<p>Deixis is one of the important studies in pragmatics. It is a word or phrase that can refer to a person, place, or time in the speakers' utterance. Usually, each deixis has a different function.  That function relies on the context of deixis both implicitly and explicitly. Then, the objective of this research is to find the types of deixis and divulge the function which is applied in the speaker utterance. The writers used the descriptive qualitative method to analyze deixis in the two soundtracks lyric of <em>The Greatest Showman</em> movie, they are <em>the greatest show</em><em> and</em> <em>This is me</em>. The results of the analysis found that there are five types of deixis in the two lyrics; person deixis, spatial deixis, temporal deixis, discourse deixis, and social deixis. The functions showed that deixis provides the information and gives a reference to the deixis word. This analysis is important to understand the speaker's intends in the song by the use of context deixis.</p>

This research discussed the effectiveness of learning English writing using the Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD) and lecture-based learning method. The two methods were applied in two classes of second-year students, and they were given a writing test over one semester. The first class was using STAD and the second class with lecture-based learning. Around 80 students were classified into visual and auditory learning styles based on the questionnaires filled in. The results in the statistical analysis provide important insights into the learning achievement of both visual and auditory learners modeled by STAD. Using the STAD method, they have accomplished considerably higher scores on academic writing achievement than the students who are taught by lecture-based learning. Therefore, it brings a positive effect and association with the students’ learning styles.

This research investigates the composing of the portmanteau word in food and beverage names or brands in Indonesia, referring to the types of blending in the source word proposed by John Algeo. Based on the linguistic and cultural view, the fact shows the name or brand of foods and beverages carry their characteristics, identities, and motives in its usage. The descriptive qualitative method is applied in this study by collecting the English food and beverage name or brand taken from offline and online searching. Offline data is searched by the observation in Mall, shop, and restaurant. Online data is gained from the internet web starting from March up to May. The collected data from online and offline is tabulated all together into blending types then shorted the source word to reveal the structure of the word class and its phonology. This study brings out the blending process results into four categories: Complex Clipped Word, Back Clipped Word, The combination of Fore and Back Clipped Word, and Phonemic Overlapping and Clipping. The culture in the portmanteau words (the English foods and beverages name) is revealed in the origins of the source words (Borrowing word). They are 13 borrowed words composed of the name of English foods and beverages. This study is important to develop the fundamental aspects of blending in English food and beverages in Indonesia by looking at the linguistic view and its relation to cultural view.

This research discussed the taste of Peranakans Tionghoa in listening to Indonesian and Chinese music and its relation to cultural identity. The history of the settlements in Chinatown at Glodok, Jakarta, Indonesia, brought ethnic and cultural issues. Then, the assimilation was inadequate that caused the elimination of the original culture and finally form a new culture. This research questioned how the Peranakans Chinese cultural identity was formed and related to the taste of listening to Chinese and Indonesian music using Hall’s perspective of cultural identity. A qualitative method was used to describe, explain, and analyze data. Data in the research consisted of observation and interview of the 30 Peranakans Tionghoa at Glodok, covering the area of mall, café, and restaurant. The collected data were classified into similarities and differences from each aspect. The classification was linked to the three groups who preferred to listen to music and find their cultural identity. The result shows that the taste of Peranakan Tionghoa in listening to Indonesian and Chinese music depends on the elements and the function of music. Those aspects emphasize the language to understand what the song tells about. Further, the music could be an intermediary for cultural unification from both origins of (Chinese and Indonesia) who are fused to the relation of the cultural identity. Related to identity, Peranakans Tionghoa is becoming an identity.