Universities In Academic Year Research Articles

Distribution of Foot Arch Type and Associated Symptoms in Medical Students at Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University

Objective: To determine the distribution of foot arch type, associated symptoms, and factors associated with moderate to severe pain Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional study was collected data from 5th year medical students, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University in academic year 2020. The distribution of foot arch type used the footprint and classified by Harris imprint index (HII), Chippaux-Smirak index (CSI), Staheli index (SI). The associated symptoms were collected into pain and tightness. Pain score was rated by the volunteer using numeric rating scale (NRS) at each foot/leg separately. Results: A total of ninety-eight medical students (196 feet) were recruited and analyzed. The distribution of foot arch type by HII, CSI and SI were 1) bilateral normal arched feet: 42.9%, 67.3%, 54.1% 2) bilateral pes planus: 8.2%, 12.2%, 21.4% 3) bilateral pes cavus: 25.5%, 6.1%, 5.1% 4) unilateral pes planus: 2%, 9.2%,15.3% 5) unilateral pes cavus: 21.4%, 5.1%, 4.1%, respectively. The most commonly associated symptom of pes planus was midfoot pain (17%) while pes cavus and normal arched foot were hindfoot pain (22.4% and 17.3%). The factor associated with moderate to severe pain was BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2 (OR = 3.23, 95%CI 1.63 - 6.41, p-value = 0.001). Conclusion: Bilateral normal arched feet were mostly found. Midfoot pain in pes planus and hindfoot pain in pes cavus and normal arched foot were the greatest symptoms. BMI was a risk factor.

An Analysis of Grammatical Equivalence Used by Students in Translating News Item Text

ABSTRACT Spreading news in this era seems to be easier due to the rapid development of technology. However, some readers from different language background seem to have difficulties in understanding the news because of language barrier. Translation is needed to overcome this problem and to make news understandable for readers in greater community. This research examined the types of grammatical equivalence used by the students in translating news item text from Indonesian to English. Besides, this research also aimed to figure out the problems found in the students’ grammatical equivalence. Descriptive qualitative approach was used in this research since the data were presented in the form of description instead of number. The primary data were taken from news item text translation works done by the seventh-semester students of English Department of Pamulang University in academic year of 2022/2023. The data were collected using Google Form and then analysed using the grammatical equivalence theory proposed by Baker (2001). There were five steps of data analysis used in this research: observing the data, identifying the data, classifying the data, and evaluating the data. The results showed that the students used five types of grammatical equivalence namely number, gender, person, tenses & aspects, and voice. The results also revealed that the students faced problems related to number and tenses & aspects.

Students Error Analysis in Descriptive Text of UNCP

This research deals with the the kinds of errors of the first semester students of Elementary School Teacher Education Study Program of Palopo Cokroaminoto University mostly do in their writing. The population of this research is the first semester students of Elementary School Teacher Education Study Program of Palopo Cokroaminoto University in academic year 2023. The total number of population was 200 students. The researcher applied the purposive sampling technique and there are 20 students as sample. Writing test is the instrument of this research. Based on the findings and discussion in the previous chapter, the researcher concludes the kinds of errors of the first semester students of Elementary School Teacher Education Study Program of Palopo Cokroaminoto University mostly do in their writing is selection. It can be proven by the kinds of error made by the students are selection error (21 errors or 53.84%), omission error (9 errors or 23.07%), and addition error (9 errors or 23.07%).

Экономический вклад иностранных студентов в Российскую Федерацию

The number and mobility of international student is a sign of quality and prestige for universities and educational institutions. International student mobility impacts different aspects of global society, including socioeconomic, political, and cultural environment, science, and technology. In order to compete in the global educational environment and attract international students, Russia has been offering a wide range of programs where the English is the language of instruction. This paper offers a descriptive research and uses a systematic approach to analyze monetary gains of Russia brought in by international students. The research uses secondary data provided by official international organizations. The results show that 64.5% of the international students who studied full-time in Russian universities in academic year 2017 / 2018 were self-financed. Among the top 6 destination countries for international students, Russia spends the lowest percentage of GDP on education, has the lowest economic contribution of international students to GDP and total economic contribution of international students. International students in Russia spent around $637.5 million on tuition and $1,632.7 million on household expenses during the period of study. The aggregate income from providing Russian educational services to foreign citizens is $2,270.2 million.

The Impact of Using Audio Visual as a Vocabulary Learning Tool toward UNCP Students Proficiency

This research deals with analysis of the impact of using audio visual as a vocabulary learning tool toward uncp students proficiency. The population of this research was the sixth semester students of Primary School Teacher Education Study Program of Palopo Cokroaminoto University in academic year 2022/2023. The total number of population was 200 students. The researcher applied the purposive sampling technique because the sample still very poor in vocabulary. Vocabulary test is the instrument of this research. Based on the findings and discussion in the previous chapter, the researcher concludes using audio visual as a vocabulary learning tool toward uncp students’ proficiency has impact. It can be proven by the students’ mean score in post test 85.2 was higher (good) than the students’ mean score in pre test 43 (very poor).

ENHANCING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH OUTDOOR LEARNING METHOD AT ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS KHAIRUN UNIVERSITY IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023

This research entitled “Enhancing Students’ Speaking Skill through Outdoor Learning Method of Fourth Semester Students of English Language Education Study Program at Khairun University in Academic Year 2022/2023” is intended to: to find out the implementation of outdoor learning in teaching speaking skill, and to find out the enhancing of students’ speaking skill through the implementation of outdoor learning. In this study the researcher uses action research because the researcher describes the data inform of words rather than numbers. The researcher uses functional text uses students of fourth semester of English Language Education Study Program as the data source of this research. The research instrument used by the writer is in the form of observation checklist, and test. The data is in the research are mainly gathered through the use of pre-test, observation, questionnaires, and post test. In analyzing the data, the researcher applies descriptive tehnique. After the data are collocted, they are analyze based on five indicators; fluency,pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and accuracy in the functional text. The result shows that the implementation of outdoor learning method through three types pre- activity outdoor, while activity outdoor, and post-activity outdoor can improve the students’ speaking skill. The implementation of outdoor learning method can improve the students’speaking skill of English language education study program Khairun University in academic year 2022/2023. In the pre-test result, in which they formerly did not learn using outdoor learning methods , the mean of pre-test was 58.02. After they learn English using outdoor learning method, the mean of post test was 70,8.

An Analysis of Students’ Speaking Anxiety in Virtual Learning Classroom During the COVID-19

This study aimed to find (1) the level of students’ speaking anxiety; and (2) factors causing the anxiety among students during virtual learning. This research used descriptive qualitative method, with the aim of analyzing data taken from 30 students of second semester students of English Education Department at Syiah Kuala University in academic year of 2021/2022. In conducting this study, the researcher used PSCAS (Public Speaking Class Anxiety Scale) questionnaire by Yaikhong and Usaha (2012). The results revealed that most of students (67%) were in medium level which experienced by 20 out of 30 students. Meanwhile, the factors that most influenced student anxiety is lack of preparation factors (73%). Then, the next factors are grammatical error, motivation, friend/classmate, embarrassment, lack of confidence, fear of making mistakes, shyness and limited vocabulary. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that speaking in the virtual classroom can make students feel anxious and pressured. Anxiety can negatively affect students' speaking achievement; therefore, it is important for lecturers to be concerned with students' anxiety and find the best learning methods to reduce their anxiety, also by making the class atmosphere more comfortable and not monotonous.

Analysis of the Students' Persuasive Paragraph Writing Ability at University

This research deals with analysis of the students' persuasive paragraph writing ability at the third semester of Palopo cokroaminoto university. The population of this research is the third semester students of Primary School Teacher Education Study Program of Palopo Cokroaminoto University in academic year 2022/2023. The total number of population was 200 students. The researcher applied the purposive sampling technique and there are 35 students as sample. Writing test is the instrument of this research. Based on the findings and discussion in the previous chapter, the researcher concludes analysis of the students' persuasive paragraph writing ability at the third semester of Palopo cokroaminoto university was good classification by the mean score in value range 75-87. It can be supported by the students’ content mean score was 83.66. The students’ organization mean score was 81.83. The students’ vocabulary mean score was 81.83. The students’ language use mean score was 81.06. The students’ mechanics mean score was 80.00. Therefore, analysis of the students' persuasive paragraph writing ability at the third semester of Palopo cokroaminoto university was good classification

THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON DIFFICULTIES IN LISTENING FOR MINI TALK AT ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF BENGKULU UNIVERSITY

This research aimed to find out the perception on difficulties faced by the fourth semester students of English Education in listening for mini talk and the strategies used by the students of English Education to succeed in listening for mini talk. The respondents of this research were 70 students of fourth semester of English education study program Bengkulu University in academic year 2021/2022. This research used descriptive quantitative method. The gathering of the data by using questionnaire and interview. The questionnaire adopted from Hamouda (2013). The result of this study showed that the difficulties in listening for mini talk such as: physical setting, listening material, lack of concentration, speaker, listener, psychological characteristics and linguistic aspects. While the way to overcome the difficulties in listening for mini talk were practice listening to familiar topics, knowing the topic of listening, watching speech frequently, practicing English with friends.

Effects of Pre-questioning on the Students’ Reading Comprehension

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of Pre-questioning on the Students’ Reading Comprehension of the fifth semester students of Informatic Study Program Faculty of Computer Engineering Cokroaminoto Palopo University in academic year 2022/2023. The forms of questions were in multiple choice and essay, multiple choice used for reading comprehension tests and essay used for Pre-questioning tests. There were 40 students of the fifth semester students of Informatic Study Program Faculty of Computer Engineering Cokroaminoto Palopo University in academic year 2022/2023 as the sample on this study. The researcher used pre experimental method in this study. the sample was taken by using random sampling technique. There are two kinds of instrument used in this research, namely test and questionnaire. The result of the research shows that the reading comprehension ability of the fifth semester students of Informatics Study Program Faculty of Computer Engineering Cokroaminoto Palopo University was very effective. It was proven by the mean score in post-test was 7.55 and the T-test value 43.375 which was higher than the T-table value 2.315. And the students were interested in learning reading comprehension using pre-questioning technique.

Knowledge and Attitude of Premarital Counseling Among Hadhramout University Students in Mukalla City, Yemen during 2020-2021

Premarital counseling is one of the health promotion activities and it is a type of therapy that helps couples prepare for marriage. Premarital counseling can help ensure that you and your partner have a strong, healthy relationship. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitude about premarital counseling among Hadhramout University Students. Also, to determine the factors for refusing premarital counseling (P.M.C). Methods: The study design was a cross-sectional descriptive study, which was carried out at the College of Nursing Hadramout University in the academic year 2020_2021 in Mukalla City, Yemen. Study population: The study population was obtained from 384 from 11025 students by group (1) of 4th-year students, College of Nursing Hadramout University in academic year 2020_2021 in Mukalla City –Yemen... Result: The study showed a majority of the participants believed that there was important to carry out PMC before marriage, The majority of the participant, accept the idea of PMC in general, agree with counseling program increases people's awareness of the program before marriage, have a positive attitude toward (PMC) and shown males have higher Attitudes toward (PMC) than females. Conclusion: The present study showed that the males had more significant knowledge and attitude score than females about premarital counseling. Also, there are associations between knowledge and attitude of students about PMC and their socio-demographic characteristics including gender and hereditary disease of family.

STUDENTS’ USE OF DISCOURSE MARKERS IN ORAL PRESENTATIONS

This study is a descriptive qualitative study aims at analyzing the use of discourse markers in student’s oral presentations at English graduate program of Semarang state university in academic year 2015/2016. This study used spoken data discourse markers proposed by Blanpain (2009) for data analysis. The data of the study were collected from the students of the second semester in English graduate program of Semarang state university. The method of analyzing the data was coding, classifying, reducing, calculating, interpreting, and drawing inference. The researcher used method and theoretical triangulation to validate the data.The findings of the study showed that the students used discourse markers signpost in their oral presentation such as, getting started, referring to a previous point, starting or announcing a new point, referring to visuals, giving an example or elaboration, expressing reasons and connections, restating, aside markers, inviting questions, and summarizing. The second was the students used gestures, gaze, and intonation to indicate the trasitions. The last the students used the monothone expressions it because they lack of vocabulary.

Study and comparison of lifestyle among first and last year medical students of Isfahan university of medical sciences in 2019-2020

Introduction: Scientific studies confirm that unhealthy habits play an important role in the development of various disorders in all age groups. The field of medicine is a challenging period for students of this field that causes unwanted changes in their health habits and lifestyle. Objectives: The aim of this study is the evaluate and compare the lifestyle among first and last year medical students of Isfahan university of medical sciences. Patients and Methods: This study is a descriptive-analytic study that was conducted in two groups of first year and last year medical students in Isfahan university in academic year 2019-2020. The learning styles questionnaire (LSQ) is used in this study. It consists of 70 questions and measures lifestyle in 10 domains. This questionnaire is based on 6-point Likert scale and each question receives at least one point and maximum 6 points. Results were obtained by SPSS software version 22 and independent t-test and chi-square test. Results: The age range of first year students was 18-24 years with a mean of 19.5 years and the age range of last year students was between 24 and 27 years with a mean of 25 years, which showed a significant difference (P<0.05; independent t test). There was no significant difference between the two groups in gender distribution and living status however, there was a significant difference between the two groups in marital status distribution. The mean scores of lifestyle scores in physical health dimensions and sport and physical activity in first year students were significantly higher than last year students since, the mean score of other aspects of life style was not significantly different between Junior and senior students. Conclusion: Overall, the mean scores of lifestyle scores in physical health dimensions and sport and physical activity in first year students were significantly higher than last year students however, the mean score of other aspects of life style was not significantly different between freshmen and senior students.

Aplikasi model berbasis masalah dalam membaca bahasa Prancis bagi mahasiswa

The problem’s discussion of this research is comparing the application of Problem Based Learning Model (PBL) with conventional teaching in learning achievement of French reading skill for students of first semester students of French education program of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Lampung University in academic year 2015/2016. The purpose of this research is to know or describe (1) level in reading ability of French, (2) difference of median score of French reading skill’s achievement of the students who are taught by problem based learning with conventional teaching. The method of this research is used an experimental method. By knowing the hypothesis, the researcher uses t-test formula. To get the data of French reading skill, the researcher is used a test measurement. The result of the data analysis is as follow: 1) the population comes from the students of the first semester. Sampling technique will be used lottery technique, from the population of normal distribution and has homogeneous variety, 2) proposed hypothesis “Median achievement score of French reading skill of the students who are taught by problem based learning model is higher than median achievement score of French reading skill achievement of students who are taught by conventional teaching”, 3) level of reading skill of French student’s achievement in French education program of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Lampung University in academic year 2015/2016 is considered to be good, with a median score 75 and 4) the result of this research with the population of Fench education program of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education , first semester in academic year 2015/2016. The hypothesis is accepted if sign more than α. In this case, the significance level is 0.05, meaning only 5% are error and 95% correct. Keywords : problem based learning, French reading skill.

The Online Learning in Covid 19 Pandemic Era: College Student Obstacle

The impact of Covid-19 on the world of education is very large and is felt by various parties, especially teachers, school principals, students and also parents. Teaching and learning activities through online are very new activities, given that online learning activities are learning activities by utilizing electronics and the internet in the delivery of learning materials. This research deals with the college student obstacle of the seventh semester at Palopo Cokroaminoto University during the online learning in Covid 19 Pandemic Era. The subject of this research was the college student obstacle of the seventh semester at Palopo Cokroaminoto University in academic year 2021. The total number of subject was 15 students. The researcher used the random sampling. The instrument in this research is interview and analyzed by qualitative. Based on the findings and discussion in the previous chapter, the researcher concludes that the college student obstacle of the seventh semester at Palopo Cokroaminoto University during the online learning in Covid 19 Pandemic Era are bad network, quota data, and unsupported facilities such as hp, good electric current.

The Effect of Using Simulation-based Learning on Nursing Performances of Early Postpartum Hemorrhage in Nursing Students

Background: Early postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a crucial problem in maternal and newborn care. The simulation-based learning has an important role to improve knowledge, practical skills, and attitude in realistic case-based scenarios. This study aims to examine the effect on using simulated scenario in the simulation laboratory on nursing performance of early postpartum hemorrhage of nursing students.Methods: The quasi-experimental research, one group pretest-posttest design was used to study with the nursing students from the Faculty of Nursing, Naresuan University in Academic Year 2019 during the period of December 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020. The subjects of thirty nursing students were selected by purposive sampling. The instruments were the the ability in nursing of early postpartum hemorrhage through the questionnaires which consists of the performance test and satisfaction before and after the early PPH simulation program. The content of scenario consists of the definition, etiology, risk factors, signa and symptoms, treatment, holistic nursing care, and continuous care. The data were analysed as the descriptive: numbers, percentages, frequency, mean and standard deviation. The paired t-test was used to compare the outcome between pre-test and post-test.Results: The data were analysed by t-test. The results illustrated that the students who learned through simulated scenario on performance in nursing care of women with early postpartum hemorrhage had, after learning, higher performance in nursing care of women with early postpartum hemorrhage than that before learning at the .01 level of significance. The students were satisfied learning by using the simulation program in the high level (x̄ = 4.26, S.D. = 0.54).Conclusion: The simulation-based learning improves the core competencies and performances of nursing students for management women with early postpartum hemorrhage as knowledge, potential clinical care skills, and attitude. It will be useful to implement for nursing care women regarding early postpartum hemorrhage in the real situations.

Language Attitude and Language Choice towards English by the Second Year Students of English Education Study Program of Palangka Raya University

This research was conducted to investigate students’ language attitude and language choice to know the language use of the students in learning English. The method used in this research was descriptive qualitative. The sample was taken from the second year students of English Education Study Program of Palangka Raya University in academic year 2019/2020. The data were collected through online questionnaire and structured interview which was designed to find out the students responses related to their language attitude on English and the language choice on certain variables such as setting, gender, participant, and topic. The result showed that the students committed to the positive attitude on English which was shown through their statement in either questionnaire responses or interviews. The students argued that English is important to be mastered, and they also committed to the importance of using English in classroom activities and in verbal communication of the formal contexts. In academic environment contexts, the students mostly used English as the main language but outside of the context they were more comfortable to use Bahasa Indonesia and even local languages

Errors Analysis of Students’ Pronunciation in Pronouncing English Vowels and Consonants at Second Semester Class A2 of Batanghari University

This research aimed to find out what vowel and consonant sound are difficult to be pronounced by the students at the second semester class A2 of Batanghari University. This research is done in the form of sound recording. It employed a qualitative method that consisted of two kinds of test, there were text that consisted one paragraph and word list that include 86 items. The subject of the research was the second semester class of Batanghari University in academic year 2020 namely class A2 that consisted of 17 students. The data were collected through text and word list, and were analyzed qualitatively. The result of the research showed that the students at second semester class A2 of Batanghari University got some English vowel and consonant difficult to pronounce. The result showed that, the English vowel sound which difficult to pronounce by the students are: /ɪ/, /e/, /ɒ/, /˄/, /Ʊ/, /Ȝ:/, /ə/, /i:/, /u:/, /ɔ:/, /eə/, /eɪ/, /əƱ/, /aƱ/, /ɔɪ/, /ɪə/, /eə/ and /Ʊə/. There were ninety occurances of errors in pronouncing vowels made by the students by listen their sound record. And the English consonant sound which difficult to pronounce by the students are: /k/, /tʃ/, /f/, /s/, /ʃ/, /h/, /d/, /dȜ/, /v/, /Ȝ/, /m/, /n/, /ƞ/ and /w/. It was known that there were thirthy-eight occurances of error in pronouncing consonants made by the students. The higher percentage in symbol /ɪ/ with 13,28%, the errors happened in seventeen times. And the lower percentage is 0,78%, the errors happened in once in each symbol. It seen in symbol /Ȝ:/, /eə/, /eɪ/, /ɪə/, /f/, /s/, /ʃ/, /d/, /Ȝ/, and /w/. The students still make errors that caused by their first language or their mothertongue, language background of the students and learning process.Key Words: Error Analysis, Pronunciation, English Vowels and Consonants

Learn from Home with a Simple Think Pair Share

When learn from home becomes a new normal, teachers should switch the class to online. Meanwhile, mastering writing skill is still important in online class because the subjects will be able to express their ideas, feeling and experiences in the written form appropriately. The objective of this study was to find out whether or not writing skill of second semester students of English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training, Mahasaraswati Denpasar University in Academic year 2019/2020 could be improved trough Think Pair Share with distance learning model. The study was designed in the form of classroom action research. Based on the result of the pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire, it could be concluded that writing skill of the second semester students of English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training, Mahasaraswati Denpasar University in Academic Year 2019/2020 could be improved trough Think Pair Share with distance learning model.

Transition Words Progression of Written Texts Made by the Second-Semester Students of the English Study Program of FKIP Saint Thomas University in Academic Year 2019/2020

This research is written to achieve an objective as follow: (1) to find out the progression of transitional in writing text has been made by the second semester of English Education Study Program in academic 2018/2019. The writer used descriptive qualitative research to give description systematically and factually about facts of a certain population. The researcher determines that the design is descriptive quantitative method because it describes the data that is taken from the sample, and the results of the data were tabulated in the form of percentage. There were 18 students (90%) agreed that transition words were used to connect the sentences. There were 20 (100%) students (90%) agreed that transition words were used to organize the sentences. There were 17 students (85%) agreed that transition words were used to remember about the topic. There were 20 (100%) students agreed that transition words were used to tell the experience, and there were 20 (100%) students agreed transition words were used to enhance the connections between facts.