INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: HOW PATTANI STUDENTS COMMUNICATE TO KEMBANGARUM RESIDENTS

The research aimed to examine (1) the anxiety experienced by Pattani Students when they first mingled with Kembangarum residents, (2) the anxiety management used by Pattani Students, (3) the model of intercultural communication between Pattani students and Kembangarum residents. The type of the research used in this study is a case study. While the approach was qualitative approach. Data collection techniques used were in-depth interviews and participatory observation. The subject of the study is Pattani students and Kembangarum residents. The findings showed there was a cultural shock experienced by Pattani students when they first lived in Kembangarum. The cultural shock resulted in anxiety and uncertainty when they communicate with the locals. To overcome this anxiety, Pattani students used Gudykunst’s three anxiety management, those are the self-concept, motivation and, reaction to the locals. The communication model used by Pattani students was intercultural approaches by prioritizing dialectics and interpretation of community behavior.

A STUDY OF SCRAMBLE METHOD IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR SECONDARY STUDENT’S WRITING SKILL

In Indonesia secondary school, students are equipped with any English subject to arrange their own writing. In this case, writing is the one of difficult English skill for students. Because of that, to increase students writing skill teacher need a certain method in teaching writing. Based on student’s ability in writing that also suitable with their grades, they were difficult to arrange the sentence to be good paragraph. To solve these problem several teachers had applied a method that called scramble sentence method. This study used qualitative research method with concept analysis method or library research. The data of this study came from eight articles related about scramble method to secondary student’s writing skill. Data had analyzed from reading, reviewing, supporting and contra journal article and concluding. As the result, according to eight articles, the researcher found that scramble method was effective to increased student’s writing skill. Based on the implementation of each articles, scramble method helped students to write. It proven by the improvement of several writing aspects, such as topic sentence, supporting sentence, coherence, organization, generic structures, grammar, vocabulary, content, discourse, syntax, mechanic and language use. From the analysis, the research question of this study had answered. Keyword : Scramble method, writing, library research

SOCIAL DIMENSIONS ON POLITENESS STRATEGIES OF REFUSALS USED BY AMBONESE AND AMERICAN

The aims of this study were to identify the politeness strategies used by Ambonese and Americans in refusing requests, as well as the effects of social relationships. A descriptive qualitative approach was used in the study. The data of American conversations were collected from youtube.com and direct observation by recording conversations between interlocutors by 20 respondents of Ambonese in any situation. The data was analyzed and classified using six politeness systems by Yassi, and politeness strategies by Brown and Levinson. The results show that in interactions between strangers, Ambonese people tend to use a bald on record strategy, which is frequently combined with a negative politeness strategy, whereas Americans tend to use a negative politeness strategy, which includes expressing apology followed by a direct expression of refusal or using off-record strategy. In an intimate relationship, Ambonese people tend to use positive politeness strategies, whereas Americans tend to use off-record strategies and negative politeness strategies. In a hierarchal relationship, Ambonese tend to use negative politeness strategies by inferior to superior person, while Americans tend to use negative politeness strategies or off record strategies. Culturally, Ambonese people were influenced by local wisdom to maintain solidarity in responding and addressing, which is called Pela Gandong, whereas Americans were influenced by the freedom to express themselves.

A RESEARCH QUICK RESPONSE CODE AS AN INNOVATIVE TEACHING LEARNING TOOL IN SMK PATRIOT PETERONGAN JOMBANG

The use of ICT in education is must in digital era. It is quality learning effort. QR Code is technology-based media developed as very fast scanning tool. However, its existence is still rarely used in education. The existence of ICT in the form of QR code in English lessons can support learning success as not all students have computer. QR code is solution to the problem of students because it can be installed on Android. This study examines the use of QR Code media in optimizing high school English learning, especially in listening skills. A study on the use of QR Code was conducted in 2021 at SMK Patriot Peterongan Jombang with a total of 25 students as the subject. The type of this research is development research. To analyze the results of the research, it is used quantitative descriptive analysis. Data obtained through questionnaires and learning outcomes tests. The researcher examined the influence of QR Media using paired sample t-test. The results showed that there is a significant effect after being given treatment because the significance is < 0,05, that is 0,00. Through QR Code, students can evaluate learning outcomes well and make it easy to understand the material being studied. The results of this study are very relevant in learning, especially in increasing students' learning outcomes to learning English at the senior high school level.