{"title":"Using Visual Scaffolding Strategy for Teaching Reading in Junior High School","authors":"Nurul Fauziyah Lestari, Misdi Misdi","doi":"10.33603/perspective.v4i2.1538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/perspective.v4i2.1538","url":null,"abstract":"This research was aimed to investigate the effectiveness of using visualscaffolding strategy in teaching reading comprehension at the eighth grade of juniorhigh school. The design of this study was a quasi experimental study. The subjectswere the students of state junior high schools in Cirebon, Indonesia. The data wereobtained by administering reading test and from observation as a supporting dataanalysis. The data of the test were analyzed by using t-test formula to know thedifference of the students’ comprehension in reading narrative text between twogroups. Meanwhile the result of the observation was analyzed descriptively. Theresults indicate that there was a significant difference on students’ learning resultbefore and after Visual Scaffolding applied.","PeriodicalId":280647,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal Perspective : Education, Language, and Literature","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115416163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Analysis of Interlanguage Performed by Students of an Islamic Boarding School in Tasikmalaya","authors":"Feisal Aziez","doi":"10.33603/PERSPECTIVE.V4I2.1543","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/PERSPECTIVE.V4I2.1543","url":null,"abstract":"This descriptive study aims at: (1) finding out and describe the phonological,lexical, and syntactic forms of English language learners’ inter language, and (2)finding out whether there are any differences in the inter language of the learners ofdifferent grades. The subjects of this research were 24 learners of the first, second,and third grade of an Islamic boarding school in Tasikmalaya. The data werecollected from students’ conversations, interviews, and reading aloud. The datawere recorded and transcribed. Then, the data were filtered by using Corder’sprocedure. The results of the research reveal the existence of the following aspectsin the learners’ inter language: (1) phonological transfers, (2) lexical transfers, (3)syntactic transfers, (4) phonological overgeneralizations, (5) lexicalovergeneralizations, and (6) syntactic overgeneralizations. This research also foundout some differences in the inter language of the students of different grades.","PeriodicalId":280647,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal Perspective : Education, Language, and Literature","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127313583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Error Analysis on Essay Writing Organization","authors":"Apandi Apandi, W. Kusriandi","doi":"10.33603/PERSPECTIVE.V4I2.1539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/PERSPECTIVE.V4I2.1539","url":null,"abstract":"This research is designed to analyze students’ error on essay writing organization. The writers focus on the one category of error identifications that is organization. By conducting this research, the writers hope some development of students’ ability in arranging essay. By analazing the erros, students get feed back to develop their ability. This study was conducted descriptively and qualitatively in nature. It is designed to identify and to describe kinds of errors is made by the student in essay writing organization in the EFL classroom. To achieve the goal, the writers describe in detail all the data taken from the students’ works and interpreted to make an empirical generalization. This research was conducted in second grade of English department in one of the university in Cirebon. The writers use purposive random sampling. The result of findings show that 16 students stand in scale 3 which is equal with 64 %. Then, 7 students stand in scale 4 which is equal with 28 %. And the last, 2 students stand in scale 2 which is equal with 8 %. So that, the writer concluded that the students of second grade of UNSWAGATI Cirebon are adequate to fair on essay writing organization.","PeriodicalId":280647,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal Perspective : Education, Language, and Literature","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128723069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Pop Culture for Improving Student-Teachers’ Writing Skill (A Case Study at Galuh University)","authors":"R. Ratnawati","doi":"10.33603/PERSPECTIVE.V4I1.1686","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/PERSPECTIVE.V4I1.1686","url":null,"abstract":"Writing, one of the four skills which have to be taught by educators in language learning. Starting from classroom observation implied that students confronted the difficulties in writing involving generating ideas, organizing words, and making compositions. This study supposes to explore some effects of pop culture as authentic materials for English language teaching in improving students’ writing skill. Due to pop culture relates to students’ life and experience, it is considered to be a stimulus for gaining students’ ideas, information, motivation, and interest in teaching writing. The students of secondary school were involved in this study and descriptive case study was employed to observe the importance of pop culture in writing class. Also, questionnaires and students’ works are the instruments to measure its effects. Both students’ works and result of the questionnaires pointed out that significantly improvement obtained after applying pop culture. In line with findings, it can be said that pop cultures have significant effects toward students’ writing skill. So, educators need to apply pop culture as their choices in future planning lesson.","PeriodicalId":280647,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal Perspective : Education, Language, and Literature","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134373393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamic Moves Found in The Classroom Discourse","authors":"Rinda Maripah Handayani, Nurani Hartini","doi":"10.33603/perspective.v4i1.1684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/perspective.v4i1.1684","url":null,"abstract":"Interaction is an important word for language teacher. The interaction between teacher and students can determine the quality of teaching learning. In some instances of classroom interaction, the occurrences of dynamic moves cannot be avoided. The dynamic elements are always found in the interaction between teacher and students. In this case, teacher plays significantrole in the classroom interaction. In the scope of this phenomenon, the research was aimed to find out types of dynamic moves in the classroom interaction and to reveal how question and answer are realized. The data were gathered from the Efl classroom interaction which was recorded. The findings revealed that varieties of dynamic moves were found in the interaction. These findings are interesting to be discuss among efl teachers so that the English teachers are able to boost their instructional practices.","PeriodicalId":280647,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal Perspective : Education, Language, and Literature","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123682670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impacts of Outdoor Learning Activities on Children’s Self Development","authors":"Aidha Nur Indah Sari","doi":"10.33603/PERSPECTIVE.V4I1.1681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/PERSPECTIVE.V4I1.1681","url":null,"abstract":"This research concentrates on investigating the impacts of outdoor learning activities in the nature based Kindergarten School of Universe Al-Ghiffari Cirebon. The research is attempted to find out whether outdoor learning activities impact children‟s selfdevelopment or not. By doing triangulation as the method of this research, it will help to get the results more efficient, stronger, and credible. The results found that outdoor learning activities impact positively and effectively on children‟s progress across all areas of children‟s self developments. These areas include cognitive development, affective development, personal, social, and emotional development, and physical and behavioral development.","PeriodicalId":280647,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal Perspective : Education, Language, and Literature","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126113976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigating Classroom Instruction in Grammar Class using Inductive Approach","authors":"Muhammad Faisal, Misdi Misdi","doi":"10.33603/PERSPECTIVE.V4I1.1687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/PERSPECTIVE.V4I1.1687","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated whether the implementation of inductive approachincreases students’ achievement in teaching grammar at the seventh grade students of SMP N 16 Cirebon. Richards et al, 1985 in Chalipa 2013 often said that Inductive approach is learning in which learners are not taught rules directly, but are left to discover - or induce - rules from their experience of using the language; Ke (2008, p.1) stated that inductive approach helps students to rediscover their subconscious knowledge of English grammar and gives advantages such as makes the sentence wellformed and grammatical competence, actively involves students in their grammar learning process, and helps students to understand. This study employed quasi experimental design. The finding supported the research hypothesis that inductive approach is potential for students’ achievement in learning grammar, especially Inductive approach made classroom atmosphere actively, it seem when inductive approach was implemented in teaching and learning process, almost students have enthusiasm to answer the question","PeriodicalId":280647,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal Perspective : Education, Language, and Literature","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125624474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining Oral Communication Apprehension, Competence and Performance among Tourism students in Vocational High School","authors":"Anggia Sri Ryzky, W. Kusriandi","doi":"10.33603/perspective.v4i1.1682","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/perspective.v4i1.1682","url":null,"abstract":"This study, analyzed the students’ communication performance and competence in the speaking class. This study also measured the students’ communication apprehension level and its correlation with communication performance and competence. 30 students of second year students of SMK Pariwisata Kosgoro Cirebon took part in this study. The data were gathered through questionnaire, presentation test to get the score of communication performance and interview test to get the score of communication competence. The correlation study was used to investigate the relation of each variable. The result from the students’ performance showed that 66,7% of the students scored below the school standard score (75) and 70% of the students scored below standard score in the interview test. The participants showed the highest apprehension to public speaking and the lowest apprehension to group discussion. Their level of apprehension showed that 43.3% students were in moderate level and 56,7% students were in high level of apprehension. It was also found that communication apprehension was negatively correlated with communication performance. While the result from the correlation between communication apprehension and competence showed that there was a very low positive correlation but, there was a high positive correlation between communication competence and performance.","PeriodicalId":280647,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal Perspective : Education, Language, and Literature","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124518175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Analysis of Instructional Media as Cirebonese Cultural Representative Related to Students’ Learning Styles in Peer Teaching Activity","authors":"Jaufillaili Jaufillaili, Linda Linda","doi":"10.33603/perspective.v4i1.1683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/perspective.v4i1.1683","url":null,"abstract":"In this research, the writers observed the peer-teaching activity in Teaching and Listening for Children class. The writers intended to find out: 1) What is the dominant students‟ learning styles in the class? 2) What are the most dominant instructional media as Cirebonese cultural representative used by the students in peer-teaching activity in the class? 3) How are the instructional media used by the students in peer-teaching activity related to their learning styles? The theory of learning style used in this research was from Pritchard (2009) that was strengthened by Fauziati (2010). This was a qualitative research. The research instruments were Batch‟s Learning style inventory test and observation sheet. The result showed that: 1) The dominant students‟ learning styles in the class was visual learning styles. From forty (41) one students, twenty one (21) students were visual learners. 2) The most dominant instructional media as Cirebonese cultural representative used by the students in peer-teaching activity in the class was picture. Pictures as instructional media were used by almost all groups with different learning styles preferences. 3) The instructional media used by the students in peer-teaching activity related to their learning styles could be concluded as follows: auditory learners uses a sound record, visual learners used pictures, kinesthetic/tactile learners used paper that should be folded by the students (involving physical activity), and multi-learning style learners used video that involved audio-visual activity for their students.","PeriodicalId":280647,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal Perspective : Education, Language, and Literature","volume":"382 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133877374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Multiple Case Study that Looks at the Implementation of character Education in English Classroom","authors":"U. Syaripudin, S. Aisyah","doi":"10.33603/PERSPECTIVE.V4I1.1688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/PERSPECTIVE.V4I1.1688","url":null,"abstract":"This research observed and analyzed the implementation of character education in English classrooms. It sought to find out how English teachers develop and select materials and strategies for implementing character education in their classroom, how the English teachers implement and integrate character education in their classroom, and what factors the teachers found to be the inhibiting and supporting system for implementing character education in their school. Three teachers from three schools – a public vocational school, a public senior high school, and a religious-based public high school – participated in this research as the respondents. The purpose of involving three different type of schools was that this research needed to observe the implementation of character education in three different settings. By implementing multiple case study, this research gathered data through interview and observation. This research found that teachers in the two schools – vocational and senior high school – begun the implementation of character education by developing a plan consisted of what character they need to develop and what materials that triggered students’ interest. Moreover, this research also found that the two schools share similar strategies in implementing character education as follows: using authentic materials, verbal instructions, and cultural approach. Meanwhile, in the religious-based senior high school, the teacher did not specifically develop and select materials intended to implement character education since the school had already subjects and extracurricular programs in religion teaching and intended to develop students’ character. Lastly, this research found that the three schools share similar supporting and inhibiting factors in implementing character education namely lack of good examples in school, family, and community, lack of partnership between school, parents, and community member, and lack of commitment among the school community members to support the character education in school. And the supporting system they had were that the schools had already developed code of conducts, rules, and extracurricular programs intended to develop students’ character.","PeriodicalId":280647,"journal":{"name":"Academic Journal Perspective : Education, Language, and Literature","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114810799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}