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One that influences human resource indicators is education. The teacher is a profession as a job of academic specialization in a relatively long time in college. Understanding related to teacher competence is very important to have by a prospective teacher because it can affect the quality of performance as a professional teacher. The teacher's competence is known as pedagogic, professional, social and personality competencies. The issue in this study is how the competency of the teacher of the Department of Geography Education FKIP Unsyiah as a prospective teacher of geography? The purpose of this study was to determine the competence of teachers in the Department of Geography Education FKIP Unsyiah as prospective geography teachers. Quantitative description approach is used in this study to find answers to the issue. The population in this study were students of the Department of Geography Education FKIP Unsyiah class of 2015 and 2016 who had been declared to have passed the Micro Teaching and Magang Kependidikan 3 course totaling 50 people. Because the population is small and can be reached, the determination of the sample using total sampling techniques so that the sample in this study is the whole population. Data collection is done by distributing test questions to respondents. The data was analyzed using the descriptive statistics percentage formula. The results of the study indicate that the level of teacher competence of Geography Education Department students as prospective teachers is in the moderate category, namely as many as 22 respondents (44%). A total of 12 respondents (24%) were in the high category, 15 respondents (30%) were in the low category and 1 respondent (2%) were in the very low category.

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Getting EFL Learners to Speak: Obstacles and Solutions

Loquen: English Studies Journal ◽

10.32678/loquen.v10i01.27 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 10 (01) ◽

pp. 21

Author(s):

Eulis Rahmawati

Keyword(s):

Psychological Factors ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

English Education ◽

Language Skills ◽

Education Department ◽

Efl Learners ◽

Qualitative Research Design ◽

Research Problems ◽

English Competence ◽

Academic Year

This research investigates how process of speaking instruction takes place at IAIN SMH Banten. There are three main issues in the research problems: the process of teaching speaking, obstacles found in the teaching and learning process, and what efforts do they make to solve the obstacles in speaking. The process of teaching speaking discusses materials, preparation, procedures or steps in teaching speaking while obstacles and solutions discuss the speaking barriers that the students faced in speaking class and how they minimize the barriers. By applying descriptive qualitative research design to students of fourth semester in academic year 2014/2015, the result shows that the focus of speaking instruction at the fourth semester of English education department of IAIN SMH Banten seemed to let the students speak, without any language skills discussion as the feedback. At the same time, during the process of speaking instruction there are some problems faced by students. The first is problem of limited English Competence dealt with students poor of vocabulary and the second is problems of psychological factors.

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Analisis Kesalahan Penggunaan Jinyici dalam Membuat Kalimat Bahasa Mandarin pada Mahasiswa Semester VI Angkatan 2014 Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa Mandarin Universitas Negeri Semarang

Longda Xiaokan: Journal of Mandarin Learning and Teaching ◽

10.15294/longdaxiaokan.v3i1.25899 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Siti Soleha ◽

Fansi Onita Santoso ◽

Zaim Elmubarok

Keyword(s):

Language Education ◽

Quantitative Approach ◽

Education Department ◽

Testing Method ◽

Mandarin Language

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui besar persentase kesalahan penggunaan (jìnyìcí), mengetahui kesalahan apa saja yang dilakukan mahasiswa, menentukan cara untuk membedakan penggunaan (jìnyìcí) dan merumuskan solusi yang dapat dilakukan untuk mengurangi kesalahan penggunaan (jìnyìcí) tersebut. Pendekatan penelitian yang dilakukan adalah deskriptif kuantitatif. Populasi dan sampel pada penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa semester VI angkatan 2014 Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa Mandarin Universitas Negeri Semarang sebanyak 25 mahasiswa. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan metode dokumentasi dan metode tes. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diketahui persentase kesalahan penggunaan (jìnyìcí) adalah sebesar 28,4%. Kesalahan tersebut tergolong pada tingkat rendah, namun ada beberapa kesalahan yang perlu lebih diperhatikan yaitu kesalahan dalam penggunaan fungsi tata bahasa dan kesalahan dalam memahami makna. Cara membedakan penggunaan (jìnyìcí) dapat dilakukan mahasiswa dengan mempelajari fungsi tata bahasa kosakata (jìnyìcí) dan memahami makna kosakata (jìnyìcí). Solusi yang dapat dilakukan adalah mempelajari fungsi tata bahasa kosakata (jìnyìcí) secara keseluruhan dengan benar, memahami makna kosakata (jìnyìcí) secara spesifik, dan memperbanyak latihan membuat kalimat menggunakan kosakata (jìnyìcí).This study aims to identify mistake percentage in using (jìnyìcí), identify what mistakes conducted by students, determine how to differentiate the usage of (jìnyìcí), and formulate solution to reduce mistake in using (jìnyìcí). This study uses descriptive-quantitative approach. There are 25 sixth students of Mandarin Language Education Department in Universitas Negeri Semarang as population and sample. In addition, data is collected by documentation and testing method. Based on the analysis, there is 28,4% of mistake in using (jìnyìcí). This finding is categorized as low. However, there are some mistakes that need to be noted. For instance, mistake in using grammar and interpreting meaning. Furthermore, (jìnyìcí) can be differentiate by studying grammar of (jìnyìcí) and understand the meaning of (jìnyìcí). Finally, it is recommended to study the grammar of (jìnyìcí), specifically understand the meaning of (jìnyìcí) and increase the exercise to make sentences using (jìnyìcí).

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IMPLEMENTASI CONTEXTUAL TEACHING-LEARNING MELALUI RISET MINI DALAM PERKULIAHAN PENELITIAN PENGAJARAN UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KOMPETENSI MAHASISWA JURUSAN PENDIDIKAN TEKNIK ELEKTRO MEMBANGUN PROPOSAL PENELITIAN

Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan (JTP) ◽

10.24114/jtp.v6i2.4991 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Hamonangan Tambunan

Keyword(s):

Education Research ◽

Action Research ◽

Research Method ◽

Research Proposal ◽

Education Department ◽

Building Research ◽

The Third ◽

Fourth Cycle ◽

Contextual Teaching ◽

Teaching Learning

Abstrak: Penelitian ini dilakukan melalui penelitian tindakan kelas dengan melibatkan subjek sebanyak 39 orang mahasiswa jurusan Pendidikan Tenik Elektro Fakultas Teknik Unimed, menyangkut permasalahahan implementasi contextual teaching-learning melalui riset mini dalam perkuliahan metode penelitian pengajaran. Masalahnya adalah apakah implementasi kontekstual teaching learning melalui riset mini dapat meningkatkan kompetensi mahasiswa dalam membangun proposal penelitian?. Penelitian dilakukan dalam 5 siklus dengan target capaian yaitu 85% mahasiswa mencapai skor ≥ 80. Hasil yang diperoleh yaitu ada peningkatan dari siklus ke siklus berikutnya, yaitu pada siklus I ada 12 orang mahasiswa (30,76%) mencapai target; pada siklus II ada 19 orang mahasiswa (48,71%) mencapai target; Pada siklus III ada 24 orang mahasiswa (61,53%) mencapai target; Pada siklus IV terdapat sejumlah 28 orang mahasiswa (71,79%) yang mencapai target; dan pada siklus V terdapat 34 orang mahasiswa (87,17%) sudah mencapai target. Berdasarkan temuan penelitian disimpulkan bahwa implementasi contextual teaching learning melalui riset mini dapat meningkatkan kompetensi mahasiswa dalam membangun proposal penelitian. Kata Kunci: Implementasi kontekstual teaching learning Abstract: The research was conducted through action research involving subjects as many as 39 students of electrical education department of technical faculty Unimed, concerning the problems of contextual teaching learning implementation through mini rsearch in education research method course. The formulation of this researh problem is “whether the implementation of contextual teaching learning through mini research can improve students' competencies in building research proposal?. The study was conducted in 5 cycles with a target achievement of 85% of students achieving a score of ≥ 80. The results are an increase of the cycle to the next cycle, the first cycle, there were 12 students (30.76%) targets; in the second cycle there are 19 students (48.71%) targets; In the third cycle there were 24 students (61.53%) targets; in the fourth cycle there are a number of 28 students (71.79%) to reach the target, and the cycle of V contained 34 students (87.17%) has reached the target. Based on the findings of the study concluded that the implementation of contextual teaching learning through mini research can improve the competence of students in developing research proposals. Keywords: Contextual teaching learning implementation

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