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ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Published by Universitas Negeri Semarang
ISSN : 22526706     EISSN : 27214532     DOI : https://doi.org/10.15294
Core Subject : Humanities, Education, Social,
Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other
The aim of this journal is to promote a principled approach to research on language and language-related concerns by encouraging inquiries into relationship between theoretical and practical studies. The journal welcomes contributions in such areas of current analysis in: first, second, and foreign language teaching and learning; language in education; language planning, language testing; curriculum design and development; multilingualism and multilingual education; discourse analysis; translation; clinical linguistics; literature and teaching; and. forensic linguistics.
Arjuna Subject : Seni dan Humaniora - Bahasa dan Linguistik
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INTERPERSONAL MEANINGS IN MICHELLE OBAMA’S SPEECH AT MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR Dr. MAYA ANGELOU (A Descriptive Qualitative Study)
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 5 No 1 (2016)
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v5i1.9876

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This study investigated the interpersonal meaning which lies on the eulogy speech which was delivered by Michelle Obama at Dr. Maya Angelou’s memorial service. The purposes of this study were to describe the tenor realized in the text, the construction of the interpersonal meaning and the contribution of this study for language education. This study was categorized as a discourse analysis which used qualitative approach as its main method. The qualitative approach was used to describe the quantitative data which was got from the analysis. The data for this study was analyzed using two units of analysis. In terms of grammar analysis, the units of analysis were the MOOD system, modality, and mood types, while the lexical analysis mainly analyzed the appraisal of the speech. Based on those analysis, it can be concluded that the tenor that was realized in the speech showed the strong social relationship between the interactants. In term of status, she did not stand as the first lady of United States. In terms of contact, she tried to make the situation as friendly as possible. In addition, in terms of affect, she showed that she gave a strong involvement with the audiences through her speech. In terms of grammar analysis, it showed that Michelle Obama tended to represent herself as one of the black women who got inspiration from Dr. Maya Angelou. She also intended to inform the audiences about Dr. Maya Angelou’s life. The appraisal analysis showed that judgment was the most frequent appraisal system in the speech. Michelle Obama tended to give a high appraisement towards Dr. Maya Angelou’s struggle and actions during her life.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING ONLINE NEWSPAPER IN THE LEARNING OF GRAMMAR An Experimental Study at Eighth Grade Students of SMP Negeri 8 Batang
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 5 No 1 (2016)
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v5i1.9877

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This research was conducted because there is a possibility to introduce online newspaper to the students to improve their ability in grammar mastery due to the rapidity of technology development. Online newspaper and grammar were chosen because online newspaper contains grammar which was written straightly correct because it will be read by all of people. The problem of this research is how effective the use of online newspaper in the learning of grammar is, and the purpose of this research is to find out whether it is effective or not. The subject of this research is eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 8 Batang. They were chosen because I had been experienced in teach them and know their grammar mastery is still low. The research design is quasi-experimental design, with post-test pre-test experimental and control group. The result of this research shows that the gain of experimental group score is not as high as control group. So, it can be concluded that using online newspaper in the learning of grammar is not effective because the score gain of experimental group is lower than control group. It was caused by the level of vocabularies used in online newspaper is not common in students’ daily language and they have different interests in topic of the online newspaper’s passage.
IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ MASTERY IN PRONOUNCING CONSONANTS /f/ AND /v/
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 5 No 1 (2016)
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v5i1.9886

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This final project is concerned with the use of Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary toward the students’ pronunciation of consonants [f] and [v]. The objective of this study is to improve the students’ pronunciation by using Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. This study used action research design. There were two cycles of action in this study. This research started with an initial pre-test and ended with a final post-test. In each cycle there were pre-test, treatment, and post-test. The tests were used to collect the quantitative data. Meanwhile, observation checklist and questionnaire were used to gather the qualitative data. Thirty one students of class VIII H of SMP N 22 Semarang were chosen as the subjects of this study. Based on the data analyses, there was a significant improvement of the students’ achievement after the implementation of Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary was given. This improvement was proved by the comparison between the result of Initial Pre-test and Final Post-test. This improvement was also supported by the results of observation checklists and questionnaire. Based on the observation checklists, the students’ attendance and engagement in Cycle 2 was better than their attendance and engagement in Cycle 1. Moreover, the result of questionnaire showed that the students gave positive perception towards the use of Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. With regard to the above results, it can be concluded that the use of Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary successfully improves the students’ pronunciation of consonants [f] and [v]. Therefore, the use of Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary in the teaching pronunciation, especially pronunciation of English words containing consonants [f] and [v] is recommended.
THE USE OF CHARADE GAME TO TEACH VOCABULARY (An Experimental Study of the Seventh Graders of MTs. Miftahul Khoirot Branjang in the Academic Year of 2014/2015)
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 5 No 1 (2016)
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v5i1.9887

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This article is about the use of charade game to teach vocabulary in the seventh graders of MTs. Miftahul Khoirot Branjang in the academic year of 2014/2015. This research is conducted by using quasi-experimental design. The population is all seventh graders of MTs. Miftahul Khoirot Branjang in the academic year of 2014/2015. The researcher chooses 54 students from two classes as the sample of the study, 27 students as experimental groups and 27 students as control group. In the pre-test, the average score of experimental group is 59.70 and the average score of control group is 57.63. Then, the experimental group is taught by using charade game whereas the control group is taught by using conventional method. The results from post-tests show that the average score of experimental group is 87.26 whereas the average score of the control group is 79.26. After calculating by t-test, the result of the t-value is 3.05 and t-table is 2.006. The t-value of the post test is higher than the critical value means that statistically there is significant difference between two groups. Since the experimental group gets higher average scores (87.26 > 79.26), it can be concluded that teaching vocabulary using charade game results better achievement.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING TWO STAY TWO STRAY AS A TECHNIQUE IN IMPROVING STUDENTS SPEAKING ABILITY (A Quasi Experimental Research at the Tenth Grade Students of SMA Taruna Nusantara Magelang in the Academic Year of 2015/2016)
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 5 No 1 (2016)
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v5i1.9889

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This research is about using Two Stay Two Stray technique for teaching speaking in senior high school. Two Stay Two Stray is an interactive technique that encourages the participants to be more creative and active in group work. This research aimed to find out whether or not Two Stay Two Stray technique is effective to teach speaking at the tenth graders of SMA Taruna Nusantara Magelang in the academic year of 2015/2016. The research design used was quasi experimental research. Tests and observation checklist were used as the instruments to collect the data and information. Before conducting the experiment, try out was given to 30 students of X-7 to make sure that they were valid and reliable. The researcher used class X-1 as the experimental group and X-2 as the control group. Both classes were in the same level, background, and competence. The result of the pre-test showed that the mean score of the experimental group was 62.27 and the mean score of the control group was 60.47. After the treatment, the mean score of experimental group was 83. 86 and the mean score of control group was 77.86. It could be seen that there was an improvement after the treatments dealing with their speaking ability. From the t-test computation of the post-test score, the t-value was higher than t-table (t-value > t-table = 4.167 > 2.750). Therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected and the working hypothesis was accepted. It means that there is a significant difference between the experimental group and the control group. The results indicate that Two Stay Two Stray technique is effective in improving the speaking ability at the tenth graders of SMA Taruna Nusantara Magelang in the academic year of 2015/2016. It is suggested that the findings of this study could be applied regularly and continously or developed by the English teachers to have a better speaking teaching.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF JOURNALIST QUESTION TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL IN NARRATIVE TEXT (An Experimental Study at Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 19 Semarang in the Academic Year of 2014/2015)
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 5 No 1 (2016)
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v5i1.9891

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This research is about using Journalist Question technique for teaching writing in junior high school. Journalist Question technique is a technique that can help the students to explore their idea in writing to cover the content of the narrative text. This research that aims to investigate the effectiveness of Journalist Questions technique to improve students’ writing skill in narrative text. The research design used was an experimental research. Tests were used as the instruments to collect the data and information. Before conducting the experiment, try out was given to 33 students of VIII-B to make sure that they were valid and reliable. The researcher used class VIII-D as the experimental group and VIII-C as the control group. Both classes were in the same level, background, and competence. The result of this research showed that the average score of the pre-test in the experimental group was 54.78 and the post-test was 66.42. The improvement on the experimental group was 11.64. While, on the control group, the average score of the pre-test was 53.69 and the post-test was 60.48. The improvement on the control group was 6,73. From the t-test computation of the post-test score, the t-value was higher than t-table (t-value > t-table = 2.083 > 1.998). Therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected and the working hypothesis was accepted. It means that there is a significant difference between the experimental group and the control group. The results indicate that Journalist Question technique technique is effective in improving the writing skill at the eighth graders of SMP Negeri 19 Semarang in the academic year of 2014/2015. It is suggested that the findings of this study could be applied regularly and continously or developed by the English teachers to have a better teaching writing.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SEND A PROBLEM TECHNIQUE FOR TEACHING WRITING AN ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT (A Quasi-Experimental Study of the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA N 8 Semarang in the Academic Year 2015/2016)
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 5 No 2 (2016)
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v5i2.11226

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The aim of the study is to find out whether teaching writing analytical exposition text by using Send a Problem technique is effective or not for Senior High School students. In the working hypothesis (H1), “There is significant difference in students’ writing achievement between those who are taught using Send a Problem and those who are taught using conventional way.” Meanwhile, in the null hypothesis (Ho), “There is no significant difference in the students’ writing achievement between those who are taught using Send a Problem and those who are taught using conventional way.”The population of this study was the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 8 Semarang in the academic year 2015/2016. The total number of the sample was 60 students that consisted of 30 students of class XI IS 4 as the experiment group who were taught using Send a Problem technique and 30 students of class XI IS 5 as the control group who were taught using conventional way. The design of this study was a quasi-experimental study. The data were collected through the writing test. In the pre-test, the mean score of the experimental group was 62.80 and the control group was 62.77. After the treatment, the result of post-test of the experimental group was 75.57 while the control group was 68.57. The independent sample t-test used by the writer showed that there was a significant difference between post-test of control group and experimental group. Lastly, teaching writing analytical exposition text using Send a Problem technique is effective than conventional way. English teachers are suggested to concern better in their technique variety in teaching writing any kind of texts especially analytical exposition text.
Error Analysis on the Use of Prepositions in Students’ Writing (A Case Study of the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Negeri 9 Semarang in the Academic Year of 2014/2015)
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 5 No 2 (2016)
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v5i2.11227

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The focus of this study is error analysis on the use of prepositions in students’ writing made by the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 9 Semarang. This study was conducted to find out the students’ dominant errors on the use of prepositions in their writings and to explain how students use prepositions in their writings. This study was categorized into descriptive qualitative research. The population of this study was the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 9 Semarang in the academic year of 2014/2015. The population was 252 students and the writer chose 72 students from two classes consist of class XI IPA 3 and XI IPA 5 as the subjects. The writer used purposed random sampling because the population was homogenous. The data was analyzed using error analysis method. The result of data analysis showed that from 1002 prepositions found in 72 students’ writing. There were 117 incorrect preposition usage or 11.68%. The dominant error was the use of preposition of place which was 66.67% or 78 errors. However, the students were able to use prepositions correctly because in general they could use the appropriate prepositions in their writing. The writer saw that some of students were still confused in choosing the appropriate prepositions. Some of them knew the function of prepositions but they overgeneralized the information from target language in every structure of language they found. They also tried to combine information from their native language (Indonesian) and second language they are learning (English). In general, those errors were mostly caused by interlingual transfer. The writer hopes that the teacher could be aware of the importance of media to transfer information about preposition effectively and efficiently. The writer also hopes the government and syllabus developer could understand the importance of preposition as the part of grammar in English. In addition, they could allocate more time and portion to include preposition as the important material for the students.
ERRORS MADE IN GOOGLE TRANSLATE IN THE INDONESIAN TO ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF NEWS ITEM TEXTS
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 5 No 2 (2016)
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v5i2.11228

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The objective of this study was to describe the errors made in the Indonesian to English Google Translate translations of News Item texts. This study employed five English translations of Indonesian News Item texts taken from (1) bbc.com, (2) kompas.com, (3) liputan6.com, (4) tempo.co, and (5) viva.co.id made by using Google Translate. Those samples were taken by using purposive sampling technique. The categorization of translation errors were adapted from Dewi’s Indonesian-English translation error typology. The errors can occur in the words, phrases, clauses, and sentences of the texts. The data gathered were analyzed descriptively by using qualitative approach. The findings of the analysis showed that there were 13 categories of translation errors obtained from 278 data. Ranking from the most common to the least common errors found in the data, they were grammatical errors (24.46%), terminology errors (15.47%), omission errors (14.03%), syntax errors (12.23%), mistranslation/misunderstanding errors (6.47%), literalness/faithfulness errors (6.47%), usage errors (6.12%), punctuation errors (3.60%), addition errors (2.88%), ambiguity errors (2.52%), word form errors (2.52%), capitalization errors (2.16%), and spelling errors (1.08%). The data findings also showed that statistical method of Google Translate, the inability of Google Translate to understand the contexts of the texts beyond sentence, and errors in the source texts that carried into translation errors in the target texts were the causes of translation errors found in the data.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HERRINGBONE TECHNIQUE TO TEACH READING OF NARRATIVE TEXT
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 5 No 2 (2016)
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v5i2.11229

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This final project is based on the research which attempted to find out the effectiveness of Herringbone technique to teach reading of narrative text. The design of this study was experimental study. There were two groups used in the research; the experimental group and the control group. The two groups were given different treatments. The experimental group was taught by using Herringbone technique while the control group was taught using conventional technique. The population of this study was the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 24 Semarang in the academic year of 2015/2016. The number of the subjects was 64 students. The data were obtained by administering reading test to the VIII A as control group and VIII B as experimental group. The research was started by giving pre-test, treatments, and post-test to both experimental groups and control groups. The data of the test were analyzed by using t-test formula to know the difference of the students’ comprehension in reading narrative text between two groups. The data analysis in research ,some purpose can be drawn as follow. The first purpose of the study is to discuss the effectiveness of teaching reading using Herringbone technique to improve students’ reading of narrative text. The use of Herringbone technique in teaching reading makes the activity in class more interesting. The students are active and more enthusiastic following the teachers’ instruction and working in group. The second purpose of the study is to analyze the significant difference between teaching reading using Herringbone technique and the one using conventional technique. The difference in score of both test can be drawn as follow. The average score of pre-test of the experimental group was 67.75 and the control group was 65.59. The average score of post-test of the experimental group was 71.31 while the control one was 69.71. The result of the t-test of mean difference was 8.94 and t-table was 2.00. It means that t-value is higher than t-table (8.94>2.00). It can be concluded that there is a significant difference between teaching reading using Herringbone technique and the one using conventional technique. Based on the research conducted, it proved that the use of Herringbone technique is effective as a strategy to improve teaching reading comprehension of narrative text to the eighth year students of SMP Negeri 24 Semarang.

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