Recently added articles from K@ta:
The Multiple Violations of Conversational Maxims in Lying Done by the Characters in Some Episodes of Desperate Housewives
Jun 01, 2008; ... Abstract: The study on the characters' multiple violations in Desperate Housewives film shows that in violating the maxims, each person has his own reason specifically in lying. Using Grice's Cooperative Principle and Christoffersen's criteria of lying, the findings revealed that violating all ...
Being and Performing the Masculinity in Karim Raslan's Go East
Jun 01, 2008; ... Abstract: This paper explores the concept of being and performing masculinity in Karim Raslan's short story Go East. Torn between being a man in his own terms and performing socially endorsed masculine roles and sexual desires, the protagonist, Mahmud, negotiates and transgresses gender borders, ...
Addressing Political "Confusion Syndrome" Discourses: A Critical Applied Linguistics Perspective
Jun 01, 2008; ... Abstract: This paper aims at extending our understanding of a problematizing practice in Critical Applied Linguistics by exploring issues pertaining to political "confusion syndrome" Discourses. Central to this practice is how EFL teachers and learners depart from their reluctance to explore ...
Multiple Choice English Grammar Test Items That Aid English Grammar Learning for Students of English as a Foreign Language
Jun 01, 2008; ... Abstract: In the teaching of English as a foreign language in Indonesia, the teaching and testing of English grammar are indispensable. To test English grammar mastery, the multiple choice test must be used due to its merit of guaranteeing the fulfillment of the content validity of achievement ...
Developing English for General Academic Purposes (EGAP) Course in an Indonesian University
Jun 01, 2008; ... Abstract: This paper discusses the methodology and findings of a needs analysis survey which was carried out in 2005 by English Language Teaching Center (ELTC) of a private university in East Java, Indonesia. Based on the survey of 1,450 students' and 34 teachers' language needs, some ...
A Study of English Phonological Errors Produced by English Department Students
Jun 01, 2008; ... Abstract: This qualitative research was conducted to find out the kinds of English phonological errors produced by English department students, particularly English consonantal sounds that do not exist in Indonesian phonetics system - [v], [θ], [ð], [ ...], [d ...], and [t∫] - and the ...
Lexical Similarities and Differences in the Mathematics, Science and English Language Textbooks
Dec 01, 2007; ... Abstract: The teaching of Science and Math in English in Malaysia is an area of great concern to educators and students alike. This study looks, in particular, at the common word classes among keywords identified in the Science, Math and English language Form One textbooks used in Malaysia and ...
Issues in the Teaching and Learning of Children's Literature in Malaysia
Dec 01, 2007; ... Abstract: The Curriculum Development Centre of Malaysia implemented a Children's Contemporary Literature Programme to promote reading among pupils in year 4, 5 and 6 in schools. This paper explores some issues in the teaching and learning of children's literature in Malaysia. It also looks at ...
Phonological Processes of Three Indonesian Children Aged Between 1;8 and 2;6
Dec 01, 2007; ... Abstract: Children are believed to employ universal processes in simplifying adult language words to match their developing phonology. The present paper is intended to describe the phonological processes used by three Indonesian children aged between 1;8 and 2;6. There is an indication that the ...
In Becoming EFL Writing Teacher: a Diary Study
Dec 01, 2007; ... Abstract: To improve teaching quality, teachers need a tool to help them reflect and evaluate their teaching decisions and actions. Teachers can always rely on schools to do such a job, but they can also use a personal and professional teaching diary as a means to do a self-analysis and ...
How to Motivate English Learners Faced with Psychological Burden
Dec 01, 2007; ... Abstract: The misleading assumptions of Indonesian-speaking learners of English on the nature of English results in psychological burden inhibiting the process of teaching and learning. The assumptions should be eliminated at the beginning of English class. Besides, the instructor should ...
Difficulties in Translating Texts for Beginner Translator Students
Dec 01, 2007; ... Abstract: Training students to transfer the message and meaning of the English source text to the Indonesian target text is not an easy task. Various difficulties and mistakes can occur. Students still have difficulties in understanding the text and in restructuring it into good Indonesian ...
The Effect of Teacher Talk in EFL Classrooms: The Nonuse or Use of Learners' L1 by an Instructor
Jun 01, 2007; ... Abstract: This study examines the effect of the variation of teacher talk on EFL learners' performance, especially the one related to listening comprehension skills, by chronologically observing a Japanese first language (L1) instructor's classrooms at a university. Key words: teacher ...
The Use of Scripted Play in Speech Production for Young Children with Disabilities
Jun 01, 2007; ... Abstract: This article used scripted play as a language intervention strategy to increase the mean length of utterance (MLU) for three young children with disabilities. The findings of this study show that the MLU for all three children increased when scripted play was used. All the children ...
An Initial Intimation of a yet Banal Discourse: Truck Graffiti
Jun 01, 2007; ... Abstract: This article provides an initial discussion of truck graffiti. It reviews pertinent literature on graffiti which shows that, despite the fact that graffiti have attracted a number of researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds, truck graffiti have been under researched. It also ...
Researching Language Aspects' Preferences of English Department Students When Learning Culture
Jun 01, 2007; ... (A Case Study of Students Taking a Course called Introductory to British Studies at Jenderal Soedirman University) Abstract: Communicating in English covers two aspects: 'system' referring to syntactic and semantics elements; and 'schemata' referring to appropriateness based on the ...
The Use of Non-Standard Indonesian Expressions by Men and Women in The Reader's Letters
Jun 01, 2007; ... Abstract: This study reports on the non-standard Indonesian expressions used by men and women in The Reader's Letters in magazines. Seven editions of two different magazines, For Him Magazine and Cosmopolitan, were used as the source of data. The findings revealed the kinds of nonstandard ...
The Compliments and the Compliment Responses Used by the Characters in What Women Want
Jun 01, 2007; ... Abstract: This study is aimed to reveal the type of compliments and the compliment responses produced by the main female character that is superior and on the responses produced by the main male character that is subordinate in the movie What Women Want. Finally, the research came up with the ...
The Teaching of Functional Language Skills in a Second Language to a Child with Autism
Dec 01, 2006; ... Abstract: This article examined the rate of self-initiated communication acquisition, in a second language, of a child with autism. The language treatment objective was to teach functional communication skills in English through the use of Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). The ...
Verbal Reports as a Method to Elicit Lexical Processing Strategies
Dec 01, 2006; ... Abstract: The present paper addresses the advantages and the limitations of using verbal reports in a study on the lexical processing strategies of learners' reading in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Indonesia. While verbal reports offer invaluable data in exploring mental processing, ...