cover
Contact Name
-
Contact Email
-
Phone
-
Journal Mail Official
-
Editorial Address
-
Location
Kota semarang,
Jawa tengah
INDONESIA
English Education Journal
ISSN : 20870108     EISSN : 25024566     DOI : -
Core Subject : Education,
English Education Journal (p-ISSN 2087-0108 e-ISSN 2502-4566) is a quarterly journal published by Graduate School of Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia, in the months of March, June, September, and December. It is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal dedicated to enhancing and disseminating scholarly work in the form of conceptual and research-based articles within the fields of teaching English as a second or foreign language (TESL/TEFL), English language learning, ESL/EFL language teachers' training and education, English linguistics, translation, and literature, which have not been published or are under consideration elsewhere.
Arjuna Subject : -
Articles 801 Documents
A Comparison Between Trump’s and Clinton’s Commissive Speech Act in America’s Presidential Campaign Speech Ulum, Miftakhul; Sutopo, Djoko; Warsono, Warsono
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 2 (2018): June 2018
Publisher : English Education Journal

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i3.21391

Abstract

This study aims to compare Trump’s and Clinton’s commissive speech act which include its types and functions. Descriptive qualitative method is applied in this study. The data were analyzed by using commissive speech act instrument adapted from Searle and Vandervecken. The result shows that there are six types of commissive speech act used by Trump. They are promising, threatening, pledging, offering, refusing, and assuring, the functions of which are to give solution, to insult, to show care, to threaten, to encourage, and to convince. Meanwhile Clinton only used two types of commissives; promise and assure. These types have the functions to give solution, to show care, and to convince. Regarding their similarities, it is found that both of them used two similar commissives; promising and assuring. In addition, promising becomes the most dominant type found. They also use these speech acts to give solution, show care, and convince the audience. Meanwhile as for the differences, it is found that Trump used more types of commissive speech act rather than Clinton did. They are threatening, pledging, offering, and refusing. Trump also used more functions of his commissive speech act that are as threatening, insulting, and encouraging.                               
Integrating Collaborative Strategic Reading with Learning Logs: an Alternative Method to Develop Reading Comprehension Dewi, Nuna Mustikawati; Warsono, Warsono; Faridi, Abdurrahman
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 2 (2018): June 2018
Publisher : English Education Journal

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i3.21406

Abstract

The present study was the implementation of Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) collaborated with learning logs in reading comprehension teaching and learning process. It was used as another method to help students, cooperatively in small group discussion, and was completed with individual learning logs as a reflection. There were four objectives guiding this study; 1) to explain the way CSR collaborated with learning logs is constructed in reading comprehension teaching and learning process, 2) to explain the CSR collaborated with learning logs enhances students’ reading comprehension, 3) to explain the effectiveness  of CSR collaborated with learning logs to improve reading comprehension teaching and learning process, and 4) to describe the students’ perceptions of using CSR collaborate with learning logs in reading comprehension teaching and learning process. This study used action research as a research design. The data were collected by implementing observation, test, and questionnaire. The participants of this study were 39 FITK UIN Walisongo students consisting of 30 female students and 9 male students as the informants,and one college as an observer. The data of this study were classified and analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The result of the study showed that there were a significant difference in the result of pre-test and post test. The average achievement in pre-test was 68, 30 (fair category) while in post-test was 75.69 (good category). The implementation of this strategy was positive as it was shown in the students’ perception related to the students’ observation sheets and the teacher’s observation sheet. Therefore, it can be concluded that this strategy, collaborated CSR with learning logs is a wonderful and beneficial alternative method in reading comprehension.
The Realization of Communication Strategies Used by Extrovert and Introvert Students in Conversation Mujahadah, Siti; Rukmini, Dwi; Faridi, Abdurrachman
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 2 (2018): June 2018
Publisher : English Education Journal

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i3.21646

Abstract

This research aimed to analyse and explain the realization of communication strategies by extrovert and introvert students in conversation. The subject was the fourth semester students in Walisongo State Islamic University. This research employed the descriptive qualitative. I used questionnaire to determine the students’ personality. Recording is needed to obtain the data then followed by transcribing and analyzing the data. The result reveals that extrovert students realized four kinds of communication strategies and do introvert. The similarities were found in the percentage rating of realization which stalling or time-gaining strategies was most used in the conversation. Students tended to use this strategy to maintain the conversation. The next similarity was the way of their realization of communication strategies. They also used those strategies for the same purpose and function. For the differences between extrovert and introvert students, it was found that frequency of the realization was different. The extrovert students tended to more dominant in all strategies than introvert. It showed that extrovert students often used achievement strategies, stalling or time-gaining strategies, and self-monitoring strategies than introvert. In interactional strategies, the introvert tended to use interactional strategies more often than extrovert.
The Effectiveness of Whole Brain Teaching and Reciprocal Teaching in Reading to Visual and Auditory Students Lahita, Nanda; Mujiyanto, Januarius; Sutopo, Djoko
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 2 (2018): June 2018
Publisher : English Education Journal

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i3.21711

Abstract

This study aimed analyzing the effectiveness of Whole Brain Teaching and Reciprocal Teaching to teach reading comprehension to visual and auditory students in MTs Qodiriyah. The subject of this research was eight graders. Class VIII A was as the experiment class 1 and class VIII C was as experiment class two. Every class consisted of 30 students (15 visuals and 15 auditory). This study was experimental research design by using 2x2 factorial designs. The data collection was done by giving visual auditory kinaesthetic (VAK) and reading comprehension tests. The data was analyzed by using t-test and ANOVA. The study revealed results that Whole Brain Teaching and Reciprocal Teaching were effective to teach reading comprehension to visual and auditory students. Reciprocal Teaching gave better effect than Whole Brain Teaching in teaching reading comprehension to both visual and auditory students. The last, there was no interaction between teaching techniques, students’ reading comprehension, and learning styles. In conclusion, both Whole Brain Teaching and Reciprocal Teaching were effective applied in teaching reading comprehension to visual and auditory students. Although there was no interaction between three variables, the fact showed students’ reading comprehension achievement was influenced by the teaching techniques not the students’ learning styles
SEMANTIC SHIFT IN THE ENGLISH - INDONESIAN TRANSLATION OF DESSEN’S WHAT HAPPENED TO GOODBYE Husseni, Shadam; Hartono, Rudi
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 2 (2018): June 2018
Publisher : English Education Journal

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i3.21912

Abstract

This study focused on the semantic shift in the English – Indonesian Translation of Dessens What Happened to Goodbye. The main purposes of the study was to explain shift or transposition is termed as shift is a translation procedure involving a change in the grammar from source language to target language. Translation shift is termed involves replacing one word class with other without changing the meaning of the message. This study carried out in order to find out the kinds of semantic shift are found in English – Indonesian Dessen’s What Happened to Goodbye. This study assess the quality of English – Indonesian translation of semantic shift in Dessen’s What Happened to Goodbye. This research was a descriptive qualitative research. The object of this study is English - Indonesian pun translation of Dessen’s What Happened to Goodbye. The quality assessment of this study is obtained from the respondents. The respondents are divided into two, they are expert rates (the lecturers) and target readers (the teenager). In the analysis of semantic shift in the What Happened to Goodbye, from the results of analysis, the writer found the first type of shift (The change from Singular to Plural and the position of Adjective); the second type of shift (in SL Grammatical Structure does not exist in TL); the third type of shift (the one where literal translation is grammatically possible but may not accord with natural usage in the TL) and the fourth type of shift (the replacement of a virtual lexical gap by a grammatical structure). The analysis on the translation quality shows that 108 translations (23%) are considered as accurate, and 287 translations (77%) are considered as less accurate. In clarity level, 176 translations are belong to clear (47, 7%), and 219 translations are belong to unclear (52, 3%). Naturalness level shows that 246 translations (54, 7%) are categorized as very natural, and 149 translations (45, 3%) are categorized as sufficient natural.
Translation Strategies Used by Lingliana in Translating Taboo Words in Sylvia Day’s Bared to You Lovihandrie, Hanhan; Mujiyanto, Januarius; Sutopo, Djoko
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 2 (2018): June 2018
Publisher : English Education Journal

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i3.21949

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the strategies which Indonesian translators use for translating of taboo words in Silvia Day’s novel entitled ‘Bared to You’, to analyze the implementation, and to analyze the equivalence achieved in the translation. In this study, a descriptive qualitative research is applied. The data were clasified using Batistella’s taboo categorisation and the translation strategies were further identified using the elaboration frameworks proposed by Davoodi, Robinson, and Brownlie. Then, Nida and Taber’s concept of  equivalence was applied in determining the tendency of equivalence in the process of translating into target language. The results show that there are 555 taboo words found in the novel. Vulgarity dominates with 303 data, profanity 128 data, obscenity with 99, and last is ephitet with 25 data. The analysis on translation strategies shows that there are six strategies used by the translator in translating taboo words they are omission, euphemism, taboo for taboo, substitution, borrowing, and translation by more general word. Last, the analysis on the equivalence of translation shows that the translator tends to adopt more dynamic in translating taboo words into Indonesian.    
The Effectiveness of Close and Explicit Reading Instructions to Enhance Reading Comprehension to Highy and Lowly Motivated Students Kusumawanti, Windhariyati Dyah; Anggani Linggar Bharati, Dwi
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 1 (2018): March 2018
Publisher : English Education Journal

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i1.21995

Abstract

This study was a quasi-experimental study aimed to find out theeffectiveness of close reading and explicit reading instructions to enhance the students’ reading comprehension to students with high and low motivation. The samples of this research were the second semester students of Islamic Business and Economics Faculty at Public Islamic Institute of Purwokerto in the academic year of 2016/2017. There were nine classes that belonged to Islamic Business and Economics Faculty. For the purpose of this study, there were only two classes selected to be the samples. The first group was the first experimental group in which it was taught by close reading instruction and the other one was the second experimental group taught by explicit reading instruction. The result of this study showed that close reading instruction was not effective to enhance the students’ reading comprehension to students with high and low motivation. In addition, explicit reading instruction was also not effective to enhance the students’ reading comprehension to students with high and low motivation. Therefore, there was no interaction among teaching techniques (close and explicit reading instructions), motivation (students with high and low motivation), and reading comprehension. To sum up, close reading and explicit reading instructions did not contribute a significant difference to enhance reading comprehension to the students with high and low motivation
The Effectiveness of Graphic Organizers and Gist Strategies on Students with Different Reading Habits in Reading Comprehension Ayiz, Abdul; Warsono, Warsono
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 1 (2018): March 2018
Publisher : English Education Journal

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i1.21997

Abstract

This study is an experimental research with a factorial design addressed to investigate the effectiveness of graphic organizers and GIST strategy to enhance reading comprehension of students with good and poor reading habits. The samples of this study were the twelfth graders of MA Sholahuddin Demak in the academic year of 2016/2017. There were two classes that became the samples of the study. Graphic organizers strategy was used in the first experimental group, and GIST strategy was used in the second experimental group. To answer research questions number one up to four, T-test was used; meanwhile, two-ways ANOVA with F-test at the 5% (0.05) level of significance was used to answer the fifth up to seventh question. The result of this study showed that graphic organizers and GIST strategy were effective to enhance reading comprehension of students with good and poor reading habits. In addition, there is no significant difference of the use of graphic organizers and GIST strategies to enhance reading comprehension for students with good and poor reading habits. In addition, there is no significant difference of reading habits in using graphic organizers and GIST strategies to enhance reading comprehension. At last, there is no interaction among graphic organizers, and GIST strategies, reading comprehension, and reading habits.
Realizations of Promising Speech Act by Students of English as a Foreign Language of Semarang State University Mubais, Ahmad; Sofwan, Ahmad
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 1 (2018): March 2018
Publisher : English Education Journal

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i1.22042

Abstract

To communicate with others requires the ability of communicative competence. The communicative competence covers discourse competence, linguistic competence, pragmatic competence, socio cultural competence and lastly actional competence. Pragmatic competence is such a communicative competence which is important to study in order to fill the gap among the speakers, especially students of English as a foreign language. The gap among the speakers of different languages can be decreased by the study of speech act in various languages and perspectives. The focus of this study is the analysis of pragmatic study that focuses on promising speech act delivered by Students of English as a Foreign Language of Universitas Negeri Semarang. The objectives of his study are concentration on analysing the realization of promising speech act by the students, the probable factors that influence the students in realizing promising speech act, how those factors influence students to realize a promise and what dominant strategy used by the students. This research is qualitative descriptive research. The source data of this research is document. In order to collect the data, there are two methods used in this research; DCT and Role play methods. The types in analysing the data are transcribing, coding, classifying and interpreting. The subjects of the research are 20 students of English as a Foreign Language of Universitas Negeri Semarang at sixth and eighth semester. There are 480 utterances of promising speech act produced by the students from the DCT and Role play data elicited. Based on the analysis, the study reveals that the students applied future action, promise-to-act and predictive assertion strategy to realize the promise. The probable factors that influence students to realize the promise are distance, dominance and imposition. Actually, those factors (distance, dominance and imposition) are not primary factors that impose the students in realizing the promise. Some situations with different combination of social parameters deliver different strategy. The different combination of the three factors in situation given and interference of students’ native language and pragmatic transfer in the language learning process also affects the respondents in realizing a promise strategy. The dominant strategy used by the students is future action strategy.
The Adjacency Pairs Patterns of Trumps’ Victory Interview in ‘60 Minutes’ Bintana, Khomsa; Rukmini, Dwi; Sofwan, Ahmad
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 1 (2018): March 2018
Publisher : English Education Journal

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i1.22044

Abstract

This research is descriptive qualitative research which focuses on adjacency pairs patterns of Trumps’ victory interview in ’60 Minutes’. The objectives of this study are to analyze the patterns realization of adjacency pairs in the interview, to evaluate the adjacency pairs contribution of the conversation flow in the “60 Minutes”, and to evaluate the pedagogical contribution. The subject of the research are Lesley Stahl, Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Tiffani Trump. The writer collected the data through observation and documentation. There are two data collections that had been analyzed in this research. The data collection are the video of the interview and the transcription of the interview. The writer found some research results. First, there are six patterns of adjacency pairs found in this research. The following details are 45 data of question patterns, 17 data of assertion patterns, 7 data of request patterns, 4 data of assessment patterns, 1 data of compliment pattern, and 1 data of invitation pattern. The dominant data is the question patterns and the least data is the compliment and invitation patterns. The second is the contribution of conversation flow. Almost all the responses given by the speakers are preferred responses, so the conversation runs smoothly. Although, there are some dispreferred responses given but it does not decrease the meaning of the conversation. It gives effective contribution to the flow of the conversation. The third is this research has contribution to the theoretical and practical aspects. The theoretical contribution implicated to the theory development of linguistic especially conversation analysis and adjacency pairs. Meanwhile in practical contribution, this research can be used as reference in teaching English especially speaking.