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MULTICUTURAL CLASSROOM: TEACHER’S REFLECTION IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FROM NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY Rohfin Andria Gestanti; Elok Putri Nimasari; Restu Mufanti
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 7, No 2 (2018): Exposure
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar

This present article aimed to elaborate the challenging problems that have been encountered by multicultural classroom teacherand how to deal with it. Heterogeneity in classroom is a common issue in language learning, especially with the involvement of multiculturalism. In this globalization era, the emergence of educational exchange causes students from a country takes their higher education in another country having better quality and reputation. Those students are commonly addressed as international students. The enrollment of such students is perceived advantageous for the university since it improves the international recognition. However, it also requires some efforts concerning the multicultural issue such as language, so that the students may successfully accomplish their study in a country which the native language is different from their native. With regard to this condition, the use of international language as a means of communication is unavoidable. However, in some circumstances, the use of native language in which the students take their study is more required, depending on the educational policy in appointed university. There are several students from Thailand taking their study in a private university in Ponorogo. Concerning the language, most of them are not mastering both English and Indonesia. As a result, teaching those students might be challenging due to misunderstanding communication that may occur in the classroom, especially for students who do not enroll in English Department. It presents the author’s experiences in teaching English for specific purposes in Communication Science Department of this university.

PUBLIC SPEAKING INTENSIVE COURSE FOR STUDENTS OF NON-ENGLISH DEPARTMENT (A Study in English Language Centre) Restu Mufanti; Andi Susilo; Rohfin Andria Gestanti; Elok Putri Nimasari
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 7, No 2 (2018): Exposure
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar

Many strategies have always been used to improve students’ speaking ability, especially how to speak in front of public. To speak in public, people need to have good abilities both in verbal and non-verbal. An intensive course program of public speaking held by English Language Centre (ELC) of Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo (UMPo) has been used as the program preference to enhance students’ competence in public speaking for last two years. This study aims to investigate the program of that teaching; public speaking intensive course helps students raise their speaking competency and reduce their anxiety. At the beginning of the semester, pre-test of public speaking is given to the students to know their ability before joining the program. At the end of the semester, the students are given post test and questionnaire. The questionnaire is also given to 6 instructors who involving in teaching public speaking program. The result of the students’ scores after following this program indicates that this program is successful to enhance their public speaking. The questionnaire given to the students also reveals that they can build their confidence or reduce their anxiety in speaking. This evidence is also supported by the results of questionnaire given to the instructors for asking their perception after completing this program. The result of perception entails that this program is appropriate for all students, particularly those who have passion in public speaking and want to get more benefits from it.

Pendampingan Siswa SMA Muhammadiyah Ponorogo untuk Peningkatan Literasi Teks Berbahasa Inggris dalam Konteks Muhammadiyah Elok Putri Nimasari; Rohfin Andria Gestanti; Restu Mufanti
Jurnal Pengabdian Pada Masyarakat Vol 6 No 2 (2021)
Publisher : Universitas Mathla'ul Anwar Banten

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30653/002.202162.566

MUHAMMADIYAH-CONTEXT ENGLISH LITERACY TEXT DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES. This community service was conducted based on early-observation in SMA Muhammadiyah Ponorogo. This high school has implemented billingual curriculum for a year. However, students text literacy towards English texts were limited. Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo has focused to develop community services in all field studies particularly those school under Muhammadiyah-management. In this community service report, the authors would like to report Muhammadiyah-based literacy text development for SMA Muhammadiyah Ponorogo’s case. Authors are expertise in education field especially in language test assessment and text literacy. The community service was conducted in even semester of year 2020. Although the situation did not allow authors to conduct training face-to-face due to coronavirus pandemic, the community service was still held through webinars. It aimed to train students improving their English-text literacy certainly in the context of Muhammadiyah. Three day webinars were conducted for community services consisted of introduction of bilingual curriculum and its relation to Muhammadiyah-based texts, and strategies to improve students’ literacy.

THE USE OF DIRECTED READING THINKING ACTIVITY (DRTA) TO TEACH READING COMPREHENSION Yatmini Yatmini; Siti Asiyah; Restu Mufanti
EDUPEDIA Vol 1, No 1 (2017): Oktober
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo

DRTA technique is a strategy that explain about teaching students in good reading habits. This strategy helps strengthen reading and critical thinking skill. The purpose of this research was to know the use of directed reading thinking activity (DRTA) to teach reading comprehension for the eleventh grade students in SMK Negeri 1 Poncol. The subject of this research was the students of the eleventh grade class XI Boga 2 of SMK Negeri 1 Poncol in the academic year 2017/2018, which consisted of 21 students. The research was started on July 26th, 2017 until August 1st, 2017. This Classroom Action Research was conducted in two cycles and each cycle consisted of two meetings. The researcher used three research instruments. They were: observation checklist, questionnaire, and test. Based on the result of this research, the observation checklist result showed that the students become active during teaching learning process. The result of observation checklist cycle 1 was 66.67%, while, the result improved up to 90.00% in cycle 2. The result of questionnaire in cycle 1 was 72.00%. While, the result of questionnaire in cycle 2 was 84.00%. It showed that the students enjoyed and were interested in reading comprehension. In cycle 1, there were 12 or 60.00% of students got score under KKM, and 8 or 40.00% of students passed in the test. Then, the students who reached the minimum score based of KKM in cycle 2 was 100%. Finally, the researcher concluded that the implementation of Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) Technique to Teach Reading Comprehension for the Eleventh Grade Students in SMK N 1 Poncol was successful. The researcher hopes that the result of this study will be useful for the next researcher.

BASIC QUESTIONING WITH PICTURE IN WRITING CLASS: IS IT EFFECTIVE? Villia Rachmawati; Ana Maghfiroh; Restu Mufanti
EDUPEDIA Vol 1, No 1 (2017): Oktober
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo

This research was carried out to measure whether using basic questioning with picture is effective in teaching writing. The research design used in this reasearch was experimental research which consisted of two groups, experimental and control group. The sample of this research were X IPA1 as the experimental group which consisted of 32 students and X IPA2 as the control group which consisted of 30 students. The experimental group was taught by using basic questioning with picture while the control group was not taught by using basic questioning with picture, it was taught as usual or lecturing only. The instrument used to collect data was test. The test was writing test which was given in pre test and post test both two groups. The assessment of the result of writing test was focused on the five elements of writing (content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanic). The technique to analyze the data used t-test formula.Two groups were compared. The result of statistical hypothesis on significance α=0.05 showed ttest (2.91) was higher than ttable (2.00). It means that, there was significant difference between the students who were taught by using basic questioning with picture and the students who were not taught by using basic questioning with picture in teaching writing. From the explanation above, it can be concluded that the use of basic questioning with picture is effective in teaching writing of the tenth year students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Ponorogo in Academic Year 2016/2017.

Promoting EFL students’ critical thinking and self-voicing through CIRC technique in Academic Writing courses Andi Susilo; Restu Mufanti; Aris Fitriani
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 8, No 3 (2021)
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

Critical thinking and self-voicing are two demanding skills that facilitate students to produce concise, authorial academic texts. While most writing programs and research have paid much attention to improving students’ writing achievement, less attention is given to promote these two skills in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing classrooms. This article reports a classroom-based study investigating the use of the Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) technique to promote EFL students’ academic writing skills. It particularly examines how the CIRC technique helps to foster students’ critical and self-voicing stance in developing argumentative texts. A participatory qualitative study was employed, involving 64 undergraduate students majoring in English Education. Data were generated from the participants’ writing portfolios, observations, and the teacher’s reflections. The collected data were managed, classified, and analyzed using NVivo 12 to elicit the emerging themes. Drawing on the qualitative content analysis, the results showed that the CIRC technique helped to shape the participants’ critical thinking and self-voicing skills which were consistently demonstrated during the student-centered activities and their writing results. The participants could engage in productive writing processes, such as critical reading, note-taking, summarizing, drafting and revising composition, peer-reviewing, and other related collaborative skills. The findings indicated that the development of students’ critical thinking and self-voicing skills simultaneously affected the quality of their academic writing texts.

Promoting EFL students’ critical thinking and self-voicing through CIRC technique in Academic Writing courses Andi Susilo; Restu Mufanti; Aris Fitriani
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 8, No 3 (2021)
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24815/siele.v8i3.21149

Critical thinking and self-voicing are two demanding skills that facilitate students to produce concise, authorial academic texts. While most writing programs and research have paid much attention to improving students’ writing achievement, less attention is given to promote these two skills in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing classrooms. This article reports a classroom-based study investigating the use of the Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) technique to promote EFL students’ academic writing skills. It particularly examines how the CIRC technique helps to foster students’ critical and self-voicing stance in developing argumentative texts. A participatory qualitative study was employed, involving 64 undergraduate students majoring in English Education. Data were generated from the participants’ writing portfolios, observations, and the teacher’s reflections. The collected data were managed, classified, and analyzed using NVivo 12 to elicit the emerging themes. Drawing on the qualitative content analysis, the results showed that the CIRC technique helped to shape the participants’ critical thinking and self-voicing skills which were consistently demonstrated during the student-centered activities and their writing results. The participants could engage in productive writing processes, such as critical reading, note-taking, summarizing, drafting and revising composition, peer-reviewing, and other related collaborative skills. The findings indicated that the development of students’ critical thinking and self-voicing skills simultaneously affected the quality of their academic writing texts.

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