scholarly journals Analysis of Coherence and Cohesion on Students’ Academic Writing: A Case Study at the 3rd Year students at English Education Program

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-82
Author(s):  
Lismay Leli
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
English Education ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Good Work ◽  
Descriptive Research

Purpose - This research aims to analyze the understanding of coherence and cohesion made by the 3rd year students of English education program on their academic writing at Islamic Institute of Bukittinggi. Design/methodology/approach - This was descriptive research which explains the phenomena concerns on the data due to field finding. This research applied for the library based work where the data was taken by using document analysis and interview. Findings - The result of the research showed that the numbers of students were still difficult to construct the idea cohesively and coherently. The result of the students’ understanding on coherence and cohesion showed that there were 59% students who were considered in need to improve and also followed by good work and could be better with 27% and 14% respectively. It can be explained that students were lack of ability to write the idea smoothly and grammatically correct. The interview result showed that there were three main reasons for this. Those are lack of motivation, limited lecture duration and prior English knowledge. Originality/value - coherence and cohesion are parts of academic writing that should be mastered by students in order to create a good thesis. Specifically for the students who will graduate from Higher Education. Paper type – Research paper

scholarly journals Learning from home environment: Academic writing course for EFL undergraduates through Google Classroom application

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 710-725
Author(s):  
Amrina Rosyada ◽  
Hanna Sundari
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Home Environment ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Education Program ◽  
English Education ◽  
Writing Assignments ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
English Speaking

Learning academic writing seems to be a great challenge for most English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students in non-native English-speaking countries, including in Indonesia. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the issue appears to be more challenging where teachers are persuaded to learn from their home environment (LHE). Several online applications are freely available, and one of the most common applications is Google Classroom. However, the use of such application towards the students’ performance and perception remains understudied. This research aimed at exploring the practices of Google Classroom in facilitating the Academic Writing course of EFL undergraduates. Engaged by 96 participants of third-year students in the English Education Program, the research conducted an explanatory sequential research design by correlating the results data on writing assignments and a set of questionnaires. The findings indicated a significant correlation between using Google Classroom and the students’ writing performance. Moreover, most students expressed their satisfaction with Google Classroom’s practical features to get involved in the academic writing course. The students were satisfied with Google Classroom’s features that were easy to be recognized and easy to be operated. The Google Classroom features also provide clear instructions, practical directions, and the most valuable feature, that is assignment reminders for the students. It can be said that using Google Classroom in the EFL academic writing course at higher education is a great experience and brings great advantages to students’ outcomes.

scholarly journals A Performance Analysis of Village Fund Management: A Case Study in Lut Tawar District – Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-121
Author(s):  
Bustaman Bustaman ◽  
Erlisa Amalia ◽  
Jalaluddin Jalaluddin
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Fund Allocation ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Village Government ◽  
The Village ◽  
Implementation Stage

AbstractObjective – This study aims to analyze the performance of village governments in managing financial resources of the budget year 2016 in Lut Tawar District, Central Aceh Regency, according to the Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Regulation (or PERMENDAGRI) No. 113, 2014. Design/methodology – This research is a descriptive research with a qualitative approach is a type of research where the researcher describes or deeply analyzes the result of a research about an object and then adds it with sources which already existed in the research object. The data was gathered through number of interviews and document analysis.  Results – The result of the research shows that the performance of the village government in managing fund allocation in Lut Tawar Sub-district at the planning stage has been running well. The implementation stage has been completed where all the programs and activities are executed in accordance with the plan. The administrative stage has been done well by the treasurers and every month the treasurers have accounted for every acceptance and expenditure to the village headmen. In the reporting stage, the delay in submitting accountability report is caused by some negligence by the party from the village government. At the accountability stage, the accountability reports were reported as well as evaluated with the village government community and transparent to the community for every use of village funds in the form of information posted on the information boards in the office of the village headmen and billboards installed in front of the village headman office.

Tourists’ views on Islamic spiritual tours (case study: Yazd, Iran)

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 323-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Reza Bahadori ◽  
Neda Torabi Farsani ◽  
Zahed Shafiei
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Spiritual Tourism ◽  
Yazd City

Purpose Spiritual tourism is a niche tourism studied under cultural tourism. Religious events play an important role in attracting spiritual tourists. This paper aims to highlight the introduction of Yazd city (Iran) as a new spiritual tourism destination with emphasis on Shiite religious events and rituals. This research has the following three major purposes to assess the motivation of international tourists for participating in spiritual tours, examine the attitude of tourists towards spiritual tourism activities and investigate the effect on international tourists’ perceptions and views of spiritual tours organized in the Muharram and Ashura events. Design/methodology/approach This study was conducted in Yazd, Iran. Data for this study were collected through a questionnaire which was distributed in organized spiritual tours during the Muharram and Ashura events. A quantitative method was used and the data were analyzed using SPSS tools. Findings On the basis of the results of this study, it can be concluded that international tourists are interested in spiritual tourism activities and attractions in Yazd city, and spiritual tours can be a strategy against Islamophobia. Originality/value This research paper investigated the attitude of tourists to spiritual tourism activities and the effect on international tourists’ perceptions and views of spiritual tours organized in the Muharram and Ashura as the most important events in Shiite culture.

scholarly journals A Model of Research Paper Writing Instructional Materials for Academic Writing Course: Needs & Documents Analysis and Model Design

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ali Ghufron ◽  
Mursid Saleh ◽  
. Warsono ◽  
Ahmad Sofwan
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Education ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Model Design ◽  
Writing Teachers ◽  
Writing Course

<p>This study aimed at designing a model of instructional materials for Academic Writing Course focusing on research paper writing. The model was designed based on the Curriculum at the English Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Art Education of IKIP PGRI Bojonegoro, East Java, Indonesia. This model was developed in order to improve students’ skill in writing research paper which is one of the prerequisite tasks before graduating from university. The steps of this research and development consist of needs analysis, document analysis, model design, model development, and model experimentation. The researchers conducted needs analysis to the fifth semester students and three academic writing teachers, in order to generate information dealing with the students’ needs in academic writing course materials. The needs analysis and documents analysis were dug up through questionnaire, interview, and discussion among students and academic writing teachers. The documents analyzed in this study were syllabus, lesson plan, and the existing textbook. The model design used is derived from Borg and Gall (1983) and Sukmadinata (2008), in which there are four steps, i.e. (1) exploration phase; (2) model development phase; (3) model experimentation phase; and (4) dissemination and model implementation phase. The results of needs analysis questionnaire reveal that students need to be taught how to write academic writing in terms of journal article since it will be the final project of the students at the end of their study in university. Instructional materials with different strategies focused on research paper writing are needed by the students.</p>

The effectiveness of the industrial field trip in introduction to engineering: A case study at Hung Yen University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Hanh ◽  
Nguyen Huu Hop
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Field Trip ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Formal Requirement ◽  
Technology And Education

The industrial field trip in the introduction to engineering has been integrated into the engineering education program at Hung Yen University of Technology and Education, Vietnam in 2010. The industrial field trip was organized in the early weeks of the engineering education course. Participating in an industrial field trip is a formal requirement of an engineering education program. After each course, the experience in organizing field trips is reflected and modified continuously to increase the effectiveness in the introduction to engineering for students. A process of organizing the industrial field trips has been developed to increase the effectiveness of education, which includes three main stages: (1) classroom activities to prepare for the field trip, (2) implementation of the field trip, and (3) reflections on the field trip experience. Results showed that the industrial field trips enhance the emotions of students about an engineering education field. This paper is a descriptive research, in which a case study is used to describe the experience of implementing the industrial field trips at Hung Yen University of Technology and Education.

scholarly journals A report on challenges faced by students and research scholars academic writing skill in English language

2021 ◽  
pp. 44-65
Author(s):  
DINESH K
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Writing Research ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Language Writing

Singh, A. K. G., et.al. (2020) in this world every country has its own language but in the reviewer has some common language that is second language or foreign language such as English language. Writing research paper is more difficult task with use of the English language because everyone well talented in our own natural language or mother tongue. Writing a research paper main aim to identify the L2 (English Language) syntax transferred from L1 (Mother Language). The method was chosen data collection instruments were document analysis and interview.

Promoting entrepreneurial intention through a higher education program integrated in an entrepreneurship ecosystem

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Ferrandiz ◽  
Pilar Fidel ◽  
Andrea Conchado
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to improve the current knowledge of the effects of a higher education program for entrepreneurs, integrated in an entrepreneurial ecosystem, in the entrepreneurial intention of the students. Design/methodology/approach For this, group dynamics have been carried out with the students to know the process of entrepreneurial learning, the acquisition of competences, the mentoring received and the influence of the program in its entrepreneurial intention in the short and medium term. Findings The results suggest that the program positively influences students’ entrepreneurial intention, especially in the medium term. In particular, they point out that working personal skills in the program contribute to the development of their entrepreneurial project. On the other hand, mentoring requires a more methodical accompaniment and a greater degree of specialization of the mentors. Research limitations/implications This research represents an excellent first step toward a better understanding of the factors that influence entrepreneurial intention. In addition, they lead to improve existing knowledge about the impact of entrepreneurial higher education. The only limitation of the paper is given by its nature as a case study. Practical implications The case study aims to provide the results of the practical experience of a higher education program in entrepreneurship and serve as a basis for future lines of research that address the research gap based on the need of identification of best practices in entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial behavior. Social implications This work brings practical experience that inspires diverse social actors as managers of higher education programs, managers of ecosystems entrepreneurs and public institutions. Originality/value Our findings respond to previous concerns on the results of programs aimed at training future entrepreneurs. Besides, this work describes an interesting case study based on a postgraduate program, while most of the previous studies have been limited to undergraduate programs.

scholarly journals Mind the gap: identifying barriers to students engaging in creative practices in higher education

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-220
Author(s):  
Lluís Solé ◽  
Laia Sole-Coromina ◽  
Simon Ellis Poole
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Initial Study ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Intercultural Understanding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Creative Processes ◽  
Insight Into

PurposeCreativity is nowadays seen as a desirable goal in higher education. In artistic disciplines, creative processes are frequently employed to assess or evaluate different students' skills. The purpose of this study is to identify potential pitfalls for students involved in artistic practices in which being creative is essential.Design/methodology/approachThree focus groups involving Education Faculty members from different artistic disciplines allowed for the identification of several constraints when creativity was invoked. This initial study used a quantitative approach and took place in the “Universitat de Vic” (Catalonia, Spain).FindingsFindings suggest a correlation with existing literature and simultaneously point at some nuances that require consideration: emerging aspects embedded in creative processes that may help decrease some limiting effects that being creative can generate.Research limitations/implicationsThe main limitations of this research derive from the very nature of the methodological approach. Focus group has been the single used source. Other means of collecting data, such as the analysis of programs, could be used in the future.Originality/valueThis case study, while culturally specific, offers a useful insight into the potential of further work in non-artistic disciplines but crucially across disciplines. It has tremendous value for the development of intercultural understanding in the higher education sector, specifically in terms of assessment.

Practical Remarks on the Essentials of Academic Writing for Higher Education Students at the Libyan Academy

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-50
Author(s):  
Dr. Ali Elmojahed
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Education Students

This paper discusses the main features of academic writing such as formality, accuracy and objectivity. It highlights and explains these features in view of academic writing conventions. Differences between formal and informal style are compared and analysed. The data for this research paper was collected from some examples of inappropriate students’ works. These examples were chosen from some assignments, and dissertations of higher education students at the Libyan Academy. Appropriate alternatives to these incorrect examples are presented. Furthermore, important suggestions and recommendations regarding academic writing that will help higher education students write their assignments more appropriately are also presented.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document