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Developing cultural – based English textbook based on total physical response method for elementary school students Agci Hikmawati; Rindu Handayani
UAD TEFL International Conference Proceedings of the 5th UAD TEFL International Conference
Publisher : Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.12928/utic.v2.5764.2019

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This study aimed to develop and provide an enjoyable, meaningful, and cultural – based English textbook for elementary school students on the coast of Kurau village, Bangka Belitung Province. The observation and interview were undertaken to acknowledge the needs of the students in improving and advancing their understanding of English as well as to afford them an expedient textbook to be explored. Lee and Owens (2004) model has been used for this research and development study in designing the book. Total physical response method was also implemented in some exercises within the book to engage students’ attention and comprehension towards English learning. The data gathered in this study were collected through questionnaires, pre-test, and post-test. Based on the data analysis, the research finding shows that the cultural-based English textbook for elementary students is feasible. Feasibility obtained from the book was very good. Percentage of assessment by the content expert reached 82 % and the media expert was 87%. The calculation of T-paired test showed that there was a difference in learning achievement between the pre-test and the post-test score, which was 70.00 to 78.00 or increased 15%. Thus, there is an increasing score and this cultural – based textbook is effective to be used by the elementary students.
PRIMARY TEACHERS AND CULTURAL – BASED ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS; VOICES, ISSUES, AND DEMANDS Agci Hikmawati; Rindu Handayani
IJIET (International Journal of Indonesian Education and Teaching) Vol 4, No 1 (2020): January 2020
Publisher : Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ijiet.v4i1.2318

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Teachers and textbooks are two significant successful factors of achieving better standard of education. However, teaching English can be rerified if the teachers only depend on the existing materials without noticing the needs of the students. This study attempted to seek for issues as well solutions in overcoming teachers’ difficulties in primary school of SD N 13 Koba, Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Province. Two teachers were involved in the study to be interviewed and as the sources of the data. The results of the interview reveal that indeed teachers at this primary school faced issues in teaching English such as their limited knowledge of English, insufficient English teaching times and unprepared more qualified teachers. As for the solution, providing them with lively cultural – based English textbook is one of the ways. As the rule makers, goverments could provide more fees to the teachers and add research funds so that researchers are motivated to conduct better and larger scale of areas and participants.
AN ANALYSIS OF WORD FORMATION USED IN POLITICAL ARTICLES OF THE JAKARTA POST NEWSPAPER Rindu Handayani
Linguists : Journal Of Linguistics and Language Teaching Vol 4, No 1 (2018)
Publisher : Islamic State Institute of Bengkulu (IAIN) Bengkulu

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (741.467 KB) | DOI: 10.29300/ling.v4i1.1645

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This study aims to acknowledge what kind of word formation used in political articles of the Jakarta Post newspaper. The study is a descriptive qualitative research which used documentation method. The object of the study was to find out the word formation used and mostly used in political article which contains political words of the Jakarta Post newspaper. The articles chosen based on their political topics and the most frequency political discussion. The result of the study shows that, 95 political words were found in political articles of the Jakarta Post newspaper. Seventy five words were analysed and classified by word formation processes due to their own word classes, and other 20 words were not classified as word formation processes as the theories of the study. The kind of word formation in the political words were  48 derivation words, 11 words of compounds, and 14 words were the shortening.