This study aims to identify learning outcomes through the media used by students, focus student knowledge to determine the contribution of media in their learning, improve student expertise / knowledge, and provide opportunities for students to become innovative teachers. This research method applies descriptive qualitative data analysis and comparative quantitative. The research data was measured through test and non-test instruments. The research sample was FKIP students majoring in Indonesian and English through 2 general subjects, namely learning media and educational statistics. The results of the study have shown that the learning outcomes of the two majors do not show a significant difference. Furthermore, 24 questionnaire items showed that social media contributed more to student learning activities than audiovisual media. On the other hand, the observations show that students are more likely to behave negatively during research activities. Students feel uncomfortable if learning activities are dominated by media. Plus the imposition of online learning which requires virtual learning activities. So this research concludes that the existence of the media will be increasingly felt if it is collaborated with other relevant learning methods. Keywords: Media, Learning, Existence, FKIP Students
This study investigated the strategies used by students of different ethnic groups (Batak, Javanese, and Malay) in refusing requests. A total of 30 participants were involved in this research. Each ethnic group was represented by 10 students that came from three different universities in Medan, Indonesia. Discourse Completion Test (DCT) was used to collect the data. Data were analyzed by using refusal categorization. The results showed that the participants preferred to use indirect refusal strategies to respond to lecturer’s requests, and followed by direct and adjunct strategies respectively. This study also indicated that Batak students performed refusal acts more direct than any other Javanese or Malay students. Meanwhile Javanese students tend to employ refusals more indirect compared to any other students. The Malay students performed the acts moderately. The results indicated that the refusal strategies used by the students of three different cultural backgrounds might be influenced by their cultural circumstances. Future studies should be undertaken to investigate the phenomena in different research settings with more participants to be involved.
Grammar is complexity in learning English it makes many students often commit errors in learning. Making errors in writing is one of the processes for learning English .The aim of this research was to describe the students’ errors and its causes in using auxiliary verbs in the sentences. In this research, the writer limited the discussion on the error made by the students in using auxiliary verbs. The design of this research was quantitative approach in a form of descriptive analysis (percentage) that included observation, collecting the data the researcher used test as the instrument. The writer conducted the research to 31 students in first semester of English Literature in academic 2021/2022. The data were analyzed by using error analysis method. The error types were classified based on linguistic category, especially surface strategy taxonomy. The writer classified the types of error into omission, addition, misformation, and misordering. Among those four types, the most frequency error was misformation that reached 102 errors or 61.44% . the other finding was the sources of error which are divided into three categories. Those are interlingual errors, intralingual errors, and communicative strategies. Communicative strategies errors is the most common source of error, there were 45.78%
Interaksi yang terbatas antara guru dan siswa selama Pandemi COVID-19 ini sangat mempengaruhi kemampuan siswa/i dalam memahami pelajaran yang diterima dari guru di sekolah. Oleh karena itu tim Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni Universitas HKBP Nommesen Medan membantu masyarakat dengan melaksanakan pelatihan Bahasa dan seni musik dasar dengan tujuan memberikan motivasi, semangat dan dorongan kepada siswa/i sekolah yang terdampak pandemi COVID-19. Pelatihan ini dilaksanakan di kelurahan Dataran Tinggi, Binjai Timur selama 16 kali pertemuan mulai awal bulan November sampai dengan awal Desember tahun 2021 secara tatap muka dengan menggunakan prokes ketat COVID-19. Metode yang digunakan adalah tanya jawab serta diskusi terhadap seluruh peserta pelatihan. Metode ini sangat efektif dalam melihat sejauh mana kemampuan dan peningkatan siswa/i selama proses pembelajaran dari pertemuan pertama sampai dengan akhir. hasil akhir menunjukkan bahwa adanya peningkatan kepada para siswa dalam hal pengetahuan dasar akan bahasa Inggris dan musik. Pelatihan seperti ini diharapkan kedepannya dapat terus dilakukan untuk memberikan pengetahuan tambahan diluar apa yang sudah diperoleh dari sekolah.
Reading skill plays an important role in English learning process, especially when student have to deal with TOEFL Exam which includes reading and writing skill. The writer observed that the process of comprehending a reading text was still a serious problem for the students. The writer applied a qualitative method in this research with descriptive approach. The subject of the study was the first semester students class E of Universitas Prima Indonesia Medan. The instrument of data collecting was multiple choice test. The mean score of the students’ in comprehending narrative text was 77. It shown that their comprehension narrative text was average to good. There was 12 students (48%) was classified as Excellent, 12 students (48%) was classified as Good and there was 1 students (4%) was classified as Average whereas no student (0%) was classified as poor to comprehending narrative text. Therefore, the writer hopes that the other English lecturer should always try to create an interesting text and media for their teaching.
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