Marwito Wihadi
Universitas Kuningan, English Education Program, Faculty Member
This research aims to analyze and identify intrinsic elements in the form of theme, figurative language, and diction, then analyze extrinsic elements in the form of social elements in poetry making and analyze racism reflected in Audre... more
This research aims to analyze and identify intrinsic elements in the form of theme, figurative language, and diction, then analyze extrinsic elements in the form of social elements in poetry making and analyze racism reflected in Audre Lorde's poems entitled Power (1978), Who Said It Was Simple (1973) and A Woman Speaks (1984). The method use in this research was a qualitative method. Reading the poem in order to comprehend its overall meaning and discover the meaning which was primarily the essence related to the topic was how the data was collected. This research, there were found 16 data from three themes, 42 figurative languages, 38 dictions, and 17 racism data from three Audre Lorde poems. In addition, There were various manifestations of racism in the poem "Power," including skin color, injustice, segregation, and racial prejudice. The poem "Who Said It Was Simple" has elements of racism related to homophobia, gender, and skin color. The poem "A wo...
The purpose of this study is to identify the politeness strategies used by Taylor Swift and Paul Rudd in the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon YouTube videos "Taylor Swift Talk Record-Breaking Midnight Album, Music Video Cameos and... more
The purpose of this study is to identify the politeness strategies used by Taylor Swift and Paul Rudd in the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon YouTube videos "Taylor Swift Talk Record-Breaking Midnight Album, Music Video Cameos and Easter Eggs" and "Paul Rudd Compares His Men's Health Shoot with Jonathan Majors' (Extended)" when they decide to use particular politeness strategies in communication. The research employed a qualitative descriptive method using an observational data collecting technique is applied to analyze the speakers' manner politeness strategies affect the communication between the speaker and hearer. Data collected from observation were analyzed using discourse analysis interpretation and were classified regarding the Brown and Levinson (1987) theory. This research found that the speakers both of Taylor and Paul prevalence the positive politeness strategy when they communicating in Jimmy Fallon’s show. the positive politeness strategy ...
This research aims to analyze the types of startup business development methods and their relations to entrepreneurship. The research was conducted using exploratory research, which focuses on various types of startup business methods... more
This research aims to analyze the types of startup business development methods and their relations to entrepreneurship. The research was conducted using exploratory research, which focuses on various types of startup business methods within the scope of entrepreneurship and describes them qualitatively. According to the analysis findings, several business startup development methods are relevant to today's business developments, including lean startup, lean canvas, design thinking, and agile. One of the four approaches, lean startup, is widely employed in establishing new enterprises. Lean startup is a business model in which the client serves as a trial object for the product being created in order to collect immediate feedback and make modifications depending on the demands of the consumer. In conclusion, entrepreneurship facilitated the presence of startup businesses by prioritizing meeting customer needs in accordance with the methods used to maximize business profits.
The textual meta function is about the verbal world, especially the flow of information in a text, and is concerned with clauses as messages. In each meta function an analysis of a clause gives a different kind of structure composed from... more
The textual meta function is about the verbal world, especially the flow of information in a text, and is concerned with clauses as messages. In each meta function an analysis of a clause gives a different kind of structure composed from a different set of elements. The aim of this study was to analyze and identify the functions took from three different online newspapers, Jakarta Post, Jakarta Globe, and Tempo, with the context of educational news on the topic, "Merdeka Belajar Curriculum". This study used a qualitative approach as its methodology. The data was taken from the websites of Jakarta Post, Jakarta Globe, and Tempo. A functional English grammar was employed to analyze the data. Based on the study's findings, it identified three themes present in the Jakarta Post, Jakarta Globe, and Tempo: topical, interpersonal, and textual. Topical theme consisted of 43.5% of the article is unmarked theme and 16.5% marked theme. Interpersonal theme consisted of 3% of the a...
The existence of technological media in the learning process has its own roles and challenges in this era of disruption. The purpose of this study is the extent to which the use of technological media supports learning English in junior... more
The existence of technological media in the learning process has its own roles and challenges in this era of disruption. The purpose of this study is the extent to which the use of technological media supports learning English in junior high schools and the equivalent. The research method used is the survey method. The research was conducted in 36 public and private junior high schools and Madrasah Tsanawiah in Kuningan Regency by collecting data through a Google form questionnaire. The results obtained turned out that of the 59 teachers who filled out the Google form, as many as 86.4% of English teachers used laptops, handphones with infocus, frequently used applications, Whatsapp 28.8%, Power Point 22%, Youtube 32.2%, and E-learning 16.9%. However, 88.1% stated that teachers had not maximized the use of technological media in learning English. On the other hand, from 200 students grade seven (19%), grade eight (40%) and grade nine (41%), there are 54.5% did not use technology medi...
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Mastering vocabulary in English is such an essential facet that learners would be able to own productive and receptive skill needed to get their messages across and decipher the conveyed ones towards them. This Class Action Research (CAR)... more
Mastering vocabulary in English is such an essential facet that learners would be able to own productive and receptive skill needed to get their messages across and decipher the conveyed ones towards them. This Class Action Research (CAR) aims at pinpointing the intervention of Crossword Puzzle as a medium of teaching-learning vocabulary on Personal Recount Text. Collaborating with the classroom teacher, its use in one class of eight graded students in a public junior high school in West Java is conducted together with the instruments of observation and tests. It is found out that Crossword Puzzle radiates the teaching-learning process positively on account of students’ enthusiasm and responses as well as profoundly inclines the mean of Pre-test, 40.61 to the one of Post-test, 80.60 aside from the majority of the students’ achievement to the success indicator score on vocabulary mastery in one Cycle. Despite its benefits to other parties, it is advisable that further research is to ...
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Advertorials as a writing genre composed in mass media persuade readers to use the products advertised. Stances as essential interpersonal aspects enact the writers’ evaluation of the subjects in a discourse. This paradigmatic discourse... more
Advertorials as a writing genre composed in mass media persuade readers to use the products advertised. Stances as essential interpersonal aspects enact the writers’ evaluation of the subjects in a discourse. This paradigmatic discourse analysis qualitative research focused on the text describing what attitudinal values were prevalent and how the writers manipulated them. An advertorial promoting beauty product was analyzed to depict the interpersonal meta functions employed. It was pinpointed that Affects, Judgments and Appreciation, sub-categories of Attitudes in Appraisal System, were completely present in which Judgment domains were overtly exploited. Subsequently, Capacity and Tenacity were preponderantly of prevalence in particular. Therefore, these were apt to the writer’s evaluation of judgment values over the products towards prospective buyers, namely Indonesian female Muslims. It is imperative that addition and comparison of other forms of discourse to explore Attitud...
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Working on writing argumentative essay instructions has been practices in a non-formal language learning settings. Yet, its students' pursued claims are not fully explored as an evaluativion of how student-writers interact as... more
Working on writing argumentative essay instructions has been practices in a non-formal language learning settings. Yet, its students' pursued claims are not fully explored as an evaluativion of how student-writers interact as conveying arguments with the readers. Investigating the linguistic resources on which they develop and evaluate these, two selected English Language essays were looked into regarding to exploitation of macrostructures in them. Subsequently, they were captured within the framework of appraisal theory as to emerge various trends relative to the employment of engagement resource types, combined with the other resources in confirming claims: graduation and attitudinal ones. It was pinpointed that the essays were low-graded notifying substantial numbers of monoglossic resources with low-considered attitudinal items. They failed to recognise other voices and alternative positions. Their construction of evaluative meanings provided feedbacks, enhancing classroom t...
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This paper investigated the effect of teacher�s written feedbacks in recount writing competence and the students� attitudes towards written feedbacks. Giving written feedbacks helps students to decrease their errors and gives guidance in... more
This paper investigated the effect of teacher�s written feedbacks in recount writing competence and the students� attitudes towards written feedbacks. Giving written feedbacks helps students to decrease their errors and gives guidance in writing as a beginner writer. This study employed a quantitaive and qualitative research design. The experimental group given written feedbacks. For measuring the effect of written feedbacks, a pretest and posttest was administered to both group. Meanwhile, for getting their attitudes toward teacher�s written feedbacks was administered questionnaire and open-ended interview. Based on the data, teacher�s written feedbacks gave positive effects on their improvement in recount writing competence. The result of questionnaire and interview showed that students got real guidance and special attention individually in their writing process as a beginner writer.Keywords: written feedbacks, recount writing competence, attitudes.
Research Interests: Psychology and Attitudes
This research draws on a sociolinguistics study of slang word commonly encountered in social media aimed to conduct to identify the types and analyze the function of slang. The data are elicited from natural conversation among the members... more
This research draws on a sociolinguistics study of slang word commonly encountered in social media aimed to conduct to identify the types and analyze the function of slang. The data are elicited from natural conversation among the members of Potatoes Crew WhatsApp Group. This research uses a case study qualitative method for in-depth analysis so as to understand the activity and the process of their using slang words. The result of this research identifies seventy slang words or phrases. The classification of categories of slang types are fresh and creative (41,4%), flippant (0%), imitative (20%), acronym (18,6%), clipping (20%). Regarding the slang functions, the variety of coverage are to address (8,6%), to reveal anger (7,15%), to show intimacy (7,15%), to form intimate atmosphere (0%), to humiliate (20%) and to initiate relax conversation (57,1%). Fresh and creative slang type is the most preponderantly used by the members while the function of slang word mostly found is to init...
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This study was focused on analyzing the existence of Thematic Progression in selected written texts taken from “Creative English Workbook” for tenth grade students in Senior High School. The objectives of this study were to find out the... more
This study was focused on analyzing the existence of Thematic Progression in selected written texts taken from “Creative English Workbook” for tenth grade students in Senior High School. The objectives of this study were to find out the patterns of Thematic Progression employed in selected written texts and to reveal what the patterns of Thematic Progression indicate in selected texts. This study was conducted by using a qualitative method emphasized on Critical Discourse Analysis. In this study, eighteen written texts in three different genres were collected from “Creative English Workbook” for tenth grade students in Senior High School through document study. The result of this study showed that three Thematic Progression patterns were employed in selected written texts, namely Theme Reiteration, Zig-zag Theme, and Multiple-Rheme. Theme Reiteration predominated with 97 occurrences or 60.3% (12 occurrences two narrative texts, 37 occurrences in six descriptive texts, and 48 occurre...
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Abstract: Writing activities entail the activation of students’ present wisdom so that students are pedagogically encouraged to be involved. This paper revealed what the teacher designed, observed and reflected in a lesson of... more
Abstract: Writing activities entail the activation of students’ present wisdom so that students are pedagogically encouraged to be involved. This paper revealed what the teacher designed, observed and reflected in a lesson of argumentative writing project in which students’ ideas onthe decided topic were profoundly manipulated. It was initiated by the review of necessities of discourse markers to build a sound paragraph and a format of argumentative essay for eight High Intermediate High School Students in a non-formal English Institution. Subsequently, they embarked to weigh the essence of the topic based on their own wisdom interactively. Essentially, it also disclosed the elaborated accounts of how the 4Cs principles, that are collaboration, creativity, communication and a certain extent of critical thinking that students were exposed as completing the writing project held in the classroom. On the basis of questionnaire responding to the writing activities and teacher observation...
Considering the values of teacher questioning in language learning. this research investigates the real practices of teacher questions in the speaking class at a private university in Bandung. The present study aimes (1) to find question... more
Considering the values of teacher questioning in language learning. this research investigates the real practices of teacher questions in the speaking class at a private university in Bandung. The present study aimes (1) to find question types that the teacher employs in teacher-student interactions, (2) to find the teacher’s question modification techniques when communication breakdowns occur, (3) to find out the effects of teacher-posed questions on students’ oral production, (4) to find out the reason(s) why the teacher employs a particular question type the most frequently. A teacher is involved as a research participant, teaching 20 freshmen majoring in English Department at a Language Faculty. Two sessions are attended and video-taped by the researcher whose role is as a non-participant observer. Data are obtained from observations and a guided interview. All data are analyzed and described qualitatively and quantitatively to answer the research questions. The study reveals th...
: High Intermediate-2 students’ brief responses in a discussion forum cause a long-expected discussion last in a couple of minutes in mixed-ability classes, depicting a minority of students are overtly dominant, while others are precisely... more
: High Intermediate-2 students’ brief responses in a discussion forum cause a long-expected discussion last in a couple of minutes in mixed-ability classes, depicting a minority of students are overtly dominant, while others are precisely passive. What yields discussions endure immaturely stems from both unclear roles of participants and their inadequate techniques to expand both interactions and spoken discourse. Therefore, Teacher-researcher assigned each participant in a discussion group of three to put reflection into practice, referring to the self-selected and discussed topics. The data were gained through non-participant observations, in which the teacher-researcher observed and recorded a singled-out group. A sample recording was, subsequently, transcribed and analyzed regarding with the number of exchanges in a five-minute discussion intake and the number of content words that students generated. It was found that employing reflective techniques, students were able to keep a...
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Expressing modality in Appraisal is cordially expected to be prevalent in argumentative writings in that writers in the Engagement System set up negotiation or alternative points of views. Three conveniently selected student-writers�... more
Expressing modality in Appraisal is cordially expected to be prevalent in argumentative writings in that writers in the Engagement System set up negotiation or alternative points of views. Three conveniently selected student-writers� hortatory argumentative essays in English in which they were course-instructed in an accredited language institution were linguistically analyzed as to pinpoint their aptness to employ particular modality, furthermore to discuss the feasible resource factors on their employment. It was found out that they were prone to be lack of commitment as they delivered their stances, therefore attempting the readers to be engaged in an argumentative discourse to construe the meanings. Subsequently, they had difficulty in manipulating epistemic and deontic modality, owning mundane syntactic constructions and imparting limited device ranges. Therefore, applicably explicit genre-based instructions are in the need, bearing in mind the factual functions of modality in ...
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Lexical semantic changes were pinpointed on three distinct generations of Kuningan Region so as to find out their tapestry and figure out their prevalent influential factors. They were both analyzed and identified by the employment of the... more
Lexical semantic changes were pinpointed on three distinct generations of Kuningan Region so as to find out their tapestry and figure out their prevalent influential factors. They were both analyzed and identified by the employment of the qualitative descriptive method with questionnaires and interview as data collection techniques. It was shown that referring to 141 appearances, broadening and narrowing meaning took up respectively 24.82% and 7.09%. Meanwhile, both Ameliorization and Pejorization made up 29.07%, while Taboo comprised 9.92%. Subsequently, it was notified that all factors were of prevalence, namely linguistic,historical,psychological,social causes, foreign language influences, and novel word needs. It is concluded that typical types of lexical semantic changes as well as their determining factors are prevalently identified. It is imperative that corpus study be implemented and timelines related- lexical semantic changes be touched upon for the further research.
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This research presents an interpersonal meaning analysis of two online news concerning Ahok�s blasphemy case in the two online news portals. The two selected news coming from The Jakarta Post and Republika.co.id were analyzed to find out... more
This research presents an interpersonal meaning analysis of two online news concerning Ahok�s blasphemy case in the two online news portals. The two selected news coming from The Jakarta Post and Republika.co.id were analyzed to find out the mood types and to describe the underlying reason of the news from the differences of modality system. This descriptive qualitative research involved the analysis of mood and modality types of clauses identified. As results, it shows that the interpersonal meaning was applied. Yet, not all mood or modality types appeared in the two online news. There is only one mood and one modality type appeared, namely indicative which is declarative type and modalization which is probability type. Therefore, it can be concluded that both writers used the same mood and modality types in the online news of Ahok�s blasphemy case as well as their interpersonal meaning are determined by contextual factors such as the aims or needed in giving information about the ...
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This research investigates the presupposition in the slogans of consumer advertisement of the Jakarta Post newspaper on March 2016 edition. This research aimed at finding the types of presupposition and describing the functions of... more
This research investigates the presupposition in the slogans of consumer advertisement of the Jakarta Post newspaper on March 2016 edition. This research aimed at finding the types of presupposition and describing the functions of presupposition in advertisement found in consumer advertisement slogans of the Jakarta post newspaper. Yule’s theory and descriptive qualitative research method applied in this research. 20 slogans of consumer advertisement of the Jakarta Post newspaper on March 2016 edition selected to this research. The result of this research showed that the writer found 20 presuppositions. 11 existential presupposition or 55%, 4 factive presupposition or 20%, 3 lexical presupposition or 15%, and 2 non-factual presupposition or 10%. Regarding the function of presupposition in advertisement, the writer found 17 slogans advertisement contains implicit competition, and 11 slogans advertisement contains making the advertisement short and memorable. In conclusion, not all ...
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As a part of teacher talk paradigm, Modification of Teacher's Questions plays a pivotal role in language teaching in the classroom. Substantially, teachers' agility to vary its typology enhances students' understanding so as... more
As a part of teacher talk paradigm, Modification of Teacher's Questions plays a pivotal role in language teaching in the classroom. Substantially, teachers' agility to vary its typology enhances students' understanding so as to facilitate their comprehensible inputs. Hence, students are spurred to produce intelligible language outputs at full. This paper aims to portray the existent Question Modification Techniques conducted in a mixed-ability class at a well-established private university. Two sessions were video-taped, then teacher-student interaction was transcribed and analyzed so that the practiced techniques were profoundly revealed. Upon the presented findings, a partial part of presenter's Master's Degree Thesis, the question modification essence is discussed, regarding the elaboration of what, when, why and how posed question modification techniques should be imparted. Furthermore, it relates to the identity of the teacher subject, concerning her beliefs...
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Working on writing argumentative essay instructions has been practices in a non-formal language learning settings. Yet, its students’ pursued claims are not fully explored as an evaluativion of how student-writers interact as conveying... more
Working on writing argumentative essay instructions has been practices in a non-formal language learning settings. Yet, its students’ pursued claims are not fully explored as an evaluativion of how student-writers interact as conveying arguments with the readers. Investigating the linguistic resources on which they develop and evaluate these, two selected English Language essays were looked into regarding to exploitation of macrostructures in them. Subsequently, they were captured within the framework of appraisal theory as to emerge various trends relative to the employment of engagement resource types, combined with the other resources in confirming claims: graduation and attitudinal ones. It was pinpointed that the essays were low-graded notifying substantial numbers of monoglossic resources with low-considered attitudinal items. They failed to recognise other voices and alternative positions. Their construction of evaluative meanings provided feedbacks, enhancing classroom teach...