Fahmi Gunawan Alimin

• Doctor of Linguistics
• Associate Professor at Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kendari

AI tools have enabled FLLs to navigate their journeys of learning languages. This poses several questions, particularly about the most common AI tools used in learning vocabulary and the attitudes of EFL Omani students toward using AI tools in learning English. A mixed-method research design was utilised, and the sampling included 236 respondents s...

Textbooks are often used to disseminate attitudes, values, and knowledge to reconstruct a discourse narrative. This study examines the neoliberalism values in the Indonesian textbooks of the Arabic language using Ghunter Kress's multimodal theory and the perception of Arabic language teachers in Madrasah Aliyah in Indonesia. The data was collected...

This study focuses on the study of the translation of the Qur'an in Tolaki culture in Southeast Sulawesi from the perspective of religious moderation and its influence on Islamic law, as well as the factors that influence the translation. The method used is the descriptive analysis of the verses of religious moderation in Tolaki culture and Islamic...

The present study aims to analyze the process of translating the Qur'an into Tolaki. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, participant observation, and document analysis. Analysis was conducted using Hans J. Vermeer's Skopos theory. The findings indicate that the translation process of the Qur'an into Tolaki is tailored to the translatio...

Despite the growing concerns of research discussing transcreation in translation studies from various perspectives, little empirical evidence reported the transcreation in Quranic translation as a religious sacred text. To fill this void, the present study aims to elucidate Qur'an translation in Indonesia from the perspective of trancreation and cr...

Although gender representation in Arabic textbooks has been extensively documented, little is known about it from the perspective of local textbooks. To fill this void, the present study aims to examine gender representation in Arabic textbooks at one of the most prominent Islamic Boarding Schools in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. This stu...

Despite the growing concerns of research discussing transcreation in translation studies from various perspectives, little empirical evidence reported transcreation in Quranic translation as a religious sacred text. To fill this void, the present study aims to elucidate Qur'an translation in Indonesia from the perspective of trancreation and critic...

Despite numerous previous studies that investigated the adoption of photovoice as the method to capture both students' and teachers’ past experiences in qualitative research and educational settings, more needs to be done to explore how student-teachers voice their learning experience (e.g., beliefs, emotions, values or perceptions) and, in particu...

Politeness refers to socio-cultural norms, conventions, or rituals in society. From a critical sociolinguistic perspective, the discourse of politeness is inseparable from social status and power. For instance, people who have a high social standing associate with a high level of politeness. This condition certainly has implications for a social hi...

The present study aimed to analyze the captions of TikTok application from the perspective of translation techniques, methods, and ideology. As a matter of fact, although many scholars have researched the application of TikTok as a learning medium, less is known about it from the perspective of translation studies. The data of this study were deriv...

Although research on Google Translate (GT) has been widely documented, there is a dearth of research examining Arabic lecturers' perspectives on GT from an appraisal point of view. This empirical research discusses how Arabic lecturers perceive the usage of GT as a tool for academics. The participants come from ten different Arabic language lecture...

This study aimed to examine the relationship between Arabization and Islamization discourses by Arabic commodification in the Muslim’s branding construction in Indonesian e-commerce media. Previous studies on Arabic commodification related to Islamism ideology were limited to textbooks, speeches, regulations, and news narratives. Similar practices...

While a plethora of scholars have explored a growing body of research on women’s involvement in Jihad, there is still a paucity of studies addressing it using the hybridity of transitivity analysis and critical discourse analysis. The present study examined a testament left by an Indonesian woman involved in what she fallaciously called ‘Jihad’. To...

Much research on textbook analysis has looked at diverse perspectives nested by the textbook authors, including gender equality. Although a growing body of research on gender representation in textbooks has been undertaken, there is a paucity of research on Arabic textbooks. This study aims to examine gender representation in Arabic textbooks for I...

While a growing body of research on translation strategy produced by novice translators have been undertaken by many scholars, there is a paucity of research on 'zina' and 'rafas' translation strategy from Arabic to Indonesian. To fill this lacuna, the present study aims to analyze novice translators strategy for rendering the words zina and raf...

Although research on cultural representation in textbooks has been widely discussed, little is known about the cultural representation in Arabic and English textbooks endorsed by the Indonesian government. This study investigates the cultural representation in the two textbooks to fill the lacuna. Nested in the conceptual framework of cultural repr...

Although many experts have examined hate speech on Facebook social media, little is known about the hate speech of the Kendari community. To fill this void, the empirical study examines Kendari community's hate speech on Facebook social media. The research adopted a qualitative research approach with a case study research design. Data were garnered...

Although research on cultural representation in textbooks has been widely discussed, little is known about the cultural representation in Arabic and English textbooks endorsed by the Indonesian government. This study investigates the cultural representation in the two textbooks to fill the lacuna. Nested in the conceptual framework of cultural repr...

Although many scholars have examined moral values in Indonesian primary school textbooks, there is a paucity of literature on the theme of adopting a combination of systemic functional linguistics-informed language appraisal and moral foundation theories. To fill this lacuna, the present study aims to analyse the representation of moral values in t...

Despite numerous previous studies that investigated the adoption of photovoice as the method to capture both students' and teachers' past experiences in qualitative research and educational settings, more needs to be done to explore how student-teachers voice their learning experience (e.g., beliefs, emotions, values or perceptions) and, in particu...

Albeit research into Qur’an translation has been widely undertaken, little empirical research reports on the ideology of translators, particularly from the translation technique perspective. This research, therefore, aims at exploring the representation of the ideology of Qur’an Translators in Indonesia. The present critical translation case study...

While studies on contextual coitus verses interpretations have been explored by many scholars, there is a paucity of research addressing the theme holistically and spotlighting the aspects of moral ethics of its communication. To fill this lacuna, this study aims to analyse the communication ethics of coitus words in the Qur’an. Two main questions...

Para pakar bahasa dunia telah banyak menaruh perhatian terhadap tipologi bahasa-bahasa di dunia seperti bahasa Inggris, Perancis, Jerman, Rusia dan bahasa-bahasa lainnya di nusantara. Namun, perhatian mereka terhadap tipologi bahasa Arab dan Indonesia masih terbatas dilakukan. Jika pun ada, penelitan itu tidak secara khusus membahas bagaimana polog...

Intercultural communication is a fundamental key to build social harmony. This study aims to investigate students’ perceptions on promoting social harmony through intercultural communication practices in Indonesia as a multi ethnic and multi culture country. It also investigates the elements that are needed to build social harmony in Indonesia...

Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji tuturan direktif bahasa pengasuhan anak pra-sekolah di Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian studi kasus. Data penelitian berupa tuturan direktif guru terhadap siswa dan tuturan siswa terhadap guru yang mengandung kesantunan.Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode obser...

Although research on the literal and interpretive translation methods have been extensively explored, little attention has been invested in criticizing these translation methods. This research aims to evaluate the interpretive translation method from the canon of translation studies by investigating some techniques, methods, and ideology of the tra...

Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji tuturan direktif bahasa pengasuhan anak prasekolah di Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian studi kasus. Data penelitian berupa tuturan direktif guru terhadap siswa dan tuturan siswa terhadap guru yang mengandung kesantunan. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode observ...

In a larger context, the issues on students’ feedback are usually caused by the ambiguity of feedback given by teachers which makes the students unable to use feedback (Hyland, 2003). Liu and Carless (2006) showcased that many students feel uncomfortable with the accuracy of peer feedback. Hyland and Hyland (2006) revealed that despite the importan...

Salah satu karakter khas manusia adalah bercerita dan mendengarkan cerita. Manusia menggunakan cerita untuk berkomunikasi dan memahami orang lain dan peristiwa. Manusia berpikir dan bermimpi juga dengan menggunakan cerita. Melalui cerita, budaya tercipta dan mengekspresikan pandangan dunianya dan mampu memberikan model identitas dan agensi masyara...

In a larger context, the issues on students’ feedback are usually caused by the ambiguity of feedback given by teachers which makes the students unable to use feedback (Hyland, 2003). Liu and Carless (2006) showcased that many students feel uncomfortable with the accuracy of peer feedback. Hyland and Hyland (2006) revealed that despite the importan...

Albeit the research into Junaid Sulaeman as the most famous Islamic Cleric in South Sulawesi was extensively undertaken, little empirical research addressed his political biography. This research aimed to explore his political Hijrah from Islamic fundamentalism to Islamic moderate. This research adopted a biography study design. To collect data, a...

Menerjemahkan ungkapan diskriminasi kelas sosial dan diskriminasi gender tidaklah mudah. Hal ini karena penerjemah dituntut untuk dapat menyampaikan pesan bahasa sumber ke bahasa sasaran secara akurat, berterima dan mudah dipahami. Untuk itu, buku penerjemahan diskriminasi kelas sosial dan diskriminasi gender pada salah satu novel terlaris dan terb...

Albeit the studies on Matan Jurumiyah Book have been extensively conducted, few studies have been focusing on the critical content of Kitab Matan Jurumiyah. To fill the gap, this research aims to examine why Matan Jurumiyah Book is not applicable for novice Arabic learners. To collect the data, observation and in-depth interviews were conducted. Th...

Albeit the studies on Matan Jurumiyah Book have been extensively conducted, few studies have been focusing on the critical content of Kitab Matan Jurumiyah. To fill the gap, this research aims to examine why Matan Jurumiyah Book is not applicable for novice Arabic learners. To collect the data, observation and in-depth interviews were conducted. Th...

Despite the researches into pre-service teachers' perception of online learning has been extensively undertaken during the pandemic COVID-19, little empirical evidence addresses their perception of the learning basic needs during the pandemic COVID-19 in Indonesia. To fill this void, this study aims to explore how Arabic pre-service teachers percep...

The aim of this article is to explore students’ perspectives on the usability and satisfaction of Google Classroom (GC) at the State Islamic Institute of Kendari, Kendari, Indonesia. Due to GC’s inherent advantages, the Institute’s top management has decided to implement it as a complementary system to the Institute’s e-learning platform. To gauge...

The aim of this article is to explore students’ perspectives on the usability and satisfaction of Google Classroom (GC) at the State Islamic Institute of Kendari, Kendari, Indonesia. Due to GC’s inherent advantages, the Institute’s top management has decided to implement it as a complementary system to the Institute’s e-learning platform. To gauge...

The research on the effect of translation techniques on the quality of Muhammad Talib's Surah Yasin translation is scarce. In that regard, this research aims to explore the impact of the translation techniques on the quality of translation in surah Yasin. To collect data, observation and focused grup discussion were conducted. The findings revealed...

Kesantunan berbahasa tidak hanya terjadi di dalam situasi resmi, normal, dan dalam komunikasi yang baik, tetapi juga dalam situasi tidak resmi, tidak normal, dan penutur dalam keadaan marah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membahas bentuk kesantunan berbahasa seseorang yang sedang marah. Data diperoleh di Sumatera Barat. Data dikumpulkan melalui men...

The art of calligraphy painting by Syaiful Adnan and its beauty are interesting to study due to their distinctive characteristics. Adnan’s script or type of writing differs from the standard style of script from the Middle East. In his hand, creative processes and various dynamics of aesthetic aspects tend to glide calmly. Syaiful Adnan has had sol...

This study aims to examine the prosody system of multiethnic student in Surakarta. The prosodic system includes the duration, frequency and intensity of multiethnic student’s voice based on gender and ethnicity variables. This research is an experimental study using Praat software and then analyzed using SPSS 16. The results showed that (1) women's...

The Interpretation Discourse of Verses of al-Hurûf al-Muqaththa'ah: Textual and Contextual Analysis. This article aims to reveal the meaning of the verse al-hurûf al-muqaththa'ah in the Q.S. al-Baqarah/ 2: 1 by employing a historical and literature review method with textual and historical context grammatical approaches data analysis. The results o...

Abstrak: Al-Hurûf al-muqaththa‘ah di dalam al-Qur’an dipandang oleh sebagian umat Islam tekstualis hanya sebagai simbol yang sakral tanpa makna, sehingga tidak menunjukkan sisi kemanfatannya sebagai pedoman. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap makna ayat al-hurûf al-muqaththa‘ah dalam Q.S. al-Baqarah/2: 1., dengan menggunakan metode kajian liter...

This study aims to examine the communication patterns of “Shihab & Shihab” on Narasi TV with the episode of "Muslim and Christian Brothers". This study uses a type of qualitative research with ethnographic of communication method. To collect data, observation and documentation were conducted. Data analysis was performed using content analysis from...

This study aims to examine the communication patterns of "Shihab & Shihab" on Narasi TV with the episode of "Muslim and Christian Brothers". This study used a type of qualitative research with ethnographic of communication method. To collect data, observation and documentation were conducted. Data analysis was performed using content analysis from...

This study aims to examine the communication patterns of “Shihab Shihab” on Narasi TV with the episode of "Muslim and Christian Brothers". This study uses a type of qualitative research with ethnographic of communication method. To collect data, observation and documentation were conducted. Data analysis was performed using content analysis from Sp...

This research is aimed at finding out the influence of lecturers’ language style on students’ academic self-efficacy in higher education in Indonesia. This research is conducted to describe the correlation between lecturers’ language style and students’ academic. As one of the aspects of forming academic self-efficacy, language style has an importa...

Minangkabau is identical with the system of matrilineal in which the kinship is from maternal line. This matrilineal system brings about the welfare of women in Minangkabau due to heirloom property is handed down to the female children. Thus, women will not be lack of material. This phenomena is contradictory with the activity of violence toward wo...

Penelitian ini mengkaji pengaruh teknik penerjemahan terhadap kualitas penerjemahan Alquran yang dilakukan oleh Tim Kementerian Agama RI. Sumber data penelitian berasal dari Alquran android hasil terjemahan Tim Kementerian Agama. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara menyimak hasil terjemahan Alquran, FGD, dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menun...

This research is aimed at finding out the influence of lecturers’ language style on students’ academic self-efficacy in higher education in Indonesia. This research is conducted to describe the correlation between lecturers’ language style and students’ academic. As one of the aspects of forming academic self-efficacy, language style has an importa...

This paper examines attitude in article of CNN News Indonesia online about Prabowo's Anger about 212 reunion movement. The news was analyzed using appraisal system proposed by Martin and White (2005). The appraisal system in this article covered attitude, graduation, and engagement of the news. This research used mixed-method that was the combinati...

This study aims to evaluate the appraisal system of the 212 movement reunion in online media. Data were from the news of “trick of political identity” in Tirto online media. Data analysis was conducted using Spradley's theory modified by Santosa. The results indicate that appraisal system pattern of 212 reunion movement utilize attitude (43%), grad...

Novel Inspiratif

Purpose: This study aims to explore the effectiveness of Google Classroom in the learning process at the State Islamic Institute of Kendari. Methodology: The research method used in this study is a qualitative method, in-depth interview. Data collection was done through interview sessions with students from the Faculty of Teacher Training and Educa...

The progress of science, especially social media, has created so many changes. For this reason, various phenomena emerge and develop so quickly that they require highly dynamic adjustments. Various layers of society have been impacted by the rapid development of this information flow. This dynamic occurs in human life. For most people, what happens...

Human beings need to interact and communicate with each other in their lif . This interaction and communication may appear in different language styles. This is much more influenced by a situation or place where communication takes place. In class, for example, the language utilized by lecturers in the class room is different from others. This rese...

p class="8AbstrakBahasaIndonesia">Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kesehatan mental para siswa yang menggunakan Instagram di Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kendari sebagai Pendidikan Tinggi Islam terbesar di Sulawesi Tenggara. Para peneliti mewawancarai 50 siswa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa siswa yang menggunakan Instagram dengan int...

Humor is important among educators to refresh their mind from busy work, strengthen friendship and interpersonal relationship, create happiness, and to improve working performance and cooperation of both personal and professional matters. This study aims to examine the humor in the perspective of linguistics and psychology, especially the semantic...

Human beings need to interact and communicate with each other in their lif . This interaction and communication may appear in different language styles. This is much more influenced by a situation or place where communication takes place. In class, for example, the language utilized by lecturers in the class room is different from others. This rese...

Hampir semua aktivitas masyarakat Bugis Kendari dimulai dengan mempertimbangkan kualitas waktu yang dikenal dengan istilah hari baik dan hari buruk. Kualitas waktu ini memiliki pedoman dan menggunakan simbol-simbol tertentu. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji simbol hari baik dan hari buruk masyarakat Bugis Kota Kendari. Penelitian ini menggun...

The development of communicating style emerges a phenomenon called alay language that tightly related with cyber world. This study is an attempt to observe the relationship between the cyberspace and the alay language. The data are taken from the writings of STAIN Kendari students verbal interaction which are active on facebook. By referring to the...

Respon dan refleksi para penulis buku ini sangat tampak setelah mengkaji relasi dinamika masyarakat dan media sosial dewasa ini. Media sosial telah banyak mempengaruhi perilaku kehidupan keseharian manusia, termasuk aspek keberagamaannya. Pengaruh tersebut dapat menjadi positif dan demikian pula menjadi negatif. Misalnya, orang dapat dengan mudahny...

This study aims to reveal the religious values of the massempe tradition of Bone society in Sulawesi Selatan. This research is a qualitative descriptive research using phenomenology approach. Observations and interviews were utilized in data collection. The results indicate that massempe tradition of Bone society is a form of gratitude for the harv...

This study aimed at analyzing the learning environment construction in Islamic higher education in Indonesia. It seems that this study realized that the concepts of social studies, culture and learning theories are key factors of learning a foreign language undoubtedly. A qualitative descriptive method was utilized in this research to collect the d...

This research discusses the core meaning of berani (brave) lexem in Arabic. It’s aimed to reveal the diversity of berani lexem, and it’s relation to the culture of Arabic society. It ’s important to be discussed due to the well-known of Arabic societies with their bravery or courage, particularly in the development of Islam in prophethood times. Th...

Language politeness is very important in life to avoid conflict and disputes. In the Bugis culture, maintaining language politeness is known for keeping Siri. Keeping Siri means that in communicating, a Bugis must hold each other's self-esteem and not mutually confuse feelings. Therefore, the strategy undertaken to preserve Siri is a strategy of po...

Internalization of traditional values to young generation is very important and urgent to be done to face today's economic globalization challenges. Internalization of traditional values is important to filter out the negative influence of economic globalization, such as behaving wasteful and greedy, doing side and unfair, justifying any means, and...

This study aims to explore the prophetic spirit in Lontara Pananrang script at Islamic Bugis society. The manuscript is a Bugis ancestral heritage which began to be ignored by the young people today. By using qualitative descriptive methods, it’s found that the implementation of the script content in everyday life believed to be able to transform t...

This study aims to explore the use of good and terrible days symbols and it's meaning in Pananrang manuscript. Pananrang Manuscript is ancestral heritage manuscript of Bugis which provides guidance and instructions on good days and terrible days in performing daily activities, such as getting married, moving house, looking for a job, going abroad,...

Humor is an essential part everyday communications, and it is a fundamental facet of work relationships. Hence, humor becomes hugely significant, particularly for teaching colleagues in Indonesia during the break after teaching. Humor can enhance communication, self-confidence, and intimacy, reduce stress, release fatigue and tension, motivate to w...

Language reflects human conceptualization, human interpretation of the world. This paper aims to observe the relationship between the Alay language and the Alay speaker's conceptualization/interpretation of the world. The data are taken from the written verbal interactions of STAIN Kendari students, who are active on Facebook. By using Sapir's and...

This study aims to determine the form of graphic design of Academic t-shirts of IAIN Kendari as critical discourse analysis, and it's function. This research is necessary to do than to promote IAIN Kendari in different ways, as well as to enlighten the students, disseminate ideas and concepts, proselytize, influence the mindset of students to be a...

This research aims to examine the ways to develop a sense of love for learning Arabic among students in Islamic Higher education of Indonesia. This study is essential to do because Arabic should be the favourite subject by the students. In addition, Arabic is also the language of Al-Qur'an. As the language of Al-Qur'an, Arabic for Indonesian is not...

This study aimed at exploring Islamic education strategy in shaping environmental awareness in Islamic Boarding School Gontor Putra, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. This is a model for actualizing environmental education through environmental hygiene management based on the values of the Qur'an and the Hadisth. This research was qualitative descript...

This paper examines the religious expression of Indonesia scholars in social media. This paper is urgent to be done because the social media nowadays, especially WhatsApp, was utilized only as a medium of education, learning, and communication, while religious expression is still rarely done. The qualitative descriptive method with an ethnographic...

Humour is essential in our life. With humour, we can reduce stress, stimulate creativity, enhance communication, intimacy and self-confidence, release fatigue and tension and motivate to work. Anyone can do humour including the lecturers at IAIN Kendari. This study examines humour discourse of IAIN Kendari lecturer in socio-pragmatic perspective. T...

This study aims at assessing student’s individual problems at Islamic State Institute (IAIN) Of Kendari in increasing their English speaking skill. The data were obtained from 10 Islamic Education Students in 2015. The participants were selected due to their low English grade obtained from final-year examination and interview. The data was collecte...

Islam and Local Wisdom

This research discusses the core meaning of berani (brave) lexem in Arabic. It's aimed to reveal the diversity of berani lexem, and it's relation to the culture of Arabic society. It's important to be discussed due to the well-known of Arabic societies with their bravery or courage, particularly in the development of Islam in prophethood times. The...

This study aims to investigate language politeness of the Bugis Kendari Community from Siri na Pesse' perspective. This research used qualitative research with case study method. Observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation were used to collect data. The results showed that language politeness was needed to avoid conflicts and disputes. In...

This article aims at describing the forms of politeness of the STAIN Kendari’s students and their lecturers in interaction. The data are any utterances uttered in campus By using descriptive-qulaitative approach, it is afound that the students use some kinds of modes in implmenting politeness. They are declarative and interogative sentence to expre...