A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON ENGLISH POSTERS AND BANNERS IN YOGYAKARTA

By
Tri Rahmawati
03004100

ABSTRACT

       This research entitled “A Discourse Analysis on English Posters and Banners in Yogyakarta” is aimed at describing types and features of cohesion and the situational contexts that commonly occur in the English Posters and Banners In Yogyakarta.
       This Research uses descriptive qualitative research, using the content analysis method as the technique of analyzing research, because the researcher describes and the produced data are in the form of words and sentences. The data are the texts and the Sources of the data in this research are taken from the English Posters and Banners in Yogyakarta. In collecting the data, the writer uses observation and recording method, while the technique of collecting data is in looking for the English Posters and Banners in Yogyakarta and then take a picture of the English posters and banners. The instruments are data card, data sheets, and the writer. Then identified and classified based on the discourse analysis.
     The result finding shows based on the frequency and percentage are the types of cohesion that occurs in the English posters and banners are the grammatical cohesion with the highest frequency that consists of Conjunction (34.43%), subsequently followed by Reference (32.79%), and Ellipsis (27.87%). And the Lexical Cohesion only consists of repetition (4.91%). The fact is grammatical cohesion represents the most prominent type of cohesion which typically characterizes the texts of English posters and banners. The features which dominate the occurrence of conjunction are additive conjunction and causal conjunction (38.10%), temporal conjunction (14.28%) and adversative (9.52%). The second most prominent type is reference (32.79%) and the features that dominate are demonstrative reference (100%). The situational contexts in English posters and banners consist of the relevant features of participants that refers to the public or the readers of English posters and banners. The topic is related to the advertisers informing and promoting their advertisement in the form of English posters and banners. The setting taken on the streets. And the purpose of English posters and banners is to make the public or the readers easy to understand and interested in the advertisement texts of English posters and banners. The advertisers of English posters and banners use simple and short language in these advertisement texts because the advertisers want to make the publics or readers easy to know the content so the publics or readers are interested in the advertisement.

THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTS’ EDUCATION TOWARDS STUDENT’S ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI I GODEAN IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2007/20

THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTS’ EDUCATION TOWARDS STUDENT’S ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI I GODEAN
IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2007/2008

By
Retno Yuniati
03004051

ABSTRACT

        This study is intended to know the influence of parents’ education towards students’ English achievement of the second year students of SMA Negeri I Godean in Academic Year 2007/2008. Parents education is tested as independent variable (X) while the students’ English achievement as dependent variable (Y).
        The population of the research is 160 students of the students of the second year of SMA Negeri I Godean in academic year 2007/2008. The writer takes 106 students out of 145 students as the sample of the research. The sample is selected by using probability-sampling technique in which the sample utilizes Krejcie table. The data of the parents’ education were collected by using documentation from school officer and the data of students’ English achievement were collected by using documentation from the English teacher. The data were analyzed by utilizing descriptive and inferential statistic and the hypothesis is analyzed through Pearson Product Moment Correlation technique and Multiple Regression Analysis.
       By analyzing the result of the research, it was found out that the mean of parents’ education is 6.04 and the mean of students’ English achievement is 6.52. The result of hypothesis testing shows that there is no significant influence of parents’ education towards the students’ English achievement. The result of analysis proves that the value of r obtained (0.022) is lower than the value of r table (0.195). The effective contribution of parents’ education towards students’ English achievement is 0.1%. It means that the parents’ education gives a very little influence (0.1%) towards the improvement of the students’ English achievement. The fact shows that the student’s English achievement is not only determined by parents’ education but also determined by other factors.

THE INDONESIANIZATION OF ENGLISH VERBS IN INDONESIAN PRINTED MEDIA

By
Dewi Sariwati
02004213

ABSTRACT

The research entitled ‘The Indonesianization of English verb in Indonesian Printed Media’ is intended to find out the forms of the Indonesianization of English verbs in Kompas newspaper and the kinds of the Indonesianization of English verbs mostly used in Kompas newspaper.

This type of research belongs to qualitative research. It does not use any statistical procedure. The writer takes the sentences that contain the verbs from English in Kompas newspaper. The process of data analysis includes identifying, categorizing and drawing conclusions.

The result of the research shows that the forms of the Indonesianization of English verb are in original form and with certain adjustments. The kinds of Indonesianization of English verbs are: based on the object of a sentence and based on the relationship between the verb and the object. Based on the object of a sentence, it consists of transitive verb and intransitive verb. Transitive verb can be divided into two kinds, they are: monotransitive verb and bitransitive verb. Based on the relationship between the verb and the object, it consist of active verb and passive verb. Based on the research, the Indonesianization of English verbs in Kompas newspaper frequently used is Indonesianization of English verb in the form of active verb.