Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics  

Ahmad Sirulhaq,Indra Listyo,Maria Adriani,Siti Aisyiyah

Gender relations in Indonesian social practices tend to marginalize women, as manifested in various methods and instruments. One of them is the use of language in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (online KBBI), an Indonesian dictionary compiled by the In... see more

Akhmad Hairul Umam,Setiono Sugiharto,Christine Manara

Published studies on translingual practice in the pedagogical realms have burgeoned in the current literature, generating important insights into how communication has become dynamic and fluid. However, these studies have focused almost exclusively on fac... see more

Anuncius Gumawang Jati

This study examines participants’ expectations, perception of the learning experience, and factors contributing to satisfaction with the MOOC of a technology-focused TPD program, a professional development initiative focused on enhancing English teachers’... see more

Diana Kartika,R. Kunjana Rahardi,M. Aziz,Wahyudi Rahmat

Speeches are often construed to exert one’s power while projecting a political intent towards the audience. This research examines how power is reflected in speeches by Shinzo Abe, a former Prime Minister of Japan, through the categorisation of speech act... see more

Ghuzayyil Mohammed Al-Otaibi

Binomials, as a sub-type of collocation, are made of two connected words (e.g., heaven and earth). Similar to other lexical collocations, binomials can be idiomatic, ambiguous, or culture-specific. More importantly, binomials are found more commonly in re... see more

Hari Bakti Mardikantoro,Muhammad Badrus Siroj,Esti Sudi Utami,Endang Kurniati

Social media users come from various circles with different social and cultural statuses which will bring up diverse language variations. Additionally, language variations in speech events on social media certainly have characteristics that are distinctiv... see more

Mohd Ridzuan Md Nasir,Mary Fatimah Subet

With reference to the Malay Language Secondary School Standard Curriculum, proverbs in Malaysian contexts are one of the language aspects that students needs to use integrated in the language teaching. This research identified proverbs in the Malaysian se... see more

Mulyana Mulyana

This research is an exploration into a wedding ceremonial discourse (WCD) in the contexts of Javanese traditional ceremonies. In doing so, the study focuses the observation in the practices in Yogyakarta and the surrounding regions, where Javanese traditi... see more

Afendy Widayat,Ghis Nggar Dwiadmojo

This ethnolinguistic analysis delves into the world of Panakawan characters in the Javanese play "Semar Mbangun Kahyangan," unveiling the profound tapestry of Javanese philosophy into their portrayal. The Panakawan, celebrated for their wit and linguistic... see more

Alek Alek,Umar Abdullah

Phatic expressions serve a vital role in daily communication, fostering the strengthening of social bonds and the maintenance of interpersonal relationships among conversational participants. Despite their significance, a comprehensive investigation into ... see more

Dmitry S. Khramchenko

Contemporary English-language media discourse exerts a powerful influence over public opinion and attitudes, necessitating an exploration into the nuanced mechanisms of persuasive communication. This study examines the concept of synergistic pragmatic eff... see more

Majid Hojjat,Zuwati Hasim

Considering that previous research had predominantly focused on explicit FFI as the preferred method to enhance explicit and implicit knowledge, This study examined the impact of implicit form-focused instruction (FFI) on learners’ explicit and implicit k... see more

Nur Arifah Drajati,Lynde Tan,Agustina Tyarakanita,Surya Agung Wijaya

Despite the widely-cited potential of digital storytelling (DST), its use in EFL education remains under-explored in Indonesia. Thus, EFL pre-service teachers (PSTs) in Indonesia are not sufficiently prepared to create digital and multimodal teaching mate... see more

Rina Supriatnaningsih,Ahmad Yulianto,Lispridona Diner

Despite the available rubrics, assessing speaking objectively has been a debatable issue to language assessment experts mostly due to the dependence on the raters’ authority. Scoring speaking performance often results in unfairness since subjectivity may ... see more

Syahfitri Purnama

This study investigated the pragmatic aspects of verbal attacks within Indonesian courtrooms, specifically examining speech acts and their alignment with Grice's maxims. While previous research has explored verbal attacks in legal contexts, this study is ... see more

Winda Setia Sari,Faruk Faruk,Ursula Hurley

Reading motivation has been extensively studied in online reading settings. However, little is known about what makes people want to read fiction online, especially in a foreign-language setting. As part of the growth of digital literature and cybernetics... see more

Hailay Tesfay Gebremariam,Abate Demissie Gedamu

While much literature has been used to investigate authentic assessment practice in the field of education, particularly in the context of language classrooms, a study investigating the demographic profiles of teachers and their relation to authentic asse... see more