Developing the Vocabulary Mastery of Students through Educational Games

Abstract It is well known that educational game is able to develop English language skills of children in an attractive way. It can reduce boredom and increase the student’s interest in teaching and learning activities. It can also make learning process more enjoyable. This research aimed to find out the effect of educational games in developing student’s vocabulary mastery of eight years’ students of SMP Negeri 2 Parepare. This research applied pre-experimental method. The result of pre-test and post-test shows that the student’s vocabulary mastery improved significantly. It is shown from the mean score of pre-test was 65.4 and post-test was 79.4. The result of t-test value (10.294) was higher than t-table value (1.685). It concludes that the use of educational games can develop students’ vocabulary mastery.   Keywords: developing, vocabulary mastery, educational game

IMPLEMENTING PHILOSOPHY-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING APPROACH TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL

In university, in this case STAIN Parepare, the fourth semester students have been taught many kinds of speaking which varied based on different purposes. One of them is transactional speaking and Group Discussion is one of the kinds which frequently practised in college activity. In the initial study, it was found that students of the fourth semester in STAIN Parepare had low proficiency level in speaking and they had no motivation to participate in group discussion in speaking subjects. To overcome these problems, the writer implemented Philosophy-Based Language Teaching (PBLT) approach. This approach was selected to enhance students’ thinking ability in group discussion in order that they build an idea then convey it to improve their speaking skill. This research was quantitative which employed pre-experimental research with one group pretest-posttest design. The data was collected by speaking test and observation then processed by statistical calculation by t-test nonindependent sample. Furthermore, the findings of this result revealed that PBLT approach is able to improve students speaking skill. Besides, this approach improved students’ speaking skill through the existence of philosophical questions which allowed the discussion surrounded by active participation of group members. In addition, the findings indicated students’ improvement in speaking skill both intellectual and social aspect. Finally, this research provided some suggestions to overcome some problems found during this research

Pendampingan Advertisement dan Labelling Pada Usaha Mikro Kecil Menengah (UMKM) Masyarakat Parepare “Naskun Tante Yanti”

Tujuan dari pengabdian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui apa saja cara yang dapat dilakukan agar bisa mengembangkan dan meningkatkan usaha dagang melalui periklanan dan labelling. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengabdian ini adalah partisifatif, dimana pelaksana mendampingi secara langsung pelaku UMKM di kota Parepare dalam mengembangkan usaha dagangnya yaitu melalui periklanan dan pemberian label pada usahanya

Pengelolaan Pemasaran Melalui Media Sosial: Membangun Citra Positif Mahasiswa IAS Melalui Pendampingan Promosi

Pendampingan Promosi menggunakan media sosial pada Organisasi Mahasiswa Kewirausahaan IAS bertujuan untuk mengetahui peluang penjualan melalui promosi melalui media sosial. Metode yang digunakan adalah wacana, sesi tanya jawab dan praktek. Pendamping adalah seseorang atau kelompok yang memberikan nasehat dan bimbingan kepada perusahaan atau pengusaha untuk meningkatkan kinerjanya. Melakukan promosi dengan menggunakan media sosial sepertinya mempunyai peluang yang baik jika dilakukan dengan cara yang menarik. Facebook merupakan salah satu media sosial yang sering digunakan namun tidak menutup kemungkinan juga ada media sosial lain yang digunakan untuk berpromosi seperti Instagram dan WhatsAp