Kemampuan Menulis Teks Cerita pada Mahasiswa Program Sarjana Pendidikan Bahasa Indonesia Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Bengkulu

The purpose of this study is to describe the ability to write story texts for students of the Indonesian Language Education Undergraduate Program FKIP Bengkulu University. The scope of this research covers aspects of (1) the suitability of the theme with the content, (2) the structure of the story text, (3) the choice of words (diction), (4) the use of story-style sentences, and (5) the Indonesian Language spelling and handwriting. This research uses descriptive method and quantitative approach. The research population was all students of the Indonesian Language Education Study Program FKIP Bengkulu University in the odd semester of 2018/2019 and the sample was purposive sampling, determining that there were 34 students in semester III-A. Collecting data uses test techniques and instruments in the form of instructions for writing stories with the theme of "love" and guidelines for assessing the ability to write stories based on five components, including content, text structure, diction, sentences, and mechanics. Data analysis used descriptive statistics to find the mean and determined qualitative results. The results showed that the ability to write story texts for the students of the Indonesian Language Education Undergraduate Program, FKIP Bengkulu University, was categorized as good. This is based on the score of all components with an average of 73.97. These results still require efforts to improve to be better. The results of each aspect of the ability to write story texts, namely aspects (1) the suitability of the theme with the content, good category (18.94), (2) story structure, good category (16.09), (3) accuracy of diction in good category (score 14 ,3), (4) narrative language style sentences are in good category (17.24), and (5) mechanics (BI spelling and handwriting) are in good category (7.32).

Children’s Online Collaborative Storytelling during 2020 COVID-19 Home Confinement

Digital collaborative storytelling can be supported by an online learning-management system like Moodle, encouraging prosocial behaviors and shared representations. This study investigated children’s storytelling and collaborative behaviors during an online storytelling activity throughout the 2020 SARS-CoV-2 home confinement in Spain. From 1st to 5th grade of primary school, one-hundred-sixteen students conducted weekly activities of online storytelling as an extracurricular project of a school in Madrid. Facilitators registered participants’ platform use and collaboration. Stories were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using the Bears Family Story Analysis System. Three categories related to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic were added to the story content analysis. The results indicate that primary students worked collaboratively in an online environment, with some methodology adaptations to 1st and 2nd grade. Story lengths tended to be reduced with age, while cohesion and story structure showed stable values in all grades. All stories were balanced in positive and negative contents, especially in characters’ behavior and relationships, while story problems remained at positive solution levels. In addition, the pandemic theme emerged directly or indirectly in only 15% of the stories. The findings indicate the potential of the online collaborative storytelling activities as a distance-education tool in promoting collaboration and social interactions.

Analysis of Dynamic p-y Curve Characteristics According to Mode Shape of Structure Using Shaking Table Tests

In the seismic design of pile foundations, a p-y curve representing the nonlinear behavior of the ground considering the dynamic load of the earthquake is required. Recently, p-y curve analyses reflecting the soil-structure interaction have been conducted, but studies on multilayer structures have not been investigated extensively. In this study, the p-y curve characteristics were analyzed, considering the influence of the ground-structure interaction based on the mode shape of the structure (no structure, single-story structure, and three-story structure) through shake table tests. It was found that (1) the bending moment and pile displacement increased with input acceleration, and (2) the maximum soil resistance and pile displacement occurred at the natural frequencies of each structure were observed. In addition, the bending moment, soil resistance, and p-y curve slope were higher in the single-story structure than in the three-story structure. The findings indicate that the seismic design simulated for a single-story structure is conservative.

Seismic Analysis of Lightweight and Conventional Buildings: A Comparative Study

In recent decades, the use of light-weight materials over heavy-weight materials has increased at a faster rate. When it comes to cost and resource savings, lightweight construction is considered to be more essential. AAC block is a lightweight construction material that provides good acoustic and thermal insulation. In seismic zones, the use of lightweight materials in building reduces the percentage of damages. The goal of this research is to conduct a project comparison study of seismic analysis of buildings composed of lightweight and conventional materials. RSM creates a structural model of a multi-story structure (G+3) and analyses it in Etabs (Response Spectrum Method). Buildings constructed using infill AAC (Autoclaved aerated concrete) blocks and traditional clay brick masonry are designed for the same seismic hazard in conformity with Indian norms. The buildings' analytical results will be compared. The project also aims to familiarise students with Etabs2016. Keywords: Autoclaved Aerated Concrete, Conventional Brick Replacement, Lightweight Construction, Lightweight Material.

Storytelling in bilingual Turkish-Swedish children

The empirical evidence for whether narrative macrostructure skills are shared between a bilingual child’s two languages is inconclusive, and it is not known how macrostructure (overall story structure) is influenced by general language proficiency and amount of exposure. The present study investigates these issues in 100 Turkish-Swedish bilingual 4-to-7-year-old children growing up in Sweden. Oral narratives were elicited in both Turkish and Swedish with two picture-based tasks from the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN) in the telling mode. We investigated to what extent the language of elicitation influences bilingual children’s macrostructure (story structure, episodic complexity), and explored effects of age, narrative task, narrative length, expressive vocabulary and language exposure, both separately and combined, on macrostructure in the respective language. Story structure and episodic complexity were found to increase similarly with age in both Turkish and Swedish from 4 to 7 years. Scores did not differ between the two MAIN storytelling tasks. Expressive vocabulary and narrative length influenced story structure scores positively and similarly in both languages. Daily language exposure and length of exposure to Swedish did not show any significant effect. The results can be interpreted in support of a carry-over of narrative macrostructural skills between the two languages.

Effects of Brace Stiffness and Nonlinearity of Viscous Dampers on Seismic Performance of Structures

In the applications of supplemental dampers for seismic hazard mitigation, the supporting braces for the dampers are considered an important component for ensuring an efficient energy dissipation in the structure. Despite their importance, studies on the effects of the brace stiffness and the velocity exponent in the case of nonlinear viscous dampers are rather limited. In this paper, a numerical time-stepping method is developed for computing the seismic response of the structure with supporting braces and nonlinear viscous dampers. Using the proposed method, effects of the parameters of the nonlinear damper-brace systems are investigated, using first a single-story structure, followed by multi-story buildings. Results indicated that the design parameters for the dampers and supporting braces may be combined in numerous ways to satisfy a given set of structural performance objectives, but the brace stiffness can be minimized to achieve design efficiency in the range of velocity exponent commonly used for seismic applications of nonlinear viscous dampers. Results also indicated that for a set brace stiffness, if the dampers are optimally designed, the velocity exponent has an insignificant effect on the structural seismic performance objectives considered in this paper.