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THE USE OF VISUAL MNEMONIC TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING ACTIVE VOCABULARY AT THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2 GOWA Nurinsani Nurinsani; Indah Fadhilah Rahman; Muhammad Syahruddin Nawir
International Conference on Social and Islamic Studies Proceedings of the International Conference on Social and Islamic Studies (SIS) 2021
Publisher : International Conference on Social and Islamic Studies

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Vocabulary is an indispensable part of language and it is importance for second language learners. Nowadays, however, researchers have realized that vocabulary is an important part of language learning and teaching, worthy of attention and research. This paper provides information on how Visual Mnemonic can be used as one of the best technique to improve vocabulary learning, recall, and boost memory. This study was aimed to examine whether or not the use of Visual Mnemonic Technique effective in teaching vocabulary. The researcher epmloyed quasi experimental design by using non-equivalent control group design and took 2 classes in this research. The data were collected by using instrument with pre-test and post-test. The result of this research was analyzed by SPSS program. This program began with normality test, paired t-test to calculate the mean score, standard deviation, score of t-count and significant (2-tailed). The final results of this study showed that, null hypothesis was rejected while the alternative hypothesis was accepted. Visual Mnemonic Technique effective and improved the storage of new information also help the students learn faster and recall better.
UTILIZING VIDEOCAST: FOSTERING STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION Muhammad Syahruddin Nawir
ETERNAL (English, Teaching, Learning and Research Journal) Vol 6 No 1 (2020)
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar

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Listening has an important role in communication which is applied in foreign language classroom and it is considered as necessary skill because it has an essential role in facilitating learners to master English proficiency. The aims of this research were to find out the extent to which videocast improves listening comprehension of the fourth semester students of Makassar Islamic University and the students’ perceptions toward the utilization of videocast in teaching and learning activities. This research was carried out in the fourth semester students of English Department of Makassar Islamic University. The method used was quasi-experimental design with pre-test, eight meetings of treatment, and post-test. The data were collected using two kinds of research instruments: listening test and questionnaire. The data were then analyzed by means of statistical analysis through the independent sample t-test and the frequency of questionnaire. The result showed that the independent t-test which compared the students’ score on post-test revealed a value of p<0.05. It means there is a significant difference between listening comprehension of the students who were taught by utilizing videocast and the students who were not taught by utilizing videocast. Furthermore, the analysis of questionnaire indicated that the students’ perceptions toward the utilization of videocast were very positive. It can be concluded that utilizing videocast improves significantly students’ listening comprehension.
TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE CHALLENGES IN THE ONLINE EFL TEACHING: A REVIEW OF PREVIOUS STUDIES Muthi'ah Muthi'ah; Muhammad Syahruddin Nawir; Annisa Shofa Tsuraya
Lentera Pendidikan : Jurnal Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan Vol 24 No 2 (2021): DECEMBER
Publisher : Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar

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Abstract:Technological advances and the COVID-19 have accelerated the shift from traditional learning to online learning. Educational institutions have no choice but to convert the classroom setting into online classes. When teaching online, EFL teachers may have encountered challenges. This paper aims to review some previous studies on the teachers’ perceptions of the challenges in online EFL teaching, in Indonesia and other countries. This study employs library research. The result shows that challenges occurred during the implementation of online EFL teaching and learning. In other countries such as Korea, Thailand, Iran, China, and Saudi Arabia, the challenges are mostly related to the students’ learning process including the time and class management. On the other hand, in Indonesia, the challenges are more complex. Lack of experience with the online teaching methods and the limitations regarding the adequate internet facilities become the challenges that are most complained by the teachers.Abstrak:Kemajuan teknologi dan COVID-19 telah mempercepat peralihan dari pembelajaran tradisional ke pembelajaran online. Institusi pendidikan tidak punya pilihan selain mengubah pengaturan kelas menjadi kelas online. Saat mengajar online, guru EFL mungkin menghadapi tantangan. Makalah ini bertujuan untuk meninjau beberapa penelitian sebelumnya tentang persepsi guru tentang tantangan dalam pengajaran EFL online, di Indonesia dan negara lain. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian kepustakaan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tantangan terjadi selama pelaksanaan pembelajaran EFL online. Di negara-negara lain seperti Korea, Thailand, Iran, Cina, dan Arab Saudi, tantangannya lebih banyak terkait dengan proses belajar siswa termasuk waktu dan manajemen kelas. Di sisi lain, di Indonesia, tantangannya lebih kompleks. Kurangnya pengalaman dengan metode pengajaran online dan keterbatasan fasilitas internet yang memadai menjadi tantangan yang paling dikeluhkan oleh para guru.
Investigating EFL students’ interest in the use of online discussion technique in asynchronous learning Indah Zezarwati; Andi Kaharuddin; Multazam Abubakar; Muhammad Syahruddin Nawir
Journal of Applied Studies in Language Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022): Jun 2022
Publisher : Politeknik Negeri Bali

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The development of the era can be inextricably linked to the development of technology as it has entered all aspects of human life, including education. One of the technology utilization in education is e-learning which allows the learning process can be accessed anytime and anywhere. One technique commonly used in asynchronous learning nowadays is online discussion. This research aims at investigating the level of students’ interest and the factors that affect their interest in the implementation of the online discussion techniques. This research was conducted by mix-method, where the data was collected from the questionnaire and interview. The subjects of this research were 40 students in the questionnaire section and 4 students in the interview section. The result of the interview proved that students had a high interest in the implementation of online discussion techniques; while, the result of the interview indicated some factors that affect students’ interest in the implementation of online discussion techniques such as teacher activeness and involvement, internet connection, students’ motivation and concentration. Hopefully, this research can help to maximize the application of online discussion techniques to gain more benefits in the learning process.
AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH LEXICAL COLLOCATION IN TRANSACTIONAL SPEAKING AMONG STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT ALAUDDIN STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF MAKASSAR Muhammad Syahruddin Nawir; Nur Aliyah Nur; Nurul Hidayah
ELTIES : English Language Teaching for EFL Learners Vol 4 No 2 (2022): Volume 4, Number 02, September 2022
Publisher : Universitas islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar

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This study focused on the use of lexical collocations in transactional speaking skills of final year students majoring in English. This study aimed to determine the students ability in using lexical collocation and identifiy its type in their transactional speaking. The study conducted in Alauddin State Islamic University of Makassar. The subject of this study were the final year students of English Education Department. These students can be categorized as the intermediate learners of English because they took speaking lectures one to three. It was important for their collocational knowledge to be native-like. This study used a qualitative method. Researcher used interview as the data collection tool. Then, the researcher analysed the transcript of the interview. In analysing, researcher determined the collocation words and the types too, used Oxford online collocation dictionary to check whether the collocation were true or not. The findings showed that the students used English lexical collocations in their transactional speaking. Researcher found 179 English lexical collocations are used by the students. 81 of those collocations are correct. Researcher also found that they used four types from total 6 types (based on Benson&Ilson) of English lexical collocation which they tend to use the type 1 than the other types. The study therefore suggested that the teacher and students should more concerned about the collocational knowledge in this case lexical collocation.
STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF IMITATION TECHNIQUE IN LEARNING PRONUNCIATION: A SURVEY STUDY OF ISLAMIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Muhammad Syahruddin Nawir
ETERNAL (English, Teaching, Learning and Research Journal) Vol 8 No 02 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar

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The students’ mastery in pronouncing English words depends not only on students themselves but also on the teacher as a facilitator. Therefore, it is very important for the students to practice their pronunciation using their ability to imitate their teachers’ pronunciation. Yet, it cannot be dismembered that students’ imitating ability is the only matter that can drag the students’ feet in learning pronunciation. As reaction for the issues, the researcher considered a technique that allowed the students to enjoy studying pronunciation and increase their ability in pronouncing English words immediately. In this case, the researcher desired to know the students’ perception in teaching pronunciation by using Imitation Technique. By knowing students' perceptions, it allowed the researcher and teachers to know more about the students and how their opinion is in terms of learning pronunciation. The objective of this research was to find out the students’ perception toward the use of Imitation Technique in learning pronunciation at the second grade of SMAIT Al-Ishlah Maros. This study used descriptive quantitative research design in analyzing data. The total number of populations was 68 students that consist of three classes. Therefore, the sample was 21 students that chosen by random sampling technique. The result of this study was found that the students’ showed positive perception on Imitation Technique in learning pronunciation according to the data analysis. It shows that the mean score of the students’ perception on the use of Imitation Technique in their English learning was 80.81 which classified as Positive.
STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF PUZZLE IN TEACHING VOCABULARY MASTERY Andri Ratika; Adi Isma; Muhammad Syahruddin Nawir
elstic : english language linguistics culture Vol 1 No 1 (2021): Volume 1, Number 1, April 2021
Publisher : Univeristas Islam Negeri (UIN) Alauddin Makassar

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This study aims to determine the students’ vocabulary mastery at second- grade students’ of SMPN 1 MAJENE, and to know students' perception on the use of puzzle in teaching vocabulary mastery. Data collection was carried out in December 2020 from 17 students of class VIII SMPN 1 Majene. This research used qualitative research, and the instruments were vocabulary test and interview. This research showed that the mean score of the vocabulary test was78 (Good) which means the students had sufficiently mastered vocabulary and could understand the vocabulary itself. The result of the interview indicated that most of the students gave positive perception on the use of puzzle, they stated that the puzzle was very good because it could increase vocabulary mastery train memory of the students, they also prefer group study because learning becomes more fun and interesting and they can ask each other what they don't know. The use of Puzzles can also increase students’ word writing, and play an active role in learning. In other words, puzzles are very helpful in learning English and make it easier for students to learn English.
INVESTIGATING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEEDS OF PURCHASING DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES: A STUDY OF EOP Multazam Abubakar; Muthi'ah Muthi'ah; Muhammad Syahruddin Nawir
elstic : english language linguistics culture Vol 1 No 2 (2021): Volume 1, Number 2, August 2021
Publisher : Univeristas Islam Negeri (UIN) Alauddin Makassar

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This paper aimed at investigating the needs of occupational English for Purchasing Department in PT. Bosowa Lloyd, Makassar. The subject of this research was 12 employees working in Purchasing Department consisting 6 males and 8 females, including one head which is called Purchasing Manager. The data were collected through a questionnaire, interview, and observation. The findings of this research indicates that Purchasing Department are required to have high levels of English proficiency. In order to prepare language program, the information of PSA becomes the starting point to design course and instruction material for the students. To identify TSA, the needs analysis for employee of Purchasing Department was performed through analyzing the responsibilities which were taken from company manual. Moreover, to meet the demands, communicative functioning (which covers discourse communities, business genre, key communication events and function, grammar and lexis), specific expectation of the students and the role of cross-cultural communication are also important to explore.
EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT AND THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Muhammad Syahruddin Nawir; Nur Aliyah Nur; Muhammad Wiranto
elstic : english language linguistics culture Vol 1 No 3 (2021): Volume 1, Number 3, December 2021
Publisher : Univeristas Islam Negeri (UIN) Alauddin Makassar

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This study aims to find out the extent to which the significant correlation between emotional quotient and speaking ability on the second year students in the major of English Education Department. This research used multi-stage cluster sampling to gather data on 30 students from the total population of 101 students. The researchers used quantitative approach with correlation research design to reach the research objective. There were two instruments distributed to students namely USMEQ-i questionnaire for measuring students’ emotional quotient and Speaking Test for assessing students’ speaking ability. The findings showed that the score of students’ emotional quotient (2.85) was high emotional quotient by using USMEQ-i questionnaire and the score of students’ speaking ability (70.83) was fairly good speaking by using Speaking Test. Furthermore, the coefficient correlation (rxy) was 0.886. It indicated that the correlation was in high correlation. Based on the data above, the researchers conclude that the alternative hypothesis was accepted and null hypothesis was rejected. It means that there is a significant correlation between emotional quotient and speaking ability on second year students in the major of English Education Department. The researchers mention a suggestion to the teacher that emotional quotient should get serious attention to control, motivate, and regulate students’ emotional quotient. If students are able to control their emotions, they will get good grade in speaking activity. In addition, for the next researchers, they have to collect many new sources for analyzing and evaluating this study.
THE EFFECT OF USING CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE ON THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 10 MAKASSAR Nurul Afika; Kaharuddin; Multazam Abubakar; Muhammad Syahruddin Nawir
elstic : english language linguistics culture Vol 2 No 1 (2022): Volume 2, Number 1, April 2022
Publisher : Univeristas Islam Negeri (UIN) Alauddin Makassar

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This research focuses on the students’ writing skills in writing descriptive text. The purpose of this research were (1) To find out if the clustering technique is able to improve the students skills in writing descriptive text. (2) To find out to what extent clustering technique affects the development of the students skills in writing descriptive text. In this research, the population was the First Grade of Senior High School 10 Makassar consist of 15 students from X IIS 1. The method of this study was a Mixed Method, the design of this study was The Explanatory-Sequential (QUAN-qual) design where quantitative data were collected first. Pre-experimental method was applied in this research with a group pre-test and post-test design. The instrument used to collect data were writing test and questionnaire. The result of the research presented that the pre-test of the class got the mean score 40.33. After giving treatment the students got the the mean score 71.00. The outcome of the data analysis revealed that there was a significant improvement in the students’ skill in writing descriptive text after being taught using clustering technique. It can also be supported the strength of clustering technique, that is the students can generate their ideas in writing descriptive text. Subsequently, the result of one sample t-test where Sig. (2-tailed) = 0,000 < 0.05. Therefore, the null (Ho) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted. In addition, the qualitative result from the questionnaire showed there were 4 factors affecting the development of students’ writing skill in descriptive text, those are: teaching materials’ content, method in the teaching process, activities in the teaching materials, task given in teaching materials. Based on the result analysis, the researcher may conclude that using Clustering Technique was effective to improve the students’ skill in writing descriptive text because the learning objective was achieved, that was the students were able to write English descriptive text appropriately in English by following the generic structure and language features.