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ETERNAL: English Teaching Journal
ISSN : 20865473     EISSN : 26141639     DOI : -
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ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) is published twice a year in the month of February and August ISSN 2086-5473 (Print) and ISSN 2614-1639(Online). It presents articles on English language teaching and learnings, literature and research. The contents include analysis studies, application of theories, research reports, material developments and reviews.
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Adjacency Pairs as Influenced by Gender: a Case of Casual Conversation in the Public Figure Jati Widya Iswara
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 10, No 1 (2019): February
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v10i1.3902

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This research aims at revealing in analyzing of adjacency pairs in conversation of public figure which influenced by gender. The participants were Bripda Litta Rahmawati as a SUBBIDPROVID BIDPROPAN POLDA JATENG POLDA JATENG, Jati Widya Iswara as an English teacher and founder of minimalist library, and the host Avied Satrio Jati. The data taken from transcript of dialogue of conversation. The topic of conversation was about the history of life of both guest start. Since it was described by words to show the result and it is very possible to use qualitative method. The objectives of this research are to find out how can gender influenced adjacency pairs in the conversation. In the end of the research, the researcher found some of adjacency which spoke and influenced of gender. Both of the guests star and the host shown the different in producing adjacency pair because some effect of gender and the occasion.
The Advantages of Using Quipper School as a Media for English Teaching in Junior High School Student Hella Ayu Setyanida
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 10, No 1 (2019): February
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v10i1.3908

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ThisstudyaimedtoanswerhowmuchQuippergiveadvantagesasthemediaforteaching EnglishinJuniorHighSchoolandhowQuipperApplicationworkasthemediaforteaching EnglishinJuniorHighSchool.ThisresearchwasconductedatSMPN1Kaliwunguwhich waslocatedonJalanPangeranDjuminah51372KaliwunguSelatanKendal.Theresearch wasconductedonSeptember2017.Thisresearchuseddescriptivestudy.Theresearcherused descriptivemethodbecauseitdescribedresultofusingQuipperasmediaforEnglish TeachinginJuniorHighSchool.Theresearchdatainthisstudyconsistsofsomesources informationfromusingQuipperSchoolinSMPN1Kaliwungu.Thesampleofthisresearch was5studentsfromSMPN1Kaliwungu,theywereinsecondlevelofJuniorHighSchool and also weinterviewed1 English Teacher from SMPN 1 Kaliwungu.Theresult of this paper wastheadvantage ofusingQuipper SchoolinEnglishclassroom.Theyusedablendedonline course thatgatheredbothteachersandstudentsinaclassroomwithadditionalvirtuallearning viaQuipperSchool.Theconventionalface-to-faceteachinglearningwasalsoequippedby the useof theinternet to make itmore attractive and interesting
Applying Practice Rehearsal Pairs: Improving Students’ Speaking Skill Viewed From Motivation Mega, Iful Rahmawati
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 10, No 2 (2019): August
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v10i2.4971

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This article refers to an experimental research about the effectiveness of Practice Rehearsal Pairs Method to teach speaking at TOEFL Training Class of Language Laboratory in STKIP Muhammadiyah Bangka Belitung. The population of this research is the university students who took TOEFL Training Class of Language Laboratory in STKIP Muhammadiyah Bangka Belitung. The sample of this research consists of two classes; class A was used as the experimental group treated by using Practice Rehearsal Pairs, and class B as the control group treated by using lecture method, each class consists of 30 students, so the total sample is 60 students. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling. The instruments used to collect the data are students? motivation questionnaire and speaking skill test. The data were analyzed by using multifactor analysis of variance (ANOVA 2X2) and Tukey test. Based on the results of the analysis, the findings of this research are: (1) Practice Rehearsal Pairs is more effective than lecture method to teach speaking; (2) the students with high level of motivation have better speaking skill than those with low level of motivation; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching methods and students? level of motivation to teach speaking. Based on the above findings, it can be concluded that Practice Rehearsal Pairs is an effective method to teach speaking for the university students who took TOEFL Training Class of Language Laboratory in STKIP Muhammadiyah Bangka Belitung?. The effectiveness of the method is influenced by the students? level of motivation.
Speech Act and the Analysis for English Text Book Material Development at Eleven Grade of Vocational High School Santoso, Algajaladre Nadya; Affini, Laily Nur
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 10, No 2 (2019): August
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v10i2.4977

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The aim of this research is to recognize the types of speech acts, conveyed by an English teacher at a vocational highschool, using Searle?s  theory and to discover the dominant kinds of speech act employed by the teacher. The researcher also there were additional utterances used by the tecaher in showing learning movement. The research methodology is descriptive-qualitative research. In this research, the researcher found that there are three kinds of speech act uttered by the teacher; they are directives, representative and  expressive. The reseacher calculated the data finding and found 397 utterances. The data found that there are 246 directives utterances with the percentage is 61,96% , 45 representative  untterances with the percentage is 45%, and 6 expressive utterances with the precentage 1,51% . The most obtrustive is directives speech act (61,96%) and the most seldom is expressives speech act (1,51%). The most obtrustive is directives because the teacher often used directives (questioning) to handle the students in the classroom and make sure that the students understood the aims of the English material.
An Analysis of Conjunctive Relations Found on Oprah Winfrey’s Speech at Spelman University Setyaningrum, Tutut; Susanto, Dias Andris
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 10, No 2 (2019): August
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v10i2.4972

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This study is focused on the Conjunctive Relations found in Oprah Winfrey's speech. In this case, conjunctive relations were analyzed through how Oprah Winfrey realized them. The objectives of this study were (1) to find out types of conjunctive relations found on Oprah Winfrey's speech (2) to find out the dominant type of conjunctive relations found on Oprah Winfrey's speech and what is that mean. To reach those two objectives, the writer used both Halliday and J. R. Martin's theory. There are two categories of conjunction namely external and internal conjunction. Later on, those two categories classified themselves into four types of relations namely additive relation, adversative relation, causal relation, and temporal relation. This study used qualitative design because it is framed in terms of using words instead of numbers. The result showed that there were 106 clauses with conjunctions in Oprah's speech. The internal conjunction found were about 52 clauses, while the external conjunction found were about 16 clauses. Both external and internal conjunction was dominated by the causal relation. The causal relation indicated that Oprah Winfrey used a lot of reasoning because causal relations made her able to convince the audience to believe with her statements. Furthermore, causal relation made her speech seems natural, influential, and emotionally convincing to the hearer.
Modelling Abbreviation In Internet Slang: a Comparison Study of Indonesian Internet Slang and English Internet Slang Winarto, Eline Rozaliya
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 10, No 2 (2019): August
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v10i2.4973

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People, all around the world, use internet recently. The usage of internet changes the language usage as well. People tend to use short word thus they are abbreviating some words or phrases. Many of new words are coined lately because of the using of internet. The formation of the new word then belongs to the study of morphology. The main theory of this research is morphology. Moreover, it uses the theory of abbreviation. Some types of abbreviation such as blends, acronym, alphabetism and clipping are found in this research.This research entitled ?Modelling Abbreviation in Internet Slang: A Comparison Study of Indonesian Internet Slang and English Internet Slang?. The data are taken from some websites which have internet slang dictionary. The writer only took 20 data for this research from those online internet slang dictionaries. There are ten (10) data for English Internet slang language and ten (10) data for Indonesian internet slang language. Conducting the analysis, the writer revealed that the process of abbreviation in English internet slang language is as follow: Blends (1): swexy; Acronym (2): Afair, Mapoti; Alphabetism (2): BTW, FYI; and Clipping (2): acc, app. Meanwhile, the result of abbreviation process in Indonesian internet slang language is as follow: Blends (3): gaptek, jones, palbis; Acronym (3): bais, ucul, woles; Alphabetism (2): PHP, SMS; and Clipping (2): krik, cus.
The Correlation Between Students’ English Achievement and Their Homework at the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Negeri 3 Oku Arizah, Mila; Sari, Santi Novita
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 10, No 2 (2019): August
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v10i2.4968

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The aim of this research was to observe on the correlation between students? English achievement and their homework at the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 3 OKU. The kind of research that  was used is quantitative and the design is correlational. The Writer used questionnaire and students? achievement in English subject to collect the data. The questionnaire measured the effect of homework on students. The population of this research was the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 3 OKU in academic year 2018/2019. Sample was taken by using Slovin formula. Population was 272 students. Sample was 162 students. The students? mean score of questionnaire was 13.62. The students? mean score of students? English achievement was 77.21 and it was in good category. Based on the result of the data, writers found that there was significant correlation between students? English achievement and their homework. The correlation was significant in terms of the correlation coefficient was 0.485. It meant English homework can influenced students? English achievement.
Buzz Group Technique to Promote Students Reading Comprehension Afifah, Nurul
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 10, No 2 (2019): August
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v10i2.4974

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This present study was quasi experiment research. This study aimed to find out whether or not there is any the improvement of the students? reading comprehension by using buzz group technique. The population of the study was all the eighth grade students of SMP SENTOSA BAKTI BATURAJA in Academic Year 2019/ 2020. The sample was taken by using cluster random sampling. The sample is divided by two experimental class and control group. The try-out was done at VIII. C with 22 respondents. The data was collected by using test. The reliability of the data was taken through Alpha Cronbach. The data were analyzed by using paired T-test of control class and paired t-test of experimental class and independent t-test too. The result showed that from the mean score was 71 improved to be 84, 6 and based on independent T-test the value of T obtained was 8,122 as significant level of 0.05 for 2 tailed testing and degree of freedom (df) was 48 the critical value of T table 3, 425. The value was higher than T table (8,122>3,425) and the value sig, (2 tailed)= 0.000 less than the value of significant level (0.05).  It mean that there was significant improvement the students who was taught by using buzz group technique and those who was not at SMP SENTOSA BAKTI Baturaja. It concluded that Buzz group technique was effective to promote students? reading comprehension at the Eighth Grade students of SMP SENTOSA BAKTI BATURAJA.
Enhanching Students’ Writing Achievement Through E-Mail Exchanges on Personal Letter Nurhasanah, Nurhasanah; Huriyah, Shofiyatul
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 10, No 2 (2019): August
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v10i2.4969

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The objective of this study was to find out whether or not there is any significant differences between teaching writing the eight grade students by using e-mail exchanges and those who are not. The method of this study was quasi experimental non-equivalent control group design. The total number of population was 278 students. The sample was class VIII.1 and VIII.2 were classified into two groups, experimental and control group. The data were collected through test. The test was writing test, namely pretest and posttest, and the results were analyzed by t-test by helping SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences), the data were obtained from the pretest of the experimental group. The pretest was given before giving the treatment, and posttest after the treatment. It The writing test was about personal letter written by the students based on one of topics that they preferred. Based on the data analysis, the mean score of the posttest in the experimental group is 43.7500 and the mean in the control group is 25.9659. It means the mean score of the posttest in the experimental group is higher than the mean in the control group. The result of independent sample t-test shows that t-obtained is higher than the critical value of t-table is 16.780 > 1.664. It could be concluded that there is any significant improvement in personal letter writing between the students who are taught by using E-mail exchanges and those who are not.
Improving Students’ Vocabulary and Activeness Using Mind Mapping: A Classroom Action Research of 1st Semester Students of Law Faculty Semarang University Rosaria, Stefani Dewi; Gunantar, Devy Angga; Ellyawati, Hetty Catur
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 10, No 2 (2019): August
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v10i2.4975

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The objective of this research is to improve students? vocabulary and activity during teaching-learning process using mind mapping as a teaching method. This is a classroom action research conducted at Semarang University and the sample is taken from the first semester students of law faculty. This classroom action research applies two cycles. Each cycle includes planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The result showed that through mind mapping students can master English vocabulary easily especially English vocabulary for law, their test score improved, and they became active enough in participating in class such as asking and answering question, delivering opinion, and completing task.