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Magister Scientiae
ISSN : 0852078X     EISSN : 26227959     DOI : https://doi.org/10.33508/mgs
Core Subject : Education,
Magister Scientiae journal is published twice annually in March and October. This journal contains articles based on research report and critical analysis in teaching and learning. We only accept manuscripts which have not been published in other media, including personal blogs. The contributing manuscripts should be written in English formatted accordingly with the manuscript direction. Contributors would like to give permission for the editors to edit the manuscript without changing its substance.
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English Language Use in English Classrooms in Dutch Secondary Education Schools Johanes Leonardi Taloko
Magister Scientiae No. 24 (2008)
Publisher : Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33508/mgs.v0i24.653

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The Netherlands, like other European Union (EU) countries, concern about their education. They have been trying so hard to improve the quality of their education in all levels. In order to prepare their secondary school level students for internationalization among other EU members, they are interested in investigating what actually happens during the English lessons in all secondary school levels. By knowing all things they need to know, it is hoped that they can increase the quality of English lessons in those schools as well as the quality of student exchange program both inside and outside the country land. This study reports how much time Dutch teachers and students use English language during English lessons in VWO and VMBO.
Strategi Pengembangan Sekolah Efektif untuk Implementasi Kurikulum Berbasis Kompetensi Tjondro Indrasutanto
Magister Scientiae No. 24 (2008)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33508/mgs.v0i24.654

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Salah satu permasalahan pendidikan yang dihadapi oleh bangsa Indonesia adalah rendahnya mutu pendidikan pada setiap jenjang dan satuan pendidikan, khususnya pendidikan dasar dan menengah. Berbagai usaha telah dilakukan untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidikan nasional, antara lain melalui berbagai pelatihan dan peningkatan kompetensi guru (namun hal ini belum menjangkau sampai di tingkat kota terkecil), pengadaan buku dan alat pelajaran, perbaikan sarana dan prasarana pendidikan, dan bahkan peningkatan mutu manajemen sekolah. Namun demikian, berbagai indicator mutu pendidikan belum menunjukkan peningkatan yang berarti. Sebagian sekolah, terutama di kota-kota menunjukkan peningkatan mutu pendidikan yang cukup menggembirakan, namun sebagian besar lainnya masih memprihatinkan. Untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut diperlukan pengembangan sekolah yang efektif otonomi dan inovatif.
The Ability of Grade X Students of A Senior High School in Identifying and Writing Recounts in English Sandhy Leksmana Ligito; Agnes Santi Widiati
Magister Scientiae No. 24 (2008)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33508/mgs.v0i24.655

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This paper reports the result of a study aimed at finding out the ability of Senior High School students in identifying and writing recount texts. As such, the objectives of the study are to find out whether the students are able to identify a recount texts and its generic structure (orientation, event(s), and re-orientation) and to find out whether they are able to write a recount text with proper generic structure. Fourty three subjects were given questions concerning recount texts and asked to write a recount text. The result shows that most of the students were able to write a recount text with the proper generic structure showing all the elements of a recount text, but many of them had the difficulty in identifying a recount text and its generic structure.
The Effect of Mind Mapping Technique on the Eleventh Grade of Senior High School Students’ Descriptive Writing Achievement. Like W. Wibowo
Magister Scientiae No. 24 (2008)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33508/mgs.v0i24.656

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In this study, the writer used a quasi experimental nonequivalent-groups pretest-post test design. The subjects of this study were the eleventh grade students of Senior High School. The writer took two classes as the sample of this experiment. The experimental group was taught using mind mapping and another was taught using semi-controlled writing. Then, the writer gave a pre test, post test and even questionnaire to the two groups. The pre test was intended to measure the students’ descriptive writing ability in some criteria before the treatments. The treatments were given three times ninety minutes each. The writer used post test as one of the instruments to see the students’ descriptive writing achievement in some criteria and questionnaire to know the students’ response of two techniques used. After that, the writer evaluated the students’ pre and post test of the two groups by using the analytic scoring technique, ESL Composition Profile. Their means differences were analyzed using the t-test formula to see whether there is a different significant effect of students’ writing achievement in their content, organization, vocabulary, and language use criteria. Basing on the calculation of t-test, the writer found the t observation of both groups. The t observation of content, organization, vocabulary, and language use criteria of the two groups were 1.88, 1.7, 11.49, and 1.22 while the t-table of both was 1.671. In conclusion, the result of the calculation of the students’ test in both experimental and control group shows that mind mapping yields a significant effect of writing achievement in content, organization and vocabulary criteria and gets good response in teaching writing with enjoyable and interesting atmosphere.
The Effect of Structured Jigsaw Technique and Unstructured Group Work on The Listening Achievement of Junior High School Students Agustin Santoso
Magister Scientiae No. 24 (2008)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33508/mgs.v0i24.657

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Nowadays, English has been used as the most important foreign language in Indonesia. Many schools have used it as their important subject to be taught to the students. The English teaching can cover 4 language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, all of them are important, especially listening. Listening is not an easy subject to master. It needs the teacher’s role in teaching that skill. In this study, the writer would like to know whether there is a significant difference between the listening achievement of learners taught by using structured jigsaw technique and unstructured group work technique, especially in answering the three types of questions. The writer took the data from St. Clara Junior High School and the population is the second grade students. The writer took VIIIB as the control group and VIIIC as the experimental group. The writer administered pretest before the treatment to see the level of the students’ listening ability. After that, she conducted three times treatment by using structured jigsaw technique in the experimental group and unstructured group work in the control group. The posttest was administered and then the writer analyzed the mean scores by using t-test. From the analysis of the pretest, the writer found out that those two groups had equal ability in listening achievement. From the posttest scores, the writer also found out that those two groups were not significantly different. It means that the null hypothesis which says “There is no significant difference in listening achievement between the second grade Junior High School students who are taught using jigsaw technique and those who are taught using unstructured group work” was accepted. Further analysis found that jigsaw technique could improve the students’ listening ability in answering main idea questions.
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN TRANSLATING THROUGH ANALYZING ENGLISH WORD EQUIVALENTS INTO INDONESIAN . Sholihin
Magister Scientiae No. 37 (2015)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33508/mgs.v0i37.726

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The objective of the research is “ To know the improvement of the students’ ability in translating through analyzing English word equivalent into Indonesian. This research used A Classroom Action Research (CAR). It had conducted two cycles; each cycle consisted of four meetings. A number of subjects of the research were 28 students. The researcher took real data from the school to know the students’ translating text achievement. The instruments of this research were translating test and observation sheet in cycle I and in cycle II. The research findings indicated that the through analyzing on English Words equivalents into Indonesian increased studensts’ translating text ability. It was indicated that there was an increased of the students’ translating text ability achievement from cycle I to cycle II. The students’ test of translating text ability achievement was after giving action by using the analyzing on English Words equivalents into Indonesian indicated that there was a significant increase from cycle I and from that to cycle II. The students’ translating text achievement in cycle I was 61.20 and in cycle II became 73.78 and it is classified as good. While the standard target achievement 70% one which was categorized good. From these findings, there was a significant increase of the students’ translating ability achievement through the analyzing on English Words equivalents into Indonesian. Key Word: analyzing english word equivalent into indonesian, translating.
THE EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE AND METACOGNITIVE LISTENING STRATEGIES ON STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LISTENING COMPREHENSION IN A MERCHANT MARINE POLYTECHNIC Dyah Ratnaningsih
Magister Scientiae No. 37 (2015)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33508/mgs.v0i37.727

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This study aims to investigate whether the English listening strategies had the effect to English listening comprehension and also to see whether or not the application of the metacognitive listening strategies would produce higher English listening comprehension compared to the using of the cognitive listening strategies. In order to study this relationship, 60 (sixty) students of Deck Department in Politeknik Pelayaran Surabaya (Surabaya Merchant Marine Polytechnic) were choosen randomly and surveyed with thirty two structured questionnaires and a TOEIC listening test. The questionnaire was about a Listening strategy use developed by Lee (1997) and modified by Ho (2006) and also based on Vandergrift’s (1997, 2003) cognitive and metacognitive listening strategy classification. Statistical analysis of Linear Regression analysis, One-way Annova, Multiple regression analysis of Tukey HSD and Homogeneous subset test were used to know whether metacognitive listening strategies would give higher listening comprehension than cognitive listening strategies and also to see that metacognitive listening strategy would give more influence in listening comprehension that the cognitive listening strategies. The result indicated that the students who work with metacognitive listening strategies did not achieve better English listening comprehension than those who work with cognitive listening strategies and there was no effect in using the metacognitive and cognitive listening strategies in English listening comprehension. Key Terms: listening comprehension, listening strategies, cognitive strategies, metacognitive strategies, upper-level group, lower-level group.
IN DEFENCE OF CONTEXT-SENSITIVE SEMANTICS AND CONTEXT-SENSITIVE LINGUISTICS IN PRAGMATICS Damatius Wagiman Adisutrisno
Magister Scientiae No. 37 (2015)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33508/mgs.v0i37.728

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Kinneavy (1971:23) states that “since pragmatics is viewed as the study of complete discourse, it does not include semantics as such or syntactic as such. These two constitute linguistics, and linguistic analysis is not discourse analysis, though, of course, it can contribute to the understanding of discourse, consequently, syntactic and semantics are beyond the borders of discourse study”. Cook (1990:12) also separates linguistics from discourse analysis. Linguistics is said to be without context or context-free. He further says that semantics is context-free. This paper is to argue that both sentence linguistics and semantics are context sensitive. From the point of view of language acquisition, the syntactic structures word meaning, sentence meaning and knowledge of the world that an informant later uses to produce language, are all based on context and are derived from context. Accordingly, sentence linguistics and semantics are context-sensitive. Key Words: pragmatics, linguistics semantics, context-sensitive
WASHBACK EFFECT OF THE CLASSROOM TEST IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Maria Tirtaningrum; Agustinus Ngadiman
Magister Scientiae No. 37 (2015)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33508/mgs.v0i37.729

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This study focused on the washback effects of classroom tests administered in Junior High School in Indonesian EFL contexts. To obtain the expected data two sets of questionnaires were delivered to the teachers and the students of Junior High schools in Surabaya, Indonesia. Likert scales were used to measure the obtained data. The study revealed that both teachers and students tried hard to prepare classroom tests. Passing classroom tests seemed to be the priority rather than the learning objectives themselves. Exercises for classroom test were therefore mostly given to the students. The materials learned by the students were mostly those students believed or predicted to be the materials for the tests. To some extents thus classroom tests may have both negative as well as positive effects Key Words: Washback Effect, Classroom Tests, Necessary and Unnecessary Decisions.
PERCAKAPAN BAHASA INGGRIS ANTARA PENGEMUDI BECAK DAN PENJAGA TOKO DI KAMPUNG BATIK LAWEYAN-SURAKARTA Sari Handayani; Veronika Unun Pratiwi
Magister Scientiae No. 37 (2015)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33508/mgs.v0i37.730

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The purpose of this research was peculiarly to provide pocket book as one media that can be used to improve English conversation and guiding skill for pedicab drivers and shopkeeper at batik tourism village of Laweyan Surakarta which include: 1) how to make a conversation, and 2) how to guide. Generally, it aimed to (1) develop the instruments of linguists’ test covering a) material design, b) linguist, c) tourism, and d) translation expert. (2) Carry out revision test, and (3) developing the final product of pocket book. This research was namely Research and Development (R & D). This research was done in developing product. Need analysis has become the basic instrument for the researcher in developing pocket book. Besides, theoretical and empirical study has helped the researcher to decide former pocket book design. The steps of the research covered 5 steps: 1) Former product analysis; 2) Developing former product; 3) expert validation and revision; 4) small-scale test and revision; 5) large-scale test and final froduct. Based on the research, it can be concluded that the using of pocket book was effective to improve the communication ability of the pedicab driver and shopkeeper at batik tourism village of Laweyan Surakarta The pocket book could help increasing the life-quality in case of finance, knowledge, and ethics for the pedicab driver snd shopkeeper in facing the foreign tourist. Key Words: pocket book, English conversation, guiding, pedicab driver, shopkeeper.

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