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Eline Visser – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2024
Yamdena is an Austronesian language of eastern Indonesia. Although many language materials are available, the language has received very little scientific attention. In this article, I present the Yamdena corpus, which includes glossed legacy materials and original fieldwork. I also give an up-to-date introduction to Yamdena grammar, sketching its…
Descriptors: Malayo Polynesian Languages, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Phonology
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Sutrisno, Adi – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2020
Google Translate is a free and practical online translation service that allows millions of people around the globe to translate words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs into an intended target language. However, in 2015, some Google Translate users in Indonesia, filed complaints, asserting that the machine was often inaccurate, speculating that…
Descriptors: Translation, English, Indonesian, Accuracy
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Fitrawati; Safitri, Dian – International Journal of Language Education, 2021
Students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) are expected to master the fundamental of grammar so they can produce good essays. However, despite having learned English at the secondary or university level, students tend to make many grammatical errors in their writing. This study presents the grammatical errors made by college EFL students in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Grammar, Verbs, Error Patterns
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Linarsih, Andini; Irwan, Dedi; Putra, Muhammad Iqbal Ripo – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2020
Decades-long researches in a language in contact field have proved that when a learner learns a new language, his/her knowledge regarding their first language might interfere with their learning. If it occurs, the learning process will be more challenging. The data in this research was collected by using document study technique on twenty-five…
Descriptors: Indonesian, Interference (Language), Grammar, Verbs
Asikin-Garmager, Eli Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation provides a formal and functional analysis of grammatical voice in Sasak, an Austronesian language spoken in Eastern Indonesia. The research addresses two primary questions, which are (1) how does Sasak clause structure and morphosyntax vary across dialects? and (2) what shapes speakers' syntactic production, namely grammatical…
Descriptors: Malayo Polynesian Languages, Foreign Countries, Morphology (Languages), Syntax
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Lobel, Jason William; Paputungan, Ade Tatak – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2017
This paper consists of a short multimedia introduction to Lolak, a near-extinct Greater Central Philippine language traditionally spoken in three small communities on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. In addition to being one of the most underdocumented languages in the area, it is also spoken by one of the smallest native speaker populations…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Language Skill Attrition, Language Research, Grammar
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Manik, Sabar; Purba, Normina; Rostina – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This study aimed at investigating linguistic errors committed by students majoring in Non-English Department in writing English composition. A total of 20 first year students at Economic College IBBI Medan who have taken an English subject course were involved in this study. Their compositions were analyzed for the purpose of scrutinizing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Writing (Composition), Writing Skills
Nagaya, Naonori – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study presents the grammar of the Lewotobi dialect of Lamaholot, an Austronesian language spoken in the eastern part of Flores Island and neighboring islands of Indonesia. Lamaholot belongs to the Central Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of Austronesian, within which it is in a subgroup with the languages of Timor and Roti. The number of speakers…
Descriptors: Malayo Polynesian Languages, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Dialects
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Gozali, Imelda; Harjanto, Ignatius – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2014
The need to improve the spoken English of kindergarten students in an international preschool in Surabaya prompted this Classroom Action Research (CAR). It involved the implementation of Form-Focused Instruction (FFI) strategy coupled with Corrective Feedback (CF) in Grammar lessons. Four grammar topics were selected, namely Regular Plural form,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Language Usage, International Schools