Sadhana Manik
Biographic Data
| ID | 667660 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sadhana Manik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sadhana |
| FAMILY NAME | Manik |
| SIGNATURE | MANIK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of HKBP Nommensen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0126-3200 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Thematic and linguistic representations of cultural identity in Batak Toba songs (1980–2025)
Although songs of Batak Toba are crucial for the survival of language, transmission of values, and ethnic pride, up to now most of the previous research has only been analyzed from a certain point of view such as the role of gender, speech patterns, or semiotics. This prohibits thematic, cross-time studies from being conducted. To address this void, the current study took a descriptive qualitative approach to examine the lyrics of 100 Batak Toba …
‘Back to My Roots’
Highly skilled migration in the South African context remains underexplored. In particular, there exists a significant gap in the literature concerning the exit of teachers to destinations abroad and the subsequent return and reintegration of South Africans upon their return. This study contributes to filling this scholarly gap by examining the primary motivation for the return of South African teachers, namely, family considerations. Drawing on …
Impoliteness Strategies in The Comedy Drama Karo Cot-Dogol
Culture is the identity of a nation that must be maintained from generation to generation. The comedy drama Cot-Dogol shown in the Cot Dogol You Tube Channel account and how these illustrations influence behavior and social development in this ethnic group. The aims of this study is to examine the language impoliteness strategy in the Karo comedy drama Cot-Dogol and how it influences behavior and social development in the Karo ethnic group. In th…
A Literature Review on Climate Smart Strategies
Small‐scale farmers (SSFs) globally face numerous challenges, exacerbated by climate change, which severely affect their farming activities. This literature review paper reflects on poor, rural SSFs' climate‐smart strategies (CSS) providing possibilities to infuse artificial intelligence (AI) for resilience building in Zimbabwe. Currently, Zimbabwe is a country where climate change, socio‐economic and political challenges, along with power outage…
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric on TikTok in the Wake of Child Deaths in South Africa in 2023
Language Style Analysis as Found in Come The Morning Movie A Sociolinguistics Study
The purpose of this study is to find a variety of language styles and the most dominant style of language in the film entitled Come the Morning by Billy Graham. This research used keraf theory, which has fourteen language styles: parable style, metaphor style, personification style, antithesis style, hyperbole style, climax style, sitir style, allusion style, erotic style, assonance style, chiasmus style, epizeukis style, epistropha style, and an…
The Effect of Using Fun Active Learning Strategy and Visualization Strategy on Speaking Ability in the 7th Graders of Junior High School
The purpose of this research is to describe the problem of speaking ability in junior high school needs to be done to observe the development of students'' learning difficulties incurrents speaking skills. This research is a collaborative classroom action research. That is, the researchers did not conduct their own research, but collaborated or collaborated with the school, namely the class VIII teacher at SMP Negeri 3 Binjai. Based on the result…
The Role of Transformational Teachers in School Climate Improvement and Students Well-Being in SMP Negeri 1 Raya
This study aims to investigate the role of Transformational Teachers in enhancing school climate and student well-being at SMP Negeri 1 Raya. The objectives are twofold: firstly, to examine the contribution of Transformational Teachers to school climate and student well-being, and secondly, to assess the impact of their practices on these factors. The qualitative methodology utilized in this research provides a comprehensive understanding of the …
Teacher’s Strategies and Technique in Teaching Speaking
Speaking is a topic that has relevance for all of us. As an important component in direct spoken language processing. Speaking is also an area that is interconnected with numerous areas of inquiry and development. The research was done through an experimental design using one-way ANOVA. The population of the research was tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Rantau Utara which consisted of 148 students while the samples were class X-I as the exper…
Teacher’s Strategies and Technique in Teaching Speaking
This study aims to investigate the role of Transformational Teachers in enhancing school climate and student well-being at SMP Negeri 1 Raya. The objectives are twofold: firstly, to examine the contribution of Transformational Teachers to school climate and student well-being, and secondly, to assess the impact of their practices on these factors. The qualitative methodology utilized in this research provides a comprehensive understanding of the …
The Effect of Using Real Life Simulation and Language Game on Students Speaking Skill for Grade Ix Students of Junior High School
The study delves into the realm of language pedagogy, focusing on the enhancement of Grade IX students' speaking skills at SMP Negeri 2 Merek. The research undertakes an analysis between two innovative language teaching methods, Real Life Simulation and Language Game, aiming to discern their respective impacts on oral proficiency. By exploring how these methods influence students' speaking abilities, educators can gain valuable insights into crea…
An Analysis of Grammatical and Lexical Errors in Nadiem Makarim's Speech
The aims of the study were to (1) find out grammatical error in Speech Nadiem Makarim, Education Minister of Indonesia at Education World Forum (EWF), (2) To find out lexical error found by Speech Nadiem Makarim, Education Minister of Indonesia at Education World Forum (EWF). This method of presentation used qualitative and quantitative research. The data took from you tube channel. The data collected were analyzed each sentences. The findings …
The Comparative Study of Visual and Auditory Learning Style on Jigsaw Strategy in Students’ Reading Comprehension at Junior High School
This study aimed to idenify (1) wether there was an effect of using Jigsaw Strategy on Students' reading Comprehension of visual and auditory Learning Style at SMP Negeri 3 Lintonghihuta. (2) whether there was different effect of using Jigsaw Strategy on Students' reading Comprehension of visual and auditory Learning Style at SMP Negeri 3 Lintonghihuta. The design of this study was mixed design quantitative comparation with quasi - experimental r…
Translating Politeness of Persadaan Tendi Texts in Karonese Language Into English
This paper aims to explore the politeness of persadaan tendi texts in Karonese language and translate them into English. Persadaan tendi or mukul is the process by which the bride and groom introduce themselves to their new relatives. This study was conducted using descriptive qualitative research and supported by translation and pragmatics analyses. There are three data sources of this study; from two books titled Adat Karo Si Rulo written by Gi…
Analisis Makna Figuratif dan Pergeseran Fungsi Andung “Tangis Ni Tao Toba” dalam Upaya Melestarikan Tradisi Andung Batak Toba
Penelitian tentang andung Batak Toba telah banyak dilakukan oleh peneliti dan akademisi yang tertarik dengan topik penelitian ini. Tetapi penelitian andung dari segi makna figuratif andung dan pergeseran dari penampilan andung masih jarang dilakukan. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini mencoba untuk menggungkapkan makna figuratif dari andung “Tangis ni Tao Toba” untuk melihat apakah makna terkandung pada andung tersebut berisikan makna kias yang memb…
Discourses of climate change education
The purpose of the article, which is a comparative study, is to explore climate change discourses in South African and Norwegian geography textbooks by addressing the following questions: What policy discourses of climate change can be identified in the textbooks? How is the climate change content of geography textbooks influenced by predominant discourses in society? The authors assert that problems and solutions to climate change in textbooks a…
Reflecting on climate change education (CCE) initiatives for mitigation and adaptation in South Africa
South Africa remains the largest emitter of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, in Africa. As such despite the glowing government policy documents addressing climate change, efforts towards achieving the targets of the sustainable development goals (especially SDG 13) at grassroots level remain significant. We identified relevant published articles and grey literature on CCE. A thematic analysis of these publications focused on identifying the comm…
Which Book Do You Use, “Bahasa Inggris” by Kemendikbud or “Pathway to English” by Erlangga? A Content Analysis
This research was conducted to find out the quality of two textbooks, “Bahasa Inggris” by Kemendikbud and “Pathway to English” by Erlangga for tenth grade based on the theory of Cunningsworth. The approach applied in this study was qualitative descriptive approach. In collecting and analyzing the data, the researcher used 7 out of 8 categories that consist of 40 checklist criteria to find out the result of this research. The data source was enter…
“What happened to I’m my sister’s keeper?” A case of abuse at a university in South Africa
Gender-based violence is a major concern in South African society and in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) which demonstrates a need to address this phenomenon. Not much is known about the forms of gender based violence and the places where they occur in these South African educational spaces. The study explored the forms of gender-based violence at public higher education institutions in South Africa and in this paper, we present the case of …
Affirmation and Defamation
The Contributions of Systemic Functional Linguistics to Literary Text Analysis
Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) refers to some kind of text analysis, including an analysis of literary language. Some research has verified the study of the literary text using this linguistic apparatus; however the use of SFL in literary text analysis is relatively rare. Therefore, this study investigated the contributions of SFL to literary text analysis. The data of the study were 20 scientific articles focusing on literary text analysi…
An unabating challenge
Xenophobia is a phenomenon currently permeating migration discourses worldwide. Whilst there has been growing scholarly attention in the Global North, the causes, nature and magnitude of xenophobia in countries the Global South remains underrepresented in the literature. After the end of apartheid in 1994, South Africa became an attractive destination for Africans from numerous countries in the continent (Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Somalia and Zim…
Living in Liminal Spaces
Zimbabwean teachers are the largest cohort of foreign teachers in South Africa. This paper explores Zimbabwean immigrant teachers’ migration experiences in South Africa after fleeing from socio-economic and political strife in Zimbabwe post 2000. The data draws from the findings of two studies (one qualitative and the other mixed methods) undertaken in South Africa on immigrant teachers; teachers being a category of highly skilled professionals i…
“We Are Working Hand to Mouth”
South Africa's (SA) magnetism in attracting skilled and unskilled migrants, particularly in a post-apartheid context, has been highlighted in various studies. However, there appears to be limited studies that examine the experiences of skilled immigrants in SA in this context. Furthermore, there are none that focus specifically on immigrant teachers despite immigrants fulfilling SA's need for teachers in specialist subjects like Maths and Science…
South African Migrant Teachers' Decision-Making
South Africa entered the international labour market on becoming a non-racial democracy in 1994. The transnational migration of teachers from South Africa to developed countries such as the UK reflects international labour trends, with professionals from developing countries in the global south migrating to gain better professional and lifestyle prospects to countries in the global north. This article examines the process of decision-making when …
South African Migrant Teachers' Decision-Making
South Africa entered the international labour market on becoming a non-racial democracy in 1994. The transnational migration of teachers from South Africa to developed countries such as the UK reflects international labour trends, with professionals from developing countries in the global south migrating to gain better professional and lifestyle prospects to countries in the global north. This article examines the process of decision-making when …
Reflecting on climate change education (CCE) initiatives for mitigation and adaptation in South Africa
South Africa remains the largest emitter of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, in Africa. As such despite the glowing government policy documents addressing climate change, efforts towards achieving the targets of the sustainable development goals (especially SDG 13) at grassroots level remain significant. We identified relevant published articles and grey literature on CCE. A thematic analysis of these publications focused on identifying the comm…
Transnational Teacher Migration from South Africa
Globalisation of the world markets has paved the way for the movement of people with scarce skills across national boundaries with relative ease. Professionals have been extremely susceptible, given their particular knowledge and skills base. The trend is for professionals from developing countries to fill the gaps in the labour market in developed countries. As a developing country, South Africa (SA) is losing valuable assets, namely professiona…
“We Are Working Hand to Mouth”
South Africa's (SA) magnetism in attracting skilled and unskilled migrants, particularly in a post-apartheid context, has been highlighted in various studies. However, there appears to be limited studies that examine the experiences of skilled immigrants in SA in this context. Furthermore, there are none that focus specifically on immigrant teachers despite immigrants fulfilling SA's need for teachers in specialist subjects like Maths and Science…
South African Migrant Teachers' Decision-Making
South Africa entered the international labour market on becoming a non-racial democracy in 1994. The transnational migration of teachers from South Africa to developed countries such as the UK reflects international labour trends, with professionals from developing countries in the global south migrating to gain better professional and lifestyle prospects to countries in the global north. This article examines the process of decision-making when …
Living in Liminal Spaces
Zimbabwean teachers are the largest cohort of foreign teachers in South Africa. This paper explores Zimbabwean immigrant teachers’ migration experiences in South Africa after fleeing from socio-economic and political strife in Zimbabwe post 2000. The data draws from the findings of two studies (one qualitative and the other mixed methods) undertaken in South Africa on immigrant teachers; teachers being a category of highly skilled professionals i…
The Contributions of Systemic Functional Linguistics to Literary Text Analysis
Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) refers to some kind of text analysis, including an analysis of literary language. Some research has verified the study of the literary text using this linguistic apparatus; however the use of SFL in literary text analysis is relatively rare. Therefore, this study investigated the contributions of SFL to literary text analysis. The data of the study were 20 scientific articles focusing on literary text analysi…
An unabating challenge
Xenophobia is a phenomenon currently permeating migration discourses worldwide. Whilst there has been growing scholarly attention in the Global North, the causes, nature and magnitude of xenophobia in countries the Global South remains underrepresented in the literature. After the end of apartheid in 1994, South Africa became an attractive destination for Africans from numerous countries in the continent (Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Somalia and Zim…
Which Book Do You Use, “Bahasa Inggris” by Kemendikbud or “Pathway to English” by Erlangga? A Content Analysis
This research was conducted to find out the quality of two textbooks, “Bahasa Inggris” by Kemendikbud and “Pathway to English” by Erlangga for tenth grade based on the theory of Cunningsworth. The approach applied in this study was qualitative descriptive approach. In collecting and analyzing the data, the researcher used 7 out of 8 categories that consist of 40 checklist criteria to find out the result of this research. The data source was enter…
“What happened to I’m my sister’s keeper?” A case of abuse at a university in South Africa
Gender-based violence is a major concern in South African society and in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) which demonstrates a need to address this phenomenon. Not much is known about the forms of gender based violence and the places where they occur in these South African educational spaces. The study explored the forms of gender-based violence at public higher education institutions in South Africa and in this paper, we present the case of …
Affirmation and Defamation
Discourses of climate change education
The purpose of the article, which is a comparative study, is to explore climate change discourses in South African and Norwegian geography textbooks by addressing the following questions: What policy discourses of climate change can be identified in the textbooks? How is the climate change content of geography textbooks influenced by predominant discourses in society? The authors assert that problems and solutions to climate change in textbooks a…
Reflecting on climate change education (CCE) initiatives for mitigation and adaptation in South Africa
South Africa remains the largest emitter of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, in Africa. As such despite the glowing government policy documents addressing climate change, efforts towards achieving the targets of the sustainable development goals (especially SDG 13) at grassroots level remain significant. We identified relevant published articles and grey literature on CCE. A thematic analysis of these publications focused on identifying the comm…
The Comparative Study of Visual and Auditory Learning Style on Jigsaw Strategy in Students’ Reading Comprehension at Junior High School
This study aimed to idenify (1) wether there was an effect of using Jigsaw Strategy on Students' reading Comprehension of visual and auditory Learning Style at SMP Negeri 3 Lintonghihuta. (2) whether there was different effect of using Jigsaw Strategy on Students' reading Comprehension of visual and auditory Learning Style at SMP Negeri 3 Lintonghihuta. The design of this study was mixed design quantitative comparation with quasi - experimental r…
Translating Politeness of Persadaan Tendi Texts in Karonese Language Into English
This paper aims to explore the politeness of persadaan tendi texts in Karonese language and translate them into English. Persadaan tendi or mukul is the process by which the bride and groom introduce themselves to their new relatives. This study was conducted using descriptive qualitative research and supported by translation and pragmatics analyses. There are three data sources of this study; from two books titled Adat Karo Si Rulo written by Gi…
Analisis Makna Figuratif dan Pergeseran Fungsi Andung “Tangis Ni Tao Toba” dalam Upaya Melestarikan Tradisi Andung Batak Toba
Penelitian tentang andung Batak Toba telah banyak dilakukan oleh peneliti dan akademisi yang tertarik dengan topik penelitian ini. Tetapi penelitian andung dari segi makna figuratif andung dan pergeseran dari penampilan andung masih jarang dilakukan. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini mencoba untuk menggungkapkan makna figuratif dari andung “Tangis ni Tao Toba” untuk melihat apakah makna terkandung pada andung tersebut berisikan makna kias yang memb…
Language Style Analysis as Found in Come The Morning Movie A Sociolinguistics Study
The purpose of this study is to find a variety of language styles and the most dominant style of language in the film entitled Come the Morning by Billy Graham. This research used keraf theory, which has fourteen language styles: parable style, metaphor style, personification style, antithesis style, hyperbole style, climax style, sitir style, allusion style, erotic style, assonance style, chiasmus style, epizeukis style, epistropha style, and an…
The Effect of Using Fun Active Learning Strategy and Visualization Strategy on Speaking Ability in the 7th Graders of Junior High School
The purpose of this research is to describe the problem of speaking ability in junior high school needs to be done to observe the development of students'' learning difficulties incurrents speaking skills. This research is a collaborative classroom action research. That is, the researchers did not conduct their own research, but collaborated or collaborated with the school, namely the class VIII teacher at SMP Negeri 3 Binjai. Based on the result…
The Role of Transformational Teachers in School Climate Improvement and Students Well-Being in SMP Negeri 1 Raya
This study aims to investigate the role of Transformational Teachers in enhancing school climate and student well-being at SMP Negeri 1 Raya. The objectives are twofold: firstly, to examine the contribution of Transformational Teachers to school climate and student well-being, and secondly, to assess the impact of their practices on these factors. The qualitative methodology utilized in this research provides a comprehensive understanding of the …
Teacher’s Strategies and Technique in Teaching Speaking
Speaking is a topic that has relevance for all of us. As an important component in direct spoken language processing. Speaking is also an area that is interconnected with numerous areas of inquiry and development. The research was done through an experimental design using one-way ANOVA. The population of the research was tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Rantau Utara which consisted of 148 students while the samples were class X-I as the exper…
Teacher’s Strategies and Technique in Teaching Speaking
This study aims to investigate the role of Transformational Teachers in enhancing school climate and student well-being at SMP Negeri 1 Raya. The objectives are twofold: firstly, to examine the contribution of Transformational Teachers to school climate and student well-being, and secondly, to assess the impact of their practices on these factors. The qualitative methodology utilized in this research provides a comprehensive understanding of the …
The Effect of Using Real Life Simulation and Language Game on Students Speaking Skill for Grade Ix Students of Junior High School
The study delves into the realm of language pedagogy, focusing on the enhancement of Grade IX students' speaking skills at SMP Negeri 2 Merek. The research undertakes an analysis between two innovative language teaching methods, Real Life Simulation and Language Game, aiming to discern their respective impacts on oral proficiency. By exploring how these methods influence students' speaking abilities, educators can gain valuable insights into crea…
An Analysis of Grammatical and Lexical Errors in Nadiem Makarim's Speech
The aims of the study were to (1) find out grammatical error in Speech Nadiem Makarim, Education Minister of Indonesia at Education World Forum (EWF), (2) To find out lexical error found by Speech Nadiem Makarim, Education Minister of Indonesia at Education World Forum (EWF). This method of presentation used qualitative and quantitative research. The data took from you tube channel. The data collected were analyzed each sentences. The findings …
Impoliteness Strategies in The Comedy Drama Karo Cot-Dogol
Culture is the identity of a nation that must be maintained from generation to generation. The comedy drama Cot-Dogol shown in the Cot Dogol You Tube Channel account and how these illustrations influence behavior and social development in this ethnic group. The aims of this study is to examine the language impoliteness strategy in the Karo comedy drama Cot-Dogol and how it influences behavior and social development in the Karo ethnic group. In th…
A Literature Review on Climate Smart Strategies
Small‐scale farmers (SSFs) globally face numerous challenges, exacerbated by climate change, which severely affect their farming activities. This literature review paper reflects on poor, rural SSFs' climate‐smart strategies (CSS) providing possibilities to infuse artificial intelligence (AI) for resilience building in Zimbabwe. Currently, Zimbabwe is a country where climate change, socio‐economic and political challenges, along with power outage…
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric on TikTok in the Wake of Child Deaths in South Africa in 2023
Thematic and linguistic representations of cultural identity in Batak Toba songs (1980–2025)
Although songs of Batak Toba are crucial for the survival of language, transmission of values, and ethnic pride, up to now most of the previous research has only been analyzed from a certain point of view such as the role of gender, speech patterns, or semiotics. This prohibits thematic, cross-time studies from being conducted. To address this void, the current study took a descriptive qualitative approach to examine the lyrics of 100 Batak Toba …
Psychology (16 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Mathematics education (7 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social science (6 works) · Geography (5 works)