Ahmad Dahlan Journal of English Studies
Ahmad Dahlan Journal of English Studies (ADJES), with registered number ISSN 2477-2879 (online), 2356-5012 (print), is a journal which is published by Universitas Ahmad Dahlan. This journal is published twice a year in March and September. We accept mainly research-based articles related to English Language Teaching, Literature, and Linguistics.
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<![CDATA[Implementing Task-Based Learning Strategy during the COVID-19 for Teaching English for Adult Learners ]]>
<![CDATA[Muhammad Mugni Assapari]]>
<![CDATA[ Ahmad Dahlan Journal of English Studies Vol 7, No 2 (2020): September ]]>
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DOI: 10.26555/adjes.v7i2.17835
<![CDATA[The purpose of this study is to find out the improvement of English learning results of Mataram State Islamic University students majoring in Da'kwah management and Communication by utilizing task-based learning strategies during covid-19. This study is a type of class action study with research subjects a student’s second semester of Da’kwah Fakulty. Data collection by way of in-depth interviews and direct observations. The research method used in research is qualitative descriptive. This research data includes the results of the study results and student responses regarding the utilization of task-based learning strategies. Techniques data collection of student learning results is carried out through tests in the form of test questions Objective. The data is descriptively analyzed using percentages. Analysis of learning process data obtained from observation data, and interviews are conducted qualitatively. The results showed there was a significant improvement in students' English speaking skills after taking part in online assignment-based learning. This proves that task-based English learning is effective in improving students' English speaking skills.]]>
<![CDATA[Implementing Cartoon Media to Maximise Students’ Reading Comprehension ]]>
<![CDATA[Widya Rahmawati]]>;
<![CDATA[Sandi Yusuf]]>
<![CDATA[ Ahmad Dahlan Journal of English Studies Vol 7, No 1 (2020): March ]]>
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DOI: 10.26555/adjes.v7i1.13625
<![CDATA[The objectives of this research are to find out whether there is a significant difference in the reading comprehension between students who are taught by using cartoon media and the students who are taught by using conventional media, to find out the effectiveness between cartoon media and conventional media in teaching reading comprehension. This experimental research was carried out in SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Sleman in the academic year of 2018/2019. The findings of the study show that the mean scores of students who were taught by using cartoon media are higher than the scores of those who were taught by using conventional media, 68.16 > 60.91. The result of ANCOVA shows the level of significance is lower than 0.05. i.e. 0.0000 < 0.05. thus H1is accepted and Ho is rejected. It shows clearly that the use of cartoon media to teach reading comprehension is more effective than conventional media.]]>
<![CDATA[Philippine Social Constructs Found in Bob Ong’s Stories ]]>
<![CDATA[Josephine May Grace Aclan Famoso]]>
<![CDATA[ Ahmad Dahlan Journal of English Studies Vol 8, No 1 (2021): March ]]>
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DOI: 10.26555/adjes.v8i1.18749
<![CDATA[Literary texts are products of an ideology. Consequently, some Filipinos write about social constructs to uncover and question the existence of a particular social norm. Bob Ong, a Filipino writer, makes readers experience factual events. His novels Macarthur and Kapitan Sino uphold the cultural, economic, and political constructs which made these works vulnerable to be examined from a socio-political perspective. This study used the qualitative-descriptive methodology to show different social classes, conflicts, and resolutions found in the novels. This study also features the ills of society as a reflection of the Philippine society. The following conclusions are drawn: First, that the Philippine social construct can be interpreted based on the Class Conflict theory from the ideology of Karl Marx. Thus, social classes are classified as bourgeoise and proletariat. Second, conflicts are societal in nature and are challenging to resolve. Indeed, the novels reveal concerns that reflect the contemporary Philippine circumstance.]]>
<![CDATA[The Effect of Teacher’s Code Switching on Vocabulary Acquisition of Senior High School Students: EFL Learners ]]>
<![CDATA[M. Sofian Hadi]]>;
<![CDATA[Lidyatul Izzah]]>;
<![CDATA[Via Rahma Wati]]>
<![CDATA[ Ahmad Dahlan Journal of English Studies Vol 8, No 1 (2021): March ]]>
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DOI: 10.26555/adjes.v8i1.20126
<![CDATA[This research is aimed at finding and describing the effect of teacher’s code-switching on vocabulary acquisition of senior high students: EFL Learners the eleven grade students at MAN 2 LEBAK in the academic year of 2020/2021. This research was conducted from January to February 2021. This research was classified as a pre-experimental study. It involved 25 students from one class. The pre-test was given to the participants before the treatment and the post-test was given after the treatment. The data of the pre-test and post- test of the participants were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. After the data were tested and found the hypothesis (H1) was accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. The result of the research shows that the difference in the mean score between the students’ score pre-test and post-test. the score was 7,2, which obtained in the degree of freedom (df) of 23, with the degree of significance 5%, it gained score 1,71387. Which means the t-observation was higher than t-table. It showed that teacher’s code-switching on Students’ vocabulary acquisition is effective.]]>
<![CDATA[Emotional Abuse Issue in Emma Donoghue’s Room ]]>
<![CDATA[Arilia Triyoga]]>
<![CDATA[ Ahmad Dahlan Journal of English Studies Vol 7, No 2 (2020): September ]]>
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DOI: 10.26555/adjes.v7i2.19964
<![CDATA[Room is a best-seller novel written by Emma Donoghue. It tells about a mother and her son who struggle to be free from a very wicked man, Old Nick. This novel shows violence toward a woman. This paper aims to investigate emotional abuse in Emma Donoghue's Room. This research is categorized in library research, and the data are gathered mainly from the primary source, Room. The secondary sources are from journals especially discussing domestic violence and abuse toward women. Other than that, research method books are also used to support this research. The data are found through note-taking. After that, those are classified and analyzed. The finding shows that Ma's emotional abuse is in isolation and ignorance, leading her to depression and anxiety. Old Nick isolates Ma in a tiny room, and after Ma is free from Old Nick, she is ignored by some of her family. Those experiences mainly cause ma’s depression and anxiety.]]>
<![CDATA[The Application of Modified Gasing Game to Improve the Elementary School Students’ Vocabulary in Singkawang Tourism Site, West Kalimantan ]]>
<![CDATA[Ufi Ruhama]]>;
<![CDATA[Iin Maulina]]>
<![CDATA[ Ahmad Dahlan Journal of English Studies Vol 7, No 1 (2020): March ]]>
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DOI: 10.26555/adjes.v7i1.14094
<![CDATA[This Classroom Action Research was aimed at knowing whether the implementation of modified gasing game was effective in improving students' vocabulary mastery. The population in this study was the students of Muhammadiyah 2 Singkawang Elementary School with a total sample of 25 students by using a random sampling technique. The Classroom Action Research objectives were to describe the use of a modified-gasing game on vocabulary, to investigate the Muhammadiyah 2 Singkawang Elementary School fourth grade students’ vocabulary mastery and to identify the improvement of the Elementary School fourth grade students’ vocabulary mastery using a modified-gasing game. It employed three cycles with four stages (planning, action, observation, and reflection). In each cycle, the data were analyzed to find out the increase in students’ vocabulary. The researcher used the observation, test and documentation in collecting the data. The results of the research indicated that the implementation of gasing game was merely effective in improving the students’ vocabulary in terms of numerical grade scores. The results showed the improvement in each cycle as in the first cycle by 0 percent, in the second cycle by 48 percent, and in the third cycle by 96 percent which are categorized very good. The results concluded that this modified-gasing game can improve the Muhammadiyah 2 Singkawang Elementary School fourth grade students’ vocabulary significantly in the aspects of word guessing.]]>
<![CDATA[Washback of Microteaching Test on EFL Students’ Overseas Teaching Practice ]]>
<![CDATA[Fitrie Amaelia]]>;
<![CDATA[Entika Fani Prastikawati]]>
<![CDATA[ Ahmad Dahlan Journal of English Studies Vol 8, No 1 (2021): March ]]>
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DOI: 10.26555/adjes.v8i1.20052
<![CDATA[This research aim was to investigate the washback of microteaching test on EFL students’ overseas teaching practice by presenting two main data on the influence of microteaching test on EFL students’ overseas teaching practice, and the contribution of microteaching test on EFL students’ overseas teaching practice. This research applied descriptive qualitative research design by distributing a questionnaire and followed by a semi-structured interview. The subjects of the research were ten EFL students who had contributed to overseas teaching practice. The research revealed two main results. The result showed that most of the respondents (80%) agreed that the microteaching test had a significant influence on their teaching practice in terms of teaching and learning process, their teaching skills, their confidence, and reduced anxiety and fear. Further, the microteaching test was revealed for having a crucial contribution to their teaching practice. It also was supported by the detailed finding that those contributions were managing a classroom, selecting teaching goals and lesson plans, increasing the speaking ability, delivering the teaching materials, and managing time effectively.]]>
<![CDATA[Exploring Integrated Language in Use for Undergraduate English Learners through Wayang Stories ]]>
<![CDATA[Hermayawati Hermayawati]]>
<![CDATA[ Ahmad Dahlan Journal of English Studies Vol 7, No 2 (2020): September ]]>
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DOI: 10.26555/adjes.v7i2.13851
<![CDATA[Teaching integrated English skills has been currently becoming a crucial discussion among the teachers in line with the changing of the view about language use. The problem is, how to deliver it due to the limited time allocation (two Semester Credit Unit) per-week with the large amount of materials content. This paper explores the procedure on delivering the four integrated English skills through Wayang stories as the learning materials by involving 40 undergraduate level of English I learners. The data compiled using in-depth observation and integrated skills tests through the given tasks were analyzed both descriptively and numerically. Result of in-depth observation mainly reveals the WUPPA (watching, understanding, paraphrasing, performing and assessing) procedures and its benefit to teach integrated skills learning conceptually. Wayang stories were utilized to educate learners to love their cultures through acquiring the hidden moral messages embedded in each story. Findings show that WUPPA procedures gained relatively moderate achievements due to most learners attained competent (33%) and very competent level (61%) of their language proficiencies. It was only a small part of them (6%) who achieved the ‘Not yet competent’ level. Finally, this study provides an alternative to teach integrated English skills using wayang stories with WUPPA that do not only enrich teaching materials as it makes the learners enjoyable and insightful but also can be used to embed moral values education.]]>
<![CDATA[Cohesive Devices in English Contents Written by Blog Writers and English Department Students ]]>
<![CDATA[Gullit T Taufan]]>
<![CDATA[ Ahmad Dahlan Journal of English Studies Vol 8, No 1 (2021): March ]]>
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DOI: 10.26555/adjes.v8i1.17446
<![CDATA[This study was conducted to investigate the use of cohesive devices in English writings written by Indonesian blog writers and English department students. It also focused on investigating the appropriateness of the use of cohesive devices in the writings. The data were English texts written by 15 blog writers and 15 English department students and analyzed manually by employing content analysis. The findings show that (1) lexical cohesion was used most frequently by both groups of the study followed by reference, connectives, and substitution and (2) the blog writers were more capable in using the cohesive devices appropriately in their writings.]]>
<![CDATA[Teacher’s Belief on Teaching Philosophy as Teachers Professionalism Platform ]]>
<![CDATA[Muhammad Reza Pahlevi]]>;
<![CDATA[Kusrin kusrin]]>;
<![CDATA[Acep Bahrum Kamil]]>
<![CDATA[ Ahmad Dahlan Journal of English Studies Vol 7, No 1 (2020): March ]]>
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DOI: 10.26555/adjes.v7i1.14196
<![CDATA[This study aims at presenting the teacher's belief on teaching philosophy as a teacher professionalism platform. It explores how the teacher perceives teaching philosophy as a teacher professionalism platform and in what ways teaching philosophy assists the teacher to refine his teaching. The research design of this study is basic interpretative study. It is used to identify the extent to which teaching philosophy is understood and practiced by teachers. There are general pattern findings of this study. The first finding is English teachers' perceived teaching philosophy builds reflective teachers. The second findings refers to reflected activity that copes with the teacher in refining suitable ways in facilitating students to learn. Teaching philosophy potentially assists teachers in teaching by providing various activities. Thus, it supports the teacher to be a professional English teacher.]]>
