Discourse Analysis

Discourse Analysis
The Functions of Language
Language exists to serve three main functions: experiential, interpersonal, and textual. Language experiential function serves language users’ needs to make meanings of their ‘world’, to label the various experiences they have. In other words, language is used to represent users’ thoughts. It is user to label things, feelings, attitudes, [...]

General Instructional Objectives

 
General Instructional Objectives
 

Teaching Aids

There are many kinds of teaching aids used by English teachers in teaching EFL. The following are the aids which you have to be familiar with.
A. Visual Aids.
A.1. Blackboard
Blackboard is available in almost every classroom. It is used in almost every language teaching. The teacher usually writes definition, words, [...]

UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS’ NEEDS AND INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS’ NEEDS AND INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
 
Instructional design process is very complex. It is a systematic planning of instruction in which attention is ed elements (Kempf 1985:11). The four fundamental elements are objectives, materials, method, and evaluation. These elements are interrela sted in different ways, being sequential linear order (Tyler), reciprocal (Taba, Kemp), and sequentially [...]

Menengok Bahasan Psikolinguistik

Menengok Bahasan Psikolinguistik

Hakikat Psikolinguistik

Subpokok bahasan di atas telah membahas topik awal yang sangat penting dalam bab pengantar terhadap kajian psikolinguistik, yakni hakikat psikolinguistik. Pada pembahasan tersebut, dikemukakan sejumlah definisi psikolinguistik yang diberikan para ahli. Meskipun beragam, namun semua definisi secara umum merujuk kepada kajian bahasa dalam sudut pandang psikolog.
Selain itu, untuk mempermudah Anda dalam [...]

Cakupan Semantik

CAKUPAN SEMANTIK
Hakikat Belajar dan Pembelajaran
Dari uraian di atas; kita dapat menyimpulkan bahwa makna bahasa, khususnya makna kata, terpengaruh oleh berbagai konteks. Makna kata dapat dibangun dalam kaitannya dengan benda atau objek di luar bahasa. Dalam konsepsi ini, kata berperan sebagai label atau pemberi nama pada benda-benda atau objek-objek yang berada di alam semesta. [...]

The Principles of Classification Essays

The Principles of Classification Essays

Classification is one of the patterns of exposition. There are some principles in writing classification essays.

The principles of classification

One principle is applied at each level of classification

The member of the categories should not be overlap

It should be complete

Organizing the classification essay

Introductory paragraph

At least one developmental [...]

THE ESSAY

THE ESSAY

Elements of Essay
Main Parts of an Essay
An essay has three main parts: an introduction, a body, and a conclusion.

The introductory paragraph attracts the reader’s attention and informs the reader what your main topic of discussion will be. An introductory paragraph has two parts:

general statements

a thesis statement

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THE PARAGRAPH

THE PARAGRAPH

The Elements of a Paragraph

A paragraph is a group of related sentences which develops one main idea or one main topic. A good paragraph has five basic elements: a topic, a topic sentence, supporting sentences, unity and coherence, A topic is what the paragraph is about or what [...]