In the Islamic boarding school settings as in Indonesia, all the students are required to master English language for their daily interaction, starting from year 7 up to 12. However, the students who are beginners may often feel challenged with it. The present of study, therefore, seeks to discover the students’ voices on English language uses outside classroom context at one of the Islamic boarding schools located in the Province of Gorontalo. The participants of this study were the students sitting at the junior high school level. Informed by a qualitative approach, data were collected by using observation fieldnotes and interview protocols, and analyzed using a thematic analysis. The findings showed that there were four themes representing students’ voices: lack of preparation, language learning preference, language use preference, and English use challenges. The findings suggest that the boarding school may need to create programs that encourage the students to learn and master English, and to facilitate them in making the most of their English language learning.

The purpose of this study is to examine the English translations of brochures published by the Tourist Board of Gorontalo Province Government in Indonesia. This quantitative study looked at tourism brochures, both in Indonesian and English, as the source of data. The data were analyzed by considering the frequency and percentage to assess the problems of the English translation used as promotional material. The results reveal that the most frequent problems were syntactic problems (61.54%), followed by semantic problems (26.37%) and miscellaneous problems (12.09%) respectively. This study is expected to contribute to the form of feedback and implications regarding the level of problems and effectiveness of the promotional material in English for future improvement. The results of this study can also be used to develop a model for the use of effective and persuasive English to improve the quality of tourism promotion material by the aforementioned party so that there will be an increased number of interest in foreign tourists visiting Gorontalo in the future. The implication in language learning especially in translator training is also considered.

Difficulties in delivering and understanding presentations can be due to several factors, especially in the psycholinguistics aspect, and due to errors. This research aimed to investigate the types of pauses and repetition and to describe the factors affecting pauses and repetition produced by English Department students during their proposal presentations. It uses a qualitative descriptive design by applying Dardjowidjojo theories. This research was completed with two data collection instruments: audio-visual material and structured interviews. The types of pauses and repetition obtained by audio-visual material and the factors affecting the pauses and repetition gained by structured interviews. By random purposive sampling, five (5) students were selected as the participants of this research. Some aspects are found in this research the first is Pauses which are divided into silent expiration, silent respiration, fillers, and discourse markers. The second is repetition, divided into repetition of words and sentences. The data analysis showed that psychological constraints, word choice, language interference, and limited English proficiency are the factor affecting pauses and repetition. Briefly, pauses and repetitions were made by all the participants during their proposal presentation.

The title of this article is the discourse structure of cases verdict in the district court (a study of legal language). This article discusses several elements that compose verdict in a criminal case, such as heading, the identity of the defendant, the attorney's indictment, witnesses' testimony, the testimony of the accused, and the verdict statements. This study employed the qualitative method to find out the scientific facts. This article is aimed at proving that discourse structure can be used as a framework in unraveling a case verdict.