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Students' Pedagogical and Technical Challenges in Online Learning

2022-02-28T15:13:56+07:00

The advancement of the internet and the accessibility of technology has led to the development of online learning. Especially in this pandemic situation, students are forced to attend online learning despite their readiness. This study then aimed to explore the challenges faced by students of the English Language Study Program when attending online learning. This study used a descriptive qualitative method. The researcher gained the data by distributing questionnaires to students of the English Language Study Program from three universities in Jakarta, which are Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka, and Universitas Pamulang. The findings revealed that the students are facing the challenges in both pedagogical challenges and technical challenges. One of the challenges in pedagogical challenges is the results of students' work are not optimal due to a large number of assignments and lack of allocated time. While in technical categories, one of the challenges is the internet speed which is mostly slow due to bad weather or bad providers.

The Stance of Semi-Popular Articles about Language Learning

2022-02-28T15:13:56+07:00

This study aims to analyze how the writers of semi-popular science articles express their stances when writing about language learning discipline. This research used corpus-based analysis approaches with the help of AntConc application to analyze the stance marker in the corpus. The analysis is conducted by adopting Hyland's framework of stance. The data source of this research is 81 articles about language learning from various university and institution web magazines. The result found that in expressing their stance, the writers of semi-popular science articles employ many hedges in form of the modal verb to mark their tentative and carefulness, booster in the form of reporting verb to increase the newsworthiness of the articles, attitude marker in the form of a positive adjective to express their positive attitude toward the study, and self-mention in the form of the singular pronoun when referring to researcher and plural pronoun when referring to the writer themselves.

Teacher's Perception of Training Middle Managers in Leadership and Management Skills

2022-02-28T15:13:56+07:00

Training middle managers comes up as an essential part to be done in a school area since middle managers play a critical role in school development and effectiveness as well as crucial to the success of the school. However, numerous recent researches indicate that middle managers are not receiving the relevant support and training they require to fulfil their roles. While other researchers argued that there has been some improvement, there continues to be a lack of adequate and effective training for middle managers prior to them taking up their roles, including those aspiring to their positions. Furthermore, it identified the fact that positions in middle management are increasing in number as well as complexity, yet middle managers are being appointed to the positions without the relevant support or training. Thus, the teacherâ€™s perceptions are needed to highlight more about the importance of training middle managers in leadership and management skills. This study is a survey study which is aimed to get an empirical data about teachers' perceptions of training middle managers in leadership and management skills at Al-Hidayah foundation. The writer used modified questionnaire to gather the data. All the participants are considered as middle managers at Al-Hidayah Foundation including principal, vice principle and other Heads of Department. The result shows that training middle managers in leadership and management skills can give them positive impact to build their professionalism as teacher and manager

The Use of PTP Online about Teacher Written Feedback to Enhances Students' Understanding in Writing Skills

2022-02-28T15:13:56+07:00

The aim of this research was to know whether there is significant effect of The Use of Peer-To-Peer (PTP) Online about Teacher Written Feedback to Enhances Students' Understanding in Writing Skills at Second Semester Grade of English Language Education Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Universitas Islam Syekh-Yusuf Tangerang. This research is quantitative method, 26 students as the sample which taken nonrandom by using quasi experimental research-time series design. Students' test and questionnaires were used by the researcher to collect the data. Based on hypotheses testing by using Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test, it is shown that sig (0.000) is smaller than 0.05. This knows that the hypotheses (Ho) was rejected and the hypotheses (Ha) was accepted. It means that, there was significant difference used Peer-to-Peer Online about Teacher Written Feedback to Enhances Students' Understanding in writing skill at the second semester grade of English Language Education Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Universitas Islam Syekh-Yusuf Tangerang, because the condition of students' were same proficiency, had concentration, focused, and students in experimental class had many opinions during the learning. The acquired results of this research indicated that using Peer-to-Peer Online about Teacher Written Feedback can improve students' writing skill.

The Correlation Between Students' English Vocabulary and Their English Paragraph Writing Ability

2022-02-28T15:13:56+07:00

ABSTRACT

The researcher is interested in finding out if studentsâ€™ vocabulary mastery correlates with their writing skills. The 44 students were selected for this study using a purposive sampling technique, they were selected from the population of all the 10th grade students at State 3 Senior High School Tangerang District. A vocabulary test and a writing test were used to collect the data from the participants in this study. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to examine the relationship between the two variables. The result shows that the coefficient between variable X and variable Y is 0.682. The criteria of correlation between two variables among 0.600 â€“ 0.800 shows a high or strong correlation. The significant level at 5% is r-table = 0.297, it means rxy > r-table (0.682 > 0.297). The r-table significant level at 1 % is 0.384, it means that the rxy > r-table (0.682 > 0.384). The result of the analyses shows that there is a positive and significant correlation between studentsâ€™ vocabulary mastery and studentsâ€™ writing skill of State 3 Senior High School Tangerang District. Therefore, the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. In other words, students who score high on vocabulary tests tend to have good writing skills too.

Keywords: correlation, studentsâ€™ vocabulary mastery, writing skills.

Cultural Literacy: Open-minded in Book Chapter 'Teacher Training, School Norms, and Teacher Effects' in Education of Indonesia Book

2022-02-28T15:13:57+07:00

A liberal-arts education aims for open-mindedness, which falls under the more basic goals of transferring and expanding key areas of knowledge, laying the groundwork for democratic citizenship, and encouraging prolonged acquirement of intellectual. Open-mindedness is not something that is acquired through teaching, and it is not something that is normally engaged after much thought and decision-making (Adler, 2005). This study investigated in book chapter â€œTeacher Training, School Norms, and Teacher Effectsâ€ of Education of Indonesia book, used content analysis. The researcher revealed that values of open-minded, those are: Willingness 18, Ability to seek reasons and evidence 27, Matter of attitudes and technique 6, and Allow novel ideas and rival values 9. It results that combinations of willingness 30%, ability to seek reasons, and evidence 45%, matter of attitudes and technique 10%, and allow novel ideas and rival values 15%.

The Analysis of Things and Signs Concepts by St. Augustine Found in Khotbah di Atas Bukit Novel (Semiotic Study)

2022-02-28T15:13:57+07:00

In the light to St. Augustine's implementation, this small-scale study sought to discover 'things' and 'signs,' both of which refer to symbols contained in the novel Khotbah di Atas Bukit. The descriptive qualitative method was used as the research design in order to achieve the research's goal. This study's data included words, sentences, and paragraphs from the novel's dialogues that represented 'things' and 'signs,' as previously stated. Khotbah di Atas Bukit Novel itself served as the data source. The area that has been analyzed by other researches was found in Islamic values and prophetic dimensions in the novel while the symbols (things and signs) as one types of figurative languages has become the aspect that has not been yet explored. The findings revealed that things to be used were discovered between the main character himself, namely Barman, who was more concerned with worldly materials, and Barman's anxiety in facing this life. Meanwhile, things to enjoy were described by Barman's opposite character, Humam. Humam's consistent association of the worlds with God's existence influenced Barman's perspective on life and attitude.

The Effect of Using Grammarly Application to Improve Students' Writing Skill at Tenth Grade of SMAN 14 Kota Tangerang in Academic Year 2020/2021

2022-02-28T15:13:57+07:00

The research aimed to know whether there is a significant effect of using the Grammarly application to improve studentsâ€™ writing skill at tenth grade of SMAN 14 Kota Tangerang. This research is quantitative method, 64 students of X MIPA 1 and X MIPA 4, as the sample which taken nonrandom by using quasi-experimental research non-equivalent control group design. Students test was used by the researcher to collect the data through pre-test and post-test. The result of this research was statistical calculation by One-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, it is known the asymptotic significances of the pre-test and post-test in experimental class data is 0.000<0.05. It can be concluded that Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. It means there is significant difference using the Grammarly application to improve studentsâ€™ writing skill. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is positive effect using theGrammarly application to improve studentsâ€™ writing skills in the tenth grade of SMAN 14 Kota Tangerang in the academic year 2020/2021.

The Effect of Observational Learning towards Students' Writing Skill

2022-02-28T15:13:57+07:00

The aim of this research was to know the effect of students' writing skill through Observational Learning in SMKI Al-Khoirat Kabupaten Tangerang. This research is quantitative method, 30 students as the sample which taken not random by using Quasi-Experimental as the research. This design will performed using only one group without a control group. Students' test were used by the researcher to collect the data. The hypotheses data was tested using formula of Wilcoxon, it was known the output 'test statistic' Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) = 0,000 < 0,05. Because the value of 0,000 is less than 0,05, It means, there is a significance differences between pre-test and post-test in experimental class using Observational Learning at the tenth grade of SMKI AL-KHOIRAT Kabupaten Tangerang, because before giving a treatment, the students lack knowledge in narrative text. Then, it was also known from the percentages students' post-test showing 79% students can pass writing skill, although many students cannot pass the KKM. Moreover students can improve their narrative writing skill after using observational learning method.

The Effectiveness of Socrative Application for Formative Assessment in Teaching Vocabulary at SMPN 16 Kota Tangerang Selatan

2022-02-28T15:13:57+07:00

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the Socrative application is effective for teaching vocabulary to students in the eighth grade at SMPN 16 Kota Tangerang Selatan in the academic year 2021/2022. The sampling method was used to divide 64 students into two groups: the controlled group and the experimental group. The design of the study was quasi-experiment, while the instrument was a test with a pre-test and a post-test. The findings indicate that using the Socrative application for formative assessment as a technique for vocabulary learning was effective and appropriate for students.