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Engaging Linguistics and Literature: Perspectives and Insights Beyond the Curriculum The 2nd Forum on Linguistics and Literature (FOLITER) Engaging Linguistics and Literature: Perspectives and Insights beyond the Curriculum The 2nd Forum on Linguistics and Literature (FOLITER) Editors: Rohmani Nur Indah & M. Edy Thoyib English Letters and Language Department Faculty of Humanities Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University, Malang Engaging Linguistics and Literature: Perspectives and Insights beyond the Curriculum Rohmani Nur Indah & M. Edy Thoyib © Naila Pustaka, 2015 All Right Reserved by law. Prohibited quote or reproduce part or all of the contents of this book by any means, without the written permission of the publisher Editors: Rohmani Nur Indah M. Edy Thoyib Designer: Bayu Tara Wijaya First Published, Sept. 2015 ISBN: 978-602-1290-22-4 Published by: Kemutug 32 Ring Road Selatan Banguntapan - Bantul Yogyakarta 55191 Telp. 081217163820 / 081555788548 email: [email protected] in collaboration with English Letters and Language Department Faculty of Humanities Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University, Malang PREFACE HEAD OF THE ENGLISH LETTERS AND LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF HUMANITIES UIN MAULANA MALIK IBRAHIM MALANG Honorable the invited speakers, honorable presenters and participants of the second FOLITER Conference, distinguished guests, ladies, and gentlemen. First of all, may I invite you to express the grateful feeling to Allah, the Almighty and the most Merciful, for his blessing that we are able to attend the second Forum on Linguistics and Literature 2015 administered by the English Letters and Language Department, Faculty of Humanities, UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang. It is indeed such a great pleasure for us to extend the warmest welcome and the sincerest greeting to all participants of this favorable occasion. We would also like to express our profound gratitude to the conference committee members in organizing the event with full commitment and incredible dedication. This year’s forum takes Engaging Linguistics and Literature: Perspectives and Insights beyond the Curriculum as its theme. Such an issue is widely discussed in the recent postmodern global world, where established concepts and grand theories of linguistics and literature are reinterpreted and, in turn, affects the curriculum design and evaluation in the area of English Language Teaching. This tendency may also trigger the progress of linguistics and literature paradigms, not just within the curriculum but also beyond. The conference thus seeks to address the issues on the perspectives and insights in the application of the concepts of linguistics and literature in relation to the curriculum development. Our eagerness to hold the conference is one of the Department’s concerns on the increasing interests and demands for the higher quality of ELT which takes current issues in linguistics and literature as its bases for innovation. This conference is, therefore, supposed to be a momentous academic forum which may raise significant endeavors to escalate the ELT advancement with regard to linguistics and literature approaches. We hope that everyone will find the ideas presented in the forum inspiring and that the papers compiled in the proceeding enlightening for the engagement of linguistics and literature perspectives in the development of ELT curriculum. We wish great happiness and success to all parties supporting the forum. Malang, 1 September 2015 Head, Dr. Syamsudin, M.Hum. v | The 2nd Forum on Linguistics and Literature (FOLITER) Engaging Linguistics and Literature: Perspectives and Insights beyond the Curriculum | vi Table of Content LANGUAGE TEACHING Improving Reading Comprehension through ICT-based 3 Learning Strategy at Secondary Level Student Collaborative Learning by Employing Presentation, Practice, 12 and Production and Some Alternative Techniques in Teaching Grammar Teaching Grammar in EFL Contexts: Overtly or Covertly 19 Classroom Management: Collaborative Groups for Teaching 29 English Grammar in State Islamic University Sunan Ampel Surabaya The Role of Critical Reading in Developing the Ability of Writing 38 Comparative Literature Research Multiple Intelligences Theory in EFL Speaking Class: Its 44 Principles and Implications Structured Academic Controversy Model to Trigger Students’ 54 Active Participation and Critical Thinking English Corner as an Independent Learning Resource: The 63 Perception of Vocational School Students The Capability of the Seventh Semester Students of the 70 Department of English Teaching IKIP PGRI Madiun in Translating Idiomatic Expressions Fostering Students’ Active Learning in Speaking Class through 80 Project-based Learning How Simple Mind Mapping Can Enhance Young Learners’ 88 Pronunciation Ability Teaching Pronunciation to Students of the English Program 98 The Effectiveness of Project Work in Teaching English at 106 Islamic Boarding school Malang Area vii | The 2nd Forum on Linguistics and Literature (FOLITER) Improving Vocabulary of Occupational Health and Safety 117 Students through Multimedia Used in the Classroom The Implementation of Graphic Organizer (GO) in Teaching 129 Reading at Third Semester Students of IKIP PGRI Madiun Facilitating Listening Comprehension: Acquiring Listening 135 Strategies Cultural Transfer in EFL’s Writing Class 144 The Implementation of Teaching ESP: Problem and Solution 152 Relationship between Explicit Knowledge of Grammar and 160 Proficiency Level of the Students The Use of Fillers as a Speaking-Problem Solving In EFL 170 Learners’ Speaking Class Intercultural Learning via Online Chatroom of EFL Students 179 Interacting of English Foreign Language in Classroom 187 Activities at the Junior High School The Influence on Small Group Interaction Technique on 198 Student Achievement in Reading Comprehension The Development of English Textbook Based on The 206 Character Values In Curriculum 2013 For Secondary High School Students In Kabupaten Sumenep Madura LINGUISTICS World Englishes Issues for Indonesia as an Expanding Country 217 Stuttering Utterances Produced by an English Department 233 Student The Fluidity of Spoken vs. Written Genre: A Discourse Analysis 242 Perspective Metadiscourse and Rhetorical Moves in English Thesis 250 Abstract Contributing Factors Toward First and Second Language 256 Acquisition: A Manifestation of Krashen’s Affective Filter Hypothesis Engaging Linguistics and Literature: Perspectives and Insights beyond the Curriculum | viii Exploring Slang on Eminem’s Sing for the Moment Lyrics 264 Discovering Language and Identity in “The Pursuit of 271 Happiness” Cohesion on Essay Writing of Female and Male English 277 Department Students The Translation of Demonstrative References in the Thesis 283 Abstracts Gender Inequality: IRF Pattern in English as a Foreign 294 Language Classroom Vulgarity in Song of Salomon by Tony Morrison 302 Nuwun Sewu: Does It Express Politeness in Javanese 308 Context? Dialect varieties of Madurese language 320 Narrating Presence: The Exploration of Students’ Linguistic 329 and Cultural Background Women’s Speech Features Used by Women Politician 340 The Application and Violation of Maxims of Politeness Principle 350 in “Cinderella” Movie The Internationalism of Indonesia’s Language and Culture: in 357 the relation with Australia and Singapore Code Mixing in Indonesian Television Program: A Case of 363 Opera Van Java Speech Features Used By Willy Loman In Miller’s Death of A 370 Salesman Pragmatic Analysis on Teacher’s Questioning Functions 379 ix | The 2nd Forum on Linguistics and Literature (FOLITER) LITERATURE Double Consciousness in Indian American Immigrant Fictions 391 Simpanan Nyonya Besar: A Portraying of Social Reality in 401 Indonesia’s Society The Transformation of “Sleeping Beauty” into “Maleficent”: an 410 Ecranisation Study Cultural Hegemony in E.M. Foster’s A Passage to India and 419 Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss “They Call Me an OREO” Examining Prejudice and 426 Discrimination in Intra-Racial Racism An Absurdity in Isabel’s Choice as Depicted in Relativity TV 434 Series Comparative Literature: Collective Unconsciousness in Robin 441 Hood andSunan Kalijaga Woman Nationalism In Indonesian Novel 2012 449 The Local Wisdom Values in Indonesian Local Folklores and 456 How It Contributes to Character Education Raising the Students’ Intercultural Competence in Literature 462 Class toward the Asean Economic Community (AEC) Engaging Linguistics and Literature: Perspectives and Insights beyond the Curriculum | x LANGUAGE TEACHING Improving Reading Comprehension through ICT- Based Learning Strategy at Secondary Level Students Paulina University of Muhammadiyah Gresik [email protected] Abstract Problems in reading English text on junior high school students are mostly about how to read well and how to analyze the information in the text. The first problem is about how to read the text well. Most teachers in teaching English are rarely in commanding students to read the text aloud. Thus, some reading component enhancement are less mastered. As a result, students are scored bad in reading fluency. The second problem was analyzing information from the text. Mostly students can‟t decide the main idea and infer from the text or get some implicit information. The aim of the study is to investigate how ICT-based learning strategy improves student‟s reading comprehension at secondary level. It employs action research which includes planning, implementing, observing and reflecting. Some instruments such as observation, questionnaire, interview, and field note are applied to support
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