Kegiatan pengabdian ini didasari oleh kebutuhan guru-guru TK dalam membaca sound symbols yang berkaitan dengan pengucapan yang benar pada kosakata bahasa Inggris untuk level dini yang akan terus diingat oleh peserta didik pada usia ini. Berdasarkan analisis tersebut, pengucapan sebagian besar guru-guru TK di sekolah mitra dianggap masih rendah dalam membaca sound symbols bahasa Inggris. Berdasarkan analisis kebutuhan ini, tim merasa perlu untuk melaksanakan kegiatan workshop/pelatihan untuk guru-guru TK Education 21 Kota Pekanbaru yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan membaca sound symbols berkaitan dengan pengucapan yang benar. Kegiatan ini akan dilakukan dalam 2 sesi. Pada sesi pertama, guru-guru TK di sekolah mitra diberikan pembekalan ilmu tentang sound symbols, dan contoh kosakata pada level usia dini/TK. Selanjutnya, pada sesi kedua, guru-guru TK di sekolah mitra tersebut akan diberikan waktu untuk menjawab pertanyaan sound symbols disertai dengan contoh. Dengan adanya kegiatan ini, tim pelaksana kegiatan menargetkan dan berharap agar guru-guru bahasa Inggris di sekolah mitra mampu mengucapkan kosakata sesuai dengan sound symbols dengan benar dan dapat menerapkannya di kelas.
Using English Pronunciation in understanding ending –s is one technique to increase the students’ competence, focusing in pronunciation, like in pronouncing ending –s. In digital era, using English Pronunciation in understanding ending –s is the common technique since the students are actively getting involved in gadget. The researchers need in evaluating students’ perception on using English Pronunciation in understanding pronunciation of ending –s. The aim of this research is to investigate students’ perception about the use of English Pronunciation in understanding ending –s. The method employed in this research was qualitative, and it was explained descriptively. The third year semester students at STBA Persada Bunda that used this English Pronunciation application in understanding ending –s were the population as well as the sample of this research. There were 10 students of STBA Persada Bunda in academic year 2018/2019 involved in this study. To collect the data, all students were asked before using English Pronunciation in understanding ending –s from online application and offline one. Then, the researchers distributed six questions related to the students’ perception of using English Pronunciation in understanding ending –s by using interview with semi structured model. The result showed that, most of the third year students were pushed to use English Pronunciation in understanding ending –s in obtaining knowledge and joyful while learning process about voiced sounds, voiceless sound, and sibilant sound. In conclusion, the research about students perception is positive response by using English Pronunciation of pronouncing ending –s.
During the covid-19 pandemic, the researcher needs to assess online learning by using Google classroom for English for Foreign Language students. Since online learning differs from face-to-face learning, the researcher is interested in doing this study. Online learning is learning process that students and the teacher is not in one classroom in the same place but in one medium in different place. The aim of the research is about online learning for English for Foreign Language students during the covid-19 pandemic at Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing (STBA) Persada Bunda. In this study, descriptive research was carried out. The questionnaire, which was provided in Google form, was filled up by 21 English for Foreign Language students at random. To collect data, the students were requested to complete a questionnaire with 20 questions. After that, the researcher analyzed the data using a questionnaire regarding online learning by using Google classroom in the Covid-19 pandemic. The result of the research was in positive response of choosing “strongly agree” and “agree”. In conclusion, using Google classroom was one of the effective medium in online learning since there were some benefits to solve the learning process even though online learning by using Google classroom was less effective than face-to-face learning.
Most of EFL learners in Indonesia hardly adopt pronunciation due to limited time, problem from the role model, and difficult sound production. To solve the problem, speech texter-application was implemented as learning media. The research aimed to identify whether and to what extent implementation of speech-texter application can improve EFL learners’ fricative pronunciation and explain the factors which influence the changes in pronouncing fricative consonants. The research implemented action research method. The research used purposive sampling technique and 16 learners from the first semester of a private public college in Pekanbaru. There were instruments used to collect the data. The quantitative data were pronunciation oral test, while the qualitative data were observation checklist, field note and interview. The qualitative data were analysed by scoring and comparing to the standard ability and qualitative data were analysed by data , data display and conclusion drawing. After analysing the data, it was revealed that speech-texter application was able to improve learners’ fricative pronunciation. The improvement of learners’ ability was from the level of “fair” into “good” category at the end of cycle 1. The factors which affecting the improvement was the use of speech-texter application which provide opportunity as self-check application. Thus, it can be concluded that the implementation of speech-texter.
The purpose of this research was to know the students’ ability in using derivational suffixes especially about noun. There are three types of derivational suffixes of noun in English, they are: derivational suffixes of nouns derived from nouns, derivational suffixes of nouns derived from verbs and derivational suffixes of nouns derived from adjectives. The method used in this research was quantitative descriptive method. Population of this research was the fifth semester students in academic year 2017/2018 counted 20 people from STIBA Persada Bunda. The instrument used to collect data was a multiple choice test. The results showed that: (1) the ability of the fifth semester students to use the derivational suffix of nouns derived from the noun was 74.5%, (2) use the derivational suffix of nouns derived from verbs was 69%, and (3) use the derivational suffix of nouns derived from adjective was 65%. Briefly it can be concluded that students of semester five academic year 2017/2018 STIBA Persada Bunda Pekanbaru were able to use both the derivational suffix of nouns derived from the noun and the derivational suffix of nouns derived from verbs in good level while the students’ ability in using derivational suffix of nouns derived from adjective was in fair level.
The purpose of this study was to know the reason of Giselle had to struggle to get her daughter’s love and the second reason was to know how the ways ingetting her daughter’s love. In analyzing this novel, the researcher used a qualitative study using descriptive method. Based on the results of the study, thefirst reason that Giselle had the right to get the love of her daughter because she was the mother who gave birth to her, this happened because the pressure shegot from her husband. And the second reason because she was getting pressure from her step-sister in-law who was also a lover of her husband. For this reason,Giselle tried to get her daughter’s love. The results of the second study was how the ways to get love daughter’s love, that she had to fight her step-sister in-lawand how she convinced her daughter that all this were told by Alexandra about her was not true. Finally, Giselle succeeded to get her daughter’s love. This wasa clear description that a mother's love for her child would never extinguish even though her child ever hurt her because a mother had a true love.
Abstract This study aimed to explain and describe how Regina’s life journey to be a transracially adopted child. The researcher formulated the problems into two, thefirst how Regina’s life journey at foster care and Psychiatric Treatment, and the second how Regina’s life journey to be a transracially adopted child in I amSomebody’s Child: The Regina Louise Story Movie. The research method used by the writer was the qualitative research method. In answering the first formulation of the problem, it showed that when Regina was in foster care and Psychiatric Treatment, she was still an emotional girl, had bad behavior, it was because she never got any love from her parents, she also often got bullied by the people at these two places. She already navigated more than 30 places, but when she met Jeanne Kerr as her counselor who cared about her, she changed a lot. She listened to her and learned many things from her, Jeanne was the one who wanted to adopt her. The second result of this research was how Regina’s life journey to be a transracially adopted child. Her first efforts were to find Jeanne by studying hard, then she could go to a college and had her own business. When many people knew her, through her business, she decided to make a book about her childhood experience that could be published everywhere, she believed that Jeanne would know her so that they could be reunited. Finally, Jeanne could adopt Regina as her transracial adopted child from the same courthouse which is denied them before
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