The Journal of Educational Development

The Comparative Study of Hedges in Theses’ Abstracts Written by English and Indonesian Graduate Programs of Universitas Negeri Semarang

2023-04-05T11:17:06+07:00

Hedges, to be softened and weaken the claims, which avoid being blamed, and the claim can be accepted, play an essential role in presenting academic research in masters’ theses abstracts. This case study aimed to explain the comparison of hedges in the English and Indonesian graduate programs theses abstracts. The qualitative analysis was undertaken into five sub-research questions to find out the English department's hedges, the Indonesian department's hedges, the similarities and differences between both and its consequences. The analysis was employed based on the taxonomy of Hyland (1998) manually. The sample was thirty master’s thesis abstracts of graduate students from the English and Indonesian graduate programs Universitas Negeri Semarang, published from 2018 to 2022 and accessed through an online library. The finding reveals that hedging functions such as writer-oriented hedges, accuracy-oriented hedges, and reader-oriented hedges are realized in English, and Indonesian thesis abstracts are mostly similar. Besides, the analysis finds some differences. One of them is the similar term employed to reach different hedging pragmatic functions. The study's finding concludes that the English graduate program tends to use writer-oriented hedges more, expressing the unwillingness of the writers to be seen entirely in their propositions. In contrast, the Indonesian graduate program tends to engage the readers by utilizing reader-oriented hedges more often than English graduate program students.

Themes and Thematic Progression ELT Forum-JET Journal Articles

2023-05-04T04:42:44+07:00

This research aims to identify the types of Themes and Thematic Progressions in the daily posts raised by the ELT Forum-JET UNNES, to analyze Constant theme patterns, Zig-zag patterns, and Multi-Theme patterns that create Themes and Thematic Progressions. It is used in the daily posts raised by the UNNES ELT-JET Forum, To describe the methods and consistency used in improving reading in the daily posts by the UNNES ELT-JET Forum. In analyzing the development of reading in daily posts, researchers only focus on the introductory paragraph because most people describe general topics in that section, which is where the essence of the daily post will explain in that section. It is a descriptive qualitative design. Researchers analyzed thematic growth to investigate the thematic progress type in student daily posting reading, describe the realization of thematic progress in student daily reading writing, and determine the alibi of using thematic growth in student reading writing. Sources of information are from reading research proposals made by students majoring in English at specific academies. This research will focus on assessing students' daily posts published in the ELT Forum-JET (Unnes Journal of English Teaching).

The subjects of this research were 3 S1 students at Semarang State University. They majored in learning English. Based on research results is about thematic growth in daily posts. As determined by Eggins, themes, and poems are classified into three types; KTP, SLP, and DTP. Researchers did not explain the classification of themes and rhemes in this research because the main point is the development of themes. Based on the results of the information that the researchers collected, the students' method of compiling themes and rhymes in their journal posts is as follows. Most of their writings are Fair and Poor levels. There is no consistency in just one thematic development. There are no readings that do not have a thematic development pattern. The author arranges themes and rhemes in his journal posts found through several interview questions described above. The participants of this research were three students who had already graduated. Based on the results of the information that the researchers collected, the students' method of compiling themes and rhymes in their journal posts is as follows. Most of their writings are Fair and Poor levels. There is no consistency in just one thematic development. There are no readings that do not have a pattern of thematic development.

The The Impact of Flouting Grice Maxims toward Communication Purpose Used by The Main Characters of Mr. Iglesias the American TV Series

2023-05-04T09:51:35+07:00

Cooperative Principle (CP) plays an important role in communication since it can guide people to achieve meaningful communication without misunderstanding. In reality, people do not always obey the rule or maxims of Cooperative Principle when they are having a conversation. The speakers sometimes deliberately flout the maxims because they want to convey the implicit meaning behind their utterances. The point of this research is to explain the flouting of maxims during the conversations in Mr. Iglesias TV series. Besides, this research also tries to discuss the impact of flouting maxims. This research is conducted by using a descriptive qualitative method based on the theory of Cooperative Principle proposed by Grice (1975). The data are in the form of utterances used by the main characters in Mr. Iglesias TV series. The findings reveal that there are four types of flouting maxims used by the characters, namely flouting maxim of quantity, flouting maxim of quality, flouting maxim of relation, and flouting maxim of manner. Besides, I also found the impacts of flouting maxims toward communication purpose such as creating humor, producing figurative language, and expressing emotions. In conclusion, the flouting maxims occur because it is one of the ways to make communication goes smoothly.

Teacher’s Verbal and Non-verbal Language in Teaching Narrative Text Reading Comprehension through KWL Strategy to Deaf Students

2023-05-19T00:44:53+07:00

This study aimed at investigating the teacher’s verbal and non-verbal language during the reading comprehension class. This study was carried out at the special school SMPLB-B YPTB Malang. The sample was eight-graders of hearing impaired students in the academic year of 2021/2022. This study employed mix method design to collect, interpret, and analyze the data. The data was collected through interview, pre-test and post-test, observation sheet, and field note. From the result of this study, it could be seen that the teacher employed verbal language for some purposes during the reading class, they are question, invitation, direction, inform, prompt, encouragement, criticizing, acknowledgement, and comment. And she also used some non-verbal cues like gestures, facial expression, eye contact, distance, haptics, and sign language. And it also could be seen that the KWL reading strategy had been proven to be effective to improve the deaf students’ reading comprehension ability. The mean score of the pre-test was 61,5 and the mean score of the pre-test was 81. It showed that the deaf students’ reading scores increased by 19,5 points after being taught using the KWL strategy. This strategy also triggered a positive and profound effect on the deaf students’ mood which boosted students’ participation, motivation, and interest. This research was expected to give a contribution to English teaching learning in special schools..

A Cross-Cultural Study of Pragmatic Awareness in Using Request Strategies among Merchant Marine Cadets

2023-05-19T08:52:03+07:00

As an English learner, a cadet will become a seafarer that supports a global labor market for the increasing worldwide merchant shipping. This study is intended to analyze the pragmatic awareness of the cadets by examining the degree to which they recognize the request strategies they use. This study is a case study that allows the researcher to describe and examine the pragmatic awareness of request strategies between two groups of cadets: pre- and post-sea project cadets. The subject of the study was purposefully selected to get the data required. Three instruments would be used to obtain the data: a discourse completion task (DCT), a questionnaire, and, an interview guideline. The result shows that pre-sea project cadets used more direct requests compared to post-sea project cadets. Most cadets from the two groups used Category IV Strategy 8, which includes imperative and elliptical phrases. It happened because they must work in a hierarchical manner. This study is expected to involve additional variables for further study.

A Formative Assessment Based on Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy in Merdeka Curriculum English Textbook

2023-05-19T00:57:09+07:00

This study was focused on the textbook evaluation which focused on formative assessment in the form of exercises provided in the Bahasa Inggris: Working in Progress Textbook published by Ministry of Education and Culture for senior/vocational high school level in 2022. This study used descriptive evaluative study in which all exercises were analysed toward revised Bloom’s taxonomy as well as Merdeka Curriculum. The analysis also examined the Merdeka Curriculum toward revised Bloom’s taxonomy. The results of the study showed that the formative assessments in the form of exercises provided by the textbook have successfully facilitated the cognitive process and knowledge dimensions from revised Bloom’s taxonomy. It was reflected on the analysis that showed that the exercises were arranged hierarchically following from the simple instruction to the complex instructions in each chapter of the textbook. Moreover, the formative assessment as realized in the textbook exercises have already compatible with the Merdeka curriculum especially in fulfilling the learning objectives of Xth grade. As the textbook is designed for Xth throughout the semester, every chapter of the textbook has already consisted of assessments evaluating the student’s listening, speaking, reading, viewing, writing, and presenting skills holistically. Regarding the evaluation of the Merdeka Curriculum toward revised Bloom’s taxonomy, the finding confirmed that cognitive process and knowledge dimensions of Revised Bloom’s taxonomy were reflected in all language competences from the learning objectives stated in Merdeka curriculum for Xth grade of senior high school. It is advised for the exercise designer to employ an appropriate level of the updated Bloom's taxonomy to achieve the learning objectives in order to create an activity that may represent the curriculum's learning objectives.

The Use of Hedges in Editorials in the Jakarta Post

2023-05-22T00:20:07+07:00

Hedges are important in the newspaper, and the use of hedges in Editorial has been paid more attention. The purpose of this research was to investigate the use of hedges and explained how they work in Editorials in The Jakarta Post. The qualitative method was applied by using discourse analysis. The data were taken from Editorials of The Jakarta Post issued between October 6^th, 2022 and December 28^th, 2022 which highlighted political segments. The analysis was employed based on the taxonomy of Salager-Meyer (1997). The findings revealed that all seven types of hedges were used in The Jakarta Post's Editorials. However, among the seven hedges types, the modal auxiliary verbs were the most frequent hedge found in the editorials, comprising an approximate proportion of 73.91% of all hedges found in the editorials. Frequent utilization of modal auxiliary verbs was the typical writing style in The Jakarta Post newspaper. Further, the frequent utilization of modal auxiliary verbs was considered as the editorialist’s strategy to encourage the reader’s critical thinking

The Flouting of Grice’s Politeness Maxims in Podcast Directive Speech Acts of Dive Studios Channel

2023-05-22T00:33:02+07:00

The speaker sometimes expressed their speech act inappropriately then the interlocutors may feel embarrassed or humiliated by the speaker. People who want to maintain good communication can do flouting maxim. The point of this research is to explain the flouting of the Grice Maxims in the Dive Studios Channel Podcast. Besides, this research also tries to show a relation among the flouting of the Grice Maxim. This research is conducted by using a qualitative study based on the theory of the flouting of the Grice maxim (1989). The data are in the form of directive speech acts by speakers and guests in Podcast videos of Dive Studios Channel on Youtube that consist of advice, commands, orders, questions, and requests. The findings showed that there are four types of flouting maxims used by the speakers and guests, namely flouting maxims of quantity, flouting maxims of quality, flouting maxims of relation, and flouting maxims of manner. I also found the relation among the flouting of Grice Maxims in the Podcast such as creating humor, expressing emotions, producing figurative language, and conveying messages. Furthermore, can be concluded that the flouting maxims are the way to make the communication run smoothly and show a great ambiance.

Translation Quality Assessment in the Subtitle of Idiomatic Expressions of Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw Movie

2023-06-24T00:07:00+07:00

Movie becomes the biggest industry in the world. Movie entertains audiences through the setting, plot, and also actor to give not only the quantity of the movie, but also to give the quality of the story. The existence of foreign movie has the biggest interest in entertainment aspect. Unfortunately, the use of foreign language in the movie appears any difficulties to understand the story. This study measures the translation quality and presents the descriptive qualitative approach to analyze the idiomatic expressions in the movie. It is found that many people still depend on the subtitle since the movie subtitles take a position in order to omit the gap between the source language and the target language. There are a lot subtitles which cannot be translated word-by-word and require a proper way to produce accurate and natural translation, especially in the term of idiomatic expressions which need quality assessment to be applied. The quality assessment of this idiomatic expression in Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw movie has achieved all the scales of accuracy, readability, naturalness and clarity. It also shows the ideology of the translation based on the translator point of view in translating the idiomatic expressions of the subtitles.