Journal Corner of Education, Linguistics, and Literature

Improving Reading Skills Through the SAS Method Based on Interactive Website Media

Endah Meilani Sari — 2025-10-02

Early reading skills play a crucial role in determining students' success in advanced reading. Therefore, teacher attention and intervention are essential in developing early reading skills. Early reading is seen as the primary foundation for subsequent learning, which must be built solidly and managed effectively. This study aims to improve reading skills in elementary school students. One approach offered is the application of the Synthetic Analytical Structure Method (SAS) combined with the use of website-based interactive media. This method is expected to significantly improve students' early reading skills. The study used a Classroom Action Research (CAR) design, implemented in two cycles, each encompassing four stages: planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. Research data were obtained through observation, interviews, assessment, and documentation techniques. The research results show that the use of the interactive web-based SAS method empirically improves students' reading skills in the early stages. This is demonstrated by the increase in completion rates from the pre-cycle (45%) to the second cycle (88%). This not only improved reading technique (pronounced letters and words), but also increased comprehension and desire to learn.

Address Forms and Vocatives-Diminutives in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights

Veronika Esther Diah Kurniawati — 2025-10-11

This present study is devoted to exploring the use of address forms and vocatives-diminutives in Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, with a focus on the way the use of language portrays the dynamic between the main characters and their emotions as well as their interpersonal relationships. With the help of a framework introduced by Klaus P. Schneider (2003) that captures diminutives as pragmatic speech act modifiers, the aim of the study is to identify specific types of vocative-diminutives and how they are used, with particular attention paid to Heathcliff, Catherine Earnshaw, and Edgar Linton's utterances. Through the use of a qualitative analysis method and library research, this study examines the chosen chapters of the novel by looking closely at the text and categorizing them according to their uses of diminutives in vocative, synthetic, and analytic forms. According to the results of the study, 27 diminutive forms are identified, and the most prevalent use of diminutives is the use of vocative full names, with seven instances. Following this, analytic vocative-diminutives are present six times, and synthetic vocative-diminutives could be found five times. In the meantime, vocative first names, vocative kinship terms, and vocative titles are all present twice, respectively. In addition, diminutive first names occur twice as well, whereas diminutive full names do not occur nearly as frequently, with only one instance.

Exploring Qualitative Descriptive Methods in Korean Linguistic Studies

Eko Nur Cahyo — 2025-10-16

The current research aimed to uncover the use of the descriptive qualitative method in Korean linguistic studies, with the main objective of investigating how this method is applied in such research. This study is not merely theoretical but also practical, as it provides guidelines for conducting research in Korean linguistics using descriptive qualitative approaches. The objects of this study were scholarly articles and relevant books, as well as previous research reports selected through purposive sampling, analyzed using a qualitative approach with a library research method and documentation techniques for data collection. The findings reveal six stages in conducting Korean linguistic research with descriptive qualitative methods: problem identification, literature review, determining research objectives, data collection, data analysis and interpretation, and reporting of findings. Furthermore, data analysis involves four essential steps, namely data collection, data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusions. Although the descriptive qualitative method proves beneficial for research in Korean linguistics, it still presents challenges, particularly the potential subjectivity of researchers during data interpretation. Therefore, this research suggests that future studies should be supported by alternative perspectives, such as quantitative methods or a mixed-methods approach that combines both quantitative and qualitative methodologies in linguistic research.