Teks Ragam Jurnalistik Dan Pengajaran Bahasa

Bahasa merupakan sistem arti, bentuk, dan ekspresi untuk merealisasikan arti itu. Struktur bahasa ditendtukan oleh fungsi bahasa. Bahasa jurnalistik, khususnya bahasa surat kabar terealisasi dalam ragam bahasa yang berbeda dengan ragam bahasa lain. Perbedaan satu ragam bahasa dengan ragam bahasa lain bersifat kuantitatif dan performatif. Ragam bahasa jurnalistik memiliki empat cirri, yaitu (1) proyeksi, (2) bahasa objektif, (3) kontraksi, dan (4) metafora. Keempat cirri ini diurai di dalam makalah ini. Implikasi terhadap pengajaran bahasa adalah pengajaran bahasa harus mencakup pengajaran bahasa ragam jurnalistik

Verbs in English and Toba Batak Language

The objectives of this study is restricted to investigating and describing similarities and differences of the two languages about verbs in English and Toba Batak Language, included in terms of types, functions, and forms. This study was applied by descriptive qualitative design. The data was taken an observe about Toba Batak language from some of informant and text book. The findings describied that there were some similarities and differences verbs in English and Toba Batak Language. Both the languages, the similarities describied the functions of verb has as predicates, noun phrase modifiers, adjective phrase complements, subjects, suject complements and using to be as verbs. The analysis also shown the differences as how the pattern verbs using tenses in both of the languages, the verbs using affixes. In conclusion, there are similarities and differences of verbs in English and Toba Batak Language

Illocutionary Acts in Ellen Degeneres Talk Show

This study deals with the types of illocutionary acts in Ellen Degeneres Talk show. The objectives of this study were to describe the types of illocutionary Acts which were used in Ellen Degeneres Talk show, to discover the type of illocutionary act which was dominantly used in Ellen Degeneres Talk show, why it is dominant and to elaborate in what contexts the dominant type occurs. This research applied descriptive qualitative method. It took two episodes of Ellen Degeneres Talk Showwhich is taken randomly from internet. Based on the analysis, not all types of illocutionary acts were used in Ellen Degeneres Talkbecause Declarative is not found.There were 326 utterances in two episodes selected, and the percentages of data were 43.86% ofassertives, 30.67% of directives, 18.40% of expressives, 6.13% of commisives and 0% of declaratives. The writer does not find declarations in the dialogue because there is no utterance that has a function that can change the world or the status of people through speaker\u27s utterance. The most dominant type of illocutionary acts found was Assertives. It shows that in their conversation the host most gave information and statement because it happened in the context of talk show where Ellen as the host gave some information about her guess star, information about the theme of the show and also about guest\u27s personal life and career

Improving Students\u27 Achievement In Writing Procedure Texts By Using Videos

This study deals with the students\u27 achievement improvement in writing procedure texts by using videos by applying classroom action research. The subjects of this research were 38 students of class X-1 SMA TELADAN MEDAN. After analyzing the data in two cycles of classroom action research, it was found there was an improvement of students\u27 mean score from 60.44 in assessment before applying video became 68.52 in cycle I and improved again became 78.89 in cycle II. It means that the use of video significantly improves the students\u27 achievement in writing procedure texts

Improving Students\u27 Achievement In Writing Procedure Texts By Using Videos

This study deals with the students\u27 achievement improvement in writing procedure texts by using videos by applying classroom action research. The subjects of this research were 38 students of class X-1 SMA TELADAN MEDAN. After analyzing the data in two cycles of classroom action research, it was found there was an improvement of students\u27 mean score from 60.44 in assessment before applying video became 68.52 in cycle I and improved again became 78.89 in cycle II. It means that the use of video significantly improves the students\u27 achievement in writing procedure texts

Improving the Students' Achievement in Writing Procedure Text by Applying Mind Mapping Technique

This study aims to discover the effect of applying Four Square Graphic Organizeron students' achievement in writing descriptive text. It was conducted by usingexperimental research design. The population of this research was the seventh(VII) grade students of SMP Sultan Iskandar Muda Medan with four parallelclasses. The samples of the research were two classes divided into two groups,experimental and control group which were chosen by using random samplingtechnique. Fifty students were taken as the samples. The experimental group wastaught by using Four Square Graphic Organizer, while the control group wastaught by using freewriting technique. The instrument for collecting the data was awriting test. Pearson Product Moment formula was applied to obtain the reliabilityof the test. Based on the calculation, it shows that the reliability of the test was0,84 categorized as high reliability. Then, after analyzing the data, it was foundthat the value of tobserved was 3,66 with the degree of freedom (df)=48 at the levelof significance p(0,05) = 2,01. It means that tobserved is higher than ttable (3,66 >2,01). The result of this study shows that Four Square Graphic Organizer has asignificant effect on students' achievement in writing descriptive text