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Pattimura Excellence Journal of Language and Culture
Published by Universitas Pattimura
ISSN : -     EISSN : 28082265     DOI : doi.org/10.30598/PEJLaC.v2.i2.pp134-142
Core Subject : Education, Art,
Arts Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media
PATTIMURA EXCELLENCE JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE (PEJLaC) is a peer-reviewed INTERNATIONAL scientific journal published by Language Studies Centre, Pattimura University. PEJLac accepts scientific research papers and articles written by professionals and academicians in the field of Language and Culture, which is published twice a year in June and December.
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USING PROCESS GENRE MODEL TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' WRITING ABILITY Darakay, Jurney
Pattimura Excellence Journal of Language and Culture Vol 5 No 1 (2025): Pattimura Excelence Journal of Language and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30598/PEJLaC.v5.i1.pp12-20

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This study investigates the implementation of the Process Genre Model (PGM) to improve the narrative writing ability of tenth-grade students (Class X1) at SMA Negeri 11 Ambon. The research employed a classroom action research design conducted in two cycles, each comprising planning, action, observation, and reflection. Students’ writing performance was assessed using a holistic scoring rubric, focusing on content and organization, language use, vocabulary, and mechanics. The results showed significant improvement in students’ narrative writing across the two cycles. In Cycle 1, the majority of students were categorized at the Beginning and Developing levels, while in Cycle 2, 60% of students reached the Expanding level, indicating they had met the indicator of success. The Process Genre Model proved effective in guiding students through a structured writing process while enhancing their understanding of narrative genre conventions. Despite initial challenges, such as confusion in tense use, subject-verb agreement, and mechanical errors, students demonstrated clear progress in content organization, grammar accuracy, and overall writing coherence. The study concludes that the Process Genre Model is a powerful pedagogical tool for improving EFL students’ writing ability and recommends its integration into writing instruction at the secondary level.
AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN COLDPLAY’S SONG LYRICS Komaria, Esti; Rohani, Tri; Fitrilia, Ise
Pattimura Excellence Journal of Language and Culture Vol 5 No 1 (2025): Pattimura Excelence Journal of Language and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30598/PEJLaC.v5.i1.pp30-36

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Figurative language is a way of beautifying certain expressions by using different words which have different meanings from their literal meanings. This study examines the use of metaphorical expressions in Coldplay's song lyrics. The data source were taken from ten songs of Coldplay’s various albums. The goal of this study is to identify the most common form of metaphorical language used in Coldplay’s song lyrics. The qualitative descriptive method was employed in this study. The results of this research show that the total number of figurative language expressions used in Coldplay’s song lyrics were 52 expressions. There were 12 metaphor, 11 personification, 8 hyperbole, 8 symbol, 7 synecdoche and 6 simile. The most dominant type of figurative language expression found in this study was metaphor. Therefore, it is important that teachers can bring this types of figurative language in their classrooms in order for students to get used to using and understand them.
BOOSTING GERMAN VOCABULARY ACQUISITION THROUGH ANIMATION Maruanaya, Rita; Karuna, Kalvin; Marantika, Julians; Apituley, Patresia; Tuhumena, Wilhemina
Pattimura Excellence Journal of Language and Culture Vol 5 No 1 (2025): Pattimura Excelence Journal of Language and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30598/PEJLaC.v5.i1.pp21-29

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This research aimed to determine the effect of animation media on increasing the mastery of German vocabulary among students at SMA Negeri 1 Seram Barat. The study employed a quantitative methodology, utilising a quasi-experimental design that included an experimental group and a control group. The research sample consisted of the control group, class XI.5, and the experimental group, class XI.1. There were thirty students enrolled in each class. The data collection technique used pre- and post-tests with a question sheet consisting of 20 questions as a collection instrument. The experimental class used animation media for learning, while the control class used static pictures. Data analysis procedures were conducted using SPSS to perform normality tests, homogeneity tests, and hypothesis tests employing parametric statistical methods, namely the independent samples t-test and effect size test. The study's findings revealed a difference in the average mastery of German vocabulary scores between the group that used animation media and the group that relied on conventional whiteboard media. The data collection approach employed pre- and post-tests utilising 20-item question sheets as instruments for gathering data. The analysis indicated that the experimental class using animation media surpassed the control class in average mastery of German vocabulary scores, achieving mean scores of 16.23 and 14.53, respectively. The significant value (Sig.) in Levene's test of variance is 0.268, which is greater than 0.05. This result indicates that the variance of the data between the experimental and control groups is equal or homogeneous. The interpretation of the output table of the independent samples t-test is based on the assumption of equal variances, which is indicated by the Sig. (2-tailed) value of 0.001, which is less than 0.05. It can be concluded that the null hypothesis (H₀) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Hₐ) is accepted. This indicates that there is a significant difference in the average level of mastery of German vocabulary among the students in the experimental class, who used animation media, and those in the control class, who used static picture media. The effect size calculated using Cohen's d yielded a significant value of 0.922929, indicating a large effect size classification. The deployment of animation media has been demonstrated to be an effective pedagogical instrument, enabling a significant advancement in students' proficiency in the German vocabulary at SMA Negeri 1 Seram Barat.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ LEARNING STYLE AND THEIR SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM Malessy, Gidalthy; Lekawael, Rosina; Patty, Jusak
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30598/PEJLaC.v5.i1.pp1-11

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The research context in this study is to find a correlation between students' learning styles and their achievement in speaking courses. This study aims to determine whether or not there is a correlation between students' learning styles (as variable X) and their achievement in speaking class (as variable Y) in odd-semester students in 2023 at Pattimura University. There were 54 students taken as the sample of this study who were determined by using simple random sampling. The collected data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and the instruments used were students’ speaking achievement and questionnaire. The results showed that the visual learning style had the highest mean value among the three types. Based on rxy: 0.624, the correlation between students’ learning styles and their speaking achievement is strong. Speaking fluency is a key indicator of language learning, and understanding one's learning style can help students learn more efficiently and successfully.
STUDENTS’ LEVEL OF THINKING SKILLS IN ACADEMIC READING SUBJECT AT THE FOURTH SEMESTER OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM Camerling, Bella; Tuasela, Patrick
Pattimura Excellence Journal of Language and Culture Vol 5 No 1 (2025): Pattimura Excelence Journal of Language and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30598/PEJLaC.v5.i1.pp37-45

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This study is focused on the analysis of students’ level of thinking skills in academic reading subject at the fourth semester of English education study program. This study was designed to describe the level of students thinking skills whether in low-order thinking skill, medium-order thinking skill or high-order thinking skill. The subject of this research was students of Academic Reading Class in English Education Study Program at Pattimura University comprised of 20 students. The data was collected from questionnaire, test, and interview. The research methodology used in this research was descriptive quantitative research design. The study concludes with the result that students’ level of thinking skills are still in the low level and need improvement to achieve high-order level of thinking skill. In addition, to help improve the students’ level of thinking, it should become awareness for the instructor and also the students. Further researchers could investigate more on the need of strategies or procedure to face difficulties and challenges in empowering students’ level of thinking from LOTs to HOTs.
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE STUDENT TEAMS-ACHIEVEMENT DIVISIONS COOPERATIVE LEARNING METHOD ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION Annery Fienta; Hawa Husna
Pattimura Excellence Journal of Language and Culture Vol 5 No 2 (2025): Pattimura Excelence Journal of Language and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30598/PEJLaC.v5.i2.pp32-44

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This study investigated the efficacy of the Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD) cooperative learning method in enhancing Grade VIII students’ reading comprehension of recount texts and examined their perceptions of the method. A purposive sample of 68 students was divided into experimental (n = 35) and control (n = 33) classes. Quantitative data from pre-test, post-test, and quizzes were complemented by qualitative insights from interviews and questionnaires. Statistical analysis via SPSS 22 showed that the experimental class achieved significant improvement (t = -3.855, p < 0.05), a trend further supported by repeated ANOVA results (F = 12.419) and superior post-test performance compared to the control class (p = 0.033). Additionally, perception analysis indicated that 80% of participants valued the STAD approach for fostering motivation and collaborative learning. The study concludes that STAD significantly outperforms conventional methods in developing reading comprehension, making it highly recommended as an instructional method.
THE ANALYSIS OF LEXICAL RICHNESS IN SONGS IN THE DISNEY ANIMATED MOVIE MOANA Jayanti Dewi; Mohamad Syafri; Ardiansyah Ardiansyah
Pattimura Excellence Journal of Language and Culture Vol 6 No 1 (2026): Pattimura Excelence Journal of Language and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30598/PEJLaC.v6.i1.pp22-34

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A movie is an artistic work that reflects real-life situations, including animated movies. Moana, which was produced by Disney, is considered one of the most successful animated movies. As a musical animated movie, it developed songs to build up the narrative of the movie. This research focuses on how rich the lexical aspect of Moana’s songs is. Using three dimensions of lexical richness: diversity, sophistication, and density, as its research objectives, to explore the songs. The method of this research is qualitative research with content and corpus analysis as its main analytical tools. In measuring the three dimensions, this research used AntConc and AntWordProfiler applications. The research found that, in terms of diversity, most songs are highly diverse with a score above 0.50. While in terms of sophistication, GSL-1 was the primary corpus. The lexical density also shows that the songs tend to be meaningful rather than just artistic due to their composition of content words. The finding of this research is believed to be contributive not only to the study of linguistics but also to language learning as this research concludes that the songs in Moana are linguistically rich and also considerably easy to understand.
ENHANCHING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH THE CAROUSEL BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING NARRATIVE TEXTS Fadilaturrahmah Fadilaturrahmah; Dwi Olpa
Pattimura Excellence Journal of Language and Culture Vol 6 No 1 (2026): Pattimura Excelence Journal of Language and Culture
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30598/PEJLaC.v6.i1.pp11-21

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This study aims to determine whether there was a significant difference in reading comprehension of narrative text between tenth-grade students at SMK Negeri 1 Jarai who were taught using the Carousel Brainstorming technique and those who were not. The population consisted of all tenth-grade students (N = 346), with two classes selected as samples: 31 students in the experimental class and 29 students in the control class. Data were collected through pre-tests and post-tests and analyzed using SPSS. The results of the paired sample t-test and independent t-test showed a calculated t-value of 2.569 with a significance level of p < 0.01 (two-tailed) and df = 58, exceeding the critical t-table value of 1.672. Since the calculated t-value was greater than the critical value, the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected, and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. These findings indicate that the use of the Carousel Brainstorming technique significantly improves students’ reading comprehension. This improvement is further supported by the use of engaging learning materials and active teacher involvement during the learning process.
ANALYSIS OF COMMISSIVE SPEECH ACTS AND ILLOCUTIONARY FORCE IN THE INAUGURAL SPEECH OF PRESIDENT PRABOWO SUBIANTO: A PRAGMATIC STUDY Merlyn Titahena; Eka Bur; Areni Supriyono; Novita Tabelessy
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Abstract This study aims to describe the forms of commissive speech acts and analyze the illocutionary force in the inaugural speech of Prabowo Subianto delivered at the Plenary Session of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR RI) on October 20, 2024, from a pragmatic perspective. This research employed a qualitative approach with a descriptive method. The data source consisted of the official transcript of the presidential inaugural speech, which was analyzed using speech act theory proposed by John Searle and pragmatic studies. Data were collected through observation and note-taking techniques, while data analysis was conducted through stages of identification, classification, interpretation, and illocutionary force analysis based on the context of utterances. The findings reveal that the inaugural speech was dominated by commissive speech acts, including promises, commitments, expressions of capability, reform determination, and international solidarity. The illocutionary force of these utterances functions to build political legitimacy, strengthen leadership image, shape public optimism, and direct public expectations toward the governmental agenda for the 2024–2029 period. The use of modal expressions such as “will,” “must,” and “ready” indicates future-oriented commitments that are performative and institutional in nature. Furthermore, this study finds that commissive speech acts in the inaugural speech function as a form of pre-policy mechanism, namely the use of language to bind political agendas before they are realized into concrete policies. Therefore, the inaugural speech functions not merely as a ceremonial discourse but also as a medium for constructing a symbolic political contract between the leader and the people through linguistic actions. This study is expected to contribute to the development of pragmatic studies, particularly in the analysis of speech acts in political discourse and contemporary political communication. Keywords: pragmatics, commissive speech acts, illocutionary force, political speech, presidential inaugural speech.
EXPRESSIVE HUMANISTIC SPEECH ACTS OF HOMESCHOOL EDUCATORS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL IN LEARNING ACTIVITIES Eka Bur; Areni Supriyono; Merlyn Titahena; Novita Tabelessy
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Problems in communicating with children with special needs or inclusive children often occur, especially at the elementary school level. There are always trivial things they do, or they don't focus their thoughts or concentrate on us. This is actually the challenge faced by homeschooling educators. The strategy for educators to communicate well with students includes using humanistic expressive speech acts. This research aims to analyze the forms of humanistic expressive speech acts of community-type inclusive homeschooling educators based on gender, educational background, and age. The research results show that the form of expressive humanistic speech acts of community-type inclusive homeschooling educators, based on gender, educational background, and age, tend to use direct speech acts. Forms of communication that align with both psychological and physical development in the classroom Inclusion tends to use direct speech forms to avoid misinterpretation and the failure of the communication process.

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