ETERNAL: English Teaching Journal
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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<![CDATA[Audio Podcast and Video Practical for Short and Long-Term Memory Student ]]>
<![CDATA[Nuki Dhamayanti]]>
<![CDATA[ ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 14, No 1 (2023): February ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Universitas PGRI Semarang ]]>
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DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v14i1.14588
<![CDATA[Listening items on the Marlins Test are more varied with various nationality accents. Seafarers' listening ability can be improved by listening to different language accents. This research used here is a quasi-experimental research design. The sampling method used for Non-Probability Sampling. Based on the results of the analysis and discussion, the following conclusions are obtained: there is no significant difference between Using Audio Podcast and Video Practical Training (Students with Short Term and Long-Term Memory) groups; there is no significant difference between Student Short Term Memory – Student Long Term Memory; there is a significant difference between the two Audio Podcast groups (Student Short Term Memory – Student Long Term Memory); there is no significant difference between the two Video Practical Training groups (Student Short Term Memory – Student Long Term Memory). The use of audio podcasts in teaching listening needs to be increased because it is effective for students inside and outside the classroom. The existence of podcasting contributes to helping teaching and learning activities run well. That is because listening comprehension becomes a complex process to understand spoken language in English Foreign Language learners. The use of audio podcasts in achieving listening skills in teaching activities needs to be investigated further. Literature research using the systematic review method to determine the effectiveness of audio podcasts in teaching listening at all levels of students needs to be studied further. The use of audio podcasts in teaching listening needs to be increased because it is effective for students inside and outside the classroom.]]>
<![CDATA[The Effect of RPG Maker Mobile Learning Model in Learning English ]]>
<![CDATA[Afief Fakhruddin]]>;
<![CDATA[Abdur Rasyid]]>
<![CDATA[ ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 14, No 1 (2023): February ]]>
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DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v14i1.14199
<![CDATA[The aimed of this research was to measure the effect of application (RPG) MakerMV. This research belongs to experimental research and quasi experimental design. It described about the effect of using of the application. The research methodology was a quantitative method. The population of this study was one Class XI students from MA Siti Khadijah, and the sample was twenty students or two classes throughpurposive sampling. The research result showed that this application were very effective and very easy to use.The researcher concluded that the experimental group through this application in the right way. The average percentage of student activity is 75.6%, which is included in both categories.The experimental group had higher score (429) after learning English vocabulary using direct method than control group (274). The conclusions of this study was RPG Maker mobile effective in the teaching learning English. This study recommended to use this aplication in teaching english. The application help students to follow the lesson]]>
<![CDATA[An Error Analysis of Students’ Cover Letter Writing Assignments ]]>
<![CDATA[Qorinta Shinta]]>;
<![CDATA[Hetty Catur Ellyawati]]>;
<![CDATA[Hernofika Laksmi Tatas]]>
<![CDATA[ ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 14, No 1 (2023): February ]]>
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DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v14i1.14445
<![CDATA[The objective of this descriptive study was to analyze students' grammatical errors in writing assignments, in this case writing a cover letter for second-semester Computer Science students at the University of Semarang. The target population included 21 Computer Science students enrolled in a Business English class chosen randomly from a pool of 50 participants. They were asked to write an application letter in English. Then, using the surface approach taxonomy, the researcher examined the students' writing for the following errors: 1. Omission Errors; 2. Addition Errors; 3. Misinformation Errors; and 4. Misordering Errors. The findings of this study show that student errors range from the most common to the least common, with a total of 67 phrases: (1) Omission 38.8%, (2) Misinformation on Sub-Alternating Forms 23.8%, (3) Addition on sub-Simple Addition 22.3%, (4) Misinformation on sub-Alternating Forms 8.9%, (5) Addition to sub double markings 2.9%, (6) Misinformation to sub regularization 2.9%. The errors in the Addition type (sub-regularization) and Misinformation categories do not appear at all (0%). According to the data above, pupils still do not comprehend how to employ basic English grammar structures or ho ]]>
<![CDATA[An Analysis of Politeness Strategies Used by Kit Connor in the Heart Stopper Series ]]>
<![CDATA[Ferawaty Puspitorini]]>;
<![CDATA[Haris Hamdani]]>
<![CDATA[ ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 14, No 1 (2023): February ]]>
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DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v14i1.14429
<![CDATA[In social situations, people must be able to recognize the faces of others to respond to emotions and maintain relationships. People are supposed to utilize politeness strategies to save their faces. The purpose of this research is to explain the different functions and kinds of politeness strategies utilized by Kit Connor in the television show The Heart Stopper. This study falls under discourse analysis and employs Brown and Levinson's theory of politeness strategies. In the form of utterances and words, this data is the script for the television series The Heart Stopper. According to our findings, Kit Connor's politeness strategy is used in 37 utterances. She used the baldness strategy 18.9% or 7 times of the time, positive politeness 54% or 20 times of the time, negative politeness 24.4% or 9 times of the time, and informally used 24.4% or 1 time of the time.2.7% used. Kit Connor's favourite politeness strategy is the "offer and promise" part of the positive politeness strategy. The strategy is employed 18.9%, or 7 times of the time. Generally, he employs politeness strategies in his daily life to maintain and build positive relationships with others]]>
<![CDATA[Analysis Of Moves and Tenses on Abstract Article Published at Journals ]]>
<![CDATA[Hendra Putra]]>
<![CDATA[ ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 14, No 1 (2023): February ]]>
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DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v14i1.14566
<![CDATA[An abstract has an important role in the research article. Generally, if the researcher wants to submit the article the first thing that must be done is to submit an abstract. This article aims to identify the moving structure of English abstracts of researcher’s articles from many sources that were published started from 2011 to 2021, to identify of applying tense and disagreement of subject and tense in writing abstract article. This study employed a genre analysis approach. As data collection techniques are used 10 abstract articles from the journal were published and then analyzed by using a moving structure from Hyland and Swales & Feak. The result can be revealed that they are 7 abstract articles that applied the introduction, 9 abstract articles that applied purpose, 9 articles that applied method, and 10 abstract articles that applied product move then there are 4 abstract articles applied conclusion move. In applying tense, the most used is simple present tense. It can be concluded that the most applied move is the product in writing an abstract article then the most used tense is in the simple present tense in writing an abstract article.]]>
<![CDATA[The Protagonist Characterization In Monster University Movie’s Script ]]>
<![CDATA[Pahotan Sinaga]]>;
<![CDATA[Elita Modesta Br Sembiring]]>;
<![CDATA[Karana Jaya Tarigan]]>;
<![CDATA[Faido Marudut Pardamean Simanjuntak]]>
<![CDATA[ ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 14, No 1 (2023): February ]]>
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DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v14i1.14458
<![CDATA[This research entitled The Protagonist Characterization in Monster University Movie. The problems in this study are (1) How are the Protagonist Characters portrayed in Monster University Movie and (2) How are the protagonist's struggles depicted in the Movie. This research is relevant to descriptive qualitative method to analyze the characterization and the struggle of the characters. The source of the data is the Monster University movie’s script. By applying the theory of Boggs (2008) this study aims to depend protagonist character and how the character’s struggle in Monster University movie. By doing the data analysis, it is found that the protagonist character namely Mike that has good personality while Sulley is reckless, arrogant, angry, and always giving up the monster. However, they become one and then they are very good and scarer monster ever. In their struggle, Mike and Sulley faced their struggle with the physical of themselves. It teaches people how to behave in life by having good character. Thus, this study contributes to enrich the reference of literature study for it is essential in teaching people in life.]]>
<![CDATA[The Impact of Bilingual Class Program on Students’ Speaking Ability ]]>
<![CDATA[Agustian Agustian]]>;
<![CDATA[Iis Sujarwati]]>
<![CDATA[ ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 14, No 2 (2023): August ]]>
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DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v14i2.14914
<![CDATA[Abstract. The implementation of a bilingual class program in schools is expected to improve students’ ability to use English. This study examines how bilingual class affects students' English-speaking abilities.This study's goal was to investigate how a bilingual program affected students' capacity to speak more fluently in class XI of Pondok Pesantren Darussalam Kepahiang, Bengkulu. In this research employs a posteriori approach. The survey population consisted of all Class XI students of Pesantren Darussalam Kepahiang. Random sampling was used by researchers to obtain research data. The total number of samples in this study is 35 students from Class XI. A Likert scale questionnaire and a photo-oral test were used as survey tools. To support the study, the researchers used questionnaires as a reference to assess the effectiveness of the bilingual program and oral tests to assess the students' language abilities. Researchers have used regression analysis to analyze existing data. According to results of the study, it was found that Bilingual program had an impact on the speaking ability of the students of Class XI of Pesantren Darussalam Kepahiang. After processing the data, a significant improvement was obtained. In the standard F-table, df = 33 has a significance of 5%, the result is 4.17, and the number of F characters is 113.451. This display that the calculated F value is greater than the F table. It means that students’ English language skills improve with their application of a bilingual program at school.]]>
<![CDATA[Project – Based Learning: Facilitating the Development of Students’ Critical Thinking in English Essay Writing ]]>
<![CDATA[Eva Fitriani Syarifah]]>;
<![CDATA[Afief Fakhruddin]]>;
<![CDATA[Eka Nurhidayat]]>
<![CDATA[ ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 14, No 2 (2023): August ]]>
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DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v14i2.16137
<![CDATA[This study aimed to investigate how the project – based learning was implemented to facilitate the development of students’ critical thinking skills in English essay writing in higher education context. An exploratory case study research design was used in this study while the participants were one lecturer and 15 students. The data were gleaned from classroom observations, interview, and documents. The data analysis results that teaching English essay writing in which project- based learning was implemented covers three stages including preparation, implementation, and presentation. The other result from data analysis shows that the students can write essay cohesively and coherently in which this results indicates students’ critical thinking skills.  The results lead to the conclusion that all of the students had chance to be actively involved during the project and in teaching and learning prosess. It indicates that project – based learning apparently could facilitate the development of students’ critical thinking in English essay writing.]]>
<![CDATA[An Analysis of the Students’ Competence in Writing Abstract ]]>
<![CDATA[Sudiran - Sudiran]]>;
<![CDATA[AB Prabowo Kusumo Adi]]>
<![CDATA[ ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 14, No 2 (2023): August ]]>
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DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v14i2.15495
<![CDATA[Abstract. Writing plays an essential role in the development of students’ ability to disseminate their ideas or research findings. In university, Students need to write research reports as one of the requirements to achieve scholar degree. It means that writing enables students to write academic papers from which they report their findings to the examiners board. Students are expected to know some techniques of writing that help them write a good research report. One of the important elements of writing research is an abstract that enables students to describe the whole content of the research in brief. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate students’ competence in writing a good abstract because not only does it function as a summary of research consisting of introduction, method, finding, and conclusion, but it also functions as a key to arouse the readers’ attention. The objective of the research is to describe the students’ competence in writing an intelligible research abstract. Data was collected through the 27 students’ abstracts of the research report at the English Language Education Department of the Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang. The results of the research indicate that the student’s competence in writing a research abstract was good. The students’ competence in writing their ideas in an abstract was good, and their ability to write a good topic sentence was good. The findings were strengthened by the computation of five aspects of writing proficiency that showed 25.8 for content value, 16.7 for organization, 16.6 for vocabulary, 17.1 for language use, and 3.8 for mechanics value.]]>
<![CDATA[Attitudinal Messages in the Friday Sermon on Death: Appraisal Analysis ]]>
<![CDATA[Dias Andris Susanto]]>
<![CDATA[ ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 14, No 2 (2023): August ]]>
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DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v14i2.16267
<![CDATA[Abstract. Friday sermons are the most significant speeches in the Muslim world and have been for years, they are the least critically investigated in the science of discourse analysis. The primary goals of this study were to investigate the attitudinal resources in the Friday Sermon on Death and to figure out the most attitudinal resources are revealed how sermon meanings are constructed in the Friday Sermon on death. This study falls into the category of descriptive qualitative research. The data comes in the form of text, which comprises attitudes, and it is these attitudes that are being investigated in this study. This study concentrated on attitudinal resources in the appraisal theory. The transcript of Friday sermon data for this enquiry was obtained from the Navedz.com website on March 27, 2009. It was determined that the preacher Al-Madinah Al- Munawwarrah 'Abdul Ibn 'Awad Ath-Thubayti established himself with 23 Affect clauses with a percentage of 39 percent. Judgement is linked to 29 sentences in the Friday sermon, then according to the findings, the preacher used appreciation resources in 7 clauses. ]]>
