THE DIFFICULTIES OF TEACHING ENGLISH TO THE TAIWANESE STUDENTS

The objective of this paper is to investigate the difficulties of teaching English to the Taiwanese Students of Cram School (Buxiban) and the way to solve the difficulties of teaching English to the students. The limitation of this study is on the classroom realities in teaching English as a Foreign Language at Cram School (Buxiban). The participant of this research is the teacher of Cram School (a native speaker from England). This research is a descriptive qualitative research. The difficulties faced by the teachers in teaching English derive from the teacher himself, the students and Cram school (Buxiban). Those difficulties are Mother Tongue Use of the teacher, Mix Ability, Lack of Motivation, Continuity, Taiwan's exam culture, Buxiban (Cram School) materials, Monologue rather than dialogue. The ways to solve those difficulties are the use of Experience, Reflection and Creativity, and the rules on the classroom realities.&nbsp

COLLEGE STUDENTS' VIEWS ON COMPLETING THE TEST THROUGH GAME-BASED LEARNING

Recently, game-based learning has been increasingly popular in education to increase the colleges' student participation in learning activities, especially conducting tests. This study examined the college students' learning experiences by conducting a pretest and posttest through the Kahoot application. This study recruited four college students aged twenty to twenty-two to participate who were selected purposely to provide "information-rich" cases. Focus group discussions were conducted to obtain rich information to solve the research question and analyzed through four steps: analyzing interview data, writing memos, creating the final report, and organizing the structure. The findings highlight three themes to describe such as (1) the implementation of game-based learning, (2) Students' challenges using Kahoot, and (3) The positive students learning outcomes of using Kahoot. The implementation of Kahoot can create a more attractive, exciting, and quality test atmosphere because students answer questions purely within a limited time setting. This activity also encourages students to repeat the previous material to think faster in submitting answers to the Kahoot

BUKU CERITA GAMBAR SEBAGAI MEDIA PENINGKATAN MINAT BACA SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR

The reading ability of Elementary students is a series of actions that must be developed so that students are not only good at reading but also able to explore and understand the text of reading books. This study shows that several picture books are an effort to increase elementary school students' reading interest. The methodology used in this study is a literature review and reports from various journals. To increase students' interest in reading, teachers must use appropriate media to attract students' attention. Picture storybooks have a function to enrich and support storytelling in the process of understanding the contents of the book. Picture books are one of the tools used in the curriculum. Storybooks feature many pictures to tell a story, character, setting, or whatever. This study describes the development of Elementary school picture storybooks and the benefits of using storybooks as a media in teaching elementary students. The study concludes that students' attraction to develop reading skills and develop previous skills can be done through the use of media, namely the use of stories presented in the media

EXPLORING READING PROCESS OF TAIWANESE STUDENTS: USING MISCUES ANALYSIS

The purpose of this study was to investigate the reading process of readers’ miscues in reading a text. Ken Goodman first coined the term to describe an observed response in the reading process that does not match the expected response (Goodman, 1973). The term "miscue," rather than "error" or "mistake" is used to avoid judgments. Good miscues do not change the meaning of the sentence or story and are called high-quality miscues. On the other hand, miscues that do not make sense are called low-quality miscues. Five Taiwanese undergraduate students were recruited to participate in this study. They were all from and demonstrated similar English competency. The participants were asked to read an unfamiliar and unpracticed text. This study used interview and retelling guide (including both un-added and added retelling) to collect data. Reading miscue analysis was employed to analyze Taiwanese students’ reading style and error patterns. The results found that all readers made more than 25 miscues in reading. All the readers made the miscues of dialect and insertion. Moreover, some readers made nonwords substitutions and repetitions miscues without affecting their understanding of the text.&nbsp

REPRESENTASI PERUNDUNGAN (BULLIYING) PADA NOVEL DAN HUJAN PUN BERHENTI KARYA FARIDA SUSANTY: PENDEKATAN SOSIOLOGI SASTRA

This research is motivated by the problem of rampant bullying that is currently happening in the community without exception, with the rampant bullying that often occurs among students, seen explicitly by researchers. Therefore, researchers are interested in exploring bullying. Based on the description above, it is necessary to conduct research. The writer is interested in analyzing the representation of bullying in the novel, "And the Rain Stopped by Farida Susanty, through a literary, sociological approach." The researcher categorized into sub-problems to be more focused: (1) What are the forms and impacts of bullying in the novel "And the Rain Stopped by Farida Susanty"? (2) What are the factors or causes of bullying in the novel "And the Rain Stopped by Farida Susanty"?. The research method is descriptive qualitative. The research data are in the form of words, phrases, and sentences that contain representations of bullying in the novel by Farida Susanty, namely what forms of bullying, factors or causes of bullying, and the impact of bullying. The novel contains categories of verbal/verbal bullying and psychological and physical bullying

PENERAPAN KEARIFAN LOKAL SYAIR MANOE PUCOK MELALUI PROJEK PENGUATAN PROFIL PELAJAR PANCASILA (P5)

This study aims to determine teachers' pedagogical competence in increasing students' motivation to learn Bahasa Indonesia. To find this out, the approach used in this research is qualitative, a description method with observational research instruments or observations and interviews with students and teachers. The research participants were Bahasa Indonesia teachers and several SMA Negeri 3 Medan students. The study found that some teachers understand the characteristics of students because there are still teachers who generalize learning and need to understand student learning styles. The teachers in SMA Negeri 3 Medan have been able to design lesson plans (RPP) with innovative learning models. Not all teachers carry out learning according to the lesson plan (RPP) previously designed. In addition, some educators have yet to be able to assess or evaluate learning authentically. All teachers play a role in developing students so that they can actualize the potential of students