JURNAL BASIS

AN ANALYSIS OF THE EXPRESSIVE SPEECH ACTS IN “THE WILLOUGHBYS” MOVIE

Roby Octo Aritonang, Ambalegin Ambalegin — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This research focuses on identifying the expressive speech acts found in “The Willoughbys” Movie. The research uses the theory of Searle and Vanderveken (1985). The method is observation in collecting the data, and the technique is note-taking. In analyzing the data, the data was examined with the pragmatic identity method and pragmatic competence-in-equalizing technique. The data was taken from the utterances in the movie. There are 67 expressive speech acts found in the movie which are divided into 11 acts. The expressive speech acts with the most occurrences were complaints with 12 occurrences, followed by 6 data of greet, 4 data of apologies, 6 data of compliments, 10 data of protest, 9 data of lament, 3 data of thanks, 3 data of boast, 5 data of praise, 4 data of condole, and 5 data of deplore. The expressive speech acts of congratulate was not found in the movie, because the scene mostly was found in their journey and their adventure that they had to do.

THE ANIMUS OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN “GIRL MANS UP” NOVEL BY M-E GIRARD

Florencia Sandra Marceline, Robby Satria Mandala — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This research is conducted to discover the animus of a masculine girl in the novel titled “Girl Mans Up” written by M-E Girard. This research applies an analytical psychology approach, specifically archetypal approach with the concept of animus archetype proposed by Carl Jung. Animus is the masculine qualities or traits in females’ psyche, in opposition with her outer appearance. This research focuses on the stages of the animus development of the main female character whose outer appearance was not feminine. The research method used is descriptive qualitative method. To collect and analyze the data, the researchers use library research method. There are two types of data, which are primary and secondary. Primary data are collected from the novel and secondary data are collected from books and articles related to animus to support the research. The analysis shows that the main character’s animus was on the first and second stage of development, with three data for Man of Power stage and six data for Man of Action stage, and that gender expression does not fully signify the person’s psychological traits.

EFL STUDENTS’ PREFERENCES OF A GOOD ENGLISH TEACHERS

Muhammad Ikhsan Setiadi, Emma Rosana Febriyanti — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The process of teaching is a continuous learning journey, even with years of experience in teaching English as a foreign language, it is difficult to determine how to be an effective teacher. Different learners and teachers have also different views on what constitutes a "good English language teacher”. The aims of this study are to investigate and identify the qualities and characteristics that make an English teacher competent, as perceived by learners, particularly in the post COVID-19 and to gain insights into how learners' preferences may have evolved or changed due to the challenges and experiences faced during the pandemic, and how these factors influence their evaluation of effective English teachers. The participants in this study are students enrolled in the English Department of FKIP Lambung Mangkurat University Banjarmasin, spanning one batch which is 2020 with total 49 respondent students as participants. Data was collected at the sixth semester using a quantitative descriptive method this was employed to assess the students' feedback using a survey tool adapted from research conducted by Wichadee (2010) and Zamani and Angahari (2016). The questionnaire using close-ended question based on a four-point Likert scale. Total there are 60 statements and it divides from 4 categories (Socio-affective, Pedagogical Knowledge, Proficiency Skills Organization and Communication Skills) and there are 15 statements for each category. Based on the result, the most considered as prominent from the other category is Organization and Communication Skills, as many 82% respondents agreed that teacher should have good competencies especially in good communication skills. The anticipated findings of this study can assist teachers in self-reflection, evaluation, and the enhancement of their teaching practices. Additionally, it can contribute to their personal growth.

STAGES OF GRIEF IN KATHLEEN GLASGOW “HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE DARK”

Yohanes Kurniawan Winardi; Audrey Eveline Subianto — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The grieving process, as described in the book "How to Make Friends with the Dark" by Kathleen Glasgow, has been investigated in this study. Following the loss of a loved one, those who grieve go through a natural process of mourning that can be summarized in the phrase "journey of grief." The researcher chose the sixth stage of grief theory from Kübler Ross and David Kessler to analyse the data in this study. This study examines the psychological state of the main character by using the theories of Kübler Ross and David Kessler through the novel "How to Make Friends with the Dark." The results are exploited by offering a detailed list of Tiger's developing relationship with darkness itself. The researcher examines and analyses the book to compile a list of Tiger's speeches as described therein. The six stages of grieving can be seen to correlate with each item on the list. As a result, the main characters in this book go through the stages of grieving in their own unique and distinctive way, which helps them reach the end of their journey—finding meaning. It shows that the main character in the novel experiences all six stages of grief, namely denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, and finding meaning. Initially, Tiger did not accept her mother's death. However, at the end of the story, she decides to move on and learn to make friends with her darkness.

THE ANALYSIS OF CONTENT TEXTS IN THE TEXTBOOK: COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH IN CONTEXT PUBLISHED BY GRAFINDO

Woro Endah Sitoresmi; Herlini Herlini, Nur Asma — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Since the analysis of textbook is highly important and beneficial for teaching and learning process and also as a reflective syllabus and curriculum, the present study aims to overview the content texts in the English textbook: Communicative English in Context for ninth graders published by Grafindo. It involves kinds of texts, how they were presented in this English textbook and their compatibility with syllabus and 2013 curriculum. It belongs to descriptive qualitative study which used document analysis to proceed the data in this study which kinds of texts become the main data. The findings show that kinds of texts which also embedded grammar points in this textbook are in the form of dialogues and informative texts such as descriptive, procedural, report and narrative texts which have fulfilled social function, generic structure and linguistic feature. Furthermore, these texts which become the materials for teaching and learning process are simply designed and compatible with syllabus and 2013 curriculum since they are relevant with students’ competencies.

STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION FACTORS IN READING ENGLISH TEXTS AT ELESP BATCH 2021

Yulinda Rahmadina, Cayandrawati Sutiono, Eka Puteri Elyani — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This study aims to find out dominant factors that play a role in students’ intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in reading English text Reading plays an essential role in language learning, particularly for EFL students. Students read English texts whether for academic purposes, gaining information, or for pleasure. To have excellent reading skills, students need to have the motivation to read various kinds of reading material. Motivation has long been identified as one of the main factors affecting English language learning. Some students are motivated to read in English intrinsically and extrinsically. This research is a quantitative descriptive study. The participants are 86 students of ELESP Lambung Mangkurat University Batch 2021. The researchers use total sampling because the total population is less than 100. A questionnaire is used as the instrument in this research. The result shows the factor that plays the most role in extrinsic motivation is grades and the lowest is social sharing. Meanwhile, the factor that plays the most role in intrinsic motivation is curiosity and the lowest is preference for challenge. Furthermore, students are found more motivated extrinsically in reading English rather than intrinsically motivated.

VISUAL REPRESENTATION ON CHILDREN BOOK BY ROALD DAHL’S CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY: SOCIAL SEMIOTIC STUDY

Anom Widhianto, Muhammad Hafiz Kurniawan — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Visual image in the book is an important part of making a literary work especially in children picture book and the visual image were studied in social semiotic. This research aims to find the visual representation in children book Charlie and The Chocolate Factory written by Roald Dahl in 1964, as well as to identify the meaning by explaining social semiotic through visual representation in representational meaning, character manifestation, appearance and inter-circumstance by Painter. This study classified into qualitative research and types of data in this research classified into document of analyzing. While the steps collecting and analyzing data the researcher using social semiotic approach through multimodality by Bezemer and Jewitt: collecting and logging, viewing, sampling and transcribing the data. Then, for analyzed the data using visual representation (narrative representation, conceptual representation, and embedding) by Kress and Leeuwen also character manifestation, appearance, and inter-circumstance by Painter. This research used qualitative descriptive method in reporting the result of analysis in which description took the most important role in displaying the data analysis. The researcher found 43 of illustration images in the context of children book Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. The researchers found narrative representation (40), conceptual representation (3), embedding (images that contain narrative and conceptual representation) (4). Then, the researcher found appear (12), reappear (28), and 3 images are not counted because there is no character in the structure of character appearance. All of data or 43 images classified complete feature in the structure of character manifestation, and all of data classified into sustain degree in the structure of inter-circumstance. The result of this research is be able to explain the visual representation meaning, character manifestation, appearance, and inter-circumstance which found in children book Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.