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Edublogs: a Media to Improve Students’ Writing Skill in Recount Text Diki Riswandi; N Ngadiso; Abdul Asib
Leksika: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra dan Pengajarannya Vol 12, No 2 (2018)
Publisher : University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (485.123 KB) | DOI: 10.30595/lks.v12i2.3017

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This study designed to improve students’ writing skills through Edublogs of one Senior High Schools in Indonesia. Based on the preliminary observation, there were problems found in the field such as students’ poor writing skills and low interest toward writing, inappropriate teacher’s style in teaching, the role of media and the unsuitable utilization of internet facility. Regarding to the result of the observations, students had some problems in recount text writing those are the generic structure, the purpose and the language features. In addition, they had no capability to make a self-reflection on their mistakes in their own writing. It happens since their English teacher has a tendency to to directly correct their mistakes.This current research was an action research study consisting of two cycles. There are 23 students involved in this study. The data of this study were qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were obtained, the first, by observing the teaching and learning process during the implementation of the actions and the second, by interviewing the students and the collaborator about the actions implemented. Furthermore, the qualitative data were in the form of field notes and interview transcripts. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were gained by assessing the students’ writing skills through the pretest and posttest. The qualitative data were analyzed using the qualitative data analysis those are data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. The results of this study show that Edublogs is an effective media that can be used to improve students’ writing skills qualitatively and quantitatively. Qualitatively, using Edublogs, teaching and learning process became more interesting. The students enjoyed the writing process. The students’ problems in writing can be reduced by using Edublogs in teaching-learning process by applying writing stages through Edublogs. Quantitatively, the average score gained by the students in cycle one was 67.37 while in cycle two is 72.58. The results, however, show that students’ writing skill improves significantly through blogging activity. Thus, it can be concluded that the students are more enthusiastic and more interested in writing English.
Parents’ Involvement in Students’ Academic Achievement in Distance Learning Process During the Pandemic of Covid-19 Yohana Eva Mau Kasi; Suparno Suparno; Abdul Asib
Randwick International of Education and Linguistics Science Journal Vol. 2 No. 1 (2021): RIELS Journal, March
Publisher : RIRAI Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47175/rielsj.v2i1.202

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This study examined the parents’ involvement in students’ Distance Learning during the pandemic of Covid-19 concerning with the school’s policy. This research aimed to explore the private junior high school students’ academic achievement in the pandemic of Covid-19 which was influenced by social factors, such as teachers, parents’ motivational beliefs (Hoover-Dempsey & Sandler, 1995) and home-based and school-based parental involvement (Epstein, 1995). Qualitative method was used to do this study specifically employed a case study design. Questionnaire and semi-structured interview were used to collect the data. 20 parents, eight grade students, homeroom teacher and principle would be the participants in this study. Likert scale and open-ended questionnaire were used to know the participants’ responses on parent’s involvement in children’s education in the Distance Learning. Semi-structured interview would be used to interview the three parents, three students, homeroom teacher and principle for exploring their deep opinions on parental involvement in children’s education success in Distance Learning during the pandemic of Covid-19. The results showed the positives beliefs of parents, students, and school in parents’ involvement in order to influence students’ academic achievement, especially in Distance Learning. At home, parents agreed to control and guide their children in doing the assignments, while at school, they took part in school’s meetings and seminars held by the school.
Reading Strategies: The Employment in Academic Reading and The Teaching Way Faricha Rizqi; Joko Nurkamto; Abdul Asib
IJER (Indonesian Journal of Educational Research) Vol. 3 No. 2 (2018)
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi

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Reading is deemed to have great significance to develop other skills such as writing, speaking, and listening. It provides information and knowledge from a source in the written form. Moreover, reading and comprehension take place not only in the realm of education but in every field of life. Therefore, foreign language learners are supposed to be introduced with reading strategies in order to have successful reading comprehension as the essence of reading. This study explored the type and the frequency of the employment of reading strategies in academic reading. This was done through the instrument developed by Mokhtari and Sheorey (2002), the students’ preferred reading strategy was revealed. Additionally, the teacher’s method of teaching reading strategies was also explored.