The Power of Minangkabau Pantun: A Media for The Development of Islamic Character of Students at Various Levels of Islamic Education in Indonesia

The purpose of this study is to explain that the Minangkabau pantun has the power as a medium for developing the Islamic character of students at various levels of Islamic education in Indonesia. Religious rhymes in the Minangkabau Oral Literature: Proverbs, Pantun, and Mantras as one of the effective media to develop the Islamic character of students at various levels of Islamic education in Indonesia. The method used in this study is a qualitative method with a descriptive approach. The primary data used in this study were 22 religious pantun. The results of this study are that this 22 religious pantun are closely related to philosophical values: Islam as the best religion, the implementation of the 5 pillars of Islam, and guidance to become human beings who act according to Islamic teachings in the Koran. Thus, it cannot be denied that this Minangkabau religious rhyme can be used as an effective medium to develop the Islamic character of students at various levels of Islamic education in Indonesia.

Active Learning Using Quizizz in Procedure Text Class XI SMK Nusantara 02 Kesehatan

In this COVID-19 situation, it is a challenge for teachers to still be able to create fun, interesting and active learning. Although learning is carried out remotely or online, teachers must be able to increase student activity. Although learning is carried out remotely or online, teachers must be able to increase student activity. Student activity can be created through the application of interesting learning media. One of the interesting learning media in online learning is using the Quizizz educational game. This quizizz educational game usually uses a laptop or smartphone and can be carried out anywhere. The Quizizz educational learning is used for learning Procedure Text in class XI SMK Nusantara 02 Kesehatan. Through the descriptive method, this learning is supported by material observation, evaluation and interviews. The results obtained are that students enjoy this educational game and understand the material available in the Quiziz application faster.

Innovative Way to Improve Learning Languange and Cultural Understanding Through Film Background Minangkabau Culture

This article discusses how films set in Minangkabau culture can be used as an effective platform to enable students to understand Minangkabau culture and the target language. Through films, students broaden their understanding of culture, language, geography, sociolinguistics, socioeconomic, socio-political and educational in Minang society. This article describes how a small number of films set in Minangkabau culture have been used at different skill levels in language programs in schools as one of the local content subjects, especially schools located in West Sumatra with the majority of the Minang community. It also examines the role of films in the teaching and learning process, and how watching films strengthens classroom activities such as discussions, and debates and activities outside the classroom such as interviews and research on topics related to the films. To explore student feedback on this process, there was a discussion about responses to watching the film. It is proposed that three main issues need to be considered: film choice; development of lesson plans; and possible efficiency is obtained by asking students to watch movies. In conclusion, it is argued that the combination of these strategies demonstrates how films set in Minangkabau culture can be used in innovative ways to teach Minang language and culture in West Sumatra. Development of lesson plans; and possible efficiency is obtained by asking students to watch movies.

Analysis of Using Google Voice as Learning Media through Task-Based Learning Method

There are many choices of media based on Technology can be used in teaching English. One of them is Google voice, it can be found in any types of smart phone. This media can help students in recognizing the better pronunciation. Thus, it can revise their listening comprehension in English. This research is aimed to describe the role of Google voice in listening comprehension course as well as improve their listening comprehension. The method of this research is qualitative research where the data was obtained by getting the information from online questionnaire and the test. The result of this research from 43 students it was found that 91, 62% agree that the Google Voice application as the Learning English medium. Meanwhile, the result of the test after using Google voice is increasing from 68, 2% to 73, and 54%. It can be concluded that the use of Google voice gives positive effect in learning English.

Applying Duolingo as English Learning Media: How do Students Perceive it?

The advancement of digital technology today has boosted opportunities for teachers to apply digital products in promoting teaching and encouraging the learning process. Knowing how students perceive the use of digital technology is playing a significant role in supporting the achievement of an accommodating learning environment for students. This study is intended to investigate the students' perception of Duolingo as an English learning medium. It belongs to qualitative descriptive research. The data were gathered from an online questionnaire and interview and then analyzed descriptively. The result demonstrates students perceived positively toward applying Duolingo Application as a tool to facilitate English language learning at Senior High school it is interesting, motivating, helpful, encourages students' confidence, and is compatible across Junior High school to University students. However, students also perceived it’s weakness, it is too colorful and words repetition.

Developing Learning Material Model for English for Specific Purpose (ESP) in Accounting Department of Riau University

The confusion of lecturers in teaching English with specific and suitable material for students who choose majors other than the English department is the main problem mostly encountered found by the writers is the basic reason for conducting this research. The main purpose of having this article is to fill the absence of material provided for students in Accounting Department in Riau University. Through descriptive methods, qualitative approaches and instruments used in the form of a close-ended questionnaire in which the form of questions refer to the need analysis proposed by Hutchinson & Water (necessities, wants, and lacks) of the students, initialized and complemented with their latest English language level and an adaptation questionnaire from Adnan was researched as well. The data was obtained from a number of students majoring in Accounting for academic year of 2020/2021 class E at the Faculty of Economics, Riau University which were converted to frequency and rounded to a percentage. Dominated by students who have basic English skills, the students have various necessities, wants, and lacks in learning English. Eventually based on the finding, a proposed material model was framed.

An Analysis of Students’ Collocation Translation in EFL Classroom

This study sought to answer the question, "What is the English collocation found in student descriptive text translation?" This study was designed as descriptive qualitative research, and the study's data was described qualitatively. The data was taken from the student’s descriptive translation. The sources of the data in this study were sentences and expressions that contain collocation. Documentation is the only instrument used in collecting the data. To analyze the data, the researchers used data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification. The result of this study showed that (1) there were sixteen collocations found in student’s descriptive text translation and (2) the meanings of English collocations were fourteen had denotative meaning. To conclude, the collocation words do not only have one meaning but also have many meanings, and change the meaning based on the structure of the sentence in the text.

Students' Response Toward Facebook as a Media in Learning Bahasa Indonesia

A tedious situasion of learning Bahasa Indonesia in this pandemic era makes Facebook become a choice to have a varied and interesting learning process. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a research on the students` responses toward Facebook as a medium of learning. This is a descriptive qualitative research. The instrument used in this research was students` response questionnaires to Facebook as a learning medium which was distributed to 145 high school students in West Sumatera by using the google form. The link was distributed through the Whatsapp Group. The results of this study shows that students : [1] are familiar with, have downloaded and used Facebook; [2] saw Facebook as a positive, profitable and entertaining application; [3] (minority) saw Facebook as a negative, harmful, and unsatisfactory application; [4] like Facebook because they can get information; [5] mostly agree that the Facebook application is used as a medium for learning Bahasa Indonesia (listening, speaking, reading, and writing); [6] (minority) do not like to use Facebook due to many naughty and fraudulent accounts appear; [7] (mostly) have received information on procedural texts, short stories or narrative texts, explanatory texts, observation report texts, exposition texts, anecdotal texts, poetry texts and negotiation texts. Then, [8] a small proportion of students have never seen debates, saga, novels, dramas, lectures. Hence, it can be concluded that Facebook can be used as a learning medium to make the students motivated and enjoyed the learning process.

Enhancing EFL Students’ Writing Skill Through LSP (Learn Social Platform): A Case of Indonesian Students

In the industry revolution 4.0 era, the Indonesian government also strives to socialize the education change to increase the quality and effort to build up the students of higher education learning style more autonomously. One of many ways to be increased is e-learning. This research aimed to explore the effectiveness of using Learn Social Platform toward students’ writing skills and explore students’ perspectives of using this platform in one of the private universities in Riau, Indonesia. This research was a mixed-method approach. There are 38 undergraduate students as a sample of this research. To collect the data, the researcher used two kinds of instruments such as writing test for analyzing quantitative data and interview for qualitative data. The result showed that the use of this platform can give a significant effect on students’ writing skill which was revealed by students’ post-test was higher than pre-test. In addition, interview data reveal that students felt enthusiastic to use this platform because it is very helpful to increase their English skills which complete material and tasks. Even though it gave advantages, they also face some difficulties such as internet connection and limitation of study group enrollment. Then, the students have some advantages to be improved for this platform such as additional video conference, additional aspects of test, not only focus on grammar, vocabulary and language use but also reading, speaking, writing, and listening. In a practical case, the students expected to get feedback as soon as possible on the same day from their lecturer.

Application of the AP4M Model in Reading the Understanding of Genre Narrative Text Through E-Learning

This research was motivated by observations and interviews of learning tools for reading skills lectures in the Indonesian Language and Literature study program, Bung Hatta University. It is known that reading courses are generally given in the form of minimal reading theory and practice. As a result, students have difficulty understanding the reading text because students do not know the genre of the text being read. To solve this problem, one of the alternatives proposed is to apply the AP4M Model in Reading Comprehension of Narrative Text Genres through E-Learning. The research objective was to describe students' reading comprehension skills using the AP4M model. This research uses qualitative and quantitative methods. The research subjects were students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Study Program, Bung Hatta University, Padang, class 2019/2020. The results showed that the students' ability to determine themes and messages was 8.90; determine the type of narrative text and its description 8.90; determine the structure of the narrative text genre 9.80; determine the character of the character 7.8. The results of the research on the application of the AP4M Model in reading comprehension of the narrative text genre of students were 8.6 with the very good category.