Communication Strategies Used by English Teacher in Teaching and Learning Process

The aim of this study was to describe communication strategies employed by English teacher at a senior high school in central Java. Types of communication strategies and the function of communication strategies were included in this study. The subject of this study is an English teacher who taught eleventh grade at a senior high school in a central Java.  This study belongs to qualitative study which involved observation and interview to collect the required data. Observation was conducted during English teaching and learning process to gain the detailed information about communication strategies used by English teacher. Then, interview was employed to clarify and enrich the data. The data were analyzed by using Dornyei & Scott’s (1997) taxonomy of communication strategies. The result of this study showed that there are six types of communication strategies used by English teacher during teaching and learning process. Code switching strategy was the most frequently used by English teacher during teaching and learning process. Those communication strategies were used to improve students’ speaking ability and encourage them to communicate in English. In addition, teacher employed various communication strategies to stimulate students to be more active and confident in speaking during English teaching and learning process.

HOSPITAL SOUNDSCAPE: ACOUSTICS EVALUATION IN NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU) ROOM OF A NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA

Acoustics comfort in a room is one of the most important building physics aspect that should be observed. in public spaces like hospital, especially in an intensive care unit such as NICU. Researches on the acoustic conditions of NICU in Indonesia are still limited. The acoustical study conducted in this research is using objective, subjective, and simulation methods based on soundscape concept with the concern on the nurse’s perception. This research was conducted at a national hospital in Jakarta. According to National Standardization Agency of Indonesia (SNI) and World Health Organization (WHO), the suitable sound pressure level (SPL) for noise in patient’s room is 35 dBA. From the study, it was found that the equivalent SPL value exceeded the standard. Soundscape in NICU can be improve with the addition of curtain on the incubator’s side, installation of glass partition, and ceiling absorber in the nurse station area. The result of simulation showed that the SPL in the room decreased with average value 8.9 dBA for sound source alarm ventilator and 8.2 dBA for sound source medical officer conversations. And the speech transmission index (STI) increased from “bad” to “good” range became “fair” to “excellent” range