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THE PRESENCE OF COLLABORATION SKILL IN ELT CLASS Mutohhar Mutohhar; Hakim Sudinpreeda; Agung Dwi Nurcahyo; Fajar Kartika
Prominent Vol 3, No 2 (2020): Prominent : Journal of English Studies
Publisher : Universitas Muria Kudus

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24176/pro.v3i2.5333

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One of the skills that must be possessed in the 21st century is collaboration skill. It requires teachers to present or provide it in the learning process, so that later students are expected to be able to implement it in their real life. The study reported in this paper aims to describe the implementation of collaboration skill in the process of teaching and learning. The data collected by means of close-ended questionnaires and guided interview that were administered to 125 freshman students of the English Education Department of Universitas Muria Kudus. The result shows that 84% of the students said that the teacher has implemented the collaboration skill, however from 84%, only 48% is categorized as instructionally effective. It is suggested that the teachers should manage some instructions and control how the instructions are executed. Keywords: 21st century skills, collaboration skill, effective instruction.
STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF POMODORO STUDY TECHNIQUE FOR ENGLISH LEARNING HABITS IN ENGLISH COURSE OF UKIR VILLAGE Aniqotul Chalimah; Slamet Utomo; Agung Dwi Nurcahyo
Prominent Vol 6, No 1 (2023): Prominent: Journal of English Studies
Publisher : Universitas Muria Kudus

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24176/pro.v6i1.8377

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Abstract: This study focuses on investigating the students' perceptions of the Pomodoro study technique and how the Pomodoro study technique influences students' English learning habits. Pomodoro study technique is a study technique that uses a timer to break down work into intervals. To find out the answers for research purposes, a semi-structured interview and Likert-scale questionnaire were used. After analyzing and interpreting the data the finding shows that the students perceive the Pomodoro study technique as an effective technique to improve their English learning habits. Some aspects of the students’ learning habits that have been improved are their focus, discipline, concentration, productivity, and motivation. Also, in their opinion, the rules of the Pomodoro study technique were easy to follow. The finding from the Likert-scale questionnaire shows that the Pomodoro study technique improves and influences most students' learning habits indicators. The indicators are time management, concentration, discipline, self-control, and self-improvement. Based on the questionnaire result, the range agree has the highest number of responses which is 47. The results demonstrate that the Pomodoro study technique improves the students' learning habits, so it can be said that the Pomodoro study technique is effective. The indication of the conclusion is based on the descriptive rating scale.
THE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS GOOGLE TRANSLATE AS A SUPPORTING MEDIA TO LEARN ENGLISH Lestari, Lusiana Indah; Nurcahyo, Agung Dwi; Romadlon, Farid Noor
Prominent Vol 6, No 2 (2023): Prominent: Journal of English Studies
Publisher : Universitas Muria Kudus

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24176/pro.v6i2.8453

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Now, with the sophistication of smartphones, students can use Google to find out what is not known anywhere and anytime. One of the searches that students often use in learning English is Google Translate. Google Translate is a free multilingual translation service developed by Google which is used to translate text from one language to another. The students always open Google Translate many times when they don't know the meaning of a word, sentence, and text. The objective of the research was to describe the twelfth grade students' perception towards Google Translate as a supporting media to learn English at SMK Al-Hikmah Mayong. The researcher used descriptive qualitative research and the data was collected by the use of a questionnaire. In this research, the researcher used descriptive qualitative research. The participants were students of XII TAV 1 and XII TAV 2 of SMK Al-Hikmah Mayong which consist of 50 students. The result showed that the students of twelfth grade of SMK Al-Hikmah Mayong had a positive perception towards Google Translate as a supporting media to learn English with the majority of the answers they chose being “agree” that it helped them in learning English. They used Google Translate to help them such as to translate, check pronunciation, spell the word, and check synonyms. However, the results of the text translation from Google Translate are less accurate. It has a much different meaning than the original meaning.
Vocational High School Students’ Difficulties in Practicing Speaking Aryani, Farida; Romadlon, Farid Noor; Nurcahyo, Agung Dwi
Prominent Vol 8, No 1 (2025): Prominent: Journal of English Studies
Publisher : Universitas Muria Kudus

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24176/pro.v8i1.13204

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English is becoming essential in this quickly changing world because it is crucial for practically every aspect of life, especially communication. Speaking skills is a foundation for being able to communicate in English. However, many students still find it challenging to practice speaking English because it is not the mother tongue in Indonesia. This study investigated students' difficulties and the factors that cause them in English speaking practice. 80 students of Grade 10 Accounting students at SMK PGRI 2 Kudus were the participants in this study. A qualitative method was applied and the data of this study were collected through questionnaires and in-depth interviews. The questionnaire results revealed that students have difficulties in English practice; inhibition, nothing to say, low participation, and mother tongue use with "nothing to say" as the dominant difficulty. The factors that cause these difficulties include clustering (difficulty arranging sentences), redundancy (not knowing to explain correctly), still unfamiliar with the reduced form, low speaking performance, lack of vocab and not understanding what others are saying, low rate of delivery, and difficulty in pronunciation, stress, and intonation with clustering as the dominant factor. Regarding the dominant difficulty and its factor in the result of this study, the researcher suggests that teachers should always introduce new vocabulary daily so that students' vocabulary continues to increase. Moreover, the teacher should give the students an easy way to construct good sentences in speaking because they are still confused about arranging a correct sentence when practicing speaking.