Students’ Application of Systematic Functional Linguistics on EFLs’ Blog Website

Seriani Hutasuhut (IAIN Padangsidimpuan, Indonesia)
Octa Vina Harahap (IAIN Padangsidimpuan, Indonesia)

Abstract


The study aims to investigate the Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) as a method for analyzing text. The Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) has a nearly limitless range of applications. Social media has become an important platform for everyone to broadcast information, opinions, and emotion freely and borderless in today's society especially on blog. Using a qualitative method, this research focused on the outcome of the students’ ability in applying SFL on social media. The data are taken from Blog-Web media of English Education Department Students IAIN Padangsidimpuan. The findings lead to the conclusion that the application of Systemic Functional Linguistics on Blog was good. Interpersonal meaning occurred in 9 times or in percentages of 45% of written clauses entires. It signifies that its ability to inform and persuade readers goes optimal. However, linguistic approaches must be improved in order for the texts to sound more understandable.

 


Keywords


Systemic Functional Linguistics, Blog-Website. Applying

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24952/ee.v9i02.4807

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