Wahid, Jusmin HJ
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NAVIGATING THESIS WRITING: CHALLENGES FACED BY EFL STUDENTS IN AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Wahid, Jusmin HJ; Sofyan, Nurlaily; Irawan, Iwan; Hamim, Siti Nahla
Indonesian EFL Journal Vol. 10 No. 2 (2024)
Publisher : University of Kuningan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/ieflj.v10i2.9768

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The preparation of the scientific essay (thesis) is the last phase in carrying out the duties as a student; the thesis itself is a scientific essay that must be written by a student as part of his/her academic final requirements. This research is qualitative research with a case study approach; qualitative research is research that intends to understand the phenomenon of what is experienced by research subjects. The subjects of this study were English Education Students at Muhammadiyah University, North Maluku. The results of questionnaire statements and interviews found that the factors caused the students difficulties in writing scientific essay (thesis) were internal factors include students' understanding of grammar and students' ability to write thesis while external factors are from the environment which includes family, friends, and economic factors.
Students' Perception toward Implementation in Teaching Strategy of Translation Wahid, Jusmin HJ; Sofyan, Nurlaily; Karim, Suhaira Do
Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Vol. 10 No. 1 (2022): January
Publisher : Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v10i1.4323

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Teaching is one of the absolute requirements or obligations for a teacher where they convey knowledge to students. One of the teachings in this research is felt in the blank strategy because the strategy helps the students to overcome the problem of translation competence. The translation is a transfer of ideas from the source language to the target language and has the same meaning. Thus translation is also very important for students to learn through the teaching process carried out by lecturers to get more information and understand the text. This research is a qualitative method. Then the research instruments used questionnaires and interviews. The total respondents are 30 English department students at the Muhammadiyah University of North Maluku. Based on the result, most of the students are enjoyable and helpful in lecturing the teaching strategy. It proved that students learn translation because it is fun for them and makes it easier to interpret words and sentences. Students who learn translation can help them organize the meaning systematically and improve their knowledge, especially vocabulary, understanding the point of view of the text, and understanding the meaning of the text. It means that the implementation of the teaching strategy in translation class was accepted and improved on students' translation competence. While the data from the interview in this study also showed that students were very enjoyable in learning translation subjects so that they can improve their understanding of the meaning of a text, competence in translating a text, and improve their competence in understanding of English text.
The Effect of Mind Mapping Technique on Students' Writing Skills Wahid, Jusmin HJ; Sudirman, Sari
Journal of Languages and Language Teaching Vol. 11 No. 1 (2023): January
Publisher : Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33394/jollt.v11i1.6692

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Writing is the process to bring concentration to the real situation, how the students focus on the ideas and elaborate in the real context. writing is not only arranging words into good sentences, but also knowing the function, meaning, and components of each word. this technique can help students develop their knowledge, think critically, and create ideas in the sentences. Students need a technique to improve their writing skills. Following this, the mind mapping technique is used to help students to improve their writing skills. The quasi-experimental research method involved two groups, namely the experimental and the control class. Both classes were given a pre-test at the beginning. Then, the experimental group was taught using mind mapping techniques while the control group was taught without mind mapping techniques. Then, this research gave the instrument in the last session of this study, both groups were given a post-test. Then for data collection, researchers used a written test and data analysis using a t-test. It proves that there was a significant score on the t-test and the mean score of the experimental class and control class. In the experimental class score is 3.0 and the mean is 28.25. While in the control class, the t-test score is 3.0 and the mean score is 25.00. It proves that mind mapping techniques are an effective way to help students to overcome problems such as nervousness and not being confident to improve their writing skills, it also helps the students to organize systematic ideas and make them easy meaning to understand.