{"title":"Metaphor Analysis on Students’ English Poems","authors":"Irpan Ali Rahman","doi":"10.24853/ELIF.1.1.1-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24853/ELIF.1.1.1-8","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to know the students’ ability in using a metaphor for their English poems writing. Through the poem, the poet uses the metaphor to sharpen the ideas as the media to express the feeling, thought and life experience. In this case, love poems were written by the fifth-semester students using metaphor. This study uses a qualitative method to gain a description of the metaphor analysis in students’ English love poems. In research findings, the writer found that the students use several kinds of metaphor in semantic perspective and the mystical love metaphor represented in their poems.","PeriodicalId":122895,"journal":{"name":"English Language in Focus (ELIF)","volume":"4 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132870300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teaching English to Young Learners in Indonesia (Pros and Cons)","authors":"Tatu Zakiyatun Nufus","doi":"10.24853/ELIF.1.1.65-70","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24853/ELIF.1.1.65-70","url":null,"abstract":"Teaching English for young learners in Indonesia still invites the controversies among the educators and psycholinguists that concern on learners’ development in thinking and communication. Because teaching English for young learners in Indonesia seems to force them in knowing the rule and forms of the sentence. In addition, some of the teachers who teach English for young learners have not the appropriate educational background that can teach the younger as well as the objective wish. Actually, there is not any regulation or decisions that obligate the school to teach English to young learners. It only depends on the school itself. In this paper, the writer would like to describe the teaching English to young learners in Indonesia in the side of its implementation and also the pros and cons based on the second language acquisition experts. ","PeriodicalId":122895,"journal":{"name":"English Language in Focus (ELIF)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116250268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Systemic Functional Genre on Students’ Reading Literacy","authors":"Lidiyatul Izzah, Muhamad Sofian Hadi","doi":"10.24853/ELIF.1.1.35-44","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24853/ELIF.1.1.35-44","url":null,"abstract":"In the context of higher education, IT’s popularity and transparency has increased students’ higher awareness of writing in different evolving forms. It is undeniable that publishing scientific research is now seen more as success determinant in academic careers. Along with this demand, students need to deepen their advanced literacy and academic language skills to achieve good scientific writing. The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of Systemic Functional Genre approach in students’ reading literacy. A quantitative method of quasi-experimental design was carried out in this study. There were two groups involved: the experimental group (EG) and the control group (CG). During the implementation, both groups experienced in the different treatments. The population selected in this study was the second-semester learners of English Department, Muhammadiyah University of Jakarta. In selecting the sample, the researchers purposively choose two groups (n=60 students). To collect the data, the researchers implemented a reading test. Based on the research finding, the study indicated that the SFG-based Approach had a significant positive impact on improving the students’ reading literacy.","PeriodicalId":122895,"journal":{"name":"English Language in Focus (ELIF)","volume":"218 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134504906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using Graphic Organizer to Improve Students’ Speaking skill","authors":"Rifqi Mahdi Saindra, Mutiarani Mutiarani","doi":"10.24853/ELIF.1.1.55-64","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24853/ELIF.1.1.55-64","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to determine whether Graphic Organizer has a significant effect on students' ability to speak. This study used the VIII.F students of Al-Azhar 12 Junior High School Rawamangun as the research sample. This class consists of 22 students. To choose the sample, the writer used a simple random sampling technique. From the population. The method used in this study was quantitative and the design used was a pre-experimental study with the technique of one group pre and post-test design. The instrument used in this study was oral tests. Then for that reason, the writer used the Weighting Table from Adam and Frith so that the measurement could be more accurate. The result of this research explains that students’ pre-test score is 72,36 and the post-test score is 81,45. The result of statistical hypothesis found out that the level of significance is higher than 0.000 < 0.005. This means H0 (Null Hypothesis) is rejected and H1 (Alternative Hypothesis) is accepted. Which means using the media Graphic Organizer is effective to improve students’ speaking skill.","PeriodicalId":122895,"journal":{"name":"English Language in Focus (ELIF)","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134066244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Teaching English for Students of Primary School Teacher Education Department","authors":"Muhamad Sofian Hadi, Lidiyatul Izzah","doi":"10.24853/ELIF.1.1.45-54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24853/ELIF.1.1.45-54","url":null,"abstract":"One of the learning models that can be implemented in increasing the students ability in English language is using Problem Based Learning (PBL). Problem Based Learning is a learning model that focuses on giving the solution for students in learning process. PBL provides the chance for students to find their problem and also creating the alternative solution to deal with their problems in English language learning. The aims of this study, by using PBL can increase the students’ ability in mastering English language. The participant of this study chosen from primary school teacher education department (PGSD) faculty of educational sciences, Muhammadiyah University of Jakarta. There several consideration in choosing the department as the object of this study. First, the student of this department lack of interest in joining the English subject, the learning process becomes ineffective. Second, as the future candidate of teacher for elementary school students, they need to concern with the ability of English language. Third, the average ability of students in mastering English is weak. The method used for this study based on qualitative/interpretive paradigm. This method concern on viewing the focus and problems of this study in a comprehensive way. The finding, based on the result of the study it can be shown that the students ability in English language increased as the researcher targeted from the beginning. And the learning process becomes more active after the use of Problem Based Learning. So, it can be concluded that the use of Problem Based Learning (PBL) can increase the students’ ability in mastering English Language.","PeriodicalId":122895,"journal":{"name":"English Language in Focus (ELIF)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125654619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Indonesian Islamic Children’s Literature: the Lexical Choices in the Religious Teachings","authors":"L. Martin","doi":"10.24853/ELIF.1.1.23-34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24853/ELIF.1.1.23-34","url":null,"abstract":"The study discusses Islamic religious teachings presented in the Indonesian Islamic children’s literature through the uses of the lexical choices. The discussion covers the religious concepts and practices. For the purpose, the data were taken from five sample children story books of Seri Kalimat thoyyibah which is written by and translated by an Indonesians. The lexical choices presenting the Islamic religious teachings were analyzed by implementing the corpus method and using semantic theories of semantic field and relations. The analysis was also seen from the perspective of the characters’ age by referring to the idea of children psycholinguistic development. The findings show that the lexical choices presenting the concepts of Islamic teachings are mostly unsuited the age of the children characters, as well as the children target readers. This raises concern on the stories comprehensibility. On the other hand, the verb choices describing Islamic practices are friendlier to children readers.","PeriodicalId":122895,"journal":{"name":"English Language in Focus (ELIF)","volume":"8 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120912133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Students’ Understanding on Simple Past Tense through VOA Learning English YouTube Channel","authors":"Laila Mahmudah, Lidiyatul Izzah","doi":"10.24853/ELIF.1.2.89-94","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24853/ELIF.1.2.89-94","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of the study is to find out the effect of VOA Learning English YouTube Channel on students’ simple past tense. This study was conducted at 8th grade students of SMP Pustek Serpong in academic year 2017/2018. The researcher used quantitative analysis with a quasi-experimental design. As the sample, the researcher uses one class with total number of 37 students. By using t-test, the finding showed that tcalculation (7.89) was higher than ttable (2.026) at a significant level of 5%. It indicates that VOA Learning English YouTube Channel gives the positive significant result in improving students’ simple past tense.","PeriodicalId":122895,"journal":{"name":"English Language in Focus (ELIF)","volume":"144 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124620106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring Grammar through Small Group Interaction Technique on Pre-Intermediate Structure Course","authors":"Nurbianta Nurbianta, R. Rahmat, A. Shollina","doi":"10.24853/ELIF.1.2.113-120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24853/ELIF.1.2.113-120","url":null,"abstract":"The main purpose of this study is to investigate the students’ ability on structure course at the third semester of STIT Muhammadiyah, Tanjung Redeb. Teaching and learning process in mastering the grammatical of English was conducted through Small Group Interaction technique. So, the teacher and students collaborate in exploring various grammatical of English materials. By using small group interaction, it has shown the students’ performance in learning grammar achievement.","PeriodicalId":122895,"journal":{"name":"English Language in Focus (ELIF)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132143324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Morphological Errors Analysis on Students’ Synopsis Writing","authors":"Irpan Ali Rahman","doi":"10.24853/ELIF.1.2.81-88","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24853/ELIF.1.2.81-88","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of the study is to find out the students’ morphological errors in synopsis writing. It aimed to know what the difficulty is faced by the students in their synopsis writing. The methodology of study is a qualitative that focused to analyze the students’ synopsis writing errors. The research finding is found that several students have synopsis writing errors in some aspects refer to omission, misordering, misinformation, and addition.","PeriodicalId":122895,"journal":{"name":"English Language in Focus (ELIF)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128247378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multiple Intelligences (MI) on Developing Speaking Skills","authors":"Shelawati Rizqiningsih, Muhamad Sofian Hadi","doi":"10.24853/elif.1.2.127-136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24853/elif.1.2.127-136","url":null,"abstract":"The current study investigates the impact of multiple intelligences-based Instructions on developing speaking skills of the students of English. Therefore, the problem of the current study can be stated in the lack of speaking skills of the students of English school in Junior High School, MTs Al-Ihsan Jakarta Barat. To confront this problem, the researcher developed a multiple intelligences-based program to enhance the speaking skills paying due attention to the individual differences among students. The sample of the study consisted of sixty fourth-year perspective students of English. The Quasi-experimental research design was used in the study as the researcher used the one group post-test to assess the usefulness of using this approach. Results of the study proved the effectiveness of Multiple Intelligences-(MI) On Developing Speaking Skills of the 9th Grade Students’ of MTs Al-Ihsan Jakarta Barat.","PeriodicalId":122895,"journal":{"name":"English Language in Focus (ELIF)","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128726599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}