The Effectiveness of Crossword Puzzle in Improving Mufradat Skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Mutia Khaira
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Crossword Puzzle ◽  
Vocabulary Skills ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Puzzle Games ◽  
The Right

Arabic mufradat is an element of various language elements, where the richness of vocabulary is part of the indicator of language proficiency. In reality, vocabulary learning often encounters obstacles, therefore choosing the right media is part of an effort to overcome the existing difficulties. This study aimed to test the effectiveness of the puzzle in improving Arabic vocabulary skills. This study was conducted with a quasi-experimental approach where data were obtained through pre-test and post-test. Based on the results, the use of puzzle games as learning media was effective to improve mufradat skills.

scholarly journals USING JUMBLED LETTERS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS VOCABULARY MASTERY

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-61
Author(s):  
Sri Wahyuni ◽  
Ali Wira Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Total Sample ◽  
Crossword Puzzle ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control ◽  
Listening And Speaking ◽  
Academic Year

Vocabulary considered one of the important things to learn for students, the vocabulary is basic thing that students must be mastered in foreign language lessons, especially in English. Without vocabulary students will have difficulty in mastering skills in English such as writing, reading, listening and speaking.  Therefore, it is very important to find out the solution to enhance students’ vocabulary. The objective of the research is to find out whether or not using Jumbled letters can improve the students vocabulary of the tenth grade students in MAN 2 Barru and to find out whether or not using Crossword puzzle can improve the students vocabulary of the tenth grade students in MAN 2 Barru. This research applied quasi-experimental group design with two groups experimental and control class. The population of this research was the tenth grade students of MAN 2 Barru in academic year 2018/2019. The Total sample of the research was taken by using clustering random sampling which consisted of 141 students. From two classes taken from the population of the tenth grade students of MAN 2 Barru, X MIA 1 as the experimental class consisted 29 students and X MIA 3 as the control class that consisted 29 students. The result of the data analysis showed that there was a significant difference of students’ vocabulary before and after teaching vocabulary through jumbled word letters. The value of t-test pre-test 2.09 was higher than t-table 2.000, and the value of post-test 4.62 was higher than t-table 2.000, at the level significance a =0.05 and degree of freedom (df) = 56. It can be concluded that jumbled word letters can enhance the vocabulary of the tenth grade students’ of MAN 2 Barru

scholarly journals Pengaruh Range of Motion (ROM) Aktif Terhadap Fleksibilitas Sendi Lutut Pada Lanjut Usia

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-16
Author(s):  
Tavip Indrayana ◽  
Warijan Warijan ◽  
Joni Siswanto
Keyword(s):  
Connective Tissue ◽  
Knee Joint ◽  
Muscle Fibers ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Right ◽  
Average Angle

ABSTRACTBackground : Joint flexibility decreases in old age due to a degenerative process resulting in changes in joints, connective tissue and cartilage in the elderly. Decreasing flexibility is also due to reduced elasticity of muscle fibers, where connective tissue in muscle fibers increases (Mariyam, 2008).Objective : The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of active exercise (ROM) on the lower extremities on increasing the flexibility of the knee joint in the elderlyMethods : This study using a quasi-experimental approach with One group pre-test and post-test design. The sampling technique uses the Slovin method of 42 people, obtained a sample of 25 elderly. Exercise is done twice a day for 8 days. Measurements were made on day 1, day 4 and day 8 of the study using a Goniometer measuring instrument..Result : The results of measurement I average of the right knee joint 117.52o, measurement II = 122.24, measurement III = 126, 36o. From the analysis with Paired simple t-Test between the measurements I and II, it was found that the different test measurements I and II t count value was equal to -1.908 with 0.068. Because sig 0.05, it can be concluded that Ho is accepted, meaning that the average angle of ROM before and after training is the same (not different). In the different test measurements II and III the value of t count is equal to -2.152 with sig 0.042.Conclusion : Because sig 0.05, it can be concluded that Ho is rejected, meaning that there is a difference in ROM angle after training between days 4 to 8 with the first day to day 4. Thus it can be stated that active ROM exercises affect the angle of ROM of the knee joint elderly after exercise ROM between day 4 to day 8. Keywords: active ROM exercise, flexibility of knee joint, elderly.

scholarly journals The Effect of the Mind Mapping Strategy on the L2 Vocabulary Learning of Saudi Learners

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Nesreen Saud Alahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
Mapping Strategy ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mind ◽  
L2 Vocabulary ◽  
Experimental Group

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of using the mind mapping strategy on learning vocabulary for Saudi Learners. Fifty female students from the English Language centre at Taibah University in Saudi Arabia were selected to participate in this study. All students were homogenous in terms of their English language proficiency. The students were performing at the intermediate level of the English language. Their level of English language proficiency was determined by the Oxford Placement Test. Participants were divided into two groups: the experimental group and the control group. Twenty-five students in the experimental group were taught vocabulary using the mind mapping strategy for six weeks. The control group was taught using traditional methods of vocabulary teaching, such as memorising. To test the effectiveness of the mind mapping strategy, two types of tests were applied for both groups: a pre-test and a post-test. At the end of the treatment, the results of the post-test showed a significant improvement in Second language (L2) vocabulary acquisition by Saudi learners in the experimental group. The findings of this study indicate some important implications for L2 learning, such as that mind mapping facilitates vocabulary learning by increasing the knowledge and the acquisition of the meanings of the vocabulary words used. It also helped with the vocabulary learning process by increasing the level of the motivation of Saudi students in learning new words.

scholarly journals PENGARUH SEMINAR ONLINE TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN DALAM MENINGKATKAN IMUNITAS UNTUK MENGHADAPI COVID-19 DAN PERSEPSI MENGENAI NEW NORMAL PADA MASYARAKAT AWAM

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Mariatul Fadilah ◽  
Windi Indah Fajar Ningsih ◽  
Opel Berlin ◽  
Annisa Wimaulia ◽  
Azlin Azlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
P Value ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Important Health ◽  
The Face ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

The government has issued a new normal policy with the aim that people can continue to live productively by changing their lifestyle so as to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. One of the measures to prevent and manage COVID-19 is to increase immunity. Online seminars are one of the most important health promotion methods and can be done in the new normal era. This study aims to determine the effect of online seminars on the knowledge and perceptions of the general public. This study used a quasi-experimental pre and post-test design. The sample in this study were all participants who attended online seminars and filled out the pretest and posttest questionnaires. Univariate data analysis shows that the majority of respondents have a mean age of 29.41 years, most of them are women (58.8%), and are students or have not worked (44.7%). Most of the respondents had a good level of initial knowledge about increasing immunity in the face of COVID-19 (68.4%) and a sufficient level of perception of the new normal (49.1%) before attending online seminars. The bivariate data analysis shows that there is a significant increase in knowledge about increasing immunity in the face of COVID-19 in the new normal before and after attending an online seminar with a p-value = 0.000 (p-value <0.05). Online seminars are the right way to promote health in increasing knowledge about immunity to deal with COVID-19 and perceptions of the new normal in ordinary people. 

scholarly journals Improving ESL Learners’ Grammar with Gamified-Learning

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harwati Hashim ◽  
Karmila Rafiqah M. Rafiq ◽  
Melor Md Yunus
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Language Games ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Gamified Learning ◽  
Teaching Grammar ◽  
Esl Learners

Aligning with the Industrial Revolution 4.0, an abundance of high-tech inventions has embarked their pavements in the educational field. Despite being under the 21st-century umbrella, the English language proficiency of Asian learners is still a few steps behind. Undeniably, most of the English as a Second Language (ESL) learners in Asian countries face challenges in learning ESL grammar. Grammar has been an intricate component to master due to its nature of complexity. This study aimed at exploring the effectiveness of using online language games in improving ESL learners' grammar. A total of 30 students in a secondary school were involved in this research. The research design of the quasi-experimental method was used, employing the pre and post-test. Data were analyzed using percentages to compare the results after three interventions of gamified-learning known as Socrative, PowerPoint Challenge Game, and Kahoot! The main findings indicated that learners’ scores on the grammar post-test showed a significant increase from the pre-test. The improvements can be seen in the grading system, whereby, no participant obtained a grade D and E in the post-test as compared to the pre-test. Hence, the results depicted that gamified-learning is effective in teaching grammar to ESL learners.

scholarly journals EFFECTS OF USING ENGLISH PODCASTS ON IDIOMS AND VOCABULARY LEARNING OF IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Golyas Akhavan Tabatabaee ◽  
Ehsan Rezvani
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Placement Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Intermediate Group ◽  
Attitudes Toward Learning ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Standard Deviations

This study is an attempt to explore the potential effects of using podcasts on idiom and vocabulary learning of Iranian EFL upper and lower intermediate learners as well as their attitudes toward learning via podcasts. To achieve the goals of the study, 100 participants who are made homogeneous in terms of language proficiency using an Oxford Placement Test (OPT) are selected, and are subsequently divided into four groups: two experimental groups and two control groups. Those students whose scores fall two standard deviations above the mean are considered as the upper intermediate group and those whose scores fall two standard deviations below the mean constituted the lower intermediate group. Then, researcher make vocabulary and idiom pre-tests are administered to assess the learners� knowledge of the target vocabulary and idioms prior to treatment. As for the treatment, the students in the control group are taught conventionally using the readings in an ELT textbook, whereas the experimental groups� learners are taught using podcasts containing idioms and vocabulary in focus. Finally, the learners are given a post-test parallel in form to the pre-test. The findings indicate that the learners who are taught via podcasts outperformed the control group on the post-test. Moreover, the findings show that learners have a significantly positive attitude toward learning via podcasts. The results will have implications for EFL teachers and materials developers.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of a Rational Behavioral Emotive Program in Reducing Test Anxiety among University Students with High Academic Achievement

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Najla Y. AlAmry
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
University Students ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
High Academic Achievement ◽  
Experimental Group

The present study aims to identify the effectiveness of a rational behavioral emotive program in reducing test anxiety among university students with high academic achievement in Riyadh. The author adopted the quasi-experimental approach. The sample comprised (26) students with high academic achievement who were encountering test anxiety at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU) in Riyadh. The participants were divided into two groups: An experimental group of (13) students and a control group of (13) students. The author also used the test anxiety scale (Spielberger, 1972) and designed the rational behavioral emotive program using new electronic applications. The results showed statistically significant differences between the average scores of the experimental group students in the pre and posttests in favor of the post-test. There were statistically significant differences between the average scores of the two groups in the post-test of the scale in favor of the experimental group. Furthermore, there were no statistically significant differences between the average scores of the experimental group in the post and successive tests of the scale.

scholarly journals Developing Critical Thinking Skills among Prospective Teachers through Teaching Educational Research Course: A Quasi Experimental Approach

2022 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 747-757
Author(s):  
Ayesha Kanwal ◽  
Intzar Hussain Butt
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

The study aims to develop critical thinking skills among prospective teachers. The study was experimental in nature; quasi experimental approach was used to conduct the study. The population of the study was prospective teachers studying at master level. Sample of the study was 73 prospective teachers enrolled in the educational research course in two groups. The first was labeled as the control group, while one was labeled as the experimental group. To assess the critical thinking skills of prospective teachers test was developed by the research using guidelines of Watson and Glaser test. Test was consisted of five dimensions i.e. analyzing, assumptions, deduction, and inference and interpreting information. Cronbach's alpha determined the test's reliability to be 0.80. Intervention was consisted of 10 lessons related to educational research course. The prospective teachers performed well in analyzing, Assumptions, deduction and overall CTS in post-test as compare to pre-test. There was statistically noteworthy the variation between the or before as well as post-test grades of Inference and interpreting. The critical thinking skills are essential element to compete 21st century challenges. Prospective teachers have to face many educational challenges to improve students learning, it is necessary that they should be prepared with CTS either to infuse through separate curriculum or embed with existing curriculum.

scholarly journals A Study of Vocabulary Learning Strategies and their Effect on Vocabulary Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
Sunimali Nagodavithana ◽  
Kaushika Premarathne
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
New Words ◽  
Vocabulary Learning Strategies ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Esl Learners

Language learners use Vocabulary Learning Strategies to learn new words or to consolidate the meaning of words they have already learnt. This paper presents findings of a study conducted to examine the vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) used by English as a second language (ESL) learners when learning English at tertiary level, in Sri Lanka.   The aim of the study was to gain a better understanding of VLS used by ESL learners with the view of adopting better vocabulary teaching methods in the classroom. The study made use of a questionnaire, a vocabulary learning activity and a delayed post-test to obtain data.  Schmitt’s (1997) taxonomy of vocabulary learning strategies was utilized in categorizing the data collected. The research brought to light the common strategies used by learners when learning the meaning of unfamiliar words in the target language and the strategies used by them when recalling the meaning of already learnt words.  The results show that when students fall back on their mother tongue to learn and retain the meaning of target language vocabulary it impedes the vocabulary learning process, the development of reading skills and target language proficiency.

scholarly journals The Influence of Audiovisual Media on Improving Adolescents' Knowledge of Reproductive Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Erika Yulita Ichwan ◽  
Willa Follona ◽  
Sri Sukamti
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
P Value ◽  
Audiovisual Media ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Modern Learning ◽  
The Right

Various adolescent health problems in Indonesia are so complex, not only related to physical but also related to psychosocial aspects. When teenagers have to struggle to recognize the sides of themselves that are experiencing physical-psychic and social changes due to puberty, society instead tries to hide everything about sex and leave teenagers with question marks in their minds. The view that sex is taboo, makes teenagers reluctant to discuss reproductive health with others. The lack of accurate and correct information about reproductive health makes teenagers seek access and explore themselves. Health education for adolescents needs to be provided with the right methods and media. Audiovisual media is a learning tool or media that uses video or mobile display, this media is a modern learning among the community and effective for teenagers so that they can absorb the material provided to the maximum.This study aims to determine the influence of audiovisual media on increasing adolescent knowledge about reproductive health. This research is a quantitative study with quasi-experimental design one group without control, with a sample of 50 respondents. Respondents measured the rate ofyears before and after intervention, namely health education using audiovisual media.The results of the study: dependent t-test dependent statistical test on post-test knowledge about reproductive health increased by 6.46 to 8.06 with p value of 0.000 indicating the influence of audiovisual media provision on improving adolescent reproductive health knowledge. 

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