THE SHRINKAGE OF JAVANESE VOCABULARY

Previous studies show that Javanese shrinks in terms of its form, function and accuracy due to Indonesian and the attitude of the Javanese speakers towards Indonesian and Javanese(Poedjosoedarmo,1991; Gunarwan, 2006). In regard to the causes of the shrinkage of Javanese, there isat least one more thing that leads to the shrinkage. This paper presents the results of an observation to the Javanese vocabulary items used in the daily life of Javanese speakers. The study aims at describingsome Javanese words which are likely to fade away due to a technological advance, and explaining theimpact to the existence of the local virtues. The description is based on the observation toward the things around the Javanese people in an area of Jawa Tengah to fulfill their daily needs and the words toexpress them at present, and then compared them with those noticed in 1970s and recalled by the writer.The results showed that though the vocabulary items of the Javanese language were enriched by thevocabulary items of other languages, at the same time some Javanese words commonly used in the daily life are likely to disappear from the daily use. The disappearance of the Javanese words also means the vanishing of the things associated with the words and the related local virtues

TEACHING VOCABULARY TO THE 4TH GRADE STUDENTS IN SDN PURWOSUMAN 5 SIDOHARJO SRAGEN

ARI SULISTYOWATI. 2009. TEACHING VOCABULARY TO THE 4TH GRADE STUDENTS IN SDN PURWOSUMAN 5 SIDOHARJO SRAGEN. English Diploma Program, Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts, Sebelas Maret University. The writer writes the final project report based on doing the job training. The final project report discussed teaching vocabulary to the 4th grade students in SDN Purwosuman 5 Sidoharjo Sragen. In writing final project report the writer also collected the data by interviewing the teacher and the students, observing class, and teaching directly in the classroom. In doing the job training, the writer gave the material from the LKS and followed what the teacher said to the writer. The writer also gave the material such as concrete words (animal, fruit, shape, etc) because their level is the Elementary School. The final project report also discussed problems and solutions faced by the writer when teaching vocabulary to the 4th grade students in SDN Purwosuman 5 Sidoharjo Sragen

Future in Wood? Timber Construction in Boosting Local Development

Large scale timber construction has been on the upswing for some time in many European countries. Besides the building cluster, also regions and cities have taken advantage of the ongoing timber boom in their economic and spatial development. In this article the focus is on the South Ostrobothnia region and the city of Seinäjoki in Western Finland, where the potential of the business is quite weakly exploited regardless of favourable preconditions. By studying the key actors of the innovation network we are able to better understand the premises of the local development platform that should aim at boosting timber construction