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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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SPEECH ACTS CATEGORIES: AN ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERS’ UTTERANCES IN “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST” Tanjung, Firima Zona
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 5, No 1 (2019): March 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (528.848 KB) | DOI: 10.22202/tus.2019.v5i1.3229

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This study aims at analyzing speech acts in the dialogue conducted among characters in “Beauty and The Beast” movie and the implication of analysis for teaching English in EFL context. Qualitative and quantitative methods were employed in order to process the data comprehensively. Movie script and movie video were exploited as the source of data. The procedure of analysis was conducted through identification, classification, and utilization of comprehensive analysis of language use in relation to pragmatics and contexts in discourse approach. The findings showed that all type of speech acts were used by all characters in their dialogue. Among types of speech acts, directive speech act was frequently employed since it reached 92 times of use (57%). Particularly, the analysis of speech acts in characters’ utterances can benefit teaching practitioners mainly in making connection of using movie as learning media with the teaching of language in EFL setting. Therefore, students do not only watch the movie but they also learn the language simultaneously.          
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 USE OF SONG, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND GAMES IN IMPROVING VOCABULARY: STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION Kelendonu, Rimanuella Sabathiana; Katemba, Caroline Victorine
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 9, No 1 (2023): March 2023
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Vocabulary is one of the crucial aspects of learning English. However, knowing and remembering the vocabulary is difficult because there are many words in the language. The goal of this research is to know which platform will help students to improve their vocabulary more quickly. This study also seeks to answer to the research questions: 1. What is students’ perception of improving vocabulary from songs, social media, and games? 2. Which platform do students like and enjoy using to improve their vocabulary? 3. Which gender prefers to use songs, social media, and games to improve their vocabulary? 4. From songs, social media, and games. Which one that students struggle with or do not like using it? The research is designed with interview and questionnaire design. 100 students of grade 10 senior high schools from four island in Indonesia. The questionnaire was distributed online to the students and a followed up interview. The findings of this study indicate that learning through song, games, and social media can help students improve vocabulary.
Students' Inconsistency Problems in Pronouncing Diphthong Sounds in Reading Aloud Activity at English Department of STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat Rasaki, Irvan Haiko; Ikhsan, Muhammad Khairi; Rahmadhani, Astuti Pratiwi
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 4, No 2 (2018): September 2018
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Ketidakkonsistenan dalam melafalkan bunyi rangkap vokal adalah suatu permasalahan yang sering kali ditemukan pada pelajar dalam melafalkan suatu bunyi huruf. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan tentang ketidakkonsistenan bunyi rangkap vokal yang dilafalkan oleh mahasiswa dalam aktifitas membaca dengan suara lantang. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif. Sampel pada penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa tahun kedua program  studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat yang berjumlah 9 mahasiswa yang mendapatkan nilai standar hingga minimum dalam mata kuliah pronunciation dari sesi yang berbeda berdasarkan kebutuhan penelitian yang memiliki masalah dalam pelafalan bunyi pada aktifitas membaca dengan lantang yang dilihat pada ketidakkonsistenan melafalkan rangkap vokal. Data dikumpulkan dengan melakukan pengamatan melalui instrumen pendukung penelitian yaitu tes dan rekaman video. Test adalah instrumen yang diberikan kepada sampel dengan bentuk teks untuk dibaca dengan suara lantang yang mengandung bunyi vokal rangkap dalam pengamatan pronunciation, serta rekaman video sebagai instrumen perekam yang bertujuan untuk menganalisa bunyi rangkap vokal yang tidakkonsisten yang dilafalkan mahasiswa dalam aktifitas membaca dengan suara lantang. Hasil dari analisa penelitian ini, terdapat 5 buah bunyi yang tidak konsisten dalam pelafalannya, yaitu bunyi. [ɪə], [eɪ], [aɪ], dan [ɔʊ].
DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION FOR EFL CLASSROOM Suwastini, Ni Komang Arie; Rinawati, Ni Kadek Ayu; Jayantini, I Gusti Agung Sri Rwa; Dantes, Gede Rasben
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 7, No 1 (2021): March 2021
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Because each student is unique, the diversity in their ways of learning and speed of learning needs to be considered to help them achieve the best process and outcome. As experts propose differentiated instruction as the method for reaching out to the students’ uniqueness, the present article will elaborate the definition, characteristics, and syntax of differentiated learning in English for Foreign Language context, in order to highlight the strength and weakness of differentiated instruction as proven by previous studies. The present study employed George’s (2008) model of library research, in which the information to support the argument of this article were all derived from secondary sources. As the main argument, the present study adopted the concept of differentiated instruction from Tomlinson (2014), supported with research findings about its implementation taken from articles published in reputable international journal and nationally accredited journals. The study revealed that by its definition and characteristics, differentiated instruction could offer strong benefits for EFL students. However, because the model of instruction needs strong commitment from the school and the teachers since it requires the teachers to adopt several strategies and media meet the different learning styles of the students, which in turn, consumes more time and energy. Thus, for EFL classroom to be benefitted by differentiated instructions, the school and the teachers needs to be fully committed to the committed to its concept, syntax, and its requirements.
THE CONTENT ANALYSIS OF BAHASA INGGRIS TEXTBOOK USED IN THE FIRST CLASS OF SENIOR HIGHT SCHOOL 1 NAN SABARIS Johari, Indra; Syaveny, Niza
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 8, No 3 (2022): English Education Art
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (911.586 KB) | DOI: 10.22202/tus.2022.v8i3.6349

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This research was based on varieties textbook circulating in learning. The method used in this research is descriptive research method, by analyzing the book "English" Semester 1 published by the Ministry of Education and Culture, English Language Book Revised 2017. The instrument used by the researcher was the Assessment rubric from the National Education Standards Agency Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan (BSNP) and Documentation. The data were analyzed by using the conformity tabulation of the BSNP rubric and the range category in percentage form.The results of this study indicate that the total percentage obtained is 93.75% and is included in the Good category. This total percentage is obtained from the score on Material Completeness in 5 chapters getting a score of 4 or reaching 95% of the completeness of the material and 1 chapter getting a score of 1 or less than 95% of the completeness of the material. The in-depth score obtained in 5 chapters gets a score of 4 or 95% of the specified in-depth and 1 chapter gets a score of 1 or less than the specified 95% in-depth. The percentage assessment on the Social Function from Chapters 1-6 gets a score of 6 or reaches 95% of the social function provisions of the BSNP. The percentage value of Generic Structure here is 5 chapters getting a score of 4 or meeting 95% of the Generic Structure standards available in the BSNP rubric and 1 chapter getting a score of 1 or the achievement of Generic Structure is less than 95%, the percentage results from Linguistic Features in all the subjects studied are from the chapter 1-6 get a score of 4 or the percentage of achievement from Linguistic Features reaches 95%. The percentage achievement for Supporting Materials has 3 assessment points, namely Relevance, Development of Life Skills and Development of Diversity Insight. Here in chapters 1-6 each gets a score of 4 or reaches 95% of each category. So based on the results that have been examined in this study, the percentage category of achievement of this book is included in the Good category.
Students’ Perceptions toward Their Writing in EFL Setting: A Study at SMA YKBBB Leles Garut Octaviana, Dwi Warry
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 2, No 1 (2016): March 2016
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The study concerned with writing subject. Writing subject, at any level of education, is considered as more complicated than the other language skills- listening, speaking, and reading. Due to this problem, the purposes of the study investigated the students’ perceptions toward their writing ability in classroom setting and determined the students’ difficulties factors in learning writing. The study employed qualitative research design and gathered data by ways of classroom observations and questionnaire. The results of the study were that the respondents had good perceptions. They gave positive and negative statements toward the English writing subject. Their negative perceptions were related to the difficulties of English writing process. Meanwhile, the positive perceptions they were related to the enrichment of the knowledge when they strove to write English. The study also found that most respondents stated that they had difficulties in writing English. These difficulties were mainly caused by their limitation of English grammar and less of English vocabulary. Besides that, the less of practice to write became a prime reason why they got low achievement of English writing.
SLANG WORD FORMATION IN PITCH PERFECT MOVIE Sovia, Rolla Irma; Merina, Yola; Theresia, Melati
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 4, No 1 (2018): March 2018
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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi tipe-tipe dari kata slang yang terdiri dari tipe-tipe pembentukan kata slang dalam film Pitch Perfect. Slang adalah sebuah kata yang tidak sesuai dengan Standar Bahasa Inggris yang sering digunakan dalam percakapan sehari-hari. Peneliti memilih untuk menemukan kata-kata slang  ini dalam sebuah karya sastra berbentuk film. Film yang dipih adalah Pitch Perfect  karena di dalam film ini banyak ditemukan ungkapan yang termasuk ungkapan slang tersebut. Di dalam penelitian ini, peneliti menggunakan content analysis design. Content analysis design ini bertujuan untuk melihat makna dan tipe yang terkandung di dalam sebuah slang. Untuk mengumpulkan data, peneliti menggunakan metode simak dengan teknik Simak Bebas Libat Cakap (SBLC). Metode dan teknik ini merupakan cara untuk mengumpulkan data dengan cara melakukan simak terhadap film tersebut, dan peneliti sebagai partisipan tidak langsung. Selanjutnya, dalam menganalisa data, peneliti menggunakan metode padan dengan teknik daya pilah bersifat mental. Peneliti secara langsung melakukan analisa data berdasarkan pengetahuan atau mental peneliti serta berdasarkan konteks yang ada di dalam film tersebut. Hasil dari penelitian ini berupa tipe-tipe dari pembentuka kata slang. Peneliti menemukan beberapa bentuk dari pembentukan kata slang di dalam film Pitch Perfect. Tipe-tipe  itu seperti compounding,back-formation, suffixation, and conversion.
PASSIVE ANALYSIS ON JAVANESE DIALECT IN PURWOBAKTI VILLAGE BUNGO REGENCY PROVINCE OF JAMBI Asridayani, Asridayani; Suryani, Ratri
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 6, No 1 (2020): March 2020
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (438.73 KB) | DOI: 10.22202/tus.2020.v6i1.3988

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This study is the result of research about the description of passive analysis on Javanese dialect in Purwobakti Village Bungo Regency Province of Jambi. The purpose of this reseacrh is to explain the forms of passive marker that used in Javanese dialect especially uttered by community in Purwobakti village Bungo Regency Province of Jambi as an object and subject of the utterance. The researcher uses qualitative reseacrh  method to do the research. Whereas, to analyze the data, the researcher uses the theory from Wedhawati, et al(2006) about the passive verb and passive markers. The data are found by recorded the conversation of Purwobakti villagers. Then, the researcher uses formal and informal method in presenting the data. As the result, there are two classifications of passive markers uttered by people in Purwobakti village Bungo Regency, Province of Jambi, Indonesia. Firstly, Passive voice with the first person as object is marked by an affixes tak, tak-i, tak-(a), tak-ne, and tak-ane. The last, passive voice with the third person as object of the sentence marked by affixes di-, di-i, and di-(a)ke. Therefore, the passive markers influence the object of sentences and the construction of sentence.
ANALYSIS OF TEACHER'S SPEECH FUNCTION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING Elismawati, Elismawati; Hadeli, Hadeli; Arwemi, Arwemi; Fitri, Melviola
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 8, No 2 (2022): September 2022
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This study deals with the utterances of an English teacher of MA Tarbiyatul Banin, Pati, Jawa Tengah. It is aimed to know the type of speech function used by the English teacher in the classroom and to find out how speech functions are applied by an English teacher in the classroom. Researchers apply a qualitative approach and design content analysis based on Ary et al (2010). The subject of this research was an English teacher in Tarbiyatul Banin, Pati, Jawa Tengah. The source of the data is the entity from whom the data was obtained, and the data is the expression used by the English teacher. The Researchers used audiovisual material for collecting data. The data of transcription are classified into six basic types of speech function; they are expressive, directive, referential, metalinguistic, poetic, and phatic. From the teacher who was observed, the researchers found a different total of utterances from each meeting. The total utterance is 154 utterances which are classified into five types of speech function. How the speech functions are applied by the English teacher in the classroom is when the teacher interacted with her students.

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