This study was aimed at finding out 1) how learners in a specific teaching-learning context namely process-based academic essay writing perceived the importance of corrective feedbacks (CF); 2) what CF was expected the most; 3) in what way learners preferred to have their CF provided; and 4) how learners perceived the importance of grammar teaching. It was conducted at English Literature Department of a university in Central Java Indonesia. Forty two students who were taking Essay Writing course served as the subjects for the study. The course itself was delivered in a process-based writing in which content development and rhetoric were given more emphasis than grammar accuracy was. Data for the study were collected by questionnaire and a semi-structured interview with 5 guided questions. The findings suggest that learners still considered CFs as highly important and useful for their writing improvement. Learners expected to have comprehensive CFs of grammar, vocabulary, spelling, organization and punctuation, and CF on grammar was the most preferred one. In terms of CF provision technique, underlying and making notes were the most preferred techniques. Finally, this study concludes that the shift of approach from a product-based to a process-based did not significantly change learners’ focus from forms to content.
Artikel ini merupakan laporan Kegiatan Pengabdian pada Masyarkat (PKM) Universitas Islam Sultan Agung yang bekerja sama dengan Universitas Stikubank (UNISABANK) Semarang, dalam bentuk pelatihan mendongeng bagi wali murid KB/TK Ki Ageng Selo Semarang untuk kegiatan belajar di rumah di masa Pandemi Covid-19. Sebenarnya telah terjadi sedikit perubahan topik kegiatan PKM dari Upgrading Ketrampilan Mendongeng bagi Para Guru KB/TK menjadi Pelatihan Mendongeng bagi Para Wali Murid sebab hal ini dirasa sangat penting untuk mendukung kegiatan belajar di rumah selama masa pandemik. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa para wali murid (kebanyakan para ibu) memiliki semangat yang tinggi selama pelatihan dan kebanyakan mereka siap mempraktekkan mendongeng di rumah untuk membantu aktivitas akademik selama pandemi yang hanya dilakukan seminggu sekali beupa laporan perkembangan fisik dan mental siswa. Simpulan kegiatan PKM ini adalah bahwa pelatihan semacam ini hendaknya dilakukan secara periodik meskipun setalah pandemi berlalu.
Some difficulties faced by students in writing a literary essay are the abilities to find the appropriate topics for the essay, develop the content paragraph structure and length in writing, and achieve cohesion and coherence. This research aims at implementing mind-mapping technique in writing a literary essay. The subjects of this research were the third semester students of English Literature Study Program at Sultan Agung Islamic University in Semarang. Observation and documentation were used to collect data in which the coherence and cohesion were analyzed. The findings show that mind-mapping technique gives significant impact to students’ abilities in writing a literary essay.
This study explores the culture shock portrayed in Sashi�s character of English Vinglish film by Gauri Shinde. The purpose of this study is to describe the kinds of phases of culture shock engaged by Sashi as the analyzed character. This study used descriptive qualitative method. The English Vinglish film by Gauri Shinde and the film script were the primary data of the study, whereas, the secondary data were taken from the books, journals, and articles that related to the research. The results of the study shows that Sashi as the main character in English Vinglish film encounters four phases of culture shock; they are honeymoon, crisis, recovery, and adjustment.
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