This present study aims to capture a more delicate description of one area of Sundanese lexicogra... more This present study aims to capture a more delicate description of one area of Sundanese lexicogrammar, based on a text-based approach and with reference to other levels of the language such as discourse semantics and register. In particular, this study is inspired by SFL approach to language typology (Caffarel et al., 2004; Martin, 1996, 2004; Martin & Doran, 2015a; Quiroz, 2013; Rose, 2001). This study focuses first on a preliminary exploration of the system of TRANSITIVITY in Sundanese, by broadly mapping material, mental, and relational clause systems in Sundanese, taking as its point of departure the registerial variable field (Martin, 1992, 2013; Martin et al., in preparation). Following this, it focuses on material clauses in more details by considering the contributions of material clauses to realise meanings at higher strata of language, for example event figures in discourse semantics which in turn contribute to the configuration of the register variable field.
This paper considers the exploration of genre and register of historical texts recontextualised i... more This paper considers the exploration of genre and register of historical texts recontextualised in online media and school textbooks through the lens of Systemic Functional Linguistics especially by exploring their discourse semantics and register features. Particularly, this paper shows how the relation between discourse semantics resources and register variables contribute to the overall organisation of the recontextualized history genres. This paper provides a detailed qualitative analysis of discourse semantics as instantiated in the deployment of APPRAISAL, IDEATION, IDENTIFICATION, and PERIODICITY to give a clearer picture of how history genres in the media are established. A set of corpora consisting of historical texts from online media and school textbooks was used as a main source of data in this study. The historical texts collected from online media were from various platforms including online newspapers, online magazines, encyclopaedia entries, and universities websites...
Using linguistic-informed analysis to assess model texts for teaching EFL reading, 2022
English as Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks contain texts with topics integrated from content are... more English as Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks contain texts with topics integrated from content areas, such as science. In Thai basic education, learning in content areas is typically done in Thai. Therefore, EFL reading texts provide learners with primary exposure to building content knowledge in English. This raises an issue about how the language of these EFL texts is organised, and if they can help the learners' transition to university where they are required to read content area texts in English. The paper provides an in-depth demonstration of how linguistic analysis can inform the choice of model texts for teaching EFL reading. It deploys a qualitative linguistic analysis method drawing on Systemic Functional Linguistics. The data are the scientific descriptive report texts in EFL textbooks used in a Southern Thailand secondary school. They are compiled in a small corpus, and one text is selected purposively to demonstrate how linguistic analysis can be used to assess the text. The text is analysed using a 'top-down' approach, from genre stratum down to the lexicogrammar, with the purpose of examining the text's ideational, interpersonal, and textual resources to build up scientific knowledge. The findings show that the text does not conform to scientific descriptive reports' discursive and linguistic features due to its extra stages, incomplete scientific taxonomies, relatively low technicality, low social distance and authority, and incoherent thematic flow. Hence, the quality of the text as a model becomes problematic. Learners learning from these teaching materials may experience challenges when they read authentic science texts at the university level. The paper offers a viable alternative methodological resource for educators to use a systematic, critical and linguistically-grounded evaluation in EFL reading classes.
The paper reports on the results of a study aiming to investigate the cohesion of exposition text... more The paper reports on the results of a study aiming to investigate the cohesion of exposition texts written by eleventh graders of a school in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The study used a qualitative case study research design, especially text analysis, involving 32 students. In the interest of space, the paper will present the data obtained from six texts written by 6 students, representing low, mid, and high achievers. The texts were analyzed using systemic functional linguistics (SFL), especially in terms of schematic structure and linguistic features, especially those contributing to the cohesion of the texts, such as Theme progression and cohesive devices. The results show that all texts show students’ grasp and understanding of the schematic structure of an exposition, including thesis, argument, and restatement of the thesis. All texts also successfully use the zig-zag and the Theme reiteration patterns, which indicate the students’ emerging capacity to create a text with c...
(The published full-text document can be found here http://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/articl... more (The published full-text document can be found here http://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/15215)
This paper explores and elaborates the recontexualisation of issues surrounding NAPLAN test in media texts through the lens of Systemic Functional Linguistics. In particular, this paper considers interpersonal meanings shared by journalists or media regarding the problematic construal of NAPLAN test in Australian context. To obtain a comprehensive view regarding interpersonal meanings construed in media texts, Appraisal analysis is deployed. Two different texts about a controversy of NAPLAN test in Australia are selected to be analysed: a hard news story and a comment piece. In addition to exploring interpersonal meanings in the texts, an image accompanying the hard news story and a cartoon relating to the controversy of NAPLAN test are analysed to find out the realisation of meanings across two semiotic modes (text and images). The results suggest that there are distinct patterns of realisation of evaluative meanings in these two texts. On the one hand, hard news story tends to use indirect evaluation of either judgment or appreciation when evaluating the issue. On the other hands, evaluative meanings shared throughout comment piece tend to be direct, negatively evaluates NAPLAN test and educational system as they are not potentially relevant in preparing students to face future success. In terms of text-image relations, results of analyses suggest that both texts and images orient readers to align with shared values regarding the problematic construal of NAPLAN test in the Australian context.
The paper reports on the results of a study aiming to investigate the cohesion of exposition text... more The paper reports on the results of a study aiming to investigate the cohesion of exposition texts written by eleventh graders of a school in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The study used a qualitative case study research design, especially text analysis, involving 32 students. In the interest of space, the paper will present the data obtained from six texts written by 6 students, representing low, mid, and high achievers. The texts were analyzed using systemic functional linguistics (SFL), especially in terms of schematic structure and linguistic features, especially those contributing to the cohesion of the texts, such as Theme progression and cohesive devices. The results show that all texts show students' grasp and understanding of the schematic structure of an exposition, including thesis, argument, and restatement of the thesis. All texts also successfully use the zigzag and the Theme reiteration patterns, which indicate the students' emerging capacity to create a text with cohesion at the clause level. However, only texts written by high achievers employ the multiple Theme pattern, indicating the students' emerging capacity to create a text with better sense of connectedness, unity, and flow of information at the global level. High achiever texts also employ discourse features which allow the reader to predict how the text will unfold and guide them to a line of understanding of a text as a whole. Moreover, in terms of cohesive devices, all texts use some simple cohesive devices—reference, lexical cohesion, and conjunction. It should be mentioned that all texts are rudimentary with some inappropriate word choices and grammatical problems. This suggests that the students still needed more guidance and time to do research on the topic in focus, to go through the process of writing as professional do, to allow them to create a better text with more elaboration and characteristics of written language with consistency and accuracy. It is recommended that further research on different perspectives and foci of analysis of different text types using systemic functional linguistics, with more representative samples, and studies on the teaching of writing be conducted.
This present study aims to capture a more delicate description of one area of Sundanese lexicogra... more This present study aims to capture a more delicate description of one area of Sundanese lexicogrammar, based on a text-based approach and with reference to other levels of the language such as discourse semantics and register. In particular, this study is inspired by SFL approach to language typology (Caffarel et al., 2004; Martin, 1996, 2004; Martin & Doran, 2015a; Quiroz, 2013; Rose, 2001). This study focuses first on a preliminary exploration of the system of TRANSITIVITY in Sundanese, by broadly mapping material, mental, and relational clause systems in Sundanese, taking as its point of departure the registerial variable field (Martin, 1992, 2013; Martin et al., in preparation). Following this, it focuses on material clauses in more details by considering the contributions of material clauses to realise meanings at higher strata of language, for example event figures in discourse semantics which in turn contribute to the configuration of the register variable field.
This study focuses on the investigation of Theme and Theme progression of students' Exposition te... more This study focuses on the investigation of Theme and Theme progression of students' Exposition text in a state university in Bandung. This study intends to explore how the students organized their ideas in the text seen from its schematic structures, Theme choice, and Theme progression. Besides, this study also intends to find out the aspects contributing to the creation of such texts. To meet the purposes, this study employs a descriptive-qualitative research design embracing the characteristics of a case study approach. The data are obtained from the collection of students' text and the interview. For the framework of text analysis, this study draws on Systemic Functional Linguistics theory, especially of the Theme system developed by Halliday (1994) and Halliday & Matthiessen (2004), and Theme progression developed by Fries (1994; 1995a; 1995b), Eggins (2004), and Bloor & Bloor (2005). This study reveals that the students indeed employed various textual strategies in writing Exposition text seen from the application of various Theme choices such as marked and unmarked topical Theme, interpersonal Theme, textual Theme, longer unit Theme, and predicated Theme to make their texts coherent. In terms of thematic progression, the students tend to make the text focus thus easing the reader to find the information by applying the Theme reiteration pattern. Besides, this study also reveals that the students are able to develop the text globally by the use of higher level Theme (macro-and hyper-Theme) which contribute to the cohesion and coherency of the text at global level. Meanwhile, from the interview, it reveals that there are some factors contributing to the creation of Exposition texts i.e. teaching program, students' prior knowledge of the text structure, and additional efforts in reading and searching materials from other sources. Based on the findings, it is recommended that Theme and Theme progression analysis can be applied in classroom practice to gain a better control of text organization and development. Besides, it is also suggested that further researcher can investigate the other texts or analyze the cohesive devices beyond Theme system.
This workbook is designed to help students write a literature review, specifically aimed at the f... more This workbook is designed to help students write a literature review, specifically aimed at the field of Applied Linguistics and/or those involved in project development. The material included in the workbook was initially developed by students enrolled in Educational Linguistics unit (LNGS7102) in semester 1, 2018 to aid first semester applied linguistic students to develop their academic writing skills. In developing this workbook, we carried out register analysis on sample literature reviews written by high scoring students to develop an understanding of the linguistic features of literature reviews. We used this analysis to develop the material for this workbook. We hope that other students will find it useful as well.
This workbook is an example of an outcome of subaltern linguistics, where a group of students worked together under my guidance to create a resource to support the needs of other students in our Department. Subaltern linguistics is an attempt to create material, resources, and practices that contributes to supporting our local communities.
Prosiding Seminar Internasional Kebahasaan "Memajukan Peran Bahasa dalam Kancah Kontemporer Bahasa Indonesia: Penguatan Strategi dan Diplomasi Kebahasaan di Berbagai Bidang", 2019
Makalah ini bertujuan untuk menelaah proyeksi nilai-nilai sosiokultural dan identitas pada sebuah... more Makalah ini bertujuan untuk menelaah proyeksi nilai-nilai sosiokultural dan identitas pada sebuah teks biografi yang digunakan sebagai materi ajar dalam Buku Sekolah Elektronik (BSE) Bahasa Inggris untuk Kelas X. Analisis teks menggunakan kerangka analisis semantik wacana dalam lingkup teori Linguistik Sistemik Fungsional (LSF), terutama konsep Ideation dan Appraisal, serta Transitivity digunakan untuk menguak bagaimana fitur-fitur kebahasaan memproyeksikan nilai-nilai sosiokultural dan identitas pada teks tersebut. Makalah ini membahas bahwa fitur-fitur kebahasaan, baik dari tingkat semantik wacana dan lexicogrammar, berkontribusi kepada pembentukan contesting dan conforming identities. Dari sisi semantik wacana, teks menyangkal gagasan terkait peranan yang kurang signifikan dari para wanita di dalam masyarakat, seperti memberikan penilaian-penilaian positif terhadap kegiatan yang dilakukan oleh tokoh pada masa perjuangan Indonesia. Dari sisi lexicogrammar, agentive dan participant roles mengurai representasi dua tokoh utama di dalam teks. Penyesuaian fitur lexicogrammar juga dilakukan dengan menggunakan konstruksi kalimat pasif untuk mengurangi dampak dari melakukan kegiatan-kegiatan yang bersinggungan dengan aspek ideologi/politik. Dengan demikian, teks tersebut dapat dikatakan berusaha untuk menyelaraskan solidaritas peserta didik dengan nilai-nilai nasional kolektif terkait wanita, kepahlawanan, dan kolonialisme.
This present study aims to capture a more delicate description of one area of Sundanese lexicogra... more This present study aims to capture a more delicate description of one area of Sundanese lexicogrammar, based on a text-based approach and with reference to other levels of the language such as discourse semantics and register. In particular, this study is inspired by SFL approach to language typology (Caffarel et al., 2004; Martin, 1996, 2004; Martin & Doran, 2015a; Quiroz, 2013; Rose, 2001). This study focuses first on a preliminary exploration of the system of TRANSITIVITY in Sundanese, by broadly mapping material, mental, and relational clause systems in Sundanese, taking as its point of departure the registerial variable field (Martin, 1992, 2013; Martin et al., in preparation). Following this, it focuses on material clauses in more details by considering the contributions of material clauses to realise meanings at higher strata of language, for example event figures in discourse semantics which in turn contribute to the configuration of the register variable field.
This paper considers the exploration of genre and register of historical texts recontextualised i... more This paper considers the exploration of genre and register of historical texts recontextualised in online media and school textbooks through the lens of Systemic Functional Linguistics especially by exploring their discourse semantics and register features. Particularly, this paper shows how the relation between discourse semantics resources and register variables contribute to the overall organisation of the recontextualized history genres. This paper provides a detailed qualitative analysis of discourse semantics as instantiated in the deployment of APPRAISAL, IDEATION, IDENTIFICATION, and PERIODICITY to give a clearer picture of how history genres in the media are established. A set of corpora consisting of historical texts from online media and school textbooks was used as a main source of data in this study. The historical texts collected from online media were from various platforms including online newspapers, online magazines, encyclopaedia entries, and universities websites...
Using linguistic-informed analysis to assess model texts for teaching EFL reading, 2022
English as Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks contain texts with topics integrated from content are... more English as Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks contain texts with topics integrated from content areas, such as science. In Thai basic education, learning in content areas is typically done in Thai. Therefore, EFL reading texts provide learners with primary exposure to building content knowledge in English. This raises an issue about how the language of these EFL texts is organised, and if they can help the learners' transition to university where they are required to read content area texts in English. The paper provides an in-depth demonstration of how linguistic analysis can inform the choice of model texts for teaching EFL reading. It deploys a qualitative linguistic analysis method drawing on Systemic Functional Linguistics. The data are the scientific descriptive report texts in EFL textbooks used in a Southern Thailand secondary school. They are compiled in a small corpus, and one text is selected purposively to demonstrate how linguistic analysis can be used to assess the text. The text is analysed using a 'top-down' approach, from genre stratum down to the lexicogrammar, with the purpose of examining the text's ideational, interpersonal, and textual resources to build up scientific knowledge. The findings show that the text does not conform to scientific descriptive reports' discursive and linguistic features due to its extra stages, incomplete scientific taxonomies, relatively low technicality, low social distance and authority, and incoherent thematic flow. Hence, the quality of the text as a model becomes problematic. Learners learning from these teaching materials may experience challenges when they read authentic science texts at the university level. The paper offers a viable alternative methodological resource for educators to use a systematic, critical and linguistically-grounded evaluation in EFL reading classes.
The paper reports on the results of a study aiming to investigate the cohesion of exposition text... more The paper reports on the results of a study aiming to investigate the cohesion of exposition texts written by eleventh graders of a school in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The study used a qualitative case study research design, especially text analysis, involving 32 students. In the interest of space, the paper will present the data obtained from six texts written by 6 students, representing low, mid, and high achievers. The texts were analyzed using systemic functional linguistics (SFL), especially in terms of schematic structure and linguistic features, especially those contributing to the cohesion of the texts, such as Theme progression and cohesive devices. The results show that all texts show students’ grasp and understanding of the schematic structure of an exposition, including thesis, argument, and restatement of the thesis. All texts also successfully use the zig-zag and the Theme reiteration patterns, which indicate the students’ emerging capacity to create a text with c...
(The published full-text document can be found here http://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/articl... more (The published full-text document can be found here http://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/15215)
This paper explores and elaborates the recontexualisation of issues surrounding NAPLAN test in media texts through the lens of Systemic Functional Linguistics. In particular, this paper considers interpersonal meanings shared by journalists or media regarding the problematic construal of NAPLAN test in Australian context. To obtain a comprehensive view regarding interpersonal meanings construed in media texts, Appraisal analysis is deployed. Two different texts about a controversy of NAPLAN test in Australia are selected to be analysed: a hard news story and a comment piece. In addition to exploring interpersonal meanings in the texts, an image accompanying the hard news story and a cartoon relating to the controversy of NAPLAN test are analysed to find out the realisation of meanings across two semiotic modes (text and images). The results suggest that there are distinct patterns of realisation of evaluative meanings in these two texts. On the one hand, hard news story tends to use indirect evaluation of either judgment or appreciation when evaluating the issue. On the other hands, evaluative meanings shared throughout comment piece tend to be direct, negatively evaluates NAPLAN test and educational system as they are not potentially relevant in preparing students to face future success. In terms of text-image relations, results of analyses suggest that both texts and images orient readers to align with shared values regarding the problematic construal of NAPLAN test in the Australian context.
The paper reports on the results of a study aiming to investigate the cohesion of exposition text... more The paper reports on the results of a study aiming to investigate the cohesion of exposition texts written by eleventh graders of a school in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The study used a qualitative case study research design, especially text analysis, involving 32 students. In the interest of space, the paper will present the data obtained from six texts written by 6 students, representing low, mid, and high achievers. The texts were analyzed using systemic functional linguistics (SFL), especially in terms of schematic structure and linguistic features, especially those contributing to the cohesion of the texts, such as Theme progression and cohesive devices. The results show that all texts show students' grasp and understanding of the schematic structure of an exposition, including thesis, argument, and restatement of the thesis. All texts also successfully use the zigzag and the Theme reiteration patterns, which indicate the students' emerging capacity to create a text with cohesion at the clause level. However, only texts written by high achievers employ the multiple Theme pattern, indicating the students' emerging capacity to create a text with better sense of connectedness, unity, and flow of information at the global level. High achiever texts also employ discourse features which allow the reader to predict how the text will unfold and guide them to a line of understanding of a text as a whole. Moreover, in terms of cohesive devices, all texts use some simple cohesive devices—reference, lexical cohesion, and conjunction. It should be mentioned that all texts are rudimentary with some inappropriate word choices and grammatical problems. This suggests that the students still needed more guidance and time to do research on the topic in focus, to go through the process of writing as professional do, to allow them to create a better text with more elaboration and characteristics of written language with consistency and accuracy. It is recommended that further research on different perspectives and foci of analysis of different text types using systemic functional linguistics, with more representative samples, and studies on the teaching of writing be conducted.
This present study aims to capture a more delicate description of one area of Sundanese lexicogra... more This present study aims to capture a more delicate description of one area of Sundanese lexicogrammar, based on a text-based approach and with reference to other levels of the language such as discourse semantics and register. In particular, this study is inspired by SFL approach to language typology (Caffarel et al., 2004; Martin, 1996, 2004; Martin & Doran, 2015a; Quiroz, 2013; Rose, 2001). This study focuses first on a preliminary exploration of the system of TRANSITIVITY in Sundanese, by broadly mapping material, mental, and relational clause systems in Sundanese, taking as its point of departure the registerial variable field (Martin, 1992, 2013; Martin et al., in preparation). Following this, it focuses on material clauses in more details by considering the contributions of material clauses to realise meanings at higher strata of language, for example event figures in discourse semantics which in turn contribute to the configuration of the register variable field.
This study focuses on the investigation of Theme and Theme progression of students' Exposition te... more This study focuses on the investigation of Theme and Theme progression of students' Exposition text in a state university in Bandung. This study intends to explore how the students organized their ideas in the text seen from its schematic structures, Theme choice, and Theme progression. Besides, this study also intends to find out the aspects contributing to the creation of such texts. To meet the purposes, this study employs a descriptive-qualitative research design embracing the characteristics of a case study approach. The data are obtained from the collection of students' text and the interview. For the framework of text analysis, this study draws on Systemic Functional Linguistics theory, especially of the Theme system developed by Halliday (1994) and Halliday & Matthiessen (2004), and Theme progression developed by Fries (1994; 1995a; 1995b), Eggins (2004), and Bloor & Bloor (2005). This study reveals that the students indeed employed various textual strategies in writing Exposition text seen from the application of various Theme choices such as marked and unmarked topical Theme, interpersonal Theme, textual Theme, longer unit Theme, and predicated Theme to make their texts coherent. In terms of thematic progression, the students tend to make the text focus thus easing the reader to find the information by applying the Theme reiteration pattern. Besides, this study also reveals that the students are able to develop the text globally by the use of higher level Theme (macro-and hyper-Theme) which contribute to the cohesion and coherency of the text at global level. Meanwhile, from the interview, it reveals that there are some factors contributing to the creation of Exposition texts i.e. teaching program, students' prior knowledge of the text structure, and additional efforts in reading and searching materials from other sources. Based on the findings, it is recommended that Theme and Theme progression analysis can be applied in classroom practice to gain a better control of text organization and development. Besides, it is also suggested that further researcher can investigate the other texts or analyze the cohesive devices beyond Theme system.
This workbook is designed to help students write a literature review, specifically aimed at the f... more This workbook is designed to help students write a literature review, specifically aimed at the field of Applied Linguistics and/or those involved in project development. The material included in the workbook was initially developed by students enrolled in Educational Linguistics unit (LNGS7102) in semester 1, 2018 to aid first semester applied linguistic students to develop their academic writing skills. In developing this workbook, we carried out register analysis on sample literature reviews written by high scoring students to develop an understanding of the linguistic features of literature reviews. We used this analysis to develop the material for this workbook. We hope that other students will find it useful as well.
This workbook is an example of an outcome of subaltern linguistics, where a group of students worked together under my guidance to create a resource to support the needs of other students in our Department. Subaltern linguistics is an attempt to create material, resources, and practices that contributes to supporting our local communities.
Prosiding Seminar Internasional Kebahasaan "Memajukan Peran Bahasa dalam Kancah Kontemporer Bahasa Indonesia: Penguatan Strategi dan Diplomasi Kebahasaan di Berbagai Bidang", 2019
Makalah ini bertujuan untuk menelaah proyeksi nilai-nilai sosiokultural dan identitas pada sebuah... more Makalah ini bertujuan untuk menelaah proyeksi nilai-nilai sosiokultural dan identitas pada sebuah teks biografi yang digunakan sebagai materi ajar dalam Buku Sekolah Elektronik (BSE) Bahasa Inggris untuk Kelas X. Analisis teks menggunakan kerangka analisis semantik wacana dalam lingkup teori Linguistik Sistemik Fungsional (LSF), terutama konsep Ideation dan Appraisal, serta Transitivity digunakan untuk menguak bagaimana fitur-fitur kebahasaan memproyeksikan nilai-nilai sosiokultural dan identitas pada teks tersebut. Makalah ini membahas bahwa fitur-fitur kebahasaan, baik dari tingkat semantik wacana dan lexicogrammar, berkontribusi kepada pembentukan contesting dan conforming identities. Dari sisi semantik wacana, teks menyangkal gagasan terkait peranan yang kurang signifikan dari para wanita di dalam masyarakat, seperti memberikan penilaian-penilaian positif terhadap kegiatan yang dilakukan oleh tokoh pada masa perjuangan Indonesia. Dari sisi lexicogrammar, agentive dan participant roles mengurai representasi dua tokoh utama di dalam teks. Penyesuaian fitur lexicogrammar juga dilakukan dengan menggunakan konstruksi kalimat pasif untuk mengurangi dampak dari melakukan kegiatan-kegiatan yang bersinggungan dengan aspek ideologi/politik. Dengan demikian, teks tersebut dapat dikatakan berusaha untuk menyelaraskan solidaritas peserta didik dengan nilai-nilai nasional kolektif terkait wanita, kepahlawanan, dan kolonialisme.
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This paper explores and elaborates the recontexualisation of issues surrounding NAPLAN test in media texts through the lens of Systemic Functional Linguistics. In particular, this paper considers interpersonal meanings shared by journalists or media regarding the problematic construal of NAPLAN test in Australian context. To obtain a comprehensive view regarding interpersonal meanings construed in media texts, Appraisal analysis is deployed. Two different texts about a controversy of NAPLAN test in Australia are selected to be analysed: a hard news story and a comment piece. In addition to exploring interpersonal meanings in the texts, an image accompanying the hard news story and a cartoon relating to the controversy of NAPLAN test are analysed to find out the realisation of meanings across two semiotic modes (text and images). The results suggest that there are distinct patterns of realisation of evaluative meanings in these two texts. On the one hand, hard news story tends to use indirect evaluation of either judgment or appreciation when evaluating the issue. On the other hands, evaluative meanings shared throughout comment piece tend to be direct, negatively evaluates NAPLAN test and educational system as they are not potentially relevant in preparing students to face future success. In terms of text-image relations, results of analyses suggest that both texts and images orient readers to align with shared values regarding the problematic construal of NAPLAN test in the Australian context.
This workbook is an example of an outcome of subaltern linguistics, where a group of students worked together under my guidance to create a resource to support the needs of other students in our Department. Subaltern linguistics is an attempt to create material, resources, and practices that contributes to supporting our local communities.
This paper explores and elaborates the recontexualisation of issues surrounding NAPLAN test in media texts through the lens of Systemic Functional Linguistics. In particular, this paper considers interpersonal meanings shared by journalists or media regarding the problematic construal of NAPLAN test in Australian context. To obtain a comprehensive view regarding interpersonal meanings construed in media texts, Appraisal analysis is deployed. Two different texts about a controversy of NAPLAN test in Australia are selected to be analysed: a hard news story and a comment piece. In addition to exploring interpersonal meanings in the texts, an image accompanying the hard news story and a cartoon relating to the controversy of NAPLAN test are analysed to find out the realisation of meanings across two semiotic modes (text and images). The results suggest that there are distinct patterns of realisation of evaluative meanings in these two texts. On the one hand, hard news story tends to use indirect evaluation of either judgment or appreciation when evaluating the issue. On the other hands, evaluative meanings shared throughout comment piece tend to be direct, negatively evaluates NAPLAN test and educational system as they are not potentially relevant in preparing students to face future success. In terms of text-image relations, results of analyses suggest that both texts and images orient readers to align with shared values regarding the problematic construal of NAPLAN test in the Australian context.
This workbook is an example of an outcome of subaltern linguistics, where a group of students worked together under my guidance to create a resource to support the needs of other students in our Department. Subaltern linguistics is an attempt to create material, resources, and practices that contributes to supporting our local communities.