scholarly journals Thematic Progression in Acehnese EFL Learner-Produced Texts

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Risdaneva Risdaneva ◽  
Syarifah Dahliana
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Thematic Progression ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Progression Patterns

This study reports the thematic progression of the EFL learner- produced texts in Acehnese context. The study employed qualitative method focusing on the content analysis. The content analysis technique was incorporated to analyse the corpora of 40 learner-produced texts. The findings of the study highlight both prevalent and problematic thematic progression patterns in the students’ texts. The EFL learners are inclined to use the constant theme pattern with less consistency of accuracy in longer paragraphs. With regard to the problematic patterns, the students tend to find difficulties in developing the ideas throughout the texts. This is shown through the emergence of many brand new themes and empty rhemes which result in incohesive and incoherent texts. The overall findings suggest that introducing the theme- rheme pattern concept to the students in English writing classes can be useful for improving the cohesion of the EFL students’ writings. 

scholarly journals “CONSTANT, ZIG-ZAG LINEAR, OR MULTIPLE?”: THEMATIC PROGRESSION PATTERNS ON EFL STUDENTS’ RECOUNT TEXTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 172
Author(s):  
Merina Devira ◽  
Makhroji Makhroji ◽  
Allif Syahputra Bania ◽  
Novia Sari
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
Linear Pattern ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Thematic Progression ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Progression Patterns

The main problem faced by EFL students in writing English texts includes the difficulties to produce a cohesive and coherent text that it seems necessary to show how the tools of Theme and Rheme can be used to help construct the students' good English writing. This study aimed to find out the types of thematic progression patterns in each clause of the recount texts written by students and the dominant pattern of thematic progression revealed from the texts. The research design of this study is a qualitative method which employed the study instrument of the students' recount texts at class IX of SMAN 2 Langsa, Aceh. A content analysis approach by using a Theme and Rheme framework generated from a theory of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) was used to analyze the thematic progression patterns on the students' recount texts, which included several steps: reading the student's texts, identifying the theme and rheme of every clause of the student's text, describing the thematic progression patterns of student's text and drawing the thematic progression pattern on student's text. The findings of the analysis indicated that there are three (3) thematic progression patterns found on the students' recount texts: the Theme Constant, the Theme Zig Zag Linear pattern and Theme Multiple patterns. The dominant type of thematic progression patterns constructed by the students into their recount texts was revealed mostly on 123 constant or reiteration patterns (76.8%), followed by zig-zag patterns of 35 times (21.8%)  and 9 times (1.25%) of multiple patterns. The results of this study will be facilitative as the tools for English language teaching and learning classrooms particularly for writing English texts. 

scholarly journals Cross Cultural Rhetoric Awareness of Undergraduate Thesis Introduction Section Written by Acehnese EFL Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Bustami Usman ◽  
Novalia Rizkanisa ◽  
Iskandar Abdul Samad ◽  
Asnawi Muslem
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Cultural Rhetoric ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Undergraduate Thesis

Abstract: This study investigated cross cultural rhetoric awareness of introduction section by Acehnese EFL students. This study aimed at describing the rhetorical pattern and determine the cross cultural rhetoric awareness by looking at the rhetorical pattern in Introduction section. A qualitative method and content analysis were used in this study which analyzed the Introduction section. The data of this research was English undergraduate thesis written by ten Acehnese students as the documentation was applied as the instrument. The data were collected from two Islamic institutes in Aceh. The research was conducted by using documentation analysis. The result of the analysis demonstrated that the English writings by Acehnese students maintained the inductive style and the idea of the paragraph is circular. However, the use of markers is enough to be considered. The conclusion led to the rhetorical pattern of the Acehnese students which is in oriented style. Indeed, the implication of the finding showed that the students’ cross cultural rhetoric awareness toward English writing convention, especially in academic writing, is low

scholarly journals Internet Use in EFL Writing Classes

E-methodology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 79-83
Author(s):  
Mohammad Amin Mozaheb ◽  
MOSTAFA SHAHIDITABAR
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
New Words ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Aim. The present study seeks to investigate the effect of internet use on writing abilities of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students studying in an Iranian university. The students of the study have been advised to use the Internet while searching for collocations and new words. They were also told to use grammar checkers while writing essays in English. After a two months’ period, their writing papers had been corrected by two raters. Compared to scores they obtained before the class equipped with new technologies, the students obtained higher scores, showing that the Internet can be used in language learning especially in writing classes where students have difficulties in using native-like words and structures. Methods. The participant of the present study were 28 Iranian university students studying ELT in an Iranian University in the capital Tehran. The students were divided into two classes consisting of 12 students in the experimental group and 16 students in the control group. The mean age of the students taking part in the study was 20. Additionally, according to a TOEFL iBT the level of the English proficiency of the students was 75. To put it other way, utilizing the test, the students were homogenized by the researchers of the study. Results. The results of the study showed that the use of the Internet in EFL classes can boost the writing abilities of EFL learners. In other words, the writing of the students will be improved in case the check different collocations and grammatical points in the Internet.  Moreover, the use of grammar checker soft wares which can be found on the net can pave the way for EFL students to be better writers of English. Conclusions. To conclude, this study suggests that the use of the Internet can be beneficial to EFL learners while improving their writing abilities which can be seen by many scholars studying different skills as important.

scholarly journals Kerelevanan Optimum dalam Terjemahan Sifat Allah dalam Al-Quran ke Bahasa Inggeris: Analisis Baseer dalam Surah Al-Isra’

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 250-266
Author(s):  
Lubna Abd Rahman ◽  
Sulhah Ramli ◽  
Hishomudin Ahmad ◽  
Robiatul Adawiyah Mohd
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
English Language ◽  
Relevance Theory ◽  
Natural Equivalence ◽  
Optimal Relevance ◽  
Analysis Technique

Al-Quran adalah teks suci yang mengandungi ciri-ciri linguistik dan retorik yang adakalanya menjangkau kemampuan aspek semantik untuk menerangkannya. Sifat Allah merupakan istilah khusus Al-Quran yang tidak dapat diterjemahkan hanya dengan melihat makna semantik semata-mata, kerana mengandungi makna khusus yang merujuk kepada sifat Ketuhanan. Dalam fenomena seperti ini, penterjemah disaran menggunakan pendekatan pragmatik yang menafsirkan makna ujaran dan menyampaikan maklumat berdasarkan konteks ayat untuk memberi pemahaman yang jelas tentang makna sebenar ujaran tersebut kepada pembaca bahasa sasaran, agar dapat mencapai tahap kerelevanan optimum. Kajian ini bertujuan mengkaji terjemahan salah satu sifat Allah dalam Al-Quran, Baseer untuk melihat sama ada terjemahannya mencapai kerelevanan optimum atau sebaliknya. Teori Relevan (TR) yang lazimnya diaplikasi dalam bidang komunikasi dijadikan landasan teori untuk menganalisis terjemahan perkataan Baseer dalam surah al-Isra’ untuk melihat bagaimana makna Baseer dinyatakan dalam teks terjemahan al-Quran yang dipilih iaitu teks terjemahan Al-Quran terkenal dalam bahasa Inggeris oleh Abdel Haleem, Pickthall dan George Sale. Kajian ini menunjukkan bahawa terdapat perbezaan dalam terjemahan sifat Baseer antara tiga teks sasaran. Sekiranya dilihat dari sudut Teori Relevan pula, kebanyakan terjemahannya tidak mencapai kerelevanan optimum, kerana makna yang diberikan oleh penterjemah tidak menyokong makna yang dimaksudkan oleh sifat Allah. This study aims to investigate the translation of one of the Devine Attributes in Quran, the word Baseer whether its translation achieves optimal relevance or otherwise. It employed a qualitative method using content analysis technique based on Relevance Theory, which is basically applied in communication field, in analyzing the translation of the word 'baseer' in surah al-Isra’ to investigate how the meaning of Baseer is rendered in in three well-known Quran translations in English language by Abdel Haleem, Pickthall and George Sale. This study shows that there are differences in the translation of Baseer among the three target texts. If viewed from the point of Relevance Theory, most of its translations do not achieve optimal relevance, because the meanings given by the translators do not support the meaning meant by the nature of Allah. This indicates that absolute equivalence could never been achieved when translating specific words of the Quran and in this study, the translation of Devine Attributes sometimes does not achieve optimal relevance. Therefore, the translator may select the closest natural equivalence of the meaning of the attribute.

scholarly journals MORAL VALUES IN “FILOSOFI KOPI” SHORT-STORY ANTHOLOGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN LITERATURE

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nani Solihati ◽  
Ade Hikmat ◽  
Yoma Elmikasri
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Short Stories ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Moral Value ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Literature Education

NILAI MORAL DALAM ANTOLOGI CERPEN FILOSOFI KOPIDAN IMPLIKASINYA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN SASTRAAbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi dan menemukan nilai-nilai moral yang terkandung dalam antologi cerpen Filosofi Kopi melalui kajian hermeneutik serta implikasinya dalam pembelajaran sastra di SMA. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif dengan teknik analisis isi. Nilai moral yang diteliti dibatasi pada nilai positif dalam antologi cerpen Filosofi Kopi. Sumber data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yakni antologi cerpen Filosofi Kopi karya Dewi Lestari yang berisi 18 cerita yang terdiri 8 cerita pendek dan 10 prosa liris, tetapi yang diteliti hanya 8 cerita pendek. Berdasarkan hasil analisis yang telah dilakukan terhadap delapan cerpen, dapat disimpulkan bahwa cerpen-cerpen karya Dewi Lestari mengandung nilai-nilai moral positif yang meliputi kejujuran, bertanggung jawab, kesetiaan, sopan santun, hati nurani, rendah hati, dan konsekuen. Implikasi hasil penelitian ini adalah pembelajaran sastra di sekolah dengan menggunakan beberapa judul cerpen dalam antologi cerpen Filosofi Kopi karya Dewi Lestari sebagai sumber pembelajaran berpotensi menghasilkan siswa yang mempunyai nilai-nilai moral yang baik. Kata kunci: nilai moral, cerpen, pembelajaran sastraAbstractThis study was aimed at identifying the moral values contained in Filosofi Kopi short story anthology through hermeneutic studies and its implications in the study of literature in thesenior high school. The study used a descriptive qualitative method with a content-analysis technique. The moral values under study were limited to positive values. The data source used in this study was written by Dewi Lestari. This short story contained 18 stories consisting of 8 short stories and 10 lyrical proses. The samples of this study were 8 short stories. Results show that the short stories of Dewi Lestari's work contain positive moral values that include honesty, responsibility, loyalty, courtesy, conscience, humility, and consequence. The implications of the study include the fact that literature learning using this anthology is able to improve the students’ moral values.Keywords: moral value, short-story, literature education

Efficacy of Three Different kinds of Error Feedback on EFL Students’ Writing in China

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-164
Author(s):  
Zhuxiu Tan ◽  
Chen Jiliang
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Language Abilities ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
Advanced Learners ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Chinese Context ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Effective Feedback ◽  
Efl Students

Feedback is very important for learners to improve their writing but providing effective feedback is not an easy job for the teachers who teach English writing. This is particularly true in tertiary education in Chinese context. Teacher’s explicit feedback (TEF), implicit feedback (TIF) and the guided peer review (GPR) are three types of feedback commonly used by English teachers in the EFL writing classes in China. This paper aims to examine the effects of these three different types of feedback on college students’ writings in Chinese context by using a pretest and posttest treatment, questionnaires and a case study. The qualitative results reveal that the three types of feedback are all valued by students and do help to improve their writing. GPR and TIF are preferred mostly by advanced learners but GPR triggers more self-initiated revisions and more unsuccessful revisions are found in the TIF class. TEF is mostly favored by students with lower language abilities and more successful revisions are reported in this class. These findings are consistent with the results of the pretest and posttest from the three classes. The quantitative data show that GPR contributes the highest mean score to students’ writing, and TEF the second while TIF the last. The implications of these findings are also discussed.

scholarly journals TRANSLATORS’ CENSORSHIP IN ENGLISH-INDONESIAN TRANSLATION OF DONALD DUCK COMICS

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Issy Yuliasri Yuliasri
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Reader Response ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Senior Editor ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Research Findings

Not all aspects of Western culture, reflected in the language used in Walt Disney’s Donald Duck comics, are acceptable in Indonesia. So, in translating the comics, the translators have to manipulate the text for it to be acceptable by the target readers and parents. This research aims at finding out censorship through the translation techniques used by the translators in translating the English humorous texts in the Walt Disney’s Donald Duck comics into Indonesian and the reasons underlying the translators’ choice of the translation techniques. It also aims at analysing whether or not the choice of the translation techniques affects the rendering of meaning, maintenance of humour, and acceptability of the translation. For these purposes a qualitative method was employed with content analysis technique and reader response analysis. Content analysis was used in comparing the source text (ST) and target text (TT) to find out the translation techniques used as a means of censorship and to find out the translators’ reasons for choosing the techniques. Reader-response analysis was done to find out the readers’ response to the rendering of meaning and maintenance of humour in the translation. The research findings discovered that the translators performed censorship through the dominant use of reduction and generalisation techniques so as to reduce sarcasm and insults. The interview with the publisher’s Senior Editor also revealed that “decency” was the first priority in the translation decision making, followed by clarity of meaning and maintenance of humour.  Further research to investigate other elements censored, and compared with other translated comics is recommended.

scholarly journals Non-Native Speakers’ Rhetorical Commonalities in Writing Script Introduction Section

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Iskandar Abdul Samad ◽  
Bustami Usman ◽  
Novalia Rizkanisa ◽  
Siti Sarah Fitriani
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Academic English ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Way Of Thinking

This research analyzed the rhetorical pattern (RP) of script Introduction section written by undergraduate students at four selected universities in Aceh. Information about the RP of introduction section had been found in literature, including the work of Indonesian students in general. However, specific information about the RP of the work of EFL students in Aceh was not determined yet. The main aim of the study was to explore whether Acehnese studentsperformed the exact pattern of written Academic English. Understanding the RP of this section was important because it helped readers to have a description of the whole script. A qualitative method was applied in this study to draw the RP through the content analysis. The data were taken from twenty undergraduate students’ scripts at four selected universities. CARS model was used to analyze all the data. In general, the result shows a unique RP of the Introductionsection by Acehnese students where RP of introduction section maintains the circular way of thinking.

scholarly journals EXISTENCE OF MORAL CHARACTER IN THE PLAY JENAR BABAD TANAH PENGGING (Used Review of Content Analysis)

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-65
Author(s):  
Muhamad Muhamad Ichsan Nurjam’an ◽  
Yumna Rasyid ◽  
Miftahulkhairah Anwar
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Moral Character ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Data Validity ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

AbstractThis study aims to reveal the types of moral existence of the main character Syekh Siti Jenar, the disclosure and description of the moral of Sheikh Siti Jenar, and the moral of Sheikh Siti Jenar with the reality of life in the Laker Babad Tanah Pengging by Saini K.M. The study was conducted form October 2016 to August 2017. This research uses descriptive qualitative method with content analysis technique starting focus of research, data collection, verification of data validity, analyze, interpret, find, verify, and conclude. The results show that this play contains a positive moral existence that can be used as a reference to study literature. The content of the play is closely related to the life of the community so the result of the research is suggested that the play "Syekh Siti Jenar in Babad Tanah Pengging," by Saini K.M. can serve as a medium for teaching individual, social, and moral religious which concerned about the moral issues of the students that occur in the process of literary learning.Keywords: The play, Main Figures, and existence of Moral

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