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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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Exploring Undergraduate Students’ Motivation-regulation Strategies in Thesis Writing
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 14, No 2 (2020): April 2020
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v14i2.23450

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Self-regulation is an ability that helps the students to maintain their effort in achieving their goals. In self-regulation, students can plan, monitor, and evaluate their learning process. Self-regulation encompasses many aspects. One of them is motivation. Motivation is considered as one of the important aspects of the learning process. Concerning the educational context in Indonesia, thesis writing course is a compulsory course. However, students are required to do the task independently. Therefore, students have to be self-regulated learners during the process of thesis writing. This study aims to investigate students’ motivation-regulation strategies in thesis writing. There were 9 participants involved in this study. The participants were students of English Language and Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. This study belongs to mixed-method research. Questionnaire and interview were used as instruments to collect the data. The results of this study revealed that the participants used some motivation-regulation strategies, namely, self-consequating, environmental structuring, goal-oriented self-talk, interest enhancement, and attribution control. Additionally, the majority of the participants were apt to procrastinate writing their thesis. The implications are provided for undergraduate students, thesis advisor, and future researchers.
THE REALITY OF LANGUAGE
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.v4i2.899

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Language possesses a very significant role in the formation of reality inside the mind of its users. Three elements comprising of society, language, and thoughts are interrelated in constructing the reality of language in society. Society produces thoughts; thoughts create society, and language mediates the process of formulation of reciprocal relation between thoughts and society. Sexism in language use in society prevails in favours of men culture that is directly responsible for the way people see their world, as an important means of reinforcing sexist assumptions. As life flows to its natural course, this linguistic habit is challenged in its being rational and logical by linguistic feminists, of which both female and male. Keywords: sexism in language, linguistic feminists
Merging English into Sport in Aerobic Exercise Based on Content-Based Instruction
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 13, No 1 (2018): October 2018
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v13i1.12952

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A research on merging English into Sport in Aerobic Exercise based on Content-Based Instruction (CBI) was conducted related to the need of the aerobics instructor who can lead the class in English especially with the present of Asean Economic Market in the end of 2015. The problem being evaluated in this paper was ―is there any difference influence between CBI learning model and conventional learning model to the aerobics instructor performance in English? The aim of this research is to evaluate the different influence between CBI learning model and conventional learning model to the aerobics instructor performance in English. 20 students of Semarang State University and Wahid Hasyim University were grouped into 2 groups. One is CBI group and the other ones is conventional group. The treatment was conducted for 6 weeks, 12 meetings. The result showed that the significant score for CBI group is 0,0050, 05, meaning H1 is accepted. Therefore there is a significant difference between those who have been taught using CBI to those who have been taught using conventional learning for the aerobics instructor performance in English.
IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING PRACTICE IN DESCRIBING PEOPLE BY USING CONTEXTUALIZED CARD GAME
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.v8i1.3226

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Students often had problems to describe someone in English. The basic problem is the lack of practice. The students needed sufficient, fun and easy practice which would make them enthusiastic to do it. Therefore, I proposed the use of contextualized card game to improve the students’ speaking practice in describing people. I used classroom-action research to investigate how the use of contextualized card game can improve the students’ speaking practice in describing people. By implementing the game, the frequency of the students to describe people increased in cycle 2, ranging from 6.3 % up to 87.5 % compared to one in cycle 1. The students felt fun, enthusiastic, and confident as they were practicing speaking in groups while playing game and the object of description was within their knowledge. Besides, they described people better than before because in playing the game they learned from their friends and the teacher had facilitated them with sufficient and step-by step exercises. Further, the average score of the test improved from 74 in pre-cycle to 79 in cycle 1 and 83 in cycle 2. Thus, the use of contextualized card game can improve the students’ speaking practice.
THE USE OF COMIC STRIPS AS AN ENGLISH TEACHING MEDIA FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 8, No 2 (2014): April 2014
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v8i2.3018

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Nowadays, teachers have to be creative in delivering materials to the students. Ideally, teaching media are needed to support the success of teaching and learning processes. In English classes, teachers have to create a good atmosphere using interactive teaching media. The objectives of this paper are (1) to know whether Printed Material in the form of Comic Strips can improve the English vocabulary of the students of SMP 2 Bae Kudus, (2) to describe the strength and the weaknesses of comic as a means of teaching English. This is action research was conducted at Class VIIA of SMP 2 Bae Kudus consisting of 30 learners. Before conducting the research, the writers administered a pr- test to know the students’ mastery of vocabulary. The result of the pre-test shows that the mean score was 68.27, while the standard score (KKM) is 75. Then, the writers in collaboration with the English teacher did Cycle I using Comic Strips. The mean score of a test proceeding Cycle I was 76.97. So, the writers continued to do Cycle II. In Cycle II, the writers also gave evaluation to the students. The mean score of the test proceeding Cycle II was 85.10. In delivering the materials, the teacher felt it easier to deliver teaching materials using comic strips.
Constructing Teacher Identity: Teachers Emotion in Teaching English for Pre-School Students
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 15, No 2 (2021): April 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v15i2.26365

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This research discusses how teachers’ emotion regulation helps them construct their professional identity. To be specific, the emotion regulation studied is around teaching pre-school students. The emotion regulation investigated covers the teachers’ behavior in the classroom setting when they are dealing with little children. The research question of this study is “How teachers’ identity is constructed especially in teaching pre-school students?”.  Theories related to emotion competence, emotion regulation, and teacher identity were also reviewed in this paper. In conducting the research, teachers from one of English courses in Yogyakarta becomes the participant. The researcher uses the Critical Incident Technique (CIT). Many factors such as teaching goals, commitment, particular meaningful experiences become the main consideration in formulating the questions asked in the interview section. Actions such as the distribution of questionnaires and interviews are conducted in order to collect the data. In analyzing the data, the researcher presents the findings narratively based on the result of the questionnaire and the interview.
The Representation of Gender in English Textbooks in Indonesia
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 12, No 1 (2017): October 2017
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v12i1.11473

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The urgency of revealing the actual situation of gender equality in education is the background of this study. Two textbooks used regularly in Senior High School level in Semarang namely ‗Bahasa Inggris‘ (henceforth BI) and ‗Aim High‘(henceforth AH) were used as the subjects of the study. Briefly, the objectives of the study are to describe the similarities of the representation of gender in BI and AH and to describe differences of the representation of gender in BI and AH. In gathering the data, content analysis for analyzing gender representation proposed by Brugeiilles and Cromer (2009) was used as the instrument to gain the data after being adapted in some parts. The results of the analysis revealed that (1) both BI and AH are similar in the domination of male over female in the exercise and images part; they are also similar in depicting male characters engaged with higher education, social, and outdoor-based activities. In another side, (2) Both BI and AH are different in which BI has no one female- or equal shared domination in all of the parts while AH has female dominated the frequency in the course material and equal shared domination in the reading passage and conversation part.
Needs Analysis of English for Medical Purposes: A Student Perspective Rinawati, Rinawati; Trisnadi, Setyo; Murwantono, Didik
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 16, No 2 (2022): April 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v16i2.35445

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English has been integrated into medical curriculum in higher education in countries where English is not the official language of instruction. For medical students—non-English department students—English has been taught to meet specified academic and professional needs of learners in so-called English for specific purposes (ESP). To ensure that English program is relevant to the learner’s needs, a need analysis is required. This study aimed to investigate the English needs of the first-year medical students taking a compulsory program of English for academic purposes at Faculty of Medicine, Sultan Agung Islamic University. The data were collected using a questionnaire to assess the medical students’ purpose of learning English, the importance of learning English, language learning needs of major language skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking) and their preference of assessment type. The data were descriptively analyzed. Forty-five students consisting of 67 % female and 33% male completed the questionnaire. Most students (76%) used English when studying. All students agreed on the importance of English. The most important sub skill included reading technical article in medicine, listening to audio and listening oral presentation, giving spoken presentation, writing medical prescription. Individual achievement was the most preferred type of assessment. The medical students agreed on the importance of English specific purposes. The interpretation of findings will be useful for the design of English for specific purposes in the study setting.
OPTIMIZING THE USE OF CLASSROOM LANGUAGE TO IMPROVE THE SPEAKING CONFIDENCE OF STUDENTS AT BEGINNER LEVEL
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 5, No 1 (2010): October 2010
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v5i1.1986

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Teaching English to non-native students in Indonesia, especially pre and elementary school students, is farmore problematic than teaching adult students in the same country. These students are not accustomed touse English in their daily lives. When they are given English lesson at school, they often feel afraid, shy, andlack of confidence in using the target language. Students have those feelings mostly when they have topractice speaking English because they find it difficult as they have to master different elements of languagesuch as vocabulary, pronunciation, structures, functions and so on in order to say what they want (Phillips,1993). Consequently, teachers are strongly required to be more patient, to have more preparation time andto be more creative in designing classroom activities. Experts say that young learners are hard toconcentrate and easily distracted. If teachers are not able to manage their students, their classes willbecome chaotic and riotous ones. In order to minimize that condition, teachers need to make anyanticipation so that they, instead of their students, can take control of their classes. One of the ways is bymaking classroom language. This will help teachers to organize their classes and ultimately make theirstudents speak using the target language. This paper promotes classroom language as it is concrete,meaningful, and has communicative nature. Hughes (1990) states that the phrase ‘Open your books at page10, please’ does not make the students only repeat, translate, evaluate as true or false or put into negative,but this makes them do the simple action of opening a textbook after understanding the genuine instruction.Furthermore, classroom phrases help the students to use the target language in appropriate context andindirectly accustom them to the form-function relationships and discrepancies that are parts of English.Considering the phenomena above, this paper offers some techniques that may be used in applyingclassroom language. Some of those techniques include a lot of drilling techniques and fun games.Hopefully, this paper may become one of considerations to be used by EFL teachers in encouraging theirstudents to be able to speak the target language in most of their time in their English classes. However, thispaper is still far of perfection. It still needs a lot of suggestions and deeper discussion from those who aredealing with researches of the same topic.
The Influence of Siblingships in a Person’s Self-regulation Process
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.v14i1.21476

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This study presents the ways self regulation exists in the siblingship. How the older sibling influence the decision making towards the younger sibling or vice versa. In this case the decision making is based on where they study. These siblings are in the same university even they are in the same study program. This paper observes how they are affected to each other while they are in the same school. This paper uses interview as the method. In the findings will be revealed why they decide to be in the same university and in the same study program.

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