Oral communication is essential for people's workplace performance as well as for university students learning English. Speaking fluently is also crucial for maritime academy students prepared to work in industries abroad. Students need to believe in their ability to speak English. For this reason, sound communication skills are necessary for maritime students so they can compete with seafarer or sailor from other countries. The purpose of this research was to identify the level of oral communication apprehension of nautical students of Akademi Maritim Indonesia (Indonesian Maritime Academy) AIPI Makassar. The sample consisted of 10 first year students at nautical of AMI AIPI Makassar. Data was gathered through questionnaires adapted from Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Class Scale (FLCAS). The findings indicated that students were generally apprehensive in EFL oral communication. The students showed the highest apprehension for public speaking. The level of nautical students' apprehension based on observation and supported by the modified FLCAS were 20% in the low category, 60% in the moderate category, and 20% in the high category. Students in the high apprehension category showed more symptoms than students in the moderate and low apprehension categories.
This paper reports the students’ needs in developing a GME instructional course with the following research questions: 1) What is the present level of students’ oral communication apprehension? 2) What are the students’ needs (the learning and the language needs) in learning General Maritime English? The research was conducted at the Akademi Maritim Akademi Indonesia AIPI Makassar. There were 150 students of the nautical department in the academic year 2016-2017 as the primary subjects of this research. The researchers administered questionnaires, conducted interviews and observed exams to collect the data. The results found that the students’ level of oral communication apprehension was high, based on the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). It was also found that there was a high demand for materials that could prepare the students to have good communication skills, in order to be equipped to work in international maritime industries. Most of the students assumed that the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in English are crucial, but they placed productive skills (writing and speaking) as their highest priority. It is concluded that the results of this investigation should be taken into account in developing teaching and learning materials for maritime academy students.
The aim of these research was to increas critical thinking 5th grade students through national value education process elementary school at Cimanggu subdistrict - Cilacap District, on Proclamation affair subject in second semester by using knowledge enrichment book as a development media on national value education in Pop Up Style. These was a development research by using Borg and Gall model that simpled by Puslitjaknov to be five basic steps i.e analizing develop of product, develop preliminary form of product, validation and revision, preliminary field testing, and main field testing with final product that purposed to exsperiment class comparison of control class. Validation yield to the validity and pertinence of pop up book media as knowledge enrichment book by using coefficient of Aiken’s content was very valid and very pertinence to used and help students in clarivy national value at capabless to capable chategory. To increase critical thinking students with Pop up book media at the experiment class with 82,86% students success but at the control class only 30%. A t-test analyzed that there was acceptable hypothesis at the difference capablity of critical thinking students by using pop up book media and without pop up book. Keywords: critical thinking, pop up book, value education. ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa melalui proses pembelajaran pendidikan nilai nasionalisme siswa kelas V Sekolah Dasar di Kecamatan Cimanggu Kabupaten Cilacap pada semester II materi Peristiwa Sekitar Proklamasi dengan media yang dikembangkan berupa buku pengayaan pengetahuan pendidikan nilai nasionalisme berbentuk Pop Up. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan dengan menggunakan model pengembangan Borg and Gall yang secara prosedural telah disederhanakan lagi oleh Tim Puslitjaknov dalam lima tahapan utama yaitu analisis produk yang akan dikembangkan, pengembangan produk awal, validasi dan revisi, uji coba lapangan skala kecil dan revisi, serta uji coba lapangan skala besar dan produk akhir yang pada penelitian ini dikenakan pada kelas ekspeimen dengan pembanding kelas kontrol. Hasil validasi terhadap kevalidan dan kebergunaan media Pop Up Book sebagai buku pengayaan pengetahuan dengan menggunakan koefisien validitas isi Aiken’s termasuk kategori sangat valid dan sangat berguna. Sedangkan penggunaan media Pop Up Book dalam membantu siswa mengklarifikasi nilai-nilai nasionalisme siswa dari masih kurang mampu menjadi mampu. Peningkatan berpikir kritis menggunakan media Pop Up Book pada kelas eksperimen 82,86% sedangkan kelas kontrol 30% dengan uji-t dan kesimpulan hipotesis diterima sehingga disimpulkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh signifikan berpikir kritis siswa dengan penggunaan media Pop Up Book. Kata Kunci: Berpikir Kritis, Pendidikan Nilai, Pop Up Book.
In developing English communication skills, the student's needs, wants, and lacks are crucial. The materials given should be suitable for the students' wants. These issues are vital in developing any English materials on ICT-based. This study explores the students' needs, wants, and lacks in learning English by developing suitable materials with the ICT-based. The mixed approach was used in this study. The researchers distributed the survey to 350 students from Indonesia and other countries (Kosovo, Kuwait, Ghana, Pakistan, Philippines, India, and United Kingdom) involved in the Share to Care Community in collecting the data. They were assigned to fill the Google form about their needs in learning English. The result showed that the students need materials that fulfill their needs. It should be related to today's facts, easy enough to share with, and easy to access by the students' technologies devices, then using both target languages L2 and L1 to deliver the materials. While teaching, the lecturers used any method; role-playing is the most common, followed by oral reports, games, outdoor learning, and blended learning. Most of the students from several countries intended to have ICT in their learning process.
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