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Memory Strategy Options in Collocation Learning among EFL Learners
Get PDFIn addition to being taught terms, the learners or students should have strategies to increase their vocabulary knowledge (Oxford, 2003). Memory strategies are one of the most effective methods to help the learners with vocabulary learning (Nemati, 2009). With respect to learning vocabulary, it doesn’t consist of simply learning a new single word and its meaning, but learners should learn how the words collocate and their collocations (Lewis, 2000). Collocations can improve the learners’ communicative skills. Moreover, when the learners use them, it sounds natural to native speakers (McCarthy, 2005). Thus, the present study has attempted to investigate the use of memory strategies for collocation learning among 41 EFL students from Khon Kaen university. In the study only 3 sub-memory strategies were selected to be utilized which included imagery, making acronyms, and grouping. Collocation exercises were taught to the participants and a questionnaire was administered to collect data. In the training sessions, the participants learned to apply the selected memory strategies to the collocation exercises. After the training sessions had been completed, questionnaires were given to the participants. These instruments allowed the participants to indicate which of the 3 selected sub-memory strategies they had most often selected to use with their collocation learning. Content analysis was used to analyze the data from the questionnaires. The results indicated that the type of collocation exercise which had been used for collocation learning was “grouping”.
Preserving ‘Kampung Pulo' Local Wisdom, Garut, Indonesia Ethnography of Communication Study of Local Wisdom Symbolic Meaning for Kampung Pulo, Garut, Indonesia.
Get PDFKampung Pulo is a traditional village located in Garut, Indonesia. Located in the middle of a small island surrounded by a large lake so that this village is famous as "Kampung Pulo". This village has been established since the 17th century and his descendants are scattered in various regions, even to foreign countries, one of the Netherlands. There are relics of Hindu temple building adjacent to the tomb of a disseminator of Islam which is a symbol of inter-religious harmony and is characteristic of the area. Uniquely, until now they still maintain the local wisdom, that is musn't change the shape of the building, not allowed to add or reduce the number of custom homes and head of the family that only 6 houses and 6 heads of family, the head of the family should not work outside Kampung Pulo, should not hit the goong musical instruments, and can’t keep four-legged animals. All of it is taboo to be violated. If there is a violation, then it is believed there will be a great disaster overwrite the village. Because of its unique, this village is become tourism village and visited by domestic and foreign tourists to know the history and development of their lives to date. This research based on observations in Kampung Pulo and interviews to the parties concerned and also from literature studies. The data were analyzed by referring to theories. There is theory of symbolic interaction and social identity. It explains the interactions used in constructing meaning that ultimately create the distinctive behavior that differentiates Kampung Pulo from other cultures. The method of this research is qualitative. Goals of this research are revealing how people in Kampung Pulo successfully defended the symbolic meaning of local wisdom and create the identity as information about communication, tourism promotion, especially in Garut, Indonesia, and Asia for all of the elements such as experts, academic staffs, students, government, and society in the world. The result of research is communication pattern and symbolic meaning of local wisdom.
The use of Google- Assisted Language Learning (GALL) on Improving Primary School Students’ Verb-Noun Collocation Use in Sentence Level Writing
Get PDFLearning collocation is essential in facilitating language learners to succeed in using language as fluently as native speakers do (Nation, 2001). In the field of writing, collocation can influence the effectiveness of sentence writing, and the lack of collocation knowledge might decrease the accuracy of sentence writing (Howarth, 1998). The current study aims to investigate the effects of using Google-Assisted Language Learning (GALL) and the students’ perceptions towards using GALL on improving verb-noun collocation use in sentence-level writing. A pre- and post-test, an interview, and Google search were administered to thirty-three sixth grade students who were sampled in this study. The data obtained from the pre- and post-test were analyzed by using statistical method paired-samples t-test. The data obtained from the interview were interpreted and reported descriptively. The results from the pre-test and post-test revealed that the students’ verb-noun collocation use in the simple sentences improved significantly after they obtained the treatment. In addition, the students’ opinions from the interview disclosed that most students perceived the beneficial aspects of using GALL, and mostly agreed that Google search could help them learn and improve their collocation use in writing, and they intended to use GALL in their collocation learning in the future.
Peruweren System : Local Wisdom Manifestation For The Gayo Peoples
Get PDFPeruweren was known as a farm system which use the buffalo and let it survive by itself the wild. Some facts showed that the system is becoming obsolete because insistence on a variety of things, including the insistence on a policy to modernize the farm system. Peruweren System is a manifestation of local cultural values that contain traditional wisdom about raising wild buffalo of the Gayo people who reflected the condition of the social and cultural system and environment in order to protect this local wisdom, so that the identity of Gayo's in Gayo Lues will saved. Peruweren manifestations can be seen from the values of traditional wisdom which implemented by the rules on cooperation and mutual openness and believeness. In peruweren system, buffalo gave credence to breeders maintain buffalo in large numbers. There is a cooperative relationship with the level of high trustness between owner and buffalo breeders which trusted by farmers will bring a good values for the livestock. Data needed in this research will obtained through observation, interview and using the technique of Focus Group Discussion (FGD).
Evaluating Effects of Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) on School Attendance: Case Study of CCT in Indonesia
Get PDFObjectives: Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) is a Conditional Cash Transfer in Indonesia which is aided by the government to improve Indonesia’s human capital quality in order to gain benefits of Indonesia’s demographic bonus in 2020- 2030. The aim of this study are as follows: a.) to know the size of PKH effect to school attendance. b) to know how huge the impact of children’s food nutrition, which is represented by the quantiity of eating per day, to school attendance Design: Using a cross-sectional data, the authors analyze 4th wave (2007) and 5th wave of IFLS data. While the independent variables are made up of age, children’s educational level, gender, parents’ educational level, children’s eating frequency, origin (rural and urban are), and another dummy variable, PKH which consists of the treatment group, control group and no program group. This model uses a logit estimation. Results: PKH has different effects in 2007 and 2014. In 2007, PKH program raises the school attendance among its beneficiaries. However, in 2014, the effect of PKH was indifferent among its beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. From the literature reviews, it can be concluded that the problem lies in monitoring and evaluating.
Maduranese Meaning About Carok Case Study in Sampang Regency, Madura Island
Get PDFCarok is an act of fighting as an expression of Madura's men to defend self-esteem when they feel harassed by others men and as symbol of virility even end by dying one or both the fighter. This action is closely related to the cultural values that are used as guidelines for the Madura People behavior then carok can not be equated with cases of criminal murder in general also it can be done with deliberation between both side. These activities can not be justified in religious or legal views but the people there still much choose the carok as a way to resolve the conflict. The purpose of this study is to know the history of carok, how people interpret the tradition of carok in resolving conflicts in society and how people suggestion to minimize Carok Case. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive describing data in the form of written or oral words of people and behavior observed in a fielf. The findings of this study, the origin or history of carok become varians, but the history of the most trusted people is the characterization of Sakera as a hero who uses carok to defend of the small people. Currently, Carok is interpreted as a mechanism of conflict resolution to uphold individual or family self esteem, instead the closer family from dying fighter such as son, father and brother could fight back the murderer. It is because Maduranese believe that their self-esteem is more valuable than life. The literary reference to the carok is very limited, the writings of ancient times vary in depicting the history of carok itself. The informants said that Carok does not happen as often as the past because almost every young generations today have education at school better. But the efforts that be done or minimize the Carok is still important by deliberation between family or community by helping of religious and traditional leaders, the justice of the law, Then the next solution to consider is to maximize access to education and the economy, because most people who have low economies and education use carok as an alternative conflict solution)
Students’ Perceptions on the Use of English Vlog (Video Blog) to Enhance Speaking Skill
Get PDFNowadays, English proficiency is needed for all people including students. They are required to master all skills in English language including speaking skill. There have been many strategies of students to learn speaking both in and outside the classroom. But generally, those strategies are still difficult to be applied due to several aspects. The development of technology leads students to have many resources to learn English in order to offset in English class or even in daily communication. Therefore, the technology may help students to enhance their speaking skill through E-Learning media. In this paper, the authors tried to reveal students’ strategy to enhance their speaking skills through the use of English Vlog. The purposes of this research were: 1) to know how students’ perception on the use of English Vlog to enhance speaking skill, and 2) to study about what student’s strategy in using English Vlog to enhance speaking skill. The samples were 5 students of English Education Department of Universitas Islam Indonesia who learnt Listening and speaking subject. The authors applied a purposeful sampling technique to get samples. The type of research was qualitative research. The method of the research concerned to the students’ perception in the use of English Vlog and students’ strategy to use it while the data came from the students’ interview, observation, and document. The result shows that students’ perceptions on the use of English Vlog to enhance speaking skill are good through various strategies. Furthermore, students have good English skills by using English Vlog as the media to learn English.
Bio-briquettes Innovation Co-FES (Coconut Fiber and Egg Shell) as the Eco-Friendly Fuel with Pressure Giving Methods for Indonesian Energy Fuels Challenge
Get PDFProblems about energy cannot be separated from human life. Therefore, alternative fuels are needed that cheap and eco-friendly for small industry and home industry. One of them is using alternative energy briquettes from biomass waste. So, the purpose of this research is to find ways of making Bio-briquette "Co-FES" from the mixture of coconut fiber and shell eggs, to determine the effect of pressure from pressing process with quality of Bio-briquette, and to determine the ratio of Bio-briquette experiments results with the Indonesian National Standardization (SNI) briquettes. There are there stages to make Bio-briquette from coconut fiber and egg shell. First step is pre-treatment stage, it is stage to prepare a raw material by drying and charing coconut fiber and eggshells. And the next stage by mixing all the raw materials of coconut fiber and egg shells plus a starch adhesive with a ratio of each of 3: 1 and 2: 1. Then, insert the material that has been mixed into the Bio-briquette mold with manual pressure, a pressure of 15 kg / cm2, 30 kg / cm2 and 45 kg / cm2. The third stage is analysis stage includes the analysis of density, analysis of water content, ash content analysis, analysis of the mass loss and calorific value analysis. From the experiments it can be concluded that higher pressure, the density value is also higher. From variable density obtained optimum pressure is at a pressure of 45 kg/cm2 on the material composition ratio of 2: 1 at 0.2654 g/cm3 according to SNI Bio-briquette No. 1/6235/2000 is ≤ 0.4507 g/cm3.
Effects of Self-Assessment on Writing of Thai EFL Students in Different Groups of Learning Styles
Get PDFEffective self-assessment will help language learners to objectively assess and evaluate their writing skills efficiently [1, 2]. It is also realized that the effectiveness of self-assessment of learners is affected by their learning styles [3]. As a result, the purposes of this research were: (1) to explore the preferred learning styles of Thai EFL students, (2) to examine the effects of self-assessment on writing skills of Thai EFL students in different groups of learning styles, and (3) to examine the attitudes of Thai EFL students in different groups of learning styles towards the use of self-assessment in writing. The participants of this study were 68 second year English major students who enrolled in 411232 English Essay Writing course in the second semester of the academic year 2016 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Khon Kaen University. The research instruments consisted of 1) Felder and Soloman’s (1991) Index of Learning Styles questionnaire, 2) the essay writing pretest and posttest, 3) the self-assessment checklist, 4) the attitude questionnaire, and 5) the interview. SPSS program was used to figure out the percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test. Content analysis was also employed to analyze the interview. The findings from Index of Learning Styles questionnaire revealed that most of students were Visual learners, followed by Global, Sensing, Active, Reflective, Intuitive, Sequential, and Verbal learners respectively. After participating in self-assessment training, all groups of students with different learning styles could get the posttest score higher than pretest. A group of students who can learn best with Reflective learning styles could get the highest different mean scores between the essay writing posttest, followed by the group of students with Global, Visual, Intuitive, Sensing, Verbal, Active, and Sequential learning styles respectively. Most of students found the self-assessment checklist useful for revising their written work which helps them to point out the strengths and the weaknesses of their own writing. They pointed out that the most useful group of items of the self-assessment checklist is organization (introduction, body, conclusion) while the most difficult group of items to self-assess is grammar and mechanics. However, comparing with self-assessment, most of students were more comfortable about getting feedback from the teacher. As a result, they suggested that self-assessment should be combined with teacher feedback.
Effect of Centrifugation to Inhibit Tea Cream Formation in Concentrated Black Tea
Get PDFTea cream (TC) is the important problem of the storage of concentrated black tea (CBT), before distribution to ready to drink industry. It has characteristics of colloidal and insoluble compounds, resulting many economic losses. A simple and effective methods are still required for CBG industry. The objectives of this research was to reduce TC occurred using several speed of centrifugation. CBT was centrifuged at speed 2,000, 4,000, 5,000 and 6,000 RPM for 20 minutes, and the clear fraction was stored at room temperature for 21 days. The untreated CBT was also performed as a control. Samples were taken to analyze caffeine (CF), total catechin content (TCC), gallated catechin (GaC), ungallated catechin (uGaC), theaflavin (TF), thearubigin (TR), colour, turbidity and %TC. It was found that tea cream formed rapidly within 1 day of storage for the control. Surprisingly, centrifugation can slow down the TC formation as long as 21 days. The results showed that the turbidity was increased during storage and no significant difference (p>0.05) with the control. As the TC formed, TPC, TF and TR decreased. Caffeine, TCC, GaC and uGaC significantly decreased as the amount of TC increased. The obviously decreased amount of GaC led to the assumption that it was the major component causing TC formation in CBT. Centrifugation was recommended for CBT industry which the minimum speed required for effective prevention of TC was 4,000 RPM.