The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of using youtube media based on various approaches in improving the learning motivation of English learners. This research is a classroom action research. Data collection techniques used in this study consisted of observations and questionnaires. The subjects in this study were 35 people. This research was carried out in two cycles, each meeting held two meetings. In the initial test, the average learning motivation was 33.74, in the first cycle was 41.25 and in the second cycle was 48.28. Therefore, if we compare it from the initial test to the second cycle test. There is an increase of 14.54. This shows that the use of youtube media has an effect on increasing students' motivation to learn English.
This study aims to see and analyse the readiness of Economic and Social Sciences Faculty of Fajar University to implement E-Learning based on the four factors by using Aydin & Tasci’s ELR Model, namely; people, technology, self-development, and innovation factor. This quantitative study used questionnaire was given to lecturers, and students with the total sample were 185. The average score of 3.41 is the minimum score for the level of readiness to implement e-learning. Based on the data, it found that lecturers obtained a total score 3.60 and students was 3.40. From four factors for lecturers, self-development factor was the only factor considered unprepared for implementing e-learning which needs some of the work to reach ready category. However, the rest of the factors are in the 'ready' category in the teaching process. On the other hand, students score result indicated 'not ready' to implement e-learning in the learning process. Even though in technology and innovation factors were showing 'un-readiness', in people factors and self-development indicated that students are 'ready' to implement e-learning even though it requires a few improvements. From the final score result for both lecturers and students, the data show that Economic and Social Sciences Faculty Fajar University is 'ready' to implement e-learning in teaching and learning process even needs a few improvements
Slang words is generally considered as informal style of speech which is used by groups of people in particular community. It can be in the form of a single word, phrase, or sentence. This study is conducted to investigate the slang words found in Deadpool 2 movie. The main objectives of this study are analyzing the lexical and contextuan meaning, types of slang, and the root of slang words. In order to answer the formulated problem, the method used for this study is descriptive qualitative method. The primary source of this study is Deadpool 2 movie directed by David Leitch published in 2018. Meanwhile, the secondary sources of this study are books, e-journal, and e-articles that contained related theories. The theories that used in this research are Mansoer Pateda’s Lexical and Contextual Meaning Theory and Allan and Burridge Types of Slang Theory. According to the result of the research, there are 74 words and phrases found in Deadpool 2 movie. There are five types of slang words also found in the movie. Those are fresh and creative, flippant, clipping, imitative and acronym. It is also found that each slang words has their own root which is categorized into swear words, religion-related, impolite call, sweet call, and expressions.
Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membandingkan struktur dua buah puisi: Night oleh Blake dan She Walks in Beauty oleh Byron. Ada tiga fokus penelitian, yakni tema, majas, dan pencitraan. Peneliti menggunakan penelitian kualitatif dan juga teori pendekatan struktural. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa penyair tersebut menggunakan tema, majas, dan pencitraan. Ada banyak jenis majas dan pencitraan dalam puisi tersebut. Pada puisi Night, hanya ada empat majas, yaitu (a) simile, (b) personifikasi, (c) metafora, dan (d) hiperbola dan menggunakan (1) visual, (2) auditory, (3) taktil, dan (4) kinestetik sebagai pencitraan. Pada puisi She Walks in Beauty, Byron menggunakan (a) simile, (b) personifikasi, dan (c) litotes sebagai majas dan pencitraannya adalah (1) visual dan (2) kinestetik. Puisi Night dan She Walks in Beauty menunjukkan perbedaan dan persamaan yang berkaitan dengan gaya penulisan penyairnya. Blake adalah penyair yang subjektif sedangkan Byron adalah penyair yang objektif dalam menulis. Kedua penyair tersebut menggunakan alam dengan cara yang berbeda untuk membangun tema, majas, dan pencitraan. Blake menggunakan alam untuk menggambarkan dua tempat yang berbeda dan Byron menggunakan alam untuk menggambarkan karakter wanita. Kata kunci: puisi, struktur, gaya menulis (1)
This research aimed at finding out whether or not significant improvement on students’ vocabulary after applying Semantic Feature Analysis. Pre-experimental design was applied in this research with one group pretest - posttest design. The population of this research was the second grade class of SMA Negeri 1 Majene, 2014/2015 academic year with 28 students as the samples. The researcher used simple random sampling technique in taking the samples. The research instrument used vocabulary test through written test using Semantic Feature Analysis Grid. The result of this research showed that the application of Semantic Feature Analysis in this research had significant influence in students’ vocabulary enrichment. It was proved by the improvement of mean score from 41,03 in pre-test to 72,71 in post-test. It was supported by the value of the t-test 18.7 which was greater than the value of t-table 1,703 the level of significance (p) = 0.05 and degree of freedom (n-1)=28.
This article analyzed of the ambivalence of the main character in the novel The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni by using post colonial theory from Bhabha concept that ambivalence, mimicry and hybridity. The purposes of this research were describing the cause of ambivalence by the main character and also to describe mimicry and hybridity potrayed by Tilo as the main character in Divakaruni’s The Mistress of Spices. The method of this research was descriptive qualitative methods to described the answer from the problem formulation. The source of the data of this research was the novel The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni which was published in 1997 and consists of 15 chapters and 317 pages. And, the instrument of this research was note taking. The technique of data analysis of this research was linked to the theory, concept and method. The result found that the main character face the ambivalence because of her rules and love. Living in America is greatly influenced her on the new culture of imitating and hybridizing about American culture.
This research is about indirect speech acts used in the movie “In Time”. The purpose of the research is to find out the types of used indirect speech acts. This is a qualitative research. The data cover all utterance used in “In Time” movie. It is found out that there are 17 utterances which is identified as indirect speech acts. In conducting this research, the researcher watched the film, downloaded script of the movie, read the movie script, and identified the data. The researcher used Searle’s theory that is indirect speech act used when the speaker wants to communicate more than what is communicate conventionally by the words he utters and classified into directive, representative, expressive, directive and commissive. The result of the study shows that there are 17 utterances that contain indirect speech acts. They are 7 representatives, 2 expressive, 7 directives, 1 commisive and declarative utterance not found in the movie. Based on the result of this research, indirect speech acts categorized into the function such as asserting, convincing, predicting, instinct, surprising, gratitude, requesting, commanding, ordering, suggesting and promising.
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