahmadhani, Astuti Pratiwi]]>;
<![CDATA[Afriyanti, Rika]]>;
<![CDATA[Riza, Armilia]]>
<![CDATA[ TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 8, No 2 (2022): September 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22202/tus.2022.v8i2.5843
<![CDATA[This study reports on the effectiveness of teaching writing through a genre-based approach. This study employed a qualitative research design, embracing the characteristics of a case study. The data were obtained from classroom observation. The study involved students at a public high school in Bandung. The result shows that the teaching program of Genre Based Approach which includes Building knowledge of the field (BKOF), Modeling of the text (MOT), Joint construction of the text (JCOT), and Independent construction of the text (ICOT) helped the students to express the idea in writing. It also helped students to understand the language features and structures of the text. Based on the analysis, it is recommended that the teaching program can be applied in various text genres to improve the teaching of English and enhance the students’ writing ability.]]>
<![CDATA[Reviewing Rhetoric in the Classical Period – Plato and Aristotle ]]>
<![CDATA[Sukandi, Syayid Sandi]]>
<![CDATA[ TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 1, No 1 (2015): March 2015 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22202/tus.2015.v1i1.1217
<![CDATA[Plato and Aristotle are key figures in the study of rhetoric. Classical period had been known as the era where rhetoric emerged as the influential language existence. Experts on rhetoric had discussed deeply about the history of rhetoric from the classical period up to the renaissance. In this writing, the focus of the discussion is in the classical period. The reviews being discussed in this writing are mainly derived from ongoing discussion on rhetoric.]]>
<![CDATA[USING TELEGRAM TO IMPROVE ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ]]>
<![CDATA[Sudarmaji, Imam]]>;
<![CDATA[Izza Maulida, Siti]]>
<![CDATA[ TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 9, No 1 (2023): March 2023 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22202/tus.2023.v9i1.6578
<![CDATA[This study investigated the use of social networking site Telegram in improving students’ pronunciation of eleventh grade students in one of senior high school in Tangerang, Indonesia. A total of 24 students were taken as the sample in the current study. Non-randomized one class pretest-posttest design was used in the study. Using quasi experimental research one-class pretest-posttest design, the students in the experimental class completed the process through Telegram. The tests and questionnaires were used to collect the data. In order to test whether there was an improvement within the class, the hypothesis was tested using the t-test and obtaining the gain scores. The result showed that the pronunciation of students was improved. They were interested in learning through the media, wanted to learn new things, and active throughout the learning process. Based on the percentages, students’ posttest showed that the pronunciation of students was improved after using social networking site Telegram. Moreover, this research also found that the evaluation of learning model was good, the students’ learning motivation was very good, and made a good class atmosphere in the experimental class throughout the learning process by using social networking site Telegram.]]>
