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Cohesive Devices in Student’s Writing (A Discourse Analysis on Argumentative Text) Haqim Hasan Albana; Abdul Gafur Marzuki; Alek Alek; Didin Nuruddin Hidayat
Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora Vol 8, No 1: March 2020
Publisher : Pascasarjana UM

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Abstract: This research aims to analyse a piece of argumentative writing produced by fifth semester of Darussunnah students in a term of cohesion issues of discourse analysis. The cohesive devices are viewed as a structure of analysis to investigate the grammatical and lexical cohesion in writing. Qualitative and quantitative (mixed method) were applied in analysing the data. The quantitative analysis investigates the frequency and percentage of errors committed in student’s writing. Qualitative analysis were employed to investigate linguistic description and the explanation of the cohesion produced by student’s writing. The result showed that students have performed the cohesive devices. However, students need to improve the use of cohesive device, especially in grammatical cohesion to result higher level of cohesion.Key Words: Argumentative writing, cohesive devices, grammatical and lexical cohesion Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis karya tulis argumentatif mahasiswa semester V Darussunnah dalam kerangka analisis permasalahan kohesi. Perangkat kohesif dipandang sebagai struktur analisis untuk menyelidiki kohesi gramatikal dan leksikal dalam menulis. Analisis data dilakukan secara kualitatif dan kuantitatif (metode campuran). Analisis kuantitatif penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyelidiki frekuensi dan persentase kesalahan yang dilakukan dalam kegiatan menulis siswa. Analisis kualitatif digunakan untuk menyelidiki deskripsi linguistik dan penjelasan tentang kohesi yang dihasilkan oleh tulisan siswa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa siswa telah melaksanakan perangkat kohesif. Namun, siswa perlu meningkatkan penggunaan perangkat kohesif, terutama pada kohesi gramatikal untuk menghasilkan tingkat kohesi yang lebih tinggi.Kata kunci:Penulisan argumentatif, perangkat kohesif, kohesi gramatikal dan leksikal
Digital Games-Based Learning: An Innovative Language Learning in EFL Classroom by Utilizing Kahoot! Santiana Santiana; Suci Nurzannah Efendi; Ratu Sarah Pujasari; Abdul Gafur Marzuki; Erizar Erizar
Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora Vol 9, No 4: DECEMBER 2021
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Abstract: This study aims to explore students' perceptions of utilizing Kahoot! to learn a language in the EFL classroom. Data were gathered through interviews with six students from one of Tasikmalaya's high schools. In this study, a qualitative design by using a descriptive case study was used, and the data were dissected utilizing thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006). The findings re vealed that students' perceptions of utilizing Kahoot in the classroom were positive, towards students agreeing that the utilization of Kahoot in the classroom encouraged them to learn in a fun way rather than by sticking to the books. In addition, Kahoot could be a beneficial and remarkable tool that permitted the student to make classroom situations to be more interesting or to motivate and encourage students’ learning, it is also a platform relating to competition style in learning helped the students in sharpening their brain, improving their response time, and enabling them to learn topics that were difficult to understand. As a result, Digital Games-Based Learning by using Kahoot! is one of the innovations in learning a language in the EFL Classroom..Keywords: digital game-based learning, EFL classroom, kahoot Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggali persepsi siswa tentang pemanfaatan Kahoot! untuk belajar bahasa di kelas EFL. Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara dengan enam siswa dari salah satu SMA Tasikmalaya. Dalam penelitian ini menggunakan desain kualitatif dengan menggunakan studi kasus deskriptif, dan data dibedah menggunakan analisis tematik (Braun & Clarke, 2006). Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan bahwa persepsi siswa tentang penggunaan Kahoot di kelas adalah positif, terhadap siswa yang setuju bahwa penggunaan Kahoot di kelas mendorong mereka untuk belajar dengan cara yang menyenangkan daripada terpaku pada buku. Selain itu, Kahoot bisa menjadi alat yang bermanfaat dan luar biasa yang memungkinkan siswa untuk membuat situasi kelas menjadi lebih menarik atau untuk memotivasi dan mendorong belajar siswa, juga merupakan platform yang berkaitan dengan gaya kompetisi dalam belajar membantu siswa dalam mengasah otak mereka. , meningkatkan waktu respons mereka, dan memungkinkan mereka mempelajari topik yang sulit dipahami. Alhasil, Pembelajaran Berbasis Game Digital dengan menggunakan Kahoot! merupakan salah satu inovasi dalam pembelajaran bahasa di EFL Classroom.Kata kunci: pembelajaran berbasis game digital, kelas EFL, kahoot
The Roles of School Principal Leadership in Developing English Teachers’ Creativities in Palu Abdul Gafur Marzuki; Saja'un Lampuasa
AT-TA'LIM Vol 26, No 3 (2019)
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang

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This research is a descriptive qualitative that explaines and describes any pertinent things related to the school principal leadership and teachers’ creativities which occur now at the research spot. This study aims to investigate the roles of the school principal in encouraging, driving, and directing teachers to be creative in performing their works. Results indicated that in encouraging his teachers, the school principal: 1) provides conducive climate and condition by involving his teachers in designing school programs and by welcoming his teachers’ comments and arguments on any policies he applies or any decisions he takes; 2) introduces and assures his teachers that education paradigm has changed therefore the school should be managed as a business firm in the area of public services where the most thing that should be considered is how to satisfy customers; 3) informs clearly that in evaluating the staffs’ performances he applies reward and punishment policy; and 4) optimizes managerial functions especially in monitoring what happens in the classroom. In driving the teachers, the school primcipal should applies his or her policy and delegates several responsibilities and jobs to the right persons. In directing the teachers he or s lets his or staffs  free to do their best.
Using Language Games to Enhance EFL Students’ Speaking Skill in Indonesia Abdul Gafur Marzuki; Ana Kuliahana
AT-TA'LIM Vol 28, No 3 (2021)
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang

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This research aims at enhancing EFL students’ speaking skill through the use of language games. The research was designed in the form of Classroom Action Research. It was conducted in two cycles and six meetings. Each cycle consisted of plan, implementation, observation, and Reflection. The researchers employed an observation checklist, field notes, questionnaire, and test to collect the data. The main criterion of success of this research was that the students’ scores on the speaking test should achieve a score of 70, and it must be achieved by 75% of the total number of students. The second criterion was that the lecturer’s classroom performance should meet the “Success” category. The results of the first speaking test showed that from 24 students in the classroom, 15 students got scores of 70 or higher. It was equal to 62.5 %. In cycle 2, the total number of students who got scores of 70 or higher was 21. It was equal to 87.5 %. The result of this research indicated that the use of language games can develop the students’ speaking skills
Developing Speaking Skill through Oral Report in an EFL Class in Indonesia Abdul Gafur Marzuki
AT-TA'LIM Vol 24, No 3 (2017)
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang

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This Classroom Action Research aims at developing students’ speaking skill through the application of oral report technique. This research is conducted collaboratively in three cycles in which researcher acts as a lecturer while his collaborator acts as an observer and each cycle consists of two meetings. Data of this research is attained from two main sources namely qualitative and quantitative data. The data shows that In preliminary study, 35.5% students could answer questions given by researcher through interview but the achievement score shows that 13.3% students could fulfill the minimum criteria of achievement. The minimum criterion of achievement is 60. At cycle I, 37% students could participate in oral report and 24.4% students could fulfill the minimum criteria of achievement. At cycle II, 51.1% students could participate in oral report and 42.2% students could fulfill the minimum criteria of achievement. The last is 75% students could fulfill the minimum criteria of achievement from 86.6% students who participated in oral report at cycle III from 45 students. Furthermore, the highest score obtained by student from each of cycles present that in preliminary study is 70 whereas 72.5 at cycle I, 85 at cycle II, and 90 at cycle III. Based on the findings of this research, it can be inferred that the application of oral report technique can develop students’ speaking skill in using English
‘‘Why She Disappeared’’ (A Study of Illeism in Poetic Discourse) Alek Alek; Abdul Gafur Marzuki; Didin Nuruddin Hidayat; Farhana Amalya Islamiati; Aning Rustanti Raharjo
Ethical Lingua: Journal of Language Teaching and Literature Vol. 7 No. 2 (2020)
Publisher : Universitas Cokroaminoto Palopo

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The paper in hand is an attempt to apply discourse analysis approach to analyze the use of illeism in poetic eloquence. Illeism is used in third-person self-reference forms for representing the views of someone else as distinctive technique of interpretation. Through this means, it creates illusion of the speaker linguistically and thematically trying to distance themselves in the narrative. The paper is an analysis of Taylor Swift’s poem “Why She Disappeared” for her sixth studio album ‘Reputation’. The study explores qualitatively poetry elements in accordance to highlight the implication of illeism through signifiers. It utilizes a literary approach and the poem as the corpus of the study. The aims of the study are to address the way illeism functioning within the poem and the interpretation of the third-person self-reference in the poem. It is found that the poem presents the use of illeism in threefold: (1) it is used to distance oneself from traumatic occurrences; (2) it is used to refer to past-self indirectly; (3) it is used to give self-motivation. The third-person terms mentioned in the poem contribute to the actions that the speaker is employing through the discourse. Further study is needed to explore more about illeism in a variety of discourse.
The Implementation of SQ3R Method to Develop Students’ Reading Skill on Islamic Texts in EFL Class in Indonesia Abdul Gafur Marzuki
Register Journal Vol 12, No 1 (2019): REGISTER JOURNAL
Publisher : UIN Salatiga

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The study aims at analyzing the development of students’ reading skill on Islamic texts in EFL class in Indonesia through SQ3R method. The research was designed as a collaborative classroom action research which was carried out at TBI-4 FTIK IAIN Palu. The subject of the research was the third semester students of TBI-4 FTIK IAIN Palu consisting of 24 students. The research was conducted in one cycle through stages of planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The cycle consists of three meetings. The researcher with his collaborator collected the data by using observation checklists, field notes, camera recording, and test. The result showed that the SQ3R method could develop students’ reading skill. This fact was supported by the result of achievement test. There were 19 students (75%) who got score greater than 80 of 24 students, there were 6 students who could not reach the score. The research was stopped after the third meeting of cycle 1 in which the result of students’ achievement test have met the criteria of success. Based on this finding, the researcher concluded that the implementation of SQ3R method in teaching and learning process can develop students’ reading skill on Islamic texts.Keywords: Implementation, Reading Skill, SQ3R method.
Computer Based Testing in Senior High School on National Examination Alek Alek; Abdul Gafur Marzuki; Muhammad Farkhan; Dede Surahman; Dedi Daryanto; Sanidaya Febrianto
Indonesian Journal of Learning Education and Counseling Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020): Maret
Publisher : ILIN Institute Makassar

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The aim of this study is to investigate the students’ perception of computer-based testing in national examination and determine the extent to which cheating in exams would be eliminated by the adoption of CBT in National examination. Relevant to the purpose of the study, the researchers decide to use a qualitative case study since it was taken place in a natural setting and the data was collecting using questionnaire. This study conducted in one of senior high school in Jakarta Timur. Then, the participants in this study were 30 students of twelfth-grade students. The results of this study are almost 30 students give their perception that the CBT is the effective one for the students in the final examination and the CBT produces a good final examination the elimination of cheating cases in the national examination consumes time in each question.
DEVELOPING VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH GUESSING WORDS GAME FOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 10 PALU Arika Nurul Iftitah; Abdul Gafur Marzuki; Ana Kuliahana
Datokarama English Education Journal Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020): August
Publisher : English Tadris Department, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, State Islamic University (UIN) Datokarama Palu

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The objectives of this research was to know the process of learning English vocabulary by using guessing words game and to know the students’ problem in learning English vocabulary by using guessing words game for the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 10 Palu in academic year of2019/2020 with the use of guessing words game technique. In this research, the researcher used qualitative research method. The researcher chose class VII D as sample which consisted of 23 students. In collecting the data, the researcher used four kinds of instruments, they were: observation,interview, test and document. Based on the observation, there are some problems in the teaching and learning. To solve those problems, the researcher implemented guessing words game as vocabulary activities. This research was conducted through classroom action research that consisted of two cycles. Each cycles consisted three meetings. The result of the research showed that there were some improvements of the students’ vocabulary. In cycle 1 average score was 62,86 there were some unsuccessful score. Meanwhile, in cycle 2 average score was 72,34 the implementation of guessing words game was successful in developing students vocabulary. Guessing words game gives better result to develop the students’ vocabulary. In other words, guessing words game is effective to use in teaching English vocabulary.
THE EFFECT OF ANXIETY TOWARD STUDENTS’ LEARNING MOTIVATION OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE AT SMAN 4 PALU hasriani; Abdul Gafur Marzuki; Yuni Amelia; Hijrah Syam
Datokarama English Education Journal Vol. 2 No. 1 (2021): August
Publisher : English Tadris Department, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, State Islamic University (UIN) Datokarama Palu

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The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of anxiety toward students’ learning motivation of the eleventh grade at SMAN 4 Palu in the academic year 2019- 2020. This research used as a survey quantitative research method. The population of this research was conducted for the eleventh-grade students of SMAN 4 Palu with consisted of 50 students, who used purposive sampling with took 2 classes as the samples to encourage representative data. In the procedure of collecting data, the researcher used one of instrument is questionnaire. The questionnaire used to encourage the effect of anxiety and the motivation in learning English of the students. The researcher was giving students a questionnaire using WhatsApp. The questionnaire in Google form, so students just open and checklist their answer and send. The result of the questionnaire has shown there was no significant effect of anxiety toward students’ learning motivation. This result of Pearson Product Moment table, which has shown were scores of Sigs between effect Anxiety and Motivation was 0,450 or more than 0,05. It means there was no effect of anxiety toward motivation. The researcher concluding the effect of anxiety toward students' learning motivation was normal.
Co-Authors Abd. Ghofur Abdul Haliq, Abdul Agung Surya Laksana Aldri Frinaldi Alek Alek Alek, A Alexis Enriquez Amelia, Yuni Ana Kuliahana Ana Kuliahana Ana Kuliahana Andi Nurfaizah Angela, Angela Aning Rustanti Raharjo Anita Anita Anita Anita Annisa Astrid Ardiansyah, A. Arika Nurul Iftitah Asri B, M. Azis, Sulihin B, M. Asri Baguilat, Ivan D. Darwis Jauhari Bandu Dede Surahman Dedi Daryanto Deni Karsana Deni Karsana Deni, Rahma Dian Eka Chandra Wardhana, Dian Eka Chandra Didin Nuruddin Hidayat Didin Nuruddin Hidayat Eka Apriani, Eka Erizar Erizar Erizar Erizar Erizar Erizar, Erizar Eulis Rahmawati Evi Nurisra Aprilia Sari Fadila Fadila Fadila Fadila, Fadila Fahmi Fauzji Farhana Amalya Islamiati Farida Esmianti Farkhan, Muhammad Farkhan, Muhammad fatimah Fatimah Fatimah Fatimah Fatinah, Siti Fitriningsih, Fitriningsih Ghasella Makhpirokh Haucsa Haqim Hasan Albana Harmisa Harmisa Harmisa, Harmisa Hasriani hasriani Hendriana Sri Rejeki Hidayat, Didin Nuruddin Hijrah Syam Hikmatullah, Nanak Idris Patekkai Idris Patekkai Iftitah, Arika Nurul Ila Amalia Ila Amalia Ila Amalia, Ila Ispina, Jacqueline Inting Juniati Juniati Juniati Juniati Khan, Tariq Kuliahana, Ana M, Elisabet M. Asri B M. Asri B M. Asri B M. Nur, Mohammad Djamil Muthmainnah Muthmainnah Muthmainnah Muthmainnah Muthmainnah Muthmainnah Noermnzah, Noermnzah Nursyam Nursyam Nursyamsi Nursyamsi Purwaningsi, Utari Rahmawati, Eulis Rashed Mahmud Ratu Sarah Pujasari Ratu Sarah Pujasari, Ratu Sarah Rustam Rustam Safnil, Safnil Saja'un Lampuasa Sanidaya Febrianto Santiana Santiana Santiana Santiana Shynta Amalia Silfani, Ani Nuraeni Suci Nurzannah Efendi Sulihin Azis Supardan, Dadan Syafryadin, Syafryadin Syam, Hijrah Tamrin Tamrin Tamrin Tamrin Ulfah Ulfah Ulfah Ulfah Ulinsa, Ulinsa Utari Purwaningsi Viyani, Villy Al Wiwik Handayani yuni amelia