Abstrak Artikel Vol. 8 No. 1, April 2008

KESERUMPUNAN BAHASA INDONESIA-MALAYSIA
DALAM ANCANGAN PENGAJARAN BAHASA INDONESIA
Cece Sobarna


Abstract: This article addresses the diverting development of the Malay language as the origin of the national languages in Indonesia and Malaysia. The Indonesian and Malaysian people originate from one ethnic family, the Malay, and so does the language. However with different cultural contacts, the languages of the two nations have developed in conformation with the ways their respective society grows. This has resulted in the emergence of, among others, different grammatical aspects in each language. These aspects have generated communicative constraints among speakers of both languages upon interactions. The constraints, evidenced among Malaysian students studying at Padjadjaran University, are analyzed and the results are used as part of the teaching strategies of Indonesian as a foreign language.

Key words: language learning, teaching strategies, deviations

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PERUBAHAN MORFOLOGIS
PADA PROSES SINTAKSIS APLIKATIF
Diyas Puspandari


Abstract: The article discusses the applicative syntactic process (proses sintaktis aplikatif/PSA) in the Indonesian language. The purpose of analyzing the process is to describe the morphological transformations of verbs and the types of adverbials to which the process can be exercised. The analysis is conducted in the following procedure: data collection, data analysis, and presentation of analysis results. Data are collected from books on linguistics and from the writer’s observations. After the data are paraphrased, the analysis is done to generate utterances which grammatical and meaningfully acceptable. The analysis shows that PSA when applied to the six adverbial functions transforms the respective verbs morphologically.

Key words: morphological transformations, applicative syntactic process (proses sintaktis aplikatif/PSA), Adverbial, Object

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SUARA PEREMPUAN DALAM NOVEL SUNDA PUPUTON ‘BUAH HATI’
KARYA AAM AMILIA
Retty Isnendes


Abstract: This study aims to disclose the women’s voice in Puputon ‘Buah Hati’, a novel in the Sundanese language by Aam Amilia. The purpose of this disclosure is to make meaning of the women’s voice as it manifests in 1) the body and sexuality of women characters, 2) the language they use, 3) their diction, 4) their reactions toward an unequal gender realtion, and 5) the position of women culture. Using an analytical descriptive method, the analysis starts with a textual analysis with a gender-based theoretical perspective. The findings indicate two positions for women, as women writers and as literary figures. They are voiced by way of embodiment, language, privilege rights, strategies for dealing with ambivalent social constructs and the women culture as well their conscious processes.

Key words: women voice, gender, Sundanese culture

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PENGEMBANGAN MODUL MATAKULIAH EVALUASI PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA DAN SASTRA INDONESIA DENGAN MODEL PENGEMBANGAN SISTEM
Sri Wahyuni


Abstract: The study aims at producing learning materials in the forms of modules for the course of Indonesian Language and Literature Evaluation (EPBSI). The model chosen is the system development model adapted from Kemp (1985) and Dick and Carey (1990). Three sets of modules are produced consisting of (1) lecturer’s guide, (2) course modules, and (3) students’ worksheets. These end products has undergone four stages of try-outs and revisions: 1) experts’ try-out, 2) individual try-outs, 3) small group try-outs, and 4) field try-outs. The findings from these try-outs and revisions indicate that these module are effective to use in the EPBSI course.

Key words: development, modules, EPBSI course, system approach

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PEMBELAJARAN ANALISIS TEKS BAHASA PRANCIS
MELALUI PENDEKATAN SEMIOTIKA
Soeprapto Rakhmat,Yadi Mulyadi, Iis Sopiawati


Abstract: The study is conducted with the purpose of identifying the significance of the semiotic approach in the teaching of French text analysis, its effectiveness, and its strengths and weaknesses in comparison to the communicative approach. The study employs a quasi-experimental method which is conducted to fifth semester students at the Study Program of French Education FPBS UPI. The analysis of data collected comes up with an increase in the students’ mean of grades with a pre-test mean of 16.06 and a post-test mean of 22.06. Thus, it is concluded that the use of a semiotic approach with a perspective on cultural knowledge has improved the students’ capability in analyzing French texts.

Key words: semiotic approach, cultural knowledge, intercultural competence

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KESESUAIAN BUKU AJAR BAHASA INGGRIS DI SEKOLAH DASAR
DENGAN KARAKTERISTIK PEMBELAJAR USIA DINI:
STUDI KASUS SEPULUH BUKU AJAR BAHASA INGGRIS DI BANDUNG
Gin-Gin Gustine, Wachyu Sundayana


Abstract: The study analyzes the suitability of elementary school English textbooks to the learners’ characteristics. The data for the study are randomly taken from ten textbooks used in the Bandung area. With reference to young learner characteristics and the criteria of a good text-book, the data are then analyzed and examined. The findings show that only 30% of the sample can be included into the category of a good textbook.

Key words: textbooks, young learners

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PEMANJANGAN KONSONAN DAN INOVASI LEKSIKAL:
BUKTI HUBUNGAN BRUNEI-SAMBAS
Haji Jaludin Bin Haji Chuchu


Abstract: Brunei-Sambas relations have been researched from different perspectives such as history and archeology and have resulted in convincing findings. Local historians have acknowledged that the relation begun during the era of Sultan Tengah (Raden Hamzah, 2007, Haji Abd. Karim, 2007) in Sambas with the marriage to Princess Sukadana in the 16-th century. This is a valid historical fact. However, this paper does not discuss this relation but it is a discusiion on the relation between Sambas and Brunei which grew long before the time mentioned above. Linguistic evidence fom data collected from informal interviews and from the compilation of Swadesh vocabulary have indicated the relation between Brunei and Sambas. This evidence also reveals the origins of the Malay language which will not be discussed in this paper. Data from the Sambas dialect of the Malay language are analyzed to disclose the Brunei-Sambas relations. The lengthening of consonants and lexical innovative relations will be discussed as the focus of the paper.

Key words: consonants, lexical innovation, Brunei-Sambas

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