Journal of Translation, Linguistics and Literature

a Contrastive Analysis of Prefix Usage in Batak Toba and English: Morphological Perspectives

Heppy Theresia Sitompul — 2024-11-12

ABSTRACT:This study aims to investigate and describe the differences in prefix usage in English and Batak Toba from a morphological perspective. This research employs a qualitative method with a descriptive approach. Data were taken from an English short story titled “The Mysterious Disappearance” and a Batak short story titled “Mandiori Pulungan”, both accessed from the internet. The findings indicate that there are significant differences in the use of prefixes between English and Batak Toba, both in form and meaning. Each language has a unique prefix system that affects word meaning differently. In conclusion, contrastive analysis reveals fundamental differences in prefix usage in these two languages.

The perception of cursive writing towards spelling accuracy among Year 3 primary school students

Smita Kaur Baljandar Singh — 2024-11-12

Cursive writing has always been a part of our life to write. Its inclusion into the KSSR curriculum of Malaysian English classroom has brought about various positive remarks towards learning competency. However, there is an unexplored issue that worth noting focusing on cursive writing application towards improving spelling accuracy. There is limited research on this issue, thus it is worth to be researched. Hence this study aims to analyze the association between gender with application and motivation to use cursive writing for spelling accuracy. It also investigates the significant differences between males and females when focusing on application and motivation to use cursive writing for spelling accuracy. The instrument used is a questionnaire with 9 items. The items are divided into two dimensions, namely application and motivation. A total of 80 students participate din this study. SPSS Software was used to analyse the data given. The results show that there is no statistically significant association between gender , the application and motivation of using cursive writing. The study also found out that the female participants generally have higher application scores compared to male participants. Female participants also tend to have higher motivation scores compared to those male participants. There has been a positive feedback between the idea of cursive writing application towards improving spelling performance. The insertion of cursive writing in the national syllabus is indeed helpful for students to apply it in the classroom for the context of this study

A Pycholinguistic Approach on Language Production of Monolingual and Multilingual Children

Claudya Siagian — 2024-11-11

This study aims to determine the comparison of language production in monolingual and multilingual children. In comparing these two studies, two previous studies will be compared, namely research from Murni Mahmud, et al. 2022. Language Production Of Children Aged 6 Years Old: A Psycholinguistics Study and Maria Klara, et al. Language Production among Multilingual Children: Insights on Code Mixing. In the comparison carried out, it was found that monolingual children had obstacles in thinking in composing to say what was on their minds, while multilingual children tended to accidentally speak in mixed languages, but the obstacle was that sometimes the person they were talking to did not understand the language of the speaker.

A Analysing the Accuracy in Translating Indonesian Explanatory Text into English Taught in Eleventh Grade at Privated Senior High School of HKBP Lintong Nihuta

Rohanna Sinambela — 2024-11-11

This research aims to show the level of translation accuracy of class XI students at HKBP Lintong Nihuta Private High School for the 2023/2024 academic year. In this research, there were several problematic phenomena that occurred during previous observations in class XI. where there are still many students who do not understand good translation techniques, which often results in errors in the translation results. This creates confusion among students about good translation, for example; Students don't know how to use grammar properly; student translate the sentence by word for word so, the meaning of the sentence is not conveyed properly. and students lack mastery of English vocabulary. The method used in this research is a qualitative descriptive method because it is based on phenomena that occur. The data source used in this research uses explanatory text taken from the Detikcom website. The procedural technique used is qualitative data analysis. There were 20 students who took part in carrying out the translation of this text. The findings obtained were none of the students that get the Highly accurate and there are only 6 (30%) students that get that accurate level, and 12 (60%) students for the less accurate and there are 2 (10%) students that gets the Inaccurate level. So, it can be concluded that students' level of accuracy is still at the level Less accurate

The Relationship between Class Size and Students' Achievement in English Reading Comprehension among Year 4 Students

Purrnimaa Mathavan — 2024-09-26

Class size has a significant impact on the reading comprehension of young learners. Research suggests that smaller classes can improve academic performance, including reading comprehension, by increasing student participation and individual progress. This study investigates the relationship between class size and students' achievement in English reading comprehension among Year 4 students. A quasi-experimental research design was employed, involving a mixed-methods approach incorporating quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. The results suggested that smaller class sizes have a positive impact on student's achievement in English reading comprehension compared to larger class sizes. The results of the study align with previous research, suggesting that smaller class sizes lead to better student performance. The findings of this study have implications for policy-making and educational practice, highlighting the importance of considering class size as a factor in promoting students' academic achievement.