There are many
approaches in discourse analysis. One of them is appraisal analysis. As one of
discourse analysis approaches, appraisal analysis is concerned with the
linguistic resources for by which texts/speakers come to express, negotiate and
naturalize particular inter-subjective and ultimately ideological positions.
Within this broad scope, the theory is concerned more particularly with the
language of evaluation, attitude and emotion, and with a set of resources. That
is concerned with those meanings which vary the terms of the speaker's
engagement with their utterances, which vary what is at stake interpersonally
both in individual utterances and as the texts unfolds cumulatively, For
example in poetry and song lyrics. Moreover, this an approach to exploring, describing and
explaining the way language is used to evaluate, to adopt stances, to construct
textual personas and to manage interpersonal positioning and relationships.
Thus it explores how speakers and writers pass judgements on people generally,
other writers/speakers and their utterances, material objects. It explores how
attitudes, judgements and emotive responses are explicitly presented in texts
and how they may be more indirectly implied, presupposed or assumed.
To what extent can Word Sort technique improve the students’ vocabulary mastery In teaching English for young learners, vocabulary is one of crucial parts that should be properly taught if it is to be successful. Without a sufficient vocabulary, the students cannot communicate effectively or express their idea in both oral and written forms. Furthermore, the students are expected to master vocabulary and its grammatical rules to make communication as well to another student. On the other hand, lack of vocabulary can cause problem for them to maintain communication. Therefore, if the students have ability in understanding the words and meaning, they do not only know the words, but also can use the words in the context. English is one of the compulsory subjects at Primary school Darma Yuda, Pekanbaru, which is normally taught twice a week, 70 minutes in each meeting. In this school English becomes a compulsory subject, which has been taught from grade one to grade six. Then,
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