A Post-Colonial Re-Reading of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

The imperial project started to influence English national identity as early as the mid-seventeenth century, and the English began to relate their national prominence to their colonial activities, whether in trade or in the acquisition of foreign territories, throughout the eighteenth century. However, England experienced its share of anxieties on the road to imperial "greatness" in its dealings with both other European powers and its native subjects. The British people's tendency to examine themselves and their international achievements with intense pride helped to neutralize those anxieties, much like Crusoe's imagined responses to possible dangers alleviate his fictional forebodings. The English ameliorated their concerns about their international position by becoming an ever more self-referential society, thinking more highly of themselves on account of their contact with colonized peoples, as is epitomized in the personality of Crusoe. To the fictional Crusoe, the experience of his relationship with Friday validates his self-worth and his native culture more than anything else. Robinson Crusoe's affirmation of colonial power through the assertion of his authority over a particular (othered) individual corresponds with, and epitomizes, England's trading and territorial empire during the eighteenth century and the consequent effects on British subjectivity, at a time when the British were struggling to set up a trading empire and challenging other European powers for territory and markets abroad. Robinson Crusoe successfully resolves the insecurities relating to Britain's colonial activities by asserting, through Crusoe's character, the superior nature of the English subject.

The Implementation of Scientific Approach in Teaching English Subject at Senior High School of Riau Province

This study aims to explain the application of a scientific method in teaching English at Riau Province's State Islamic Senior High School 2 (MAN 2). This is a descriptive qualitative study. This study includes one instructor and students from class X. MS.1. Techniques for gathering data include observation, interviews, and documentation. Techniques for data analysis include data reduction, data display, and data verification. The findings of this study suggest that the scientific approach is being used in the teaching of English at State Islamic Senior High School 2 in Riau Province, with the five phases being watching, inquiring, experimenting, associating, and communicating. There are various issues that either stymie or help use the scientific approach in teaching English topics. The time required in five components of the scientific method is an impediment. The next impediment is the material used. Factors that aid in implementation are; interesting material and student effectiveness.

Formal instruction by Song for English Learners in SMP IT Darul Hasan while Pandemic Era

This research was examined to help the English teacher in Junior high school especially, while pandemic Covid-19 more dilate over the world. The pandemic that has hit the world in the last 3 years, it gas given much attention from all elements in the world generally, the side of education do need new innovations to keep advancing the target of education, so one of thing teachers do at SMP IT Darul Hasan Kota Padangsidimpuan to overcome the problem have tried carry out formal instruction in achieving good English grammar according to their target and age, namely through songs with grammar elements according to the lesson curriculum in social media flat form. This research have done for treat in 7 class SMP IT Darul Hasan Kota Padangsidimpuan that consist of 25 students randomly. The three classes have a different acquisition in English subject, again which the students in 7d, 7e, and 7f. So, in my conclusion that formal instruction by song in Junior high school SMP IT Darul Hasan Kota Padangsidimpuan has given a positive effect.

The Use of Video Project Assignment (VPA) To Enhance Students’ Achievement in Communicative English Subject

Speaking skills is a crucial element which all students in Malaysian polytechnic should master. The new English syllabus introduced in Polytechnic is aimed at building confidence and fluency in English for students as well as enabling them to function effectively at the workplace. Majority of the Communicative English assessment requires students to communicate in English either as individuals or in groups, but many students are still reluctant to speak in front of the classroom and have a very low level of confidence. Thus, Video Project Assignment (VPA) is implemented to boost the achievement of students in the field of Communicative English. The aims of this study are 1) to analyse the student’s perception on the use of Video Project Assignment (VPA) in Communicative English subject, 2) to examine students’ engagement level towards the use of Video Project Assignment (VPA) based on emotional engagement and cognitive engagement and 3) to identify students’ achievement in DUE3012 Communicative English 2 subject. A set of questionnaire was used to gather data from thirty-three respondents from one of the polytechnics in Johor. Descriptive analysis technique was used to analyzed the data gathered from questionnaire. Result of the study indicates that by generating Video Project Assignment (VPA), students demonstrate positive perception, engagement, and achievement. This study also provides the students, lecturers, and potential researcher with a good inference.

Pelatihan dan Pendampingan Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Inggris bagi Siswa-Siswi Sekolah Dasar Negeri Leyangan Terdampak Pandemi COVID-19

Since the study from home system was implemented, several obstacles were found, especially for students at Elementary School of Leyangan in RT 004 RW 002 Dusun Krajan Desa Leyangan Kecamatan Ungaran Timur, Kabupaten Semarang. The students were difficult to learn the subjects by themselves, expecially for English subject. The main obstacles of study from home were lack of teacher’s direct explanation and lack of parents’ attention and mentoring. Based on this explanation, students needed face-to-face training and monitoring, especially the 'Self-Introduction' in English subjects. Through the USM’s Students Community Services Back to Village program, student focused on community service for face-to-face training and mentoring to improve the English skills for students at Elementary School of Leyangan. The community services method used was directly explanation and speaking practice for the given example sentences. The participants were required ro listen, rewrite and practice to speak for the given subjects. The mentoring was held in June 2021 with the COVID-19 health protocol face-to-face method. Evaluation results of the speaking pratice showed increment in students' knowledge and skill of 'Self-Introduction' subject and better pronunciation.

The multivoiced English-for-young-learners subject in Sweden: Spaces for plurilingualism?

Already in primary school in Sweden, English is one of several language subjects within a larger curriculum. Despite this, the curricular space for the English subject to leverage and contribute to plurilingual competence has hitherto received little attention. This study centres on the construction of the primary English subject in the 2011 (revised 2018) curriculum, also in relation to other language syllabi, using the concept of ‘voice as perspective on topic’ (Linell, 2009) to analyse ideologies that are salient, backgrounded, and absent in the English syllabus and those transcending language syllabi boundaries. Findings show that different voices are salient in the English subject in years 1–3 and 4–6, constructing an oral-based and fun subject contra an increasingly academic and communicatively-focused subject respectively. Monoglossic ideologies in English language teaching are challenged insofar as English is not positioned as a language belonging to specific nations or speakers. However, there exists no explicit space for plurilingual competence in assessment, where instead pupils’ monolingual performances are assessed. In addition, unlike other language syllabi, the English syllabus contains no explicit mention of multilingual awareness-raising of languages in the learners’ repertoire, thereby limiting explicit space for plurilingualism. Nevertheless, across the language syllabi, a functional view of language is salient, where communicative strategies, language form for functionally justified ends, and text genres form part of the core content of the education. This creates implicit spaces for teaching and learning in the English subject to leverage and contribute to developing underlying functional linguistic proficiency (see Cummins, 2000, 2007).

Towards the Question on the Zero Subject in English

Introduction. The article considers the case, when no subject is present in an impersonal English sentence. Many linguists believe that the subject in this case is implicit, because the sentence preserves its predicativity. In addition, the subject “it” is sometimes substituted in impersonal English sentences by the formal particle “there”. However, the question whether this particle performs the function of subject is still open. That is why it is rather pertinent to consider all cases of subject, both explicit and implicit one, including the cases, when the sentence contains the formal particle “there”. The objective of this work is to build a formal logical model of implicit subject in impersonal English sentence. Implicit subject is often named as zero subject.Methodology and sources. The research methodology is based on traditional approaches towards studying the phenomenon of zero subject, as well as on the binomiality idea, having been developed since 1993 at ETU. On the material of English the status of the issue, whether it is eligible to consider the implicit subject as the zero one, is investigated. The examples illustrating the functional features of the implicit subject in English sentence were selected by means of the method of continuous sampling from 7 corpora. To represent the structural features of the implicit subject the method of formal logical modelling is applied.Results and discussion. The article presents the diversity of subject structures in English sentence. There is dealt with the question on the functions of the formal particle “there” in hypothetical comparison with the formal particle “it”. In this regard, a formal logical modelling of English subject is undertaken, for declarative and interrogative sentences. Herewith both independent and dependent sentences are modelled. Questions to the subject are out of the present consideration. The implicit subject has been assumed to be a “trace” of the explicit subject and may not be recognized as the absolute zero subject.Conclusion. Linguistics has elaborated a variety of original views on the reasons, why “incomplete” subjects emerge. Our language models allow, however, to come to more original and, as we hope, objective conclusions. Dependent on its environment the subject in English can be implicit fully or partly. If the subject is fully implicit, it is a strong or weak implicit semifinitive, fixed in the weak specifier. If the subject is partly implicit, it is a weak implicit semifinitive, fixed in the strong specifier. The English subject appears to be fully implicit much less frequent, than partly implicit. Making the subject fully implicit is possible by means of additional elements. Making the subject partly implicit is possible by means of the strong specifier “there”; no additional elements are then needed.

The Behaviorism Perspectives on English Learning: Its Theorical and Implications for Foreign English Learner in Online Learning Era

The successful of teaching learning process not only focus on the technique and the materials. Especially to learn English Subject the lecturer should attend in linguistic perspective especially in this case discuss about behaviorism perspective. Behaviorism is one of the learning perspectives centered on instructors for a long time, as an education regulator, shaping every aspect of the curriculum and commands. This paper presents an explanation of the characteristics of behavior, its philosophical and basic theory and the application of behaviorist theory to teach foreign language learner in Campus 7 Poltekkes Kemenkes Semarang in Environmental Health Department in online era. which has connection with theory which under pines the widely used Audio lingual Method by lecturers. In line, behaviorism perspective also has a close relationship with the audio lingual method to give reinforcement and encouragement to the students. So the important application in this case is the psychological aspects of students in the online era learning and is supported by the appropriate learning method.

Literacy Uses and Practices of Schoolchildren Living in a Contemporary Malaysian Context

This paper reports the uses and practices of literacy in English of primary schoolchildren in Malaysia. Data was gathered from two children, their parents and the English subject teacher. The results reveal four major findings. First, the results reveal that the students’ experience with out-of-school literacies in English were largely afforded by new technologies Second, popular culture played a considerable role in the students’ out-of-school lives. Third, the students’ engagement with out-of-school texts was influenced by cultural artefacts and social discourses, and fourth, there were also complementing and contrasting literacy practices reflected in both environments. This paper argues that awareness of the students’ uses and practices of English as they participated in different communities may enable teachers to incorporate aspects of out-of-school literacy into the school to facilitate the students’ learning. Additionally, it may also help teachers prepare the students to face the growing challenges of using English in the 21st century.

The Impact of Kagan’s Cooperative Learning Structure (KCLS) on Grade 9 Students towards English Language Learning

English subject has become very important in the context of Bhutanese education system. Owing to its importance in the era of modernization, the education ministry of Bhutan is providing professional development program in a form of training and workshops for all the English teachers to grow oneself professionally. Therefore the purposes of this study were to examine the learning achievement and investigate opinions of grade 9 Bhutanese students towards English subject by incorporating Kagans Cooperative Learning Structure (KCLS). The study was an experimental research and consisted of two groups pre-test post-test design at Kamji Central School under Chhuka district, Bhutan. A cluster random sampling was used to select two sections out of three sections with 38 students each in the experimental and the control groups. The quantitative data was analyzed using a pre-test and post-test scores while students’ reflective journal was analyzed using a coding system.The findings of the study showed a remarkable difference in the post-test scores. The mean scores of the control group and of the experimental group were 9.5 and 11.5 respectively. In addition,the student’s reflective journals revealed that the Kagans Cooperative Learning structure (KCLS) was interesting, provided with equal opportunities,enhanced active participation, and the brain breaks and cheers helped them keep themselves alert and boost retention level of learning.