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Magister Scientiae
Published by Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya
ISSN : 0852078X     EISSN : 26227959     DOI : https://doi.org/10.33508/mgs
Core Subject : Science, Education,
Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Physics
Magister Scientiae Journal is published twice annually in March and October. This journal contains articles based on research report and critical analysis in teaching and learning. We only accept manuscripts which have not been published in other media, including personal blogs. The contributing manuscripts should be written in English formatted accordingly with the manuscript direction. Contributors would like to give permission for the editors to edit the manuscript without changing its substance.
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Japanese Cultural thought Patterns as Manifested in English Emails Andika Paramita; Agustinus Ngadiman
Magister Scientiae No 35 (2014)
Publisher : Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University

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Cultural thought patterns and their underlying principles as manifested in English email should be understood earlier for both email sender and recipient. The main goal is to prevent from misunderstanding or miscommunication caused of different cultures and linguistic knowledge. This study was conducted to find the Japanese Cultural Thought Patterns as Manifested in English Emails and their underlying principles as well. The primary data were collected from English emails written by native Japanese with different background of works who were able to write English emails.
Predicting the Meaning of English Words from Context Damatius Wagiman Adisutrisno
Magister Scientiae No 35 (2014)
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One of the techniques of teaching English vocabulary to Indonesian learners is by predicting the meaning of the English words from context. But the effectiveness of this technique is very rarely studied. This study aims at finding out the degree of effectiveness of prediction from context. On the basis of a proposed theory that when learners have not had a very large size of references in the long-term memory prediction may fail, it is hypothesized that prediction from context has a low degree of effectiveness. The study makes use of the survey method. It involves 51 subjects. They are the second semester students of the English Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya who are randomly sampled from the population that is the second semester students of the English Department. Subjects predict the meaning of 36 English words which are found in 15 reading passages. A criterion of mean score is set to determine the degree of effectiveness of the techniques. The mean score obtained by the subjects is 12. The finding is that the prediction technique has a low degree of effectiveness. The finding supports the proposed theory that when learners, have not had a very large size of references in the long-term memory, prediction may fail
The Effect of Question-Answer Relationship on the Reading Comprehension Score of the First Graders of SMK Lilla Roosantie
Magister Scientiae No 35 (2014)
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of applying Question Answer Relationship (QAR) in reading comprehension achievement This study is quasi experimental study with non-random assignment. Two groups (experimental and control) taken from two classes of Computer -Networking specialization were involved each group consists of 32 students. To control the internal threat the researcher put into consideration to sample selection, instrument and pre-testing. The data was collected based on the data collection procedure: selection the sample, preparing lesson plan, preparing instrument administering the pre-test, carrying out treatment, and administering the pot-test. The researcher compared and tested the mean score at the .05 level of significance determine whether the effect of the treatment was significant. The result of this research leads to a conclusion that the students taught using QAR achieved better scores in reading comprehension. In other words, QAR improves the students reading comprehension.
The Effects of Vocabulary Mastery on Comprehending Maritime English Texts: A Case Study of Seafarers of Nautical Class Ika Erawati
Magister Scientiae No 35 (2014)
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To comprehend the larger units of text such paragraphs and stories, the seafarers have to understand first Maritime English (ME) vocabulary. The types of ME vocabulary can be divided into core vocabulary type, semi-technical vocabulary type, and maritime and/or technical vocabulary type. This case study involves eight (8) seafarers of nautical class at Merchant Marine Academy who were investigated in around six sessions of meeting. Maritime Vocabulary Mastery Test, classroom observation, questionnaire, interview and reading comprehension texts were the techniques to gather data to answer the research questions. The result found that the seafarers who had mastered the three vocabulary types indicated that they could perform better in comprehending ME texts than those who only mastered semi-technical and core vocabulary type. While, those who had only mastered core vocabulary type and those who had not mastered the three vocabulary type encountered more difficulties in comprehending ME texts because understanding ME texts requires both specific and general meaning of words. The more seafarers have mastery on the three types of maritime vocabulary, the less they encounter difficulties in comprehending ME texts.
Inner Circle English Cultural Senses Found in Interlanguage XII Rycha Rany Susanto; Ignatius Harjanto
Magister Scientiae No 35 (2014)
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The learning of culture is unavoidable in the learning of English since cultural values are embedded in the body of language. In order to communicate effectively, language learners need to be culturally aware of what their utterances might convey. As one of important factors in successful language learning process, English course books should foster English cultural issues and support learners to be culturally competence. The study investigated cultural contents of the inner-circle English countries in an English course book entitled Interlanguage XII, which has been approved by Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan (BSNP). The inner-circle English cultural contents were investigated through the theory of four senses of culture by Adaskou et al (1990). The all four senses of culture were included in Interlanguage XII. The results indicated that the highest percentage is the presence of pragmatic sense, while the least sense was the sociological sense. The results also showed that even though the all four sense were present, the frequency among those four was not balance. This implies the aim and the emphasis of the course book in the foreign language learning; the course book emphasize more on the use of language instead of its grammatical and structural skill.
The Use of Heroic History R.A. Kartini as Reading Material in Assessing the Student Reading Comprehension Elli Setiyo Wahyuni
Magister Scientiae No 35 (2014)
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The improvement of student reading skill involves some efforts in choosing the authentic material. The use of a heroic story, R.A. Kartini gives moral impacts for students’ character building and language skills improvement. The reading assessment provides some activities which explores the content of the reading text. The activities are identifying the good reader behaviors that have been taught and assessed, collecting evidence that is related to the good reader behaviors, analyzing the evidence on the good reader behaviors, and making an instructional decision to improve the reading skill. The advantages of using reading assessment activities to assessed the student reading comprehension are students participate in giving opinion, able to attach meaning to words or sentences, make summary prediction, describe the problem, give relevant solutions, retell the story in chronological order, and use prior knowledge in implementing the moral value. The analysis shows that students have the good reader behaviors as it is proven from their checklist score. The reading assessment gives result that portfolio is a recommended activity to improve the student reading comprehension.
The Implementation of KWL Teaching Technique to Improve Students’ Reading Achievement of The Third Graders of Masa Depan Cerah Elementary School Theresia Ayu Kusdwiharini
Magister Scientiae No 35 (2014)
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Understanding a text employs the high level of reading comprehension technique. The reading achievement score of Masa Depan Cerah (MDC) elementary school students, especially those of the third graders were quite low, that is 65 (the average score), which is below the minimum passing mark (70). Among the problems that occur in the third graders’ reading class, the innapropriate teaching teachnique was the main cause. To overcome the low reading achievement for the third graders of Masa Depan Cerah (MDC) elementary school, KWL (Know, Want and Learn) technique was selected to be applied to the teaching of reading. KWL helps the students to activate their schemata to comprehend the text enjoyably. Since it provides the students opportunity to comprehend the text through class discussion, games, pictures identification etc.. By doing so, the students would increase their reading comprehension achievement score. Nevertheless, the teaching reading is successfully done through the implementation of KWL

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