In spite of being included into receptive skill, reading is no longer considered as a passive activity of learning. It is known that readers should be actively engaged during the reading process in attempt to achieve comprehension. This... more
In spite of being included into receptive skill, reading is no longer considered as a passive activity of learning. It is known that readers should be actively engaged during the reading process in attempt to achieve comprehension. This study sought the impacts of the application of modeled reading in increasing students’ reasoning skill, both verbally and logically. Conducted by following quasi experimental characteristics, this study employed one-group pretest post-test design. There were 23 college students involved as the samples who were given a pretest, teaching treatment, and a post-test. The instruments used were two types of test: verbal reasoning test and logical reasoning test. Each set consists of 10 questions. During the data collection or test, the students were given 25 minutes to answer each set, for both the pretest and the posttest. Later, the data were analyzed using normality test and t-test to see if there is any significance increase after the treatment. The re...
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This study aimed at putting an experiment to young learners in acquiring through the use of gestures as the treatment process. This study was carried out under the procedure of the quasi-experimental approach with repeated measurement... more
This study aimed at putting an experiment to young learners in acquiring through the use of gestures as the treatment process. This study was carried out under the procedure of the quasi-experimental approach with repeated measurement design. There were 35 primary school students involved in this study. The data were gathered through pretest-posttest. After the pretest was administered, the treatment process was carried out during the three following weeks by teaching the students verb vocabulary using gestures. The post-tests were then administered repeatedly in the 4th, 6th, and 7th week after the treatment to see the level of their memory retention. Later, the data obtained were analyzed using repeated test analysis. The results unveiled that the use of gestures can definitely enhance the students’ vocabulary intake. It implies that EFL teachers—especially those teaching youths—should consider integrating their teaching method with gestures, but they are expected to be more creat...
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Teacher talk must be specific, clear, concise, and comprehensible for students as the target interlocutors. This study aimed to characterize lexical density in teacher talks of elementary school teachers and university lecturers during... more
Teacher talk must be specific, clear, concise, and comprehensible for students as the target interlocutors. This study aimed to characterize lexical density in teacher talks of elementary school teachers and university lecturers during teaching. A qualitative descriptive technique was used involving lexico-grammar analysis from an SFL perspective. The subjects of this study were three elementary school teachers (6th-grade teachers) and three university lecturers (English lecturers) who were voluntarily recorded during their teaching time; once for each. Hence, the object of this study is the transcriptions of teacher talks from these six research subjects which were then analyzed using documentation techniques of data analysis namely selection, categorization, classification, identification, and verification. The results show that the lexical density used in elementary school teacher talk is 42.65% (low) and that one employed at the university level is 36.76% (low). Unexpectedly, th...
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Learning materials have essential roles in building learning environment—whether it becomes learner-centered, knowledge-centered, or assessment-centered. This study sought the trend of learning material development in basic speaking... more
Learning materials have essential roles in building learning environment—whether it becomes learner-centered, knowledge-centered, or assessment-centered. This study sought the trend of learning material development in basic speaking class. This study was qualitative in nature where the data quality was the key point measurement for further steps in finding the answer(s) to the research question. The data source was materials used for 14 meetings of Basic Conversation class. While the subject of this study was these materials, the object was the material criteria categorized based on Bransford’s et al. (2001) representation about learning material development in a classroom. The data analysis employed interactive analysis undergoing three steps which were data reduction, data display, and data verification. The results show that learner-centeredness was majorly developed in Meeting 2, Meeting 4, Meeting 5, Meeting 8, Meeting 9, and Meeting 10; knowledge-centeredness was majorly devel...
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As most students admitted that their problem in reading was mainly regarding vocabulary, the authors were drawn to a premise that there must be a stronger underpinning explanation leading to such comprehension gap in reading. This study... more
As most students admitted that their problem in reading was mainly regarding vocabulary, the authors were drawn to a premise that there must be a stronger underpinning explanation leading to such comprehension gap in reading. This study aimed at finding out a specific root-problem faced by EFL learners when performing reading, which are the mechanic skills of reading. This study was conducted using qualitative approach—case study design. The respondents were 55 college students in Aceh, Indonesia who were sophomores in Economics and Business faculty. The data were collected from September-December 2019. The data source was a weekly individual checklist based on the mechanical reading framework, namely: phonic-phonemic awareness-vocabulary-fluency-comprehension to find out which problem they repeatedly faced during the reading process. From 14 meetings, it was calculated that 54 students mostly faced fluency problem which means that they know the semantic and literal meaning of a cer...
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This research aimed at finding out main characters and characterization in a family movie entitled ‘Up’. It is intended to give explanation about the main character namely Carl, Ellie, Russel, and Muntz as portrayed in the movie. The... more
This research aimed at finding out main characters and characterization in a family movie entitled ‘Up’. It is intended to give explanation about the main character namely Carl, Ellie, Russel, and Muntz as portrayed in the movie. The objectives of this research are to identify and analyze these four characters as they are considered the major characters in the movie. During data collection, an arm-chair method consisting of several steps were carried out; they are watching the movie, writing its transcription, reading the transcription, analyzing it, and categorizing the transcription into each relevant character. The data were later analyzed using interactive analysis through data reduction, data display, and data verification. The result shows that there are four characters considered as the major characters in this movie, they are Carl, Ellie, Russel, and Muntz. Carl is a character who gives loyalty value; Ellie depicts companionship value; Russel shows te vlaue of bravery; and M...
This study aimed at finding out students’ state of motivation, engagement, and time management when Pomodoro teaching technique is implemented in ZOOM-based synchronous classroom. This study is naturally qualitative as it investigates the... more
This study aimed at finding out students’ state of motivation, engagement, and time management when Pomodoro teaching technique is implemented in ZOOM-based synchronous classroom. This study is naturally qualitative as it investigates the data from students’ during online learning as individual experiences. There were 53 freshman students from various majors involved in this study who had to attend ZOOM classroom for General English Course from August to December 2021. Ten meetings with the implementation of Pomodoro were carried out. In carrying out Pomodoro technique, the students were given break-time for 5 minutes in every 25-minute learning session. Afterwards, the students should answer the questionnaire consisting of 30 statements asking about motivation, engagement, and time management. Once the data collected, they were analyzed using Interactive Analysis (data reduction, data display, and data verification). The results uncover that, regarding motivation, 33 students had p...
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This research aimed to discover how male and female students used visual hierarchy in their learning videos. There were 7 female students and 6 male students from the English Department, Education, and Teacher Training Faculty engaged in... more
This research aimed to discover how male and female students used visual hierarchy in their learning videos. There were 7 female students and 6 male students from the English Department, Education, and Teacher Training Faculty engaged in this study. This study used a visual content analysis design and is qualitative in nature. The instruments used were 13 videos produced by the respondents containing teaching material for speaking class. The data collection was carried out through identifying, classifying, verifying, and generating meanings of the visual elements by peering into the visual elements embedded into the video such as style or shape, color, line, space, and scale to create and convey meaning intended. The data were later analyzed using interactive analysis by classifying out the irrelevant data, then displaying the data, to be later verifying them theoretically. The results reveal that, for female students, the style used was generally bright-colored animated visuals wit...
This research is aimed at analyzingthe Indonesian curriculum 2013 (K13) using Posner's Curriculum Analysis Framework: Curriculum origin, curriculum proper, curriculum in use, and curriculum critique. The analysis process was carried... more
This research is aimed at analyzingthe Indonesian curriculum 2013 (K13) using Posner's Curriculum Analysis Framework: Curriculum origin, curriculum proper, curriculum in use, and curriculum critique. The analysis process was carried out by employing qualitative method, mainly document analyses and interviews with teachers and parents. This study is expectedly considered as a bridge to a more trustworthy effort in K13's implementation, especially for teachers and parents in providing more supportive actions and behaviors pertaining to the youths’ pedagogical provisions. The result depicts that the curriculum origin has been derived from the goal of better citizenship characters which are needed in imprinting the students' intellectual and psychological growth. K13 consists of Core competence and Basic competence for elementary, junior, senior high-school, and higher education in attempt to reach students' higher-order thinking skill enhancement. Concerning on its impl...
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Regarding the phenomenon of language contacts that happen nowadays, a lot of traditional languages are in the threat of extinction, including Acehnese language (Aziz & Amery, 2016). Many Acehnese adolescents, recently, have discriminated... more
Regarding the phenomenon of language contacts that happen nowadays, a lot of traditional languages are in the threat of extinction, including Acehnese language (Aziz & Amery, 2016). Many Acehnese adolescents, recently, have discriminated the language and, too, they have preferred to use Bahasa Indonesia in their daily life contexts compared to the Acehnese language. This concerned issue, as a result, would bring an effect on the existence of Acehnese language in the future as well as its varieties such as idioms. These idioms constitute spoken or figurative language have been existing side by side among Acehnese people and cultures from long time ago. Those idioms are magnified not only to express emotional feeling but also to soften utterances. Consequently, this study aimed at investigating Acehnese adolescents’ understanding about Acehnese idioms since idiomatic expressions depict language users’ proficiency. Qualitative research designed was used and the data were collected thro...
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There are still a number of less skilled readers in higher degree education where academic texts are staple needs (Hellekjaer, 2009). This study investigated a technique to help students increase their reading ability in TOEFL reading... more
There are still a number of less skilled readers in higher degree education where academic texts are staple needs (Hellekjaer, 2009). This study investigated a technique to help students increase their reading ability in TOEFL reading section. A technique named Notetaking technique was implemented during two cycles of classroom action research. There were 3 meetings for each cycle. The participants were 17 Economics students who are taking TOEFL Preparation course at Universitas Syiah Kuala, Aceh, Indonesia. The result from cycle one showed no increase since the average only incline to 38.58. Then in cycle 2, there was a significant increase reaching 45.11 (which is the minimum TOEFL standard for the university). It can be deduced that this technique might not be appropriate for large classes as it demands individual assistance. Besides, a good skill of organizing information is fundamental in this strategy to maximize the students’ effort in answering the TOEFL questions during the...
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This study aims to develop a questionnaire as the valid and reliable instrument to measure the students’ self-efficacy and motivation in learning English. The development process in this study was based on the theory of the two main... more
This study aims to develop a questionnaire as the valid and reliable instrument to measure the students’ self-efficacy and motivation in learning English. The development process in this study was based on the theory of the two main constructs (self-efficacy and motivation). The writers employ cognitive interview to create some adjustment and/or adaptation to fit the Indonesian learning and process context, and pilot tested to a group of students. The product of this study is a ready-to-use questionnaire that is considered appropriate in Indonesian context. Further research is suggested to check the validity and reliability of thisinstrument in other contexts.
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Scenes in movies are the reflections of how human being would act and react in facing daily life real drama. This study sought the types of human psychology when they deal with life realms that are portrayed in a movie called The Danish... more
Scenes in movies are the reflections of how human being would act and react in facing daily life real drama. This study sought the types of human psychology when they deal with life realms that are portrayed in a movie called The Danish Girl based on Freud’s Tripartite Psychological Model . The method utilized in this study was mainly descriptive qualitative design. The data source was a biographical movie entitled The Danish Girl directed by Tom Hooper, which was released in 2015. The subject was the character named Einar Wegener, who transgendered himself into a woman named Lili Elbe. The objects were all scenes that are in accordance with the Freud’s Tripartite Psychological Model . The data were collected by merely observing the movie for 120 minutes and marking the relevant scenes. After the data were obtained, based on the Tripartite Psychological Model , the results suggest that there are 48 scenes of Einar altogether; 36 scenes representing the identity, 7 scenes representin...
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PISA’s result in 2016 shows that Indonesian country score in reading, 397, is still below PISA average score, 493. Although the rank increased, the below-average score denotes that the students are still less literate while reading is... more
PISA’s result in 2016 shows that Indonesian country score in reading, 397, is still below PISA average score, 493. Although the rank increased, the below-average score denotes that the students are still less literate while reading is vital to all scholars. Most higher education students still encounter difficulties when reading, per se reading is profoundly essential in academes. This study is devoted to shed light on intrapersonal difficulties that higher students face in reading. Qualitative research method was employed involving 83 Economics students at Syiah Kuala University. The data collection process was carried out through questionnaire and interview procedures after which the data were analyzed using three-steps analysis. The result suggests that 91.5% of the students has difficulties in retention—where they tend to fail retrieving just-obtained information, discharge information found in passage(s) with prior knowledge, and cannot relate the information with real life exp...
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TOEFL test is required as one of the standardized test in English proficiency for scholars worldwide, across cultures. This study is a pilot study conducted to see cultural bias contained in the TOEFL test in various TOEFL Preparation... more
TOEFL test is required as one of the standardized test in English proficiency for scholars worldwide, across cultures. This study is a pilot study conducted to see cultural bias contained in the TOEFL test in various TOEFL Preparation modules that are frequently used as the source of questions for TOEFL equivalent in Aceh. Descriptive content analysis was considered as a method that well-conforms the needs of this study. The data were taken from four different TOEFL modules—Cambridge TOEFL Preparation, Barron’s TOEFL Practice, Cliff’s TOEFL Practice, and Longman TOEFL practice module.—specifically scoped into reading section alone. Hence, the instruments involved in this study were the documents of TOEFL preparation module. The questions which indicate cultural bias are verified as the data of this study. Later on, the data analysis was carried out by employing three-step analysis by Miles, Huberman, and Saldana (2014). The result shows that from those four TOEFL modules, particular...
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Academic writing papers in Indonesia require students to be able to write academically correct both in college assignments, essays, and journal articles. It has long been a serious discussion, especially in universities. Reputable... more
Academic writing papers in Indonesia require students to be able to write academically correct both in college assignments, essays, and journal articles. It has long been a serious discussion, especially in universities. Reputable journals always wait for the best and qualified articles (Wekke, 2015). This research is a qualitative descriptive design employing a case study model. There were 30 respondents involved in this study. They are all undergraduate students at Syiah Kuala University, Ar-Raniriy State Islamic University, and Serambi Mekkah University. The data collection was done by distributing a set of questionnaire to the respondents. Later, the data analysis was carried out using descriptive statistics. The result shows that students utilize several strategies in writing academically. First, they frequently discuss the tasks with their colleagues, this is considered important because peer helps a lot in the learning process, including in writing. Second, in terms of outli...
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There is a public assumption that Indonesian people, particularly Acehnese, do not utilize personal space during interactions. This study investigated the proximity levels used by Acehnese people when communicating with other people. The... more
There is a public assumption that Indonesian people, particularly Acehnese, do not utilize personal space during interactions. This study investigated the proximity levels used by Acehnese people when communicating with other people. The observation approach was used to collect data. The participants involved in this study were people who were in natural interaction in public places such as park, playground, market, mosque, restaurant, sports field, and beach. The data were pictured and kept anonymous in regards of ethical codes maintained in research. The results show that there are three conditions obtained from this study. First, mostly, Acehnese people use intimate level of proximity, which is less than 0.46 meter eventhough when they are interacting with strangers. However, this condition only applies if the interactions taking place is male-male interactions or female-female interactions. Second, in a condition where the stranger interaction is male-female, the proximity emplo...
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A lot of attention and various efforts have been devoted to the character development of students at formal schools. Meanwhile, there are also those who dropped out of school for some certain reasons and conditions which, however, does... more
A lot of attention and various efforts have been devoted to the character development of students at formal schools. Meanwhile, there are also those who dropped out of school for some certain reasons and conditions which, however, does not clog their future success. This is presumed to be in such a way due to intelligence alone is not what it takes to be successful. This study aimed at assessing school dropouts' soft skill ability. A qualitative design was chosen for this study and the case study model was deliberated as a precise method to carry out. There were 40 school dropouts (aged 7-11) in Taman Edukasi Anak Pemulung, Banda Aceh involved as the objects in this study. The Brooking Soft Skill Report Rubric was used as an instrument. This rubric was filled by 5 volunteer teachers, who are considered as the subjects of this study. A semi-structured interview was also carried out to triangulate the data. Later, the data were presented in percentage to see each skill result. Aft...
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Test-taking strategies in TOEFL are seen as test significance since the test-takers mostly make a guess when they are faced with the absence of decision in identifying the correct option. Guessing with strategy is helpful and can manifest... more
Test-taking strategies in TOEFL are seen as test significance since the test-takers mostly make a guess when they are faced with the absence of decision in identifying the correct option. Guessing with strategy is helpful and can manifest in score achievement. This study aimed at finding the test-taking strategies utilized by TOEFL test-takers. This study employed a descriptive case study by which the researchers access in-depth information about the test-taking strategies used by TOEFL testees. There were 23 non-English department students involved as the respondents in this study. They were asked to answer three sets of questions within different times—each set consisting of 7 questions representing each test-wise strategy. The data were then analyzed using descriptive statistics to see the score variance. The result displays that only 4 out of 23 students who can employ their test strategies—are known to be test wise; meanwhile the rest cannot—known to be test naive .
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This study focused on the application of the Process Approach for teaching English descriptive writing. The purpose of this study was to find out whether this approach would work well for the teaching-learning of EFL descriptive writing... more
This study focused on the application of the Process Approach for teaching English descriptive writing. The purpose of this study was to find out whether this approach would work well for the teaching-learning of EFL descriptive writing by 10th grade students at MAN 1 Takengon. An experimental research method was used for this study. The subjects of this study were 61 students of the 10th grade at MAN 1 Takengon that were divided into an experimental group of 31 students and a control group of 30 students. The experimental group was treated by teaching using the Process Approach. Each group was given a pre-test and a post-test. The pre-test and post-test each consisted of one task which asked them to describe their family and Indonesia, respectively. The data were analyzed using SPSS. Before the data were processed, the normality and the homogeneity of the data were tested. The results of the normality and homogeneity tests showed that the data was normal and homogenous. Based on th...
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In dealing with standardized tests, including TOEFL test, there is a common propensity for test-takers to adopt convergent thinking which is a cognitive process in retrieving a pre-existing answers using concepts, knowledge, and... more
In dealing with standardized tests, including TOEFL test, there is a common propensity for test-takers to adopt convergent thinking which is a cognitive process in retrieving a pre-existing answers using concepts, knowledge, and understandings. On the contrary, the use of divergent thinking in standardized tests is scarce because the test-takers do not create new knowledge or ideas during the test. This study sought whether higher divergent thinking ability could affect TOEFL score. A case study was employed to gather the data from 143 respondents (divided into two groups: each 73 and 70 students) whom of which were 3 year Economics students at Syiah Kuala University. Guilford’s Alternative Uses Test was used as the instrument where the students should name the functions of a stone in 5 minutes. The total of 538 responses from group A and 366 from group B were obtained from this test. The data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics in terms of its originality. The results sh...
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The use of movies in English teaching and learning is believed to have a positive effect on language learning outcomes. This research was carried out to discover where movies can contribute to skills and aspects of language, whether in... more
The use of movies in English teaching and learning is believed to have a positive effect on language learning outcomes. This research was carried out to discover where movies can contribute to skills and aspects of language, whether in speaking, listening, reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar, or cultural aspects. This study is significant because this study tries to find out the teachers’ perception about the movie-using in ELT classroom and which skill it is prone to, so that English teachers see the chance to maximize its pedagogical use in ELT process. The qualitative research method used in this study focused on 10 English teachers from a heterogeneous background — primary, secondary, and senior high-school teachers — to answer 12 questions in a questionnaire set in accordance with the research topic. The use of creative interviews was also employed during the data collection phase. The results showed that most of the subjects agreed that movies played the most important role ...
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A successful process of English teaching and learning has been considered as an ultimately major goal in Indonesian high-schools, including in integrated Islamic high-schools known with doubled-curriculum schools. To mention further,... more
A successful process of English teaching and learning has been considered as an ultimately major goal in Indonesian high-schools, including in integrated Islamic high-schools known with doubled-curriculum schools. To mention further, this agenda tightens students’ academic activities as other subjects also bring about numerous high standard motives and goals. This study was conducted to analyze the effect of this compact curricular agenda towards the process of English Teaching and learning from the teacher’s perspectives. The curricular agenda at SMP IT Az-Zahra Takengon was SWOT-analyzed regarding its effect to the process of English teaching and learning at the school. In significance, this study is expected to broaden the knowledge of stakeholders of high-school curriculum management in developing the curricular academic activities in more deliberately careful ways in the purpose of reaching the goal protocols. The method used in this study was mainly qualitative approach thr...
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Science students are known miserable in coping very well with language, especially English. This study searched for the truth of this proposition by evaluating the formative test items for senior high-school level used in a science-based... more
Science students are known miserable in coping very well with language, especially English. This study searched for the truth of this proposition by evaluating the formative test items for senior high-school level used in a science-based school in Aceh, Indonesia. The sources of this study were 150 questions and 35 students’ answers on the pertaining tests for three different grades. The objective of this study was to find out the item facility and distractors’ efficiency of each test item used for science students in their formative test. Methodology deployed was qualitative approach using content analysis in the scope of finding the item facility and distractors’ efficiency for the test items. The result depicted that 84% of the items are in the ‘easy’ index, and 11% in ‘moderate’ index, and 4% ‘difficult’ index. Then, the data show that only 17% of the distractors’ are efficient. The conclusion is that the formative test items are, indeed, easy for science students but with one c...
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This qualitative research aims at describing the coastal children’s knowledge and perspective about the Tsunami and earthquake’s symbols and signs. The use and purpose of the signs on the warning board is very important for children on... more
This qualitative research aims at describing the coastal children’s knowledge and perspective about the Tsunami and earthquake’s symbols and signs. The use and purpose of the signs on the warning board is very important for children on the coastal area as an understanding of disaster preparedness. Consequently, the researchers chose 43 respondents with 8-13 years old who live at the coast of Kampung Jawa, Banda Aceh to respond questionnaire and interview. The questionnaire set contained the verbal and non-verbal symbols and signs about tsunami and earthquake which was formulated in the form open-ended questions. It was found that only 12 children who could answer 80% of the questions correctly from the questionnaire. This implies that their understanding and background knowledge about the tsunami and earthquake’s symbols and signs are very low level even though the symbols and signs are put on their enviroment. Moreover, during interview process, children had wrong interpretation ab...
This research aims at analyzing the Indonesian curriculum 2013 (K13) using Posner's Curriculum Analysis Framework: Curriculum origin, curriculum proper, curriculum in use, and curriculum critique. The analysis process was carried out... more
This research aims at analyzing the Indonesian curriculum 2013 (K13) using Posner's Curriculum Analysis Framework: Curriculum origin, curriculum proper, curriculum in use, and curriculum critique. The analysis process was carried out by employing qualitative method, mainly observation, document analyses, and interviews with the curriculum practitioners who serve as high-school teachers and parents, respectively. This study is expectedly considered as a bridge to a more scrupulous effort in K13's implementation, especially for teachers and parents in providing more supportive actions and behaviors pertaining to the youths’ pedagogical provisions. The result depicts that the curriculum origin has been derived from the goal of better citizenship characters which are needed in imprinting the students' intellectual and psychological growth. K13 consists of Core and Basic competence for elementary, junior, and senior high-school in attempt to reach students' higher-order t...
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The use of communication strategies in classrooms extensively covers areas of pragmatic discipline. This study sought the standard implicatures employed by lecturers in teaching their classes. Qualitative research design was adopted as... more
The use of communication strategies in classrooms extensively
covers areas of pragmatic discipline. This study sought the standard
implicatures employed by lecturers in teaching their classes. Qualitative
research design was adopted as the approach as it embraces the core
objective of this study. Specifically, pragmatic analysis was carried out
by employing Grice’s Conversational Implicature Theory. The subjects of
this study were two lectures on Listening Course with 90-minute length
each and the objects were the conversational implicatures found in these
lectures. The data collection process was done by reading, identifying, and
categorizing the implicatures found from the transcribed data source. Later, the data were analyzed using thematic coding analysis by familiarizing the
data, coding, defining and naming the codes, identifying patterns, and
identifying themes for each code. A recurrent theme shown in the result
is that there are 13% Generalized Conversational Implicature and 87%
Particularized Conversational Implicature. It can be concluded that, first,
the majority of implicature used in teaching Listening was Particularized
Conversational Implicature; second, the functions of the implicature usage
are for enhancement and referent provisions.
covers areas of pragmatic discipline. This study sought the standard
implicatures employed by lecturers in teaching their classes. Qualitative
research design was adopted as the approach as it embraces the core
objective of this study. Specifically, pragmatic analysis was carried out
by employing Grice’s Conversational Implicature Theory. The subjects of
this study were two lectures on Listening Course with 90-minute length
each and the objects were the conversational implicatures found in these
lectures. The data collection process was done by reading, identifying, and
categorizing the implicatures found from the transcribed data source. Later, the data were analyzed using thematic coding analysis by familiarizing the
data, coding, defining and naming the codes, identifying patterns, and
identifying themes for each code. A recurrent theme shown in the result
is that there are 13% Generalized Conversational Implicature and 87%
Particularized Conversational Implicature. It can be concluded that, first,
the majority of implicature used in teaching Listening was Particularized
Conversational Implicature; second, the functions of the implicature usage
are for enhancement and referent provisions.
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Vocabulary is the key linguistic item besides sound-pattern and syntactic rules (Hudson, 1996) serving notable tasks in language learning. For English as a foreign language learners (EFLLs), especially adults, vocabulary has become an... more
Vocabulary is the key linguistic item besides sound-pattern and syntactic rules (Hudson, 1996) serving notable tasks in language learning. For English as a foreign language learners (EFLLs), especially adults, vocabulary has become an intimidating notion that reflects in their reluctant behaviour when learning this language. This investigation intended to seek the individual processing factors that lead adult EFLLs to such discontented condition. Undertaking the study within the extent of qualitative case study, there were 26 adult EFLLs—non-English department students and lecturers aged above 25—to answer a questionaire set concerning the difficulties they have in English vocabulary intake. The result indicates that majority of the respondents (20 respondents) have problems with idioms, and the second major problem is the problems with synforms—the lookalike words or phrases—which is faced by 19 respodents. This interprets that most adult EFLLs in Aceh are still complying with fund...
Purpose of the study: This research aimed at investigating the extent of anxiety experienced by TOEFL test-takers in the Indonesian context as EFL learners. Methodology: The participants of this study were 50 university students from... more
Purpose of the study: This research aimed at investigating the extent of anxiety experienced by TOEFL test-takers in the Indonesian context as EFL learners. Methodology: The participants of this study were 50 university students from various non-English majors. They were selected by using purposive sampling. The research design was descriptive quantitative method, in which a 10-question questionnaire was used as the research instrument. The questions were scored by using a five-point scale and the data were analyzed by using the three steps of data analysis. Main Findings: The result of the data analysis showed that more than 80%percent of students experienced moderate anxiety before and during the TOEFL test-taking while the rest (20%) suffered from mild anxiety. Applications of this study: The research findings can benefit TOEFL Preparation classes’ instructors, by which they can take the anxiety variable into account when teaching TOEFL so that the level of students’ anxiety befo...
This study aimed at finding out the influence of visualization on students’ reading comprehension ability. Quantitative approach was employed in carrying out this research. The data were collected through test as it was the main... more
This study aimed at finding out the influence of visualization on students’ reading comprehension ability. Quantitative approach was employed in carrying out this research. The data were collected through test as it was the main instrument of this study. The data analysis was carried out using manual statistics calculation to find out the mean score before and after the treatment. From the result, it was obtained that the most effect that visualization has is on the inferring; second, it is on details; then it is followed by main idea. The smallest influence is made on vocabulary. Thus, it can be concluded that visualization while reading can help students a lot in terms of inferring, details, and main idea.
Acehnese language is rich in its figurative languages such as in forms of idioms and similes. Acehnese people have been magnifying the idioms and similes over decades to soften utterances, and they are inherited from generation to... more
Acehnese language is rich in its figurative languages such as in forms of idioms and similes. Acehnese people have been magnifying the idioms and similes over decades to soften utterances, and they are inherited from generation to generation. Consequently, this study aimed at investigating Acehnese adolescents’ understanding of Acehnese idioms and similes. Qualitative research designed was used, and data were collected through a questionnaire consisting of 10 Acehnese figurative language expressions. There were 51 respondents, aged within 18-21 years old who all are indigenous Acehnese. The result suggests that Acehnese adolescents are still knowledgeable about them. There is 72.8% of respondents who are considered to understand the idioms asked in the questionnaire set. Meanwhile, those who did not understand the expressions come from different language continuum areas. In conclusion, Acehnese adolescents are still aware of the Acehnese figurative language, and this positivity shal...
This study aims to test whether using the technique named keeping-journals during the TOEFL preparation class is beneficial for the listening section part A of the test. The quantitative pretest-posttest method used in this study involves... more
This study aims to test whether using the technique named keeping-journals during the TOEFL preparation class is beneficial for the listening section part A of the test. The quantitative pretest-posttest method used in this study involves single-group design consisting of 36 fifth semester college students at Syiah Kuala University, Aceh, Indonesia. The result is considered essential since, practically, TOEFL tutors need to bring TOEFL learners to keep track on their learning rate on their own; hopefully, the result can best suit the theoretical gap since there have been only few experimental studies conducted on Listening Section of TOEFL through journal-keeping. The findings approved that the Ha is accepted for the tvalue is 1.90 (df 34, α=0.05, -2.02 ≤ t ≥ 2.02 ). It is also significant for the sigvalue is 0.7 (sigvalue ≥ α=0.05). In conclusion, the technique does help the learners in tackling problems they face in Listening section on TOEFL part A as it enhances their listening ...
Movies have been everybody�s favorite across all ages. Some movies are not suitable for certain ages and the parents� assistance is needed during the watching movie process so that they can show the morals conceived in the movie. This... more
Movies have been everybody�s favorite across all ages. Some movies are not suitable for certain ages and the parents� assistance is needed during the watching movie process so that they can show the morals conceived in the movie. This study tries to shed lights on the elements contained in �a movie entitled �Sense and Sensibility�, �a movie made based on a novel by Jane Austen. This study was carried out in qualitative approach using visual feature analysis technique. The object of this study was the movie with the duration of 140 minutes. The data obtained were then classified based on its elements such as realism, local color, narratives, and symbolism. The result portrayed that the realism given in this movie is the condition of a noble family who had lost all of their wealth and life had been becoming crude. The local color depicts the social status in the mid-eighteenth century. The story was narrated in the linear plot and finally, the symbolism in this movie exposed much abou...
It is assumed that Acehnese do not make use of personal space during interactions. This study aims to investigate the proximity levels used by Acehnese people when communicating with other people. The observation approach was used to... more
It is assumed that Acehnese do not make use of personal space during interactions. This study aims to investigate the proximity levels used by Acehnese people when communicating with other people. The observation approach was used to collect data with people who were in natural interaction in public places as the participant. The data were pictured and kept anonymous in regards of ethical codes maintained in research. The results show that there are three conditions obtained from this study. First, mostly, Acehnese people use intimate level of proximity, which is less than 0.46 meter eventhough when they are interacting with strangers. However, this condition only applies if the interactions taking place is male-male interactions or female-female interactions. Second, in a condition where the stranger interaction is male-female, the proximity employed by the people is in the level of personal—which is 1.2 meter. Lastly, men maintained farther distance compared to women. In conclusi...
It is important to keep the cohesion and coherence when writing; this is where the use of cohesive devices starts to be taken into account. This study sought the types of cohesive devices used by undergraduate students in their writing.... more
It is important to keep the cohesion and coherence when writing; this is where the use of cohesive devices starts to be taken into account. This study sought the types of cohesive devices used by undergraduate students in their writing. The qualitative discourse analysis was used as the design of this research. The data were collected from seven undergraduate students as the respondents who were in the 6th semester at a private university in Aceh. These respondents were asked to write a descriptive text approximately 200 words in length and they were given forty-five minutes to finish their writing. The result unveiled that the type of cohesion devices which was majorly used was addition, as there are 94% of the additive device usage. Then, 75% refers to the use of cohesive devices as comparison, 56% as consequential, and 40% as temporal device. In can be concluded that the students use more addition in writing. As a suggestion, it is essential to shed light on their ability to empl...
The aim of this study was to see whether the technique of peer-discussion during the TOEFL preparation class benefits the students in increasing their score in Section Two of TOEFL Test, Structure and Written Expression. According to... more
The aim of this study was to see whether the technique of peer-discussion during the TOEFL preparation class benefits the students in increasing their score in Section Two of TOEFL Test, Structure and Written Expression. According to Porter et al. (2001), during the process of students’ interaction with their peer(s), students have more open chances to ask conceptual questions; and as their peer(s) respond, they can understand more correctly and individually the questions. This study adopted quasi-experimental design involving one class consisting of 24 second semester college students at Economics Faculty, Syiah Kuala University, Aceh, Indonesia. The result showed that the technique posed positive result on the students’ score in Section Two of TOEFL. The findings revealed that the Ha is accepted for the tvalue is 0.37 (df 22, α=0.05, -0.404 ≤ t ≥ 0.404 ). Also, it is significant for the sigvalue is 0.9 (sigvalue ≥ α=0.05). Hopefully, the result can contribute to the theoretical...