This article reveals the impact of human intelligence on the English-speaking proficiency of Indonesian adults. The subjects of this study were Indonesian adults aged 18-40 years old as many as 41 subjects. The data of this study were Intelligence Quotient scores obtained through a logic test, Emotional Quotient and Spiritual Quotient scores obtained through a questionnaire, while English proficiency scores obtained through Focus Group Discussion. The results of this research led to the finding that Spiritual Quotient impacts English-speaking proficiency in comparison to Intelligence Quotient and Emotional Quotient.
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Since the beginning of 2020, the world has been shaken by an incident, namely the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The spread of the Covid-19 virus is very widespread throughout the world, so the World Health Organization (WHO) conveyed this as a threat to the world on January 31, 2020 which was later announced to be a pandemic for the international community, namely on March 11, 2020 (Shan L. Pana et al, 2020). The Indonesian government finally took part in handling the spread of the Covid-19 virus, including by recording the area where the virus spread and mapping it into several zones (Kemenkes, 2020). Because of some areas in East Java are mostly in the red and orange zones, which are areas with a high and dangerous spread of the Covid-19 virus, the researchers wanted to know the readiness and involvement of early childhood teachers in East Java during the COVID-19 pandemic through online learning. This research is a qualitative descriptive study that uses data collection techniques through literature review and surveys. Furthermore, all data collected from both the literature review and survey results were analyzed for description. The survey results state that the activities that have been planned in the lesson plan can be carried out well. However, there are parents of students who often do not collect student assignments on time, resulting in teachers having difficulty in assessing each student. Good ICT mastery can facilitate the implementation of online learning activities and early childhood teachers also support the implementation of online learning from home imposed by the Government to suppress the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
自2020年初以来，一件事震惊了世界，这就是Covid-19病毒的传播。Covid-19病毒在世界范围内的传播非常广泛，因此世界卫生组织(世卫组织)于2020年1月31日将其作为对世界的威胁传达给世界，后来宣布为国际社会的大流行，即2020年3月11日(Shan L. Pana等人，2020)。印度尼西亚政府最终参与了处理Covid-19病毒的传播，包括记录病毒传播的区域并将其划分为几个区域(Kemenkes, 2020)。由于东爪哇的一些地区主要位于红色和橙色区域，这些区域是Covid-19病毒高度传播和危险传播的地区，研究人员希望通过在线学习了解东爪哇幼儿教师在Covid-19大流行期间的准备和参与情况。本研究是一项定性描述性研究，通过文献综述和调查使用数据收集技术。此外，从文献综述和调查结果中收集的所有数据都进行了分析以进行描述。调查结果表明，课程计划中计划的活动可以很好地进行。但是，也有学生家长经常不按时收作业，导致教师很难评估每个学生。掌握良好的信息通信技术可以促进在线学习活动的实施，幼儿教师也支持实施政府为遏制Covid-19病毒传播而强制实施的在家在线学习。
{"title":"READINESS AND INVOLVEMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS IN EAST JAVA DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THROUGH ONLINE LEARNING","authors":"Kristin Anggraini","doi":"10.33508/mgs.v49i2.3436","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33508/mgs.v49i2.3436","url":null,"abstract":"Since the beginning of 2020, the world has been shaken by an incident, namely the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The spread of the Covid-19 virus is very widespread throughout the world, so the World Health Organization (WHO) conveyed this as a threat to the world on January 31, 2020 which was later announced to be a pandemic for the international community, namely on March 11, 2020 (Shan L. Pana et al, 2020). The Indonesian government finally took part in handling the spread of the Covid-19 virus, including by recording the area where the virus spread and mapping it into several zones (Kemenkes, 2020). Because of some areas in East Java are mostly in the red and orange zones, which are areas with a high and dangerous spread of the Covid-19 virus, the researchers wanted to know the readiness and involvement of early childhood teachers in East Java during the COVID-19 pandemic through online learning. This research is a qualitative descriptive study that uses data collection techniques through literature review and surveys. Furthermore, all data collected from both the literature review and survey results were analyzed for description. The survey results state that the activities that have been planned in the lesson plan can be carried out well. However, there are parents of students who often do not collect student assignments on time, resulting in teachers having difficulty in assessing each student. Good ICT mastery can facilitate the implementation of online learning activities and early childhood teachers also support the implementation of online learning from home imposed by the Government to suppress the spread of the Covid-19 virus.","PeriodicalId":429096,"journal":{"name":"Magister Scientiae","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125873821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study was aimed to investigate high school English teachers’ ICT literacy with the following more specific objectives: (i) to figure out how well of high school English teachers were familiar with various types of ICT for educational purposes; (ii) to figure out the extent to which English teachers implement ICT in their teaching; (iii) to figure out the obstacles English teachers had in implementing their knowledge of ICT in their teaching. Generation Z or gen Z are those who were born in digital era and are exposed to technology since from their young age. To teach this generation, teachers need to be literate to technology and should master certain knowledge that enables them to integrate technology in their teaching. Quantitative decriptive research design was employed in this study. A set of five point Likert scale questionnaire was distributed to English teachers who taught in Junior and Senior high schools in Surabaya and was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings indicated that majority of the respondents’ familiarity with the types of hardware and software was ranging from quite well to very well; the majority of the respondents’ frequency in using ICT was very often; and the only obstacle the teachers faced was lack of effective training to implement ICT in teaching. The present study may give insights for teacher development programs to improve their proficiency in implementing ICT in their classes to teach generation Z.
{"title":"HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS' ICT LITERACY IN TEACHING ENGLISH","authors":"Gayuh Adi Prayoga, Y. G. H. Pramono","doi":"10.33508/mgs.v49i2.3322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33508/mgs.v49i2.3322","url":null,"abstract":"This study was aimed to investigate high school English teachers’ ICT literacy with the following more specific objectives: (i) to figure out how well of high school English teachers were familiar with various types of ICT for educational purposes; (ii) to figure out the extent to which English teachers implement ICT in their teaching; (iii) to figure out the obstacles English teachers had in implementing their knowledge of ICT in their teaching. Generation Z or gen Z are those who were born in digital era and are exposed to technology since from their young age. To teach this generation, teachers need to be literate to technology and should master certain knowledge that enables them to integrate technology in their teaching. Quantitative decriptive research design was employed in this study. A set of five point Likert scale questionnaire was distributed to English teachers who taught in Junior and Senior high schools in Surabaya and was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings indicated that majority of the respondents’ familiarity with the types of hardware and software was ranging from quite well to very well; the majority of the respondents’ frequency in using ICT was very often; and the only obstacle the teachers faced was lack of effective training to implement ICT in teaching. The present study may give insights for teacher development programs to improve their proficiency in implementing ICT in their classes to teach generation Z.","PeriodicalId":429096,"journal":{"name":"Magister Scientiae","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125551789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study aimed to investigate students’ perception on their writing anxiety and how they employed their writing self-efficacy as well as the relationship between writing anxiety and writing efficacy. This research was conducted toward 29 students from undergraduate and graduate EFL students in Yogyakarta who were taking critical writing course. This study used mixed-method research employing a close-ended questionnaire and interview to gather the data. The writing anxiety questionnaire statements were adopted from Cheng (2004), while the writing efficacy statements were adopted from Eby (2018). The data results were analysed using SPSS version 25 then described statistically, whilst the interview data were analysed using thematic analysis. The results showed that both undergraduate and graduate students have a high self-efficacy and anxiety in writing. A correlation test was conducted and described in the discussion section to see the relationship between writing anxiety and writing efficacy indicates that all aspects of writing anxiety had a negative correlation but not significant with writing ability and behavior. However, not all aspects of writing anxiety such as somatic anxiety, avoidance behaviour, and cognitive anxiety had a negative correlation with writing ideas, writing conventions and self-regulation in writing. The interview result showed that the students who had good self-efficacy in writing felt anxiety as a means to explore themselves and foster a positive mindset to continue progressing in writing. The implication of this research is to expand knowledge related to writing practice in EFL context and educational psychology.
{"title":"A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN INDONESIAN UNDERGRADUSTE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS’ PERCEIVED ANXIETY AND SELF-EFFICACY IN CRITICAL WRITING","authors":"Fidelia Ratih Widya Wardani, C. Mbato","doi":"10.33508/mgs.v49i2.3309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33508/mgs.v49i2.3309","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to investigate students’ perception on their writing anxiety and how they employed their writing self-efficacy as well as the relationship between writing anxiety and writing efficacy. This research was conducted toward 29 students from undergraduate and graduate EFL students in Yogyakarta who were taking critical writing course. This study used mixed-method research employing a close-ended questionnaire and interview to gather the data. The writing anxiety questionnaire statements were adopted from Cheng (2004), while the writing efficacy statements were adopted from Eby (2018). The data results were analysed using SPSS version 25 then described statistically, whilst the interview data were analysed using thematic analysis. The results showed that both undergraduate and graduate students have a high self-efficacy and anxiety in writing. A correlation test was conducted and described in the discussion section to see the relationship between writing anxiety and writing efficacy indicates that all aspects of writing anxiety had a negative correlation but not significant with writing ability and behavior. However, not all aspects of writing anxiety such as somatic anxiety, avoidance behaviour, and cognitive anxiety had a negative correlation with writing ideas, writing conventions and self-regulation in writing. The interview result showed that the students who had good self-efficacy in writing felt anxiety as a means to explore themselves and foster a positive mindset to continue progressing in writing. The implication of this research is to expand knowledge related to writing practice in EFL context and educational psychology.","PeriodicalId":429096,"journal":{"name":"Magister Scientiae","volume":"94 14","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133086177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
YouTube is a rich source for teaching speaking in EFL contexts. You Tube also enables students to learn language of the world. The present study aimed to know whether secondary students in Indonesia who frequently watched You Tube in English speak better that than those who seldom. This was an ex-post-facto study. A questionnaire and speaking test were designed to students speaking ability. T-test and ANOVA were used to measure the different effects of You Tube. The present study revealed that the speaking ability of the subjects who watched You Tube exceeded the speaking ability of those who seldom watched You Tube. Based on the T-test analysis, YouTube gave good effect on students’ speaking ability, however based on the ANOVA analysis, You Tube gave the highest effect on the vocabulary aspect of their speaking ability.
{"title":"THE EFFECT OF YOUTUBE ON SPEAKING ABILITY OF SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS","authors":"Z. Abidin, A. Ngadiman","doi":"10.33508/mgs.v49i2.3401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33508/mgs.v49i2.3401","url":null,"abstract":"YouTube is a rich source for teaching speaking in EFL contexts. You Tube also enables students to learn language of the world. The present study aimed to know whether secondary students in Indonesia who frequently watched You Tube in English speak better that than those who seldom. This was an ex-post-facto study. A questionnaire and speaking test were designed to students speaking ability. T-test and ANOVA were used to measure the different effects of You Tube. The present study revealed that the speaking ability of the subjects who watched You Tube exceeded the speaking ability of those who seldom watched You Tube. Based on the T-test analysis, YouTube gave good effect on students’ speaking ability, however based on the ANOVA analysis, You Tube gave the highest effect on the vocabulary aspect of their speaking ability.","PeriodicalId":429096,"journal":{"name":"Magister Scientiae","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131339694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
One of the four competencies for professional teachers is the pedagogical competency that includes the ability to assess learning outcomes. This requirement should apply to teachers enrolled in teacher certification program (PPG). PPG Batch 20, however, did not provide teachers with any module for assessment literacy. This study administered a test to explore these teachers’ assessment literacy. The finding indicates that they belonged to the unacceptable-to-inadequate levels. An updated assessment literacy module is recommended to meet the purpose of assessment-literate teachers.
{"title":"ASSESSMENT LITERACY IN PPG BATCH 2020","authors":"B. Budiyono","doi":"10.33508/mgs.v49i2.3456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33508/mgs.v49i2.3456","url":null,"abstract":"One of the four competencies for professional teachers is the pedagogical competency that includes the ability to assess learning outcomes. This requirement should apply to teachers enrolled in teacher certification program (PPG). PPG Batch 20, however, did not provide teachers with any module for assessment literacy. This study administered a test to explore these teachers’ assessment literacy. The finding indicates that they belonged to the unacceptable-to-inadequate levels. An updated assessment literacy module is recommended to meet the purpose of assessment-literate teachers.","PeriodicalId":429096,"journal":{"name":"Magister Scientiae","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116481538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Research related to distance learning for students has been widely carried out, contrary to research related to teachers. The lack of opportunities and facilities for early childhood education teachers to develop their competencies is the background for the theme of this research. This article will be focused on explaining the readiness of Early Childhood Education teachers to face training conducted through distance learning. This research was conducted through a survey method by sending questionnaires to 409 participants. Participants are teachers or assistants from SPS, Playgroups and Kindergartens. The results of this study indicate that most of the participants are interested in participating in distance learning. This shows the high motivation of the participants to improve competence through distance learning. Various obstacles that may be faced cause participants to have difficulty accessing distance learning.
{"title":"READINESS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TEACHERS TO ATTEND TRAINING THROUGH DISTANCE LEARNING","authors":"C. D. C. K. Dewi","doi":"10.33508/mgs.v49i2.3613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33508/mgs.v49i2.3613","url":null,"abstract":"Research related to distance learning for students has been widely carried out, contrary to research related to teachers. The lack of opportunities and facilities for early childhood education teachers to develop their competencies is the background for the theme of this research. This article will be focused on explaining the readiness of Early Childhood Education teachers to face training conducted through distance learning. This research was conducted through a survey method by sending questionnaires to 409 participants. Participants are teachers or assistants from SPS, Playgroups and Kindergartens. The results of this study indicate that most of the participants are interested in participating in distance learning. This shows the high motivation of the participants to improve competence through distance learning. Various obstacles that may be faced cause participants to have difficulty accessing distance learning.","PeriodicalId":429096,"journal":{"name":"Magister Scientiae","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114746485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Aisyah, Priyanto Widodo, M. Mubarak, Endah Harumi
Critical thinking is always assumed to deal with critical reading and critical writing that also involve scientific materials. Critical thinking is also judged as the thinking skill limited to smart students only, since there are complicated problems involved, namely linguistic, psychological and cognitive problems. For students with such kinds of condition and situation, they need different materials and strategies adjusted to their characteristics to develop their critical thinking skills. This research showed that low achieving students of English as a foreign language (EFL) successfully improved their critical thinking skills after having activities of the poem interpretation and analysis activities in their Reading classes. This research also proved that when they align in pursuit of critical thinking by reading poems completed with the assignments. These lead the students to engage themselves not only in joyful learning activities of reading but also in training their thinking skills. They could perform interpreting and analysing poems with reasonable points of view. By having descriptive qualitative research for several months, there were crucial factors in optimizing the best performance of the low achieving students of EFL in thinking critically, namely well-designed lesson plans, peer-learning activities, and good teacher feedbacks.
{"title":"THE ROLE OF POEMS IN DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING SKILL OF LOW ACHIEVING STUDENTS","authors":"S. Aisyah, Priyanto Widodo, M. Mubarak, Endah Harumi","doi":"10.33508/mgs.v2i46.2230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33508/mgs.v2i46.2230","url":null,"abstract":"Critical thinking is always assumed to deal with critical reading and critical writing that also involve scientific materials. Critical thinking is also judged as the thinking skill limited to smart students only, since there are complicated problems involved, namely linguistic, psychological and cognitive problems. For students with such kinds of condition and situation, they need different materials and strategies adjusted to their characteristics to develop their critical thinking skills. This research showed that low achieving students of English as a foreign language (EFL) successfully improved their critical thinking skills after having activities of the poem interpretation and analysis activities in their Reading classes. This research also proved that when they align in pursuit of critical thinking by reading poems completed with the assignments. These lead the students to engage themselves not only in joyful learning activities of reading but also in training their thinking skills. They could perform interpreting and analysing poems with reasonable points of view. By having descriptive qualitative research for several months, there were crucial factors in optimizing the best performance of the low achieving students of EFL in thinking critically, namely well-designed lesson plans, peer-learning activities, and good teacher feedbacks.","PeriodicalId":429096,"journal":{"name":"Magister Scientiae","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126572166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study is aimed to cater the needs of professionals of sea port business to enhance their English speaking proficiency. Due to their limited time to study, the design of the syllabus must focus on the materials they usually use in their daily operation. The syllabus and the materials were designed using ADDIE model which stands for Analyzing, Designing, Developing, Implementing and Evaluating. In the Analyzing stage, ten topics were needed in practicing their English. The program was designed for one term covering fifteen meetings for ninety minutes each. The syllabus and materials had been reviewed by the expert of the port business. The order of the materials presented was based on the scope, from the small to the broad ones. One material was tried out to a specific group of learners resembling the target group, and the learners showed positive remark on both of the materials and the delivery.
{"title":"DEVELOPING ESP SYLLABUS AND TEACHING MATERIALS FOR PORT BUSINESS EMPLOYEES","authors":"Rizqiliyah Issabella","doi":"10.33508/MGS.V2I46.2226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33508/MGS.V2I46.2226","url":null,"abstract":"This study is aimed to cater the needs of professionals of sea port business to enhance their English speaking proficiency. Due to their limited time to study, the design of the syllabus must focus on the materials they usually use in their daily operation. The syllabus and the materials were designed using ADDIE model which stands for Analyzing, Designing, Developing, Implementing and Evaluating. In the Analyzing stage, ten topics were needed in practicing their English. The program was designed for one term covering fifteen meetings for ninety minutes each. The syllabus and materials had been reviewed by the expert of the port business. The order of the materials presented was based on the scope, from the small to the broad ones. One material was tried out to a specific group of learners resembling the target group, and the learners showed positive remark on both of the materials and the delivery.","PeriodicalId":429096,"journal":{"name":"Magister Scientiae","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116050877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Mindari, M. J. K. Sriemulyaningsih, Andrew Joewono
In an attempt to arouse young learners’ interest and active participations in learning English in this digital era, a prototype of speaking material for primary school students has been developed. The material developed is a computer-based interactive module for primary school students. Designed in the form of animation featuring animal characters, the themes were presented in dialogues as well as brief introductory narrations whereas the speaking activities were designed based on language chunks accompanied with pronunciation practice. To find out young learners’ reactions on the use of the materials developed, some try outs were conducted in some English classes of young learners. From the try outs it was found out that the young learners’ responses varied. Some seemed interested but shy to participate, some participated with encouragements, and some others participated actively without encouragements. However, the overall perceptions of the young learners on the use of the digital materials showed their interest and enthusiasm. In terms of the quality of the materials, some aspects that needed improvements were the age of the voice actors, the operational buttons, and the variations of the interactive activities.
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