Fourth Semester Students Research Articles

THE LISTENING COMPREHENSION DIFFICULTIES OF THE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, MULAWARMAN UNIVERSITY

The purposes of this study were to know the difficulties faced by the fourth semester students in Advanced Listening Comprehension Course at English Department, and to know strategies used by the fourth semester students in overcoming the difficulties in Advanced Listening Comprehension Course at English Department. The design of this study was descriptive with qualitative approach. The population was the fourth semester students at English Department in Mulawarman University that consisted of 63 active students of fourth semester students at English Department in Mulawarman University. Data was gathered by questionnaire and interview. The findings of this study showed that, the students had difficulties in listening comprehension and strategies to overcome it. It was based on three factors influencing their listening: listening materials, listener factors, and physical settings. In addition, the major problems encountered by students of English Department were: accents, pronunciation, speed of speech, insufficient vocabulary, different accent of the speakers, lack of concentration, and bad quality of recording. Furthermore, the strategies that the students implemented was using media as the learning tool. It can be concluded from this study that there were ten problems in students’ self learning that were found in analyzing students’ difficulties, they were : lack of vocabulary, poor grammar mastery, accent, pronunciation, lack of concentration, speed of speech, anxiety, noisy, inability to apply listening strategy, bad quality of recording.

Developing ESP Supplementary Book Based on Project Based Learning Model For Mechanical Engineering Students

This paper aims to develop ESP Supplementary book for mechanical engineering students in high level education. This is a Borg & Gall Research and Development (R&D) by using questionnaire and unstructured interview instrument. The research subject is 20 fourth semester students of mechanical engineering major in UNU Blitar. The limitation of this study is developing ESP supplementary book based PBL with engineering materials as the topic of the book. The process development of Engineering Materials Supplementary Book Based on ESP and PBL consists of some steps those are (1) Need analysis; (2) Product arrangement; (3) Product testing; and (4) Product revision if it is necessary. This research finds that the supplementary book is valid in three aspects of media (77.5%), content (83.3%) and language (83.3%) and feasible to use as supplement material for the mechanical engineering students. Based on the satisfaction questionnaire this product is appropriate for the mechanical engineering students to learn about English for Specific Purposes in form of Project Based Learning model implementation in percentage about 80% agree and 15% very agree.

Implementation Of The Tikrar Method In The Faculty Of Islamic Religion Program To Increase The Competence Of Memory Of The Quran For UMSU Students

This research was conducted to find out how the implementation of the Tikrar Method at the Faculty of Islamic Studies Program in Improving the Al-Quran Memorizing Competence of UMSU Students. This research covers planning, implementation and evaluation of the tikrar method. This study used qualitative research methods, and data collection was obtained from the results of observations, interviews and documentation conducted in the field. From the process, it was found that prior to the application of the tikrar method, planning was carried out in advance, namely students had to register to take part in the FAI Qur'an program, students who were required to take part in the program were fourth semester students of the Faculty of Islamic Religion, then socialized the activities and implementation of the program and explained about the method, after that the determination of groups and their mentors is carried out. In its application, the tikrar method is applied by repeating the readings that are the target of memorization at home or on campus, then after memorizing students will deposit it to their respective mentors at each meeting. The evaluation was carried out after the students had successfully completed their memorization, namely juz 30 by depositing all the memorized surahs in juz 30 and the deposit was made in one sitting.

Language Learning Strategies Used by Extrovert and Introvert Students in English as a Foreign Language Speaking Classes

The students in Indonesia are from different cultures, languages, and personality traits (extrovert and introvert). Therefore, recognizing students’ personality traits and their language learning strategy may be effective to help teacher design an effective teaching strategies. The study, therefore, intends to find out the typical language learning strategies used by the extrovert and introvert students in English speaking class. The participants of this study were the fourth semester students in English Department of Gorontalo State University. This research used two models of questionnaire. They were the McCroskey’s introversion scale by Richmond & McCroskey (1998) to determine the personality type for each subject and Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) by Oxford’s (1990) to see their learning strategy. The findings were explained by using the theory of language learning strategies by O’Malley and Chamot (1990). The result shows that the extrovert students used more language learning strategies highly frequently than introvert students with 12 items compared to introvert students with only 10 items. The most strategies used by extrovert students were cooperating and empathizing with others with 66.7% in always used, while the most strategy used by introvert students was note taking with 66.7% in often used.

The implementation of blended learning in the new normal era at vocational school of health

This study aims to describe blended learning in the new normal era in vocational schools of health. Vocational education contributes to preparing skilled workforce graduates. Therefore, vocational education must prepare the learning process based on the conditions and needs of students. The research method used was a qualitative approach. A case study was conducted to empirically investigate the phenomenon of the learning process in the new normal era through blended learning. This study collaborated with 96 fourth-semester students and 92 sixth-semester students at the Medical Laboratory Technology Study Program in Associate Degree of Health Polytechnic Ministry of Health Manado. The study results showed that during Covid-19, students could not practice directly in the laboratory freely, so it was difficult to apply the required course applications in the form of practice. Although out of 188 students, only 110 students often use smartphones in the blended learning process. Students experience the most serious difficulty in understanding and practicing laboratory quality control courses with a percentage of 38.6%. Therefore, laboratory quality control is considered in terms of student responses to difficult subjects to understand during the online learning process. So that further research is needed in developing a learning system that can increase student learning motivation. Not only up to motivation, but students also have to understand how to use technology well.

STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION AND MOTIVATION TOWARDS ONLINE LANGUAGE LEARNING

This research aimed at knowing the students' perception and motivation towards Online Language Learning. This research generally answered two questions as follows: (1) what is the students’ perception towards the implementation of online English Learning? and (2) what is the students’ motivation towards the implementation of online English learning? The data were collected through a questionnaire and interviews. There were 54 students of second and fourth semester at English Education Department of Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar participated in this research. Since this research explored the students' perception and motivation which coming from the students' experiences toward online learning, descriptive qualitative design was considered as an appropriate approach as a type of research. The result of this research was presented descriptively in order to reveal the students' perception and motivation comprehensively. The research results were the students viewed positively the online language learning because it is flexible and effective. Meanwhile, its flexibility makes some students motivated but some are being lazy in doing it if they have unstable Internet connection.

ANALISIS PEMAHAMAN MATEMATIS MAHASISWA DALAM MENYELESAIKAN SOAL ANALISIS REAL 1 DITINJAU DARI COGNITIVE STYLE FIELD DEPENDENT DAN FIELD INDEPENDENT

Analysis of Students' Mathematical Understanding in Solving Real 1 Analysis Question Viewed from the Cognitive Style Field Dependent and Field Independent of Mathematic Education Study Program IAI Muhammadiyah Sinjai. Thesis. Sinjai: Mathematic Education Study Program. Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training IAI Muhammadiyah Sinjai, 2021. This study aims to describe: (1) students' mathematical understanding in solving real 1 analysis questions in terms of cognitive style field dependent; (2) students' mathematical understanding in solving real 1 analysis questions in terms of cognitive style field independent. This research is a case study research using a qualitative approach. The subjects of this study were students of fourth semester of the Mathematic Education Study Program. The method of data collection is by interview and solve question test. While the data analysis is done through data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The results of this study indicate that students' mathematical understanding in solving real 1 analysis questions in terms of cognitive style field dependent, namely students understand the problem by reading the problem, making an understood plan of completion and then completing the solution plan based on the understanding of previous learning, then checking the answers by rereading the question. Thus, students do not understand mathematically the test of solving real 1 analysis question given. Meanwhile, students' mathematical understanding in solving real 1 analysis questions in terms of cognitive style field independent, namely students understand the problem by reading the questions, making a solution plan that is understood and considered appropriate and then completes the plan based on the steps that have been made and understanding in previous learning then checks the answers by testing the solution steps. Thus, students do not understand mathematically the test of solving real 1 analysis question given even though students have completed the test and can explain the steps for solving it.

Efektivitas Pembelajaran Hiybrid Learning Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Pada Mata kuliah IPA Kelas Rendah

This research is a pre-experimental study, namely the application of hybrid learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in low-grade science courses. The research subjects were 28 fourth semester students for the 2020-2021 academic year, STKIP PGRI Bangkalan PGSD Study Program. The design used is One Group Pretest Posttest Design. The purpose of the study was to describe hybrid learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in low-grade science courses. The results of the study, namely scientific skills experienced a significant increase in the medium category. The results of student responses to hybrid learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Low Grade Science course were positive. It can be said that hybrid learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in low-grade science courses is effective

Social Media Usage for Learning English Language

The reason of this consider was to decide the sorts of social media utilized by fourth-semester students of the Department of English Literature, Universitas Negeri Medan, for learning English. The analyst utilized clear subjective inquire about, and the information were collected using a questionnaire. The participants were 50 students of the Department of English Letters, Muria Kudus University. The results showed that the social media used by students to learn English were YouTube (94%), Instagram (72%), WhatsApp (62%), Twitter (32), Facebook (30%), Line (10%), Google (2%), TikTok (2%).

Analisis Kesulitan Belajar Struktur Aljabar pada Mahasiswa

The purpose of this study was to determine the location of learning difficulties and the factors that cause difficulties in learning algebraic structures experienced by students so that the value of algebraic structures is better and satisfying, so that students are motivated to take algebraic structures courses. The research subjects taken were fourth semester students of the Mathematics Study Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sam Ratulangi University in the 2018/2019 academic year. Data collection methods used are documentation method, test method, observation method and interview method. The documentation method was used to obtain data about the list of student names that were used as research subjects. The test method is used to obtain data on student completion in the algebraic structure course. The observation method is used to determine the objective conditions during teaching and learning activities of algebraic structures and to determine the factors that can affect the learning process. While the interview method is carried out to clearly identify the problems faced by students when learning algebraic structures. The location of students' difficulties in learning algebraic structures is in the problem solving, concepts and skills sections. The highest difficulty experienced by students is in the problem solving section with a percentage of 62.5%. Another difficulty experienced by students is difficulty in concepts with a percentage of 50%. The last difficulty experienced by students was difficulty in skills with a percentage of 45.7%.

The Effectiveness of Flipped Classroom Learning Model for Increasing Students’ Reading Comprehension in Covid-19 Pandemic

Since Covid-19 Pandemic hit Indonesia and the teaching learning in the classroom cannot be obtains and make unpleased teaching learning process, researcher used a flipped classroom learning model for teaching students’ reading comprehension as the solution. This model includes active learning; student involvement and modern technology by using ICT. In a flipped classroom, the material given through videos and Power Point via WhatsApp group and students watched in their homes before the virtual class is obtained. The objective of this research is to know the effectiveness of flipped classroom learning model for increasing students’ reading comprehension. The researcher took the samples from fourth semester students in extensive reading course from the English education department of UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten. After this experimental research process has been completed, this flipped classroom learning model increasing students' reading comprehension.

The Effectiveness of Flipped Classroom Learning Model for Increasing Students’ Reading Comprehension in Covid-19 Pandemic

Since Covid-19 Pandemic hit Indonesia and the teaching learning in the classroom cannot be obtains and make unpleased teaching learning process, researcher used a flipped classroom learning model for teaching students’ reading comprehension as the solution. This model includes active learning; student involvement and modern technology by using ICT. In a flipped classroom, the material given through videos and Power Point via WhatsApp group and students watched in their homes before the virtual class is obtained. The objective of this research is to know the effectiveness of flipped classroom learning model for increasing students’ reading comprehension. The researcher took the samples from fourth semester students in extensive reading course from the English education department of UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten. After this experimental research process has been completed, this flipped classroom learning model increasing students' reading comprehension.

STUDENTS PERCEPTION ON LECTURERS’ COMPETENCE DURING ONLINE LEARNING

COVID-19 PANDEMIC has fundamentally changed learning activities in universities. Advances in technology and information communication have greatly helped the world of education. Learning is no longer done rigidly in the classroom, it also can be online. With the occurrence of social changes like this, our lecturers are divided into three groups. Then some are stressed but can follow, and some are left behind altogether. This is often experienced by senior lecturers who are approaching retirement. this study was conducted to describe the students’ perception from 156 fourth-semester students toward Widya Dharma University lecturers' competence during the Covid-19 Pandemic. the objectives of this research are to describe student perceptions of the competency of lecturers in delivering online learning at Widya Dharma University Pontianak and to analyze which competency to improve. Overall the result showed that most of the lecturers possess the four competencies in teaching during the COVID19 Pandemic

News as authentic materials to improve essay writing in a hybrid learning setting

This study aimed to investigate the effect of using news as authentic materials for essay writing skills. This experimental study employed the one-group pre-test and post-test design to 18 fourth-semester students who joined the Essay Writing Course in one of the universities in Indonesia. These students were selected through systematic random sampling and went through treatments for 12 meetings where they were taught in a hybrid learning setting. The first four meetings used the conventional face-to-face classroom interaction. The rest of the meetings were done online because of the outbreak of COVID 19. The instruments to collect data were tests and documentation. Before they were given to the students, the teaching materials, pre-test, and post-test designs were tested and validated. The authentic materials were news texts about global issues such as poverty, environmental protection, gender, race and ethnicities, and diseases. Two raters scored the students’ writing by using Jacobs ESL Composition Profile. The researchers used IBM SPSS 25 software to analyze the data. The results of a paired sample t-test analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the students’ writing scores before and after using news as authentic materials (p = .959 α = 0.05). The paper further discusses the implications of this study for theoretical and practical use.

AN ANALYSIS OF USING MINIMAL PAIRS IN PRONOUNCING CONSONANTS AND VOWELS

This research aimed to describe pronunciation error and correct pronunciation in English consonants and vowels by the participants on Phonology subject. The data were from the fourth semester students of English education study program. Furthermore, all of the students that participated there were 12 students. This research applied a descriptive study with qualitative approach. The data of this research was collected by test and documentation. To conduct the test, the researcher chose minimal pair words which are focused on thirteen English consonant sounds: /ð/, /t/, /d/, /s/, /z/, /f/, /v/, /k/, /g/, /ʔ/, /tʃ/, /dʒ/, and /h/. Then, nine vowel sounds, there were : /iː/, /ɪ/, /e/, /o/, /ɔː/, /eɪ/, /ɑː/, /әʊ/, and /æ/. Additionally, the documents consisted of students’ voice such as audio recorded. The research finding were analyzed how many of them who made error in pronouncing the minimal pairs words. There were 3 steps in analyzing data, such as data reduction, data display, and conclusion/verification. For the result of this research, it shows that the dominant pronunciation errors made by the fourth students semester was in English consonant sounds /s/ and /z/. The students who made pronunciation error was 91,7%. Whereas, the dominant errors pronunciation of minimal pair words by the participants in vowel sounds were /æ/ and /eɪ/. The students made pronunciation error was 91,7%.Keywords : Pronunciation, minimal pairs.

The Use of British Parliamentary Debate Style in Teaching Speaking Skill

This research attempts to discover the Efficiency of using British parliamentary debate style in teaching speaking skill. The problem statement of this research is: is the British Parliamentary debate style effective in teaching Speaking skill at the second and fourth Semester Students of English Study Program IAIN Palopo?, The population of this research is the Second and fourth semester students of English Department of IAIN Palopo who joined the IPEDS( IAIN Palopo English Debate Society).The sample Was taken by using purposive sampling, Based on the students’ interest and allocated time for this research. The number of sample were 15 students. This research used pre-experimental method with pretest and posttest design. The pretest given to know the basic ability of the students in speaking skill and the posttest given to know the students’ improvement in speaking skill after given the treatment, and the researcher used British parliamentary debate style. The result of this research shows that there are significant improvements on students’ speaking skill after conducting the treatments. The result of data analysis shows that ttest (7,829) was higher than ttable (2.093). It indicated that British parliamentary debate style is effective to improve students’ speaking skill at the second and forth Semester of English Study Program IAIN Palopo.

Congitive conflict mahasiswa pada penyelesaian masalah matematika

In solving math problems, cognitive conflict can take many forms, for example: when students' expectations are proven wrong when solving a problem; and arise as a result of educators or other students expressing opposing opinions. The research aims to: 1) Describe student errors when solving math problems, and 2) To describe students' cognitive conflicts in solving mathematical problems. This research is a qualitative research with a case study research strategy. The subjects of this study were fourth semester students of mathematics tadris IAIN Tulungagung. The research instrument consisted of test questions and interview guidelines. Subjects were asked to work on problems individually and based on their work, then an interview was conducted to determine their thought processes and cognitive conflicts. The results of this study indicate that: 1) Student errors when solving math problems, especially integrals, include: students do not understand the use of the symmetry theorem, and the use of types of functions, 2) Cognitive conflicts that occur in mathematics tadris students of IAIN Tulungagung in solving math problems include; a) conflict between conception and conception. When the subject sees that the final result is not the same, the cognitive conflict situation experienced will encourage their cognitive ability to seek justification, confirmation or verification of their opinion. b) conflict between conception and outcome. The subject uses his conception by producing an area value that is not in accordance with his expectations, including area values that are negative and zero.

Students’ participation on speaking online class (a case study)

This paper aims to reveal factors that affect the students' participation in a speaking online class. The subjects are the second and fourth semester students of English department, Language and Culture Faculty, UNTAG Semarang. The research was held during the even semester of the academic year 2020/2021. The research method used in this study is a qualitative method. The data was based on the interview and the questionnaires filled by the students. Some technical issues came up in the online class such as internet connection which mostly became the hottest issue and also the device being used which was sometimes not compatible to the program used in the teaching and learning process. Those issues somehow have affected the online teaching and learning process. The other issues affected in online learning are students’ contribution and students’ condition. For those, it is hoped that the research will give a clearer explanation especially for the teachers who are struggling on teaching the online class and face a similar situation. Therefore, they can cope and handle it better. Keywords: online learning, participation, speaking class

Belief and transparency on assessment: Students’ and teachers’ reflections

Assessment is the key aspect to evaluate learning status of learner’s and academic status of the institution. Assessment practice should be transparent and believable for all. This study intends to assess students’ and teachers’ reflection on assessment based on belief and transparency of assessment. This research is descriptive survey type standing on post positivist paradigm. The major tools of the study are questionnaire and interview. Department of Mathematics Education, Central Department of Education was the study territory. The random sample was used to select the students of third and fourth semester studying on 2076 (2020). There were 12 teachers’ 91 students involved in questionnaire and three teachers and six students for interview. The data were analyzed using weighted mean. Further, data triangulation method was used to get the validity of the research.The findings indicated that there are positive reflections of students and teachers towards the assessment belief and transparency. Therefore, assessment will be more effective if it is planned in a reliable structure for valid results following the transparent criteria of assessment.

Pengaruh Ekstrakurikuler dan Motivasi Belajar terhadap Hasil Pembelajaran Mahasiswa STIE AAS Surakarta

The research aims to analyze the influence of English Fun Club extracurricular and learning motivation on the learning outcomes of Bahasa Inggris 2 subject of STIE AAS Surakarta students. It is assumed that the significant different in the students daily scores and semester scores is influenced by these two variables. This research is a quantitative approach using population study or census. The population of this research is the fourth semester students of STIE AAS Surakarta who take part in the English Fun Club activities, totaling 67 people in the odd semester of the 2020/2021 academic year and all of them are taken as research subjects. The data collection techniques using documentation and questionnaires. The instrument validity is tested using Product Moment and the reliability is tested using Cronbach Alpha. The data is analyzed using multiple linear regress analysis. Based on the interpretation of correlation coefficient and tested using product moment correlation formula, the results is 0.693 which proves that extracurricular activities have positive influence on learning outcomes. While the results of the partial calculation of the influence of learning motivation on the learning outcomes with regression coefficient value (b) 0.663, at a significance level of 5%, the tcount is 9.984 with a significance value of 0.000. The regression coefficient has positive value and a significance value (p) <0.05, it can be concluded that there is positive influence of learning motivation on English learning outcomes for STIE AAS Surakarta students.