IMPLEMENTING LEARNING MODEL BASED ON INTERACTIVE  LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR EFL STUDENTS OF  MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY

The main objective of this study was to investigate speaking ability of Muhammadiyah University students. It is the most intense language ability which is used in communicating with others. Speaking material plays an important role in various language productions. Such conversation can be in the form of discussion, speech, debate, dialogue, storytelling, retelling. The speakers use oral language to express their desires, feelings, thoughts with others, so that people can understand what they want, but there are still many misunderstandings that can affect the students’ mastery of accuracy, fluency, flexibility and comprehensibility. A total number of 35 students in third semester studens have been involved in this study, who are sampled by using total sampling technique. From this study, it was found that leaning community can motivate students to speak up effectivelly. The students’ competence in speaking skills of Unismuh Makassar are not fully in line with curriculum expectations in terms of the critical thinking. Therefore, to achieve the goal of teaching speaking skills, lecturer are required to use the methods that can encourage the leaners’ interest and motivate more until their speaking skills can be improved. The key words of the learning community method are learning and sharing experiences with others, working with others to create better learning among members of groups enhance the awareness, confidance, and sharing experience. The finding of this study can improve the speaking abiity from learning community stages futhermore it has been answer the researh question in terms of the application of Learning Community can attract studets participation in oral skill.

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Probing prompting strategy to improve young learner’s speaking skills in Palopo city

Englisia Journal ◽

10.22373/ej.v8i2.8255 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 54

Author(s):

Muhammad Iksan ◽

Amalia Yahya ◽

Rosmita Rosmita

Keyword(s):

English Learners ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Language Ability ◽

Paired Sample ◽

Experimental Teaching ◽

Post Test ◽

Sample Test ◽

Speaking Skill ◽

The Mean ◽

Speaking Skills

This paper attempted to examine the efficacy of the Probing-Prompting Technique in teaching speaking skills to young beginner English learners. This study employed the experimental method with a pre-experimental design. The subjects of this study were English learners age 16 to 19 in Palopo City who were chosen using a purposive sampling technique to select the active learners. Using the oral presentation task, the writers compiled three aspects of the learner's score, i.e. accuracy, fluency, and comprehensibility. The experimental teaching was conducted in six meetings, preceded by a pre-test and ended by a post-test. The pre-test found that the learners’ speaking skill ability is low (mean score: 25.75). In post-test, the authors found that the learners’ language ability substantially improved. Some learners get significant improvement in every aspect of speaking skills, i.e. fluency, accuracy, and comprehensibility. The strategy also contributed to the increase in the mean score (51.50). As a result, the writers concluded that Probing-Prompting Strategy successfully improves the learners’ speaking skills. It is proven by the result of the paired-sample test which showed that t-count (7,584) is higher than t-table (2,365).

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SPEAKING ANXIETY LEVEL OF EFL STUDENTS AT TENTH GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2 LUBUK SIKAPING

ELP (Journal of English Language Pedagogy) ◽

10.36665/elp.v5i2.308 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 45-50

Author(s):

Yola Ariani ◽

Eliza Eliza ◽

Merry Prima Dewi

Keyword(s):

Test Anxiety ◽

Communication Apprehension ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Anxiety Level ◽

Negative Evaluation ◽

Fear Of Negative Evaluation ◽

Speaking Anxiety ◽

Tenth Grade ◽

Efl Students ◽

Speak Up

This research has been done because the researcher found some problems in speaking at the tenth grade at SMAN 2 Lubuk Sikaping. The first problem was the students nervous when they were asked to speak up. The second problem was the students had lack of confidence. The third problem was the students had a felt panic when their teacher gave test. The last problem was the students felt afraid the teacher inform the score of the meeting. This study aimed to find out the speaking anxiety level at tenth grade SMAN 2 Lubuk Sikaping.The design of this research was a descriptive quantitative research.The population of this research were tenth grade students that consist of 134 students. The students were divided into four classes.The researcher took 25 % of the population by using random sampling technique to determine the sample because the population is more than one hundred students and there are 34 students of this research. To collect the data, researcher used questionnaire to find out speaking anxiety level of the students.The result researcher found the data there were 3 components of speaking anxiety. The consist of communication apprehension, test anxiety and fear of negative evaluation. It was found that 89 total score of the students had moderately low anxiety level in communication apprehension. Then 94 total score of the students had moderate anxiety level in test anxiety. The last result found that 88 total score of the students had moderately low anxiety level in fear of negative evaluation. In conclusion, the students speaking anxiety level at the tenth grade at SMAN 2 Lubuk Sikaping based on those three components above was 90 total score which mean the students anxiety level in speaking was in moderate level.

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Suggesting Critical-Thinking and Problem-Solving Method into Teaching English Reading to EFL Students in Indonesia

KnE Social Sciences ◽

10.18502/kss.v3i19.4865 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Idris Sadri ◽

Rahmah Fithriani ◽

Saidurrahman . ◽

Maryati Salmiah ◽

Sholihatul Hamidah

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Problem Solving ◽

English Language ◽

Language Ability ◽

Teaching English ◽

Language Competence ◽

English Reading ◽

Teachers And Students ◽

Efl Students ◽

Increasing Demand

This article outlines the suggestion of critical-thinking and problem-solving into method to teach English reading to Indonesian EFL students. Since both terms could be elusively conceived by broad members of English language teacher or instructor and also the increasing demand of advance English proficiency, it could be perceived that picking up critical-thinking and problem-solving into teaching English reading in the EFL classroom would benefit to both teachers and students’ classroom achievement regarding to their distinguished purposes on the language ability. The study was conducted through reviewing a number of literatures outlining the implementation of the method in teaching English reading in the EFL classrooms. Moreover, the study also investigated the strengths and the weaknesses of the implementation of the method looked up through the vary of variables and cases on its implementation. It could be expected that this article could propose an idea to teaching English more effectively, efficiently, and advancing teachers and students’ level of English language competence

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An Investigation Link between Critical Thinking and Reading Comprehension: A case of A Madrasah in Lubuk Linggau, South Sumatera

Ta dib ◽

10.19109/td.v24i1.3209 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 211-221

Author(s):

HADY MARESYAH PUTRA

Keyword(s):

Reading Comprehension ◽

Critical Thinking ◽

English Education ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Research Problem ◽

P Value ◽

Thinking Skill ◽

Critical Thinking Skill ◽

Study Program ◽

Efl Students

The aims of the study were to find out (1) whether critical thinking had any significant correlation to reading comprehension of English Education Study Program Students at one of Madrasahs in Lubuk Linggau, South Sumatera; and (2) whether critical thinking significantly influenced their reading comprehension. The study was in the form of correlational research method. The population of the study was 636 active EFL students. By using purposive sampling technique, there were 108 students involved as participants in this research. The instruments, both critical thinking test and reading comprehension test, were analyzed in order to gain the data of the study. To find out whether critical thinking of students, as a whole, had any correlation with students' reading comprehension achievement or not, Pearson-Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was applied. Besides, to answer the second research problem, to find the significant influence of critical thinking, the coefficient determination (R Square) was applied. From the data analysis, it was found that there was significant correlation between students’ critical thinking and their reading comprehension since the p-value was (0.020) was less than significance value (0.020 < 0.005). In addition, to know the percentage of critical thinking skill influence on reading comprehension, R-square was obtained. The students’ critical thinking skill gave significant effect with 48.4% contribution towards reading comprehension. In short, critical thinking had relation to reading comprehension of the students of one of Madrasahs in Lubuk Linggau, South Sumatera.

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Investigating EFL Students’ Perception of English Vocabulary Acquisition Through Online Gaming

ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching ◽

10.26858/eltww.v6i2.13328 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 163

Author(s):

Lusy Angraeni ◽

Chuzaimah Chuzaimah ◽

Fadli Nasir

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Quantitative Method ◽

Vocabulary Acquisition ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Online Gaming ◽

Online Game ◽

Purposive Sampling ◽

Efl Students ◽

Vocabulary List

This study focuses on university students’ opinion about secondary vocabulary acquisition through an online game. This study employs a descriptive quantitative method using questionnaire to gather the data. The whole population in this study was the fourth semester students of Akadami Bahasa Asing UMI. The samples were students who frequently play online game specifically Player Unknown’s Battleground (pubg), from class C1 until C4. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling technique. This research was conducted by distributing questionnaires to students who were respondents, after which they were input and analyzed through the SPSS program. The findings revealed that based on the 12 items that were given, the most chosen by students was item 2 and 8, students who understood the meaning of new vocabularies when playing games and students who made a new vocabulary list and wrote the translation in Indonesian were the opinions most chosen by students with an occasional scale of 60%.

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Moving beyond four walls and forming a learning community for speaking practice under the auspices of Facebook

E-Learning and Digital Media ◽

10.1177/20427530211028067 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 204275302110280

Author(s):

Quynh PT Duong ◽

Thinh N Pham

Keyword(s):

Learning Community ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Target Language ◽

Collaborative Relationships ◽

Efl Learners ◽

The Social ◽

Efl Students ◽

English Speaking ◽

Essential Knowledge ◽

Speaking Skills

There is a paucity of opportunities for Vietnamese EFL students to use and practise English speaking skills both inside and outside the classroom, attributing to students’ lack of interest and motivation in improving their speaking skills. Given that learning can be distributed across a multitude of formal and informal settings, the social and informal features of Facebook serve as potentially ubiquitous support for students to productively practise and use the target language. To date, however, much of the discussion of the promising incorporations of Facebook into EFL teaching and learning repertoire remains largely in writing and intercultural communicative effectiveness, with an evident scarcity of empirical research on students’ speaking practice. This qualitative study was conducted with 10 Vietnamese EFL learners, aiming to examine whether the Facebook-based learning community articulated any educational potentials for EFL speaking practice. The findings revealed that there were three features of the Facebook-based learning community, including flexible access, shared visions and values and collaborative relationships, which were beneficial for the members to maintain learning motivation, be more engaged in peer collaboration and co-construct essential knowledge for speaking practice. The findings suggested that the Facebook-based learning community could serve as a means for promoting more speaking practice among Vietnamese EFL learners.

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CONCEPT-BASED LEARNING DAN KEMAMPUAN BERFIKIR KRITIS MATEMATIS

ALGORITMA Journal of Mathematics Education ◽

10.15408/ajme.v2i1.16314 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Maifalinda Fatra ◽

A Rizki ◽

Tita Khalis Maryati

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Mathematics Learning ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Thinking Skills ◽

Learning Model ◽

Critical Thinking Skills ◽

Control Group ◽

Simple Explanation ◽

Critical Thinking Ability ◽

Thinking Ability

Mathematical Critical thinking is one of mathematical abilities that must be obtained by students. Critical thinking is one of the high order thinking processes that can make concepts in student knowledge. Students with critical thinking in mathematics learning mostly do rational activities such as interpreting information based on a particular theoretical framework, linking theory with practice, making claims and justifying it, utilizing data in support of argumentation, making relations or relationships between various ideas, asking questions, evaluating knowledge, predict, describe something, analyze, synthesize, and categorize. This study aims to analyze the effect of the Concept-Based Learning Model on the critical thingking mathematical abilities.The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of Concept-Based Learning Model toward mathematics critical thinking ability. The method used in this research is quasi experiment by Randomize Control Group Post Test Only Design with cluster random sampling technique. Indicators of mathematics critical thinking skills measured in this study include providing simple explanations, building basic skills, concluding, making more explanations, and deciding an action. The results showed that the mathematics critical thinking ability of students in the experimental class for the five indicators that being analyze was higher than the ability of students in the control class. A fairly high difference in the indicator showed in give a simple explanation and concluding. and it means that the application of Concept-Based Learning Model significantly influences the abilities of students' mathematics critical thinking.

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The Attitudes of University Students of Batubara in Medan Towards Batubara Malay Language

LINGUISTIK TERAPAN ◽

10.24114/lt.v13i3.4941 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Julisah Izar ◽

Siti Aisah Ginting

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Key Words ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

Depth Interview ◽

Students Attitudes ◽

The University ◽

Key Words Attitudes ◽

Bahasa Indonesia

This study dealt with the attitudes of university students of Batubara towards Batubara Malay language. The data were collected from 20 university students of Batubara in Medan. The instruments used for collecting the data were observation sheet, questionnaire sheet and depth interview. The data were analyzed by Moleong’s theory. The findings showed that the respondents’ attitudes were: 12 (60%) negative and 8 (40%) positive. The attitudes levels of university students included in negative and positive attitudes namely in: receiving 11 (55%) negative and 9 (45%) positive, responding 12 (60%) negative and 8 positive, valuing 10 (50%) negative and 10 (50%) positive, organizing 12 (60%) positive and 8 (40%) negative, and internalizing values 12 (60%) negative and 8 (40%) positive. The factors influenced the university students’ attitudes were language disloyalty 12 (60%) negative and 8 (40%) positive, language pride lack 14 (70%) negative and 7 (30%) positive, in the unawareness of the norms 11 (55%) negative and 9 (45%) positive. Bahasa Indonesia is dominantly spoken by the university students of Batubara in Medan which caused they have less frequency in using their Batubara Malay language with their friends who are from same region in Medan. Key words: Attitudes, University Students of Batubara, Batubara Malay Language

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