SEARCH FOR EXISTENCE IN SHARI SPRINGER BERMAN’S THE NANNY DIARIES MOVIE (2007): AN EXISTENTIALIST APPROACH

This study is aimed to show search for existence in The Nanny Diaries movie by using existentialist approach. It is done by establishing two objectives: the first is analyzing the movie based on its structural elements and the second is analyzing the movie based on the existentialist approach. This research is qualitative research. Type of data of the study is text and image taken from two data sources: primary and secondary. The primary data source is The Nanny Diaries movie directed by Shari Springer Berman released in 2007. while secondary data sources are other materials taken from books, journals, and internet related to the study. Both data are collected through library research and analyzed by descriptive analysis. The study comes to the following conclusions. First, based on the structural analysis of each element, it shows that the character and characterization, casting, plot, setting, point of view, theme, mise en scene, cinematography, sounds and editing are related to each other and form the unity into good quality of a movie. Second, based on the existentialist analysis, searching for existence in her life

My Insights on Learning Modern English Grammar

Apakah itu tata bahasa? Apakah kita perlu belajar tata bahasa untuk mempelajari suatu bahasa? Mengapa kita harus mengajarkan tata bahasa? Pertanyaan-pertanyaan tersebut sering sekali dipertanyakan oleh guru dan siswa dalam mempelajari tata bahasa dalam bahasa Inggris. Pengajaran tata bahasa selalu menjadi kontroversial dan dianggap aspek yang paling sulit dipahami. Melalui artikel ini saya mencoba memaparkan sedikit analisis saya tentang dua buku tata bahasa yang akhirnya mengubah pola fikir saya tentang pengajaran dan pembelajaran tata bahasa. Saya sadar sepenuhnya saya tidaklah pantas untuk memberi penilaian dan mengevaluasi buku-buku yang sangat istimewa ini, tapi setidaknya saya hanya mencoba menyampaikan sedikit pendapat tentang buku-buku tata bahasa yang saya baca dan pelajari saat mengikuti mata kuliah Modern English Grammar. Semoga tulisan sederhana ini akan lambat laun mengubah pola fikir dan kebiasaan mahasiswa terutama mahasiswa Tadris Bahasa Inggris dalam mempelajari tata bahasa dalam bahasa Inggris

Improving Tadris Bahasa Inggris Students’ Competency of Curriculum Development in Language Education through Investigating SMU Teachers’ Perceptions on the Implementation of 2013 Curriculum

Practicum Teaching has never been easy for most students. They have to undergo many courses before having the real practicum teaching. Balancing between the performance and competence finally is not totally a piece of cake in terms of real teaching. Lacks of skill in designing lesson plans, creating teaching material and managing classroom are occasionally become e great obstacle for pre-service teachers. And what makes it worse is they do not know well about the implementation of K-13 in teaching English in high schools. As a new implemented curriculum, pre-service teachers should struggle to apply this curriculum well in their teaching. This study investigates teachers‟ voices over K-13 and what strategies or approaches that teachers of English do to develop the quality of instruction in the classroom. Findings showed that mostly teachers of English are very welcome in implementing K-13 but in some conditions (for government to notice) , such as providing more trainings and bridging courses for teachers especially in suburbs, adding more free text books for unprivileged students, and so on

STUDENTS’ READING ANXIETY TOWARDS THEIR READING COMPREHENSION PERFORMANCE IN LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

The anxiety appeared during the process of reading foreign language texts is called as reading anxiety. However, most of the research focuses on the discussion of listening, speaking, and writing. Little attention has been paid to reading. Therefore, the present study attempts to fill the hidden empty space and explore the role of anxiety in foreign language reading. In this research the writer used the correlation statistical test to describe and measure the degree of relationship between two variables. So, in conducting this research, statistical number to correlate two variable of this research is needed, they are students’ reading anxiety and their reading comprehension. The main goal of the study is to find out whether or not there is a positive correlation between students’ reading anxiety and their reading comprehension of the third grade students of SMA Negeri 3 Pangkalpinang in the academic year 2016/2017

PENERAPAN METODE DEMONSTRASI UNTUK MENINGKATKAN MOTIVASI BELAJAR SISWA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN SENI BUDAYA MATERI SENI PATUNG

Abstrak: Penelitian ini memiliki 2 (dua) tujuan yakni: 1) menerapkan metode pembelajaran Demonstrasi pada pembelajaran Seni Budaya materi seni patung pada siswa kelas IXA di SMPN 4 Probolinggo dan 2) meningkatkan motivasi belajar siswa setelah menggunakan metode pembelajaran Demonstrasi pada pembelajaran Seni Budaya materi seni patung pada siswa kelas IXA di SMPN 4 Probolinggo. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (Classroom Action Research). Hasil test pada siklus 2 ini mencapai 30 siswa yang tuntas atau 100%. Rata-rata nilai test mencapai 82. Jika dibandingkan dengan hasil test pada siklus I maka jumlah siswa yang tuntas mengalami peningkatan sebesar 100%. Nilai rata-rata test mengalami peningkatan dari 73 menjadi 82 atau meningkat sebesar 12,33%. Hasil pengamatan belajar siswa mengalami peningkatan secara keseluruhan dari 3,5 (siklus I) menjadi 4,2 (siklus II), atau meningkat 17,61%. Dalam pembelajaran Seni Budaya, motivasi siswa dari siklus I dan siklus II telah mengalami peningkatan. Motivasi telah mampu menggerakkan mental dan perilaku siswa dalam proses belajar Seni Budaya terutama Seni Patung yang menggunakan metode Demonstrasi. 

PENERAPAN KONSELING KELOMPOK UNTUK MENINGKATKAN SELF-ESTEEM SISWA

The purpose of this study was to describe the application of group counseling to improve self-esteem of students of class XI Science in SMA 3 Lahat. The research method used is classroom action research, which consists of three cycles. Research procedures are planning, implementation, observation and reflection. The research subjects were students of class XI IPA, amounting to 10 people consisting of 8 men and 2 women. Data collection techniques in this study used an observation sheet. Analysis of the data used is the mean (mean) which is then consulted with the assessment criteria, namely: 4 =Very Good, 3 = Good, 2 = Less, 1 = Very Less. The results showed that the application of group counseling services can improve student self-estee

Field Trip as a Challenging Method in Developing Students’ Mastery of Descriptive Texts

Field trip method is believed to have power in increasing students’ drive in writing, especially when they are asked to describe things or people. The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to gain as much as information about the use of Field Trip Method in developing learners’ ability in writing descriptive texts for tenth graders of SMA Negeri I Mendo Barat, Bangka. A writing test was conducted to collect the data. Based on the findings, the mean score of post-test in the class which was given treatment was higher (70.27) compared to the mean score in the class with no treatment (60.22). In addition, comparing the post-test between the two groups using Independent Sample T-test, it was found that T-table was lower than T-obtained, and the Paired Sample T-test also revealed a significant difference between the pre-test and the post-test in the experimental group. It is obviously seen that there was an absolute distinction between those two classes, and it can be concluded that Field Trip Method can improve the students’ skill in producing descriptive text at SMA Negeri 1 Mendo Barat

PRINSIP GOOD FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE DALAM PENGELOLAAN KEUANGAN NEGARA DALAM RANGKA MEWUJUDKAN CLEAN GOVERNANCE

Pada hakekatnya kelangsungan pembangunan Indonesia bergantung pada pengelolaan Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara (APBN). Pengelolaan keuangan negara yang ideal bertumpu pada prinsip good governance (yang dewasa ini telah menjadi pola dinamik penyelenggaraan negara di seantero dunia menuju kemantapan demokrasi) yang selaras dengan prinsip good financial governance. Implementasi prinsip good financial governance dalam peraturan perundang-undangan yang berkaitan dengan pengelolaan keuangan negara akan mampu menciptakan clean governance. Sebagai implementasi dari asas legalitas dan asas kepastian hukum, maka pengenaan sanksi dalam penyimpangan pengelolaan keuangan negara harus berdasarkan pada ketentuan peraturan perundang-undangan yang berlaku dengan mengedepankan penghormatan terhadap hak-hak asasi manusia. Selain itu sanksi tersebut diberikan oleh lembaga yang berwenang setelah melalui beberapa prosedur pemeriksaan dan pengawasan yang dilakukan oleh Badan Pemeriksaan Keuangan dan Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat yang memegang fungsi budgeting dan fungsi pengawasan keuangan negara sebagaimana tertuang dalam Undang-Undang No. 15 Tahun 2004 tentang Pemeriksaan Pengelolaan dan Tanggung Jawab Keuangan Negara dan Undang-Undang No. 15 Tahun 2006 tentang Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan.Essentially, Indonesia’s development depends on how the management of the state budget Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara. The ideal management of state budget should be based on good governance principal (this principle has become a dynamic pattern of the state enforcement, towards the democracy evolvement around the world today) which is consistent with the good financial governance principle. The implementation of good financial governance into regulations related to state financial management will be able to produce a clean governance. As the implementation of the legality and legal certainty principle, the imposition of sanctions related to state financial management irregularities must be based on the provisions of laws and regulations which is featuring respect for human rights. Besides, the sanction should be granted by the competent authorities after following some certain procedures and monitoring inspection conducted by the Badan Pemeriksaan Keuangan and Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat who hold the supervisory function of state budgeting and finance monitoring as stated in the Law No. 15/2004 about Audit, Management and Financial Responsibility of State and also Law No. 15/2006 about State Audit Board

Motivation and Confidence of Pre-Service Teachers to Use English as Medium of Instruction during Teaching Practicum

Motivation and confidence in language teaching have always become interesting things to be observed. This study was intended to give a complementary views related to what factors might contribute to the ups and downs of how Pre-Service Teachers of English struggling to finish their teaching practicum at schools. Some supervising teachers at schools were requested to recall their memories and reopen documents about PSTs who ever conducted their teaching practice there. Their comments on how PSTs performed their instructions in the classroom might give solution to less-motivated and low confident PSTs. As a result, some courses at Tarbiyah Faculty which were given before PSTs having their teaching practicum need to be evaluated and revised