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THE CHALLENGE OF HYBRID LEARNING IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS
Full text linkThis study explores the implementation and challenges of hybrid learning in English for Business courses at a higher education institution. With the increasing integration of online and face-to-face learning modalities, hybrid education offers opportunities for flexible learning environments but also presents significant obstacles. The research employs a qualitative methodology, involving semi-structured interviews, classroom observations, and document analysis, to gather insights from four lecturers who specialize in Business English education. Findings indicate that technological barriers, including poor internet connectivity and low digital literacy, particularly in remote areas, pose major challenges. Additionally, fostering student interaction and engagement in the online components of hybrid courses is difficult due to platform limitations and passive participation. Lecturers employ strategies such as group tasks and interactive quizzes to enhance engagement, but face-to-face interaction remains critical for developing communication skills. The study also reveals that students struggle with information management skills in the online context, and despite lecturer interventions, they require continuous support to improve their research abilities. Moreover, educators face challenges in balancing the needs of online and in-person students and adapting traditional assessment methods to the hybrid model. The study highlights the importance of training, institutional support, and strategic planning in overcoming these challenges and optimizing hybrid learning for business educatio
INCREASING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH “MOBILE LEGENDS†GAME ONLINE APPLICATION AT SMA NEGERI 4 MAKASSAR
No full textThe objective of the research was to know the students' vocabulary mastery through Mobile Legends game online application and to find out the affect of Mobile Legends Game online application on students' vocabulary mastery. This research uses the pre-experimental research method. The population of this research were the students of the second-grade of SMA Negeri 4 Makassar in 2022/2023 academic year, with sample were 30 students. The researcher collected the data by giving pre-test and post-test. The data of this research was analyzed by SPSS 24 Version. Based on the results of data analysis, the researcher concluded that the use of Mobile Legends Game online application can increase students' vocabulary mastery, it's proved by the mean score of the students in pretest and post-test. The result of the research shows that Mobile Legends Game online application was significantly increased students' vocabulary mastery. The mean score in pre-test was 52.83, while in post-test was 81.83. It indicated that the one hypothesis (H1) was accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. It means that Mobile Legends Game online application could increase the students' vocabulary mastery in learning English at SMA Negeri 4 Makassar.
The objective of the research was to know the students' vocabulary mastery through Mobile Legends game online application and to find out the affect of Mobile Legends Game online application on students' vocabulary mastery. This research uses the pre-experimental research method. The population of this research were the students of the second-grade of SMA Negeri 4 Makassar in 2022/2023 academic year, with sample were 30 students. The researcher collected the data by giving pre-test and post-test. The data of this research was analyzed by SPSS 24 Version. Based on the results of data analysis, the researcher concluded that the use of Mobile Legends Game online application can increase students' vocabulary mastery, it's proved by the mean score of the students in pretest and post-test. The result of the research shows that Mobile Legends Game online application was significantly increased students' vocabulary mastery. The mean score in pre-test was 52.83, while in post-test was 81.83. It indicated that the one hypothesis (H1) was accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. It means that Mobile Legends Game online application could increase the students' vocabulary mastery in learning English at SMA Negeri 4 Makassar
INCREASING STUDENT’S ABILITY IN WRITING ARGUMENTATIVE TEXT THROUGH CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING APPROACH (CTL)
Full text linkThe purpose of this study was to increasing students’ ability in writing argumentative text in class XI-IPA 4 SMAN 18 Makassar through contextual teaching and learning approach (CTL). This study used the method of qualitative. The research subjects were students of class XI-IPA 4 SMAN 18 Makassar in the odd semester in the academic year 2022/2023 with a sample of 36 students. Data collection is done by giving the task of writing argumentative text. The research data collected through the test showed that the students’ ability in writing argumentative text was increasing through contextual teaching and learning approach. Based on the results of data analysis, it can be seen that the student’s result in pre-test is 51.94 then after getting treatment the students’ post-test increase to 70.56 in pre-test. So, it can be concluded that using the contextual teaching and learning approach can increase students’ ability in writing argumentative text.
 
THE INFLUENCE OF VOICE OF AMERICA (VOA) LEARNING ENGLISH IN READING COMPREHENSION AT SMAN 18 MAKASSAR
Full text linkThe objective of this research aimed to find out the influence of using Voice of America (VOA) Learning English on students’ reading comprehension of the eleventh grade students at SMAN 18 Makassar. The design of this research was an experimental research. The population of this research were the eleventh grade students of SMAN 18 Makassar. The sample of this research was the students in XI science 1. The research instruments used by the researcher were test and questionnaires. The test was used to measure the students’ reading comprehension before and after treatment and the questionnaire was used to collect information about the students’ interest in learning reading by using VOA Learning English. The form of the test was multiple choices and consist of twenty items. The techniques used in collecting the data were pre-test and post-test. Pre-test was administered before the researcher began the teaching learning process and post-test was administered after treatment. In testing the hypothesis, t-test was employed. The calculation was done by using SPSS v.20 The findings of this research was T-test result revealed that sig. (tailed) was 0.000. The outcome indicated that the sig. (2-tailed) table was less significant than the level of significance. As a result, the alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted, while the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. It means that implementing Voice of America (VOA) Learning English in the eleventh grade of Science 1 at SMAN 18 Makassar in the academic year 2023/2024 can improve students' reading comprehension ability. Therefore, it can be concluded that teaching English reading comprehension by using VOA Learning English had a significant influence and it was more effective
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
HARNESSING AI IN EFL WRITING: STUDENT PERCEPTIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF THE TAM MODEL
Full text linkThis study investigates EFL students' perceptions of Jenni AI, an artificial intelligence generative writing tool, via the lens of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Thirty students from a private university's essay writing course engaged in a questionnaire. The results indicate that 72% of students believed Jenni AI-enhanced their writing, while 80% considered it user-friendly. Favorable judgments of Jenni AI's utility and user-friendliness substantially impacted users' attitudes and intentions to persist in using the tool. Although Jenni AI improves writing tasks like sentence structure and grammatical correction, apprehensions over its influence on critical thinking and creativity have been expressed. The research elucidates the determinants influencing student adoption of AI technologies, yielding significant implications for educators and policymakers about the efficient incorporation of AI in EFL instructio
THE EFFECT OF PERFORMING DRAMA ON STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION AT SMP KRISTEN YHS MAKASSAR
Full text linkThis research aimed to find out whether or not the used performing drama had effect on students pronunciation. The writer used quasy experimental method which involved one class as the subject of the research. The population was VII grade students at SMP Kristen YHS Makassar. Sample in this research was class VII C which consists of 27 students. In this research the writer gathering data by given oral test in pre-test and post-test consist of 10 words to be pronounce by the students. All of the words the writer took from the script of Cinderella. Pre-test is given to find out how far the students ability before they were given treatment by performing drama. The writer gave the post test to know the students improvement after they were given treatment. The writer analyzed data to find the mean score, the different between pre-test and post-test used statistic formula. The result of the research showed that there was a significant different which gained by the students in pre-test and post-test. it can be concluded that performing drama in teaching speaking has significant effect on students’ pronunciation at SMP Kristen YHS Makassar. It can be seen from the students’ mean score of posttest which was 77 and the t-test of the students’ pronunciation achievement in posttest was higher than α (23.085 > 0.05)
USING ‘ENGLISH SPEAKING PRACTICE’ APPLICATION TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMAN 18 MAKASSAR
Full text linkThe background of this study based on the fact that speaking skill is the one of the most difficult skill to learn in English. The objective of the study was to know whether there was a improvement on using ‘English Speaking Practice’ application on students’ speaking skill at the eleventh grade of SMAN 18 Makassar.
This study used a pre-experimental research method in one class pre-test and post-test. This study conducted at SMAN 18 Makassar. The population in this study was the eleventh grade in the academic year 2022/2023. The number of samples were 20 students from eleventh grade Social Science 4. The writer used the application of SPPS v.25 in conducted the data analysis.
The result of this study was using ‘English Speaking Practice’ application can improve students’ speaking skill. It can be proven by the average score obtained by students in the pre-test and post-test. The mean score increased from 48,60 on the pre-test to 82,00 on the post-test. It showed that the hypothesis H1 was accepted and hypothesis H0 was rejected. Based on the analysis above, it could conclude that using ‘English Speaking Practice’ application could improve students’ speaking skill at SMAN 18 Makassar
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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