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English Research Journal : Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts and Culture
Published by Universitas Slamet Riyadi
ISSN : 26851644     EISSN : 26856425     DOI : DOI: https://doi.org/10.33061/erj.v8i2.9454
Core Subject : Education,
Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other
English Research Journal: Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts, and Culture (ERJ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the English Language Education Program of Slamet Riyadi University, Surakarta, Indonesia. All articles are required to be in English. English Research Journal: Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts, and Culture (ERJ) primarily accepts articles to publish dealing with: (1) Language teaching methodology; (2) ICT in ELT; (3) Language teaching and culture; (4) Language immersion; (5) Language testing and assessment; (6) ELT curriculum development; (7) Applied linguistics; (8) Multiculturalism in language learning; (9) English for Specific Purposes (ESP); (10) Professional development. This journal serves as a platform for students, lecturers, observers and practitioners to share their research and insights in the field of English language education and literature.
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Characters Value in English Textbook Sabetalia Sabetalia; Ayu Istiana Sari
English Research Journal : Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts and Culture Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023): English Research Journal
Publisher : English Education Department Slamet Riyadi University Surakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33061/erj.v8i2.9454

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The purpose of the study was to analyze character values types in an English textbook, "Think globally act locally," for junior high school ninth graders. This study used descriptive qualitative research, using a 2018 textbook published by the Indonesian Ministry of Education. The study was conducted from June to July 2023. . The results showed that there are 9 types of character values, namely religiosity, hard work, creativity, curiosity, appreciation, friendliness, moral values, love to read, social awareness, and responsibility. The frequency of appearance friendliness moral values (64 times), love to read (32 times), social awareness (11 times), creativity and hard work (8 times), appreciation (5 times), curiosity (4 times), and religiosity and responsibility (3 times). These findings highlight the importance of character values in 21st century learning, particularly in the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). In conclusion, this book already contains character values in it, although not all character values have been included in this textbook. Keywords: Characters Value, English Textbook, Descriptive Qualitative Research
Improving Students’ Writing Skill Using Textless Comic Alin Fir Handayani; Ayu Istiana Sari
English Research Journal : Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts and Culture Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023): English Research Journal
Publisher : English Education Department Slamet Riyadi University Surakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33061/erj.v8i2.9570

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Thisystudyyaims to identify whether the use of textless comic improveedthe students’sskill in writing recount texts. The subject of this study were the eight gradedstudents of Public Junior High School in Central Java. The method study was a ClassroomaActionnResearch. Theestudy was conducteddinntwoocycles. Todcollecttthe data, thedresearcherrusedstest such asdpre-test andppost-test. To analyzedthe data, therresearcher used quantitative datadanalysiscby using mean score. The researcher used a formula proposes by Arikunto (2010) to count the meantscore. The resulttof the research show that textlesstcomictmediascan improvesthe students’tskilltinawritingrrecount texts. The improvements of the students’twriting skill were in composing a logical sequence of ideas. Besides, the improvementoofcthe students’wwriting skillrcan be seen from the students’ writing achievement. The result of meantscore formpre-testkwas 56, in post-tests1, it was 72, and inppost-test 2, it was 77. It cannbe concluded that textlessdcomicmmedia can improve the students’dwriting skill especially in determining the logical sequence of stories in writing recount text.Keyword: Writing Skill, Textless Comic Media, Classroom Action Research.
A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AND WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ABILITY Sri Lestari; Luqman Al Hakim
English Research Journal : Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts and Culture Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023): English Research Journal
Publisher : English Education Department Slamet Riyadi University Surakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33061/erj.v8i2.9616

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The objective of this study was to determine the correlation between students' vocabulary mastery and descriptive writing ability of 8th grade students at SMPN 18 Surakarta in the academic year 2022/2023. This study is a quantitative study using correlation design. The research sample was 31 grade 8 students selected by cluster random sampling method. The tools used in the study were a vocabulary test and a writing test. This is proven through the results after analyzing two variables using the Person Product Moment formula, with the results rxy 0.685 > rtable at the significance level of 0.05 = 0.355 and both 0.001 = 0.479. This means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. This means that there is a positive correlation between students' vocabulary mastery and descriptive writing ability. Keywords: Correlational, Vocabulary Mastery, Writing Ability, Descriptive Text.
A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN STUDENTS’ HABIT IN LISTENING ENGLISH SONG AND STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY Irpan Yulianto; Sri Handayani
English Research Journal : Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts and Culture Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023): English Research Journal
Publisher : English Education Department Slamet Riyadi University Surakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33061/erj.v8i2.9619

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This study aims to determine the correlation that occurs between students’ habit in listening English song and vocabulary mastery of the eleventh grade students at MAN 1 Surakarta in the 2022/2023 academic year. Quantitative research with correlation method was applied in this research. The sample for this research was 32 students. The researcher used a questionnaire and a vocabulary test to gather the data. The findings of this study revealed a positive relationship between students' habit of listening to English songs and their vocabulary mastery. It is proven by the results after analyzing the two variables using the Person Product Moment formula, with the results of calculation of rxy 0.915 > rtable in the significant level of 0,05 = 0,349 and also 0,001 = 0.554. As a result, the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It indicates that there is a positive correlation between students' habit of listening to English songs and their vocabulary knowledge. Thus, the higher the habit in listening English song, the better their vocabulary mastery. Keywords: Habit in Listening English Song, Vocabulary Mastery, Correlational Study
Sebuah Hubungan antara motivasi belajar bahsa inggris dengan penguasaan kosakata Nana Noviana; Sri Handayani
English Research Journal : Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts and Culture Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023): English Research Journal
Publisher : English Education Department Slamet Riyadi University Surakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33061/erj.v8i2.9641

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This study aims to analyze the form of correlation between students’ motivation in learning English and vocabulary mastery at the eighth grade students of SMP N 7 Surakarat in the 2022/2023 academic year. The researcher used the quantitative method. The research gave a questionnaire consisting of 30 items and vocabulary test to gather the data. The finding of this study indicated that there is a positive correlation between students’ motivation in learning English and vocabulary mastery. It is proven by the result of the calculation of rxy 0.556 > rtable in the significance 5% (0.361) and 1% (0.463). Then it could be concluded that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is therefore deemed to be accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. In this research, it could be concluded that there is a positive correlation of the research between students’ motivation in learning English and students’ vocabulary mastery. That means the motivation in learning English has an impact, the better students’ vocabulary mastery. Key words: Motivation in learning English, Vocabulary mastery, Correlation study
THE USE OF MIND MAPPING TO IMPROVE DESCRIPTIVE WRITING SKILL: A Classroom Action Research with The Students of SMP N 7 Surakarta Julieta Tisya Majid; Sri Handayani
English Research Journal : Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts and Culture Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023): English Research Journal
Publisher : English Education Department Slamet Riyadi University Surakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33061/erj.v8i2.9642

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 This research was aimed to determine the improve students’ writing skill by using mindmapping to eighth grade students especially in class VIII B of SMP N 7 Surakarta in the2022/2023 academic year. The method used in this research was a Classroom ActionResearch (CAR). The research was conducted in two cycles. The subject was the studentsof SMP N 7 Surakarta in 2022/2023 academic year. This research used test and non-test tocollecting the data. To analize the data, this research used qualitative data and quantitativedata. The qualitative data is consisted of data collection, data reduction, data display,conclusion, and verifying. The quantitative data is consisted of mean score and t-testformula. The result of the research, it can be seen from the mean score of Pre-Test was61.34, Post-Test 1 was 71.21, and Post-Test 2 was 85.28. The t-test value of Cycle I was4.14, and the t-test value of Cycle II was 10.22. The result of the research showed that mindmapping technique can improve the students’ writing skill. It can be seen from the studentswriting achievement. It can be concluded that mind mapping technique can be improvestudents’ writing skill.Keywords: Mind Mapping, Descriptive Writing Skill, Classroom Action Research.
THE FUNCTION OF SLANG WORDS FOUND IN THE AFTER PARTY MOVIE DIRECTED BY IAN EDELMAN Mahendro Adji Lelono; Sumardiono Sumardiono
English Research Journal : Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts and Culture Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023): English Research Journal
Publisher : English Education Department Slamet Riyadi University Surakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33061/erj.v8i2.9644

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This research aims to identify the function of slang words found in The After Party movie directed by Ian Edelman. This research focuses on classifying the function of slang words found in the movie by using the theory of function of slang words proposed by Zhou & Fan (2013). Descriptive qualitative approach was utilized in this research and the data was collected from the movie and the subtitles. The researcher collected the data through watching the movie, reading its subtitles, determining slang words, making notes, and classifying the data. In analyzing data, the researcher implemented interactive model analysis which consisted of four stages of analyzing data; data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The researcher found 85 slang terms uttered by characters from the movie. The characters utilized 12 slang terms to pursuit self-identity as part of particular groups, 52 slang terms to show emotive feelings of the users, and 21 slang terms to achieve politeness in maintaining relationship with others. Key words: Slang, Function, The After Party Movie
THE PENGGUNAAN TEKNIK PENGELOMPOKKAN DALAM MENULIS TEKS DESKRIPTIF Amalia Dinda Pratiwi; Ayu Istiana Sari
English Research Journal : Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts and Culture Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023): English Research Journal
Publisher : English Education Department Slamet Riyadi University Surakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33061/erj.v8i2.9678

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Abstract: The objective of this research was to find out whether the use of the Clustering Technique enhances the student’s ability in generating ideas. The subject of this research was 36 students of X.5 class at a public senior high school in Central Java 2022/2023 academic year. This research was categorized as Classroom Action Research (CAR) with two cycles. The writing test consisted of pre-test and post-tests to collect the data. The test was given to see how far the students enhanced their descriptive writing ability after the treatment. The data were analyzed by using a scoring rubric by Brown (2001). The result showed that the implementation of clustering technique can enhance the student’s ability to generate ideas in writing descriptive text. The mean score of students in the pre-test was 53.44, in post-test 1 was 56.67, and in post-test 2 was 74.305. There 88% of students (32 out of 36 students) who passed the Minimum Standard Score which is 70 in the or post-test 2. Keywords: Clustering Technique, Writing, Descriptive Text
English: Bahasa Indonesia Fajar Nur Rahmanni; Sumardiono Sumardiono
English Research Journal : Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts and Culture Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023): English Research Journal
Publisher : English Education Department Slamet Riyadi University Surakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33061/erj.v8i2.9692

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This research was aimed at : (1) To find out the types of code mixing and code switching used in the Indonesian web series entitled “Layangan Putus” and (2) To find out the reasons of code mixing and code switching used in the Indonesian web series entitled “Layangan Putus”. This method used in this research is a descriptive qualitative method, which describes and analyzes the utterances consisting of code mixing and code switching along with the reasons taken from “Layangan Putus” series. The technique of collecting data in this research used non-participant observation and documentation which are in the form of words, phrases, and sentences. To analyze the data, the researcher used qualitative data analysis proposed by Miles and Huberman. The result of this research showed that there were: 170 utterances of code mixing, 246 utterances of code switching, and 74 utterances of reasons used by the characters. Those 170 utterances of code mixing, it had 95 of insertion, 44 utterances of alternation, and 31 utterances of congruent lexicalization. Those 246 utterances of code switching, it had 17 utterances of tag-switching, 173 utterances of intra-sentential switching, and 56 utterances of inter-sentential switching. Those 74 utterances of the reasons, it had 34 utterances of talking about particular topic, 9 utterances of be emphatic about something, 8 utterances of interjection, 9 utterances of repetition used for clarification, and 14 utterances of intention of clarifying the speech content for interlocutor. Based on the result of this research, it can be concluded that insertion type in code mixing, intra-sentential type in code switching, and talking about particular topic were the most dominant used by the characters in “Layangan Putus” series. Keywords: Code Mixing, Code Switching, Descriptive Qualitative Research
A MORAL VALUE ANALYSIS OF THE WALT DISNEY FILM "TURNING RED" Yohana Fransiska Laras Ayu Lestari; Luqman Al Hakim
English Research Journal : Journal of Education, Language, Literature, Arts and Culture Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023): English Research Journal
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33061/erj.v8i2.9695

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This study aims to find out the moral value in “Turning Red” film and to analyze the most dominant moral values appearing in “Turning Red” film. The researcher used qualitative descriptive method. The data from this study comes from “Turning Red” film and the script. In collecting the data, the researcher watched the film, studied the script and the scenes then collected the data by taking notes, the researcher selected and classified the data, put it in the table and verified the data by making conclusion of data findings. To ensure the validity of the data, the researcher used data source triangulation and theory triangulation. The result of this research showed that there are twelve moral values that can be found in “Turning Red” film, such as dishonesty and honesty, courage, peaceability, self-reliance and potential, self-discipline and moderation, fidelity and chastity, loyalty, respect, love, unselfishness and sensitivity, kindness and friendliness, justice and law. The most dominant moral values appearing in “Turning Red” film is love. Keywords: Analysis, Moral Values, Turning Red, Film, Walt Disney

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