KARIWARI SMART : Journal of Education Based on Local Wisdom

Islamophobia in American Against Muslims in “My Name is Khan” Film

Amirah Asmaniar Muslimah Rahim — 2024-07-30

This research discusses Islamophobia that occurs in America in the film "My Name is Khan". The purpose of this study is to find the main causes and consequences of the emergence of Islamophobia in America in the film "My Name is Khan" from various aspects using the theory of Bunzl and Matti (2007). The researcher found two main causes of the emergence of Islamophobia in America, namely physical violence and prejudice. The author also found various consequences of the emergence of Islamophobia in three main aspects, namely social, economic, and psychological. This research uses a qualitative method where the data does not contain numbers and is taken from written and spoken data. The results of this study found that the most common cause of the emergence of Islamophobia is dominated by prejudice which is the main driver of the emergence and spread of Islamophobia in America with the most consequences found in the social aspect.

The Interplay between L1 and L2 Writing Proficiency

Ferri Yonantha — 2024-12-09

Today, there is still a combative discussion on the domination of mother tongue (L1) use on second/foreign language acquisition (L2). Particularly, whether or not the use of mother tongue directly affects the ability to write in L2. Experts differ in their opinions on whether mother tongue positively or negatively affects foreign language writing proficiency. This study aims to investigate the interplay between Indonesian (L1) and English (L2) and how significant L1 influences students' ability to write in L2. The case is for Indonesian University context specifically on how L1 applied at pre writing stage could bring some impacts on their English writing. A pre experimental one-group-pre-test-post-test design was employed involving 15 students of English Education Major of a public University in Indonesia as the respondents who were examined through a Purposive Sampling technique. In addition, to analyze the obtain the data of students’ writing proficiency Pre-test and post-test were conducted as research instruments. Finally, the findings showed that the Sig.(2-Tailed) value is 0.001 < 0.05 with the conclusion that there is a significant interplay of the use of Indonesian language on the students' writing ability in English which if represented by 47%.

Analysis of Cultural Aspects in the Movie “Eat, Pray, Love”

Firda Yanti — 2024-12-09

Humans use language as a tool to communicate with each other. Language can create a meaning that someone wants so as to prevent conflict in society. Language is also not only used for communication about everyday life but is also very important in intercultural communication with others, with the aim of spreading existing cultures so that they are preserved. Talking about culture and language certainly includes types of culture, where culture contains aspects that can be found in various literary works, one of which is movies. Movies are a form of literary work that can explore various studies, including cultural aspects. This thesis focuses on the cultural aspects of the activities of the characters in the movie. In analyzing cultural aspects, of course, it cannot be separated from the characters who play an important role in the movie or are usually called the main characters and supporting characters. In this study, the we used the theory of Cortazzi and Jin (1999). To analyze the data, the we used the anthropolinguistic approach and descriptive qualitative methods. The results of the study were obtained from the movie transcript, which was then interpreted and explained in detail. Based on the results of the study, there are three types of culture spoken by the main character. The three types of culture are source culture, target culture, and international culture.