Authors:Agus Rahmat Pages: 1 - 25 Abstract: The aims of this research were to find out the categories and the functions of code switching used by the English teacher of SMK Negeri 1 Makassar. This research employed descriptive qualitative research design. The participant was one of all the English teacher of SMK Negeri 1 Makassar, this participant is taken by using purposive sampling technique. The instruments were observation and audio recording. The results showed that (1) The three category of code switching mentioned by (Appel & Muysken, 2006) are found by the researcher. There are six examples of tag switching category, fourteen examples regarding with inter-sentential as well as there are thirteen examples of intra-sentential code switching found by the researcher in EFL classroom of SMK Negeri 1 Makassar; (2) The four functions mentioned by (Eldridge, 1996) are correct because the researcher found the example of equivalence in the extract one, floor-holding in the extract two, reiteration in the extract three and the last, conflict control in the extract four. It means that the researcher supports the theory of the expert regarding with the functions of code switching in EFL classroom. PubDate: 2021-10-15 DOI: 10.31314/british.10.1.1-25.2021 Issue No:Vol. 10, No. 1 (2021)
Authors:Betty Sianturi Pages: 26 - 36 Abstract: Textbook as a source of learning enables students to practice and develop their thinking ability through exercises which are designed in a different level of thinking. This research aims to analyse the most frequent thinking skills in WH-Questions and to examine the extent to which the WH-questions emphasize high-level thinking. This research uses a descriptive quantitative research. The writer first collects the WH-questions taken from an English textbook entitled “Buku Bahasa Inggris Kelas X”, then classifies the data based on its level of thinking. This research uses Bloom’s Taxonomy revised by Anderson & Krathwol. The finding shows that the most frequent thinking skill is remembering with 49.65%, the understanding level is 24.13%, applying level is 1.39%, analysing is 17.94%, evaluating is 6.89%, and creating is 0%. Based on the result, the researcher concludes that the book which is issued by the Ministry of Education focuses on the lower level of thinking skills. This research is expected to give contribution in textbook evaluation.Keywords: textbook, thinking skills, content analysis PubDate: 2021-10-15 DOI: 10.31314/british.10.1.26-36.2021 Issue No:Vol. 10, No. 1 (2021)
Authors:Ramli Ramli Pages: 37 - 45 Abstract: The purpose of this research was to find out the racial issues that were contained in the poem and to find out the impact of racism on black people in the poem. The method used was descriptive method with a social approach. The researcher really understands the contents of the poem by reading it repeatedly, noting important parts, then compiling data that are directly related to this research. The results showed that in Jericho Brown's poetry, there were many issues of racism that occurred both from the past and the present. There were racism types that can be found in the poem, such as discrimination, injustice, skin color, segregation and slavery and in this poem, it is also found that there are racist acts against black people in the form of oppression, death, hunger, and death that happened to people. black skinned. In this study, it is explained that racist acts have a bad impact on those who experience them and there are many types of racist acts that can be understood. The conclusion of this research was various types of racist acts are found in three of Jericho Brown's poems entitled the tradition, at the end of hell, and langstone blue, namely discrimination actions, injustice, segregation, slavery and skin color by people with white skin against black people in the past and present. PubDate: 2021-10-15 DOI: 10.31314/british.10.1.37-45.2021 Issue No:Vol. 10, No. 1 (2021)
Authors:Mustofia Mustofia, Emil Eka Putra Pages: 46 - 64 Abstract: Abstrak The purpose of this research is to describe the functions of illocutionary act in “Oz The Great and Powerful” movie. This research is qualitative descriptive. The data for this research are taken from the utterances of main character. To collect the data, the researcher used observation method and non-participatory technique. To analyze the data, the researcher uses pragmatic identity method. The method of presenting the data, researcher uses informal method. From the data, the researcher found 55 utterances of illocutionary act. The researcher classifies then into five; assertive, directive, expressive, commissive and declarative. From 55 utterances of illocutionary act, the most frequent illocutionary act encountered by researcher is the directive because the main character of “Oz The Great and Powerful Movie” expresses many of his words directly, such as ordering, commanding, requesting, warning. The speech act that appears most frequently is directive illocutionary PubDate: 2021-10-15 DOI: 10.31314/british.10.1.46-64.2021 Issue No:Vol. 10, No. 1 (2021)
Authors:Fitrianita Febrina Ali, Moon Hidayati Otoluwa Pages: 65 - 77 Abstract: This study focused on the use of Stephen Greenblatt's theory to analyze the novel “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen. This study aims to determine the aspects of the novel by using the New Historicism approach. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The data used is written data and the technique used is reading notes. Based on the results of the data analysis, the researcher found several contexts of New Historicism in the “Sense and Sensibility”, namely historical context, social context, cultural context, and biographical context. Historical context to find out how historical factors contained in the novel are then compared to non-literary texts in that era. Social context to find out how the social situation at that time. Cultural context to find out how the culture of society at that time, and biographical context to compare whether the novel describes the life of Jane Austen in the real life. PubDate: 2021-10-15 DOI: 10.31314/british.10.1.65-77.2021 Issue No:Vol. 10, No. 1 (2021)
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