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An Investigation of Intrinsic Elements and Moral Value in The Paddington Film
Get PDFFilm has become a more modern means of humans life depiction than novel or any other written literary work because of its ability to present in audio-visual form. One of the films essential elements is intrinsic, the elements that interlink and build the film itself. This research centres on the intrinsic elements in The Paddington (2014) film using a structural approach. Moral value is also being discussed in this research using a separated theory by Linda and Eyre (1997). This research is contributing to the richness of current literary work research while simultaneously giving a support to upcoming and ongoing studies. This research analysed the data using descriptive qualitative method developed by Miles and Huberman (2013). Prior to this, the data had been collected using Creswells (2012) note-taking technique. The finding of this research discovered five intrinsic elements and twelve moral values in this film. While the intrinsic elements consist of theme, plot, character and characterization, setting, and point of view. More than 10 classifications of moral values were recorded in this study
The Effect of The Think Aloud Strategy on Students' Reading Comprehension Ability
Get PDFThis research was designed to figure out the effectiveness of the think aloud strategy in improving students reading comprehension ability. The think aloud strategy is a learning strategy whereby students verbalize their thought as they read. Twenty 2nd grade students of MAS Darul Ulum Banda Aceh participated in this quantitative research. This research used a pre-experimental design with one-group pretest-posttest. The finding showed that the think aloud strategy improves students reading comprehension ability, especially in analytical exposition text. It can be seen from the mean score of the post-test (54.4) which was higher than that of the pre-test (36.4). The t-test analysis showed that the t-score (4.255) obtained a higher gain than the t-table (2.085). This strategy successfully helped the students to increase their reading comprehension ability in all aspects, particularly in identifying main ideas, making inferences, summarizing, and interpreting vocabulary. Therefore, the think aloud strategy can be considered as an effective instructional tool for teaching reading skill
Introducing English vocabulary to young learners with flashcards
Get PDFEnglish has become the most commonly spoken language in the modern era. English should be taught in every primary school because it is widely used. The most important skill to master when studying the English language is vocabulary. Hence, before learning any language skill, such as reading, writing, or listening, students must first learn vocabulary. Flashcards are a visually appealing medium that can help students understand vocabulary. This study aimed to improve the vocabulary of sixth-grade pupils at an elementary school in Lam Awee, Aceh Besar, using flashcards. The sample was taken from the sixth grade which consisted of 6 students. The data was collected using a vocabulary matching test consisting of questions covering parts of body, family, color, and fruit. The data were analyzed by testing the hypothesis at the significance level of 0.05. The results showed that the student vocabulary score improved significantly after learning the language using flashcards. Therefore, it is recommended for teachers to use flashcards to provide a basic vocabulary to beginners because it helps boost students motivation to learn new English vocabulary
A pragmatic analysis of politeness strategies in Mulan movie
Get PDFPragmatics deals with language use in the context that relates to the speech acts' meaning. Politeness strategies and politeness principles, as the manifestation of pragmatics, are two determining communication factors of both speaker and hearer. This qualitative study was intended to analyze the politeness strategies used by the main character Mulan and her family. The data were collected using the observation checklist adapted from Brown and Levinson (1987) framework for politeness strategies. The findings showed that all of Brown and Levinsons strategies were found in Mulans and the other characters utterances in the movie. The most frequently used strategy was positive politeness, which was found to occur four times in the movie. Bald-on record and negative politeness were the second most used strategies in the movie with three occurrences each. While off-record and dont do FTA occurred twice and once, respectively. The result of the pragmatic analysis showed that the use of politeness strategies in Mulan movie was influenced and determined by the characters cultural background
Reading With EDSAW Acronym at Tertiary Level
Get PDFThis study aims to explore the use of the EDSAW acronym, a reading strategy in locating contextual clues systematically among tertiary-level students. It takes a quantitative research design to answer the research question, How effective is the use of the EDSAW acronym in comprehending a reading text? The sample was selected based on a purposive sampling technique that comprised 10 students from a public university who scored band 4 in the Malaysian University English Test (MUET). The data collection technique involves a pre-test and a post-test. A reading text was given during the pre-test where students were tasked to locate contextual clues without using the EDSAW acronym. Then, the same participants were taught to use the acronym in finding contextual clues in a reading text. The mean scores of the pre-test and post-test were compared. The findings revealed that there was a significant increase of 2.3 points in the mean score of the post-test. This study highlights the need for teachers and students to use the reading strategy EDSAW acronym during the teaching and learning of reading in ESL classrooms and fills a void in the area of reading comprehension by enabling students to read more independently
The mapping of TOEFL scores among EFL students in Aceh
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to describe the proficiency level of English for Foreign Language (EFL) students based on their TOEFL scores. The samples for this descriptive quantitative study consisted of 30 English Education Department students from Syiah Kuala University and Ar-Raniry State Islamic University. The scores gathered from the organised TOEFL test were analysed according to the CEFR reference levels to categorise the English proficiency level of the students. The total TOEFL scores gathered showed that, on average, the students placed in the B1 (intermediate) level of English proficiency. Individually, there were four students in the A2 (elementary) level, 15 students in the B1 (intermediate) level, ten students in the B2 (upper intermediate) level, and one student in the C1 (advanced) level of proficiency. Regarding the skills proficiency, on average, the students achieved the B2 (upper intermediate) level in the first section, which was higher than the remaining two sections that averaged on the B1 (intermediate) level. The students proficiency levels found in this study showed that, on average, they were able to pass the universities TOEFL graduation requirement but still fall short for abroad scholarship admission
Research on the second-grade students' reading comprehension ability through fix-up options strategy implementation
Get PDFProblems in reading comprehension are usually identified when the information obtained is incongruent with the reading text. Consequently, a reading strategy is made to support the comprehension ability. This study was aimed to determine the impact of reading comprehension ability on students of SMP Pos Keadilan Peduli Ummah (Henceforth called PKPU) and their responses to the implementation of the fix-up options strategy. It focused on improving reading comprehension by identifying the main idea, summarizing, making inferences, and interpreting vocabulary. A mixed-explanatory research design was used as the method of the study. Forty-four students of PKPU junior high school's second grade were involved as samples. They were split into two groups: experimental and control. The reading test was used, with data analyzed using SPSS 20 series for quantitative analysis and questionnaires analyzed using interactive analysis for qualitative analysis. The findings showed a significant improvement in students' reading comprehension. The dominant aspects of improvement were making inferences and interpreting vocabulary. The students' responses were positive to applying fix-up strategies to improve their reading comprehension. Thus, using the fix-up options strategy was found to help students improve their reading comprehension ability
The effectiveness of reciprocal scaffolding technique on students writing skill
Get PDFThe objectives of this research were to investigate the effectiveness of using the reciprocal scaffolding technique on students writing skills and the students responses toward the implementation of the technique in the teaching and learning process at the second-year student of State Junior High School 1 Kutamakmur, North Aceh. The samples for this study were drawn in two customized groups using a random sampling approach with class VIII/b as the experimental group and class VIII/d as the control group forming a total of 52 students. The data for this study were gathered using a test and a questionnaire. The data were analyzed to determine the difference in the t-test scores between the two groups. The statistical results showed that the control groups mean pre-test score was 50.15, which was lower than the experimental groups 51.69. Meanwhile, the mean score of the experimental group in the post-test was 70.88, which was higher than the control groups 58.34. The significant value for both groups in the post-test was 0.00, which is less than 0.05. Therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected and the alternative hypothesis was accepted. It indicates that teaching writing while employing reciprocal scaffolding more effectively improves the students writing than teaching without it. In addition, the questionnaire that was presented to the experimental group revealed that the students gave positive responses toward the use of reciprocal scaffolding techniques in teaching writing
Improving English Speaking Performance Through Discussion Games
Get PDFThis experimental research aims to justify whether Discussion Games improve students performance in speaking and to examine the students performance in learning speaking through the application. A total of 60 students involved in the study and they were divided equally for both the experimental and control groups. The data were collected from the pre-test, the treatment, the post-test, and questionnaire. The speaking test was given to both groups and the test scores were assessed by two examiners. The data were analyzed and interpreted using the SPSS 17.0 software program. The results reveal that the text types of Discussion Gamescan improve students performance in speaking and the application of Discussion Games increase students performance in learning speaking. The result of the students speaking score from the pre-test to the post test demonstrates a significant difference with Sig. (2 tailed) is lower than 0.05. Furthermore, the comparison of the students speaking improvement between the experimental and control groups is 0.000. It means that the improvement is recognized to be of significance and Discussion Games can increase students performance in speaking. The findings suggest that the experimental class responded positively to Discussion Games and confirmed that the strategy help them improve their speaking skills