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LINGUISTS : JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE TEACHING
ISSN : 23552069     EISSN : 26565765     DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.29300/ling.v9i2.
The aim of this Journal is to promote a principled approach to research on language and language-related concerns by encouraging enquiry into relationship between theoretical and practical studies. The journal welcomes contributions in such areas of current analysis in: Second and foreign language teaching and learning; Literature and teaching; Language in education; Language planning and Language testing; Curriculum design and development for Second/ Foreign Language; Discourse analysis; Translation; and Linguistics; ELT in Muslim Communities
Articles 214 Documents
STANCE ADVERBIALS IN TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS: A CORPUS-BASED ANALYSIS OF DIGITAL TOURISM DISCOURSE Gema Febriansyah; Dan Fareth B. Fajardo
Linguists : Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 12, No 1 (2026): July
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29300/ling.v12i1.10711

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Online hotel reviews have become a routine part of how travelers decide where to stay, and they give linguists a large pool of naturally produced evaluative language to study. This paper looks at one grammatical resource that reviewers rely on to express judgment: the stance adverbial. We built a small specialized corpus, the Indonesian Tourism Review Corpus (ITRC), made up of 120 English-language TripAdvisor reviews (32,147 words) of hotels in Bali, Jakarta, and Yogyakarta, and analyzed it using Biber and Finegan’s (1989) categories of epistemic, attitudinal, and style stance. A second coder checked 20% of the data, with a Cohen’s kappa of 0.85. Epistemic adverbials were the most common (68.3%), ahead of attitudinal (24.1%) and style (7.6%) forms, and the overall rate of 272.5 per 10,000 words sits above academic prose but close to journalism. Reviewers leaned heavily on boosters such as “definitely” and “absolutely” to push positive evaluations, while softening criticism with hedges. Rather than treat these as simple style choices, we read them as identity work: writing in English as a lingua franca, reviewers use confident stance marking to come across as experienced, trustworthy travelers on a platform where credibility is always in question. Because the corpus is small and limited to a single platform, we read these patterns as characteristic of this review genre rather than as representative of digital tourism discourse as a whole. We close with practical suggestions for teaching evaluative language in ESP and hospitality courses.
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING MODULE FOR ISLAMIC BANKING STUDIES BASED ON THE PRESENT, PRACTICE, AND PRODUCTION (PPP) APPROACH Yuda Septian Kurniawan; Agnes Yolanda; Ade Riska Nur Astari; Mahmood Rahimi
Linguists : Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 12, No 1 (2026): July
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29300/ling.v12i1.10988

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This research aims to develop and test an English-speaking module for an Islamic Banking course using the Present, Practice, and Production (PPP) approach, an instructional sequence within Communicative Language Teaching. A preliminary study at three Islamic higher education institutions in Bengkulu Province found that lecturers and fifth-semester Islamic banking students lacked contextual, speaking-oriented English for Specific Purposes (ESP) teaching materials. The study employed a Research and Development design following the ADDIE model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) and used a mixed-methods approach; data from interviews, observations, and focus group discussions informed the need analysis and evaluation. In contrast, quantitative data from an expert-validation rubric and a student-response questionnaire established the module’s feasibility. The needs analysis revealed a dire need for transactional, banking-relevant speaking materials. The resulting module organizes banking and financial institution topics into PPP-based learning sequences across five units. Expert validation showed that the module was highly feasible (mean score = 87.75%). During the try-out, students responded positively across all five aspects—appeal, difficulty level, activity steps, technical vocabulary support, and practicality (mean = 87.8% positive). A supplementary classroom assessment further indicated that students’ mean speaking scores increased from 74 before to 88 after using the module. The findings suggest that a PPP-based ESP module can scaffold the technical vocabulary and transactional speaking skills required by Islamic banking graduates entering the workforce, and can serve as a model for ESP material development in other professional domains.
Gender Stereotypes in Translation: Ideological Transformation in Bridgerton’s Indonesian Edition Radya Cantika Suhardiman Putri; Doni Jaya
Linguists : Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 12, No 2 (2026): December (In Press)
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29300/ling.v12i2.10999

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The representation of gender in translated literature is critical for negotiating ideological values between cultures. Internationally, this negotiation has been documented mainly in audiovisual, political, and postcolonial translation contexts; its dynamics within Indonesian literary translation, particularly amid the sociocultural shifts of the Reform era, remain unexamined. This study aims to compare the gender-stereotypical content in Julia Quinn’s The Duke and I and its Indonesian translation, and to connect observed shifts to the specific sociocultural anchors of Indonesia’s Reform period. By extending prior audiovisual-translation findings on the Bridgerton franchise to a literary case study, and identifying the specific linguistic mechanisms through which gender ideology can persist even as overt sexism declines, this study offers a novel, corpus-based account of how gender stereotypes are negotiated in literary translation. Employing a mixed-method approach, the study integrates Sara Mills’s (2008) theory of language and sexism with the social practice dimension of Norman Fairclough’s (2001) critical discourse analysis (CDA) and Sketch Engine corpus statistics. The analysis indicates a significant shift from overt to indirect, sanitised gender stereotypes, with overt sexism declining from 17.77% in the source text to 10.38% in the translation. Meanwhile, female-targeted stereotyping increased from 57.82% to 65.14%, showing that hostile language is softened even as underlying patriarchal beliefs persist and become increasingly concentrated on female characters. This linguistic change highlights a complex ideological compromise in Indonesia’s Reform era, where progressive democratic aspirations coexist with the entrenched traditionalism of State Ibuism, thereby repackaging rather than dismantling existing gender hierarchies.
From Honeymoon to Adjustment: Exploring Oberg's Four-Stage Culture Shock Model through an IISMA Student's Narrative Yasmin shabrina; Emy Sudarwati
Linguists : Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 12, No 2 (2026): December (In Press)
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29300/ling.v12i2.11154

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This study explores how an Indonesian student participating in the Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards (IISMA) experienced and interpreted her intercultural adjustment during study abroad through the lens of Oberg's (1960) Four-Stage Culture Shock Model. Employing a qualitative narrative inquiry design, this study examines the lived experience of a female IISMA awardee from Universitas Gadjah Mada who studied in Hungary in 2024. Data were collected through an in-depth life-history interview and analyzed using Clandinin and Connelly's three-dimensional narrative inquiry framework alongside thematic analysis. The findings indicate that Lily's intercultural journey broadly reflected Oberg's four stages of honeymoon, crisis, recovery, and adjustment. However, the emotional intensity and progression of these stages appeared more moderate than those described in the original model. Rather than proposing a revision of Oberg's theory, this study provides an illustrative account of how intercultural adjustment may unfold within a contemporary, digitally connected, and institutionally supported international mobility context. The findings contribute to ongoing discussions on intercultural adaptation by demonstrating that classical culture shock models remain analytically useful when interpreted alongside contemporary perspectives on student mobility. The study also highlights the importance of preparation, reflective learning, and peer support in facilitating intercultural adjustment among international students.