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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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CONTEXT IN PRAGMATICS Indrawati, -
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 3, No 2 (2009): April 2009
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v3i2.916

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People carry out almost all social behaviors through language, either spoken or written. The language to be used needs rules and principles; and when it comes to see language from a socio-cultural perspective, and consider the ‘worlds of users’ incorporating the context or ‘human condition’, people refer to the pragmatic use of it, which means that Pragmatics is the study of a context-dependent language. People owe their respects to great many linguists and experts in Pragmatics for their various expertises in this field to explain ‘how the language operates in force of contextually implied conditions’. With this view, the writer of this paper attempts to learn the important relationship between context and Pragmatics.
The Challenges and Difficulties in Teaching Listening: An Exploratory Research in a Junior High School in Kudus Utomo, Slamet; Kusmaryati, Sri Endang; Sulistyowati, Titis
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 14, No 1 (2019): October 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v14i1.19471

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The objectives of this study are describing the process of teaching English (listening) and identifying the difficulties in teaching (English) listening in a Junior High School in Kudus. This research uses exploratory research design. I will explore qualitative data to analyze the process of the teaching and learning English in Kudus and to identify the need of the learning materials. The subjects of the research are five English teachers’ from a Junior High school in Kudus, they have been teaching English for more than ten years. They have been teaching from different classes, class 7, class 8, and class 9. This study has discovered the challenges and difficulties in learning and teaching in Junior High School in kudus. Most teachers feels that time management become their major challenge in organizing classroom. They have set lesson plan, but sometimes the lesson does not work exactly the same. They have to work with mixed-level students, with students with learning difficulties, and with learners who are coming from different backgrounds. Teachers should be aware that it is part of teachers’ primary duty to cope with every student. Most students can learn a foreign language to some level, but there are many reasons why their improvements are not achieved significantly.
THE IMPACTS OF THE BEAUTY MYTH ON THE EXISTENTIAL FREEDOM OF PECOLA IN TONI MORRISON’S THE BLUEST EYE Asmarani, Ratna
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 10, No 2 (2016): April 2016
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v10i2.5728

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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the destructive impacts of the beauty myth on the existential freedom of Pecola, the young, poor, black female character, in Toni Morrison‘s ―The Bluest Eye.‖ The analysis is done through feminist criticism supported by the concept of the beauty myth and beauty as well as Sartrean concept of existentialism. The result shows that the widely spread beauty myth blocks Pecola‘s existential freedom on the physical, consciousness, or social life level. All these lead to young Pecola‘s ruined existence.
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
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v8i1.3227

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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.
ENGLISH PRODUCED BY INDONESIAN YOUNG EFL LEARNERS Ningrum, Yusnita Sylvia
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 4, No 1 (2009): October 2009
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v4i1.907

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This study is aimed at describing what types of English Indonesian children can produce after they learn it from school and what linguistic features are used in their English (language). The corpus of the data is a stretch of approximately sixty-minute dialogue between 5 primary school children and their teacher. Functional approach proposed by Halliday is applied in conducting this study, therefore the term “English” in the title of this paper later on will be exclusively understood as ‘speech function’. Meanwhile, the phrase “young EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners” in the following paper is used in several similar meanings, like children, young learners, primary school learners. Using Speech Function Network developed by Eggins and Slade (1997), then, it is found out that Indonesian young EFL-learners are able to produce speech functions (English) such those of produced by adult in quite complex linguistic features. Key words: speech function, realization, English as a foreign language, primary school learners
The Question of Choice in an Achievement Barakat, Mahmoud Abdelrazig Mahmoud
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 14, No 1 (2019): October 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v14i1.21472

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Achievement tests administered at national level play a significant role in the lives of test-takers as well as the whole society. This paper aims to investigate the effect of giving students a choice between two optional questions on their overall performance in a high-stake achievement test for university admission. It is hypothesized that questions targeting writing-based productive skills and language system necessitate display of abilities which are different from fact-based questions designed around story content. The two items are assumed to reflect different constructs that require different criteria of assessment. Consequently, the student’s overall score is affected by the item they choose to answer, which might not be reflective of their real language abilities. An open-ended interview was carried out with ten teachers working with grade 3 students in model secondary schools to investigate the nature of the two types of test items and their impact on the student’s performance. The data has proved that giving choice in an achievement test generates different performances that are assessed differently. It is recommended that in order to address the question of fairness, it is important to clearly define and balance the construct of the items that affect the student’s choice and performance.
HIDDEN MOTIVES BEHIND THE WHITE’S DEFENCE TOWARDS THE BLACK IN GRISHAM’S A TIME TO KILL Sriastuti, Anna
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 10, No 1 (2015): October 2015
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v10i1.4162

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The purpose of this study is to reveal the hidden motives of the White behind race and class struggles in Carl Lee‘s case of murdering two local young white men who had raped his 10 years old daughter, Tonya, and left her bruised and bloodied. Lee, a black man, who used to have good relations with the White stood against the White at the court when he decided to kill the rapists in his own hands as his revenge to his daughter. The story was not simply telling readers about the races and classes struggles between the Black and the White but another important point to notice was the wilingness of some white people who posted themselves in Lee‘s side that led further conflict of the White against the White.
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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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v9i1.3218

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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.
 وأهم "#$%& ا "()& ا "*+, THE POSITION AND IMPORTANCE OF ARABIC LANGUAGE Ahmad Hasyim, Mohammad Yusuf
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 6, No 1 (2011): October 2011
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v6i1.2049

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Arabic language is one of the United Nations language. It is a language which is used for thecitizen of Arabic peninsula, especially Arabian Gulf countries as oil producers. Arabic languageis the most important language which gets the highest position in Islam for the Moslemspeaker from Arabic or non Arabic countries since law of Islam, which are the Koran and thehadits, uses Arabic language. For centuries, the experts and proponents of Arabic languagehave been raising problems related to the position and importance of Arabic language in thework. Those problems nowadays are still current to be discussed or analyzed. How theposition and importance of Arabic language for Moslem or nonmoslem people, Arabian or nonArabian people is used and how the steps which is probably taken by non Arabian peopleaims to learn Arabic language well as religion language and international communicationlanguage are reached in this analysis.
THE LINGUISTIC PROBLEMS OF STUDENTS’ COMPETENCE IN WRITING BUSINESS LETTERS Pratiwi, Yuni Eka; Rukmini, Dwi; Faridi, Abdurrahman
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 11, No 2 (2017): April 2017
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v11i2.9584

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A good writing not only restates the message or idea using sentences or expressions that are grammatically correct, but also has to organize idea or message in a form which is easy to understand. The aims of this research were 1) to explain the organizations of business letters produced by the twelfth grade students of the office management program of Ky Ageng Giri Mranggen, Demak Vocational High School; 2)  to explain the contents of business letters produced by the students; 3) to explain the grammars of business letters produced by the students; 4) to explain the vocabularies of business letters produced by the students; 5) to explain the mechanics of business letters produced by the students; 6) to explain the writing competence of business letters produced by the students. A qualitative case study was used in this research.The findings derived from students’ work. They showed that in the organization of business letters, they can organize the part of letter completely, from the letter head, date, inside address, salutation, give state the purpose, explain the information, conclude and thank to the reader, complementary close, and additional information if necessary. For the content, they got difficulty in what the idea they should write. In grammar, they didn’t know the verb form of simple past, confused to use the personal pronoun in English, the structure of sentence, differentiatethe auxiliaries, the articles and using degree of comparison. For vocabulary, they got difficulties in using and choosing vocabulary.In the mechanic, they made mistakes in using spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. The findings of the students’ competencies in writing business letters, there were 75.00% students whowere competent in writing business letters, almost of them mastered the organization, mechanic, and the content of letters. 25.00% students who had no-competent, they still got difficulty in using grammar and choose the vocabulary.  Almost half students in the class passed the exam. It can be concluded that the twelfth grade students of the office management program of Ky Ageng Giri Mranggen, Demak Vocational High School are competent in writing business letters.

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