Lexical and Contextual Meanings in the Indonesian Song Terserah by Willy Winarko

Meaning Interpretation ◽

Contextual Meaning ◽

Semantics is a branch of linguistics. This branch is important as semantics is related to meanings and without meanings, communication could not function. There are lexical and contextual meanings. By listening to songs, we can gain knowledge of how to appreciate literature and songs. Therefore, the researcher was interested in analyzing the meanings of the Indonesian song Terserah by Willy Winarko, which is a viral song focused on COVID-19. This study aimed to analyze the lexical and contextual meanings in the lyrics of this song. A descriptive qualitative research design was used. The results of this research were as follows: (1) the lexical meanings in the song are different from those in the context; and (2) the contextual meanings are oriented to the situation of COVID-19. Keywords: Semantic, Lexical Meaning, Contextual Meaning, Interpretation

Implementasi Etnosains dalam Pembelajaran IPA di SD Muhammadiyah Alam Surya Mentari Surakarta (Implementation of Ethnoscience in Science Learning at Elementary School of Muhammadiyah Alam Surya Mentari Surakarta)

SEJ (Science Education Journal) ◽

10.21070/sej.v3i1.2426 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 25

Author(s):

Afrin Puspasari ◽

Indah Susilowati ◽

Lilis Kurniawati ◽

Resiana Ridha Utami ◽

Indra Gunawan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Elementary School ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Research Design ◽

Learning Process ◽

Science Learning ◽

The swift flow of globalization has led to increasingly eroded Indonesian local culturalvalues. This has caused a shift in neglected cultural values and local wisdom. Therefore,an approach is needed, namely ethnoscience in the learning process. This studypurposed to determine whether The Elementary School of Muhammadiyah Alam SuryaMentari has applied ethnoscience in science learning and describe the implementationof ethnoscience based on science learning in The Elementary School of MuhammadiyahAlam Surya Mentari.The method used was descriptive qualitative research design. Theresults of the study showed that the planning of science learning based on ethnoscienceapproach in This School was still unplanned, but the school had unconsciously implementedethnoscience approach. The implementation of science based on ethnosciencelearning was by integrating between the material with the environment, culture, and socialin the environment. Evaluation of the implementation of ethnoscience based on sciencelearning included cognitive, affective, and psychomotor evaluation in accordance withevaluation standards in the 2013 curriculum.

The Implementation Of Jigsaw Technique To Teach Poetry Of Buya Hamka

10.31227/osf.io/65pyt ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Sugianti

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Research Design ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Interaction Process ◽

Learning Activities ◽

Jigsaw Technique ◽

The objective of this study is to describe teaching and learning poetry meaning activities of Buya Hamka by using jigsaw technique in STKIP PGRI Pasuruan. This study focused on the descriptive qualitative research design. The results of the observation show that the teaching and learning activities by using jigsaw technique run effectively and efficiently. It enables the students get a lot of knowledge and perspective of Buya Hamka poem from their interaction process. They discuss, share, and contribute knowledge each other with the teacher’s facilitations. As the result, they get a lot of information of Buya Hamka poem meaning from their home and expert groups.

AN ANALYSIS OF ENDOPHORIC REFERENCE COHESION DEVICES IN MARK ZUCKERBERG BIOGRAPHY

PROJECT (Professional Journal of English Education) ◽

10.22460/project.v2i2.p222-226 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 222

Author(s):

Melani Siti Khalifah ◽

Juan Carlina Wibowo ◽

Cynantia Rachmijati

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Discourse Analysis ◽

Research Design ◽

Lexical Cohesion ◽

Cohesive Devices ◽

The Subject ◽

In The Beginning ◽

The Relationship ◽

The aim of the research is to find out endophoric references in Mark Zuckerberg biography and the relationship between discourse analysis and pragmatic. The research used descriptive qualitative research design. The data obtained from Mark Zuckerberg biography written by the biography website. The data are analyzed using Halliday & Hasan’s theory (1976) of reference cohesion reference is one of the cohesive devices. The result shows that endophoric reference exists in Mark Zuckerberg biography endophoric. Endophoric consist of two types, the first is anaphoric and the second is cataphoric. In this research there are five type cohesive devices that are usually used in texts like substitution, references, ellipsis, lexical cohesion, and conjunctions. In the research found that cataphoric is dominant than anaphoric because the subject is located in the beginning of the sentences. Cohesive devices not only focused on lexical cohesion, but also focused on ellipsis and substitution and reference.

Deixis in the Song Lyrics of One Direction

KnE Social Sciences ◽

10.18502/kss.v5i4.8713 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 582-591

Author(s):

Savitri Rahmadany ◽

Rahmad Husein

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Research Design ◽

Semantic Meaning ◽

Dominant Type ◽

Song Lyrics ◽

This study aimed to investigate the types of deixis used in the song lyrics of One Direction, to find out the dominant types used and to describe the semantic meaning of the deixis. The song lyrics are associated with deixis since they express the singer’s or song writer’s feelings or emotions represented by some expressions of human thoughts, ideas and opinions. This study was conducted using a descriptive qualitative research design. The data were obtained from five songs of One Direction entitled Up All Night, Change My Mind, Everything about You, Little Things, and Right Now. Three types of deixis were found in the five songs and there were 108 deixis found in the lyrics. Person deixis was investigated as the most dominant type used in the lyrics. All deixis had their semantic meanings based on the situations of the songs. Keywords: Deixis, Song, Lyrics, Semantics

The Naturalness and Accuracy of English Short Story Translation Into Indonesian

ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching ◽

10.26858/eltww.v5i1.5770 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 44

Author(s):

Nuh Hasanah Safei ◽

Kisman Salija

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Research Design ◽

Short Story ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Purposive Sampling ◽

Class Viii ◽

Second Year ◽

The objectives of this research were to find out the naturalness of English short story translation into Indonesian and to find out the accuracy of English short story translation into Indonesian. This research employed descriptive qualitative research design which conducted at the second year students of MTsN 1 Makassar in academic years 2017/2018 . The researcher used purposive sampling technique by taking one class from the twelve classes. The researcher chooses class VIII-11 which consisted of 40 students. The data were collected using document by translation text and interview. The results showed that the naturalness and accuracy of students’ translation of short story entitled The Proud Lion gained score 7-8 with classification “almost completely successful” from 30 students. And 10 students gained score 5-6 with classification “adequate”. It was caused by wrong choice of words and they were still less in selecting the indicated meaning so that their translation sound strange, unnatural, inaccuracy for the readers.

AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR IN ONE DIRECTION ALBUM

Journal of Teaching English ◽

10.36709/jte.v4i2.13924 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 239

Author(s):

Tuti Dwi Agustin ◽

Amri Tanduklangi ◽

Yulius Tandi Sapan

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Research Design ◽

Figurative Language ◽

Research Question ◽

True Meaning ◽

The Media ◽

Song Lyrics ◽

Contextual Meaning

Lyrics in song are intended to send a message to the audience or music lovers. Composers use figurative language as the media to convey their message. One of the figurative languages that is mostly used in song’s lyrics is Metaphor. This study was intended to investigate the types of metaphor used in One Direction Album. The objective of this study to identify the types of metaphor found in the song lyrics and to analyze metaphor meaning in One Direction song. This study adopted a descriptive qualitative research design. Three songs by One Direction had been chosen as the data of this study; Story of My Life, Steal My Girl and Drag Me Down. The data were analyzed its metaphor by using Lakoff and Johnson theory, while in investigating the meaning, Chaer’s theory of contextual meaning was used. The result of the study showed that based on the three types of metaphor, structural metaphor becomes the most frequently used in the song lyrics, meanwhile 2 of 3 songs used all of the three types of metaphor; Orientation, Structural and Ontological Metaphor. In answering the second research question about the meaning of each metaphor, each lyric has been analyzed through content analysis to know the true meaning of what the song writer want to express in his/her lyrics and each lyric has different contextual meaning which is elaborated further in this study. Keywords: Metaphor, Meaning, One Direction’s Album

The Use of ESA Technique on Reading Comprehension at Mts N Ganting Padang Panjang

FOSTER: Journal of English Language Teaching ◽

10.24256/foster-jelt.v2i1.25 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 39-45

Author(s):

Nanda Fidrian

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Reading Comprehension ◽

Research Design ◽

Background Knowledge ◽

English Teachers ◽

Know How ◽

The researcher aimed to conduct this research due particular in students reading comprehension at Mts N Ganting Padang Panjang. The researcher found the problems that first, students interest in reading a text was still lacking. Second, students still have difficulty in reading comprehension. Third, students had a lack of vocabularies in translating the meaning of the word. Therefore, this research is to know how the teacher applies the ESA technique on reading comprehension. The research aimed to analyze teacher apply ESA technique on reading comprehension. This research used a descriptive qualitative research design. The object of this research were two English teachers in Mts N Ganting Padang Panjang. The instruments of this research were questionnaire and interview. The result of the research showed that ESA technique is suitable and effective for reading comprehension that can be seen from teacher apply ESA technique on reading comprehension. Engage, in this elements the teacher motivate students and active their background knowledge. The study, in this elements teacher, focus on the topic in the text and guide students in understanding the content of the text. Activate, in this elements teacher gives exercises and assignment to students, then concludes the contents of the text that has been learned.

PRONUNCIATION ERRORS MADE BY EFL STUDENT TEACHERS IN SPEECH PERFORMANCE

Prominent ◽

10.24176/pro.v3i2.5396 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Diah Dwi Lestari ◽

Fitri Budi Suryani ◽

Nuraeningsih Nuraeningsih

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Student Teachers ◽

Research Design ◽

Document Analysis ◽

External Factors ◽

Key Factors ◽

English Vowels ◽

Speech Performance ◽

Pronunciation is one of the key factors in communication. The different pronunciation or different sounds will cause different meanings. It is known that the sound of English vowels and consonants are so much different from Indonesian vowels and consonants. A slip of pronunciation might occur and cause listeners misunderstand the message.This study is aimed at finding the pronunciation errors and the factors contributing to the pronunciation errors made by the EFL student teachers in speech performance.A descriptive qualitative research design was used. The data were collected through document analysis and interview. The result of the study shows that there were 79 errors found, meanwhile the factors contributing to the students’ pronunciations consists of internal external factors.

Analysis of Slang Words Formation Found in the Lyrics of Drake’s Songs

k ta ◽

10.9744/kata.22.1.10-16 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 10-16

Author(s):

I Gede Budasi ◽

I Putu Abdi Bhuwana

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Research Design ◽

Word Formation ◽

Formation Processes ◽

Multiple Process ◽

This research attempted to find out the word formation processes of slang words found in the lyrics of Drake’s songs. This research applied descriptive qualitative research design. The theory of the 18 word formation processes based on the synthesized theories from Yule (2010), Mattielo (2008), O’Grady, Aronoff, & Dobrovolsky (1997) were used as guidelines. This study found out that there were 190 slang words existing in the lyrics of the songs. They were respectively categorized into clipping (27%), coinage (25%), multiple process (22%), compounding (18%), reduplicatives (2%), variation (2%), borrowing (1%), blending (1%), acronym and initialism (1%), reversed forms (0.5%), and onomatopoeia (0.5%).

THEMATIC PROGRESSION IN STUDENTS’ DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS

PROJECT (Professional Journal of English Education) ◽

10.22460/project.v2i2.p227-233 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 227

Author(s):

Mega Wati Dewi ◽

Khauriena Fratami Hernawan ◽

Yanuarti Apsari

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Collection ◽

Research Design ◽

Thematic Progression ◽

This research aims to find out types of thematic progression pattern used by students in writing descriptive text and to know the dominant thematic progression used in students’ writing descriptive text. This research employed a descriptive-qualitative research design. The respondents of the research were eleven grade students of SMKN 1 Cimahi. The data collection was documentation. The source of the data was descriptive texts written by students of Instrumentasi Otomatisasi Process-D. There were 9 texts written by the respondents. The collected data was analyzed by using the theory from Bloor & Bloor (2013) as the theoretical to analyze the data. The result of this research found that students used three types of Thematic Progression in students’ writing descriptive text, they are Constant Theme, Linear Theme, Split Rheme. Furthermore, Constant Theme is the most frequent themes used in students’ writing descriptive text.