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CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF TEACHING ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS: A CASE STUDY OF STUDENTS AT IAIN KUDUS Sri Wahyuningsih
Edulingua: Jurnal Linguistiks Terapan dan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Vol 5, No 1 (2018)
Publisher : Universitas Islam Nahdlatul Ulama Jepara

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (202.087 KB) | DOI: 10.34001/edulingua.v5i1.820

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This article aims at exploring some possible challenges of opportunities of teaching English in academic writing skills for Indonesian learners at IAIN Kudus. The study anchors in a qualitative research. The observation, interview and documentation are conducted to gather data. The result indicates that numerous challenges faced by some learners from English Department at IAIN Kudus in the academic writing includes the difficulties of how to start writing, lack of both intensive and extensive reading, limited exposures to English vocabularies, and lack of interest in writing English. Besides, the opportunities that could be exposed to enhance the process of teaching academic writing skills among learners from English Department at IAIN Kudus are by sharpening their receptive skills such as reading and listening in order to gain successful productive skills including speaking and writing, asking them to be aware of paraphrasing English texts precisely, pursuing them to apply reference management tools properly in quoting a number of references comprising of books, journal articles, and so forth, using technology or digital tools such as instagram, facebook, blog, and so forth to enhance the process of teaching academic writing skills and pursuing them to take part in academic writing workshop and seminar.
A Discourse Analysis: Personal Pronouns in Donald Trump's Inauguration Speech Sri Wahyuningsih
English Language and Literature International Conference (ELLiC) Proceedings Vol 2 (2018): 2nd ELLiC Proceedings: 'Education 4.0: Trends and Future Perspectives in English Educa
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang

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The discourse analysis may seem quaint to discuss. One of the common domains of analyzing the critical discourse covers the public speech by which the speaker is trying to gain best response from the listener or audience. This article attempts at exploring the use of subjects in Donald Trump's Inauguration Speech. Subjects are mainly examined from a critical discourse analysis approach concerning on speech functions. The transcript of the speech is analyzed to describe personal pronouns used by Donald Trump in his inauguration speech. The result shows that by using pronouns, Donald Trump tries to represent himself and others indicating that the pronouns that he used is one of the devices to maintain a good interaction with the audience through the speech
The Role of Social Media in Promoting Indonesian Women’s Online Entrepreneurship: Prospects, Challenges and Strategies Sri Wahyuningsih; Muhamad Mustaqim
Iqtishadia: Jurnal Kajian Ekonomi dan Bisnis Islam Vol 14, No 2 (2021): IQTISHADIA
Publisher : Ekonomi Syariah IAIN Kudus

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21043/iqtishadia.v14i2.9483

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  Social media nowadays has been inevitably used by people in the world. It plays significant roles for human’s society including as the way of marketing and trading of products. The aim of this study was mainly to explore the prospects of using social media in driving and developing women’s entrepreneurship, its challenges and strategies. This present study anchored in a qualitative research. Data were garnered through semi-structured interviews to Indonesian women living in Kudus, Central Java, Indonesia running their online entrepreneurship as the additional job not the main ones. The results of the study revealed that the prospects of using social media cover it is beneficial for women’s entrepreneurship in improving sales and pursuing the innovation in their online business, it offers others to be reseller in a number of products and it allows the women to develop their online entrepreneurship. However, there are a number of challenges of using social media in online entrepreneurship including the emergence of negative comments and complaints about the products from costumers that will lead to decrease the reputation of business, poor connection of internet which may hinder a better business management, and the lack of knowledge about social media and team that can hinder these women entrepreneurs to handle their customers’ inquiries. Some strategies that need to be taken into account in online women’s entrepreneurship cover women entrepreneurs are supposed to upload new and up-to-date products, give best services to customers, collaborate with Shopee application (online shopping platform) in which they will get less risk in online business through its system and increase their innovation through online business class and trainings. The findings of the study offer an implication to the need of being innovative through the use of technology and social media in running online entrepreneurship particularly for women entrepreneurs since its flexibility and benefits as one of the ways to get additional income.
Penanaman Karakter Kemandirian pada Anak Disabilitas Grahita melalui Pembelajaran Tematik di SDLB Kaliwungu Kudus Sri Wahyuningsih; Siti Umaeroh
Lectura : Jurnal Pendidikan Vol. 12 No. 2 (2021): Lectura: Jurnal Pendidikan
Publisher : Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (FKIP), Universitas Lancang Kuning

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/lectura.v12i2.6323

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Karakter kemandirian perlu ditanamkan kepada anak sejak dini terlebih pada anak disabilitas grahita yang memiliki keterbatasan. Hal ini dimaksudkan agar mereka dapat bersikap mandiri dalam melangsungkan kehidupan di masa mendatang. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: 1) Mengetahui pelaksanaan pembelajaran tematik kelas IV di SDLB Kaliwungu Kudus.2) Mengetahui pembentukan karakter kemandirian pada anak disabilitas grahita melalui pembelajaran tematik.3) Mengetahui faktor pendukung dan penghambat dalam pembentukan karakter kemandirian anak disabilitas grahita Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian lapangan (field research) dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan metode observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa: 1) Pelaksanaan pembelajaran tematik kelas IV di SDLB Kaliwungu Kudus berjalan dengan baik. 2) Upaya yang dilakukan oleh guru dalam membentuk karakter kemandirian anak disabilitas grahita kelas IV di SDLB Kaliwungu Kudus melalui pembelajaran tematik yaitu dengan menerapkan strategi dan metode yang bervariatif, menggunakan media yang inovatif, bahan ajar yang sesuai tingkat perkembangan anak. Dari upaya tersebut, empat aspek kemandirian yakni aspek intelektual, ekonomi, sosial, dan emosi peserta didik disabilitas grahita telah terbentuk. Pembentukan aspek kemandirian anak disabilitas grahita ini sudah sesuai dengan nilai-nilai keislaman. Hal ini terlihat ketika terjalinnya komunikasi yang baik antara guru dan peserta didik serta penerapan kebiasaan baik dari sekolah dan orangtua 3) Faktor pendukung meliputi semangat dan percaya diri peserta didik yang tinggi, peran guru, lingkungan sekitar. Adapun faktor penghambatnya meliputi IQ peserta didik disabilitas grahita terbatas, kelas dan jumlah guru yang tidak ideal.
Engaging EFL Students in English Phrases of Academic Writing: How and Why? Sri Wahyuningsih
Prominent Vol 4, No 2 (2021): Prominent: Journal of English Studies
Publisher : Universitas Muria Kudus

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24176/pro.v4i2.6243

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Academic writing has played a significant role for academicians including EFL students in academic context. Indeed, it needs study and practice to upgrade this skill since academic writing is not really easy particularly for novice writers. This paper reports the importance of engaging EFL students in English phrases of academic writing to help them improve their academic works. Further, this study reports the EFL students’ responses to the practice of English academic phrases. This study anchors in a qualitative research. Data were garnered through in-depth interviews to ten students of English Department at Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kudus. Besides, a documentation was conducted to enhance their academic writing works. The results revealed that engaging EFL students in English phrases of academic writing has been beneficial for introducing work, referring to literature, describing methods, reporting results, discussing findings, and writing conclusions. Further, they become more familiar with a number of English phrases used in academic writing. Importantly, they become more encouraged to write academic papers and improve their publication.
Javanese Language Shift, Gender and Modernity: A Case Study at IAIN Kudus Sri Wahyuningsih
ELT-Lectura Vol. 6 No. 2 (2019): ELT-Lectura Studies and Perspective in English Language Teaching
Publisher : Universitas Lancang Kuning

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/elt-lectura.v6i2.3097

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This study aims at exploring the phenomenon of Javanese language shift among lecturers and staffs at IAIN Kudus and their possible motives. This study used a descriptive qualitative approach and the data were taken from the interview, observation and focus group discussion. The results indicate that the use of Indonesian of male lecturers and male staffs is less striking shift than female ones. Indeed, female lecturers and female staffs tend to have a strong preference for using Indonesian rather than Javanese. This could be caused by the effect of globalization, the increased use of other languages, social changes, mobility, and modernity. The motives of language shift among the female lecturers and female staffs are the language used in a formal education is Indonesian and the increase of technology particularly in relation to social media use Indonesian as a medium to deliver information.
Reviewing Hate Speech in Indonesian Social Media Content: Gender and Discourse Perspectives Sri Wahyuningsih
ELT-Lectura Vol. 8 No. 1 (2021): ELT-Lectura Studies and Perspective in English Language Teaching
Publisher : Universitas Lancang Kuning

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31849/elt-lectura.v8i1.5573

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The increased conflicts and online propaganda on social media recently have raised the negative impacts on the society such as violence and conflicts. This article mainly reviews the hate speech in Indonesian social media content viewed from the gender and discourse perspectives. Further, it explores the importance of using the language of peace on social media such as you tube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and so on as an effort to prevent the potential for conflicts. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method to describe the phenomenon of the use of hate speech and propaganda in social media. The writer collected data from a number of quotes and writing on social media particularly Facebook and Instagram containing hate speech, threats, propaganda, and incitement leading to negative reactions of the society. The result shows that women may have more preference dealing with physical appearance issues to political ones. This can be seen clearly through the comments stated by women in social media particularly Facebook. Meanwhile, men tend to have preferences on commenting political issues in social media to physical appearance. Furthermore, they dare to take a risk and power in relation with political issues. Thus, the users of social media both men and women are encouraged to be wise in using social media that can be achieved by using the language of peace to prevent the potential for online conflicts among the society.
The Use of Quantum Learning Model with Islamic Character Values to Improve Fifth Graders’ Academic Achievement Muhamad Afandi; Sri Wahyuningsih
JOURNAL OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (JTLEE) Vol 3, No 1 (2020)
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar, FKIP, Universitas Riau

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33578/jtlee.v3i1.7823

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This study aims at describing the use of quantum learning model with Islamic character values to improve students’ achievement at elementary school. It used a descriptive qualitative method. Data were collected through observation, in-depth interview and documentation. The result indicates that quantum learning model with Islamic character values is beneficial for students during the teaching and learning process. These cover students feel more active in the learning process, students have more attention on teachers’ explanations, students have better academic achievement which is shown by the average score among students passing the minimal criteria standard and learning processes and students are able to internalize the Islamic values during teaching and learning process. 
THE INFLUENCE OF THE APPLICATION OF QUANTUM LEARNING ASSISTED BY ISLAMIC CHARACTER MEDIA ON THE RESPONSIBILITY AND LEARNING OUTCOMES OF STUDENTS IN GRADE V SDN PRAMPELAN Muhamad Afandi; Yulina Ismiyanti; Sri Wahyuningsih
JURNAL PAJAR (Pendidikan dan Pengajaran) Vol 4, No 1 (2020)
Publisher : Laboratorium Program Studi Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar FKIP Universitas Riau

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33578/pjr.v4i1.7861

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The study aims at determining the effect of the implementation of the quantum learning model assisted by Islamic-character learning media on the responsibilities and learning outcomes of the fifth graders at Prampelan Elementary School. This research used is pre-experimental design. The results showed that there was an effect of learning responsibilities on the implementation of the quantum learning model assisted by Islamic character learning media influencing student learning outcomes, 51.8%.  Meanwhile, the remaining of learning outcomes, 48.2% of student learning outcomes could be explained by other variables outside this study. Based on the classical completeness test that students in Grade VA at SDN Prampelan with a quantum learning model assisted by Islamic learning media with a value of ≥ 65 has reached 75%
Analysis of the Internship Program "Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka" Perspectives of Primary School Teachers’ Teaching Readiness Muhamad Afandi; Sari Yustiana; Sri Wahyuningsih
Al Ibtida: Jurnal Pendidikan Guru MI Vol 9, No 1 (2022): June 2022
Publisher : IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24235/al.ibtida.snj.v9i1.8071

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AbstractThe purpose of this study is to analyze the “Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM)” program from the perspective of teachers’ teaching readiness. The study used a qualitative approach carried out at one elementary school in Wonosobo Regency, Central Java during the early days of learning activities from August to December 2021. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and questionnaires distributed to participants, which included teachers, students, and pre-service elementary school teachers of Universitas Islam Sultan Agung Semarang. Besides, the secondary data were obtained from books, journal articles, and other sources. The findings revealed that relating to teachers’ teaching readiness, there were 40% of educators mastered the concept of the MBKM program, while another 60% of them understood the term MBKM program from the existing information provided by media. In mastering Information and Communication Technology (ICT), 63% of educators stated that they had mastered ICT and were accustomed to using some social media for learning activities, while 37% of educators had not mastered ICT well but they only used ICT for certain purposes such as teaching the MBKM program although with a relatively low understanding.Keywords: merdeka belajar, internship program, teachers’ readiness, primary school. AbstrakTujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis program merdeka belajar kampus merdeka (MBKM) dari perspektif kesiapan mengajar guru. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif yang dilaksanakan di salah satu sekolah dasar di Kabupaten Wonosobo, Jawa Tengah pada masa-masa awal kegiatan pembelajaran, yaitu Agustus-Desember 2021. Data diperoleh melalui observasi, wawancara, dan angket kepada partisipan yang meliputi guru, siswa, dan mahasiswa Universitas Islam Sultan Agung Semarang sebagai calon guru SD. Selain itu, data sekunder diperoleh dari buku, jurnal, dan sumber lainnya. Hasil temuan mengungkapkan bahwa terkait kesiapan guru dalam mengajar, terdapat 40% pendidik yang menguasai konsep program MBKM, sedangkan 60% lainnya hanya memahami istilah program MBKM dari media informasi yang ada. Dalam penguasaan Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi (TIK), 63% pendidik menyatakan telah menguasai TIK dan terbiasa menggunakan beberapa media sosial untuk kegiatan pembelajaran, sedangkan 37% pendidik belum menguasai TIK dengan baik, hanya menggunakan TIK untuk tujuan tertentu seperti mengajar dan berkomunikasi. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa para pendidik sudah siap mengajar dalam program MBKM meskipun dengan pemahaman yang relatif rendah.Kata kunci: merdeka belajar, program magang, kesiapan guru, sekolah dasar.