Bahasa Inggris Research Articles

An Analysis on the Kind of Tasks Found in Modul Pembelajar SMP Terbuka Bahasa Inggris: Modul 1 It’s English Time for 8th Grade

Tasks on language textbooks are essential for displaying materials, assisting students in using the language, and fostering critical and creative thinking. This study's objective is to examine the task in the English textbook, Modul Pembelajar SMP Terbuka Bahasa Inggris: Modul 1 It’s English Time, as well as the various types of assignments it offers in the eighth grade List making (24%) ordering and sorting (24%) comparing (20%) problem solving (32%) and sharing personal experiences (0%) were the least common task types offered in Modul Pembelajar SMP Terbuka Bahasa Inggris: Modul 1 It's English Time for 8th Grade, according to Willis's (2000) task taxonomy. In this study, we employed a descriptive qualitative and content analytic design. The study is also quantitative in that we calculated and tabulated the frequency and percentage of each sort of activity. The findings of this study are expected to increase English teachers' awareness of various task kinds that are crucial to the learning process. For developers to improve and add more communicative challenges to the existing English Learning teaching resources.

Beyond the Cover: An In-Depth Analysis of the Practicality of an English Textbook by the Indonesian Government Post Pandemic Covid-19

For teaching and student learning, textbooks are a vital and widely used resource. The purpose of this study was to assess the unit design in "Bahasa Inggris kelas XI Semester I" to respond the post-pandemic Covid-19. This study was classified as a textbook evaluation. Document analysis and interviews were used to collect data. Miles' and Huberman's model was considered to be used in data analysis through data reduction, data display, and conclusion. The study finds that the textbook addresses only three of the six suggested indicators, lacks appropriate images that can aid students' comprehension, and has no clear grading system or instructions for students, which can lead to confusion and undermine their ability to complete tasks successfully. The study recommends that future textbook writers should consider appropriate visuals to complement the text, use pictures as symbols or icons, and provide explicit instructions to guide students towards achieving learning objectives. The findings of the study can inform future textbook writers, teachers, and curriculum developers to improve the quality of English language education in Indonesian schools. Moreover, the study highlights the need for textbooks to adapt to the new normal of remote learning.

“That's why I never learned English from Indonesian teachers”:

This study aims to examine the extent to which native-speakerism (NS) is embedded in the comments responding to a YouTube video entitled “Salah Kursus Bahasa Inggris?- Seleb English” by a YouTuber named Sacha Stevenson. The researchers believe that native-speakerism, an ideology that creates a power imbalance favoring native speakers of English over nonnative speakers of English, is present in the video, in which the content creator scrutinizes Indonesian people’s English accents. However, this paper focuses on the comments responding to the video, since they can show to what extent NS is adopted by EFL speakers/learners in Indonesia. The data was retrieved using YouTube Data API and Python programming language, sorted using Microsoft Excel, and categorized by applying three reading steps into four levels which spans from 0 (no indication of native speakerism) to 3 (strong indication of native speakerism). The findings are presented descriptively and analyzed within the theoretical framework on NS. The results suggest that NS is present in the observed comments on all four levels, which suggests how deeply embedded the NS ideology within the community of Indonesian English language learners and speakers. Suggestions on how to counter this ideology are presented in conclusion.

A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS IN THE TEXTBOOK ENDORSED BY THE GOVERNMENT

Material is a component of teaching to create a successful teaching and learning process. The purpose of this study is to describe the content of reading material in “Bahasa Inggris” textbook which endorsed by the government, especially the cognitive levels of the questions that follow the reading texts. This study used the qualitative research design. Meanwhile, the qualitative data of the research were cognitive level of questions that followed the reading texts. The researcher also used content analysis which was as one of the techniques used in qualitative research to collect and analyze the data of the textbook. Moreover, the instruments for analyzing cognitive level of questions that followed the reading texts were a checklist proposed by Igbaria (2013) and a guide for deciding the level of the questions based on the cognitive domain of Bloom’s taxonomy. The result showed that cognitive levels of questions that followed the reading texts found that 125 questions (89.9%) which were categorized as lower order thinking skills. Meanwhile, there were 14 (10.07%) questions which were categorized as higher order thinking skills. Thus, the questions which were categorized as Lower-order Thinking Skills (LOTS) were more dominant in the textbook.

The Impact of Google Translate Syntactic Strategies on Translation Quality: Translating Journal Articles from Indonesian to English

The prevalent use of Google Translate as a tool for academic translations, despite concerns regarding its quality, frames the core issue of this research. This research aims to classify syntactic strategies used by Google Translate in translating from Indonesia to English. It also aims to analyze the quality of the translation produced and how the syntactic strategies affected the translation quality. The data were collected from a journal article entitled “Pengaruh Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Inggris sebagai Bahasa Pengantar dalam Pendidikan Formal” which was presented using a descriptive qualitative method. The findings of this research reveal there are several types of different syntactic strategies used by Google Translate. The result of this research shows that, out of 273 data collected, there are 123 (45.05%) data of literal translation, 2 (0.73%) data of loan and calque, 53 (19.41%) of transposition, 17 (6.23%) data of unit shift, 45 (16.48%) data of phrase structure change, 1 (0.37%) data of clause structure change, 18 (6.59%) data of sentence structure change, 1 (0.37%) data of cohesion change, 13 (4.76%) data of level shift, and no data found for scheme change. In addition, there are several different classifications found for translation quality. Out of 194 data analyzed, the results show that 163 (84.02%) data are accurate, 30 (15.46%) data are less accurate, and 1 (0.52%) data is not accurate. For acceptability, there are 179 (92.27%) acceptable, 14 (7.22%) data are less accurate, and 2 (1.03%) data are not acceptable. Finally, there are 180 (92.78%) data with high readability, 15 (7.73%) data are medium readability, and no data found for low readability.

The Implementation of Bahasa Inggris Pemula In Enhancing Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Improving

The purpose of this study was to determine the increase in vocabulary of class XI students through the implementation of bahasa inggris pemula applications at SMK Negeri 4 Palopo City, with a quantitative approach and a single group pretest posttest type of research. The data analysis technique used in this study is the t test. The results showed that the significance value of the t-test was less than 0.05, namely 0.000, and the t-count results were greater than t-table, namely t-count with a value of 5.080, which was greater than the t-table value of 2.093. Thus it was concluded that there was an effect of using Bahasa Inggris Pemula applications on the level of students' English vocabulary mastery.

CULTURAL CONTENT AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN INDONESIAN EFL TEXTBOOKS

Numerous investigations have delved into the cultural content and intercultural communicative competence. Nevertheless, there remains a lack of comprehensive research that directly scrutinizes these aspects within the context of Indonesian EFL textbooks, specially following new curriculum in Indonesia, the Merdeka curriculum. Therefore, this study aims to explore the representation of the culture content and intercultural communicative competence in “English for Change” and “Bahasa Inggris Tingkat Lanjut” textbooks designed for the 11th-grade students following the Merdeka Curriculum by employing content analysis. The findings suggested that both textbooks focused more on the source culture than on international and target culture. They also did not convey sufficient intercultural communicative competence. These findings imply that the government, teacher, and material developers must carefully determine and select the learning material to present a balance culture content and intercultural communicative competence in order to build students’ culture sensitivity and global awareness.

Cultural representation in the ELT textbook “Work in Progress”

The present study uncovered the cultural contents of the Indonesian ELT textbook for tenth-grade secondary-level students Bahasa Inggris “Work in Progress” based on the cultural types using content analysis. The book is chosen because it is nationally used and based on the curriculum Merdeka 2022. This study focused on analyzing the cultural contents, represented with graphical images integrated with text (e.g., pictures with monologue, dialogue, or description). The findings showed that among the four types of culture, the Target culture was dominantly represented in the textbook 59 times (50,9%). Then, it was followed by the culture neutral 23 times (19,8%), the international culture 18 times (15,5%), and the last source culture 16 times (13,8%). The various and well-organized cultural content proportion should be put more attention.

Analyzing the Suitability of English Reading Materials: The Correlation between the Readability Level and Narrative Reading Comprehension

The observed low reading proficiency among Indonesian students can be attributed to several variables, such as the level of readability or the degree of text difficulty. The comprehension of the suitability of texts for students was of utmost importance for English teachers. The correlational research methodology was employed in this study to ascertain the presence or absence of a statistically significant relationship between student reading comprehension and the outcome variable under investigation. The participants of this study consisted of tenth-grade students from SMA Gajah Mada and SMAN 7 Bandar Lampung, who were selected to participate in the research project conducted throughout the 2020-2021 academic year. To acquire pertinent data regarding the reading comprehension abilities of pupils, an assessment specifically designed to evaluate reading comprehension was administered. A total of 12 narrative reading materials were identified in this study, sourced from three different textbooks: the Pathway to English Textbook published by Erlangga, the Talk Active Textbook authored by Yudhistira, and the Bahasa Inggris Textbook developed by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The researcher evaluated text readability using the Flesch Reading Ease Formula, with the subsequent classification of the readability level based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Level. The results of this study revealed a statistically significant positive correlation (r = 0.9054). A selection of six narrative reading materials, deemed suitable for tenth-grade students, was made accessible.

Indonesian and English Cultural Values in Buku Bahasa Inggris Textbook Grade 8

Textbooks play an important role in introducing students to various cultures. Majority of English teachers only concentrate on teaching four language skills rather than introducing culture to their students. It is critical to analyze cultural aspects in textbooks, particularly in English subjects, to ensure that the cultural values are represented in the English textbook. This study was conducted to find out multicultural values of the source culture and target culture that are represented in Buku Interaktif Bahasa Inggris, discover what techniques of multicultural values of the source culture and target culture are represented, and find out what culture is more represented in Buku Interaktif Bahasa Inggris. This study used content analysis method in order to collect and analyze the data. The result of this study shows that source culture is strongly represented in the textbooks, with National Geography as the multicultural value that mostly appears in the book, conveyed by Geographical Factors as the technique. This study could be useful for both teachers and authors as an input and evaluation so that cultural content can be included and considered in the textbooks or learning process.

Exploring English Vocabulary Mastery Through Watching Movie: A Descriptive Qualitative Design

This study aims to find out whether the application of film as a learning medium can improve the English vocabulary skills of the subjects. The subjects of this study were students of the Bahasa Inggris D4 or commonly called Business English Communication study program class of 2020. The sample consisted of 30 students from class A and B. In carrying out this study, data was obtained by giving 2 tests and treatment. The treatment in question is watching a movie called The Founder. The results of the study show that the 2020 students' Business English Communication vocabulary skills are still lacking . This can be seen from the results of test 1 which only obtained an average result of 69.7 while test 2 was 62.8 and the use of film as a learning medium. still has a small impact on the vocabulary mastery of Business English Communication 2020 students. Based on the findings above, the researcher concludes that the use of film as a learning medium does not have a major impact on the vocabulary of Business English Communication 2020 students because it can be seen from the low test results they obtained.Keywords: English, Vocabulary Mastery, Impact, Movie

An Analysis of English Speaking Materials in the Textbook “Bahasa Inggris SMA” based on Dat Bao’s Theory at the Eleventh Grade of SMA Swasta Santu Xaverius Gunungsitoli 2022/2023

This research aimed to analyze whether the content of “Bahasa Inggris SMA” textbook in the part of its speaking material is in line with Dat Bao’s theory. This research used descriptive research type with the content analysis. The data was English textbook “Bahasa Inggris SMA” used by eleventh grade students of SMA Swasta Santu Xaverius Gunungsitoli that consist of eight Chapters. The research instruments were textbook evaluation sheet and interview sheet. The data was then analyzed by using assessment rubric of Dat Bao’s theory that consists of four main aspects, namely; linguistic support, content-based and affective support, skill support, and diversity and flexibility. Thereafter, the researcher presented the data with percentage of scoring and interpreted it into a description paragraph. The result of study showed that English textbook “Bahasa Inggris SMA” did not successfully fulfill Dat Bao’s theory, where the linguistic support was (73.95%), content-based and affective support (48.43%), skill support (70.31%), and diversity and flexibility (58.31%). The percentage showed that it was still lacking of linguistic input in pronunciation section, lacking of supporting students’ cultural and visuals that support verbal learning, lacking of supporting communicative functions and strategies, and lacking of variety of speaking activities. From the research findings, the researcher suggested that the textbook needs to be developed in terms of its content of speaking materials. Subsequently, both ELT teacher and textbook writer should concern and pay attention with the content of the textbook suggested by Dat Bao’s theory.

Lexical Bundles in Reading Passages of English Textbook for Senior High School: A Comparative Study Between Three Textbooks of Different Grades

This study discusses lexical bundles in reading passages in English textbooks for senior high school. This study has two objectives, the first is to find out lexical bundles three-word and four-word are found in reading passages of English Textbook for senior high school for X, XI, and XII grade. Second, To find of lexical Category types found in reading passages of English Textbook for senior high school entitled ”Bahasa Inggris” for X, XI, and XII grade. In addition, this study used theory from Biber. According to Biber, the categories of lexical bundles are noun phrase, verb phrase and prepositional phrase. This study uses a quantitative descriptive method used reading passages in an English textbook for senior high school entitled "Bahasa Inggris". Data collection in this study was assisted by Antconc software to determine lexical bundles and analyze lexical bundles according the category of lexical bundles. From the results of the study there were 146 lexical bundles in X grade, 203 lexical bundles in XI grade, and 199 lexical bundles in XII grade. Then, 299 categories of lexical bundles noun phrases, 159 verb phrases, and 91 lexical bundles preposition phrases. Lexical bundles three-word and four-word are found in reading passages in English textbooks. Then, three-word lexical bundles have the highest occurrence rate. In addition, the noun phrase category has a level of occurrence that is often used in reading passages in English textbooks for senior high school.

An Analysis of Students’ Politeness Strategies in Whatsapp Group Interaction

TOEFL and Abstract is the title of whatsapp group made by UPT Bahasa Inggris Unived to communicate between admin and students who wants to graduate. This is also as the alternative way during the pandemic of Covid-19. This study aimed to analyze students’ politeness strategies from all faculties are in UNIVED and admin of UPT Bahasa Inggris in whatsapp group. Type of this research is descriptive qualitative research. The data were collected through the the transcript during the conversation between admin and undergraduate students. The results of this research showed that there were 144 conversations used by students in whatsapp grup. The researchers found 34 were used bald on record, 48 used positive politeness, 53 used negative politeness, and 9 used off-record. Negative politeness was dominant types of politeness among the other types of politeness, that oriented by the speaker as undergraduate students with admin of UPT Bahasa Inggris UNIVED Bengkulu. Question Hedge with 100% were as a form of negative politeness used by undergaduate students. From the results aboves, it shows that the dominant type of Politeness Strategies used by teacher and students in Whatsapp Group are Positive Politeness and Negative Politeness. 
 Keywords: Politeness Strategy, Students Interaction.

Analysis of Speaking Activities in Indonesian ELT Textbook Based on Cognitive Domain of Bloom's Taxonomy Revised

Textbook has an essential role as teaching material, especially in learning speaking English. Teachers should use a suitable textbook in their teaching process to meet learning objectives. This study aims to analyze speaking activities based on cognitive domain in the Indonesian ELT textbook endorsed by Indonesian Ministry of Educational and Culture entitled Bahasa Inggris, Think Globally Act Locally untuk SMP/MTS Kelas IX [English for Junior High School Grade IX]. The data were collected using documentary technique. The findings show that there were three speaking activities such as reading aloud, role play, and presentation task. Also, there were 57 speaking activities that focused on cognitive domain category. Besides, all categories of cognitive domain did not apply in this textbook. There are only four categories that were applied such as remembering (C1), applying (C3), analyzing (C4), and creating (C6). Thus, this textbook was not quite good to fulfill learning objectives.

An Analysis Of English For Specific Purpose (ESP) Textbook For Maritime And Fisheries Students Published By Indonesian Ministry Of Education And Culture

This research analyze and describe the quality of the English textbook in term of the activities provided by this book. The object of this research was the Bahasa Inggris Maritim dan Perikanan textbook for 10th grade students published by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. The current research was conducted to analyze the need of suitable and comprehensive learning materials for English for Specific Purpose (ESP) Class. This research used an analysis format as the instrument to guide the researcher in analyzing the English textbook. The analysis format contained of six categories which was made based on the principles of a good textbook proposed by the experts those are readiness activities, experiential activities, intake response activities, development activity 1, input response activity, and development activity 2. The result of this research showed that this English textbook for maritime students published by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture can be categorized as good textbook since all of the criteria was found in this book. Meanwhile, there are two categories that were rarely found and need to be revised in this textbook; development activity 1 and development activity 2. However, the other criteria had enough number as the activities provided by this book.

Pelatihan Bahasa Inggris (The Practice of Common English Classroom Expressions to The Third Year Students In Senior High School)

Kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat ini diadakan dengan maksud dan tujuan untuk memberikan pemahaman yang lebih intensif kepada para peserta yang berkaitan dengan pembelajaran bahasa Inggris khususnya Common English Classroom Expressions. Dengan adanya kegiatan ini diharapkan para peserta mampu menguasai bahasa Inggris lebih baik lagi kedepannya. Kegiatan pengabdian ini dilaksanakan selama 1 bulan di SMAN 10 Luwu. Hasil dari kegiatan ini seluruh peserta merasa sangat senang dan semakin termotivasi untuk mengembangkan keterampilan berbahasa Inggris. Hal ini terlihat dari partisipasi mereka yang aktif merespons pemateri mulai dari awal hingga akhir kegiatan

LINGUISTIC FEATURES AND PRESENTATION OF MATERIALS ON ENGLISH TEXTBOOK “WHEN ENGLISH RINGS A BELL” BASED ON BSNP

The textbooks play an important role in teaching and learning activity in language program. Because of the various textbooks provided, textbook analysis is seen as an important thing to be conducted in order to find out how the components of the textbook are served. This study was aimed to investigate to what extent the English textbook entitled “Bahasa Inggris: When English Rings a Bell” for eighth grade students meet the criteria of BSNP (linguistic features and presentation of materias). The linguistic features consist of language appropriateness while the presentation of materials consist of content appropriates, presentation appropriateness, and graphic appropriateness. This study was descriptive qualitative approach. The instrument used to collect the data is document study used in the form of checklist. A checklist was made adopted from BSNP (2011) framework. The results of this study showed that textbook entitled “When English Rings a Bell” for Eight Grade is suitable to be used in teaching learning process. The textbook achieved the fulfilment score of language appropriateness (100%), content appropriateness (81,25%), presentation appropriateness (88,89%), and graphics appropriateness (97,64%). This book is categorized “good” textbook by achieving the score of 95,07%. Thus, it can be concluded that textbook is suitable to be used in order to help the teaching learning process in the classroom with the help of other sources and teacher improvisation.

Using Grammar Bahasa Inggris Apps as Teaching Media to Improve Students’ Grammar on Simple Present and Simple Past Tense at Senior High School 3 Majene

This research aims to determine whether or not Grammar Bahasa Inggris Apps can significantly improve Students’ Grammar on simple present and simple past tense at eleventh-grade of Senior High School 3 Majene. This research used a quantitative research method with a quasi-experimental non-equivalent design. The respondents of this research were the eleventh-grade students of SMAN 3 Majene who were selected using a cluster random sampling technique. The data of this research were obtained using test (pre-test and post-test), and questionnaires. The data analysis technique of test used was an N-Gain Score with the SPSS version 25 application for windows. Then, the questionnaire was calculated using a Likert Scale. The findings of this research indicated that Grammar Bahasa Inggris Apps significantly improve Students’ Grammar on simple present and simple past tense at eleventh-grade of Senior High School 3 Majene. This is indicated by the mean N-Gain percent value for the experimental class was 70.5540 or 70.5

ANALYSIS OF THE FOUR ACCOUNTS OF CONTENT CREATORS USING TIKTOK APPLICATION AS TEACHING ENGLISH MEDIA

TikTok is an application from China launched in 2016. There are a lot of content creators using TikTok as media to share teaching issues This study aimed at analyzing the presentation of English teaching of four TikTok accounts. This study used qualitative method in the object observation and combined data collection that emphasizes meaning in generalization. Results of this study showed that the four accounts namely Belajar Bahasa Inggris, Aaron’s English, Jago Bahasa, and Kampung Inggris had their own uniqueness in their teaching-English contents. Of 248 videos uploaded by Belajar Bahasa Inggris account, 50% are about word difference. Of 462 videos uploaded by Aaron’s English account, 33% are about word difference. Of 961 videos uploaded by Jago Bahasa account, 36% are discussion about colloquial English. Of 676 videos uploaded by Kampung Inggris account, 35% are discussions about jokes in English. There were similarities and differences in their topic selections such as pronunciation and word difference It was advisable that TikTok users who want to learn English should be able to accurately choose the topics suiting to their interests and needs.