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Journal : VOCATIO : Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Administrasi dan Sekretari

OPTIMIZING COLLABORATIVE LEARNING: USING GOOGLE CLASSROOM IN BUSINESS ENGLISH CORRESPONDENCE CLASS Subandoro, Philipus Suryo; Sulindra, Eric
VOCATIO : Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Administrasi dan Sekretari Vol 2, No 1 (2018)
Publisher : Akademi Sekretari Widya Mandala

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The recent learning trend has been put into practice collaboratively with so many aspects belonging to the core curriculum itself, such as Information Technology with its popular approach to collaborative learning. The study applied Google Classroom to the collaborative learning to maximize the learning in the classroom practice. The learning approach used is collaborative learning. The students utilized the collaborative features in Google Classroom to go beyond the limit of conventional learning such as time, space, and distance. The participants were the students taking English Business Correspondence Class of Widya Mandala Secretarial Academy Surabaya, Indonesia. The research found that Google Classroom was proven a supportive learning management system according to the students. Moreover, Google Classroom were proven useful to foster the process of writing process, during the revision stages. To sum up, Google Classroom were felt by the students to be the answer of ‘mobility in learning’ and to speed up the learning process, beyond time and spaces.
SCAFFOLDING AS USED IN THE WRITING PROCESS OF AN ENGLISH WRITING COURSE Sulindra, Eric
VOCATIO : Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Administrasi dan Sekretari Vol 2, No 1 (2018)
Publisher : Akademi Sekretari Widya Mandala

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Dealing with writing, there are two major problems for the students in English courses. The first is in finding ‘what to write’ (generating ideas about a specific topic) and the second is how to develop the idea that has been invented. Developing the ideas includes using the appropriate grammar and sentence structure in each paragraph and also developing paragraphs to form a composition. The paper overviews how scaffolding technique is able to help students in English classes to learn writing. Scaffolding is regarded as suitable for teaching writing because of the approach used in the technique focuses more to the approach rather than to the product. A general description and overview of how students are supported by scaffolding technique in generating ideas related to a particular topic and producing an appropriate text organization, is presented here.
SELF-ACCESS CENTER AND STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE ON BEING AUTONOMOUS LEARNERS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING Sulindra, Eric; Dasuki, Febe Yeni
VOCATIO : Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Administrasi dan Sekretari Vol 1, No 2 (2017)
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The recent student-centered learning trend in language education has put more emphasis on students’ independent English Language Learning as well as more responsibility towards their success in the learning process. However, some teachers still believe that teachers should control most learning process due to the learning success. As supporting resource to English Language Learning, Self-Access Center has been admitted to be significant in language learning success. This study aimed to find out how Self-Access Center facilities were able to influence students’ attitude towards autonomy in learning. The research was descriptive qualitative. The data collection was conducted by triangulating the three instruments: questionnaires, in-depth semi structured interview and student-attendance-record. This study took place in Widya Mandala Secretarial Academy Surabaya, Indonesia, in its Self-Access Center facility. The findings were to show the students’ perception on Self-Access Center as a determining factor in their learning success, and how the center itself affected their attitude towards autonomy in learning.
MODELING AND PEER REVIEWING AS SCAFFOLDING IN EFL STUDENTS’ ENGLISH BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE WRITING Hartani, Tuti; Sulindra, Eric
VOCATIO : Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Administrasi dan Sekretari Vol 1, No 1 (2017)
Publisher : Akademi Sekretari Widya Mandala

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The research aimed to investigate how Modeling and Peer Reviewing as types of scaffoldings in learning, practical expansion of Constructivism approach could assist the EFL (English as Foreign language) learners to improve their writing skill in English Business Correspondence class. As a derivation of Constructivism approach, Modeling and Peer Reviewing, two types of scaffolding in learning (which may employ various teaching methods) tend to put more weight on the social factors of Language Teaching instead of in quest for ‘the best method’. The research methodology used was Classroom Action Research, which utilized the cycles of Action Research: Planning-Acting-Reflecting-Revising the Plan. The data collection was conducted by interviewing, taking learning activity log (field note), and giving Pre-test and Post-test to the student-participants. All these data were analyzed and decoded to see patterns and tendency. The result described that the two scaffolding tools: Modeling and Peer Reviewing were able to give impact to the improvement of students’ English Business Correspondence skills. Modeling and Peer Reviewing generally improved the students’ writing quality and improve their scores. The Modeling action gave initial pictures on the message structure of the business letters, commonly used phrases, writing styles, vocabulary, content/ ideas for writing, grammar and sentence structure. The Peer Reviewing action contributed feedback on the students’ work. The feedback could be upon: grammar and structure, message structure, writing style, diction and set phrases. The recommendation based on the research is that the teachers/lecturers/instructors are to give initial instruction and some explanation regarding the framework or basic concept before applying the Modeling and Peer Reviewing in the classroom. The application of Modeling and Peer Reviewing should also consider: students’ readiness and students’ maturity.