Researches on MALL mostly focus on how learning by using mobile phones gives significant effect on second/ foreign language skills. However, only few which focus on their lived-experiences of learning English using their smart phones anywhere outside their class and anytime outside their school time that can reveal meanings related to their awareness, beliefs, and actions. This research is then aimed at describing and interpreting the students� lived experience of using a mobile application namely Bussu for learning English. The study is a hermeneutic phenomenology study which focuses on the description and interpretation of the students� lived experiences of using Busuu to learn English. There were two participants interviewed using in-depth interviews and the data was in the form of texts. The result shows the participants� lived experiences showed some empirical meanings: ubiquitous learning, fun learning, and useful English learning assistant. This study also reveals the finding of transcendent meaning that Busuu encouraged them to become more autonomous learners.
The application and development of vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) lead to acquiring a more extensive vocabulary size and better performance in language acquisition. Students with different proficiencies might employ various VLS in their language learning process. This study aims to describe and analyze the vocabulary learning strategy used by low-frequency-word level students identified by vocabulary size test they took previously. This study adopted mix-method research by using questionnaires and interviews. The participants were university students of international programs majoring in industrial engineering, civil engineering, and business and economics. The students were identified in low-frequency-word level who were considered able to understand wide reading and specialized study. The findings showed that low-frequency-word level students primarily used dictionary, guessing, and activation strategies. The social strategy was identified as another alternative strategy to learn vocabulary. Google Translate was the most popular translating tool due to its practicality. Guessing meaning strategy was done when failing to find the desired words using an online translation machine. Moreover, the students used social media as the platform to implement the activation strategy. Meanwhile, note-taking, rehearsal, metacognitive strategies belong to the least used VLS as the students are not into intentional vocabulary learning.
Abstrak. Makanan khas daerah adalah budaya Indonesia yang juga merupakan identitas bangsa yang penting. Oleh sebab itu, makanan khas daerah sebaiknya dipelajari oleh masyarakat Indonesia, dimulai dari anak pada periode intelektual yaitu pada usia 6 – 12 tahun. Mempelajari makanan khas daerah juga meliputi cara memasaknya, tetapi pembelajaran memasak pada anak sulit dilakukan. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengembangkan game simulasi memasak “Dapur Mungil Nusantara” untuk memperkenalkan makanan khas daerah Indonesia kepada anak berusia 6 – 12 tahun. Dalam game ini, pemain dapat memasak lima jenis makanan khas daerah Indonesia. Selain itu, pemain dapat melihat informasi dan gambar dari setiap bahan yang digunakan. Game simulasi memasak “Dapur Mungil Nusantara” telah berhasil dikembangkan dan dapat memberikan pengaruh positif kepada anak berusia 6 – 12 tahun yaitu meningkatkan wawasan tentang memasak, bahan masakan, dan makanan khas daerah Indonesia, serta meningkatkan minat belajar memasak.Kata Kunci: Game, Simulasi, Memasak, Makanan Khas Daerah Indonesia
As the important component of language acquisition and language learning affecting language skill mastery, vocabulary has been the concern of the language expertise. Many of them focus a lot on how to enrich the learners’ vocabulary. In fact, vocabulary development is not only about increasing the quantity but also on its quality. Knowing this fact, it is needed to find out how qualified the vocabulary development nowadays. Therefore, the quantitative study is done to identify and analyze the vocabulary size developmental pattern across the levels. It is a cross sectional survey research. The data was taken by doing vocabulary test to the international students who deal a lot with English exposure in their learning. Three batches consisting of freshmen, sophomore, and junior in the International classes were assessed to see their developmental pattern. Vocabulary size test developed by Paul Nation becomes the best option as the test measuring the vocabulary size of the students. As a result, the hypothesis was accepted. It is found that there is a difference in the vocabulary size from the three batches with a surprising finding too due to the pattern. This result is then useful for a means of reflection and evaluation for the students and the institution.
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