Vol. 9 No. 2 (2026): Jurnal Ilmiah Langue and Parole

Reading plays a central role in English language education, particularly in higher education contexts where learners are required to engage with complex academic texts. Despite its importance, reading instruction is often designed without sufficient consideration of learners’ actual reading needs, resulting in misalignment between instructional objectives, materials, and students’ academic demands. This study aims to explore how reading-based needs analysis can be integrated into syllabus design and material development in English language education. Employing a qualitative, curriculum-oriented research design, the study analyzes curriculum documents, instructional materials, and reading-related learning practices within an undergraduate English language education program. Data were derived from document analysis, classroom observations, students’ reading-related tasks, questionnaires, and reflective records. The findings indicate that students initially experienced difficulties in understanding academic texts, applying reading strategies effectively, and engaging confidently in reading activities. After the integration of reading-based needs analysis into syllabus design and material development, improvements were observed in students’ reading engagement, comprehension processes, strategy use, and attitudes toward academic reading. The revised syllabus emphasized progressive reading skills, while the developed materials incorporated structured reading stages, explicit strategy instruction, and discipline-related texts. These findings suggest that reading-based needs analysis serves as a crucial foundation for developing responsive syllabi and effective instructional materials that address learners’ academic reading demands. The study highlights the importance of positioning needs analysis as an ongoing pedagogical framework in reading-oriented curriculum development.

This study investigated the English language needs of Electrical Engineering students at a vocational school Indonesia within the context of the digital age. Adopting a mixed-methods design, the research combines questionnaires, interviews, and classroom observations.  the research identifies students’ linguistic necessities, lacks, and wants using established English for Specific Purposes (ESP) frameworks.  Questionnaires were designed to assessed students’ self-perceived English skills and their preferences regarding skill priority. Then, interviews were conducted with English teachers. Based on the interview and questionnaires, the researcher found quantitative and qualitative data. The research’s findings demonstrated the importance of reading and vocabulary competence and their actual competence. Reading is prioritized as essential for interpreting technical manuals, safety documents, and equipment specifications, yet most students report low confidence and ability. Through surveys, interviews, and classroom observations, this research identifies the key linguistic skills required, evaluates the gaps in current curricula, and recommends pedagogical strategies tailored to digital and industry-specific demands. The results highlight a growing need for domain-specific vocabulary, reading comprehension of technical texts, and the ability to communicate in digital environments such as online forums, video tutorials, and remote collaboration platforms. The findings advocate for an ESP (English for Specific Purposes) approach integrated with digital literacy and project-based learning approaches to enhance professional readiness.

This research employs a pragmatic approach to analyze speech acts in the Eighth Grade by Bo Burnham. The primary objective is to identify the types of illocutionary acts used by the main character that reflect anxiety, as well as to determine the most dominant type of illocutionary act found in the film. The method used is observation, with data collection procedures involving: (1) downloading the film and its transcript, (2) watching the film while verifying the accuracy of the transcript against the spoken dialogue, (3) noting relevant utterances, and (4) classifying the speech acts based on the illocutionary act frameworks proposed by John Searle (1979) and George Yule (1996). The analysis is conducted descriptively to categorize the types of illocutionary acts and to identify which type is most frequently employed by the main character. The findings indicate a total of 56 speech acts in the film, consisting of 17 representative acts, 5 commissive acts, 10 directive acts, 1 declarative act, and 23 expressive acts. Among these, expressive acts are the most dominant, accounting for 23 utterances or 41.06% of the overall data.

This research entitled Comparison between Gunungsitoli and Teluk Dalam dialects in Nias Regency: Social Dialect Study aims to analyze the similarities, changes and differences in lexical forms and to determine the matrix language in the use of the Nias language along with the levels of speech used by the Gunungsitoli and Teluk Dalam communities, especially in the Nias communities in Lubuk Buaya and Pasar Obsolete. The method used in this study is qualitative and quantitative with a descriptive type, namely describing the form and shape and calculating the percentage comparison between the Gunungsitoli and Teluk Dalam dialects obtained from the results of interview data transcription. The data obtained are in the form of Nias dialect vocabulary. The data collection technique used is the observation technique using the interview method then transcription is carried out, so that the data can be analyzed according to the research instrument. The theory used in this study is the theory of lexical, dialect and matrix language. The results of the analysis indicate that GN is the dominant dialect (ML) and TD is a contributing dialect (EL) with a percentage level in the lexicon of the same form and the same meaning at 61.69%; lexical form changes meaning is the same in 8.65%; and lexical form different meaning is the same in 28.5% between GN and TD. The existence of similarities, changes and differences in form between Gunugsitoli and Teluk Dalam dialects in Nias is caused by geographical conditions which are the main cause.

This research aims to analyze the use of politeness strategies in rejection and praise on the youtube channel Caught In Providence. This research uses (Brown and Levinsons 1987). Politeness theory to identify and classify the strategies used by Judge Frank Caprio and the defendants during interactions in the courtroom. Data were collected using purposive sampling from 20 of the most popular videos with over 5 million views, which contained expressions of rejection and praise. The method used was qualitative descriptive analysis to examine linguistic features, social context, and actions that threaten or preserve face. Face-threatening activities (FTAs) and face-saving actions (FSAs) in conversations were analyzed. The results of the research indicate that positive politeness and negative politeness strategies are often used to maintain mutual respect and minimize potential conflicts. In cases of rejection, Judge Frank Caprio tends to use indirect language, softened language, and empathy to protect the negative face of the defendants. Meanwhile, in situations involving praise, positive politeness strategies, such as giving praise, humor, and expressions of solidarity, are more dominant. This research shows that interactions in the Caught In Providence courtroom combine legal authority with interpersonal harmony and reflect a high awareness of social relationships and public perspectives.

This research  examines the struggle of the character Mathilde in asserting her right to speak and the forms of resistance she shows against the patriarchal structure within her husband's family in Morocco. The research also highlights Mathilde’s independent attitude, demonstrated through her refusal to submit to her husband's authority and her ability to make her own decisions. This research uses a qualitative approach with content analysis as the method, in which the researcher analyzes written sources such as novels, articles, and relevant books. The main focus of this study is to identify and classify the forms of Mathilde’s resistance against patriarchy, as well as actions that reflect her independence. The analysis reveals 9 data points representing Mathilde’s resistance to patriarchal structures and 7 data points showing her independent behavior in the novel In the Country of Others by Leïla Slimani. This study applies feminist theories by Tong (2014) and Djajanegara (2000) as the theoretical foundation to identify and explain the issues being analyzed. Data were obtained from written sources such as books, articles, and literary texts, and then analyzed to explore gender dynamics and women’s struggles within the context of patriarchal and colonial cultures. This research contributes to the understanding of how female representation in postcolonial literature reflects complex social realities, and opens up discussion about the importance of women’s voices and independence in facing oppressive systems.

The title of this research is "Analysis Signs of Controversial utterances in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code". This research aims to, the first, explain the linguistic sign of controversy in the values of humanity and second, explain the meaning of the sign through the analysis of denotation meaning and connotation meaning. The type of data in this research is descriptive qualitative (Creswell, 2007) and uses a semiotic analysis approach method with the approach of two semiotic theories Saussure's Signifier and signified, to find what are the signs of controversy language used by Dan Brown in the novel The Da Vinci Code and using Barthes' denotation and connotation theory to find what are the meanings of the signs of controversy, this research using three steps of data analysis techniques namely reduction, data display and verification. The data collection method used in this research is the observation method (Kothari, 2004), and using documentation techniques as data collection techniques. In the observation method, research is carried out by reading, recording and identifying signs and meanings.In this research, 24 signifier and signified data were found that explained the linguistic signs of controversial utterances in human values and through the analysis of denotation and connotation meanings, 24 denotation and connotation meanings were found that explained the meaning of the signs in the controversial utterances. Based on the results of data analysis of controversial utterances signs found in the novel The Da Vinci Code, through linguistic sign analysis and analysis of denotation and connotation meanings, it can be concluded that the novel The Da Vinci Code, contains language signs and meanings that are controversial in human values where Dan Brown uses violent language such as the word murder, insults, and signs that contain the meaning of discrimination or crime

This article concerns about students’ ability in creating narrative text. Narrative is one of texts that should be mastered by english students in writing class. The objectives of this research are to know students’ errors in writing narrative text. The errros are in using simple past 2) the use of passive voice, simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, and comparison degree. The population of the research was students of enlgish eduaction of UPI YPTK Padang. Sample was students of second semester in 2024/2025 academic year. They were ten students. The research used test as instrument. The data were taken by asking students to write a narrative text. The result of the study showed that students had different ability in wrting narrative text.

The ability to write scientific papers is an important competency that students must possess. However, teaching scientific writing in universities still faces various obstacles, such as students' poor ability to develop ideas, understand the structure of scientific papers, and apply theory to writing practice. This study aims to analyze the need to develop a Team-Based Project–Flipped Classroom (TBP-FC) model for teaching scientific writing in universities. The study used the Research and Development (R&D) method with the ADDIE model in the needs analysis stage. The study subjects consisted of 30 students and lecturers teaching Indonesian Language at Putra Indonesia University (YPTK) Padang. Data were collected through questionnaires and interviews. The results indicate that students require a learning model that is interactive, flexible, can be studied independently, and can help them understand the scientific writing process more effectively. Furthermore, lecturers also require a learning model that can increase student engagement in the learning process. The findings also reveal that existing learning methods are still predominantly teacher-centered and have not fully facilitated collaborative learning, critical thinking, and independent learning skills. Students expressed a strong need for learning materials that are accessible anytime and anywhere and support project-based activities. Based on the needs analysis, the Team-Based Project–Flipped Classroom model is deemed relevant for development as a solution for teaching scientific writing in universities.