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Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat, May 31, 2022
Sanitation is one of the most important factors and is considered related to the basic needs as w... more Sanitation is one of the most important factors and is considered related to the basic needs as well as the welfare of the people. As one of the most populous contries, Indonesia still faces serious problem in water management and good sanitation. Particularly, in big cities, with the unequal spread of the residents and the soaring prices of the land, good sanitation is a classical problem, which remains unrevolvable until now. This article constitutes a review that aims to highlight the role of praying facilities, which can possibly be used as an alternative facility to support the government program in providing clean water and good sanitation to the surrounding communities. The use of praying facilities in providing water and good sanitation will not only impact to the health and the economy of the surrounding socieites but also increase the role of the praying facilities as the pioneer of the social piety, which is useful to help solve the nation's problem, particularly in helping the people to fulfill their basic needs.
The use of native English story in EFL, which has so far been a source for heated debate among th... more The use of native English story in EFL, which has so far been a source for heated debate among the scholars due to the possible intercultural conflict experienced by the learners and can possibly lead to the learners' confusion during the class, is basically driven by the long gone communicative competence theory, the paradigm which views that incorporating cultural aspects (sociolinguistic element) of the native English speakers is inseparable in acquiring communicative competence. Actually, the use of local short story for language learning, despite being absent in some aspects such as; idioms, style, pragmatic, etc., can possibly incur a lot more motivating aspects, this is because the learners can usually understand the overall learning process in a more comprehensive manner. Based on schemata theory, the process of learning might greatly be affected by the learners' prior knowledge due to the schemata that the learners already had, thus the learning process involving the native English speakers' paradigm might significantly hamper the learners in understanding and enjoying the story smoothly especially when the story is relatively longer and the teacher is not really competent in explaining the material or the learners who are still in the lower proficiency level. This literary review aims at highlighting the issue on the use of local short stories which can probably provide more psychological advantages compared with the foreign learning sources, as long as the materials are supported with good layout, sufficient vocabulary and standardized grammar, this package will certainly enable the leaners to learn the content and moral values, thus improving not only their linguistic aspects, e.g. vocabulary, grammar, etc., but also their self-confidence in leading their life which is certainly very suitable to the way of life of the learners.
Jurnal Basicedu, Dec 16, 2021
Penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk mengkaji peran orang tua dalam mendukung anak-anak mereka pada s... more Penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk mengkaji peran orang tua dalam mendukung anak-anak mereka pada saat belajar secara virtual atau belajar daring selama pandemi. Peserta yang direkrut dalam penelitian ini adalah lima orang tua yang terdiri dari tiga laki-laki dan dua perempuan dari keluarga yang berbeda. Penelitian ini adalah sebuah studi kasus yang dilakukan agar memungkinkan peneliti menganalisa data secara lebih rinci terutama yang berkaitan dengan peran orang tua dalam membantu anakanak mereka yang belajar secara on-line selama pandemi serta kemungkinan adanya faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi peran mereka tersebut. Temuan-temuan menunjukkan bahwa kesejahteraan, pendidikan orang tua, dan manajemen waktu merupakan hal yang dianggap penting dalam mendukung proses belajar on-line dewasa ini. Selain itu, diketahui bahwa bahwa pendidikan yang lebih baik dan pekerjaan orang tua yang berkaitan dengan pendidikan dapat secara signifikan membantu proses belajar anak-anak mereka. Temuan yang tak kalah penting adalah bahwa semakin rendah usia anak, akan semakin membutuhkan perhatian yang lebih besar dari orang tua, hal ini karena kondisi anak yang masih belum memahami proses belajar on-line dengan baik.
Proceedings of the 10th UNNES Virtual International Conference on English Language Teaching, Literature, and Translation, ELTLT 2021, 14-15 August 2021, Semarang, Indonesia
Journal of Informatics and Communication Technology (JICT), 2021
Identifying motivational factors in every field is always important. Likewise, identifying the st... more Identifying motivational factors in every field is always important. Likewise, identifying the student’s motivation to learn English is important so that the teachers or the other relevant education stakeholders can take more specific action regarding their students’ motivation. Especially, since motivation is a driving force affecting human’s life, the attempt to analyze the factors affecting the students’ motivation is always important. The present study was conducted in a private telecommunication college. The research method employed was a survey research with additional limited interview. The number of the participants recruited for the study was 40 students. The students recruited were the active students who are currently studying in their fourth/fifth semester. Of the whole factors questioned to the students, the lecturers were found to be the most significant factors affecting the students’ motivation. The other factors affecting the students’ motivation were the teaching...
Demikian kajian pendidikan tinggi Indonesia dari Ikatan Dosen RI (IDRI) yang berusaha mewakili as... more Demikian kajian pendidikan tinggi Indonesia dari Ikatan Dosen RI (IDRI) yang berusaha mewakili aspirasi dosen se-Indonesia. Kajian ini hasil sintesa pemikiran antara pendapat kolektif dosen se-Indonesia dari kuesioner, pemikiran wadah pemikir IDRI dan studi pustaka. IDRI nama dosen se-nusantara mengucapkan terima kasih atas kesempatan dari Panja Evaluasi Pendidikan Tinggi Komisi X DPR RI. Semoga sumbangsih kecil tentang kebijakan pemerintah untuk merger dan akuisisi PTS; anggaran Pendidikan Tinggi nasional yang proporsional 17; revisi UU No. 14 tahun 2005 pemisahan guru dan dosen; sarpras untuk mendukung daya saing perguruan tinggi; sistem pembinaan karir dosen; SIMLITABMAS; dan memajukan akses, mutu, dan relevansi pendidikan tinggi ini memberi manfaat konstruktif untuk pendidikan tinggi dan rakyat Indonesia untuk lebih baik.Disadari bahwa ilmu dan komunikasi saintifik berkembang sangat cepat. Beberapa saran yang kami sampaikan mungkin sudah akan ketinggalan zaman saat dokumen ini b...
PaKMas: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat
welfare of the people. As one of the most populous contries, Indonesia still faces serious proble... more welfare of the people. As one of the most populous contries, Indonesia still faces serious problem in water management and good sanitation. Particularly, in big cities, with the unequal spread of the residents and the soaring prices of the land, good sanitation is a classical problem, which remains unrevolvable until now. This article constitutes a review that aims to highlight the role of praying facilities, which can possibly be used as an alternative facility to support the government program in providing clean water and good sanitation to the surrounding communities. The use of praying facilities in providing water and good sanitation will not only impact to the health and the economy of the surrounding socieites but also increase the role of the praying facilities as the pioneer of the social piety, which is useful to help solve the nation’s problem, particularly in helping the people to fulfill their basic needs
Jurnal Basicedu, 2021
The present study examined the role of parents in supporting their children when learning through... more The present study examined the role of parents in supporting their children when learning through virtual means or on-line learning amid the pandemic COVID-19 outbreak. The respondents of the present study were five adults (3 males and 2 females) of different families. The study was conducted in a case study in order to allow the researchers to identify more specific data regarding the significance of parents’ role in the newly applied learning strategies as well as some potential determinants affecting their roles. The findings of the study indicate that there are some themes, which are percieved important by the parents, such as parents’ welfare, parent’s education, and time-managment. It is also found that parents’ higher education and the jobs related to pedagogy (e.g., being a teacher), can significantly help support their children learning process. Last but not least, younger ages pose more challenges to their parents as they are not really familiar with this new learning proc...
Journal of Informatics and Communication Technology (JICT), 2020
Penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk menganalisa sikap sejumlah mahasiswa terhadap penggunaan interne... more Penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk menganalisa sikap sejumlah mahasiswa terhadap penggunaan internet sebagai media belajar mandiri selama masa pandemi. Responden yang diteliti merupakan mahasiswa aktif semester dua dari sebuah universitas swasta di Tangerang. Sebagaimana kajian sikap pada umumnya, penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk mengetahui kecenderungan tindakan para mahasiswa tersebut dalam memanfaatkan media internet untuk mendukung kegiatan belajar mandirinya. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode campuran. Dengan metode ini, responden diberikan angket terlebih dahulu untuk dijawab dan dilanjutkan dengan kegiatan wawancara singkat pada responden yang ditunjuk secara acak. Pemilihan responden untuk diwawancara didasarkan pada keterkaitan dan pentingnya jawaban yang diberikan dalam mendukung temuan penelitian ini. Semua kegiatan dilakukan dengan mengikuti protokol menjaga jarak yang diterapkan oleh pemerintah. Oleh karena itu, penyebaran angket dilakukan melalui media googl...
Abstract: The present study analysed the students’ perception toward the use of language teaching... more Abstract: The present study analysed the students’ perception toward the use of language teaching media in their campus. The research questions were formulated as the followings: a) What are the students’ perception toward the language teaching media used in their classroom? b) Which factors, if any, may affect their perception? c) What are the most preferred media perceived by the students? d) Which factors, if any, may affect the students’ preference? T he number of the participants recruited for the present study was 80 students of Literature, Economics, and Informatics department who are currently studying in their early semesters. The present study used mixed method in which both questionnaire and interview were administered to the participants within the same day. The result indicated that most participants tended to perceive that language teaching media was very important to support their learning activity. The role of language teaching media was particularly important to he...
The use of native English story in EFL, which has so far been a source for heated debate among th... more The use of native English story in EFL, which has so far been a source for heated debate among the scholars due to the possible intercultural conflict experienced by the learners and can possibly lead to the learners’ confusion during the class, is basically driven by the long gone communicative competence theory, the paradigm which views that incorporating cultural aspects (sociolinguistic element) of the native English speakers is inseparable in acquiring communicative competence. Actually, the use of local short story for language learning, despite being absent in some aspects such as; idioms, style, pragmatic, etc., can possibly incur a lot more motivating aspects, this is because the learners can usually understand the overall learning process in a more comprehensive manner. Based on schemata theory, the process of learning might greatly be affected by the learners’ prior knowledge due to the schemata that the learners already had, thus the learning process involving the native...
English Review: Journal of English Education, 2019
This study highlighted the issue of the incorporation of English cultures, cultural preference an... more This study highlighted the issue of the incorporation of English cultures, cultural preference and diversity in relation to the students' English program. The need to analyze the students' perception is imperative since the students are considered as one of the most important factors in determining the success or failure of their own learning process. The respondents recruited for the present study were 80 part-time college students of different departments (i.e., Literature, Informatics, and Accounting). The use of mixed method aimed to elicit more elaborate data on the students' perceptions toward the above issues. The instruments used in the present study were questionnaires and semi-structured interview. During the data collection, the questionnaire, and interview were administered within the same day. The results indicated that the students' perception toward the incorporation of English culture was ambivalent. Of the 80 participants, there were only 48 students who voiced to agree and to strongly agree with the exposure; while the rest of the participants did not seem to agree. It was also found that most of the students preferred to learn Asian cultures instead of western ones. The most noticeable determinants affecting their preference were mainly the popularity of Asian cultures exposed on various media as well as their jobs which mostly involved Asian employers (Japanese, Korean, etc.). They were also found to appreciate the exposure conducted by the teacher as one of the relevant activity when learning foreign language. English grammar and vocabulary are skills to prioritize when speaking with Asians, and they did not find pronunciation important to support communication among them.
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Intellectuals' Global Responsibility (ICIGR 2017), 2018
The number of local languages in Indonesia has significantly decreased due to the declining numbe... more The number of local languages in Indonesia has significantly decreased due to the declining number of its speakers. In fact, local languages have long been considered as one of the identities of those living across archipelago. The present study aimed at analyzing the education stakeholders' attitudes toward local language, bahasa Indonesia, and English in order to investigate the role of each language, and the possible survivability in Indonesian society. This study was a case study which involved very limited participants (two headmasters, two parents, and two students) within a specific time frame. The instrument employed was a semi-structured interview. The language used in the interview was the respondents' language (bahasa Indonesia) in order that they could freely express what they had in mind about the three languages above. Despite the respondents' positive attitudes toward their local languages, bahasa, and English, the demand of the parents to make their children more mobile and more skillful has made the school management provide more foreign languages instead of local languages. The lack of qualified teachers, and obsolete teaching materials were also identified as the most gargantuan problems that should be overcome. Some suggestions were offered to tackle the problems.
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Life, Innovation, Change and Knowledge (ICLICK 2018), 2019
The present study aims at investigating attitude change which could possibly occur to some studen... more The present study aims at investigating attitude change which could possibly occur to some students who are pursuing an undergraduate degree. Unlike other studies, the present study was conducted within a longer time span in order to identify the potential attitude change after experiencing one semester learning program. The research method was a case study which involved a few respondents using semi-structured interview as an instrument in order to allow the respondents to freely express their attitudes toward their learning process. The interview was conducted two times both at the beginning of semester I and after the completion of semester I within one week interval. The use of multiple interviews was to provide more elaborate information so that the respondents' attitude differences prior to their learning and after their learning program could be identified. Despite the absence of attitude change, it was found that the five respondents did not indicate the same attitudes. In fact, three of them were identified to have negative attitudes for various reasons. It is imperative that the students who had negative attitudes be given some treatments or remedies in order to prevent academic disruption or failure which might occur as their negative attitudes continue to deteriorate.
Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan Suara Khatulistiwa
This article highlights attitudinal analysis which can be used to predict the students’ accomplis... more This article highlights attitudinal analysis which can be used to predict the students’ accomplishment in their study. Analyzing the learners’ attitudes can possibly improve the validity of evaluation which is generally conducted by both lecturers and administrators either during the recruitment or in the teaching/learning process. Besides, this attempt can also be used to predict the students’ potential accomplishment when learning in IPDN. Attitude, which is commonly defined as a behavioral tendency to act in certain patterns, is very important to be analyzed in order to allow the lecturers to have more objective description of the students’ behavior and their potential accomplishment. If this thoroughly applied, attitudinal analysis will not only allow the lecturers and other related staffs to evaluate the good quality candidates, but also allow them to assess the students’ potential success. In line with the continuously increasing demand of the society toward the officials who ...
Acitya: Journal of Teaching and Education
The present study analyzed the students’ anxieties in learning English. The study was conducted i... more The present study analyzed the students’ anxieties in learning English. The study was conducted in a case study involving 44 respondents of a privately funded Islamic junior high school located in Tangerang. The respondents were recruited purposively. Due to the application of no physical contact during the class, a questionnaire was the only instrument used in the present study. The finding indicated that the primary cause of the students’ anxieties was their learning problem. In addition, the students’ problems were mainly caused by the students’ inability to cope with some learning materials. The finding also indicated that speaking and writing were the most problematic skills which could probably generate anxieties. Lastly, the students also considered that their teachers and the way they taught were the main factors that could trigger anxieties in learning English. Some suggestions are given to overcome this matter.
This is a literary review which is aimed at revisiting the premises postulated by the scholars re... more This is a literary review which is aimed at revisiting the premises postulated by the scholars regarding communicative competence in EFL, especially emergence of globalization, infomatization, and the awareness of cultural diversity. Without denying the importance of language components postulated by the scholars, it is also urgent for EFL teachers to understand that in this era, the possible exposures experienced by the learners will never be solely L1 culture due to their interconnectedness among each other in the global world. Besides the " informatization era " has also led to a possibly much simpler communication since these communication practices will be mostly conducted through social media, tweeter, internet, or other cyber links, instead of face to face contact, thus sparing the communicators from the ordeal of learning a relatively complex sociocultural element required by the traditionalists. Last but not least, the communicative language teaching tenets set by linguists should be reviewed and further be materialized in the form of much simpler communication practices in language teaching. This is because too much complicated teaching materials will definitely prevent the learners to learn foreign or second language which is in fact very useful for them to create global link around the world.
The use of native English story in EFL, which has so far been a source for heated debate among th... more The use of native English story in EFL, which has so far been a source for heated debate among the scholars due to the possible intercultural conflict experienced by the learners and can possibly lead to the learners' confusion during the class, is basically driven by the long gone communicative competence theory, the paradigm which views that incorporating cultural aspects (sociolinguistic element) of the native English speakers is inseparable in acquiring communicative competence. Actually, the use of local short story for language learning, despite being absent in some aspects such as; idioms, style, pragmatic, etc., can possibly incur a lot more motivating aspects, this is because the learners can usually understand the overall learning process in a more comprehensive manner. Based on schemata theory, the process of learning might greatly be affected by the learners' prior knowledge due to the schemata that the learners already had, thus the learning process involving the native English speakers' paradigm might significantly hamper the learners in understanding and enjoying the story smoothly especially when the story is relatively longer and the teacher is not really competent in explaining the material or the learners who are still in the lower proficiency level. This literary review aims at highlighting the issue on the use of local short stories which can probably provide more psychological advantages compared with the foreign learning sources, as long as the materials are supported with good layout, sufficient vocabulary and standardized grammar, this package will certainly enable the leaners to learn the content and moral values, thus improving not only their linguistic aspects, e.g. vocabulary, grammar, etc., but also their self –confidence in leading their life which is certainly very suitable to the way of life of the learners.
The teaching of translation is generally overlooked not only in Indonesia but also in other count... more The teaching of translation is generally overlooked not only in Indonesia but also in other countries. This is largely due to the fact that most of the language scholars still strongly believe in the primary use of language as a means of communication, thus the process of language learning by way of practical communication is a must thing to do. In fact, translation provides not only an exposure to a new language to communicate but also the chance for understanding its equivalence within the native language perspective. Thus, besides enriching his creativity and cognitive skill, translation skill can also accommodate both local and foreign cultural perspective as well as enable the learners to have a much more balanced appreciation toward both languages. Especially with the growing concern of language death, bilingualism, language and cultural imperialism the merely ethnocentric paradigm enforcing a merely single language perspective of the foreign language to be learned is not a wise paradigm to adopt. Despite being in need for further research, the use of translation if well applied, might not only improve both L1 and L2 mastery but also improve their capacity in several important aspects, e.g. maintaining the learners' confidence toward their identity, improving their cultural diversity awareness, as well as survivability by being more competitive in the increasingly dynamic world.
Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat, May 31, 2022
Sanitation is one of the most important factors and is considered related to the basic needs as w... more Sanitation is one of the most important factors and is considered related to the basic needs as well as the welfare of the people. As one of the most populous contries, Indonesia still faces serious problem in water management and good sanitation. Particularly, in big cities, with the unequal spread of the residents and the soaring prices of the land, good sanitation is a classical problem, which remains unrevolvable until now. This article constitutes a review that aims to highlight the role of praying facilities, which can possibly be used as an alternative facility to support the government program in providing clean water and good sanitation to the surrounding communities. The use of praying facilities in providing water and good sanitation will not only impact to the health and the economy of the surrounding socieites but also increase the role of the praying facilities as the pioneer of the social piety, which is useful to help solve the nation's problem, particularly in helping the people to fulfill their basic needs.
The use of native English story in EFL, which has so far been a source for heated debate among th... more The use of native English story in EFL, which has so far been a source for heated debate among the scholars due to the possible intercultural conflict experienced by the learners and can possibly lead to the learners' confusion during the class, is basically driven by the long gone communicative competence theory, the paradigm which views that incorporating cultural aspects (sociolinguistic element) of the native English speakers is inseparable in acquiring communicative competence. Actually, the use of local short story for language learning, despite being absent in some aspects such as; idioms, style, pragmatic, etc., can possibly incur a lot more motivating aspects, this is because the learners can usually understand the overall learning process in a more comprehensive manner. Based on schemata theory, the process of learning might greatly be affected by the learners' prior knowledge due to the schemata that the learners already had, thus the learning process involving the native English speakers' paradigm might significantly hamper the learners in understanding and enjoying the story smoothly especially when the story is relatively longer and the teacher is not really competent in explaining the material or the learners who are still in the lower proficiency level. This literary review aims at highlighting the issue on the use of local short stories which can probably provide more psychological advantages compared with the foreign learning sources, as long as the materials are supported with good layout, sufficient vocabulary and standardized grammar, this package will certainly enable the leaners to learn the content and moral values, thus improving not only their linguistic aspects, e.g. vocabulary, grammar, etc., but also their self-confidence in leading their life which is certainly very suitable to the way of life of the learners.
Jurnal Basicedu, Dec 16, 2021
Penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk mengkaji peran orang tua dalam mendukung anak-anak mereka pada s... more Penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk mengkaji peran orang tua dalam mendukung anak-anak mereka pada saat belajar secara virtual atau belajar daring selama pandemi. Peserta yang direkrut dalam penelitian ini adalah lima orang tua yang terdiri dari tiga laki-laki dan dua perempuan dari keluarga yang berbeda. Penelitian ini adalah sebuah studi kasus yang dilakukan agar memungkinkan peneliti menganalisa data secara lebih rinci terutama yang berkaitan dengan peran orang tua dalam membantu anakanak mereka yang belajar secara on-line selama pandemi serta kemungkinan adanya faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi peran mereka tersebut. Temuan-temuan menunjukkan bahwa kesejahteraan, pendidikan orang tua, dan manajemen waktu merupakan hal yang dianggap penting dalam mendukung proses belajar on-line dewasa ini. Selain itu, diketahui bahwa bahwa pendidikan yang lebih baik dan pekerjaan orang tua yang berkaitan dengan pendidikan dapat secara signifikan membantu proses belajar anak-anak mereka. Temuan yang tak kalah penting adalah bahwa semakin rendah usia anak, akan semakin membutuhkan perhatian yang lebih besar dari orang tua, hal ini karena kondisi anak yang masih belum memahami proses belajar on-line dengan baik.
Proceedings of the 10th UNNES Virtual International Conference on English Language Teaching, Literature, and Translation, ELTLT 2021, 14-15 August 2021, Semarang, Indonesia
Journal of Informatics and Communication Technology (JICT), 2021
Identifying motivational factors in every field is always important. Likewise, identifying the st... more Identifying motivational factors in every field is always important. Likewise, identifying the student’s motivation to learn English is important so that the teachers or the other relevant education stakeholders can take more specific action regarding their students’ motivation. Especially, since motivation is a driving force affecting human’s life, the attempt to analyze the factors affecting the students’ motivation is always important. The present study was conducted in a private telecommunication college. The research method employed was a survey research with additional limited interview. The number of the participants recruited for the study was 40 students. The students recruited were the active students who are currently studying in their fourth/fifth semester. Of the whole factors questioned to the students, the lecturers were found to be the most significant factors affecting the students’ motivation. The other factors affecting the students’ motivation were the teaching...
Demikian kajian pendidikan tinggi Indonesia dari Ikatan Dosen RI (IDRI) yang berusaha mewakili as... more Demikian kajian pendidikan tinggi Indonesia dari Ikatan Dosen RI (IDRI) yang berusaha mewakili aspirasi dosen se-Indonesia. Kajian ini hasil sintesa pemikiran antara pendapat kolektif dosen se-Indonesia dari kuesioner, pemikiran wadah pemikir IDRI dan studi pustaka. IDRI nama dosen se-nusantara mengucapkan terima kasih atas kesempatan dari Panja Evaluasi Pendidikan Tinggi Komisi X DPR RI. Semoga sumbangsih kecil tentang kebijakan pemerintah untuk merger dan akuisisi PTS; anggaran Pendidikan Tinggi nasional yang proporsional 17; revisi UU No. 14 tahun 2005 pemisahan guru dan dosen; sarpras untuk mendukung daya saing perguruan tinggi; sistem pembinaan karir dosen; SIMLITABMAS; dan memajukan akses, mutu, dan relevansi pendidikan tinggi ini memberi manfaat konstruktif untuk pendidikan tinggi dan rakyat Indonesia untuk lebih baik.Disadari bahwa ilmu dan komunikasi saintifik berkembang sangat cepat. Beberapa saran yang kami sampaikan mungkin sudah akan ketinggalan zaman saat dokumen ini b...
PaKMas: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat
welfare of the people. As one of the most populous contries, Indonesia still faces serious proble... more welfare of the people. As one of the most populous contries, Indonesia still faces serious problem in water management and good sanitation. Particularly, in big cities, with the unequal spread of the residents and the soaring prices of the land, good sanitation is a classical problem, which remains unrevolvable until now. This article constitutes a review that aims to highlight the role of praying facilities, which can possibly be used as an alternative facility to support the government program in providing clean water and good sanitation to the surrounding communities. The use of praying facilities in providing water and good sanitation will not only impact to the health and the economy of the surrounding socieites but also increase the role of the praying facilities as the pioneer of the social piety, which is useful to help solve the nation’s problem, particularly in helping the people to fulfill their basic needs
Jurnal Basicedu, 2021
The present study examined the role of parents in supporting their children when learning through... more The present study examined the role of parents in supporting their children when learning through virtual means or on-line learning amid the pandemic COVID-19 outbreak. The respondents of the present study were five adults (3 males and 2 females) of different families. The study was conducted in a case study in order to allow the researchers to identify more specific data regarding the significance of parents’ role in the newly applied learning strategies as well as some potential determinants affecting their roles. The findings of the study indicate that there are some themes, which are percieved important by the parents, such as parents’ welfare, parent’s education, and time-managment. It is also found that parents’ higher education and the jobs related to pedagogy (e.g., being a teacher), can significantly help support their children learning process. Last but not least, younger ages pose more challenges to their parents as they are not really familiar with this new learning proc...
Journal of Informatics and Communication Technology (JICT), 2020
Penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk menganalisa sikap sejumlah mahasiswa terhadap penggunaan interne... more Penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk menganalisa sikap sejumlah mahasiswa terhadap penggunaan internet sebagai media belajar mandiri selama masa pandemi. Responden yang diteliti merupakan mahasiswa aktif semester dua dari sebuah universitas swasta di Tangerang. Sebagaimana kajian sikap pada umumnya, penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk mengetahui kecenderungan tindakan para mahasiswa tersebut dalam memanfaatkan media internet untuk mendukung kegiatan belajar mandirinya. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode campuran. Dengan metode ini, responden diberikan angket terlebih dahulu untuk dijawab dan dilanjutkan dengan kegiatan wawancara singkat pada responden yang ditunjuk secara acak. Pemilihan responden untuk diwawancara didasarkan pada keterkaitan dan pentingnya jawaban yang diberikan dalam mendukung temuan penelitian ini. Semua kegiatan dilakukan dengan mengikuti protokol menjaga jarak yang diterapkan oleh pemerintah. Oleh karena itu, penyebaran angket dilakukan melalui media googl...
Abstract: The present study analysed the students’ perception toward the use of language teaching... more Abstract: The present study analysed the students’ perception toward the use of language teaching media in their campus. The research questions were formulated as the followings: a) What are the students’ perception toward the language teaching media used in their classroom? b) Which factors, if any, may affect their perception? c) What are the most preferred media perceived by the students? d) Which factors, if any, may affect the students’ preference? T he number of the participants recruited for the present study was 80 students of Literature, Economics, and Informatics department who are currently studying in their early semesters. The present study used mixed method in which both questionnaire and interview were administered to the participants within the same day. The result indicated that most participants tended to perceive that language teaching media was very important to support their learning activity. The role of language teaching media was particularly important to he...
The use of native English story in EFL, which has so far been a source for heated debate among th... more The use of native English story in EFL, which has so far been a source for heated debate among the scholars due to the possible intercultural conflict experienced by the learners and can possibly lead to the learners’ confusion during the class, is basically driven by the long gone communicative competence theory, the paradigm which views that incorporating cultural aspects (sociolinguistic element) of the native English speakers is inseparable in acquiring communicative competence. Actually, the use of local short story for language learning, despite being absent in some aspects such as; idioms, style, pragmatic, etc., can possibly incur a lot more motivating aspects, this is because the learners can usually understand the overall learning process in a more comprehensive manner. Based on schemata theory, the process of learning might greatly be affected by the learners’ prior knowledge due to the schemata that the learners already had, thus the learning process involving the native...
English Review: Journal of English Education, 2019
This study highlighted the issue of the incorporation of English cultures, cultural preference an... more This study highlighted the issue of the incorporation of English cultures, cultural preference and diversity in relation to the students' English program. The need to analyze the students' perception is imperative since the students are considered as one of the most important factors in determining the success or failure of their own learning process. The respondents recruited for the present study were 80 part-time college students of different departments (i.e., Literature, Informatics, and Accounting). The use of mixed method aimed to elicit more elaborate data on the students' perceptions toward the above issues. The instruments used in the present study were questionnaires and semi-structured interview. During the data collection, the questionnaire, and interview were administered within the same day. The results indicated that the students' perception toward the incorporation of English culture was ambivalent. Of the 80 participants, there were only 48 students who voiced to agree and to strongly agree with the exposure; while the rest of the participants did not seem to agree. It was also found that most of the students preferred to learn Asian cultures instead of western ones. The most noticeable determinants affecting their preference were mainly the popularity of Asian cultures exposed on various media as well as their jobs which mostly involved Asian employers (Japanese, Korean, etc.). They were also found to appreciate the exposure conducted by the teacher as one of the relevant activity when learning foreign language. English grammar and vocabulary are skills to prioritize when speaking with Asians, and they did not find pronunciation important to support communication among them.
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Intellectuals' Global Responsibility (ICIGR 2017), 2018
The number of local languages in Indonesia has significantly decreased due to the declining numbe... more The number of local languages in Indonesia has significantly decreased due to the declining number of its speakers. In fact, local languages have long been considered as one of the identities of those living across archipelago. The present study aimed at analyzing the education stakeholders' attitudes toward local language, bahasa Indonesia, and English in order to investigate the role of each language, and the possible survivability in Indonesian society. This study was a case study which involved very limited participants (two headmasters, two parents, and two students) within a specific time frame. The instrument employed was a semi-structured interview. The language used in the interview was the respondents' language (bahasa Indonesia) in order that they could freely express what they had in mind about the three languages above. Despite the respondents' positive attitudes toward their local languages, bahasa, and English, the demand of the parents to make their children more mobile and more skillful has made the school management provide more foreign languages instead of local languages. The lack of qualified teachers, and obsolete teaching materials were also identified as the most gargantuan problems that should be overcome. Some suggestions were offered to tackle the problems.
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Life, Innovation, Change and Knowledge (ICLICK 2018), 2019
The present study aims at investigating attitude change which could possibly occur to some studen... more The present study aims at investigating attitude change which could possibly occur to some students who are pursuing an undergraduate degree. Unlike other studies, the present study was conducted within a longer time span in order to identify the potential attitude change after experiencing one semester learning program. The research method was a case study which involved a few respondents using semi-structured interview as an instrument in order to allow the respondents to freely express their attitudes toward their learning process. The interview was conducted two times both at the beginning of semester I and after the completion of semester I within one week interval. The use of multiple interviews was to provide more elaborate information so that the respondents' attitude differences prior to their learning and after their learning program could be identified. Despite the absence of attitude change, it was found that the five respondents did not indicate the same attitudes. In fact, three of them were identified to have negative attitudes for various reasons. It is imperative that the students who had negative attitudes be given some treatments or remedies in order to prevent academic disruption or failure which might occur as their negative attitudes continue to deteriorate.
Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan Suara Khatulistiwa
This article highlights attitudinal analysis which can be used to predict the students’ accomplis... more This article highlights attitudinal analysis which can be used to predict the students’ accomplishment in their study. Analyzing the learners’ attitudes can possibly improve the validity of evaluation which is generally conducted by both lecturers and administrators either during the recruitment or in the teaching/learning process. Besides, this attempt can also be used to predict the students’ potential accomplishment when learning in IPDN. Attitude, which is commonly defined as a behavioral tendency to act in certain patterns, is very important to be analyzed in order to allow the lecturers to have more objective description of the students’ behavior and their potential accomplishment. If this thoroughly applied, attitudinal analysis will not only allow the lecturers and other related staffs to evaluate the good quality candidates, but also allow them to assess the students’ potential success. In line with the continuously increasing demand of the society toward the officials who ...
Acitya: Journal of Teaching and Education
The present study analyzed the students’ anxieties in learning English. The study was conducted i... more The present study analyzed the students’ anxieties in learning English. The study was conducted in a case study involving 44 respondents of a privately funded Islamic junior high school located in Tangerang. The respondents were recruited purposively. Due to the application of no physical contact during the class, a questionnaire was the only instrument used in the present study. The finding indicated that the primary cause of the students’ anxieties was their learning problem. In addition, the students’ problems were mainly caused by the students’ inability to cope with some learning materials. The finding also indicated that speaking and writing were the most problematic skills which could probably generate anxieties. Lastly, the students also considered that their teachers and the way they taught were the main factors that could trigger anxieties in learning English. Some suggestions are given to overcome this matter.
This is a literary review which is aimed at revisiting the premises postulated by the scholars re... more This is a literary review which is aimed at revisiting the premises postulated by the scholars regarding communicative competence in EFL, especially emergence of globalization, infomatization, and the awareness of cultural diversity. Without denying the importance of language components postulated by the scholars, it is also urgent for EFL teachers to understand that in this era, the possible exposures experienced by the learners will never be solely L1 culture due to their interconnectedness among each other in the global world. Besides the " informatization era " has also led to a possibly much simpler communication since these communication practices will be mostly conducted through social media, tweeter, internet, or other cyber links, instead of face to face contact, thus sparing the communicators from the ordeal of learning a relatively complex sociocultural element required by the traditionalists. Last but not least, the communicative language teaching tenets set by linguists should be reviewed and further be materialized in the form of much simpler communication practices in language teaching. This is because too much complicated teaching materials will definitely prevent the learners to learn foreign or second language which is in fact very useful for them to create global link around the world.
The use of native English story in EFL, which has so far been a source for heated debate among th... more The use of native English story in EFL, which has so far been a source for heated debate among the scholars due to the possible intercultural conflict experienced by the learners and can possibly lead to the learners' confusion during the class, is basically driven by the long gone communicative competence theory, the paradigm which views that incorporating cultural aspects (sociolinguistic element) of the native English speakers is inseparable in acquiring communicative competence. Actually, the use of local short story for language learning, despite being absent in some aspects such as; idioms, style, pragmatic, etc., can possibly incur a lot more motivating aspects, this is because the learners can usually understand the overall learning process in a more comprehensive manner. Based on schemata theory, the process of learning might greatly be affected by the learners' prior knowledge due to the schemata that the learners already had, thus the learning process involving the native English speakers' paradigm might significantly hamper the learners in understanding and enjoying the story smoothly especially when the story is relatively longer and the teacher is not really competent in explaining the material or the learners who are still in the lower proficiency level. This literary review aims at highlighting the issue on the use of local short stories which can probably provide more psychological advantages compared with the foreign learning sources, as long as the materials are supported with good layout, sufficient vocabulary and standardized grammar, this package will certainly enable the leaners to learn the content and moral values, thus improving not only their linguistic aspects, e.g. vocabulary, grammar, etc., but also their self –confidence in leading their life which is certainly very suitable to the way of life of the learners.
The teaching of translation is generally overlooked not only in Indonesia but also in other count... more The teaching of translation is generally overlooked not only in Indonesia but also in other countries. This is largely due to the fact that most of the language scholars still strongly believe in the primary use of language as a means of communication, thus the process of language learning by way of practical communication is a must thing to do. In fact, translation provides not only an exposure to a new language to communicate but also the chance for understanding its equivalence within the native language perspective. Thus, besides enriching his creativity and cognitive skill, translation skill can also accommodate both local and foreign cultural perspective as well as enable the learners to have a much more balanced appreciation toward both languages. Especially with the growing concern of language death, bilingualism, language and cultural imperialism the merely ethnocentric paradigm enforcing a merely single language perspective of the foreign language to be learned is not a wise paradigm to adopt. Despite being in need for further research, the use of translation if well applied, might not only improve both L1 and L2 mastery but also improve their capacity in several important aspects, e.g. maintaining the learners' confidence toward their identity, improving their cultural diversity awareness, as well as survivability by being more competitive in the increasingly dynamic world.
Desanta Muliavisitama, 2018
"Alhamdulillah Banten kini sudah berusia 18 Tahun. Jika di analogikan sebagai manusia ia sudah tu... more "Alhamdulillah Banten kini sudah berusia 18 Tahun. Jika di analogikan sebagai manusia ia sudah tumbuh menjadi remaja, usia yang sudah mulai 'beger', mulai suka bersolek tetapi ingin tampil beda dari yang lain, mulai suka coba-coba sesuatu yang dianggapnya "modern" walau keluar dari akar budaya. Sementara dari sudut pandang agama Islam, usia ini sudah aqil balig. Sudah terkena hukum wajib taat aturan. Dalam konteks menjaga agar pembangunan Banten sesuai dengan tujuannya, kehadiran buku ini sungguh sangat penting. Setidaknya menjadi rambu-rambu bagi siapapun yang menjadi pemimpin dan Pimpinan pemerintahan di Provinsi Banten agar dalam melaksanakan amanahnya memimpin Banten dengan baik dan benar, selalu amanah, visioner tetapi tidak tercerabut dari nilai-nilai agama, akar budaya, dan komitmen meningkatkan mutu hidup, kesejahteraan dan akhlak masyarakat Banten." HER. Taufik, Ph.D-Ketua Ikatan Sarjana Ekonomi Indonesia (ISEI) Cabang Banten "Buku yang berjudul "Quo Vadis 18 Tahun Provinsi Banten" yang berisis 24 tulisan dosen yang tergabung dalam Ikatan Dosen Republik Indonesis (IDRI) Banten, isinya sangat bergizi. Mengapa saya berani mengatakan demikian? Karena paling tidak ada dua hal, Pertama: Penulis buku ini adalah kaum cendikiawan, para dosen, orang orang pintar yang kaya akan ilmu dan kapasitas kelimuan yang mumpuni dan tidak diragukam lagi. Kedua, ini yang jauh lebih penting, buku ini mengandung banyak ide dan gagasan bagaimana membangun banten, agar di usianya yang sudah menginjak 18 tahun, Banten bisa menggapai dan mewujudkan mimpi mimpinya diantaranya menjadikan banten yang maju, mandiri, berdaya saing, sejahtera dan berakhlakul karimah. Isi dari buku ini tidak hanya mengupas dari sisi bagaimana meningkatkan mutu pendidikan, namun juga membahas bagaimana meningkatkan
Ikatan Dosen Republik Indonesia (IDRI) Banten, 2018
"Alhamdulillah Banten kini sudah berusia 18 Tahun. Jika di analogikan sebagai manusia ia sudah tu... more "Alhamdulillah Banten kini sudah berusia 18 Tahun. Jika di analogikan sebagai manusia ia sudah tumbuh menjadi remaja, usia yang sudah mulai 'beger', mulai suka bersolek tetapi ingin tampil beda dari yang lain, mulai suka coba-coba sesuatu yang dianggapnya "modern" walau keluar dari akar budaya. Sementara dari sudut pandang agama Islam, usia ini sudah aqil balig. Sudah terkena hukum wajib taat aturan. Dalam konteks menjaga agar pembangunan Banten sesuai dengan tujuannya, kehadiran buku ini sungguh sangat penting. Setidaknya menjadi rambu-rambu bagi siapapun yang menjadi pemimpin dan Pimpinan pemerintahan di Provinsi Banten agar dalam melaksanakan amanahnya memimpin Banten dengan baik dan benar, selalu amanah, visioner tetapi tidak tercerabut dari nilai-nilai agama, akar budaya, dan komitmen meningkatkan mutu hidup, kesejahteraan dan akhlak masyarakat Banten." HER. Taufik, Ph.D-Ketua Ikatan Sarjana Ekonomi Indonesia (ISEI) Cabang Banten