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Journal : Jurnal VOK@SINDO

Hampering Factors of English Department Students’ Speaking Skill in Malang Dini Kurnia Irmawati
Jurnal VOK@SINDO Vol 4, No 1 (2016)
Publisher : Program Pendidikan Vokasi Universitas Brawijaya

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Having good ability in speaking will positively benefit students majoring in English Department in their future career. Being able to speak English well will strengthen their identity as English Department students. However, not all of them are able to speak in English well for communication. Thus, the researcher intends to investigate what kinds of hampering factors that apparently make English Department students hard to speak in English. This study is done qualitatively. The subjects of the study cover 364 students of University of Brawijaya, State University of Malang, and Kanjuruhan University. The instruments used are questionnaire, interview guide and observation sheet. The findings show that the most hampering factor of speaking skill in terms of teaching and learning activity is lack of assignment that makes the students do not get sufficient time to practice. In terms of learning materials, too difficult materials have bevome the most hampering factor for them to speak up. Next, in relation to lecturer’s personality, a lecturer who is too serious is the highest reason why they do not speak up actively. Then in terms of the use of English as a medium of instruction, the most hampering factor for the students is lack of the use of English in class. The next hampering factor related to feedback given is the ways how the lecturers give feedback which make the students embarrased. It is expected that the findings of this study can help lecturers to help students improve their speaking skill much better by designing better curriculum and syllabus, applying more communicative strategies in teaching, and creating more helpful atmosphere during the teaching and learning activities.
Using Observation Realia to Improve EFL Students’ Writing Ability in Writing English Descriptive Text Dini Kurnia Irmawati
Jurnal VOK@SINDO Vol 1, No 1 (2013)
Publisher : Program Pendidikan Vokasi Universitas Brawijaya

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In the teaching of writing, interesting media and appropriate teaching techniques are essential to help learners improve their writing ability. In relation to descriptive text, imagining someone or using pictures to describe has not given meaningful experience for students to get ideas on what to describe and how to describe well. Regarding this, many EFL students of D3 English program of Vocational Program at Brawijaya University still found it difficult to develop and organize ideas of someone’s description. Therefore, using observation realia was proposed to be used as a medium to help students solve their problems in writing a descriptive text. This Classroom Action Research on the use of observation realia was done through process-genre based approach which consisted of 4 stages: planning, implementing, observing and reflecting. The result shows that the use of observation realia through process-genre based approach could improve the students’ writing ability in terms of content, organization and language use. English teachers or lecturers are suggested to use observation realia as one of interesting alternative media in teaching writing. Also, further researchers are suggested to develop the use of observation realia for students with different level of education and for different kinds of text types.
Indonesian Translation of Articles about Memory and Study Skill Luthvia Luthvia; Dini Kurnia Irmawati
Jurnal VOK@SINDO Vol 3, No 2 (2015)
Publisher : Program Pendidikan Vokasi Universitas Brawijaya

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Many modern learning media that is up to date nowadays, one of them is online learning media. Online learning media is a learning medium which is practical without needing face to face method and the user need to choose the material topic that they want to learn and must follow the curriculum step by step. Unfortunately, it is less interested by Indonesian citizen because there is no produsen who provides this medium. So that, kerja.id comes up with solution for them who want to excell their grade and want to learn simply. One of the main topics in kerja.id is “Memory and Study Skill”. This article is important topic to be discuused for youth people especially for students or they who want to prepare in applying job and worker who want to upgrade their quality of work. Due to many jobless people and the decreasing number of good quality students, this article is the best solution to increase nation students learning quality and decrease the number of jobless in this country. The translating result of this article can make the readers especially students easily to understand the material about how to be succes student with a new easy way and guaranteed result. This article also completed by steps to achieve the goal that they want.