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THE UTILIZATION CULTURAL RELEVANT ENGLISH TEACHING MATERlIAL TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PAPUA
No full textThe paper presents research findings on research project exploring the effect of culturally familiar material on students' academic achievement. It provides some related findings to the study. The research questions are (1) Is there an effect of the culturally familiar material on students' reading comprehension; (2) Is there an effect of culturally familiar
material on students' mastery of vocabulary? The study
involved two experimental and two control groups of 80 West
Papuan highlander students aged 13-14 from multi-ethnic backgrounds. They werefluent speakers of L1, were not very
fluent in Indonesian, and were considered academically weak.
Both cohorts were pre-tested using cultural versus conventional reading and vocabulary tests before treatment.
85 hours of classroom presentation was given using culturally
familiar material versus conventional material, finally subjects were post-tested. Exploratory Data Analysis and Repeated Measure ANOVA were applied and revealed that subjects using culturally familiar material made a significant improvement in their academic achievement when contrasted with subjects who received conventional material
A MODEL OF THE USE OF INTERNET MEDIA IN READING COMPREHENSION
No full textIn this rapidly growing world, English plays an important role in the international communication, business and education. Vrielink (2011) said that The Internet is going through a major change with the introduction of social media applications such as Twitter, Blogs, and Facebook. Social media applications are used more and more in our daily personal and professional lives and it seems clear that the way we use the Internet is rapidly changing. This change could have profound implications for the way we use the Internet, for the way we do business, and for the way we learn. The problems of this research are asfollows: I. What is the model of the use of internet media in Englishs subject? 2. How is the students' perception to the importance of internet media in reading course? 3. How important is the internet for the students? 4. How frequent do the students access internet to get meaningful information? In this study, the writer uses descriptive method to find out the answers of the research problems. To get relevant and valid data, the researcher uses structured questionnaires and documentation to reveal the the use of internet model by teachers. Structured questionnaire is used to describe theimportance of internet media in reading subject for the student...,'of SMA Muhammdiyah 1 Kepanjen and SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Sumberpucung. Then, the documentation is used to collect the data that is dealing with the students' frequency to access internet. The result of the study shows that there are three model of internet use at SMA Muhammadiyah I Kepanjen and SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Sumber Pucung East Java. The models are: I) Assignment,
2) Mentoring, and 3) Utilization Function Model. The perception of the students to the importance of internet media is strongly positive. This is suported by 182 students (90.83%) choose option HA" stated that internet media is important in English subject in the globalization era. According to students. internet media for English subject is very important. This statement is supported by 182 students (90.83%) choose option HA" stated that internet media is important in English subject. Moreover, students access internet in internet rental to do their homework more than twice in a week. The evidence is that there are 70 students (35%) stated that they often access internet for doing their homework, and there are 112 stuents (55.83%) stated that they go 10 internet rental to access internet
LANGUAGE USE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN
No full textSex differences bring a consequence of difference in language use between men and women. From the long process of socio-cultural legitimization in gender, the difference is assumed predestine that gives consequence of inequality of sex treatment in language. In short, sex and gender differences pervade all aspects of language. English use between men and women manifests in phonology, morphology and vocabulary, intonation patterns, and conversational styles
A STUDY OF EUPHEMIZED ABUSIVE JAVANESE TERMS AND THEIR FIGURATIVE MEANINGS
Get PDFSpeech community frequently uses language for insulting. This study deals with a perspective to find out the classification of the euphemized abusive Javanese terms based on Huang and Warren (1993) and their figurative meanings. By using qualitative method, the writer collected nine public documents related to the euphemized abusive Javanese terms. Then, they were examined and validated by five Javanese experts such as lecturers, puppeteers, and teachers to check their accuracy. The results show that based on Huang and Warrens theory, abstract and spirit provenance for insult attacking physical shortcomings; intellectual shortcomings; character and personality deviations; and personal behavior and social deviations are absent. Secondly, the euphemized abusive Javanese terms for insult attacking physical shortcomings are not found. Thirdly, new provenance, emotion is found in insult attacking characters and personalities. Lastly, from figurative meaning facet, the majority of the euphemized abusive Javanese terms have metaphorical meanings, while the others belong to irony and simile
EFL OR ESL IN PAPUA: A NOT CLEAR-CUT ISSUE
No full textThe paper aims at analyzing situation in Papua in which English is taught as a Foreign Language and is about to be exercised as a Second Language in all schools. Papua is surrounded by 250 local languages and cultures in which
Bahasa Indonesia is functioned as National Language. School
students throughout Papua come from different socio-cultural
background, the use of English as a Second Language will
probably add another controversial issue in planning for
education program in Papua. Education in Papua under Special Autonomy recommends English should be exercised as a Second Language in all forms of formal education. How could English is taught as a Second Language in such a multilinguallcultural situation where Indonesian is still being a
barrier. The paper discusses critically issues regarding some
conceptual frameworks of EFL and ongoing controversial
issues as whether or not Papua is ready to exercise English as a Second Language in all schools throughout the province
AN ANALYSIS OF INDONESIAN ENGLISH CODE SWITCHING IN ELECTRONIC MAILS
No full textThis paper attempts to analyze and describe the Indonesian English code switching in electronic mails using Gumperz and Romaines classifications of code switching. The results showed that the Indonesian English code switching tend to take place within sentence boundary rather than between sentence boundary. The findings also reveal that some words or phrases undergo morphological adaptation such as affixation and reduplication. With regard to the function of code switching, the Indonesian English code switching are employed as interjections/sentence fillers, message qualification, personalization, and lexical gap-fillin
SOCIAL IMPACTS OF MODERNIZATION ON THE TAPPERS: A STUDY ON AHMAD TOHARI'S BEKISAR MERAH
Get PDFThe Mimetic and interdisciplinary approach covering
economy. history. culture. and ecology used in this research are mainly aimed at revealing the social impacts of modernization on the tappers as reflected in Ahmad Tohari's Bekisar Merah. The analysis shows that modernization does not only cause positive impacts but also negative one. which are even stronger. The bad impacts include monopoly. human and cultural conflict. imbalanced ecology. poverty, disharmony. violation of law, materialistic life. less
religiosity. drop outs; and migration. The positive impacts include independence. adaptation, rationality and efficiency. The problems appear in the novel reflects the inner conflict of the author. Ahmad Tohari questions the ideas of the coming of the electricity' set in Karangsoga village. Modernization can only be enjoyed by the upper class of the society. It cannot meet the necessity of the traditional people. The tappers cannot enjoy the electricity even more. it causes misery and poverty
ENGLISH NATIONAL EXAMINATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN INDONESIA
Get PDFThe importance of mastering English for Indonesian students is getting higher due to the globalization in all sectors. One measure to improve the mastery of English done by the government is by implementing the English National Examination with a passing grade of 4.25. There are two kinds of English National Examinations in the school year 2004/2005 and 2005/2006. One is based on the 1994 Curriculum and the other is based on the 2004 Curriculum. The English National Examination in Indonesia has included listening section since the school year 2003/2004. Ever since the application of the examination in the school year 2004/2005 there are many controversies about the National Examination with the passing grade of 4.25 nationally, but the government still goes on with the National Examination because it believes that the advantages outweigh the disadvantageous. The controversies, however, will decrease if the government does not use it to determine a students graduation
LITERATURE: AN INTELLECTUAL DOCUMENT
No full textUncle Tom ~ Cabin is a manifestation of thoughts and feelings or a continuous effort in the writer~ thinking activities in a society in her era. She offered an example of an abstraction or essence from a dream or a situation in the future, a goal or a target that she struggles for through the writer's contemplation. She offered other alternatives of other thoughts on freedom. In her book, she argued and reflected her perception about life. Therefore, when Harriet wrote about slavery, it was the result of her reflection on humanity. Uncle Tom ~ Cabin which was widely influential shows that through their works, directly or indirectly. writers, in general, have given contributions to the development of their nation. This
contribution is that they place literature as an intellectual
document of the nation. Essentially, a literature can also be
regarded as an intellectual model
MORAL VALUES OF MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY IN THE PURITAN ERA: A STUDY ON NATHANIEL HAWTHORNES THE SCARLET LETTER
Get PDFThis study aimed at revealing and discussing the life of Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne as depicted in Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter, which adopted the moral values set in the past nineteenth century Massachusetts society. The research used the historical qualitative method by focusing on empirical facts found in the research site in accordance with the structural society existence in a particular period. Data collection and interpretation technique was applied systematically by explaining and describing the actions and events of the story with facts about the Puritan dogma. The findings showed that the moral values had described the life of Arthur and Hester, as the major character via (1) the satirical outline on the actual world of morality within Massachusetts society; (2) the degree of Puritan morality, hypocrisy, guilt and final painful expiation to Arthur and Hester, to which they had condemned, violated, and led to a consequence of punishment upon their moral hazard, since the law of God and the manmade law treachery were seductively done on behalf of love; and (3) the empirical understanding of the consequence and positive implication of life in struggling for honesty, honor, dignity, strength and enduranc