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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
Arjuna Subject : -
Articles 807 Documents
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOODLE BASED ENGLISH READING MATERIAL (A case at Multimedia Department Student to Year Tenth of Telekomunikasi Tunas Harapan Vocational High School Semarang) Nurhayati, Dyah
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 8, No 1 (2013): October 2013
Publisher : Faculty of Languages ​​and Arts, State University of Semarang

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This study was a research and development (R&D), which aimed at developing types of reading materials for the tenth year multimedia students of SMK Telekomunikasi Tunas Harapan, finding out the contents validity of the developed material; the quality of the developed material and, whether or not the developed material could improve the reading comprehension of the students. The result of this study shows that: The existing syllabus and material did not cover their needs since the syllabus and the material were designed to be used for all departments , based on the expert validation, it was confirmed that the developed material had a very high validity; from the result of the expert judgment based on the criteria of good ESP material and good e- learning material, the developed material was categorized into very good material; and the result of the field study shows that the developed material could improve the students’ reading comprehension. The students’ mean score for those tests, which reflect the students’ reading comprehension, increased from 40.9 in pre-test, to 66.3 in post- test I, and 79.1 in post-test II. Based on the result of the questionnaire, the students had strongly positive attitude toward the developed material.
DEVELOPING THEMATIC ENGLISH MULTIMEDIA FOR TEACHING VOCABULARY TO YOUNG LEARNERS Ratnawati, Ratnawati
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 9, No 1 (2014): October 2014
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The observed inappropriateness comes from textbooks used in teaching young learners are too difficult, dominated by written form, unspecific, and decontextualized interactive multimedia. Hence, the researcher would like to develop Thematic English Multimedia (TEM) for teaching vocabulary to young learnersat kindergarten B of Islamic Centre Purwodadi, Grobogan. This study employed R&D Design proposed by Borg and Gall (2003:772). Seven stages employed were information and research collecting, planning, developing, validating, revising, try out, and producing final TEM. Observation, interview, validation, performance-based assessment, and pre also post-test were administered to collect data. From results of collected data, they were found that applying TEM got positive perspectives toward teaching and learning process. In line with above statements, TEM is effective and feasible to teach young learners at kindergarten B of Islamic Centre Purwodadi, Grobogan.
CLIL: SUGGESTED ENGLISH MATERIALS FOR CURRICULUM 2013 Prasetianto, Mushoffan
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 8, No 2 (2014): April 2014
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Teaching approaches always change from time to time. The change of teaching approaches is followed by the change of materials. The new materials in secondary level are Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). From these materials, the students are expected to be able to understand other subjects which are written in English. In secondary level, the subjects are science and mathematics. Thus, this paper provides materials, teaching procedures of CLIL and SWOT analysis. The materials are related to the science theme. There are three topics under science theme: digestive system, laboratory equipments and symbols, and light. The teaching procedure of CLIL is Presenting, Practicing and Producing (PPP). Firstly, the teacher presents the material. Secondly, the students practice to retell the material. Lastly, the students produce wall-magazine, posters and experiment report. In conclusion, CLIL materials can be explored more by English teachers because it is new and interesting.
BEING BILINGUAL IN EARLY AGES: IS IT ADVANTAGEOUS? Kalisa, Pasca
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 9, No 1 (2014): October 2014
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Age as a factor to succeed in children’s second language acquisition (SLA) has been a controversial issue for over a period of time. Some studies analyzing the issue found that age is the main factor to determine children’s success in SLA. Responding to the issue, this paper aims at exploring the notion of early bilingualim compared to monolingual children. In addition, this paper mainly focuses on the advantages of being bilingual in a earlier ages. The discussion reveals that bilingual children get more benefits in their language performance than monolingual children. As conclusion, it is suggested that “additive bilingualism” could be applied in Indonesia which English as the foreign language is used at school, while using Indonesian is still maintained at home.
YOUR LANGUAGE YOUR CHARACTER Saleh, Mursid
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 9, No 1 (2014): October 2014
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The main function of any language is to express ideas, thoughts, and feelings. These being characteristic properties of human beings, the language a human being uses will ultimately reflect what is characteristic of him or her. Good language reflects good characteristics of the user, and vice-versa. Learning being another characteristic property of human beings, the language one learns shapes and is shaped by his or her personal characteristics. As character is the accumulation of one’s personal characteristics, there are good reasons to suggest that while one is learning and using a language, he take good care so that good character is reflected. In that way communication will be properly conducted and interpersonal relationships properly established.
COOPERATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ TRANSLATION Yuliasri, Issy
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 8, No 2 (2014): April 2014
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This classroom action reserach aimed at applying the Cooperative Learning techniques, particularly the Jigsaw and Think-Pair-Share techniques, to help students improve their Indonesian-English translation skill, especially in terms of diction, grammar, and rendering of message/content of the text. The research was done in one ‘Translation 2” class of the English Literature Program, the English Department of UNNES. This research showed positive results, revealing that the application of Cooperative Learning techniques could improve students’ skill in translating, particularly in terms of diction, grammar, and rendering of message/content of the text. This was seen from the results of evaluation of the process and products during the research period. With the application of Cooperative Learning techniques, the evaluation of translation products showed significant improvement in students’ translation, particularly in terms of diction, grammar, and rendering of message/content of the text. The results of observation and questionnaire also showed that in general students were more active, motivated, enthusiatic, interested, and they gained better understanding of translation techniques. The students admitted that with Cooperative Learning techniques they could learn easily as they got inputs from their teammates, and they became aware of their mistakes. In addition, with group works they could get varied translations.
REDESIGNING ENGLISH SYLLABUS OF THE FOURTH GRADE BASED ON STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS (SWOT) ANALYSIS German, Emilius
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 8, No 1 (2013): October 2013
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The objectives of the present study are to (1) evaluate the current English syllabus of the fourth grade of elementary school by employing the (SWOT) analysis; 2) redesign current English syllabus based on such analysis; 3) evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed syllabus. The present study applied research and development design which is proposed by Borg and Gall (1983:775). The model was simplified into six stages: Information collecting- this was done by using the SWOT analysis and the strategy of taking the advantages of the opportunities to overcome the weaknesses was adopted to redesign the syllabus, Developing preliminary form of product, Experts and lecturers validation, Product revision, Field testing, Producing final product. The proposed syllabus was tried out at the forth grade of St. Joseph Elementary Schools. It has been tested in try out session. The result shows the significant achievement. Thus, teaching English by using the proposed syllabus for elementary schools students can significantly improve their achievement.
THE USE OF METAPHOR IN BARACK OBAMA’S INAUGURATION SPEECH Risdianto, Faizal
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 9, No 1 (2014): October 2014
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This study aims to elaborate the uniqueness of Barack Obama’s inaugural speech after he was sworn in as the 44th US president at 20 January 2009. This research is a (qualitative) bibliographical study. The object of the study is the the use of metaphor in Barrack Obama’s speech. There were 23 sentences chosen to represent all the metaphorical sentences of Obama’s speech being the object of the study. Having analyzed the data by the perspective of Lakoff and Johnson’s conceptual metaphor, the researcher drew a conclusion that Obama effectively and creatively used metaphorical expressions in convincing his people about his future plans. His remarkable speech discussing how to solve the great scale of the economic mess that now confronts the US and the common feeling of the loss of national self-confidence.
THE MEDIATION OF LOCAL CULTURES WITH GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING Syaefudin, Mohamad
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 8, No 2 (2014): April 2014
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Foreign language learning with local culture contents began from the importance of the representation of the roots of the nation in foreign language. Foreign language learning strategies which mediate local cultures and cultural values existed in a foreign language generate a global perspective on foreign cultures, not only on the articulation of local messages to foreign languages, but also it compares how the local values are relevant to the values of other nations. Eventually, learners realize that by understanding themselves, they will be able to appreciate the wisdom of other nations. French culture which was compared to Javanese cultures in this article proved the statement above.
THE INTEGRATION OF GENRE BASED APPROACH INTO SCIENTIFIC APPROACH IN WHEN ENGLISH RINGS A BELL TO TEACH RECOUNT TEXT Amalia, Rizky Nurul; Hartono, Rudi
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 10, No 1 (2015): October 2015
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This study analyzed the integration of Genre-based Approach into the Scientific Approach elements as they are represented in a textbook entitled When English Rings a Bell published by the Ministry of Education and Culture, Indonesia. This study used descriptive qualitative method to analyze the integration of two approaches in the textbook. The result showed that there were four sections of integrations. The first was the integration of BkoF into Observing and Questioning in Scientific Approach. The second was the integration of Modeling of Text (MoT) into Observing, Questioning, and Collecting Information. The third was the integration of Joint Construction of Text (JCoT) into Collecting Information and Associating. The last is the integration of Individual Construction of Text (ICoT) into Communicating. Based on those findings, Genre Based Approach was represented in Scientific Approach; all of the principles consisted in Genre-based Approach were accommodated in Scientific Approach.

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