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Rentauli Mariah Silalahi
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Assessing University Students’ Critical Thinking Skill by Using the TOEFL ITP Reading Test Rentauli Mariah Silalahi
Lingua Cultura Vol. 11 No. 2 (2017): Lingua Cultura Vol. 11 No. 2
Publisher : Bina Nusantara University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21512/lc.v11i2.1518

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This is a qualitative study trying to find out the students’ ability in applying the critical thinking skill while doing the TOEFL ITP reading test. The student participants were 140 university students in one of the private universities in Indonesia. In order to find out the answer, this research was firstly done by looking at the relationship of critical thinking and reading comprehension skill and investigating the level of students’ reading ability by contrasting their reading score to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The study found out that there was an inseparable connection between the students’ critical thinking skill and reading competence and that majority of the student participants were very weak in critical thinking and reading competence skills and so placed at the bottom level of the CEFR. 
IELTS Teachers and Test Takers’ Attitudes towards IELTS Writing Tasks Rentauli Mariah Silalahi
Proceedings of ISELT FBS Universitas Negeri Padang Vol 2 (2014): Proceedings of 2nd International Seminar on English Language Teaching (ISELT)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

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This study is conducted to explore the attitudes of teachers actively involved in preparing student candidates to sit for an IELTS test and IELTS test takers who have experienced doing the test towards the usefulness of the IELTS writing exam in preparing candidates for university level studies in an English speaking country. It is also carried out in order to find out if the IELTS writing exams, task one and task two, meet the espoused goals of expressing critical thinking. Accordingly, a questionnaire was administered to 2 IELTS teachers and 16 IELTS test takers in an Indonesian private university, followed with an interview. The results indicated that both tasks of the IELTS writing test were perceived by the teachers and students as having positive effect on training the test takers to think critically and logically yet bearing a slight relationship with skills needed at faculty level because the writing assignments at university would be very much different in criteria of assessment and constraints for completion than those tested at IELTS test. However, both teachers and students mostly have positive attitudes towards the test as a reliable tool to assess their level of English proficiency. This study will mostly be very useful for teacher practitioners who have responsibilities in preparing students to sit for an IELTS test.
UNDERSTANDING VYGOTSKY’S ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT FOR LEARNING Rentauli Mariah Silalahi
Polyglot Vol 15, No 2 (2019): July
Publisher : Universitas Pelita Harapan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19166/pji.v15i2.1544

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Vygotsky is the father of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) theory who claims that a leaner can do what he can almost do alone with the presence of assistance. This literature study aims at investigating what factors need to be present for developing someone’s potential. From the literature study, it was found that there are six factors that need to be present, including assistance, mediation, cooperation, imitation, target and crises. With the presence of assistance from the more capable other and keeping attention to the six important factors, a learner will be able to do what he/she can almost do alone.BAHASA INDONESIA ABSTRAK: Vygotsky adalah penemu konsep Zona Perkembangan Proksimal yang menyatakan bahwa seseorang yang belajar akan mampu melakukan apa yang hampir dapat dilakukannya secara mandiri dengan tersedianya bantuan. Studi kepustakaan ini bertujuan untuk meneliti unsur apa saja yang penting untuk membantu perkembangan potensi seorang pelajar. Dari studi kepustakaan ditemukan bahwa ada enam unsur yang penting yakni bantuan, mediasi, kerjasama, kemampuan untuk meniru, sasaran dan masa sulit atau keluar dari zona nyaman. Dengan adanya bantuan dari orang yang lebih mampu dan kehadiran dari enam unsur tersebut, seorang pelajar akan mampu melakukan apa yang hampir dapat dilakukannya sendiri.
THE ADULT-CHILD DYAD AS A PROBLEM-SOLVING SYSTEM: AN EXPERIMENT WITH ONE BILINGUAL INDONESIAN CHILD Rentauli Mariah Silalahi
Polyglot Vol 17, No 1 (2021): JANUARY
Publisher : Universitas Pelita Harapan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19166/pji.v17i1.2432

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This study tries to reveal how the transition from interpsychological to intrapsychological functioning happens in an adult-child dyad’s activity involving a 3.6 year-old-child and the child’s mother. The study explores how the adult and child divided up the strategic responsibilities for carrying out a problem-solving task of completing a puzzle. The experiment, which took place in the child’s living room and lasted for 48 minutes, was videotaped and observed while all utterances by the adult and child were transcribed verbatim. Coding was done in order to note information showing the gaze behavior, interventions from the adult, and episodes for each correct match. Thematic analysis was chosen as the method to analyze the transcripts in order to find meaningful patterns. The study found that the adult’s intervention is important in the early stage of the joint-problem activity while, when the child takes more responsibility and develops some strategies as the child becomes more self-regulated, the adult’s role in scaffolding decreases.  There is a transition from the interpsychological to intrapsychological functioning in the adult-child dyad while gazes towards the played cards outweigh the role of gazes towards other objects.
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