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THE INFLUENCE OF SCREEN-BASED TEXT TOWARDSTUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN TOEFL PREDICTION TEST Pretti Ristra; Doris Sukma; Agnes Arum Budiana
International ABEC Vol. 2 (2022): Proceeding International Applied Business and Engineering Conference 2022
Publisher : International ABEC

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Students’ reading comprehension quality is highly influenced by some salient features such as method of instruction, media/technology used, class size, students’ prior ability, teaching materials, etc. This experimental study explores the influence of technology in teaching reading through the use of computer screen as opposed to conventional mean, i.e., the use of textbook in teaching reading comprehension for TOEFL test. While some argues that paper-based reading text is still relevant today, the use of technology like screen-based text is believed to help students to understand and comprehend reading text better due to some important reasons. The design of the study is experimental research which includes 117 students from some departments in Riau University. There are two groups of students involved in this study namely control (54 students) and experimental (63 students) group which receive different treatment in the process of teaching and learning within 7 meetings. Based on the result of the study, the students’ reading comprehension score in TOEFL after they were given the treatment shows that 36.320 mean score for the control group and 40.310 mean score for the experimental group. The value of Sig. (2-tailed) is 0.001 and it is smaller than the value of Alpha 0.05. Thus, it implies that H0 is rejected, and Ha is accepted. In other words, it can be said that there is a significance difference between students’ reading comprehension in experimental and control groups. Based on the statistical analysis of the data, it is found that students who are treated with screen-based text have better reading comprehension than those who used paper-based text. It can be concluded that screen-based text is effective enough to improve students’ reading comprehension in TOEFL prediction test.
AN ANALYSIS OF HUMOR OF STUDENTS CHITCHAT PAGE ON FACEBOOK WITHIN COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE FRAMEWORK: A CASE STUDY ON THE STUDENTS GROUP PAGE Agnes Arum Budiana; Pretti Ristra; Doris Sukma; Ari Satria
INOVISH JOURNAL Vol 8, No 1 (2023): INOVISH JOURNAL, Vol 8, No 1 - 2023
Publisher : Politeknik Negeri Bengkalis

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The cooperative principle proposes four maxims in communication. They are the maxims of Quantity, Quality, Relation and Manner. When any of the four maxims is violated or flouted, misunderstanding or implicature, and thus humor might be generated. This study attempts to describe theories in this framework to analyze the maxims violation on students’ humor of Students. This is a case study on sophisticated issue in the Students Group Page. It used qualitative study method to generate in-depth understanding about humor of Students Chitchat Page on Facebook through observing the humor which contradicts with the common sense. In Students Chitchat Page on Facebook the four maxims are flouted, violated, infringed, opted out or suspended, so that one remark of humor after another is created. Keywords: Cooperative Principle, Humor, Maxims.
AN ANALYSIS OF TOEIC TEST PREP APPLICATION ON THE STUDENT’S LISTENING COMPREHENSION AT STATE POLYTECHNIQUE OF BENGKALIS Pretti Ristra; Agnes Arum Budiana; Aswandi Aswandi
INOVISH JOURNAL Vol 8, No 1 (2023): INOVISH JOURNAL, Vol 8, No 1 - 2023
Publisher : Politeknik Negeri Bengkalis

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35314/inovish.v8i1.3290

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In the era of industry 4.0, most of human’s activities cannot be separated from digitalization. The digitalization has collaborated with the educational institution. The Language Centre of Politeknik Negeri Bengkalis usually holds a TOEIC test (online and offline) to fulfill the industrial world in preparing qualified alumni. The TOEIC instructor or lecturer used a TOEIC application while teaching in TOEIC intensive class where it is a preparation class for the students. This study investigated the problem faced by the students during listening through application which is called TOEIC Test Prep in learning TOEIC materials in the TOEIC intensive class and also investigated the challenges faced by them during the use of application. The participants of the study were 43 non-English majoring students (the fifth semester) of State Polytechnique of Bengkalis.  The study used questionnaires to collect the data and the data were analyzed based on three categories; students’ background, the general difficulties on TOEIC listening, the challenges during listening through the use of TOEIC Test Prep application. The result of the study showed that the non-English majoring students in Politeknik Negeri Bengkalis felt the application had helped them in listening practice. Key words: TOEIC, TOEIC Test Prep Application, Listening Comprehension