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Learning English Grammar through Jazz Chants viewed from students’ attitude in SD IT Hidayatullah, Kota Bengkulu Rakhmanina, Lisa
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Grammar teaching has always been a controversial issue of language teaching, since the teaching technique seems tense and boring. Here the researcher’s focus is a way to learn grammar through rhymes and chants to young learners. The researcher presents a technique through Jazz Chants that involving the learners to identify and understand the grammatical point in content. Jazz Chants is a rhyme and repetition in a situational context based on everyday life situation. Each of the chant is accompanied by the target structure that indicates the specific focus of the material. The study is aimed at comparing the students’ grammar aspect through Jazz Chants and understanding the attitude of the students in teaching English grammar through Jazz Chants. The sample is the students of the sixth grade consisted of 50 students in SD IT Hidayatullah, Kota Bengkulu. The design of the study was mixed method design. The quantitative data were carried out from grammar test and the students’ attitude toward teaching English grammar. The qualitative data came from a learning log, an interview, and teacher’s journal. A pre-test and post-test design, 8 lesson plan, and an attitude questionnaire were applied in the study. Percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test were used to analyze the data quantitatively. The study findings were as follow: 1. The students’ English grammar ability after using Jazz chants were significantly higher than before their use. 2. The students’ attitude toward teaching English grammar were rated as good.   Keywords: English Grammar, Jazz chant, language, teaching technique
Using of Brainwriting to Write a Poem for First Semester Students of English Study ProgramMuhammadiyah University of Bengkulu Nurzalinda, Arin; Putri, Haniffa; Suhadi, Agung
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Poetry is a language that conveys something that is difficult to express and implies either expressed or implied. This aims as a material comparison between poetry writing techniques, both brainwriting techniques and ordinary writing techniques that are tested in class A at MuhammadiyahUniversity of bengkulu .This method used experimental methods. Systematic, logical, and meticulous research in controlling condition based on the results of observations of 24 respondents in class A  the results of Brainwriting technique gives good impact to student to increase the accuracy of writing poetry more free and could devote more creative ideas in writing poetry.   Keywords: brainwriting, technique, poetry,  Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu
Linguistic Features of Women's Speech Used by Men in Characters of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) Movie Rullyanti, Merry; Dohona, Kezy Claudia
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This thesis examines the linguistic features of women’s speech used by men in characters from 2016 British-American comedy and horror movie directed by Burr Steers and written by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen entitled Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. The objectives of this research can be further detailed as the following; (1) to find the linguistic features of women’s speech used by men in characters Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) movie, (2) to find the functions of the linguistic features of women’s speech used by men in characters Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) movie and (3) to find the kind of social manners which became the background for the men to use linguistic features of women’s speech in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) movie. With descriptive qualitative as the methodology, the researcher divide activity into three stages: first analyze linguistic features of women’s speech using theory from Lakoff (2004). Second, analyze the function of linguistic features of women’s speech using theory by Holmes (2001). Third, analyze social manners using the theory by Hoppe (2000). After the researcher analyzed data that is collected from sentence, phrase and word used by men characters in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (20016) movie, the researcher conclude that the dominant kind of linguistic features of women’s speech used by men characters is hypercorrect grammar. And the function that dominantly used is function to strengthen (booster devices). And the dominant social manners which became the background for men to use linguistic features of women’s speech is men were dominant. Keywords: Characters of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), Linguistic Features, Women’s Speech.
The Universal Loves in Maulana Rumi’s Poems (Semiotics Theory by Roland Barthes) Diana, Eli; Lestari, Mei Winda
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Human are social creatures because they interact and communicate a language that they can understand each other. Until they can create social communities. In human life there are many kinds of mysterious in their surrounding such as sign, symbol, word or sentences that had meaning inside. The purpose of this research to describe how the semiotics applied in Maulana Rumi’s poems and to know the meanings of Maulana Rumi’s poems viewed from semiotics theory. The researcher used qualitative research method to analysis the data. The data analyzed  of 10 poems, the titles are, the spirit and body, the spirit ruby, the great wagon, love is the way massagers, Imra’u’L’QAYS, no flag, eyes, the death of Saladin, the many wines & quietness. The result of analyzed data based on applied five codes as follow, hermeneutic code, proareitic code, semantic code, symbol code & culture code. These poems full of the anigma and meanings. Therefore, the anigma and was arranged the beauty words in each stanza those made Rumi’s poems being more wealth of art.   Keywords: Maulana Rumi, poems, semiotics, universal loves
An Analysis of John Smith’s Character in The Novel “I am Number Four” Nopriansah1, Nopriansah1; Astuti, Widya
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In I am Number Four novel by James Frey and Jobie Hughes, there is a main character named John Smith. He is 15 years old and at his age, he is in puberity phase which his characters are influenced by people around him. This research was conducted using psychosocial study. The purposes of this study are to analyze what the factors that influence John Smith’s characters and what the psychosocial problems that emerge in the development of John Smith’s character. The method used was qualitative descriptive method. Data were collected by using content analysis techniques. Based on the findings, that each character of John Smith is influenced by biological factor, familial factor and cultural and situational factor. The character of the biological factor is the genetic character that john smith gets from his grandfather. The character of the familial factor is a character that he imitates from Henri as his adoptive father. The last is the character of cultural and situational factor, this is a character that he gets through the interaction with the people around him and the situation he faces. The psychosocial problems that emerge in the development of John Smith’s character are the emotional problems that he feels, those are; fear, temprament and melancholic.   Keywords: Psychosocial, Character, I Am Number Four Novel.
Liberal Feminism in the Little Women Novel by Louisa May Alcott (1868) Putri, Selvi Eka; Rosana, Yenni
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The Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is a fictional novel, the setting during the civil war period in America in the 19th century. This novel tells the story of the March family who face so many challenges in their life. This study aims to analyze the March family members’ characters and  find out how the women in March family were struggling to solve the difficulties in their life using the liberal feminism theory, which prioritizes women's freedom in achieving their rights. Following the theory, the women characters in this novel were classified into two themes. The first theme is leadership which including being a leader and being an influential figure. The second theme is independence, which is also divided into being independent thinkers and independent to support themselves and family. Keywords: Women, Struggle, Little Women Novel, Liberal Feminism theory

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