A research entitled “Reading al-Mutanabb i> and Its relation to the Three Caliphs of Abbasid: A Semiotic Analysis” aims to describe semiotically a relation between al-Mutanabb i> and the three Caliphs of Abbasid. The ...

With regard to the teaching of semantics, many semantics teachers find difficulty in deciding what to teach in their semantics classes. They have the opinion that concepts such as connotative meaning, social meaning, ...

This article mainly deals with the Plumpungan manuscript discourse, an ancient stone inscription found in the Salatiga area. The manuscript dates back to the 8th century and is one of the main historical sources of the ...

This article presents the linguistic phenomena in the text of Suharto’s cases both by the pros and cons sides. The texts are taken from internet accessed on May 30. 2008. The analysis used is referring to Fairclough’s ...

Teaching literature cannot be separated from the existence of literary works. Teaching literature at school can be a tool to improve the lack of students’ attitude and morality by introducing and delivering the masterpiece ...

The teaching of English in Indonesia has been marked with the frequent changes in the curriculum. However, those changes do not imply whatsoever any changes in the way teachers deliver lessons in a moment-to-moment ...

As a social practice, language is used to persuade, influence, argue, refuse, maintain, and to response one’s reaction. Using language, one may practically produce and reproduce authority. This article deals with the ...

The nature of English as an International Language (EIL) has significant implications in the area of English Language Teaching (ELT). The current essay will review the implications of EIL in three different areas: research ...

This article discusses some topics about reading comprehension such as the meaning of reading, levels of comprehension, reading process, and micro-skills for reading comprehension. Reading is the activity of perceiving ...

The language of “tamtsil” is the part of Arabic literature. It uses exemplification about something with others in which it locates in the Qur’an. The language of “tamtsil” in the Qur’an is divided into three parts: ...