Women’s speech, a call for economic empowerment: An appraisal analysis

The phenomenon of women participation in entrepreneurship sector is rising significantly during the last decade. In reality, women still face many barriers in entrepreneurship both professionally and personally.  In 29 August 2019, Najwa Shihab delivered an inspiring keynote speech in Global Conference on Women and Entrepreneurship held by Alibaba and Lazada in Jakarta. Since Najwa Shihab's speech got many responses from the audiences, it is highly considerable to investigate the content of the speech from a linguistic point of view. This study aimed at analyzing the spoken text from Najwa Shihab’s speech through Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). For specific investigation, Appraisal framework was used in this study. The study focused on the attitude which relates to the feelings, emotion, reactions, and judgments of behaviour on Najwa Shihab’s speech about women and entrepreneurship. The design of the study was descriptive qualitative. The findings showed that the speech used 55 clauses which consisted of 27 clauses of affect (49%), 18 clauses of judgment (33%), and 10 clauses of appreciation (18%). All clause-complexes had attitudes. The use of affect dominated the percentage of attitudes. Furthermore, this speech also encouraged women to do 3 things: dare to change the paradigm of clichés and stereotypes into strength, dare to take a role in the national and global economy to ensure that women's voices and perspectives are present in every discussion and decision making, and support each other and bring the community that can empower other women

The Montessori’s Values in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL)

Teaching English to Young Learner (TEYL) becomes so popular today since the needs of facing globalization era. The Montessori Method one of the best educational methods for children based on the child development theory of Dr. Maria Montessori. The essence of the Montessori Method is to make the child an independent learner. This research uses descriptive qualitative method which aims to describe the implementation of Montessori’s values into Teaching English to Young Learners at Aisyiyah Kindergarten, Karanganyar. The subjects of this research are English teacher and 26 students in this school. Based on the results of the research, it was concluded that the application of Montessori's values in TEYL is able to increase students' interest and enthusiasm in learning English

PERAN GURU DALAM MENGEMBANGKAN KARAKTER ANAK USIA 4-5 TAHUN DI TK PERTIWI BATURONO KECAMATAN SALAM KABUPATEN MAGELANG

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui karakter apa saja yang dikembangkan di TK Pertiwi Baturono serta peran guru dalam mengembangkan karakter anak usia 4-5 tahun di TK Pertiwi Baturono Kecamatan Salam Kabupaten Magelang. Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian kualitatif. Sumber data dalam penelitian ini adalah kepala sekolah, guru serta siswa TK Pertiwi Baturono usia 4-5 tahun. Pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini dilakukan dengan observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Analisis data dalam penelitian ini melalui reduksi data, display data  dan menarik kesimpulan. Pemeriksaan keabsahan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan triangulasi teknik dan menggunakan triangulasi sumber. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa: karakter yang dikembangkan pada 4-5 tahun di TK Pertiwi Baturono Kecamatan Salam Kabupaten Magelang ialah karakter religius, peduli lingkungan dan rasa ingin tahu. Peran guru dalam mengembangkan karakter anak usia 4-5 tahun di TK Pertiwi Baturono Kecamatan Salam Kabupaten Magelang ialah guru berperan sebagai sumber belajar, guru sebagai pembimbing, guru sebagai motivator. Peran guru dalam mengembangkan karakter anak usia dini membantu anak mengembangkan rasa empati, disiplin, mandiri, dan tanggung jawab sehingga anak memiliki moral dan kebiasaan yang baik

Peningkatan Kompetensi Mengajar Bahasa Inggris Guru-Guru PAUD Melalui Pelatihan Pembelajaran dan Sumber Belajar Interaktif

Era globalisasi yang semakin pesat membawa dampak yang kompleks pada sistem pendidikan di Indonesia. Dalam rangka mencetak generasi yang cakap dan mampu berkompetisi secara global, maka membekali anak dengan keterampilan bahasa Inggris merupakan hal yang krusial. Oleh karenanya, pengajaran bahasa Inggris bagi anak atau Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) penting untuk dilakukan. Sebuah pre-survey diberikan kepada 50 responden guru PAUD di kota Salatiga. Hasil survey menunjukkan 100% responden mengenalkan bahasa Inggris dalam pembelajaran di sekolah. Sebanyak 40% responden menyatakan bahwa pengajaran bahasa Inggris masuk dalam kurikulum inti yang terintegrasi dengan tema pembelajaran di PAUD. Adapun sebanyak 60% responden menyatakan bahwa pengajaran bahasa Inggris hanya dilakukan sebagai kegiatan ekstrakurikuler yang terjadwal secara periodic. Berdasarkan hasil pre-survey ditemukan 2 akar permasalahan, yakni pertama, sebagian besar guru bahasa Inggris di PAUD bukanlah berkualifikasi dari English Department. Hanya 14% responden guru PAUD yang lulusan English Department. Kedua, seluruh responden menyatakan belum pernah mengikuti pelatihan teknik pembelajaran bahasa Inggris interaktif sehingga kompetensi mengajar bahasa Inggris mereka sangat perlu ditingkatkan. Meninjau permasalahan tersebut, tim pengabdian UNNES mengadakan pelatihan bagi guru PAUD bertajuk “Peningkatan Kompetensi Mengajar Bahasa Inggris Guru-guru PAUD Salatiga melalui Pelatihan Pembelajaran dan Sumber Belajar Interaktif”. Kegiatan PKM ini terbagi menjadi 3 sesi. Sesi pertama merupakan ceramah dan diskusi teori pembelajaran bahasa Inggris untuk Anak Usia Dini, integrasi 6 lingkup perkembangan anak, strategi mengajar interaktif dan penggunaan media yang kreatif dan inovatif dalam pembelajaran bahasa Inggris untuk Anak Usia Dini. Sesi kedua adalah praktik micro teaching bagi peserta pelatihan. Sesi ketiga adalah review dan feedback dari tim pengabdian

Creating an English Computer Game as an Interactive Material in Teaching English to Young Learner (TEYL)

This study aims at explaining the interactive materials that were needed in Teaching English to Young Learner, creating an English computer game into an interactive material, and examining the effective of the implementation of an English computer game as an interactive material in Teaching English to Young Learner to the first-grade students of elementary school. The study used Research and Development (R&D) adapted from Hutchinson and Water (1987:53-56) and by Borg and Gall (1985). The study had seven stages, they were: (1) conducting a need analysis of the first-grade students, (2) writing the course grid such as lesson plan and map of interactive material, (3) developing preliminary form of English computer game, (4) preliminary field testing by English teacher, English learning expert, and ICT learning expert, (5) revising the English computer game, (6) trying out, and (7) writing the final draft of the use of English computer game for Teaching English to Young Learners. The result of the study showed that students got better achievement in learning English. It could be seen from the result between pre-test and post-test using t-test formula. The result showed t value > t table; 7.165 > 2.021, it meant that there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test. The post-test was higher that pre-test. The mean of pre-test was 65.2 while the mean of post-test was 87.44. It was also strengthened by the result of the interview which concluded that students liked learning English through this interactive material

Creating an English Computer Game as an Interactive Material in Teaching English to Young Learner (TEYL)

This study aims at explaining the interactive materials that were needed in Teaching English to Young Learner, creating an English computer game into an interactive material, and examining the effective of the implementation of an English computer game as an interactive material in Teaching English to Young Learner to the first-grade students of elementary school. The study used Research and Development (RD) adapted from Hutchinson and Water (1987:53-56) and by Borg and Gall (1985). The study had seven stages, they were: (1) conducting a need analysis of the first-grade students, (2) writing the course grid such as lesson plan and map of interactive material, (3) developing preliminary form of English computer game, (4) preliminary field testing by English teacher, English learning expert, and ICT learning expert, (5) revising the English computer game, (6) trying out, and (7) writing the final draft of the use of English computer game for Teaching English to Young Learners. The result of the study showed that students got better achievement in learning English. It could be seen from the result between pre-test and post-test using t-test formula. The result showed t value t table; 7.165 2.021, it meant that there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test. The post-test was higher that pre-test. The mean of pre-test was 65.2 while the mean of post-test was 87.44. It was also strengthened by the result of the interview which concluded that students liked learning English through this interactive material.

CREATING AN ENGLISH COMPUTER GAME AS AN INTERACTIVE MATERIAL IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNER (TEYL)

This study aims at explaining the interactive materials that were needed in Teaching English to Young Learner, creating an English computer game into an interactive material, and examining the effective of the implementation of an English computer game as an interactive material in Teaching English to Young Learner to the first-grade students of elementary school. The study used Research and Development (R&D) adapted from Hutchinson and Water (1987:53-56) and by Borg and Gall (1985). The study had seven stages, they were: (1) conducting a need analysis of the first-grade students, (2) writing the course grid such as lesson plan and map of interactive material, (3) developing preliminary form of English computer game, (4) preliminary field testing by English teacher, English learning expert, and ICT learning expert, (5) revising the English computer game, (6) trying out, and (7) writing the final draft of the use of English computer game for Teaching English to Young Learners. The result of the study showed that students got better achievement in learning English. It could be seen from the result between pre-test and post-test using t-test formula. The result showed t value > t table; 7.165 > 2.021, it meant that there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test. The post-test was higher that pre-test. The mean of pre-test was 65.2 while the mean of post-test was 87.44. It was also strengthened by the result of the interview which concluded that students liked learning English through this interactive material

Developing an English Mobile App by Adapting Gender Education Values for English Language Teaching

The desire to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment is reflected in Indonesia as a mark of the country’s support for the global initiatives of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. In reality, the data shows that Indonesian women are still lagging compared to men in the education aspect. Hence, the values of gender education and women empowerment could be internalized in all subjects at school, one of them being English Language Teaching (ELT). This study aims at designing, developing, and adapting gender equality and women empowerment values into the mobile app for ELT for teaching descriptive text for 7th-grade students in Junior High Schools. This research implemented Research & Development which used interviews and questionnaires as the instruments. There were three stages applied in this research adopted from Thiagarajan, Semmel, and Semmel (1974) which were defined, designed, and develop. The result showed that the results of expert validation showed that this mobile app is feasible to be implemented. Furthermore, this simple mobile app can integrate the values of gender equality and women empowerment through descriptive texts in English Language Teaching for grade 7th Junior High School. &nbsp

Developing Children's Language Skills through Storybooks Based on Religious Moderation

This research is a research and development that aims to produce children's story books based on religious moderation in order to develop language skills and to form a profile of Pancasila students in early childhood. This research started from the results of pre-research conducted through a survey which showed the fact that it was still rare to find references to teaching materials with special themes on religious moderation used in learning at Raudlatul Athfal. The research design uses the ADDIE model which consists of the Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement and Evaluate stages. The results showed that the product development of children's storybooks based on religious moderation is valid and feasible for use in PAUD learning. Moreover, the result also shows that this book has a real contribution to developing language skills in teaching religious moderation and shaping the character of early childhood in accordance with the profile of Pancasila students