scholarly journals The Difference between Standard American English Pronunciation and the Interlanguage of English Department Students of the Class of 2015 at Andalas University

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Rinjani Kusuma Putri ◽  
Zulfakhri Dt. Majo Datuk

This study discusses (1) the differences between the students’ interlanguage and standard American English pronunciation, and (2) the patterns of phonetic shift from the Standard American English into the students’ Interlanguage Pronunciation. The participants of this research were English Department students, the year of 2015, at Andalas University and were selected by using stratified random sampling with academic achievement as the criteria in choosing the sample. The data were collected by using picture description task and analyzed by using Markedness Differential Hypothesis (MDH) by Eckman (1977) where the markedness relation among the sounds were found by using Markedness Hierarchy by Lombardi (1995, 1998). The result of the analysis showed that the most frequent errors that the participants made were the pronunciation of [ð], [θ], and [v] where the participants replaced  [ð] with [d],[θ] with [t], and [v] with [f]. The difficulties of the participants were mostly in line with Eckman’s MDH.

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Norizan Abdul Razak ◽  
Amr Abdullatif Yassin ◽  
Tengku Nor Rizan Bt Tengku Mohamad Maasum

This study aimed to investigate the gender differences in terms of anxiety among Yemeni university EFL learners. It also aimed to investigate the correlation between the level of anxiety and the academic achievement of the students. The participants of this study were 155 students chosen from the population through stratified random sampling. The participants are selected from English Department, Faculty of Arts, Ibb University, Yemen. The data was collected by using a questionnaire adopted from Yassin (2015), and the data was analysed by using 22nd version of the SPSS. The data of the first question was analysed by using T-test and the result of the analysis showed that the females experienced higher level of anxiety than male students, but the difference between both groups is not significant. The second question was analysed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and the result showed that there is not significant correlation between the level of anxiety and the academic achievement of the students.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azad Ahmad Andrabi ◽  
Nayyar Jabeen

The present investigation is a comparative study in which a total of 564 tribal and non-tribal adolescent students of Jammu And Kashmir State were selected by stratified random sampling technique. The tribal and non-tribal students were compared for the relationships between academic achievement and scientific temper. Data collected by The Scientific temper scale (2008) by Showkat and Nadeem showed a significant relationship between academic achievement and scientific temper in non-tribal adolescents only. Further gender wise comparisons revealed that male and female students of non-tribal group had significant relationship between the two variables as compared to tribal group.


Author(s):  
Afa Dul Mujiaba

<p>The major trust of this study was to examine the academic achievement of pahari students in<br />relation to their mental health. The present study was carried-out on sample of 200 pahari<br />students selected from 6 secondary schools of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir through<br />stratified random sampling technique. Mental health scale developed by Dr. Mercy Abraham and Dr. K.C. Baby Prasanna was used to collect required information, while the total marks obtained by the students in the previous class were used as an achievement criterion. Two statistical techniques like Pearson’s product moment method and ‘t’ test were used to analyze the data. The study shows that there is a positive correlation between academic achievement and mental health of students. The result of the study further revealed significant differences between boys and girls as well as rural and urban students in regard to their mental health. On the basis of these findings some suggestions both for practice and further studies have been put forward by the author.</p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 029
Author(s):  
Waldopo Waldopo

Sebagai negara kepulauan yang tempat tinggal penduduknya tersebar di banyak pulau, keberadaan TIK untuk pendidikan mutlak diperlukan. Untuk kepentingan tersebut Pusat Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi (Pustekkom) diberi amanah untuk mengelola dan mengkoordinasikan pemanfaatan TIK untuk pendidikan. Sejak tahun 2008 Pustekkom telah memberikan fasilitas TIK untuk pembelajaran yang berupa bandwidth gratis melalui Jejaring Pendidikan Nasional (jardiknas) kepada lebih dari 16.000 sekolah SD, SMP, SMA dan SMK di Indonesia, dan secara bertahap memberikan pelatihan bagi para guru di sekolah tersebut dalam memanfaatkan TIK untuk pembelajaran. Masalahnya “apakah fasilitas TIK dan pelatihan guru tersebut memberikan kontribusi terhadap peningkatan nilai UN SMP dan SMA khususnya di Propinsi Maluku. Untuk menjawab pertanyaan ini, dilakukan penelitian dengan cara membandingkan nilai UN pada pereode sebelum diberikan fasilitas TIK yaitu tahun 2005-2007 dengan pereode setelah diberikan fasilitas TIK, yakni tahun 2008-2011. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan menggunakan teknik proportional stratified random sampling. Perbedaan rerata dari hasil UN antara sebelum dengan sesudah diberikan fasilitas TIK diuji melalui Uji-t dengan menggunakan taraf signifikansi 0,05. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat peningkatan nilai UN yang signifikan untuk seluruh mata pelajaran yang di UN-kan. Peningkatan nilai UN diduga karena pengaruh TIK dan pelatihan guru dalam pemanfaatan TIK untuk pembelajaran. Dari hasil penelitian ini disarankan agar pemerintah secara terus menerus meningkatkan pemberian layanan TIK ke sekolah-sekolah lainnya di Indonesia, sekaligus memberikan pelatihan pemanfaatan TIK untuk pembelajaran kepada guru-gurunya. As an archipelagic country, where people live in many islands, the presence of ICT for education is absolutely necessary. For this purposes, The state of Republic Indonesia through the Ministry of Education and Culture was given the mandate to The Center of ICT for Education (Pustekkom) to manage and coordinate the using of ICT for education. Due to, since 2008 Pustekkom has provided ICT facilities (in the form of free bandwidth) via the National Education Network (Jardiknas) program to more than 16,000 schools: Secondary School (SC), Senior High School (SHC) and Vocational School (VC) especially in Maluku Province , and gradually trained teachers in schools in the using of ICT for learning. The problem is “whether ICT facilities and teacher training contributed to an increase in the National Examination value of SC and SHC”. To answer this question, the research done by comparing the value on before being awarded the ICT facilities in the years of 2005-2007 period with after being given of the ICT facilities, the years of 2008-2011 period. Sampling was done using proportional stratified random sampling technique. The difference of between average the period tested by t-test using the significance level of 0.05. The results showed that there were significant increasing the value of the National Examination for all subjects tested. Increasing the value of National Examination allegedly under the influence of ICT facilities and teacher training in the using ICT forlearning. From the results of this study suggested that the government is continuously improving ICT services to all schoolin Indonesia and providing training to teachers on ICT for education/learning.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 315
Author(s):  
Eva Mardiyana ◽  
Lili Adi Wibowo ◽  
Rini Andari

Bandung is one of the main destinations as shopping malls tourism, such as Cihampelas Walk and Paris Van Java Mall. Cihampelas walk and Paris Van Java are not only providing places for family to do shopping, playing and culinary area. The presence of Cihampelas Walk and Paris Van Java Mall is expected to increase interest in visitors to visit the shopping malls in Bandung. But the lack of visitor’s interest to visit shopping malls in Bandung reflects a problem in shopping malls in Bandung so it needs some programs to increase visitor’s interest to visit by maximize the shopping destination strategy. This research objectives are to find out about the implemented shopping destination strategy, decision to visit, and the impact of shopping destination strategy to decision to visit and the difference of the implementation of shopping destination strategy to decision to visit in Cihampelas Walk and Paris Van Java Mall. The theory of shopping destination strategy is from Kotler and Armstrong. The research object is the visitors of Cihampelas Walk and Paris Van Java Mall. This research is using descriptive, comparative and verification research. The method is explanatory survey with stratified random sampling as sampling technique, 400 respondents (160 respondents in Cihampelas Walk and 240 respondents in Paris Van Java Mall). The data analysis technique is path analysis with SPSS 18 as the computer software. The data collection techniques are interviews, and questionnaire distribution. The finding of this research is there an impact of shopping destination strategy which consists of location, shopping venue design display layout on decision to visit. The dimension of shopping destination strategy which has the highest influence is shopping venue design and the one with the lowest influence is display layout. While the most appealing factor of decision to visit is the brand. Suggestion to these companies is to maximize its shopping destination strategy in order to increase the interest to visit shopping malls in Bandung.


This study has examined descriptively the difference in gender and level of designation regarding the perception on office politics. It involved 103 government officers who are in grade 41 to 52 and serve in government agencies in Northern Region of Peninsular Malaysia. They are selected by using proportionate stratified random sampling method. In measuring perception of office politics (POPS), this study has adopted (Kachmar and Carlsan, 1997) perception of politics measurement. A t-test and ANOVA have been performed to test the different of POPS between gender and levels of designation. The results showed that there were no differences on office politics perception amongst respondents regardless their gender or levels of designation. This result has carried evidences that office politics become a general phenomenon where all employees will have the same opinion on the nature and results from political game in organization.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (5(SE)) ◽  
pp. 127-131
Author(s):  
M. Keerthana ◽  
Justin Jebaraj

The paper is an attempt to find the scholastic achievement in English between tutee and non tutee students at secondary level. In the present study experimental method was used. The investigator adopted the experimental method to study the scholastic achievement in English between tutee and non tutee students at secondary level Investigator selected only students at secondary level and 50 students as sample in Coimbatore district using stratified random sampling. The findings reveal that there is a mild positive relationship between social intelligence and academic achievement among the selected arts group students at Higher Secondary level.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3(SE)) ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
N. Dhana Baggiyam ◽  
Pankajam R

The paper is an attempt to find the relationship between Social Intelligence and academic achievement of the selected arts group students at Higher Secondary level. In the present study survey method was used.  The investigator adopted the survey method to study the relationship between Social Intelligence and academic achievement Investigator selected only 300 arts group students at Higher Secondary level as sample in Coimbatore district using stratified random sampling. The findings reveal that there is a mild positive relationship between social intelligence and academic achievement among the selected arts group students at Higher Secondary level.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 254-262
Author(s):  
Rice Tri Darmila ◽  
Hermawati Syarif ◽  
Zul Amri

The aim of this study was to find out how students organize their ideas by seeing the flow of information in the themes and rhemes of clauses in discussion essays. The subject of the study was the sixth semester students of English Department at Universitas Negeri Padang. The total number of sample was 16 students from education program. The sample of the study was collected by using stratified random sampling. The data were collected through students’ writing test of discussion essay. They were asked to write discussion essay at least 4 paragraph in 90 minutes. The result of this study showed that students organized their ideas in three ways of thematic progression, including Simple Linear Progression (SLP), Constant Theme Progression (CTP), and Derived Theme Progression (DTP). However, CTP pattern was predominantly used by students in their essays. Furthermore, it was found that the students’ ability in writing discussion essay seen from thematic progression was still low that they failed to provide development of information and logical arguments in their writing. They tend to organize ideas in different topics in a paragraph that they put new information in the theme position.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-44
Author(s):  
Tugimin Supriyadi ◽  
Zahra Afifah Rahman ◽  
Tiara Anggita Perdini

  Every day individuals must carry out social activities such as communicating with each other. The communication process makes individuals more mature in dealing with problems, as well as adolescents. Communication carried out sometimes does not run smoothly and causes disappointment between individuals. This disappointment can disappear with a sense of sincerity and forgiveness that is done. One of the forgiveness factors is religiosity. Individuals can do forgiveness based on their belief in religion as a basis for behavior. Through this research, the researcher wanted to analyze the forgiveness through survey study research. The research data were obtained from the distribution of the forgiveness variable scale and the religiosity variable scale. Taking research subjects here using a stratified random sampling technique, in which the subject is taken randomly based on class level. This study involved as many as 150 adolescents, 118 women and 32 men. The results of this study showed that the variable of religiosity was proven to affect the forgiveness variable. In addition, empirical facts were also found, namely the difference in the level of forgiveness in the class groups. As for the level of religiosity in the class group, there was no difference. Likewise with the level of forgiveness in the gender group and the level of religiosity in the gender group. For future research, it is necessary to analyze the forgiveness variable in subjects with adult age vulnerability. This is necessary to see the process of forgiveness development in terms of age.   Keywords: Adolscent, Forgiveness, Religious   Abstrak   Setiap harinya individu pasti melakukan aktivitas sosial seperti berkomunikasi satu sama lain. Proses komunikasi menjadikan individu lebih dewasa dalam menyikapi permasalahan, begitu juga dengan remaja. komunikasi yang dilakukan terkadang tidak berjalan lancer dan menyebabkan kekecewaan antar individu. Kekec ewaan tersebut dapat menghilang dengan adanya rasa ikhlas dan forgiveness yang dilakukan. Salah satu faktor forgiveness adalah religiusitas. Individu dapat melakukan forgiveness berdasarkan dengan keyakinannya terhadap agama sebagai dasar bertingkah laku. Melalui penelitian ini, peneliti ingin menganalisis terkait mengenai forgiveness melalui penelitian studi survey. Data penelitian didapatkan dari penyebaran skala variabel forgiveness dan skala variabel religiusitas. Pengambilan subjek penelitian disini menggunakan teknik stratified random sampling, yang dimana subjek diambil secara random berdasarkan tingkatan kelasnya. Penelitian ini melibatkan sebanyak 150 remaja, 118 perempuan dan 32 laki-laki. Hasil penelitian ini mendapatkan hasil yaitu bahwa variabel religiusitas terbukti dapat mempengaruhi variabel forgiveness. Selain itu, ditemukan juga fakta empiris yaitu adanya perbedaan tingkat forgiveness pada kelompok kelas. Sedangkan untuk tingkat religiusitas pada kelompok kelas, tidak ditemukan perbedaan. Begitu juga dengan tingkat forgiveness pada kelompok jenis kelamin dan tingkat religiusitas pada kelompok jenis kelamin. Untuk penelitian kedepannya perlu untuk menganalisis variabel forgiveness pada subjek dengan rentan usia dewasa. Hal ini diperlukan untuk melihat proses perkembangan forgiveness dari segi usia.   Kata kunci: Remaja, Forgiveness, Religiusitas


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