scholarly journals An Analysis of Students’ Problem in Writing a Personal Letter at 11th Grade of MAN 4 Agam

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 346-357
Author(s):  
Mutia Rahmi Arnelia ◽  
Syahrul Syahrul

There were some students’ problems that the writer found at MAN 4 AGAM. First, some students could not develop their ideas when writing. Second, some students were confused about using tenses. Next, some students had limited vocabulary. The last, some students were wrong in diction. This research aimed to discover the students’ problems in writing personal letters and the causes of students’ problems in writing personal letters. In this research, the researcher used mix method by using descriptive design. The mixed-method was the combination of quantitative and qualitative research. The informants of this research were the students of the XI IS-1 class,  which consisted of 19 students. The data were obtained through documentation and interview. This research found five aspects of students’ problems in writing a personal letter—the problems which percentage 18,2 % was content. The second was organization, with a percentage of 15,4 %. Next, the student's problem in grammar was 25,3 %. After that, the problem of vocabulary was 23,2 %. The last, mechanics’ problem was 17,7 %. Therefore, from the percentage, the most common of students’ problems was grammar. There were some causes why students got a problem in writing a personal letter. There was the psychological, linguistic, and cognitive problem. Thus, based on an interview with some students, the most cause of the problem was linguistic problems.

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanti Tanti ◽  
Dwi Agus Kurniawan ◽  
Aziza Putri Ningsi

Physics is one of the subjects related to various scientific concepts in which some of its applications can be found in everyday life. Thus in the learning of physics required special skills, namely science process skills. Science process skills have two categories, basic science process skills, and integration science processes. The researcher conducted research that aims to measure the ability of students' science process skills on static fluid material by using an observation sheet that matches the indicators of science process skills. The research method used is a mixed-method (mix methods) while the design used is sequential explanatory, which combines quantitative and qualitative research in a sequence using the quantitative method and then the quantitative method. From the results of interviews and observations, it can be seen that the science process skills of students at Adhyaksa 1 Junior High School in Jambi are classified as good.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aryanti Ishak ◽  
Zaidah Zainal

Recent studies have suggested that literature components benefit students in language acquisition and reading in general, yet reading for enjoyment is arguable since most of the students admit reading is done for examination purposes. Regardless of the reading purpose, adoption of efferent, aesthetic and critical stances is vital and believed to influence the reading process. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the perceived and actual reading stances among learners when they read a novel. A total of 484 students from twelve non-residential secondary schools situated in Kuantan participated in this study. Employing a mixed method design, both quantitative and qualitative research approaches were utilised. The instruments used to collect the data were a set of questionnaire and student’s written responses. Although the findings from the questionnaire and written responses suggested that the learners employed all the three stances namely efferent, aesthetic and critical stances, there was the tendency for the students to adopt more of the efferent stance than the aesthetic and critical stances. Overall, the adoption of the efferent stance indicates that the students tend to closely and narrowly process the novel in terms of the story line narrated by the writer rather than adopting aesthetic and critical stances through interacting with the plot and characters and relating these elements with their experience and viewpoints.


Author(s):  
Nurdin Lanuhu

Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Gugus Kepulauan Salabangka Kecamatan Bungku Selatan   Kabupaten Morowali Propinsi Sulawesi Tengah, pada bulan Juli 2016 sampai dengan Agustus 2016. Lokasi penelitian dipilih secara purposif dengan pertimbangan bahwa Gugus Kepulauan Salabangka Kecamatan Bungku Selatan Kabupaten Morowali penduduknya umumnya bermata pencaharian sebagai nelayan dan memiliki jumlah penduduk miskin yang terbanyak di Kabupaten Morowali. Penelitian ini bertujuan melakukan kajian terhadap faktor-faktor penyebab kemiskinan di Gugus Kepulauan Salabangka Kecamatan Bungku Selatan Kabupaten Morowali Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah. Sementara kegunaan yang diharapkan alam penelitian adalah tersedianya data dan informasi factor- factor penyebab kemiskinan yang dapat digunakan oleh berbagai pihak dalam menyusun model pemberdayaan masyarakat nelayan dalam penenggulangan kemiskinan di Kabupaten Morowali. Penelitian ini didesain dengan menggunakan mixed method approach, dengan menggabungkan Quantitative and Qualitative Research Designs secara simultan. Sedangkan Qualitative Research Design menggunakan metode Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Pendekatan ini dilakukan untuk memperoleh data dan informasi yang komprehensif dan saling melengkapi, sehingga situasi riel di lapangan dapat dideskripsikan dengan baik. Adapun proses tahapan penelitian ini adalah Review literature, Kunjungan Lapangan, Uji kuisioner dan FGD, pengumpulan data primer dan sekunder. Hasil Penelitian  menunjukkan bahwa beberapa faktor yang mennyebabkan kemiskinan di Gugus Kepulauan Salabangka Kecamatan Bungku Selatan Kabupaten Morowali Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah adalah Keadaan Musim, Struktur Sosial, Pengelolaan Pendapatan, Pencemaran Lingkungan dan Pelayanan Pemerintah dibidang pemerintahan, pendidikan, kesehatan dan sarana prasarana tranportasi.Guna mengentaskan kemiskinan maka direkomendasikan 1) Pengembangan ekonomi kerakyatan berbasis potensi lokal, 2) Perbaikan pelayanan pemerintah dalam bidang pemerintahan, pendidikan, kesehatan dan penyediaan sarana transportasi laut. Kata Kunci : Nelayan, Kemiskinan, Pulau


Author(s):  
Anthony Onwuegbuzie ◽  
Nancy Leech

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of research questions in mixed methods studies. First, we discuss the ways that the goal of the study, the research objective(s), and the research purpose shape the formation of research questions. Second, we compare and contrast quantitative research questions and qualitative research questions. Third, we describe how to write mixed methods research questions, which we define as questions that embed quantitative and qualitative research questions. Finally, we provide a framework for linking research questions to mixed methods data analysis techniques. A major goal of our framework is to illustrate that the development of research questions and data analysis procedures in mixed method studies should occur logically and sequentially.


Author(s):  
Ena Bhattacharyya ◽  
Arun Patil ◽  
Rajeswary Sargunan

Engineering communication studies indicate the importance of oral presentations as an indispensable component of workplace oral communication activities; however, since there is limited literature regarding stakeholder perceptions of effective presentation skills and attributes in technical oral presentations or final year engineering project presentations, the authors conducted a mixed method to seek the perceptions of selected members of the academic and professional engineering community involved in technical oral presentations regarding effective presentation skills and attributes required in these technical oral presentations. The paper describes the quantitative and qualitative research methods employed to seek participant feedback involved in the study.


Communication ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Delwiche

Propaganda researchers study systematic attempts to influence audience perceptions and behaviors. This area of scholarship is intrinsically interdisciplinary, with findings emerging from such fields as anthropology, art, communication, computer science, history, psychology, and sociology. Some propaganda scholars measure outcomes, while others analyze themes, techniques, and campaign strategies without making claims about audience effects. Quantitative and qualitative research methods are commonly used, with many scholars incorporating a mixed-method approach.


Author(s):  
Rudra Sil

This chapter revisits trade-offs that qualitative researchers face when balancing the different expectations of area studies and disciplinary audiences. One putative solution to such trade-offs, mixed-method research, emphasizes the triangulation of quantitative and qualitative methods. CAS, as defined above, essentially encourages a different form of triangulation—the pooling of observations and interpretations across a wider array of cases spanning multiple areas. This kind of triangulation can be facilitated by cross-regional contextualized comparison, a middle-range approach that stands between area-bound qualitative research and (Millean) macro-comparative analysis that brackets out context in search of causal laws. Importantly, this approach relies upon an area specialist’s sensibilities and experience to generate awareness of local complexities and context conditions for less familiar cases. The examples of cross-regional contextualized comparison considered in this chapter collectively demonstrate that engagement with area studies scholarship and the pursuit of disciplinary knowledge can be a positive-sum game.


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