INTERCULTURAL APPROACH AND CHARACTER EDUCATION- BASED DEVELOPING ENGLISH TEXTBOOK

This research was conducted with the purpose to develop the materials of textbook based on intercultural approach and character education as a guideline in learning English for senior high school class X in Purworejo regency, and to determine the validity of the development of textbooks. The method used in this research is R and D. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that English book published by the government in 2014 requires improvement in terms of 1) the current topic which are very important because the topics are most needed by the students as information directly from the book contained current trends, 2) Insight of diversity means that the knowledge, experience, and discourse reflected in the texts contained insight of diversity including the target language, and 3) Relationship with social emotional material students need to be improved. The material contained in this book will be developed based on the intercultural approach, meaning that based on the findings and goals to be achieved in this study, the findings of the field study is appropriate

INTERCULTURAL ASPECTS IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Intercultural understanding essentiallybecomes a part of  living with others in the diverse world of the twenty-first century. It assists people to become responsible local and global citizens through their education for living and working together in an interconnected world.  Language is a major component and supporter of culture as well as a primary tool for transferring message, which is inextricably bound with culture. Language is a key component of culture. It is also a primary medium for transmitting the culture itself. Without language, culture would not be possible. Students learning their native language are learning their own culture. Meanwhile, learning a second language also involves learning a second culture to varying degrees. A language is influenced and shaped by culture. It reflects culture. Cultural differences are the most serious areas causing misunderstanding, unpleasantness and even conflict in cross-cultural communication. Both foreign language learners and teachers accordingly should pay more attention to cultural communication information

INTERCULTURAL APPROACH AND CHARACTER EDUCATION- BASED DEVELOPING ENGLISH TEXTBOOK

This research was conducted with the purpose to develop the materials of textbook based on intercultural approach and character education as a guideline in learning English for senior high school class X in Purworejo regency, and to determine the validity of the development of textbooks. The method used in this research is R and D. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that English book published by the government in 2014 requires improvement in terms of 1) the current topic which are very important because the topics are most needed by the students as information directly from the book contained current trends, 2) Insight of diversity means that the knowledge, experience, and discourse reflected in the texts contained insight of diversity including the target language, and 3) Relationship with social emotional material students need to be improved. The material contained in this book will be developed based on the intercultural approach, meaning that based on the findings and goals to be achieved in this study, the findings of the field study is appropriate.Keywords: Textbooks, English, intercultural approach, character educatio

Pre-service English Teachers’ Pedagogical Competence, Challenges and Strategies to Facilitate Learning

To be able to become a professional teacher, student teachers or pre-service English teachers (PSETs) have to complete the internship teaching program at schools. Here, they learn the teacher competences. This research aims to describe the PSETs’ pedagogical competence reflected in internship program during COVID-19 pandemic;  to explain some challenges faced by PSETs in internship program during COVID-19 pandemic and to describe some chosen strategies to overcome the problem. The research employs quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques by involving 32 participants who had just completed their internship program in senior high school and vocational high school. To collect the data, questionnaire and interview were used. The data were analyzed by using descriptive quantitative and qualitative techniques. The quantitative data were analyzed by applying SPSS, while thematic analysis used for the data from interview. The finding suggests that the pedagogical competence of PSETs is “Good” as the mean score of the questionnaire result was 69.60% in the range of 51% to75% mastery the competence. Secondly, there are some challenges faced by PSET in conducting the internship program during the COVID-19 pandemic which are categorized into internal and external factors. Some strategies were applied to overcome the challenges, namely providing appropriate learning media and platform, time management and personal teaching strategies

The Use of Online Literature Circles to Enhance the Students’ Critical Reading Skills

This research aims to find out whether using Online Literature Circles to enhance the student's critical reading skills is effective or not. This research belongs to quantitative research using a pre-experimental design. The population of this research is eleventh-grade students of SMK N 1 Puring in the academic year of 2020/2021 which consists of 382 students. The sample of this research is XI TKPI 1 consist of 34 students. The data were taken virtual from 17th May 2021 to 31st May 2021. The technique of the data collection is using a test. It was done by giving an online pre-test and online post-test. Meanwhile, the technique of data analysis used descriptive analysis and inferential analysis. The result of this research shows that the mean score of the pre-test is 49.79 which belongs to fairly sufficient category, and the mean score of the post-test is 70.79 which belongs to the good category. To see whether the hypothesis is accepted or rejected, the researchers use t-test through IBM SPSS 25. The result two-sided significant value is 0.000. Based on the 0.05 significant level, the computation shows the two-sided significance value is lower than 0.05 (0.000<0.05). Therefore, it can be concluded that Online Literature Circles is effective to enhance the students' critical reading skills at the eleventh-grade students of SMK N 1 Puring in the academic year of 2020/2021

The Influence of Students’ Personality on Their Speaking Ability in English

The objectives of this study are to reveal student’s personality, the students’ speaking ability, dan to find out if there is any specific influence of student’s personality (extrovert introvert) on their speaking ability in English Education Program of Universitas Muhammadiyah Purworejo. This research was quantitative research. The instruments of this research were questionnaire and documentation. Data collection techniques used questionnaire and documentation. Data analysis used descriptive analysis and inferential analysis. This study shows that (1) the dominant students’ personality was in extrovert category with the means score = 84.47. (2) The students' speaking ability was in good category with the means score = 77.55 at the interval of 70 - 79. (3) There was positive and significant influence of students’ personality on speaking ability with the value of regression analysis was 0.486 and the significant level score 0.000 was lower than 0.05. The regression model (students’ personality) was able to be explained its influence on speaking ability by 22.22%, while the influence of 77.78% is explained by other factors that are not used in this regression model. &nbsp

Fostering Junior High School Teachers’ Competence in Technology-Assisted Learning Media Development

Technology literacy and poor teaching competences are common weaknesses experienced by junior high school teachers. This is because most junior high school teachers rarely use technology-based media in developing learning materials. Lecturers of English Education Study Program, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purworejo held training on technology-assisted learning media to overcome the problems faced. The method used was covered four steps namely problem analysis, preparation, implementation, and evaluation. The training activities were carried out face to face at SMP N 22 Purworejo. A total of 36 (thirty six) teachers participated in this activity. To evaluate the training program's achievements and participant responses, close-response questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were conducted after the presentation and discussion sessions finished. The results of the interviews showed that the participants were happy and enthusiastic about participating in the training activities. This community service program is able to increase teacher competence in developing technology-based learning media. The output of this program was an article published in a national-accredited journal. Further training needs to be held by increasing the number of participants from junior and senior high school teachers

Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Desa Bedono Pageron Melalui Budidaya Warung Hidup Berbasis Organik dan Penyuluhan Pendidikan

Tujuan program penyuluhan ini adalah mengenalkan, mempraktekkan dan memotivasi masyarakat untuk dapat melakukan pembuatan warung hidup berbasis organik dengan memanfaatkan lahan pekarangan rumah. Melalui Program ini diharapkan diperoleh manfaat untuk masyarakat agar tidak perlu membeli bahan pangan yang harganya semakin meningkat. Seluruh warga desa Bedono Pageron pada umumnya merupakan khalayak sasaran yang menjadi fokus pada kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini. Luaran yang diharapkan dari pelaksanaan kegiatan pengabdian pada masyarakat ini adalah 1) pengembangan pengetahuan, 2) peningkatan pembangunan. Metode kegiatan pengabdian pada masyarakat ini adalah metode penyuluhan dan pelatihan yang dengan langkah kegiatan berupa observasi lingkungan, sosialisasi, pemberian bibit, praktik pembuatan pupuk organik dengan warga dan pengecekan. Secara keseluruhan kegiatan ini berjalan dengan lancar dan mendapat respon positif dari para peserta walaupun baru beberapa rumah yang membuat warung hidup ini. Dengan adanya kegitan ini warga mendapatkan informasi tentang warung hidup berbasis organik. Selain itu, juga mengetahui bagaimana memanfaatkan lahan pekarangan rumah mereka dengan optimal

Pelatihan Pengajaran Bahasa Inggris Interaktif Bagi Guru TK/KB ‘Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal II Purworejo

Tujuan dari kegiatan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat ini adalah untuk membantu guru-guru dalam mengajarkan bahasa Inggris di TK/KB ‘Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal II Purworejo kabupaten Purworejo untuk menemukan, membuat dan mengaplikasikan materi kegiatan belajar-mengajar bahasa Inggris secara interaktif dan sesuai dengan usia anak-anak. Untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut metode pelatihan adalah dengan melalui workshop dan pendalaman teori. Sasaran Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat ini adalah para guru TK/KB ‘Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal II Purworejo kabupaten Purworejo dengan jumlah populasi adalah 15 orang. Permasalahan diselesaikan dalam tiga (3) tahapan kegiatan, yakni persiapan, pelaksanaan, dan evaluasi. Pada tahap Persiapan yang dilakukan adalah menganalisa masalah dan kebutuhan para guru TK/KB ‘Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal II Purworejo dalam pengajaran Bahasa Inggris. Tahap kedua yaitu pelaksanaan terbagi menjadi beberapa sesi yaitu pembukaan, penyampaian teori dasar prinsip dan model pengajaran bahasa Inggris untuk anak, dilanjutkan dengan materi yang lebih aplikatif yaitu pembelajaran melalui berbagai media atau teknik untuk mengajar bahasa inggris bagi anak usia dini. Metode pelaksanaan kegiatan ini adalah pelatihan intensif dengan perpaduan teori dan praktek serta diskusi dan unjuk kerja hasil workshop di akhir pelatihan. Tahap ketiga yakni evaluasi dengan meminta umpan balik peserta melalui kuesioner tentang pemahaman materi serta dengan melakukan evaluasi internal yang dilakukan tim Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat. Hasil dari pelaksanaan kegiatan ini dapat diuraikan sebagai berikut: peserta mampu memahami landasan teori dan prinsip pengajaran bahasa Inggris di TK atau PAUD, peserta mampu mengenal, membuat, dan mempraktikan beberapa jenis media atau teknik untuk membantu pengajaran bahasa Inggris., dan peserta mampu merancang kegiatan pembelajaran dengan aktifitas yang menyenangkan dan interaktif

Pelatihan Bahasa Inggris Berbasis Toefl Bagi Para Guru SMP se-MGMP Bahasa Inggris Kabupaten Purworejo

The study aims at giving training to improve the English teachers’ skill of SMP in Purworejo Regency, especially in related to TOEFL based-test. In accordance to the aims, the method used wasby giving intensif training combined with the theories, practice, and discussion. It also used the trainee’s performance (post-test) at the end of the training as the indicator of their improvement. The result of the training revealed that the TOEFL based-English training became one of the ways to improve the English teachers’ skill. The teachers can get beneficial knowledge about the underlyingtheory, principles, and strategies in doing TOEFL test indicated by the result of their post-test, and improvement in their general English skills. Besides, the result of the training can be applied asconsideration to take schools’ policies related to their English teachers’ quality.&nbsp