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UNCOVERING THE WRITERS PURPOSES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE GOALS OF THE JAKARTA POSTs OPINION ARTICLES TOWARDS THE 2014 LEGISLATIVE ELECTION
Get PDFDuring the open campaign of the 2014 Indonesian legislative election, the way how the writers of opinion articles in newspapers perform their writing in relation with the context of the campaign is an interesting phenomenon as the fact that people writing about social matters are inevitably influenced by the way they perceived them, as well as their choice of topics and the way they approach them, by their own social experiences and values and political commitments (Fairclough, 1992). This study is aimed at revealing the short term goals and long term goals of the opinion articles in The Jakarta Post towards 2014 Indonesian legislative election. The data were collected from sixteen opinion articles in The Jakarta Post during the open campaign. The result indicates that the number of articles with unparallel purpose is higher than that of articles with parallel purpose
A BOOK REVIEW: CHINA ON SCREEN: CINEMA AND NATION
Get PDFThis book examines some of the many and complex ways the
national shapes and appears in Chinese films. The core argument of this book is twofold. First, the national informs almost every aspect of the Chinese cinematic image and narrative repertoire. Therefore, Chinese films-whether from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the diaspora, or understood as transnational-cannot be comprehended without reference to the national, and what are now retrospectively recognized as different Chinese cinematic traditions have played a crucial role in shaping and promulgating various depictions of the national and national identity. Second, as the challenge of locating Jackie Chan's Rumble in the Bronx and Rush Hour demonstrates that the national in Chinese cinema cannot be studied adequately using the old national cinemas approach, which took the national for granted as something known. Instead, the concept of national here needs to be approached as contested and construed in different ways. Therefore, it should be understood within an analytic approach that focuses on cinema and the national as a framework within which to consider a range of questions and issues about the national
ORAL TEST: A POWERFUL TOOL FOR ASSESSING STUDENTS' ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LANGUAGE LEARNING
Get PDFTeaching and testing are inseparable elements in pedagogical world irrespective of the course a teacher teaches. Phrased differently, there is no teaching without testing and vice versa. The results of testing should ideally motivate students in learning and give better perspectives to teachers on _how to devise a better teaching-learning. Accordingly, a teacher needs a sort of test that can sufficiently assess students' actual achievement in learning, in their given courses. One of which is so-called "Oral Test", the test that can give a feel of confidence that the test really measures what is purported to measure and provide relatively consistent results over the time (validity and reliability respectively), which, in the end can opaquely discriminate the proficiency levels amongst the students. Thus, this paper is a humble attempt to juxtapose leaching and testing and to run a critical diagnosis on the fruitfulness of oral test, the test type worth trying
PAMELA: A REFLECTION OF A NEW 18TH CENTURY WOMAN
Get PDFThe 18'" century period is often considered as a period
where women had to live ill men's world. There were norms, values, and rules, which binded, tied and controlled women's movements in every part of life. Women 'were forced' to be only as men 's servants and slaves who were obliged to be submissive and servile. Through his novel, Pamela, Samuel Richardson introduces his main character. Pamela. as a controversially different character. She changes the
meaning of servitude, in which women do not have to be men's properties for being servile. Unlike most women ill her century. she introduces herself as a being who ;s able to use her intelligence in defending her rights in front of men ill a patriarchal society while at the same time she still gives her respect to them. This article, which uses traditionally, sociological. moral, and feminism approaches. is
intended to analyze the new portrayal of the 18'" century female character by focusing on Samuel Richardson's Pamela, as she showed new meanings of being a woman, a wife. and a mother to her husband, friends and society
LEARNING STRATEGIES TOWARDS READING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Get PDFIdentified as the core skill in academic setting. the importance of reading skill is deniable. This study investigated reading strategies employed by 8th graders of a public school in
Bandung. It aimed at identifying the most frequent-used reading strategies and discovering their similarities and differences between higher and lower achievers. This study employed questionnaires and interviews to collect data. The findings of this study suggested that cognitive strategies are the most frequently-used strategies. Both higher and lower achievers were identified using nine high-frequency strategies. The differences were in identifying appropriateness and
willingness to use the strategies. and students' intreat in reading materials. As a conclusion. higher and lower achievers might have different reading strategies due to time allotment. reading frequency, and strategic investment. Therefore. highlighting reading strategies is vital. and having a more comprehensive. integrated class room based reading study is strongly required
COMPREHENDING ADVERTISEMENTS THROUGH JEAN BAUDRILLARDS POSTMODERNISM
Get PDFNowadays people are living in a postmodern society, which is nihilistic because many things are being simulated that no one actually knows which is real. What people see on television or a magazine, for example, is regarded more real than the reality itself. One of the factors that make a society feel more comfortable in living in a hyper-real world is because of the existence of advertisements or ads. Thus, to understand what is signified by an ad, a reader or consumer needs to take in mind the theory of postmodernism laid out by Jean Baudrillard
A BOOK REVIEW ARTICLE: THE BEAUTY MYTH: HOW IMAGES OF BEAUTY ARE USED AGAINST WOMEN
No full textNAOMI WOLF
New York: Perennial,
2002, 348pp,
ISBN 0-06-051218-
A CRITIQUE OF TRADITIONAL PEDAGOGICAL METHODS IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS
Get PDFThis paper is a critique of traditional pedagogical method
in the teaching of English skills. In Indonesia. the emphasis of the teaching of English skill is on preparing students for jobs and standardized tests. While these purposes are necessary to improve students' language fluency. they are insufficient to equip students with skills they need to perform beyond college life. This paper argues that the focus of English teaching in college should be on the improvement of higher order thinking skills and the fostering of self-authorship. The paper uses socio-cultural theories of learning to discuss self-authorship and offers pedagogical implications on the basis of those theories
STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVES ON MOTIVATION TO LEARN ENGLISH
Get PDFImproving learning outcomes has always been the target of the foreign language learning practices. The central role of students in the learning process had attracted researchers to conduct research in order to increase students' success in learning. Student motivation is considered one of the factors contributing to students' success in learning a foreign language. Although there is a large body of research on motivation in second/foreign language learning, most studies were undertaken in Western contexts. There is still only a relatively small amount of research on motivation in second/foreign language learning in Asian contexts, particularly in the Indonesian context. This study investigated
the motivational factors that influence first year university
students' performance studying English as a foreign language
(EFL) as their major. A questionnaire adapted from Gardner
(J985), consisting of a range of motivational scales that have
been widely used in studies on motivation, was utilized and
students' demographic information was collected
THE VOICES OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN IN LITERATURE: A STUDY ON SLAVERY
Get PDFLiterary work could portray both the life from the real world and also functions as a media to voice the injustice experienced by certain society. Slavery in America can be seen through three literary works written by Afro-American writers. These three writers describe how slavery had destroyed the lives of the slaves in the Southern part of America. The slaves were treated cruelly by the owners which bring bitterness to them. The lives of the slaves at that time was full of torture both physically and mentally