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Inspiration : Instructional Practices in Language Education
Published by Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara
ISSN : 31232523     EISSN : 31231896     DOI : -
Core Subject : Education, Social,
Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other
Inspiration: Instructional Practices in Language Education is a peer-reviewed international journal published bianually by Magister Tadris Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan keguruan, UIN Sumatera Utara Medan, Indonesia. INSPIRATION is dedicated to serve as a forum for academicians and researchers who are interested in the discussion of current and future issues on second and foreign language education. Although articles are written in English, the journal welcomes studies dealing with education of languages other than English as well. Contributions are welcome in any suitable form, including conceptual paradigms, theoretical and qualitative or quantitative empirical articles, and review articles with clear pedagogical implications. INSPIRATION reviews only original manuscripts and does not review articles that have been published or are under consideration elsewhere.
Arjuna Subject : Ilmu Sosial - Pendidikan
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STUDENT'S PERCEPTION OF HELLO ENGLISH APPLICATION ON STUDENTS VOCABULARY LEARNING Farida Repelita Waty Kembaren; Meriah Hati Lubis
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30829/inspiration.v1i2.14154

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Mobile technology quickly attracts new users, providing full features to support language development. One of the tools that plays a key role in the development of mobile language for students is the inclusion of many educational applications. This can improve the practical and structural features of the Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) process. In this case, the researcher uses the mobile app 'Hello English' as a means of communication. The study was designed to determine students 'ideas for using the' Hello English 'program as a way to develop students' skills in developing student vocabulary. In this study, researchers used a list of questions to get ' opinions. This study uses qualitative as a research project. The study was conducted at Junior High School in Ujung Batu Jae, North Padang Lawas. Participants are 25 students who use Hello English. The results showed that most of them gave good ideas about the application because they easily understood the story, were enthusiastic and motivated to learn English, 'Hello English' can eliminate boredom in reading and help them understand the story. Keywords : hello english, student's perception, vocabulary mastery
The Students’ Ability in Using Lexical Collocation In Sentences at State Islamic University of North Sumatra Iris April L Ramirez
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30829/inspiration.v2i2.19251

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ABSTRACT. To enable pre-service teachers acquire the certain teaching skills, well-planned educational programs and well-trained teachers are needed to implement these programs. Indeed, teacher education institution hold a major responsibility in training qualified pre-service teachers as it is essential for the welfare of a country and securing the quality of all educational levels from primary to tertiary education. To determine the level of teaching skills, a qualitative descriptive method was used with 96 pre-service teachers. The study adopted and modified a scale according to the needs of the study and validated by experts. The present study found that the pre-service teachers of BukSU generally are prepared for classroom work as revealed  in  the  results of their  internship in the laboratory school as well as during their off-campus which  consists  of  their  roles  as  student interns and  their  ability  to  handle  students’  participation. Qualitative research methods can be resorted to in order to perform in-depth descriptive studies to investigate the differences in the teaching skills of pre-service teachers from different indicators.Keywords: pre-service teachers, teaching, skills, teacher education, internship
INVESTIGATING LINGUISTICS FACTORS AFFECTING ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENT’S ENGLISH SPEAKING PERFORMANCE Taufik Afdal; Joko Iswanto
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30829/inspiration.v1i1.12227

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This paper seeks to investigate linguistics factors affecting students in speaking English at Khadimul Ummah Islamic Boarding  School, Bintan, Kepri. A total of ten students comprising 4 female students and 6 male students of senior high school participated in this research. Open-ended interviews were used to collect the data. The data in the forms of utterances were recorded. They were further analyzed and classified according to linguistic factors. The errors detected were further elaborated. Based on the data analysis, it was found that the majority of students commit errors of vocabulary followed by omission, addition and pronunciation. Thus, the most dominant linguistic factor in this case is vocabulary. It is suggested that the tutors of the English speaking program should provide feedbacks on students’ errors in order to get students used to good grammar usage, proper vocabulary and pronunciation. In addition, introducing collocations to students will help them speak naturally and fluently. Keywords: Speaking Problems, Islamic Boarding School, Speaking Anxiety
CODE SWITCHING AND CODE MIXING IN BILINGUAL CLASSROOM INTERACTION Andi Tenrisanna Syam
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30829/inspiration.v2i2.19246

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There are several international schools or even semi-international schools that utilize foreign language, especially the youth who has mastered their mother tongue sometimes (if not often) do code switch and/or code mix language to English alternately or in other words they change language occurring over sentences. The objective of this research was to find out code mixing and switching in terms of teacher talk and student talk used in the classroom interaction. The method of this research was qualitative quantitative and it applied discourse analysis approach. The subject of this research was the teacher and the students of Junior High School Number 12 Makassar. The researcher chose Biology teacher and took three classes. The instruments of the research were observation checklist, interview, recording, and questionnaire. The researcher found that the type token ratio in code mixing and code switching Indonesian/English in classroom interaction was varied. The average mean length of utterance of the teacher in code mixing and code switching Indonesian/English in the three classes were 11.77 in class VIIA, 11.23 in class VIIC, and 10.22 in class VIID. There were two types of questions the teacher asked in code mixing and code switching the words in the classroom namely convergent and divergent questions.  The teacher provided interactional feedback in code mixing and code switching to her students when addressing students in the classroom.Keywords: Code Mixing, Code Switching, Teacher Talk, Student Talk
THE EXISTENTIALIST FEMINISM IN P.J HOGAN’S CONFESSION OF A SHOPPAHOLIC FILM Dita Herma Yulistya; Indah Lestari
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30829/inspiration.v3i2.25787

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The social phenomena of women and gender arises because of the discrimination between men and women. Whereby, the women are not respected in taking opportunities and decisions within life and it control of women’s freedom. Thereby, women is struggling in their existence to equal like men. The problem undertaken in this research relate to feminism, specifically on types existentialist feminism in perspective by Simone De Beauvoir’s The Second Sex book. The focus of this research is to find out the main character existence that relates to the freedom of Rebecca’s choice in Confession of a Shopaholic film. This research used a qualitative descriptive method and data taken from Confession of a Shopaholic film. The result revealed three types of existentialist feminism from the P.J Hogans’s Confession of a Shopaholic film and each of the data found in this research are 10 data of prostitutes, 9 data of narcissism, and 12 data of mystic. Also, Rebecca is a woman who achieves freedom in determining her own life choices, whose her freedom is shopping, and what she doing for her existence as a woman is seen by other women that Rebecca is able to shop for the same luxury goods.
AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OF USING GOOGLE TRANSLATE FROM INDONESIA TO ENGLISH IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT Azura Srikandi
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30829/inspiration.v2i1.17974

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This study focuses on the grammatical errors made by Google Translate in translating narrative text from Indonesian to English.The narrative text is a text written by class X culinary arts studentsat SMK Tunas Karya Batang Kuis. The research method used in conducting this research is qualitative with content analysis as the research design. It is also known as the document analysis method.It is intended that readers will be able to learn about the types of grammar errors that occur when using Google Translate and also the most common errors. This research discovered that there are two addition errors in five narrative texts. The words are "after and who." There are two deletion errors. Those are deletion articles and translated people's names. Replacement errors are the most common, followed by a total of 17 errors. Among them are replacement errors because they cannot find the right equivalent, translating word for word, pronoun substitution errors, and translating people's names. The last is a misordering error. There are two misordering errors: that a word or a group of words is placed incorrectly in a sentence. It is intended that once readers understand this, they will avoid making the same errors and enhance their grammar translation knowledge and skills. Keywords: Google translate, Grammatical errors, Narrative text
ENHANCING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH INTERVIEW TECHNIQUE Naufal Azmi; Ismalianing Eviyuliwati; Maya Defianty
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30829/inspiration.v3i1.21778

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The study aims at enhancing students’ speaking ability through interview technique. This study is conducted on 26 students of the eighth-grade of SMPN 9 Tangerang Selatan in Academic Year 2018/2019. This study uses Classroom Action Research as the research method which was designed by Kurt Lewin. The study is conducted in two cycles where each cycle consists of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The data are obtained through tests (pre-test, post-test 1, post-test 2). The result of the study shows that there is an enhancement in students’ speaking ability. The students’ enhancement is proved by their speaking test result which improves from test to test. In the pre-test, there are only 11.53% or 3 students who could pass the Minimum Mastery Criterion (KKM), and the mean score is 51.53. Then, in the post-test 1 in Cycle 1, there are 19.23% or 5 students who pass the KKM, and the mean score is 60.  Therefore, there is a little enhancement from the pre-test to post-test 1. Finally, in post-test 2, it shows that the enhancement is quite large that there are 80.76% or 21 students who can pass the KKM, and the mean score is 77.07. Thus, this indicates that it has met the criterion of success that at least 75% of students must get the score above the KKM
WHY DO THE STUDENTS DO DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN ENGLISH CLASSROOM? Anida Fadhilah Jati; Endang Fauziati; Agus Wijayanto
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30829/inspiration.v4i1.25800

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A conducive learning situation is essential in learning English. However, one problem that usually disturbs the learning situation is the appearance of disruptive behavior. Students' disruptive behavior is an inappropriate behavior conducted by students during the learning process which turns the classroom into not conducive. Exactly, there are several factors contribute to the occurrence of disruptive behavior in the classroom, especially on senior high school students. Thus, the current study was a case study aimed to investigate several causes of students' disruptive behavior in English teaching-learning process in the classroom. The subjects of this study were seven English teachers and six selected classes from the tenth grade until the twelfth-grade students in a small town in Indonesia. The data were collected by using observation and interview. The result of this study showed that students' disruptive behavior in the English classroom was caused by internal factor and external factor. Feeling boredom, feeling anxiety, and seeking attention were internal factor that became the occurrence of disruptive behavior. While fatigue and the influence of media were the external factor that causes the emergence of students' disruptive behavior in the English teaching-learning process in the classroom.
AN ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS USAGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION BY USING WHATSAPP APPLICATION Rinaldy Alidin
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30829/inspiration.v1i2.14155

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Slang words is the one term from language that unfamilliar by learner of english. Slang words often used in common for teenagers, social group in all ages which teenagers also used slang words among their peers. Slang words could created new words and new meaning which are same in form of existing words and meaning. Slang words are rarely heard which also called as taboo language. Slang words could classified into positive and negative thoughts that depends to users of slang words in communication and using. So this research study involved higher students who using slang words in their typed message on Whatsapp application. This research study focus to determine students’ knowledge about kinds of slang words and the words that include into slang words which also their reasons in using slang words on their Whatsapp application. Researcher in this  research study used qualitative method which utilized phenomenological and case study method where researcher combined interview to gathered participants’ thoughts and observation on their Whatsapp application into this research study. The results of this research study directed into the students understanding about kinds of slang words and the reasons for using slang words in their Whatsapp application which are on typed message or posted story. Hopefully, this research can be useful for higher students and next researcher which they can use this research study as they source, for reading material to enrichig knowledge. Keywords: Slang Words, Whatsapp, Higher Students
DEVELOPING ANDROID READER-RESPONSE-STRATEGY-BASED READING MATERIAL IN RELATION TO CHARACTER BUILDING Okky Leo Agusta; Rita Inderawati; Mgrt.Dinar Sitinjak
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30829/inspiration.v3i1.21758

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The aim of this study was to develop a set of Android Reader-Response-Strategy-based reading material in relation to character building, it reflected five main character values proposed by National Education Ministry. This study was conducted based on ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation) development research design. The formative evaluation consisted one to one evaluation, small group evaluation, and field trial. There were three students involved in one to one evaluation, nine students in small group evaluation and a real class in a field trial. The validity was reviewed by expert of content, expert of instructional design and expert of Android application design. The mean validity score of the developed product was 3.37 which was categorized as very highly valid level. The practicality was conducted in one to one evaluation and small group evaluation. The practicality of one to one was 3.31 which was at very highly practical level and the practicality in small group evaluation was 3.28 which was at very highly practical level. The reading test material was categorized as effective. It showed that there were 26 students (89.65%) out of 29 students in reading test exceeded MMC (minimum mastery criterion) which was 70.

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