Tans Feliks
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REDEFINING OUR FORMAL EDUCATION Tans, Feliks; Nalley, H. M.; Bhae, Yohanes
Academic Journal of Educational Sciences Vol 4 No 1 (2020): AJES - ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES
Publisher : Postgraduate School, Universitas Nusa Cendana

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In this article we argue that our formal education has failed, to a certain extent, to create good quality graduates, namely, those whoare not only competent and independent, but also good in terms of such character traits as “grit, self-control, zest, social intelligence, gratitude,optimism, and curiosity” (Tough, 2012: 76). Such a failure has been caused by some educational practices which are not pedagogically soundlike: institutional manipulations leading to our students’ highly consumeristic behaviours;nondialogical education; teacher-centered approach;misunderstanding of teaching and learning; and, centralised education.To prevent such a failure, we suggest that our formal educational systembe redefined so that it will be capable of creating good quality education that, in turn, can help our students be more competent, independent, andexcellent in terms of the character traits mentioned. It can be done by applying such methods as Ivan Illich’s learning webs, Paulo Freire’sdialogical education, and student-centered education in which teaching is seen as a means of faciliating students’ learning based on theirpotentials, interests, and learning needs. In this sense, it is important that school curricula be also designed by each educational institution andthat each individual instituion has its own independent management system and networking system to make it more successful in achieving itseducational goals.
THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF WRITING IN INDONESIAN: A CASE STUDY OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL Tans Feliks; Agustinus Semiun; Hilda M Nalley
Academic Journal of Educational Sciences Vol 2 No 1 (2019): AJES - Academic Journal of Educational Sciences
Publisher : Postgraduate School, Universitas Nusa Cendana

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This case study is about the teaching of writing in an Indonesian state primary school, that is, in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara Province. It aims at finding out: 1) how writing in Indonesian is taught in the research school; 2) how competent the students are in writing in Indonesian as the results of their teachers’ teaching of writing in Indonesian; 3) proper teaching teachniques done in order to better the athmosphere of the teaching and learning of writing in the research school. The method used was a case study with the school as a research object and the teachers teaching Indonesian writing in the school and their students from grade I to grade VI learning to write in Indonesian as reseach subjects. This study was done from July to November 2017. The data collected through interviews, observations, and documentary studies were analyzed descriptively. It was found that the teaching and learning of writing in the school was traditionally done, that is, it was not to improve students’ writing in Indonesian, but to improve other skills like reading, speaking, and listening. Despite such a traditional method in the teaching and learning of writing in Indonesian, it was found that the students could write generally well in Indonesian. The teachers in the school believe that they need to do some changes in order to ensure that their students can write well in Indonesian like: “joining more courses/trainings on the teaching and learning of writing for publication;” continuing their formal study/degree; providing more teaching facilities so that it is much easier for them to teach writing, to revise, to edit, and to publish their students’ writings; and, working hand in hand with fellow teachers to improve their students’ writing competence.
AN ANALYSIS OF EFL WRITING DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STUDENTS: AN INDONESIAN CONTEXT Tans Feliks; Agustinus Semiun; Hilda M Nalley
Academic Journal of Educational Sciences Vol 3 No 2 (2019): Vol. 3, No. 2, Dec (2019): AJES-Academic Journal of Educational Sciences
Publisher : Postgraduate School, Universitas Nusa Cendana

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This research aims at finding out: 1) kinds of English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) essays written by the fourth semester students of the Undergraduate English Education Department, School of Teachers Training and Educational Sciences, Nusa Cendana University; 2) how the students develop as EFL student writers; 3) elements of EFL writing that the students can produce well; and, 4) elements of EFL writing that the students fail to produce well. This research using desctiptive-qualitative method was conducted from March to September, 2019. Its research subjects were the fourth semester students of the department. Since the department has four classes, the researchers chose two classes purposively as their research subjects. The instruments used to get the data were writing tests conducted twice, that is, the first one on 18 March and the second one on 18 September, 2019. In doing the first test, the students were each asked to individually handwrite an essay whose topic was free for an hour. In writing their essays, the students were not allowed to use any dictionary and they were not allowed to discuss it with their friends. After it was written, the researchers collected the essays, asked the students for clarrification on their unclear hand writings. Six months later, that is, on 18 September, 2019, the same essays were handed back to be revised/edited by their relevant writers. The time used to edit/revise each essay by each relevant writer was an hour and they were not allowed to use a dictionary or to discuss it with their friend(s). In addition to these writing tests, the researchers also studied the students’ curriculum document to have an insight into any courses they join that could have influenced their writing development. The focus of the researchers’ documentary study was on subjects related to EFL writing. The data were analyzed descriptively focussing on four major elements of EFL writing, namely: content; organization; word choice, sentence structures, and paragraph structures; and, mechanics of writing (i.e. punctuations and spelling). The data collected were analysed descriptively. It is found that students produced three major kinds of written products, that is, informative, expressive, and a combination of both, but none was included in creative writing. The students had two distinctive ways of development, that is, good and poor development in terms of content; organization; word choice, sentence structures, and paragraph structures; and, mechanics of their writings (i.e. punctuations and spelling). The elements of EFL writings that develop well and/or poorly vary among the research students: some develop well, for example, in relation to content, but poor on word choice and other elements of EFL writing.
CHARACTERISTICS OF FORMS AND MEANINGS OF VERBAL EXPRESSIONS ABOUT GOD’S EXISTENCE IN SABUNESE Hendrina Pada; Frans Bustan; Tans Feliks; Labu Juli; Alex Djawa
Academic Journal of Educational Sciences Vol 3 No 2 (2019): Vol. 3, No. 2, Dec (2019): AJES-Academic Journal of Educational Sciences
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Sabu Raijua society is a society that is polytheism. They believe many Deo 'Gods and Goddesses' in their lives. They believe that Deo 'God and Goddess' has a different role. Every god and goddess has the character, form and meaning contained in each name. In general, the names of Gods and Goddess in accordance with their role, there is no name that refers to his name. Gods and Goddesses in general have good character, patience, loyalty, helpers, protectors, guardians, and maintainers.
THE APPLICATIONS USED FOR ONLINE LEARNING AT THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM Yulitriana Y; Merlyn Simbolon; Iwan Fauzi; Lisca Amelia Putri; Maria Arina Luardini; Feliks Tans
Academic Journal of Educational Sciences Vol 4 No 2 (2020): AJES-ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES
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The pandemic of Covid-19 has forced all of the education system to switch into online, included the students and teachers of English Education Study Program, University of Palangka Raya. This research is intended to analyze the use of applications by students and teachers, also the reasons of using the applications. This research applied qualitative method and the data were analyzed descriptively. The data were the responses from teachers and students for the questionnaires given through Google Forms. The subjects for gaining the data were the students of academic year 2020/2021 and the teachers at the English Education Study Program, the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Palangka Raya. The results show that the five most favourite applications used by the students were Google Classroom (85.97%), Zoom (74.66%), WhatsApp (48.41%), Google Meet (47.51%), YouTube (11.76%). The reasons why the students used the applications were the applications were easy to use (77.77%), they were quota saving (25%), they were easy to access (11.11%), they had many features (11.11%), and they were effective (9.25%). The five applications used by most of the teachers at the English Education Study Program were Google Classroom (88.88%), Zoom (61.11%), WhatsApp (50%), Google Meet (38.88%), Google Form (22.22%). The reasons why they chose the applications were because the applicationswere easy to use (66.66%), the familiarity with the application (22.22%) and they were easy to access/connection friendly (22.22%). The additional reasons were the applications were quota saving (16.66%), it had complete features (16.66%) and they were unlimited (16.66%). The reasons that both students and teachers gave in this research regarding the applications used in online learning can be the considerations, especially for the teachers and the institution in designing and choosing the best applications, platforms, or teaching tools for the online learning
ONLINE ENGLISH SENTENCE CONSTRUCTIONS BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF THE ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, NUSA CENDANA UNIVERSITY Tans Feliks; Hilda M. Nalley; John Bhae
Academic Journal of Educational Sciences Vol 5 No 2 (2021): AJES-ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES 5 (2) DECEMBER 2021
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This research aimed at finding out: 1. kinds of sentences constructed by semester VI undergraduate students of the English Education Department, School of Teachers Training and Educational Sciences, Nusa Cendana University; 2. their strengths and weaknesses in constructing those sentences; and, 3. solutions to their weaknesses in constructing English sentences. To achieve those aims, this research used descriptive-qualitative research paradigm. The phenomenon to be investigated is how students joining TEFL course constructed certain sentences in communicating with their lecturer or in doing their tasks. The research was done at the English Department of Nusa Cendana University from March 2021 to October, 2021. The instruments used to collect the data were students’online documents and interviews. The data were analysed descriptively based on English grammatical accuracy. It was found that, first, kinds of sentences the students constructed were simple, complex, compound and compound-complex sentences including sentences which are discursive on their own, that is, sentences as complete discourses themselves like “Thank you, Sir!”. Second, the students’ strengths varied: they used various sentence patterns with various words, tenses, structures, and mechanics. Third, their weaknesses were sentence structures, tenses, vocabulary, and mechanics which were not always correctly used. Some sentences, for example, had no subjects or verbs. Fourth, to solve their weaknesses, they say, for example, that they must study harder, memorize English structure, and be more active in reading, writing, speaking and listening in English.
AN ANALYSIS OF SPONTANEOUS ENGLISH CONVERSATIONS AMONG SECOND SEMESTER STUDENTS OF THE ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SAN PEDRO UNIVERSITY IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 Yohanes Paulus Silli Bataona; Tans Feliks; Agustinus Semiun
IJER - INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL REVIEW Vol 5 No 2 (2018): Indonesian Journal of Educational Review (IJER)
Publisher : Program Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri Jakarta

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The aims of this study are describing the topics conversed by the second semester students of the English education department of San Pedro University; analyzing what are students’ conversations for; analyzing how students converse with their friends; and analyzing what are students’ strengths and weaknesses in English conversations. To reach these objectives, this research was designed in a descriptive qualitative study. All the data were obtained through observation, documentation (recordings), and interview. The data was collected and analyzed through descriptive approach. And after analyzing the data on the basis of research questions dealing with English conversations among the students, the researcher finds that there are different topics that conversed by the students, and all those topics are very contextual with the real life of students; or in other words, the topics present what students’ lives are. The students did English conversations in order to develop their ability to speak English confidently and pronounce English words correctly; encourage them to use appropriate grammar and vocabulary in English speaking; help them to produce and organize their ideas logically; and develop their communication competence such as oral presentation and story-telling. There are several findings deal with how do students converse with their friends: they do their conversations with big motivation; they begin their conversations with good starting point; they present good turn taking in their conversations; they present good cultural act in their conversations; they conduct their conversations with low accuracy; they conduct their conversations with low fluency; they present cohesion and coherence in their conversations; and they end their conversations with good closing point. And in conducting English conversations, there are strengths and weaknesses. The strengths found in students’ conversations are: students have big motivation in doing English conversations, using very simple vocabularies in their conversations; conversations run spontaneously and naturally; more reactive or responsive in doing conversations; creating good use of conjunctions and determiners; and giving good extended answers to the questions appeared in conversations. While the weaknesses found in students’ conversations are: students are still poor in vocabulary, still weak in using proper grammar, pronunciations and intonations are not so good affected by local language so much.
WRITING IN MANGGARAIAN: AN ANALISIS OF A TERTIARY STUDENT\'S TEX TANS FELIKS
Linguistika: Buletin Ilmiah Program Magister Linguistik Universitas Udayana Vol 15 (2008): March 2008
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Abstract A study conducted at Nusa Cendana University in March 2007 aims at finding out how a Manggaraian text by Apas, a student, is structured. The data are analyzed descriptively. It is found that the overall structure of the text is good. Yet, it lacks details; its introductory and concluding paragraphs are poor; its word choice is heavily influenced by Indonesian and English; some sentences and paragraphs are poorly structured; some words are incorrectly spelt; and, some punctuation is false. It is suggested that Apas improve his ability on such cases and that the Government of Indonesia and linguists interested in Manggaraian standardize its grammar.
ANALISIS TEKS PADA ANGKUTAN KOTA JALUR 2 (DUA) KOTA KUPANG: SEBUAH KAJIAN WACANA KRITIS (TEXT ANALYSIS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT LANE 2 (TWO) KUPANG CITY: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE STUDY) Valentina Lovina Tanate; Feliks Tans; Agustinus Semiun
Metalingua: Jurnal Penelitian Bahasa Vol 18, No 1 (2020): METALINGUA EDISI JUNI 2020
Publisher : Balai Bahasa Jawa Barat

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This paper analyzes the texts written on Kupang City public transport Lane 2. The abundant texts in the corners of the city in various forms and messages represent the language dynamics varied from polite to harsh. This paper aims at explaining the form of such texts, analyzing the production, distribution, and consumption of such text and analyzing their socio-cultural practices using critical discourse analysis method of Norman Fairclough’s. The results showed that only 19.15 % of the texts contains positive meanings and 80.85% of them contains negative ones. The textswere made by the drivers, the owners of the transport, and the drivers’ assistants by writing it on the body of the vehicle. The texts are distributed directly through the city transportation media. The texts are about social rules of the community both positive and negative behavior. Texts have power relations and ideology. Ideologies that participate in the practice of such discourse are liberalism, feminism, religion, and capitalism.AbstrakKajian ini menganalisis tulisan di angkutan kota Jalur 2 Kota Kupang. Maraknya tulisan-tulisan di sudut-sudut kota dengan berbagai bentuk dan pesan merupakan contoh nyata dinamika bahasa mulai dari yang santun sampai dengan yang keras. Tujuan kajian adalah untuk menjelaskan bentuk teks pada angkutan kota Jalur 2 di Kota Kupang, menganalisis produksi, penyebaran, dan konsumsi teks, serta menganalisis praktik sosio-budaya dari teks itu menggunakan teori analisis wacana kritis Norman Fairclough. Metode yang digunakan untuk menganalisis teks adalah metode analisis wacana kritis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa hanya 19,15% teks mengandung pesan positif dan 80,85% mengandung pesan negatif. Teks diproduksi oleh sopir, pemilik angkutan, dan kondektur dengan cara menulis di badan angkutan kota. Teks disebarkan secara langsung melalui media angkutan kota. Teks pada angkutan kota di Kota Kupang tersebut merujuk pada perilaku sosial masyarakat, baik perilaku positif maupun negatif. Teks memiliki relasi kekuasaan dan ideologi. Ideologi yang turut serta di dalam praktik wacana ialah liberalisme,feminisme, agama, dan kapitalisme. 
Analisis Berita Pencalonan Gubernur Dan Wakil Gubernur NTT Tahun 2018 Pada Surat Kabar Victory News: Sebuah Kajian Wacana Kritis Fransiskus Rolantus Lagut; Feliks Tans; Marselus Robot
SASDAYA: Gadjah Mada Journal of Humanities Vol 5, No 1 (2021): February - Juli
Publisher : Unit Penelitian dan Publikasi Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Gadjah Mada

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This study aims to analyze the text, the practice of citizenship and the socio-cultural context in the news text of the election of the governor and vice governor of East Nusa Tenggara in 2018 in the Victory News newspaper. The theory used in this study is Norman Fairclough's critical discourse analysis to analyze texts, the practice of producing and consuming texts, and socio-cultural practices on texts. The method used is descriptive qualitative method. From the data analysis, conclusions can be drawn. First, the VN news text features the 'promise' vocabulary which tends to be used to weaken the pair of candidates for governor-vice-governor besides Viktory-Joss. Transitive sentences tend to be used in the headline of VJ packages while other packages tend to be intransitive sentences. The use of negative sentences and metaphors tends to be used to benefit VJ packages. The news texts used by Victory News tend to be descriptive and argumentative in nature, characterized by the use of meaningful causal conjunctions. Second, Victory News discourse tends to raise news about the campaign, vision and mission, the strength of character and background that supports the Viktory-Joss package. Victory News tends to be political, which means that the interests of the owners of these newspapers are more dominant than balanced reporting. Third, Victory News ideology is positive imaging by highlighting the VJ package so that the public positively evaluates the vision, missions, and actions taken by the package