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Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Darmasiswa International Students in Central Java Indonesia Nuning Zaidah; Laily Nur Affini; Ajeng Setyorini; Siti Nur'Aini
Lensa: Kajian Kebahasaan, Kesusastraan, dan Budaya Vol 13, No 2 (2023)
Publisher : Fakultas Ilmu Pendidikan dan Humaniora (FIPH), Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26714/lensa.13.2.2023.189-203

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The research probed the cross-cultural adaptation of international students who participated in the Darmasiswa program in Indonesia. They have various cultural backgrounds; they lived in Java and interacted with Javanese cultures. The Darmasiswa students’ varied experiences brought particular attention to their competence to adapt to a host country. This study aims to discover how Darmasiswa students overcome the assimilation process, embrace the psychological elements of intercultural communication, and how they handle the adaptation process. It also seeks to discover the efforts to make this program successful and recognise how the participants deal with the challenges of adapting to the local culture. This study used a descriptive qualitative method and employed an in-depth interview to approach the research participants. The participants came from Myanmar, Japan, Singapore, India, Hungaria, Timor Leste, and Thailand. They joined the Darmasiswa program in 2019 to study and learn bahasa Indonesia, the arts, and the cultures. They studied at four universities in Semarang for one year in Central Java Province, Indonesia. Findings showed that the Darmasiswa students’ adaptation and interaction processes were varied. The culture shock experienced by the students were influenced by their family value from their home countries. Internal and external factors played an essential role in influencing the success of the Darmasiswa students’ adaptation. The factors include; communication system, symbolic interaction, social life, personal mindset, the host society's motivation, and the Darmasiswa students’ involvement with the host country’s cultural activities. Those factors affected the students' adaptation levels and learning achievement in the program.
USING ESL PODCAST TO IMPROVE STUDENTS LISTENING COMPREHENSION: A CASE STUDY OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE Salsabella Noviyanto Putri; Laily Nur Affini; Sri Wahyuni
Didaktik : Jurnal Ilmiah PGSD STKIP Subang Vol. 9 No. 04 (2023): Volume 09 No. 04 September 2023
Publisher : STKIP Subang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36989/didaktik.v9i04.1613

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ABSTRACT Listening comprehension is one of the understandings that requires high understanding and repetition to understand the topic being heard. However, it is rarely reviewed in schools because, in its implementation, schools must have adequate facilities. The purpose of this study is to determine students' listening comprehension before and after treatment using ESL podcasts by Jeff McQuillan to determine whether or not the use of ESL podcasts effectively improves listening comprehension. This quantitative research method used one group of pre-test and post-test samples (34 students) in eleventh-grade SMA Kesatrian 1 Semarang. To test the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of podcasts, researchers used the t-test. As secondary data, there was an open questionnaire regarding supporting and inhibiting factors in listening learning. The results showed that ESL podcasts were effective in improving listening comprehension. This was obtained from the pre-test (M = 42.3529) and post-test (M = 75.0000) with Sig. (2-tailed) ,000 <0.05 based on the t-test decision-making shows significance if < 0.05.Moreover, the results of the questionnaire, 27 students felt that their listening comprehension had improved, and seven students felt an increase in listening comprehension. The highest factor supporting listening learning is focus, and the highest inhibiting factor is the lack of vocabulary. Keywords: ESL Podcast, Listening Comprehension, English Learning