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Pengembangan Kompetensi Profesional Guru Melalui Collaborative Study Group (CSG) Utami, Lanjar
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The objective of the research is to explain the implementation of CSG in attempt to develop teacher professional competence. Besides, the research is also designed to examine the effects of CSG implementation on the teacher professional development.  The research was carried out at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri (MAN) Karanganyar Central Java, from April to September 2014 employing participatory action research. The subject of the research is seven English teachers of Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Karanganyar. The data were obtained from several techniques including test, participant observation, in-depth interview, questionnaires and document analysis. To analyse the quantitative data, I applied a descriptive statistics and constant comparative method for qualitative data. The findings reveal that the implementation of collaborative study group is effective when the principles of andragogy theory are applied and that CSG enhances teacher professional development.. It implies that collaborative study group is very important in developing teacher professional competence. Therefore, it is recommended that English teachers should be actively involved in collaboraative study group in order to improve their professional development.
DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS THROUGH “KNOW, WANT TO KNOW AND LEARNT” (KWL) STRATEGY Utami, Lanjar
PROCEEDING ICTESS (Internasional Conference on Technology, Education and Social Sciences) 2017: PROCEDINGS ICTESS
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The objective of the research is to explain the implementation of KWL strategy in Englishreading class and the students’ responses towards it. The research was carried out at MANKaranganyar Central Java, from January to May 2016 employing a Classroom Actionresearch (CAR). The subject of the research is thirty students of MAN Karanganyar, twelfthgrade. The data were obtained from several techniques including test, observation, in-depthinterview, questionnaires and document analysis. The researcher applied a descriptivestatistics to analyze the quantitative data and constant comparative method to analyze thequalitative ones. The findings reveal that KWL strategy can develop the students’ readingcomprehension skills in finding the main idea, detailed information, inference, wordmeaning, and references. This strategy also helps teachers to get students to be more activeto participate in the process of learning, expanding knowledge, learning their needs andinterests, and activating their background knowledge. It implies that KWL strategy is veryuseful for developing students’ reading comprehension skills. Therefore, it is recommendedthe English teachers to apply KWL strategy in teaching reading comprehension.Keywords: Reading Comprehension, KWL, CAR