BRINGING POP-CULTURE INTO CLASSROOM: SPEAKING 3’S GOT TALENT ACTIVITY TO ENHANCE SPEAKING SKILL OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

AbstractFollowing the widespread and growing popularity of English communication across the globe, the implementation of and the research on innovation in language teaching is mushrooming, especially in the teaching of English speaking. This study aims at measuring how far pop-culture themed classroom activity named Speaking 3’s Got Talent gives impacts for students speaking skill improvement at IAIN Salatiga, through an observation of a class in the English Department with a number of students of 30 undertaking Speaking 3 course in the odd-semester of the academic year of 2016/2017. Using a quantitative approach, this research utilizes questionnaire and direct observation for collecting data, and makes use of three methods of data analysis namely questionnaire scale-analysis, CEFR (The Common European Framework) speaking grid, and teacher’s made rubric for speaking for assessment which pinpoint three key measured variables namely students’ attitude toward the activity, teacher’s assessment toward students’ performance referring to both CEFR and teacher’s made rubric. This research finds that students had positive (excellent and very good) attitude towards the time, English, avatar, expertise and assessment variables of the activity and viewed that it is effective in downgrading their degree of stage fright; secondly, students obtain excellent and very good assessment in both the CEFR and teacher’s made rubric model. The three methods of measurements implied its affectivity in enhancing university students’ speaking skill and both student and teacher assessment recommend this activity to be applied in English classrooms.Keywords: speaking skill, pop-cultural activity, attitude, stage fright, assessmen

The Attitudes of Students From ESL and EFL Countries to English

This research is to study the attitudes of English students from English asa Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL)country in English and Foreign Languages University (EFL University),Hyderabad to English. This is a descriptive-quantitative research with asurvey method. The attitudes researched include those to listening,speaking, reading, and writing. The data was taken through questionnaireconsisting of 20 questions. The findings of this study showed that theEnglish students in EFL University have neutral-to-positive attitudes toListening, positive attitudes to Speaking, positive attitudes to Reading,and poor attitudes to Writing. In addition, the English students from ESLcountry have better attitudes to Reading (positive) and Writing (neutral)and those from EFL country have better attitudes to Speaking (neutral-topositive)and Listening (neutral-to-positive). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti sikap mahasiswa jurusan bahasaInggris yang berasal dari Negara yang menggunakan bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa kedua (ESL) dan yang menggunakan bahasa Inggrissebagai bahasa asing (EFL) di Universitas Bahasa Inggris dan BahasaAsing (English and Foreign Languages University/EFL University),Hyderabad terhadap bahasa Inggris. Penelitian ini adalah penelitiandeskriptif-kuantitatif dengan menggunakan metode survey. Sikap yangditeliti termasuk sikap terhadap mendengarkan, berbicara, membaca, danmenulis. Data diperoleh melalui kuesioner yang terdiri dari 20pertanyaan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa mahasiswa di EFLUniversity memiliki sikap netral ke positif terhadap mendengarkan, sikappositif terhadap berbicara, sikap positif terhadap membaca, dan sikapyang kurang positif terhadap menulis. Mahasiswa dari negara ESLmemiliki sikap yang lebih baik terhadap membaca (positif) danmenulis(netral) dan mereka yang berasal dari negara EFL memiliki sikapyang lebih baik terhadap berbicara (netral ke positif) dan mendengarkan(netral ke positif

The Use of Adjacency Pairs in Film Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Erig Brevig

This thesis is research about the use of adjacency pairs in film Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Eric Brevig by using the discourse analysis. The purpose of this research was to find out: (1). The patterns of adjacency pairs used in the conversation of the film Journey to the Center of the Earth. (2).The preferred and dis preferred responses of adjacency pairs in film Journey to the Centre of the Earth. The method in this research is descriptive qualitative method. The source of data in this research was the film Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Eric Brevig, which is published in 2008, and the books reference to support this research. The method of collecting data in this research used the library research and collected information and theories related to the topic of this writing. The writer read some relevant books and some guiding books that were close related to the topic of this writing. The method of analyzing data in this research used descriptive method, by watching the film and identifying all adjacency pairs in the conversation of film Journey to the Center of the Earth. In this film, the writer found that, there are 8 patterns that occurred in this film, the pattern (U – U) is mostly used in the conversation of the film with number of occurrences is 5 times. And there are 5 preferred responses, (Question – Answer) which is mostly used in this film, with number of occurrences is 8 times, and there are 3 dis preferred response, (Question – Unexpected Answer) which is mostly used with number of occurrence is 4 times. The implication of this research is giving descriptions to the student of English Literature Department about the kinds of adjacency pairs, including responses and patterns in film

ATTRIBUTES FOR THE FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENTS OF A GOOD PRACTICE OF ONLINE COURSE: A REFLECTIVE STUDY ON THE 1ST INDONESIAN MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE (IMOOC)

Technology advancement has allowed our education to make innovations, and massive open online courses (MOOCs) has become one of the promising programs that facilitate fruitful learning outcomes for many fields of study especially English language learning. This reflective study evaluated the first iteration of Indonesian Massive Open Online Course (IMOOC), in 2017, perceived from both facilitator and participant point of view, taking the IMOOC IAIN Salatiga camp as the sample subject of the study. Our reflections started with vignettes on challenges and opportunities for online learning and some attributes generally referred to as the basic requirements of successful open online course, such as, curiosity and richness in ways of the learning materials, preferences in learning and flexibility for the aspects of learning style and facilitation, and user-friendliness for the aspects of information and communication technology. Finally, our reflections as a facilitator and a participant to the first IMOOC discovered assorted technical and module-related issues faced by facilitator and participants respectively but both assured of opportunities prospective to develop professionalism in English language teaching in the future. In a more serious note, this study has formulated 3 attributes for the basic requirements of successful open online course namely providing multimodal contents in accordance with participant critical thinking level, accommodating different learning styles with stimulating facilitation, and utilizing current and user-friendly digital tools applicable and integrative in Indonesian teaching context

LAPORAN PRAKTIK PENGALAMAN LAPANGAN (PPL) PERIODE 10 AGUSTUS – 12 SEPTEMBER 2015 SMAN 1 WONOSARI

Pelaksanaan Praktik Pengalaman Lapangan (PPL) merupakan salah satu mata kuliah yang wajib ditempuh oleh mahasiswa sebagai salah satu syarat dalammenyelesaikan gelar sebagai sarjana pendidikan selain tugas akhir skripsi di Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta. Visi dari Praktik Pengalaman Lapangan adalahwadah pembentukan calon guru atau tenaga kependidikan yang profesional. Praktik Pengalaman Lapangan (PPL) dilaksanakan di SMAN 1 Wonosari, tepatnya di Kepek, Wonosari, Gunungkidul.Kegiatan ini dimulai secara efektif pada tanggal 10 Agustus dan diakhiri pada tanggal 12 September 2015. Praktik Pengalaman Lapangan merupakan kegiatan pembelajaran di sekolah. Dalam kegiatan pembelajaran perlu melakukan persiapan,diantaranya pembuatan RPP, administrasi pendidik, serta media pembelajaran yangdiperlukan. Selama kegiatan PPL mahasiswa diberi kepercayaan untuk mengampu kelas X MIA 1, X MIA 2 dan X MIA 3 dibawah bimbingan Ibu Niken Kurniatun, S.Pd. Evaluasi terhadap peserta didik dilakukan melalui Ulangan Pendalaman Materi atau Ulangan Harian. Secara kesuluruhan PPL berjalan dengan baik dan lancar. Keberhasilan pelaksanaan PPL ini hendaknya disikapi oleh pihak Universitas Negeri Yogyakartadengan mempertahankan dan meningkatkan jalinan komunikasi dan kerjasama dengan SMAN 1 Wonosari

Pengaruh Persepsi Ketidakadilan Imbalan dan Kepuasan Imbalan terhadap Intensi Keluar Karyawan Daluman Villa Seminyak

The study objectives are perception of reward imbalance having positive affect on intention to quit and reward satisfaction having negative affect on intention quit. Samples was 39 respondent's, all of Daluman Villa employee's, selecting by using cencus method with multiple regression analyst as the data analysis technique. Data's of this research collected from 39 employee's of Daluman Villa by filling a questioner's. Result of analyst reported that 1) Perception of reward imbalance have a positive affect on intention to quit; 2) Reward satisfaction have a negative affect on intention to quit of Daluman Villa employee's. Implication of this study was suggested to still effort to hold the employee's from quiting, villa management had make employee's trust was having treated so fairly considered Indonesian Ordinance's and work aggrement's, then having feel satisfaction in rewarding as appreciation of the employee's performance and after that all employee's wouldn't having an intention to quit

Pengaruh informasi pada media Instagram terhadap keputusan memilih mahasiswa dalam Pilpres 2019 : Studi kasus mahasiswa FISIP angkatan 2018 UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi fenomena digunakannya media sosial untuk keperluan penyebarluasan informasi atau kampanye mengenai pemilihan presiden pada pilpres 2019. Salah satu dampak kemajuan teknologi informasi adalah hadirnya media sosial yang mendorong percepatan penyampaian informasi menjadi lahan baru untuk digunakan dalam rangka kepentingan politik. Instagram menjadi salah satu media yang menjanjikan untuk keperluan kampanye. Selain karena mudahnya penyebarluasan informasi di instagram, instagram juga digunakan oleh banyak generasi milenial atau gen z sebagai pemilih pemula yang mendominasi jumlah total pemilih pada pilpres 2019. Penggunaan instagram sebagai media kampanye dapat mempengaruhi keputusan memilih dari para penggunanya terutama milenial atau gen z sebagai pemilih pemula. Diantara pemilih pemula yang menyumbang suara adalah kalangan mahasiswa yang termasuk ke dalam generasi milenial atau gen z. Penelitian ini mengkaji pengaruh informasi pada media instagram terhadap keputusan memilih mahasiswa. Objek pada penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa Fisip UIN SGD Bandung, karena dinilai memiliki wawasan tentang politik dan dapat mengolah terlebih dahulu informasi yang mereka dapatkan. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan campuran (mix method) yakni menggabungkan metode kuantitatif dan kualitatif dengan model Sequential Explanatori. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa informasi pada media instagram memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap keputusan memilih mahasiswa pada pilpres 2019 sebesar 33,4%. Mayoritas responden cenderung semakin yakin terhadap pilihan mereka setelah menerima informasi dari media instagram

Prediction of Soil Pore Water Pressure Using Polynomial Kernel Support Vector Machine

Knowledge in soil pore water pressure is important in slope stability analysis. The fluctuation of soil pore water pressure is mainly affect by the rainfall intensity. The pore water pressure can cause effect on the soil strength. A few problems has been identified in obtaining the pore water pressure reading which are time consuming and intensive labor work that are from field instrumentation. However, the development of soft-computing in nowadays has become focus as alternative technology to monitor the changes of pore water pressure in soil, and scope in this study is to use support vector machine. Then, a study on developing a model to predict the soil pore water using polynomial kernel support vector machine and to evaluate the model performance has been conducted. A considerable good correlation between observed and predicted pore water pressure has been found by the end of the studies with performance evaluation of R2 and RMSE of 0.93 and 0.60 respectively A slope in Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Perak has been chosen as study scope to predict the soil pore water pressure

Can Humanizing Classroom Meet EFL Learners’ Needs?

Humanizing classroom is a learning model which emphasizes the students’ involvement in the classroom and considers the students’ characters, learning style, and background in every phase of teaching-learning activities. This descriptive study investigates the implementation of humanizing classroom practices by high school EFL teachers and looks for the kinds of humanism values being applied as well as their impacts on their pedagogical practices. The subjects of this study were six English teachers at MAN Salatiga. The data is gathered from classroom observation, interviews, and documents. The finding shows that humanizing classroom values is reflected in every aspect and phase of the EFL teaching-learning process, where teachers do not only apply the values during the teaching-learning activities but also in their lesson plan and evaluation. Secondly, positive impacts from the practice exist, proven by the positive feelings shown by the teachers (appreciated) and the students (more confident and comfortable) in their English classes. In addition, when teachers implement the humanizing classroom, students could freely share what they need and feel in the EFL classroom

Prediction of Soil Pore Water Pressure Using Polynomial Kernel Support Vector Machine

Knowledge in soil pore water pressure is important in slope stability analysis. The fluctuation of soil pore water pressure is mainly affect by the rainfall intensity. The pore water pressure can cause effect on the soil strength. A few problems has been identified in obtaining the pore water pressure reading which are time consuming and intensive labor work that are from field instrumentation. However, the development of soft-computing in nowadays has become focus as alternative technology to monitor the changes of pore water pressure in soil, and scope in this study is to use support vector machine. Then, a study on developing a model to predict the soil pore water using polynomial kernel support vector machine and to evaluate the model performance has been conducted