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Instagram as a Media to Foster EFL Students’ English Writing Skill Mursyidah Saleh; Maemuna Muhayyang
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 8, No 2 (2021)
Publisher : Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26858/eltww.v8i2.22588

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The rapid development of technology encourages educators to create interesting learning methods that are attractive to students. Using Instagram as the learning medium in teaching, this research aimed to find out students’ writing skills improvement and their perception after being taught using Instagram. This research used a mixed-method design to analyze the students’ writing improvement and perception of the use of Instagram. To collect data, the researcher carried out a pretest and posttest of one class pre-experiment with 25 students and a semi-structured interview of ten participants who got the significant posttest writing improvement. Statistical findings revealed the students’ result of the posttest was higher than pretest, the data shows that the Significance (2-tailed) value is smaller than 0.05. It means statistically there is a significant difference between students’ pretest and posttest results. This was supported by the semi-structured interview on which the result shows the students’ perceptions of the use of Instagram as a learning medium were mostly positive. The findings of this research are relevant to the development of English Language Teaching, particularly to create interesting learning strategies that are attractive to students.
The Linguistic Features Uniqueness of the Students’ Written Discourse in Online Learning Farida Hasan; Maemuna Muhayyang
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 5, No 1 (2018)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (673.766 KB) | DOI: 10.26858/eltww.v5i1.5777

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This research aimed at finding and describing the types and the uniqueness of linguistic features used by the students in their written discourse in BritishEnglishClass.com. The researcher applied a descriptive qualitative method. The data collection was done using document analysis in form of chat history in Whatsapp and taking ten students as the participants of this study.  The result of the analysis showed that the students used six types of linguistic features namely (1) Lexical features in terms of the use of interjection, abbreviation, word letter replacement, word combination, code switching, code mixing and diction, (2) Orthographic features in terms of word spelling and capitalization, (3) Grammatical features in terms of ellipsis, passive voice, verb use, and personal pronoun, (4) Discourse features in terms of the use of interactional features and the stream of consciousness, (5) Paralinguistic and Graphic in terms of emoticon usage and excessive punctuation and, (6) other features in terms of written out laughter . These features are unique because they are different from the standard form of the language.  It can be seen also from the use of abbreviation and ellipsis that shorten the students’ sentence, the use of emoticon representing the emotions and psychical activity, the use of lower and upper case to represent the sound and the intonation of the student’ sentence, the abandonment of convention of capitalization of proper nouns and the first words of sentences, and the creative orthography of some words. The linguistic features used by the students were different from the standard form and their function that allowed the student to express and emphasize their intention, meaning and emotion in the chat room make the students’ written discourse in online learning is uniqueKeywords: uniqueness, linguistic features
Penulisan Abstrak Bahasa Inggris Nurdin Noni; Maemuna Muhayyang; Sahril Sahril
DEDIKASI Vol 22, No 2 (2020): Jurnal Dedikasi
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26858/dedikasi.v22i2.16140

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This partnership program aims to provide knowledge and skills of writing an English abstract for English Teacher Association, Somba Opu district, Gowa used to express their ideas in a brief, concise, conclusive and informative manner to produce some scientific works. It is expected that it can develop skills, attitudes and a writing culture as a medium for sharing concrete thoughts, both through printed and non-printed media. This program is packaged in the form of training which consists of several activities , namely (1) presentation of material  about the concept of basic writing of an abstract by utilizing the online facilities of information and technology  in the current situation of a pandemic covid 19, namely Zoom, Google Meet, and Watch Application, (2)  individual assignment to write an abstract , (3) abstract presentation , and (4 ) revision of abstract  in terms of choice of diction or grammatical mistakes given during the presentation session. The methods used in this training are quite varied, namely lectures, discussions/presentations, and individual consultations to the team.  The result of this program showed that (1) the participants gained a good understanding about the concepts and writing organization for English abstract, and (2) there were 85% of them were able to make up a well-organized abstract. It takes into account that this program has a positive impact toward their participant knowledge and skill of writing an English abstract.
LECTURER’S PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF WEEKLY QUIZZES IN EFL CLASSROOM Maemuna Muhayyang; Nur Safitri; Geminastiti Sakkir
Uniqbu Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): Uniqbu Journal of Social Sciences (UJSS)
Publisher : LPPM UNIQBU

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47323/ujss.v3i1.190

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This research aims to describe and find out the lecturer reasons for using weekly quizzes in EFL classroom. This research used qualitative research design. The instrument of the research was interview. In order to get the sample, the researcher used cluster random sampling. There was one lecturer of English Education Study Program at Universitas Negeri Makassar. The result of the research showed that there are several reasons of the lecturer using weekly quizzes including to (a) increase students learning motivation, (b) make students feel challenged, (c) encourage students to be creative in answering questions and interact with each other, (d) avoid cheating in class, (e) know the extent of students understanding of the material that has been taught, (f) help the lecturer assess teaching in class and students activity, and (g) start the discussion in class. According to the results of the research, it can be concluded that the use of weekly quizzes in EFL classroom can be a tool to determine and measure students' understanding of the material that had been taught previously.
Students’ Perception of using Weekly Quizzes in EFL Classroom Geminastiti Sakkir; Nur Safitri S; Maemuna Muhayyang
Celebes Journal of Language Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 June 2022
Publisher : Har Press Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.51629/cjls.v2i1.82

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The purpose of this study is to discuss and discover how students feel about using weekly quizzes in an EFL classroom. This research used mixed methods (QUAL-Quan). The population of in this study was the 3rd year students of the English Education Study Program at Universitas Negeri Makassar. Cluster random sampling was used to choose the 45 students for this study. The research used observation, interview, and a questionnaire as instruments. As a result, the students' perceptions of the utilization of weekly quizzes reflect this research. The result of the research showed that the students showed that students' perception of using weekly quizzes in EFL classroom in a positive category. According to the results of the research, it can be concluded that the use of weekly quizzes in EFL classroom can be a tool to determine and measure students' understanding of the material that has been taught previously.
Developing English Vocabulary Mastery through English Fairy Tale Videos of the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Mamuju Jumriah Rusdi; Maemuna Muhayyang; Munir Munir
JTechLP: Journal of Technology in Language Pedagogy Vol 1, No 2, June (2022): JTechLP: Journal of Technology in Language Pedagogy
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Makassar

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The objective of this study is to assess the progress of students' vocabulary mastery through the use of English fairy tale videos. The quantitative research method was used in this study, with a pre-experimental research design and a sample of 34 students drawn from a cluster random sampling technique. The researchers used the test as an instrument to collect data. Data analysis revealed that by using English fairy tale video media, students' vocabulary mastery improved. The t test value was less than P (0.000 0.05), indicating that hypothesis (H0) of this study was rejected and hypothesis (H1) was accepted. As a result, it is concluded that English fairy tales improve the vocabulary mastery of SMA Negeri 1 Mamuju eleventh grade students.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ ONLINE LEARNING READINESS AND THEIR ENGLISH LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT Zikriyah Zikriyah; Nurdin Noni; Maemuna Muhayyang
JTechLP: Journal of Technology in Language Pedagogy Vol 1, No 3, Sept (2022): JTechLP: Journal of Technology in Language Pedagogy
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Makassar

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This research aims to determine the students’ level of online learning readiness, their English learning achievement, and to describe whether there is a significant correlation between those two variables. The population of this research was the students of English Education 2019, Faculty of Languages and Literature, Universitas Negeri Makassar with a total of 148 students and taking 37 students as a sample using purposive sampling. The design of this research is quantitative correlational research. The data were collected using the OLRS questionnaire (developed by Hung et al. (2010)) with a Likert model scale. Analysis of the data in this research was using the SPSS 25 program. The results of this research indicate that: (1) The students’ level of online learning readiness was in "ready go ahead" level for online learning (4.39), (2) The students' final score was in "very good" category (3.78), (3) The correlation analysis between the two variables showed a significant value (0.00) and a Pearson correlation (+969), which indicates that there is a significant correlation between students’ online learning readiness and their English learning achievement. The implication of this research is need to encourage students to pay more attention to five online learning readiness dimensions, especially in learner control dimension, because if all dimensions work simultaneously, they can affect students’ English learning achievement.
THE STUDENTS’ PREFERENCES OF ONLINE LEARNING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC Andi Rahmi Utami; Muhammad Asfah Rahman; Maemuna Muhayyang
JTechLP: Journal of Technology in Language Pedagogy Vol 1, No 1, March (2022): JTechLP: Journal of Technology in Language Pedagogy
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Makassar

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This research aimed to find out the kind of online learning the students prefer and the reasons why the students prefer the online learning in learning English at SMA Negeri 16 Makassar. This research applied mixed methods research design. The data were collected from the questionnaire and interview. The subject of this study was the second-grade social science students. The questionnaire was conducted on 98 students and the interview was conducted on 12 students. The result of this research showed that the mean score of the students' preference in synchronous was (46,17) indicated "like" category and the mean score of the students' preference in asynchronous was (44,64) indicated "neutral" category. From the result, the researchers found that the mean score of synchronous was higher than asynchronous. The reasons why the students prefer synchronous are because there is the direct interaction between the students and teacher, being easy to understand, direct demonstration, and good emotional relationship between the students and teacher. Meanwhile, the students prefer asynchronous because there is saved task history, the materials can be repeated, providing clear materials, and facilitating assignment submission. Therefore, it can be concluded that the students prefer synchronous. Synchronous can be used to deliver the material and asynchronous can be used to provide the material or task, and students' assignment submission.
TEACHER'S READINESS IN TEACHING ENGLISH USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MAMUJU Aulia Mutmainna Bachtiar; Nurdin Noni; Maemuna Muhayyang
JTechLP: Journal of Technology in Language Pedagogy Vol 1, No 3, Sept (2022): JTechLP: Journal of Technology in Language Pedagogy
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Makassar

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The purpose of this study was to determine the readiness of teachers to use digital technology in teaching English. This research is mixed research (quantitative and qualitative) using the explanatory sequential method. The researchers chose 3 Senior High Schools in Mamuju namely, SMAN 1 Mamuju, SMAN 2 Mamuju, and SMAN 3 Mamuju. Data collection techniques used questionnaires and interviews. This study shows that the readiness of digital technology in teaching English is very ready, which can be seen from the three aspects of readiness: emotive attitudinal Readiness, cognitive Readiness, and behavioral Readiness supported by teacher understanding, teacher enthusiasm for using digital technology in teaching, teacher skills, and the availability of media tools. Therefore, the understanding and competence possessed by a teacher about digital technology can be integrated with learning and teaching.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE HABIT OF WATCHING ENGLISH YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY IN EFL CLASS Sri Yulianti B; Maemuna Muhayyang; Munir Munir
JTechLP: Journal of Technology in Language Pedagogy Vol 1, No 2, June (2022): JTechLP: Journal of Technology in Language Pedagogy
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Makassar

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This research was aimed to know the students’ habit on watching English videos on YouTube, the students’ vocabulary mastery, and the correlation between the habit of watching English YouTube videos and students’ vocabulary mastery in EFL class. The study applied a correlational research design. The population of this research was the second grade of SMA Negeri 3 Takalar taking 36 students as a sample by using cluster random sampling technique. The instrument of this research was questionnaire to know students’ habit in watching English YouTube videos and vocabulary test to know the students’ vocabulary mastery. The result of this research indicates that: (1) the students’ habit at the second grade of SMA Negeri 3 Takalar is in often category, (2) the students’ vocabulary mastery is classified in good classification, and (3) the correlation between the habit of watching English YouTube videos and students’ vocabulary mastery was positive because r calculation = 0.895 was high than value of r table = 0.329, which means that the H0 of this research was rejected and H1 was accepted. Therefore, it can be concluded that there was any significant correlation between the habit of watching English YouTube videos and students’ vocabulary mastery.