scholarly journals Speaking Problems of EFL Students at English Education Study Program in Muhammadiyah Luwuk University

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
ST. Marhana Rullu ◽  
Hamia Daburan
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This research emphasized the problems of speaking ability in English among students of English Education Study Program in Muhammadiyah Luwuk University. This type of research was descriptive qualitative. In this research, the researcher used interview as instrument to find out the problems faced by the students in speaking English. From the results of the research, the researcher found the main problems faced by the students were limitations on vocabulary, errors in pronunciation, and incorrect grammar. In addition, the students also got anxiety when they speak in English and they embarrassed when they speak incorrectly, and they are still affected by their native language until they have problems in speaking English.Keywords: Speaking; Speaking Problems.

scholarly journals Pronouncing Inert Letters: What can we learn from undergraduate EFL students?

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-37
Author(s):  
Rahma Agung Suci Sayekti ◽  
Mei Hardiah ◽  
Azhar Aziz Lubis
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Efl Students

English Education students are prepared to be English teachers as one of the sources in learning activity. However, the students still mispronounced some words including ones which contain inert letters. This study aimed to find out the most frequent errors made by the English Education Students in pronouncing inert letters and the factors of the inert letters’ pronunciation errors. This study was a descriptive study which applied quantitative and qualitative approaches. The subjects of this study were 25 students of the English Education Study Program at Universitas Bengkulu. This study used recording, observation checklist, and interview as the instruments. Recording and observation checklists were used to gather subjects’ pronunciation. In order to find the factors of the pronunciation errors, an interview was conducted.  The pronunciation was analysed by using pronunciation checkers, Voice Notebook and Audacity. The interview results were analysed based on factors of pronunciation accuracy. The results showed that the most frequent errors of inert letters pronunciation made by the subjects were sounded inert letter /d/ of /-nd/ by 94% and silent inert letter /a/ of /-cal-/ by 88%. The interview generated some data which shows that the factors of subjects’ pronunciation errors were native language, age, and amount of exposure to English.

scholarly journals The Correlations among Reading Habit, Multiple Intelligences, and Writing Mastery of English Education Study Program Students of Sriwijaya University

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Ayu Lestari ◽  
Sofendi Sofendi ◽  
Ismail Petrus
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Intelligences ◽  
English Education ◽  
Reading Habit ◽  
Reading Attitude ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Academic Year

The objectives of this study were (1) to describe the students’ Reading habit, multiple intelligences, and writing mastery, (2) to find out whether or not there was significant correlation among the students’ Reading habit, multiple intelligences, and writing mastery, and (3) to find out whether or not the students’ Reading habit and multiple intelligences contributed to their writing mastery. In this study, 76 undergraduate EFL students of English Education Study Program of Sriwijaya University in the academic year 2017/2018 were chosen as a samples by means of purposive sampling. This study applied correlational research design. The data were collected by using questionnaires and test, and were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The results showed that (1) most of the students (50%)  were in the average level of reading habit; most of the students (15.7%) had six dominant intelligences; most of the students (57.8%) were in the good level of writing mastery; (2) reading attitude was the only habit which had a negative and significant correlation to the students’ writing mastery (r= -271, p< 0.018); reading attitude also had positive and negative and significant correlation to the students’ ideas  (r= 0.367, p< 0.001) and thesis voice audience (r= -0.236, p=< 0.040); logical intelligence was the only intelligence which had negative and significant correlation to the students’ writing mastery (r= -0.238, p= 0.038); ideas was the only the aspect of writing had a positive  and significant correlation to the students’ logical intelligence (r= 0.267, p= 0.020) and intrapersonal intelligence (r= 0.250, p= 0.029); (3) reading attitude became the best predictor and influenced the students’ writing mastery with 7.3% contribution (R2 = 0.073).

scholarly journals Transition Words Progression of Written Texts Made by the Second-Semester Students of the English Study Program of FKIP Saint Thomas University in Academic Year 2019/2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-41
Author(s):  
Fiber Yun Almanda Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
English Education ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This research is written to achieve an objective as follow: (1) to find out the progression of transitional in writing text has been made by the second semester of English Education Study Program in academic 2018/2019. The writer used descriptive qualitative research to give description systematically and factually about facts of a certain population. The researcher determines that the design is descriptive quantitative method because it describes the data that is taken from the sample, and the results of the data were tabulated in the form of percentage. There were 18 students (90%) agreed that transition words were used to connect the sentences. There were 20 (100%) students (90%) agreed that transition words were used to organize the sentences. There were 17 students (85%) agreed that transition words were used to remember about the topic. There were 20 (100%) students agreed that transition words were used to tell the experience, and there were 20 (100%) students agreed transition words were used to enhance the connections between facts.

scholarly journals TYPES OF IMPLICATURE IN INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS USED BY THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-83
Author(s):  
Endry Sri Rahayu Sri Rahayu ◽  
Safnil .
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
English Education ◽  
Conversational Implicature ◽  
Conventional Implicature ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Informal Conversation ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Implied Meaning ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Implicature was refers to implied meaning in utterance that can be understood by indirectly expression. In informal conversation was occurred the hidden meaning of what actually said by the speakers.  This study was investigated the types of implicature in informal conversations used by the English education study program students.  The study was aimed to analyze the types of implicature and how the implicature is carried out in the informal conversations.  The method of study was a descriptive qualitative method.  The subjects of this study were 25 students of English study program who have informal conversation. The students’ conversation was transcribed and analyzed by using checklist instrument. The results was shown that 1) there were three types of implicature found in the informal conversations; conventional implicature, generalized conversational implicature and particularized conversational implicature, and 2) the implicature is carried out in the informal conversations by the used of generalized conversational implicature and particularized conversational implicature. Moreover, a conclusion is students in the informal conversation have potentially implicature that indicates that their utterance has implied meaning. The suggestions, the study about implicature should be conducted in different area such as movie, drama or others, to give enrichment information in the Pragmatics study.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF CODE MIXING IN A1 CLASS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM 2016

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 697
Author(s):  
Lina Nurhasanah
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
English Education ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Code Mixing ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Code mixing has become a bilingual communication trend that is widely applied by the community in social interactions, especially Indonesian society and students. The method that used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The subjects of this study were English education students who had different ethnic backgrounds and areas of origin. The researcher focused on student utterances that contained by code mixing in the communication. This research was found three types of code mixing used by students namely insertion, alternation, and congruent lexicalization from the English into Indonesia by the students utterances in communication.Keywords:code mixing, kinds of code mixing

scholarly journals University Students’ Perceptions in Implementing Asynchronous Learning during Covid-19 Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Megawati Basri ◽  
Balqis Husain ◽  
Wiwin Modayama
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Asynchronous Learning ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Virtual Class ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Subject

This study aimed to know students' opinions about the implementations of asynchronous learning (Screencast-O-Matic and Google-Form apps) during COVID-19, to identify the advantages and disadvantages were produced by these devices, as well as to analyze how big the students' confidence on this type of learning when implemented in the rural area. The subject of this study consisted of 45 respondents from the English education study program. They spread in the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8thsemester. Qualitative descriptive students were used in this study. Among the questionnaire, open-ended questions and interviews were the methods to collect the data. The results of this study indicated these platforms had shown various obstacles. Over half of respondents criticize that limited internet access was one of the most significant restrictions when implementing asynchronous learning (Screencast-O-Matic and Google-Form apps). Although Screencast-O-Matic and Google-Form had some barriers in their virtual class, they provide more advantages. Many respondents believed they have all these advantages compared to the limits. The majority of respondents argued that it facilitated EFL students to increase acquisitions of language software that could contribute to students' ICT capabilities in particular.

scholarly journals A Flouting Maxims Analysis of Conversation on Whatsapp Message

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
Widya Eka Septiani
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Design ◽  
English Education ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Research Show ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The focus of this research is flouting maxim which is used by conversation on whatsapp message between Widya Eka Septiani and Edo Meggi Fernando as the students of English Education Study Program 2016. This research aims at: (1) describing the kinds of maxims flouted by conversation on whatsapp message between Widya Eka Septiani and Edo Meggi Fernando as the students of English Education Study Program 2016 and (2) revealing the reasons of flouting maxim showed by conversation on whatsapp message between Widya Eka Septiani and Edo Meggi Fernando as English Education’16. The research design of this study was descriptive qualitative research. The results of the research show that (1) the flouting maxims in conversation between Widya Eka Septiani and Edo Meggi Fernando by whatsapp message is flouting maxim of relation, and (2) revealing the reasons of flouting maxim showed by by conversation on whatsapp message between Widya Eka Septiani and Edo Meggi Fernando.

scholarly journals Code Mixing Employed by the English Lecturers in EFL Classroom

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Asep Hardianto
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
English Education ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Code Mixing ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Education Study ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The purpose of this research is to investigate the forms and factors influencing code mixing produced by lecturers. The data of this research is lecturers’ utterances during the subject of speaking and writing learning process in English education study program of STKIP Muhammadiyah Kotabumi. This research used descriptive qualitative method by sociolinguistic approach. The data of this research were recorded, analyzed, and interpreted descriptively. The research result showed that (1) There are four forms of code mixing found such as word, phrase, clause, and repetition word; (2) There are three factors influencing code mixing occurences such as identification of roles, variance identification, and limitation of language utterance. Furthermore, this article is expected to contribute the knowledge related code mixing studies for further research.

scholarly journals The Students Perception on the Use of E-Book as Learning Sources at The Sixth Semester Students of English Education Study Program of Baturaja University

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Author(s):  
Henny Yulia
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
English Education ◽  
Positive Response ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The purpose of this study was to find out the students perceptions on the use of e-book as learning sources at the sixth semester students of English Education Study Program of Baturaja University.The population of the research was 22 students majoring in English study program. The writer took 22 students by using total sampling.This study used descriptive qualitative method and the data was collected by using questionaire. The questionnaire consists of 20 items in the form of five likert scale. The  result of the study showed that 92.90% students had positive response and support e book as learning sources. It indicated that e book was easy to use. By using e book the both students and lecturers can improve their creativity.

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