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Implementing Collaborative Writing to Improve High School Students' Grammar
Full text linkThis study aims to analyse the errors that occur in the English writing of third-semester students of the Law Study Programme at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah in the English MKDU course. Using a descriptive qualitative approach, this research involved 24 students who were asked to spontaneously write a short essay on a general academic topic. The data were analysed using the Dulay, Burt, and Krashen error taxonomy, which includes omission, addition, misformation, and misordering, complemented by an analysis of vocabulary, spelling, and coherence aspects. The results indicate that grammar errors are the most common category, followed by vocabulary errors, sentence structure, spelling, and paragraph coherence. The findings also reveal that interference from the Indonesian language, limited mastery of basic grammar, limited exposure to English, and reliance on translation tools are the primary factors causing these errors. Overall, this research emphasises the need for a more integrated writing learning approach that focuses on developing linguistic competence, rhetorical strategies, and meaningful feedback to enhance the writing skills of non-English language students
Shaping Spoken Accuracy through Oral Corrective Feedback
Full text linkSpoken accuracy remains a persistent challenge for undergraduate learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), particularly in contexts where English is primarily used within the classroom. Although learners may possess adequate grammatical knowledge, difficulties often arise when producing accurate spoken language in real-time interaction. One instructional practice commonly employed to address spoken errors is oral corrective feedback, yet how such feedback functions interactionally to shape spoken accuracy in undergraduate EFL classrooms requires further exploration. This study aims to examine how oral corrective feedback contributes to shaping spoken accuracy through classroom interaction.Adopting a qualitative case study design, the research was conducted in an undergraduate (S1) EFL speaking class at UAI Syeh M involving 20 students. Data were collected through non-participant classroom observation, video recordings of speaking activities, and semi-structured student interviews. The primary unit of analysis was the feedback episode, consisting of a learner’s spoken error, oral corrective feedback provided by the lecturer, and the learner’s subsequent response. The data were analyzed interactionally to identify patterns of oral corrective feedback, forms of student uptake, and their contribution to spoken accuracy. The findings indicate that oral corrective feedback emerges naturally during speaking activities and operates along a continuum from prompt-based strategies to explicit reformulations. Explicit correction was frequently used to address errors that interfered with meaning, while prompt-based feedback such as elicitation and clarification requests encouraged learners to engage cognitively in self-repair. Student uptake manifested in both successful repair and partial responses, reflecting learners’ attention to linguistic form and engagement in the feedback process. Interview data further revealed that learners perceived feedback prompting reflection and self-correction as particularly supportive of their speaking development. Overall, the study highlights oral corrective feedback as an interactional mechanism that shapes spoken accuracy through learner engagement, noticing, and repair. The findings underscore the importance of context-sensitive feedback practices in undergraduate EFL speaking instruction and contribute to a deeper understanding of feedback processes in classroom interaction
INTROVERT PERSONALITY: CHALLENGING IN SPEAKING CLASS
Full text linkThe purpose of this research is to find out the challenges of introverted students in practising speaking skills in speaking class. As we know, an introverted personality usually feels shy to speak something in front of a crowded situation. This research investigated the difficulties and the strategies of introverted students in gaining good performance in speaking class. This research used a purposive sampling technique. The sample of this research is 4 students from one of the universities in Lampung. For gaining the introvert sample, this research used Eysenck’s Personality Inventory (EPI). This research is qualitative. The data collecting technique used interviews. The result indicated that there are many challenges in speaking for introverted students. It is because they must face many difficulties to do well performance in speaking class. There are five challenges in speaking class for introverted students namely having a lack of self-confidence, feeling shy, fear of making mistakes, and lack of knowledge. Based on the interview, all introverted students have the same strategy in gaining good performance in speaking class namely well preparation before performing in speaking class. They do a lot of practice before performing in speaking class
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
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
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Meningkatkan Ketrampilan Literasi Membaca dengan Menggunakan Metode P2R
Full text linkMembaca merupakan keterampilan sadar bahasa Inggris yang perlu dikuasai di era digital. Keterampilan ini menjadi salah satu faktor penentu masuknya informasi dari dunia luar. Tujuan dari penelitian ini dalah untuk meningkatan keterampilan membaca dengan menggunakan sebuah metode pembelajaran yang disebut dengan P2R. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian dengan mengunakan pendekatan eksperimental dalam menyajikan data yang didapat dilapangan. Metode analis data didapat dari proses pre tes, treatment dan tahapan yang terakhir yaitu post tes. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan adanya peningkatan terhadap keterampilan membaca responden setelah diberikan treatment. Metode ini dinilai cukup efektif dalam meningkatkan kemampuan pemahaman membaca responde
Students’ Perception On The Use Of Tiktok As An Effective Learning Media In Improving Students’ Vocabulary
Full text linkBy using the aforementioned characters, it is hoped that students'' vocabulary mastery will go beyond simply knowing the definitions of the words. This is especially true for words and phrases that are commonly used or found on social media, such as Tiktok. Students'' language proficiency increases with the size of their vocabulary. They can mold their English and consider it one of their school topics by developing their vocabulary. The authors were motivated to conduct this study to learn more about the impact of social media platforms like Tiktok on vocabulary development in pupils based on the information and issues mentioned above. Pre-experimental research using a quantitative method was the research design used in this study. The researchers chose this approach because it provided a quantitative study design that was used to share questionnaires. The results of the survey show that students have a positive attitude towards using TikTok to learn English vocabulary. Due to the variety of vocabulary levels available, TikTok significantly helps students improve their English vocabulary. In addition, TikTok''s many engaging elements help to effectively improve students' vocabulary. In conclusion, TikTok is a technology tool that has a significant impact in many different areas. The use of TikTok in language learning increases students'' motivation to learn and is successful in acquiring English vocabulary
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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