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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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IMPROVING COHESION OF THE STUDENTS’ SENTENCES THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF COHESION THEORY IN THE SENTENCE-BASED WRITING CLASS Priyatmojo, Arif Suryo
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 6, No 2 (2012): April 2012
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v6i2.2409

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This study was aimed at 1). describing what kinds of cohesive device mostly occured in the students’ sentences, 2). describing how to apply cohesion theory in the sentence-based writing class, and 3). finding out whether the use of cohesion theory gives its positive significance to cohesion of the students’ sentences. This is an action research study employing two cycles. The subject of the study was 24 students of group 2, in a class of SBW, and the object of the study was students’ sentences created by the students in the teaching and learning process. The result of the study shows that cohesive devices mostly employed by the students are references followed by lexical, conjunction and substitution. Moreover, the students never used ellipsis in the students’ sentences. In the teaching and learning process, cohesion theory was given to the students in two cycles. The first cycle focused on introducing the cohesion theory and its kinds of cohesive devices. Then, in the next cycle the students learned about Halliday and Hasan Taxonomy. Based on the result of the study, teaching SBW using cohesion theory gives its positive significance by varied cohesive device used by the students. It can be seen from the analysis of the students’ sentences from pre-test, paragraph 1, paragraph 2, paragraph 3 and post-test. The students also give positive responses upon its teaching and learning process using cohesion theory based on the pre and post-test questionnaire data. It is hoped that the result of the study gives positive contribution to the students in preparing them to write in bigger contexts such as paragraph-based writing, genre-based writng and academic writing in the next coming semesters.
UNFORGETTABLE DREAM IN BRENNAN’S POEM Nugroho, Henriono
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.v3i2.914

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This article concerns with a stylistic analysis on a poem in terms of Systemic Functional Linguistics and Verbal Art Semiotics. The writing uses library research, qualitative data, documentary study, descriptive method and intrinsic-objective approach. The semantic analysis results in both automatized and foregrounded meanings. Then the automatized meaning produces lexical cohesion and in turn, it produces subject matter. Meanwhile, the foregrounded meaning produces the literary meaning and in turn, it creates theme. Finally, the analysis indicates that the subject matter is about a young man in his girlfriend’s dream, the literary meaning is about the memory of dream and the theme is about the unforgettable dream. Keyword: automatized meaning, foregrounded meaning, subject matter, literary meaning, theme
The Realization of the Bad Impact of Early Capitalism in Oscar Wilde’s “The Happy Prince” Holis, Nor; Asmarani, Ratna
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.v14i1.21402

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Living under feudalism and capitalism seems very good for those who were born from rich people. It is because they do not have to struggle of their life and would get everything as desire. Meanwhile, it is very hard for poor people because their live is worse and if they do not struggle of the life they might die. “The Happy Prince” is the story that shows how the feudalism and early capitalism work in the society. People live contradictory under those systems. Fortunately, since the capitalism applies, the poor people find new hope. Their laborpower is paid so that they are to feed themselves and the family. Besides, they work for the capitalists’ happiness. This new term of live is not a big different from feudal system. The payment for the poor who work is a very little difference that makes the poor happy. This research aims to describe how the feudalism and the early capitalism work in the short story. Using the sociological approach as to the evidences of the feudalism and the early capitalism system in the story is chosen to describe the impacts of those systems toward society. The result of this research shows that poor people accept the system of capitalism than the feudalism. It is because their labor-power is paid. This condition is different from previous system (feudalism) that makes poor people are getting worse because they must work freely.
THE USE OF METAPHOR IN BARACK OBAMA’S INAUGURATION SPEECH Risdianto, Faizal
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.v10i2.5716

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This study is aimed to elaborate the uniqueness of Barack Obama‘s inaugural speech when he has been 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 analysis of the use of metaphor in Barrack Obama‘s speech. There are 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 George Lakoff and Johnson‘s conceptual metaphor, the researcher can draw a conclusion that Obama has 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.
ENHANCING THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN STORY RETELLING THROUGH MOVIES Indrawati, Lenny Agustina
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.v8i1.3225

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The research was based on an experimental design at Pre-School of Mondial School in the academic year of 2011/2012. The objectives of the research are to investigate (1) the effectiveness of movie as a medium of teaching, (2) the significant deference in using movie as a media of treatment and using discussion strategy as a media of treatment in improving the students’ mastery in story retelling, (3) the students’ socio-cultural background takes part in determining their achievement besides the effect of seeing movies as a means of improving their story retelling ability. The empirical data were obtained from Pre-Test and the Post-Test. The data were then measured and analyzed in form of statistical and descriptive analysis. The result of this study showed that the group used movies as medium in story retelling got better improvement in the average scores than those without movies. Moreover, it was also found that most of the high achievers, both in the experimental group and in the control group, came from social environment with the more capability to encourage the students to make use of movies for the benefit of their study, especially of retelling story.
TRAVAIL SUR LE FAITS-DIVERS: ACTIVITÉ DE LA COMPRÉHENSION ÉCRITE Agustiningrum, Tri Eko
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 4, No 2 (2010): April 2010
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v4i2.905

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In the teaching of reading comprehension, there are many different strategies that can be used to simplify the process of teaching. The determination to selec teaching strategies is not arbitrary, but should be considered from various aspects. There are a number of strategies that can be applied to improve the students’ comprehension. The strategies are designed to help teachers bring knowledge about learners, guide learners to read the text, help them develop active and focused reading activities, and strengthen  the them in conceptualizing ideas taken from the reading text. One type of readings that can be used is authentic or original text not to be made for the benefit of foreign language teaching. The goal was to determine the ability of language learners to analyze the text. Key Words: reading comprehension, authentic material, teaching strategies
THE ERRORS OF SEGMENTAL PHONEMES AMONG LIBYANS ENGLISH STUDENTS STUDYING IN SEMARANG CITY, INDONESIA Emran, Abdulghani Mohammed; B., Dwi Anggani L.
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.v11i2.9591

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This study attempts to investigate the errors of segmental phonemes that Libyan English students have when they pronounce English sounds. The participants in the study were fifteen, three females and the rest males, who study in Semarang city, Indonesia, and they were form different majors of master and Doctoral degrees (information system, public health, economic and bio-medic) at Semarang State University and Diponegoro University. The participants have never been to any of the English speaking countries, so they do not have any kind of exposure to a native English environment. The data was collected by two methods; recording test, in order to identify and evaluate the segmental errors, and questionnaire, in order to obtain participants’ perceptions about the expected errors, the reasons behind these errors and how to cope with them. The results showed that the Libyan speakers in this study had errors while they produce consonant clusters and certain English sounds, such as: consonants” /p/ , /v/ , /θ/ , /ð/ , /tʃ/ , /dʒ/ and /ŋ/”, vowels “ /ә/ , /ɛ:/ , /i:/ , /ɑ:/ , /u:/ , /ᴐ:/ and /ɪ/”, and finally diphthongs “/eә/ , /ʊә/ , /әʊ/.” This study also provides some helpful suggestions and recommendation that will reduce future errors regarding English segmental phonemes among Libyan English learners.
Improving Students’ Argumentative Writing Skill through Rubric and Group Feedback Anaktototy, Karolis
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.v14i1.20687

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This study intends to gain comprehensive understanding about the implementation of rubric and group feedback and to know students’ argumentative writing achievement. This study was conducted at the fourth semester students of English education study program of Teacher College Pattimura University in Ambon academic year 2015/2016. Action research method was used in this study. Data collection instruments used were students writing assessment rubrics, questionnaires, and record / field observation sheets of both observer and researcher. Descriptive statistics was used in analyzing data. The results shows that the synergy of rubric and group based feedback have improved students’ argumentative writing skills. In pre cycle the average score of the students was 66.26 while in cycle I the average score was 72.09. In cycle II the students’ average score rose to 78.00. Overall, more than 70% of the students have acquired good score for their argumentative writing. Rubric and group feedback strategy in fact has improved students’ argumentative writing skill.
HUMANISTIC VALUES IN ENGLISH ELECTRONIC SCHOOL TEXTBOOK FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Isti’anah, Arina
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.v10i1.4160

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The English electronic school textbooks or known as BSE (Buku Sekolah Elektronik) for senior high school are used by students in Indonesia since this kind of book is downloadable free in the internet. Due to that reason, this study intends to evaluate the language use in the book by means of appraisal analysis. The focus of attention will be on the representation of humanistic values in the book. The values are necessarily to promote due to the fact that textbooks become one of resources for students to build their characters as language enables humans to express their conscious awareness of emotions (Dong, 2006). Consequently, what the book presents influences the students‘ attitudes towards certain issues. This research attempts to find out what humanistic values are promoted in the book and how the writers‘ attitudes are represented to show the humanistic values.The analysis shows that the book presents three values: respecting others, nature and social issues. The writers‘ attitudes towards the values are dominated by affect: 87% in respecting other people and 73% in respecting social issues. To respect nature, the writers‘ attitudes are shown in appreciation, presented in 71%.
TRAVEL WRITING; AN APPLICATION OF WRITING WORKSHOP TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ CREATIVE WRITING Farida, Alief Noor; Margawati, Prayudias
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.v9i1.3216

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Writing is often assumed as uneasy skill to either learn or teach. For students, they find it difficult to develop ideas in writing. On the other hand, teachers, many of them, only ready with the materials but confuse with the appropriate ways to teach. This paper intends to describe and discuss a method of teaching writing namely writing workshop to improve students’ writing skill through travel writing. Writing workshop proposed by Calkins that consists of mini lesson, work time, peer conferring and/or response groups, share sessions, and publication celebration is applied in writing class for methodological purposes. In mini lesson, teacher offers something to the class that is meant to introduce a writing strategy done at the beginning of the workshop. During work time point, students start their new piece of writing. Teacher moves among students conferring with them while checking their works. Peer conferences or response groups provide a forum for students to talk about works in progress. When students work in group, one of them could arrange his/ her group needs during the work time. A share session may be varied, one possible way is each group shares their process of writing to other students. At the end of writing class, student writers come together to publish and/ or celebrate their final work. The publication could be in the form of portfolio, students’ diary, blog, or others. Travel writing genre is chosen as it could develop students’ creativity in describing/ narrating their own stories during, let say holiday or things they used to see on the way home weekly or monthly. Furthermore, travel writing as the product of creative writing teaches the readers of values, characteristics, and way of life. Last but not least, a professional writing teacher should set the writing workshop components in variety ways to achieve effective running-class.

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