IJOTL-TL: Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistics

Adult Learners’ Experiences in Learning English: A Case Study of Two University Students in Indonesia

2023-05-30T02:43:01+00:00

As a modified replication of Bellingham’s (2004) investigation, this case study primarily explores experiences of 30s Indonesian university students in learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) at English Language Education Study Program, Masyarakat University Indonesia (ED-DU). The study specifically investigates cases of two ED-DU students who shared their experiences in learning EFL in their age. I recalled their experiences using an open-ended questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. I continued to collate and summarize the data into themes. Eventually, the present findings reveal six learning patterns of the students, confirm the existence of L2 acquisition for adult learners stated by Bellingham’s investigation, and provide some evidence that EFL learning acquisition is not limited by age.

Students’ Perception on the Implementation of Moodle Web-Based in Learning Grammar

2023-05-30T02:42:44+00:00

Students in tertiary educational level in Indonesia, particularly at a state university in Central Sulawesi are required to write a scientific paper as one of the requirements to complete their study period. The government even requires them to publish it in the academic online journal. It means that students construct it in the English language which students consider that writing an English article is difficult. Students produce several grammatical mistakes in their writing. They thought that learning grammar is such a difficult lesson and learning instruction is not interesting as teachers rely on one main resource. Nowadays, based on the researchers' investigation that there are several constraints that make the teaching-learning grammar is not effective and interesting; lack of references, time and space. While students need time to practice the language. Moodle as a part of information technology tools contributes to the solution to that constrain. After experiencing the grammar teaching-learning instruction, most students respond positive view toward the implementation of Moodle in the grammar teaching-learning process. Overall, almost all students respond that online learning instruction is needed.

Generative Phonology Process of Suffix -/əm/ in Kudus Javanese Dialect

2023-05-30T02:42:26+00:00

This article aims to investigate the phonological process of suffix -/əm/ existed in Kudus Javanese dialect that can be explained by Transformational Generative Theory with a distinctive feature analysis system to explain in detail the rules of the phonological process that occurs with the features involved in it. Optimality was used to determine the phonetic form (output) of a series of candidates and the obstacles that occurred in the process and supported by a voice analyzer (Speech Analyzer) as authentic evidence that visually described the voice form of the native speakers. The data were obtained from native speakers of Kudus Javanese dialect located in Burikan, Kudus, Central Java with observation, interview, and documentary techniques. This study also used intuitive data from the author as a native speaker of the Javanese dialect of Kudus. The results show that the phonological process that occurs in the Kudus Javanese dialect is the affixation with the suffix -/əm/ to reflect the second person's ownership marker with a base word of a consonant ending, while to express the possession of a second person with a vowel ending, sound /n/ is added in front of the suffix /-əm/. This research contributes to understanding the phonological process in a local language, especially toward a particular dialect. The implications of this research can be a reference in conducting further research on affixation or other phonological processes in different local languages to maintain the sustainability of local languages as one of the Indonesian people’s identities.

Code Switching in The Calling Novel

2023-05-30T02:41:51+00:00

One of the language phenomena that the writers encounter a lot these days is code switching. Code switching, or a switch from one language to another one while talking, is usually used by the bilingual and multilingual society. The objectives of this research are to find out the types of code switching and the reasons behind them being used by the characters in the novel. The writers use descriptive qualitative information on conducting this research. Books and theories of experts on Sociolinguistics are used as the frame of the study. The source of data is obtained by reading the whole content of the novel, focusing on the utterances and dialogues by the characters. When all is done, the writers finally know that from 4 types of code switching, inter-sentential switching is the most used type. The writers find out that of all reasons, the most common one behind the use of code switching is for the intention of clarifying the speech content for the interlocutor.

Society’s Denial on Jane Eyre’s Autonomy and Subjectivity: A Martha Nussbaum’s Critical Reading

2023-05-30T02:42:08+00:00

Martha Nussbaum's objectification theory provides a lens for analyzing the experiences of the main character, Jane, in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre." This literary study aims to analyze the type of objectification suffered by Eyre by applying Nussbaum’s theory. According to this theory, objectification occurs when a person is reduced to a mere object for someone else's use and is not recognized as an autonomous being with their own desires and interests. In the novel and TV adaptation, Jane is subjected to objectification by several characters, including Mr. Rochester, who tries to mold her into the perfect wife, and St. John Rivers, who views her as a tool for his missionary work. Through these experiences, Bronte highlights the damaging effects of objectification and the importance of valuing individual dignity and agency. By demonstrating the harm caused by treating people as objects, the novel serves as a critique of the societal norms that perpetuated such treatment and reinforces the importance of treating all individuals with respect and empathy

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SÍKỌ́ AND NÍÍNLÁ AS OCCURRING IN IFẸ̀ DIALECT AND THEIR VARIANTS, ŃKỌ́ AND ŃLÁ IN STANDARD YORÙBÁ LANGUAGE

2023-05-30T02:41:35+00:00

This study focuses on the descriptive modeling of Chomskyan linguistic analysis on síkọ́ and níínlá as occurring in Ife dialect of Yoruba language in variance with ńkọ́ and nlá in the standard Yoruba. We argue that the basic form of ń in ńlá and ńkọ́ is ín which is still traceable through síkọ́ or sínkọ́ and níínlá in Ifẹ dialect of Yorubá language. We present the basic phonetic features of ín as in: vowel, high, syllabic, nasal and front. The lost of vowel, front and high features produces the orthographical representation of n in ńlá and ńkọ in the standard Yoruba. Our findings therefore, serve as a solution to one of the fundamental issues in the grammar of Yoruba language which intuitively does not allow consonant cluster in syllabic formation. The language basically does not endorse a high tone to be the first syllable of a word with VCV sequence.

Keywords: feature stability, syllabicity, grammaticalization, extension phrasal interaction and decategorization.