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English Education Journal
Published by Universitas Negeri Semarang
ISSN : 20870108     EISSN : 25024566     DOI : -
Core Subject : Education,
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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.
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The Realization of Transitivity Systems in Undergraduate Learners’ Argumentative Essay Texts Nurkholidah, Endang Siti; Sutopo, Djoko; Widhiyanto, Widhiyanto
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 4 (2019): December 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v9i4.31677

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Transitivity systems define as a system to explore how language concernes in the overall grammatical resources for construing going on. The ability to realize transitivity systems in argumentative essays is important because by realizing these systems, the writer can explore language in process of doing, sensing, saying activities happened in the real world. Therefore, this study aims to explore the realization of transitivity systems in students’ argumentative essay texts. There are five argumentative essays written by students who have a good quality in writing skill. The findings show that the writers have already realized six process types corresponding with participants and circumstances. By realizing all process types in essay, the readers can experience different world so that they will know the writers’ experience in using language to mark experiential meaning in essays. In this case, the writers mostly asked readers to experience with process of doing by material process. Thus, the writers moved the readers’ attention by showing the experience of stating relation of the participants. The relation was showed in a configuration of being in attributing and identifying the participants. Therefore, the occurrence of other processes as well as participants and circumstances makes the argumentative essay text more alive. Keywords: Transitivity Systems, Process types, Participants, Circumstances, argumentative essays.
THE The Soundness of Arguments in The American Presidential Debate Between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Permana, Rangga; Saleh, Mursid; Wuli Fitriati, Sri
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 4 (2019): December 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v9i4.31737

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This study aimed to assess the soundness of arguments uttered by the presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the first American Presidential Debate 2016. This study was a qualitative study using Criterial Approach proposed by Hughes (2014). The data were analyzed based on three criteria namely, acceptability, relevance and adequacy. The results of the study show that Hillary Clinton gave 24 arguments supported by 70 premises. 50 of her premises met the criteria of acceptability, and 59 premises met the criteria of relevance 19 met the criteria of adequacy. Overall 5 of her arguments have all the premises fulfilled all the criteria of soundness. While for Donald Trump, he produced 25 arguments, 21 were acceptable, 20 relevant, and 3 adequate. Out of his 25 arguments, only 1 met all the criteria and can be considered as a sound argument. The findings indicated that Hillary Clinton made stronger and sounder arguments since they were supported by more accurate and logical premises. Trump failed to give sound argument since most of his premises were more focused on attacking his opponent’s personality rather than providing solid evidences or convincing reasoning. The results of this study should be beneficial for high school, college students or everyone who are interested in debating as an example of how to create a logically strong and sound argument. .
The The Subtitling Strategies and the Semantic Equivalence of Figurative Language in Now You See Me 2 Movie Febrianto, Nazala Wahyu; Yuliasri, Issy; Warsono, Warsono
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 3 (2019): September 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v9i3.31761

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There are so many popular movies in Indonesia which come from Hollywood (western countries). They uses English as their language. One of the movies we can find is Now You See Me 2 Movie. Sometimes, figurative language is used inside the movie. However, it is not easy for Indonesian people to understand English. It is why subtitling becomes very important for Indonesian. The aims of this study are: (1) to explain the subtitling strategies used in subtitling figurative language in the movie and (2) to explain the degrees of semantic equivalence of the subtitling strategies. This study is a qualitative descriptive research. To collect the data, the writer used transcription and a table of tabulated script. Transcription was used to transcribe all the dialogue into a transcript. Then, it was tabulated into a table which had been set. All the data was analyzed through transcribing, reading, categorizing, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusion. The result showed that there were 94 utterances of figurative language. From 94 utterances, there were 9 subtitling strategies used; they were Expansion, Paraphrase, Transfer, Imitation, Transcription, Condensation, Decimation, Deletion, and Resignation Strategy. The most used subtitling strategy was Paraphrase Strategy that shared 39.4%. It was used in 37 excerpts. Then, the result of semantic equivalence showed that Fully Equivalent shared 42.5%, Increased Meaning shared 29.8%, and Decreased Meaning shared 7.4%. The category of Non-Equivalent showed that Different Meaning shared 16% and No Meaning shared 4.3%. The Equivalent category shared 80.8% of total 100%.
The Comparison of Conversational Structures between Zach Sang and The Radio 1 Breakfast Shows Izza, Awwalia Fitrotin; Mujiyanto, Januarius; Yuliasri, Issy
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 3 (2019): September 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v9i3.31766

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This study focused on a comparison of conversational structures between two talk shows, Zach Sang Show and Radio 1 Breakfast Show. This study is a descriptive qualitative study. It used Zach Sang Show and Radio 1 Breakfast Show on an episode interview with Sam Smith as the object of the study. To analyze the data, the researcher used conversation analysis theory proposed by Schegloff and Sacks (1977). The result of the study revealed that both talk shows applied the structures of opening, closing, adjacency pairs, turn taking, and repairs. There are some similarities and differences between these two talk shows in terms of structures. High involvement style and high considerateness style appear in both shows. However, in Zach Sang Show, the two speakers mostly share the same style which is high considerateness style. In conclusion, there are some differences of conversational structures between Zach Sang Show and Radio 1 Breakfast Show on their interviews with Sam Smith. Keywords: Conversational Structures, Turn-Taking, Adjacency Pairs, Repairs, Conversation Style
Using Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy to Evaluate Higher Order Thinking Skills (Hots) in Reading Comprehension Questions of English Textbook for Year X of High School Atiullah, Kurnia; Wuli Fitriati, Sri; Rukmini, Dwi
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 4 (2019): December 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v9i4.31794

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Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) has been widely recognized as a set of important devices of cognitive development. The research was conducted to evaluate the availability of higher order thinking skills in reading comprehension questions of the English textbook for Year X of high school published by ministry of education. There are 158 reading comprehension questions from 15 reading texts which are analyzed using revised Bloom’s taxonomy. An intuitive approach to the analysis of qualitative data is taken for the study in which an individual researcher intuitively relates data from various instruments to each other (Smaling, 1987) in Meijer, et al (2002, p. 146). The data were analyzed qualitatively to determine the cognitive level of each questions according to revised Bloom’s taxonomy, Question types based on which cognitive process is required to answer and forms of questions. The result shows that majority of reading comprehension questions in the textbook being studied is in the lowest level of revised Bloom’s taxonomy; remembering with 134 items whereas higher order thinking skills are only found in 24 out of 158 items. It was concluded that the reading comprehension questions of the English textbook for Year X of high school is lack of higher order thinking skills. The result of the study is expected to benefit the English teachers, textbook writers and further researchers to elaborate the implementation of higher order thinking skills in English teaching and learning.
The Realization of Ideology of Translation in Rendering Figurative Language in Dashner’s The Fever Code Ilyas, Muhammad; Sutopo, Djoko; Mujiyanto, Januarius
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 4 (2019): December 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v9i4.31817

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Translation involves at least two languages which come from the source language (SL) and target language (TL). In addition, it also involves the ideology in all of the translation fileds including novel. Novel has many components on it including figurative language. It means that the ideology depends on the belief of the writer or the translator which deals with two domain; foreignization and domestication. The realization of ideology of figurative language translation needs to be investigated to find out the translator's tendency. This study is a descriptive qualitative study. The main objective of the study is to explain the realization of ideology in rendering figurative language from English into Indonesian in Dashner’s The Fever Code. In order to collect the data, the researchers used the document. The document was used to collect of figurative language from both English and its Indonesian translation including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and irony. Then, they were analyzed the translation method used by the translator and the realization of ideology in rendering figurative language. The finding shows that two translation tendencies involves in translating process; they are SL emphasizes and TL emphasizes. The SL emphasizes involves literal translation, faithful translation, and semantic translation. Meanwhile, TL emphasizes involves free translation, idiomatic translation, and communicative translation. The SL emphasizes matches the foreignization which introduces what is foreign and unknown to the target readers, taking the reader cover to the foreign culture and making the target readers see the cultural and linguistic differences; it also enables the better understanding and appreciation of the thoughts and lives of foreign people. Moreover, TL emphasizes matches domestication which brings what foreign and unknown the cultural and linguistic differences to the target readers. The findings can be concluded that the employing translation method leads to the translator to realize the ideology in rendering figurative language; simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and irony.
The Alignment of and Gaps between the Needs Analysis, the 2013 Curriculum and Classroom Practice of CLT Approach Kusumawardani, Anisa Dian; Faridi, Abdurrachman
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 4 (2019): December 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v9i4.31823

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In designing and evaluating a curriculum, need analysis is the prior action so that it can accommodate students’ need and the result is not disappointing. The dissatisfaction toward graduate students from vocational high school who most of them do not have adequate English skill to work can be assumed that the curriculum as well as the learning process do not consider the students’ needs. This study aimed to investigate the vocational high school students’ needs and its alignment of and gap toward the 2013 Curriculum and the practice of CLT approach. This research is qualitative descriptive research which was conducted at SMK Negeri 1 Semarang toward the students and the teacher. The data were collected by using questionnaire, observation checklist, document analysis guideline and interviews.The result of this study shows the students’ opinion, demand, and reflection toward the English learning process. Meanwhile on the investigation of the teaching learning, it is found that the implementation of the 2013 Curriculum more or less has been accordance with the regulation, on the contrary the CLT approach had not been applied well. The alignments of the needs analysis, the curriculum and the CLT approach lay on the sufficient time allotment of the English subject, the learning activity, promoting active learning, and promoting English usage during the learning process. Meanwhile the gaps between the needs analysis, the curriculum and the CLT approach occur in the lack of productive skill practice, authentic learning media, and the discipline-related learning material.
The The Interpersonal Meaning in Trump’s Victory Speech Savitri, Andini Syita; Warsono, Warsono
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 4 (2019): December 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v9i4.31874

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This study deals with analyzing language used for communication. It analyzes a victory speech by Donald Trump as the newest president of America from the perspective of SFL especially dealing with the Tenor of the discourse of the speech. In other words, this study is about interpersonal meaning of the speech which can be used to dig up speaker’s attitudes towards what s/he is saying in the speech. In conducting this study, I had two objectives to achieve. First, this study tried to understand the interpersonal meaning of Donald Trump’s victory speech by looking deeply on the Mood system of the clauses of the speech which means analyzing the two constituents of Mood which are Subjects and Finites of the clauses in the speech. Second, it also tried to uncover Donald Trump’s attitudes towards Americans by applying the Appraisal theory proposed by Martin. Appraisal offers an ideal analytical framework to systematically identify interpersonal meanings in language. The result of analysis showed that the most subject found in the speech was I – Donald Trump which meant that Trump himself was responsible to what he was saying in the speech. The Finites in the speech were mostly stated in Simple Present Tense which was meant that in delivering his speech, Trump gave the general truth at the moment of the speaking. Since most of the clauses were declarative clauses, Trump was considered to share information in this case he share his vision and mission for future America to the audience. That shared information was further analyzed with the Appraisal theory which led to the conclusion that Trump gave positive attitudes towards Americans. Based on this study, finally we come to an understanding that it’s important to understand any kinds of speech well. One among ways to do it is by analyzing that speech through its interpersonal meaning and its appraisal system. This study is useful for readers, especially English Department students in order to be able to understand the meaning behind a text well.
The Realization of Interpersonal Meaning in the Report Text of the Undergraduate Students of Universitas Batanghari Jambi Vrika, Renggi; Mujiyanto, Januarius; Suwandi, Suwandi
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 4 (2019): December 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v9i4.31907

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In interpersonal meaning, language is used to see the relationship between the speaker/writer with the listener/reader. Using interpersonal meaning to analyze written text is useful to see how the writer gives information and suggestion to the reader. This study investigated the interpersonal meaning realizing in the report text that is 354 clauses from 20 texts written by the undergraduate students. It used the framework from the Systemic Functional Linguistics by Eggins (2004) and Halliday and Matthiessen (2014). This research is qualitative case study research because it focuses on the analysis or interpretation of the written material. It analyzes mood system, modality system, speech function and students’ mastery in writing report text. From the analysis, it found that mostly declarative mood realized in the report text, it is 334 clauses and it is categorized as statement in the speech function. In the modality system, the most type realized in the text is modalization type, it is 38 clauses. By analyzing report text using interpersonal meaning, it was found the students’ mastery in the writing skill. The are only some students did mistakes in writing some clauses. Therefore using interpersonal meaning to analyze text help to know the mastery of the students in writing and also can improve their skill. It can be said that interpersonal meaning also realize in the report text. The realization can be seen from the types of mood, modality and speech function that were found in the report text.
The Inclusion of Ideology in Jokowi’s Speech Viewed from the Perspective of Appraisal Theory Listiani, Gisty; Rukmini, Dwi; Widhiyanto, Widhiyanto
English Education Journal Vol 9 No 4 (2019): December 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v9i4.31920

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Ideology is a belief towards a particular idea which is commonsensical as it is required by the society as the answer of particular issues. In common practices, ideology might become considerable since it is realised through the use of words that are meaningful and powerful. One language feature that can be used to convey ideology is appraisal resources. This research aimed to describe the inclusion of ideology viewed from the perspective of appraisal theory. It employed descriptive qualitative approach. The object of the study is a speech text performed by Jokowi in the World Economic Forum of Asean 2018. The results of the study depicted that there were seven ideology strategies that had been implemented viewed from the attitude appraisal analysis. The seven ideologies were implication, consensus, hyperbole, pre-supposition, national self glorification, lexicalization, and irony. Besides, the ideology inclusion in Jokowi’s speech viewed from the perspective of engagement appraisal pointed that there were six ideology strategies that were implemented by the speaker. They are implication, evidentially, pre-supposition, national self glorification, hyperbole, vagueness, and consensus. In addition, the inclusion of ideology in Jokowi’s speech viewed from the perspective of graduation appraisal conveyed that there were four ideologies applied in the speech, they were implication, hyperbole, national self glorification, and number game. By taking account of the results, this study is expected to escalate the quality of English teaching and learning dealing with words understanding beyond the meaning.

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