The Efficacy of Basic Sentence Pattern Approach for EFL Learners in Writing

As a fundamental component of language, writing has been identified as the least proficient domain in acquiring a new language. Due to this universal idea, this research has been designed to find a more effective method to improve the writing skills of EFL learners and makes an attempt to investigate the effectiveness of a basic sentence pattern (BSP) drill through film corpus-based activities. To do this, as a pre-test, EFL learners were asked to make questionnaires with basic sentence patterns that translate Korean sentences into English to determine how much basic knowledge they had. For the questionnaires and the basic sentence pattern drill, the script of the American television series Modern Family (Lloyd & Levitan, 2014) was collected and categorized into five basic sentence patterns. Then, the learners were taught about the 5th basic sentence pattern, the most difficult pattern and were trained to practice this sentence pattern, repetitively, for a month. As a final step, they took a post-test after another month’s training. The results show the overall score was enhanced significantly from pre-test to post-test. This finding demonstrates that basic sentence patterns can enable EFL learners to develop their sentence accuracy in writing.

Grammaticalization of modality in natural languages: The case of the noun tsumori in Japanese

The Japanese noun tsumori is used as the so-called formal noun and the head of syntactic nominalization. Its main meaning of ‘aim, intention’ is expressed through the basic sentence pattern of (suru) tsumori da. The modal meanings of this noun reveal close connections with the pragmatics of linguistic politeness and manifestation of attitudes in interpersonal communication. The article deals with the main sentential patterns and functions from the comparative perspective.

Syntax of Standard English and Bangla: A Bilingual Study of Simple Declarative Sentences

This research paper explores much of the basic and background knowledge of English and Bangla sentence patterns or structures as well as tries to compare and contrast between these two very languages, English and Bangla at the sentential levels. As it is known the concept of basic sentence structures is necessary for classroom teaching and learning to perceive the subtleties of language at the highest unit of grammar, this study is expected to facilitate the understanding of bilingual relationships between them (may be as a native or a foreign language) for researchers, teachers, learners and/or speakers of both the languages. The ideas drawn from the findings in this paper will also help one in the field of translating amid these two languages which is pedagogically very significant as well. For a few dissimilarities, we often notice greatly faulty grammatical constructions both in English and Bangla, when learners or users shift from one to another. So, this study of the two types of sentence patterns along with their components will be of considerable use to many, specially to those who teach, learn or use these languages.

Kajian Yuridis Tentang Sanksi Kebiri Dalam Sistem Pemidanaan Di Indonesia Berdasarkan Undang Undang Nomor 17 Tahun 2016 Tentang Perlindungan Anak

Indonesia is one of signatory member of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, which requires the State to guarantee that no children may suffer torture or other cruelty, whether it is humane action or degrading treatment or punishment. Protection of children in criminal cases is categorized as special protection that requires special treatment in handling the cases.Decency crimes generally lead to condemnation from the community; it especially comes from parents that happen to girls and boys, regarding the crime of rape, obscene acts, pedophiles and others. The arrangements that can be imposed on perpetrators prior to the existence of special laws governing pedophiles namely articles 289, 290, 292, which are regulated in the Criminal Code and articles 81, 82 and article 76D which are regulated in Law No. 16 of 2017 on the amendment of Law No. 23 of 2002 concerning children protection.In law No. 17 of 2016 amendment to Law No. 23 of 2002 concerning child protection, it is stated in law No. 16 of 2017 enhances the sanctions for the child sexual violence perpetrators, namely by chemical castration or injection of chemical liquids and installing chips as electronic detection devices. Such actions will be punished within a maximum period of two years and it is implemented after the convict is serving a basic sentence. Perpetrators may also be subject to additional penalties in the form of announcements of the perpetrator's identity because the actions and additional penalties are excluded for the child perpetrators . Keywords : Child, Decency Crime, Pedophile, Chemical Castration Punishment,

STRUKTUR FRASA, KLAUSA, DAN KALIMAT BAHASA TALONDO

Penelitian ini mengidentifikasi struktur frasa, klausa, dan kalimat bahasa Talondo yang dituturkan oleh masyarakat Talondo, di Desa Bonehau, Kecamatan Bonehau, Kabupaten Mamuju. Fokus masalah dalam penelitian ini bagaimana struktur frasa, klausa, dan kalimat bahasa Talondo? Penelitian ini bertujuan mengidentifikasi struktur frasa, klausa, dan kalimat bahasa Talondo. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian lapangan dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data berupa aspek kebahasaan, yaitu frasa, klausa, dan kalimat dilakukan dengan teknik kerja sama dengan informan dan teknik kuesioner. Pengumpulan data itu dilakukan dengan kuesioner, simak, wawancara, dan catat. Sumber data lisan diperoleh dari informan penutur asli. Penentuan informan berpedoman pada kualifikasi dan kemampuan penutur. Sampel dalam penelitian ini dipilih berdasarkan kriteria responden. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa bahasa Talondo memiliki struktur frasa endosentris yang berkonstruksi atributif dan koordinatif. Konstruksi atributit memiliki empat tipe, yaitu nomina, verba, adjektiva, dan numeralia sebagai konstituen induk. Konstruksi koordinatif memiliki enam tipe, yaitu nomina, verba, adjektiva, preposisi, numeralia, dan adverbia sebagai konstituennya. Selain frasa endosentris, bahasa Talondo memiliki struktur frasa eksosentris yang berkonstruksi direktif, konektif, objektif, dan predikatif. Konstruksi direktif memiliki empat struktur frasa. Konstruksi konektif memiliki delapan struktur frasa. Konstruksi objektif memiliki satu struktur frasa. Konstruksi predikatif memiliki delapan struktur frasa. Sementara itu, konstruksi klausa terdiri atas unsur subjek dan predikat yang terdiri atas satu predikat atau lebih. Kalimat terdiri atas unsur predikat dan subjek dengan atau tanpa objek, pelengkap dan keterangan. Unsur predikat dan subjek merupakan unsur yang kehadirannya selalu wajib. Pola kalimat dasar meliputi tipe S-P, S-P-O, S-P-Pel, S-P-Ket, S-P-O-Pel, dan S-P-O-Ket. This research identifies the structure of phrases, clauses and sentences in the Talondo language spoken by the Talondo community, in Bonehau Village, Bonehau District, Mamuju Regency. The focus of the problem in this research is how the structure of phrases, clauses and sentences in the Talondo language? This study aims to identify the structure of Talondo phrases, clauses and sentences. This research is a field research using descriptive qualitative method. Data collection techniques in the form of linguistic aspects, i.e. phrases, clauses and sentences, were carried out in collaboration with informants and questionnaire techniques. Data collection was carried out by questionnaire, refer, interview, and note. Sources of oral data were obtained from native speakers of the Talondo language in Talondo Hamlet, Bonehau Village, Bonehau District, Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi Province. The determination of informants is based on the qualifications and abilities of the speaker.The sample in this study was chosen based on the criteria of the respondents. The results showed that the Talondo language had an endocentric phrase structure that was attributive and coordinated constructions. Atributive construction have four types, namely nouns, verbs, adjectives, and numeralia as parent constituents. Coordinative construction has six types, namely nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, numeralia, and adverbs as constituents. In addition to endocentric phrases, Talondo has an exocentric phrase structure that has directive, connective, objective, and predictive constraction. The directive construction has four phrase structures. Connective construction has eight phrase structures. Objective construction has one phrase structure. The predictive construction has eight phrase structures. Meanwhile, clause construction consists of subject and predicate elements consisting of one or more predicates. Sentences consist of predicate elements and subjects with or without objects, complements and captions. The element of predicate and subject is an element whose presence is always mandatory. The basic sentence patterns include type S-P, S-P-O, S-P-Comp, S-P-Capt, S-P-O-Comp, and S-P-O-Capt.

On the status of wh-exclamatives in English

Exclamative expressions like What an enormous crowd came! and How wonderful this journey is! have been described as forming one of the four basic sentence (or clause) types of English. The present paper discusses the main features of this type and analyzes them with reference to the framework of Discourse Grammar. It is argued that the structure of exclamatives can be related to other sentence types in terms of discourse strategies that are used for constructing texts, in particular by means of cooptation, a cognitive-communicative strategy that enables speakers to use existing text pieces for new discourse functions.

KEMAMPUAN SINTAKSIS ANAK TUNA RUNGU: STUDI KASUS EZRA (The Syntactic Ability of A Child with Listening Disability: A Case Study of Ezra)

Bahasa sebagai instrumen komunikasi berperan dalam menyampaikan pesan dari penutur kepada petuturnya. Salah satu faktor yang mendukung lancarnya komunikasi menggunakan bahasa adalah susunan kalimat atau sintaksis yang benar. Tulisan ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan kemampuan sintaksis Ezra setelah menjalani terapi wicara selama satu tahun. Subyek penelitian adalah seorang anak berusia tujuh tahun dengan gangguan pendengaran berat (kanan 95 dB, kiri 85 dB), bernama Ezra. Data diperoleh dengan cara merekam dan mencatat ujaran-ujaran yang diucapkan Ezra. Data berupa ujaran dianalisis menggunakan teori sintaksis bahasa Indonesia oleh Chaer (2009). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Ezra dapat mengungkapkan keinginan, kemampuan, dan kesukaannya menggunakan pola kalimat dasar S+Adverbial+P, S+Adverbial+P+O, dan S+P+O. Dalam mengungkapan aktivitas yang sudah dia lakukan, Ezra menggunakan pola yang terbalik antara predikat dan adverbial “sudah”. Ezra belum bisa merespon pertanyaan dengan benar. Ini dapat dilihat dari jawaban yang diberikan tidak relevan dengan pertanyaan. Dalam mengungkapkan pertanyaan, Ezra cenderung menggunakan kata benda sebagai pengganti kata kerja.Language as an instrument of communication plays a role in conveying messages from speakers to their listeners. One of the factors that support the smooth communication using language is the correct sentence structure or syntax. This paper aims to describe the syntactic abilities of Ezra after undergoing speech therapy for one year. The study subjects were a 7-year-old child with severe hearing loss (right 95 dB, left 85 dB), named Ezra. Data obtained by recording and recording utterances uttered by Ezra. Data in the form of speech are analyzed using the syntactic theory of Indonesian Chaer (2009). The results showed that Ezra could express his desires, abilities, and preferences using basic sentence patterns S + Adverbial + P, S + Adverbial + P + O, and S + P + O. In expressing the activities that he has done, Ezra uses an inverse pattern between predicate and adverbial "sudah". Ezra hasn't been able to respond to questions correctly. This can be seen from the answers given that are not relevant to the question. In expressing the question Ezra tends to use nouns instead of verbs.