Sawer: Komunikasi Simbolik Pada Adat Tradisi Suku Sunda Dalam Upacara Setelah Perkawinan

Sawer is a symbolic communication expressed on Sundanese wedding tradition. Sawer means spreading wealth like water fountain. This ritual is leading by juru sawer, using properties such as leaves, flowers, grains, and coins. This article explores meanings contained in sawer ritual: rice/grains symbolizes food happiness, sirih leaves symbolizes harmony, yellow color symbolizes golden which means noble, flowers symbolize aromatic smell, and coins symbolizes wealth. From communication perspectives, tradition was perceived as a means of transmitting message. Sawer expressed transcendental communication, relationship with people, and metaphysical communication

Pengaruh Keterampilan Menyimak Dan Intelligence Quotient Terhadap Prestasi Belajar Siswa

Menyimak (listening), sebagai komunikasi langsung, merupakan salah satu aspek dari empat perilaku komunikasi insani, termasuk dalam penyampaian materi pada proses belajar mengajar di sekolah. Dalam hal ini, setiap siswa diyakini memiliki keterampilan menyimak yang berbeda di dalam proses belajar mengajar tadi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan, berdasarkan hasil uji koefisien jalur, terdapat pengaruh keterampilan menyimak terhadap prestasi belajar siswa yang signifikan, juga terdapat pengaruh IQ terhadap prestasi belajar siswa yang signifikan. Namun, pengaruh keterampilan menyimak terhadap IQ tidak signifikan. Begitu juga berdasarkan uji analisis regresi, diperoleh hasil yang sama. Adapun pengaruh gabungan antara keterampilan menyimak dan IQ terhadap prestasi belajar sebesar 10,2% saja. Kesimpulan penelitian adalah prestasi belajar ditentukan secara langsung oleh keterampilan menyimak dan IQ. Semakin tinggi keterampilan menyimak dan IQ maka semakin tinggi pula prestasi belajarnya

Komunikasi Reseptif Dalam Meningkatkan Prestasi Belajar Anak

Education is the process of transforming knowledge into the process of learning and teaching in the school system. Dwyer and Barker stated that the most dominant learning and teaching process is receptive communication as applied in the act of listening and reading. Logically, the senses being actively engaged in such process are hearing and visioning facilities. An observation toward school practices proved that listening and reading activities become the main part of academic skills to be acquired by students. It is concluded that receptive communication allows students to absorb knowledge and technology effectively which in turn will increase students' learning achievement