Papers by Isvanelly Anwar
This paper aims at finding out the types of themes and the thematic patterns used in the discussi... more This paper aims at finding out the types of themes and the thematic patterns used in the discussion texts written by the third year students of English Department of Universitas Negeri Padang. This study used a descriptive qualitative method taking 20 students of English Department of Universitas Negeri Padang as the participants who were asked to write a discussion text based on the suggested topics. The data were analyzed using a content analysis method. The results of data analysis indicate that the four types of themes – simple unmarked theme, simple marked theme, multiple unmarked theme, multiple marked theme – are used in the students’ discussion texts. Then, the thematic patterns in the students’ discussion texts are: Topical, Textual^Topical, and Interpersonal^Textual^Topical. Simple unmarked theme is the thematic pattern found in all parts of discussion text and plays the most important role in building the arguments. It is concluded that the choice of types of themes and t...
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching
As a branch of linguistics, the role of morphology in learning English should not be taken carele... more As a branch of linguistics, the role of morphology in learning English should not be taken carelessly. As the study of internal structure of words, morphology provides a lot of knowledge necessary to develop students’ English proficiency. However, many English teachers are still not aware of its important role in successful and effective learning process because they tend to be busy searching for media, strategies or techniques which they consider effective in teaching. In relation to the importance of morphology in English language teaching (ELT), this paper aims at explaining the important role of morphological awareness and instructions in teaching English as a foreign language to junior high schools in Indonesia. This is a descriptive study using literature review as the method. The data were secondary data in the form of documents including articles, journals and books. The data were analyzed using a content analysis by reading and reviewing the documents. The results of the da...
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Papers by Isvanelly Anwar