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Incorporating Culture into Listening Comprehension Through Presentation of Movies Kusumarasdyati Kusumarasdyati
TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English Vol 16, No 1 (2005)
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Abstract: The use of movie videos as an instructional aid in the teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL) should be encouraged due to vari­ous pedagogical benefits. This article attempts to suggest a technique of utilizing movies in English listening classes in order to improve the aural perception skills of the learners. It comprises three stages: previewing, viewing and postviewing. In the previewing stage, learners read a brief description of the theme of the movies to activate their prior knowledge, guess the meaning of certain keywords presented in sentential contexts, or familiarize themselves with the main characters. Next, the learners view the movies---either with or without any subtitles—and while doing so they are supposed to answer several questions in written form. Finally, the learners are engaged into a postviewing activity in the form of contrasting cultures reflected in the movies. This technique of teaching listening has proved to be effective in developing listening skills in a foreign language and sensitizing them to the target culture, which is an inseparable aspect of language learning.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO ACTION RESEARCH Kusumarasdyati Kusumarasdyati
Paramasastra : Jurnal Ilmiah Bahasa Sastra dan Pembelajarannya Vol. 3 No. 2 (2016): Vol 3 No 2 Bulan September Tahun 2016
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Surabaya

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Action research atau penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK) merupakan upaya para pendidik yang reflektif untuk meningkatkan kualitas pengajarannya sehingga hasil pembelajaran siswa juga semakin baik. Pada awal perkembangannya di Amerika Serikat di awal abad 20, PTK menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Namun seiring berjalannya waktu, masalah di bidang pendidikan dan pengajaran juga semakin kompleks sehingga beberapa pendidik mulai menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Makalah ini bertujuan untuk memaparkan PTK dengan pendekatan kualitatif dan kuantitatif, disertai dengan contoh-contoh PTK di bidang pengajaran Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing untuk memperkuat alasan penggunaan masing-masing pendekatan tersebut. Pendekatan apa pun yang digunakan”kualitatif atau kuantitatif”bukan menjadi masalah dan masih dapat disebut sebagai PTK, asalkan tujuan penelitian tersebut dapat dicapai, yaitu peningkatan kualitas pengajaran.