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Language Circle : Journal of Language and Literature
Published by Universitas Negeri Semarang
ISSN : 18580157     EISSN : 2460853X     DOI : -
Core Subject : Education,
Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media
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AN EVALUATION OF READING COMPREHENSION TEXTBOOKS TAUGHT AT THE ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN WEST SUMETERA Munir, Sirajul; Nurkamto, Joko
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 7, No 2 (2013): April 2013
Publisher : Faculty of Languages ​​and Arts, State University of Semarang

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The purpose of present study is to critically assess the reading comprehension textbooks which have been prescribed for use at the English Education Department of Public Islamic Higher Education in West Sumatera. The writer used a criteria taken from Cunningswoth’ s (1995) and Miekley’s (2005). These include (1) Aims and Approaches; (2) Design and Organization; (3) Content; (4) Skills; (5) Vocabulary and Grammar; (6) Exercises and Activities; (7) Methodology; (8) Attractiveness of the Text and Physical Make-Up; (9) Teacher’s Manual; and (10) Practical Consideration. To interpret the checklist, the four rating scale was used, namely excellent, good, fair, and poor. The research showed that every textbook has strong and weak points. The result of this analysis could be used as the basis to gain more effective reading textbooks for the lecturer of reading comprehension.
LANGUAGE VARIATION: REGISTER AND ACCENT IN KEN AROK AND KEN DEDES DRAMA PERFORMANCE Syafri, Frimadhona
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 7, No 2 (2013): April 2013
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Language and culture are inseparable. When people communicate to one another, they take their culture in communication; they may use the same language, but differences in accent show their register.  Language variation covers distinctions in pronunciation, grammar, or word choice within a language. It includes register and accent. This concept is reflected in the performance of Ken Arok and Ken Dedes. In the performance, the register described a group of people and their roles in the community.  It is interesting to analyze English with Javanese accents and register in the drama performance. In this performance, speaking English with  Javanese accent does not reduce the traditional values of Javanese culture.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING METHOD TO ENHANCE THE STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN INCREASING THEIR TOEFL SCORE Martono, Eko
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 7, No 2 (2013): April 2013
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STIEPARI students’ achievement was found to have declined during 2008 - 2010. Almost all language skills were affected. One attempt to rectify the problem was the creation of a program called STIEPARI Language Course (SLC). The natures of the data in this research were quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative data were taken from the post-test TOEFL scores of 30 STIEPARI students. The 30 students were divided into 2 groups, Experimental Class and Control Class. Experimental Class was taught using Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) method in the teaching learning process; on the other hand, Control Class was taught without using CLT. The qualitative data were taken from student comments on the STIEPARI Language Course (SLC). From the t-test analysis, the result shows that there is a significant difference between the mean score of post-test of the Experimental Class and the mean score of post-test of the Control Class. This result shows that, statistically, the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) method is an effective method to enhance students’ motivation in increasing TOEFL score. It should be mentioned, however, that TOEFL scores should be interpreted with care. To summarize students’ feedback on the STIEPARI Language Course (SLC), in general, both the Experimental Class and the Control Class learned a lot from the SLC. This comment is supported by the increase in TOEFL score.
THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSLATION TECHNIQUE ON THE QUALITY OF THE TRANSLATION OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS IN SEPUTAR INDONESIA DAILY Akhiroh, Ninuk Sholikhah
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 7, No 2 (2013): April 2013
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This descriptive qualitative research aimed to analyze and describe translation technique, and its influence on the quality of the translation of international news in Seputar Indonesia daily. The data used in this research is the document of news text in the Internasional section of daily paper, the document of source text from which the translated text was taken, informant mastering translation field, giving information about the quality of the translation, and the journalist writing of the news. This research uses a purposive sampling technique.  Document analysis and interview were used as data collecting technique. From the analysis, it was identified the following translation techniques: Deletion, Addition, Modulation, Transposition, Established Equivalent, Particularization, Generalization, Borrowing, Reduction, Amplification,  and Calque.  Some techniques give positive effect on translation quality, while some others do not. The improper use of deletion and addition techniques reduce the accuracy, thus reducing the quality of the translation. The decision to use certain techniques is influenced by several factors, that is rules of journalism, the ideology of media, and media policies. The quality of the translation is described as follow: accurate for 34 (40%) translation, accurate with thematic differences for 6 (7%) translation, less accurate for 40 (46%) translation, and inaccurate for 6 (7%) translation.
THE USE OF SNOWBALLING STRATEGY IN TEACHING READING LITERARY TEXTS (SHORT STORIES) Wahyuni, Sri
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 7, No 2 (2013): April 2013
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Reading texts for literary experience is different from reading them for information. Actually, there are two general stances (efferent and aesthetic stances) readers may choose when constructing meaning and responding to literature. In the efferent stance the reader’s purpose is primarily to gain information and analyze the author technique. The emphasis is on recalling, paraphrasing, and analyzing details. In the aesthetic stance the reader’s purpose is primarily to “live through” the experience presented in the text and to associate the text with personal experience and feelings. The emphasis is on personally connecting with the text as one reads, developing deeper insights into the human experience and responding thoughtfully to the ideas and insights presented. Thus, it is necessary to apply a strategy in teaching reading literary texts. One of useful strategies for comprehending and discussing literary selections is a snowballing strategy. To apply the strategy in teaching reading literary texts, action research is used as a research methodology. This research is carried out in one of the 4th semester classes, literature study program, Semarang State University.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ACADEMIC LITERACY IN ANALYSING TEXTS FOR TRANSLATION Mujiyanto, Yan
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 7, No 2 (2013): April 2013
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Academic literacy has long been discussed throughout the scientific disciplines. Such discussions have partly resulted in a sort of awareness in people’s mind concerning how we implement it in the areas of scientific disciplines we deal with. In the translation domain, we question how much the significance of such stuff is for the benefit of comprehensively analyzing text for inter-language rendering. This paper intends to provide an answer to such question. It deals with the use of relevant literacy to analyze any source text as a basis to produce a target text through transfer of meaning and reconstruction of language fulfilling the aspects of readability, accuracy, and naturalness.
INTEGRATING LIFE SKILLS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (ELT): STRATEGIES, PROBLEMS AND THEIR POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS -, Sajidin; Nurkamto, Joko; Saleh, Mursid; -, Retmono
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 7, No 2 (2013): April 2013
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The integration of life skills in English language teaching has to be managed properly to achieve an optimal result. The exploration to the fields reveals some problems on their implementation: (1) classroom management, (2) selection of learning materials, (3) learning assessment, and (4) selection of learning methods. In addition, most teachers were fully satisfied with the existing model due to the following reasons: (1) requiring an extra preparation and teaching media, (2) incomplete communication task executions, and (3) inflexibility of model to apply in any class. To make the model of implementation better some recommendation are made: (1) incorporating materials reflecting life skills, (2) providing more comprehensible inputs, (3) developing a representative assessments, and (4) selecting a learning method that guide teacher to gradually develop communicative competence and simultaneously develop life skills.
フラッシュカードで漢字（熟語）の覚え方 （USING FLASHCARDS TO MEMORIZE THE KANJI JUKUGO） Prasetiani, Dyah
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 7, No 2 (2013): April 2013
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Learning kanji is generally difficult for the Japanese learners because its figure, stroke order, and pronounce (onyomi and kunyomi) are difficult to remember. Moreover, every object in the world is presented by kanji. Thus, practically there are large in numbers of kanji. Remembering all the kanji and also the jukugo is not easy. Most of the students may easily forget it soon after they learn it. Therefore, they have to find effective, fun, and easy learning methods to improve their ability in mastering kanji. The bottom line is that they must consistently review the kanji they have learned to ensure that they would never-ever forget them. Otherwise, no matter how memorable the kanji are, they make up its nature to start forgetting and lose track of them once they start learning their 500th kanji and beyond. Flashcards could be a good solution to overcome the problem. It could help students consistently review the kanji, especially the jukugo.
LANGUAGE VARIATION: REGISTER AND ACCENT IN KEN AROK AND KEN DEDES DRAMA PERFORMANCE Syafri, Frimadhona
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 7, No 2 (2013): April 2013
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Language and culture are inseparable. When people communicate to one another, they take their culture in communication; they may use the same language, but differences in accent show their register.  Language variation covers distinctions in pronunciation, grammar, or word choice within a language. It includes register and accent. This concept is reflected in the performance of Ken Arok and Ken Dedes. In the performance, the register described a group of people and their roles in the community.  It is interesting to analyze English with Javanese accents and register in the drama performance. In this performance, speaking English with  Javanese accent does not reduce the traditional values of Javanese culture.
INTEGRATING LIFE SKILLS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (ELT): STRATEGIES, PROBLEMS AND THEIR POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS -, Sajidin; Nurkamto, Joko; Saleh, Mursid; -, Retmono
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 7, No 2 (2013): April 2013
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v7i2.2600

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The integration of life skills in English language teaching has to be managed properly to achieve an optimal result. The exploration to the fields reveals some problems on their implementation: (1) classroom management, (2) selection of learning materials, (3) learning assessment, and (4) selection of learning methods. In addition, most teachers were fully satisfied with the existing model due to the following reasons: (1) requiring an extra preparation and teaching media, (2) incomplete communication task executions, and (3) inflexibility of model to apply in any class. To make the model of implementation better some recommendation are made: (1) incorporating materials reflecting life skills, (2) providing more comprehensible inputs, (3) developing a representative assessments, and (4) selecting a learning method that guide teacher to gradually develop communicative competence and simultaneously develop life skills.

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