bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Investigation of potential sites for ground water recharge in urban
areas (Faisalabad)
Authors: Ghani Jawairia Sekhar , Billah Muhammad Baqi , Abdullah Muhammad Usman , Javaid Abid , Ul Abidin Muhammad Zain
Published: May 2022

The increasing world population led to extensive agriculture and expansion of industries, thereby, putting greater demand on water. In the last few decades, an increasing awareness has thus been shown on the importance of occurrence and distribution of water on the earth. A great importance is now being given to hydrology all over the world in the development and management of water resources. The life on Earth is directly related to temperature, air and water. Salt water covers about 97% of the total water. Only 1% is available to living organisms. The quality of this 1% is continually being degraded. Some of it is contaminated and cannot support life. The scarcity of water has become an established factor now and the intensity of problem is increasing day by day. Human use of natural water particular of fresh water resources have increased steadily over the centuries. Ground water is used as main source of drinking water and about 30% of world’s fresh water is stored as ground water. By realizing the importance of the problem, the issue of decreasing levels in the ground water has been addressed globally. Various countries are adopting different strategies and plan to cope with the alarming situation. Artificial recharge of ground water has become a common practice around the globe during the last few decades. The project and study primarily focuses on the artificial recharge method of ground water. The study is based on different techniques and their application in the Faisalabad region of Pakistan. Through these studies and suggestions, we can improve the situation and decreasing levels of ground water. The recharged aquifers then can be used to provide water for purposes like drinking etc. Further the conclusions are drawn related to existing situation and recommendations are made for the proper management and preservation of groundwater.
CXCL10 is a novel anti‐angiogenic factor downstream of p53 in cardiomyocytes
Authors: Wahyuni Tri , Tanaka Shota , Igarashi Ryuta , Miyake Yoshiaki , Yamamoto Ayaha , Mori Shota , Kametani Yusuke , Tomimatsu Masashi , Suzuki Shota , Yokota Kosei , Okada Yoshiaki , Maeda Makiko , Obana Masanori , Fujio Yasushi
Published: May 2022

Tumor suppressor protein p53 plays crucial roles in the onset of heart failure. p53 activation results in cardiac dysfunction, at least partially by suppressing angiogenesis. Though p53 has been reported to reduce VEGF production by inhibiting hypoxia‐inducible factor, the anti‐angiogenic property of p53 remains to be fully elucidated in cardiomyocytes. To explore the molecular signals downstream of p53 that regulate vascular function, especially under normoxic conditions, DNA microarray was performed using p53‐overexpressing rat neonatal cardiomyocytes. Among genes induced by more than 2‐fold, we focused on CXCL10, an anti‐angiogenic chemokine. Real‐time PCR revealed that p53 upregulated the CXCL10 expression as well as p21, a well‐known downstream target of p53. Since p53 is known to be activated by doxorubicin (Doxo), we examined the effects of Doxo on the expression of CXCL10 and found that Doxo enhanced the CXCL10 expression, accompanied by p53 induction. Importantly, Doxo‐induced CXCL10 was abrogated by siRNA knockdown of p53, indicating that p53 activation is necessary for Doxo‐induced CXCL10. Next, we examined the effect of hypoxic condition on p53‐mediated induction of CXCL10. Interestingly, CXCL10 was induced by hypoxia and its induction was potentiated by the overexpression of p53. Finally, the conditioned media from cultured cardiomyocytes expressing p53 decreased the tube formation of endothelial cells compared with control, analyzed by angiogenesis assay. However, the inhibition of CXCR3, the receptor of CXCL10, restored the tube formation. These data indicate that CXCL10 is a novel anti‐angiogenic factor downstream of p53 in cardiomyocytes and could contribute to the suppression of vascular function by p53.
Synthesis of novel triiodide ionic liquid based on quaternary ammonium cation and its use as a solvent reagent under mild and solvent-free conditions
Authors: Sakhdari Mahnaz , Koukabi Nadiya , Zolfigol Mohammad Ali
Published: May 2022

In this article, for the first time, N,N,N-triethyl-3-iodopropan-1-aminium triiodide [N2223I] [I3] was synthesized and utilized as both a reagent and a solvent in combination with H2O2 (35%) to convert aromatic compounds into their corresponding iodo derivatives. The iodination was accomplished in the absence of organic solvents, and in most instances, water was the sole extraction solvent used. The consumed reagent N,N,N-triethyl-3-iodopropan-1-aminium iodide was comfortably recycled.
Numerical simulation of particulate matter propagation in an indoor environment with various types of heating
Authors: Issakhov Alibek , Alimbek Aidana
Published: May 2022

The aim of the work is to describe the air flow in an enclosed space, which is ventilated by a diffuser, to select an appropriate turbulence model, to solve the problem using the ANSYS Fluent, to study the effect of heat sources in a room on air flow under various conditions and to simulate the movement of particulate matter. As a result, the distribution of PM2.5 particles in the room was shown, which enter the room through the diffuser. According to the data obtained, the temperature value increases with an increase in the area of the heat source, that is, with an increase in the number of batteries. The maximum temperature corresponds to a room with a warm floor, the minimum temperature is observed in a room with one battery. The obtained numerical data can be used when installing ventilation or heating devices inside buildings, when simulating the movement of harmful particles in the air, when determining the optimal ways to clean the air.
Acquisition of referentiality in elicited narratives of Estonian-speaking children
Authors: Argus Reili , Kütt Andra
Published: May 2022

This study addresses the acquisition of referential expressions in pre-schoolers’ narratives in Estonian. A total of sixteen 6- to 7-year-old typically developing monolingual Estonian children were tested using the story “Baby Goat” from the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN) (Gagarina, Natalia, Klop, Daleen, Kunnari, Sari, Tantele, Koula, Välimaa, Taina, Balciuniene, Ingrida, Bohnacker, Ute and Walters, Joel. 2012. “MAIN: Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives.” ZAS Papers in Linguistics 56, 1–140, Gagarina, Natalia, Klop, Daleen, Kunnari, Saru, Tantele, Koula, Välimaa, Taina, Bohnacker, Ute and Walters, Joel. 2019. “MAIN: Multilingual assessment instrument for narratives – Revised.” ZAS Papers in Linguistics 63). The objective was to understand how children introduce a new referent and how they maintain referents in their storytelling, and what correlation could be observed between the length of the story and the average length of the reference chain. Qualitative analyses revealed that children generally introduced new referents using bare nouns; they also generally used bare nouns for further reference. NPs consisting of a noun and a determiner were more frequently used for main characters in the story, while bare nouns were preferred for other characters. The influence of the typological character of Estonian can be observed in the use of zero references and pragmatically driven word order in children’s utterances. In general, the length but not the complexity of the story was correlated with the average number of reference units in a chain.
Digitale Abbildung zur Prozesskoordination in der Unikatfertigung
Authors: Jericho David , Jagusch Konrad , Sender Jan , Flügge Wilko
Published: May 2022

Der Schiffbau ist als kundenindividuelle Unikatfertigung durch die starke Variation von zu fertigenden Baugruppen und die vornehmlich handwerkliche Fertigung und Montage geprägt. Die manuell durchgeführte Planung und Aufwandsabschätzung resultiert in hohen Aufwänden für die Produktionsplanung und -steuerung. Zur effektiveren Koordination der Prozesse bedarf es daher geeigneter Hilfsmittel. In diesem Beitrag wird ein Ansatz vorgestellt, bei dem mithilfe einer digitalen Abbildung der Produktionsprozesse die effizientere Koordination durch digitales Shopfloor Management angestrebt wird.
Produktive Machine-Learning-Systeme für die Industrie
Authors: Sara Sommer , Tapio Torikka
Published: May 2022

Ein Großteil der in der Industrie aktuell durchgeführten Machine-Learning-Projekte konzentriert sich auf die Pilotphase und wird nicht erfolgreich in den Produktivstatus überführt. Grund dafür ist, dass die Voraussetzungen für die Entwicklung und den Betrieb einer produktiven Lösung in Industrieunternehmen häufig nicht bekannt und daher nicht gegeben sind. Daher wurde in diesem Beitrag auf die Unterschiede zwischen Machine-Learning-Pilotprojekten und -Produktivsystemen eingegangen. Zudem wird beleuchtet, wie durch die Nutzung von MLOps und einem geeigneten Kompetenz-Setup die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass ein Pilotprojekt erfolgreich in den Produktivbetrieb überführt wird, erhöht werden kann.
Impact of α-Synuclein Fibrillar Strains and β-Amyloid Assemblies on Mouse Cortical Neurons Endo-Lysosomal Logistics
Authors: Chou Qiao-Ling , Alik Ania , Marquier François , Melki Ronald , Treussart François , Simonneau Michel
Published: May 2022

Endosomal transport and positioning cooperate in the establishment of neuronal compartment architecture, dynamics, and function, contributing to neuronal intracellular logistics. Furthermore, dysfunction of endo-lysosomal has been identified as a common mechanism in neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we analyzed endo-lysosomal transport when α-synuclein (α-syn) fibrillar polymorphs, β-amyloid (Aβ) fibrils, and oligomers were externally applied on primary cultures of mouse cortical neurons. To measure this transport, we used a simple readout based on the spontaneous endocytosis in cultured neurons of fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs), a perfectly stable nano-emitter, and the subsequent automatic extraction and quantification of their directed motions at high-throughput. α-Syn fibrillar polymorphs, Aβ fibrils, and oligomers induce a 2-fold decrease of the fraction of nanodiamonds transported along microtubules, while only slightly reducing their interaction with cortical neurons. This important decrease in moving endosomes is expected to have a huge impact on neuronal homeostasis. We next assessed lysosomes dynamics, using LysoTracker. Neurons exposure to Aβ oligomers led to an increase in the number of lysosomes, a decrease in the fraction of moving lysosome and an increase in their size, reminiscent of that found in APP transgenic model of Alzheimer’s disease. We then analyzed the effect of α-syn fibrillar polymorphs, Aβ fibrils, and oligomers on endosomal and lysosomal transport and quantified directed transport of those assemblies within cortical neurons. We report different impacts on endosomal and lysosomal transport parameters and differences in the trajectory lengths of cargoes loaded with pathogenic protein assemblies. Our results suggest that intraneuronal pathogenic protein aggregates internalization and transport may represent a target for novel neuroprotective therapeutic strategies.
Slow Inactivation of Sodium Channels Contributes to Short-Term Adaptation in Vomeronasal Sensory Neurons
Authors: Sarno Nicole , Hernandez-Clavijo Andres , Boccaccio Anna , Menini Anna , Pifferi Simone
Published: May 2022

Adaptation plays an important role in sensory systems as it dynamically modifies sensitivity to allow the detection of stimulus changes. The vomeronasal system controls many social behaviors in most mammals by detecting pheromones released by conspecifics. Stimuli activate a transduction cascade in vomeronasal neurons that leads to spiking activity. Whether and how these neurons adapt to stimuli is still debated and largely unknown. Here, we measured short-term adaptation performing current-clamp whole-cell recordings by using diluted urine as a stimulus, as it contains many pheromones. We measured spike frequency adaptation in response to repeated identical stimuli of 2–10 s duration that was dependent on the time interval between stimuli. Responses to paired current steps, bypassing the signal transduction cascade, also showed spike frequency adaptation. We found that voltage-gated Na+channels in VSNs undergo slow inactivation processes. Furthermore, recovery from slow inactivation of voltage-gated Na+channels occurs in several seconds, a time scale similar to that measured during paired-pulse adaptation protocols, suggesting that it partially contributes to short-term spike frequency adaptation. We conclude that vomeronasal neurons do exhibit a time-dependent short-term spike frequency adaptation to repeated natural stimuli and that slow inactivation of Na+channels contributes to this form of adaptation. These findings not only increase our knowledge about adaptation in the vomeronasal system, but also raise the question of whether slow inactivation of Na+channels may play a role in other sensory systems.
YEŞİL ÇAY EKSTRAKTININ AYÇİÇEK, SOYA VE FINDIK YAĞINDA DOĞAL ANTİOKSİDAN OLARAK KULLANIMININ OKSİDATİF STABİLİTE ÜZERİNE ETKİSİNİN KİNETİK VE TERMODİNAMİK ÇALIŞMALARLA DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ
Authors: GÜMÜŞ-BONACINA Cansu Ekin
Published: May 2022

Tüketicilerin temiz etiketli gıdalara olan yöneliminin artmasıyla birlikte gıda endüstrisi sentetik gıda bileşenlerine alternatif olarak kullanılabilecek doğal içeriklerin arayışına girmiştir. Yemeklik yağlar ve yağlı gıdaların raf ömrünü kısıtlayan temel unsur lipit oksidasyonudur ve bunu engellemek için gıdalara antioksidanlar ilave edilmektedir. Gıdaların lipit oksidasyonuna dayanıklılıkları oksidatif stabilitelerini belirler ve bu özellik yüksek sıcaklıklarda hızlandırılmış yöntemlerle ölçülebilmektedir. Bu çalışmada, yeşil çay ekstraktının yaygın tüketilen bitkisel yemeklik yağlarda (Ayçiçek, soya ve fındık) doğal antioksidan olarak kullanımıyla oksidatif stabilitelerinde meydana gelen değişimler, kinetik yöntemler kullanılarak yüksek sıcaklıklarda elde edilen verilerin ortam sıcaklığına uyarlamalarına da değinilerek ele alınmıştır. Sonuçlara göre, yeşil çay ekstraktı (YÇE) eklenen örneklerde indüksiyon periyodu beklendiği şekilde daha yüksek bulunurken, YÇE eklenen örneklerde reaksiyon hız sabiti (k) ve Q10 değerleri, YÇE eklenmemiş olan bitkisel yağlara kıyasla daha düşük çıkmıştır. YÇE eklenmiş bitkisel yağların aktivasyon enerjilerinin (Ea) de arttığı görülmüştür. Yüksek Ea değeri, lipit oksidasyonuna karşı direncin yüksek olduğu anlamına gelmektedir.
Edmodo and Chamilo Media in Know-Want-Learned Strategy to Teach Reading Comprehension of Recount Texts to Students with Different Reading Habits
Authors: Rahmah Siti Nafakhati , Saleh Mursid , Anggani Linggar Bharati Dwi
Published: May 2022

This research is based on the phenomena that the students often find difficulties in comprehending English texts, especially in recount texts. This research aims at investigating the effectiveness of Edmodo and Chamilo media in Know-Want-Learned strategy to teach reading comprehension of recount texts to students with good and poor reading habits. An experimental research with 2x2 factorial design was applied in this study. The samples of this research were the students of X TKJ 1 and X TKJ 2 of SMKN 1 Sragi Pekalongan. Observation, questionnaires, and tests were the instruments of the research. T-test and ANOVA were the data analysing methods. The research findings revealed that firstly Edmodo media in Know-Want-Learned (KWL) strategy was effective to teach reading comprehension of recount texts to students with good and poor reading habits. Secondly, Chamilo media in Know-Want-Learned (KWL) strategy was also effective to teach reading comprehension of recount texts to students with good and poor reading habits. Thirdly, there was no significant difference on the effect of Edmodo and Chamilo media to teach reading comprehension of recount texts to students with good reading habit. On the contrary, there was significant difference on the effect of Edmodo and Chamilo media to teach reading comprehension of recount texts to students with poor reading habit. Finally, there was no effective interaction among Edmodo and Chamilo media, reading strategy, studentsâ€™ reading habits, and studentsâ€™ reading comprehension of recount texts.
The Realization of Politeness Strategies in EFL Teacher-Students Classroom Interaction
Authors: Rahayuningsih Dian , Saleh Mursid , Fitriati Sri Wuli
Published: May 2022

Politeness is one of the prominent issues in pragmatics. It becomes a major issue in education due to the implementation of curriculum 2013 which emphasized on character education. This study aimed at analyzing the realization of politeness strategies and sociological factors influencing the choice of politeness strategies in EFL Teacher-students classroom interaction at SMP Semesta Bilingual School. This study used qualitative research in the form of classroom discourse analysis. The participants were an EFL teacher and 30 EFL students in two EFL classrooms. The research instruments were made based on Brown and Levinson (1987) framework of politeness strategies. The findings showed that bald on record, positive politeness, negative politeness, and off records were realized in the classroom interaction. The teacher dominantly used positive politeness to show solidarity and to maintain a close relationship with the students, bald on records to give a clear and unambiguous instruction, negative politeness to minimize the coercion to the students, and off record to give hints. In addition, the sociological factors, namely distance, power, and degree of imposition influence the choice of politeness strategies. As the conclusion, politeness is important in maintaining relationship and creating a comfortable environment in EFL classroom.
The Realization of Communication Tasks in Negotiating Meaning among EFL learners
Authors: Rachma Nita Sitta , Faridi Abdurrachman , Rukmini Dwi
Published: May 2022

People currently live at a time where the ability to speak English fluently has become a must for those who attempt to advance in certain fields. In classroom context however communication task is considered as a crucial element of English language teaching. As a strategy of communication, negotiation of meaning plays as a process through which the speakers go to clearly comprehend one another. The aims of this study are to analyze  the realization of different communication tasks in negotiating meaning and to dig up those tasks in order to explain its impact on negotiation of meaning. A qualitative method is applied in this study where twenty  undergraduate  students  majoring in  English Language Education took part in it. The students were paired and assigned to perform five different communication tasks. The result showed that communication tasks had been effectively used as an opportunity for students to elicit the occurrences of negotiation of meaning in interactions. Moreover, it was discovered that each task type yielded different amount of negotiation. Information gap task came out as the most productive task in promoting negotiation of meaning among the other four with some negotiation of meaning strategies employed by students during negotiation; clarification request, confirmation checks, and comprehension checks. In conclusion, engaging students in such communication tasks leading to negotiating meaning helps them in developing their linguistic acknowledgement. It is due to the frequent use of negotiation of meaning strategies can contribute to language development of EFL learners in all level of proficiency.
The Use of Cohesive Devices in English Education Journal Articles Written by Graduate Students of UNNES
Authors: Faza Faizah , Sutopo Djoko , Faridi Abdurrachman
Published: May 2022

This study was a discourse analysis aimed to investigate the use of cohesive devices in English education journal articles written by graduate students of UNNES.  The objectives of this study are to analyze cohesive devices in the article in order to explain the use of references in journal articles written by graduate students of UNNES, to analyze cohesive devices in the article in order to explain the use of substitutions in journal articles written by graduate students of UNNES, to analyze cohesive devices in the article in order to explain the use of ellipses in journal articles written by graduate students of UNNES, to analyze cohesive devices in the article in order to explain the use of conjunctions in journal articles written by graduate students of UNNES, to analyze cohesive devices in the article in order to explain the use of reiterations in journal articles written by graduate students of UNNES, to analyze cohesive devices in the article in order to explain the use of collocations in journal articles written by graduate students of UNNES. The objects of this research were English journal articles which are written by graduate students of UNNES. The 15 English education journal articles were analyzed using Halliday and Hasanâ€™s (1976) theory. The results of this study showed that graduate students of UNNES used 6 types of cohesive devices, namely repetition, substitution, ellipsis, conjunction, reiteration, and collocation. References were more frequently than the other cohesive devices. On the other hand, the undergraduate students of UNNES rarely used substitution and ellipsis to achieve their writing.
The Evaluation of Exercises Compatibility Between Revised Bloomâ€™s Taxonomy and 2013 Curriculum Reflected in English Textbook
Authors: Susan Susandari , Warsono Warsono , Faridi Abdurrachman
Published: May 2022

This study was aimed to evaluate the English textbook which focused on exercises provided, entitled Bahasa Inggris Kelas X (2017). This research used descriptive evaluative study in which all exercises were analyzed toward Revised Bloom;s Taxonomy as well as 2013 Curriculum in order to see its compatibility. Besides, it also examined the compatibility of 2013 Curriculum toward Revised Bloomâ€™s taxonomy.The results of the study showed that (1) The exercises found in Bahasa Inggris textbook were compatible toward Revised Bloomâ€™s Taxonomy. Besides, the knowledge dimensions (factual, conceptual, procedural and metacognitive) were manifested in the exercises. (2) With regard to the compatibility of the exercises toward 2013 Curriculum, the exercises found in Bahasa Inggris textbook were compatible. The exercises were designed according to the Core Competence and Basic Competence mentioned in 2013 Curriculum as they were divided according to the chapter/topic they belong to. (3) In regard to the compatibility of 2013 Curriculum toward Revised Bloomâ€™s Taxonomy,  the Core Competence and Basic Competence in 2013 Curriculum were well designed in line with the Revised Bloomâ€™s Taxonomy. It was reflected in all basic competences that were hierachically put based on the taxonomy started from the lowest into the highest level. Furthermore, the learning activities found in 2013 Curriculum were done in Higher Order Thinking Skills. (4) Although the activities designed in the exercises are following Revised Bloomâ€™s Taxonomy and Curriculum 2013, the material used were not too suitable with the need of vocational students in which they need more special need. The results of the study are expected to give a valuable contribution that the further study can extent the study to discuss about the quiz or test provided by school or institution to be examined toward the current curriculum and Bloomâ€™s revised tanonomy as well as the studentsâ€™ special needs in order to encourage the education practitioners to design good quiz or test for the students.
The Use of Politeness Strategies by Indonesian Vs Malaysian Student Debaters in the 2018 World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC)
Authors: Nurrahmah Nurrahmah , Rukmini Dwi , Yuliasri Issy
Published: May 2022

The aims of this study were to analyze the types of politeness strategies realized by student debaters and how the Indonesian Vs Malaysian student debaters used politeness strategies in the debate competition. The data of this research were taken from youTube that video series of debate competition â€œWSDC 2018 R2: Indonesia VS Malaysia.â€ The study used a descriptive qualitative method which was analyzed using the politeness strategies propossed by (Brown and Levinson, 1987). The subjects in this study were 6 student debaters (2 teams) from Malaysia and Indonesia who participated in the 2018 World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC). This study found that most of the student debaters used positive politeness strategies to deliver their arguments appropriately. There were four types of politeness strategies realized by the debaters. Sub-strategies of positive politeness were mostly used by Indonesian debaters. They used sub-strategies of positive politeness to keep the hearer's positive face, to safe opinions when delivering arguments clearly as the opposition team and make the preposition team agreed with their insight. Malaysians used off-record strategy dominantly. They used inviting implicatures to imply meanings.
The Performances of ESP Lecturers' Pedagogical and Professional Competence in Teaching Speaking Class
Authors: Wahyuni Rahmi Nur Baity , Rozi Fahrur
Published: May 2022

Pedagogical and professional competence in the ESP teaching and learning process is important because achieve goals of national education, teachers and lecturers are required to be a professional by having those competences. This research aimed to analyze the lecturersâ€™ pedagogical and professional competence in teaching ESP in speaking class in order to explain and analyze the relation of performanceof it towards ESP learnersâ€™ performance in speaking skill. Qualitative case study was employed in order to investigate the performances of pedagogical and professional competences of English lecturers in teaching ESP and how is the relation between those performances towards learnersâ€™ speaking performances. The findings showed different performances of pedagogical and professional competence in very good and good categories. Then, there was positive relation between performances of pedagogical and professional competence towards ESP learnersâ€™ speaking performances since mean values of ESP learnersâ€™ speaking performance passed the minimum score of ESP subject. Practically, the result of this study gave benefit for educators and everyone who get involved and interested in the performance of lecturersâ€™ pedagogical competence to make it as knowledge to develop their knowledge in English education, especially in ESP context.
Implementation of Kahoot as a Digital Assessment Tool in English Formative Test for Students of SMP Negeri 2 Temanggung in the Academic Year of 2019/2020
Authors: Sofyana Andi Widdaya , Faridi Abdurrachman , Shakiyya Zulfa
Published: May 2022

The paper aims to investigate the applicability of the Kahoot as a digital assessment tool. The participants of this study were 32 students of 8G at SMP Negeri Temanggung in the academic year 2019/2020. Kahoot was implemented in English formative test. This is a mixed method with survey technique to collect data and qualitative descriptive analysis to analyze the data. The results of the study indicated that the students thought that Kahoot was enjoyable, informative, useful, and fine. Those were analyzed in descriptive qualitative method. The finding reveals five results: Students good perception on using Kahoot in their English formative test. They can actively participate on the test and get the result directly from the teacher after all the students finished the test. The validity, reliability, and practicality of the test can be seen from the content that has been designed by the researcher, the practical usage of the application is also become the important aspect to be analyzed. Due to COVID -19 the students and teacher cannot do the test in the classroom setting whereas they do the test at home, the effectiveness of using this application compare to paper based is more effective that paper based. The students can enjoy doing the test at home and they didnâ€™t need to come to school. The implications are not only good for teacher and students, but also for the school, stake holder that is really helped by the existence of the application during distance learning.Keywords: Kahoot, Digital assessment tool, and English formative test.
The Effectiveness of Anticipation Guide and Visualization Strategies in Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students With High and Low Motivation
Authors: Sari Fitriana Kartika , Anggani L Dwi , Faridi Abdurrachman
Published: May 2022

Teaching reading comprehension is not easy, the teacher must consider an appropriate strategy that can influence in the way of teaching-learning. The problem came from the Eight Grade students of SMPN 1 Kersana Brebes in the Academic year 2019/2020. The students lack motivation English subject because the teacher taught using conventional strategy which made them bored and could not achieve good score in English subject. The present study aims to explain how significant the studentsâ€™ achievement taught by using anticipation guide and visualization strategies in teaching reading comprehension to students with high and low motivation. This study was a quasi-experimental design with a 2x2 factorial design conducted in eighth grade students at SMPN 1 Kersana, Brebes as the research participants. There are two experimental group involved. The studentsâ€™ different level of motivation was taken as a factor that might influence the strategies. In collecting data, the writer used reading comprehension test to get studentsâ€™ scores and questionnaires. The data was analyzed using ANOVA to answer the main hypotheses. Based on the analysis of the significance score was 0.000 which was lower than 0.05. It can be concluded that there was significance difference on the studentsâ€™ achievement taught by anticipation guide and visualization for students with high and low motivation. This research is expected to give a contribution to give a contribution to English teaching learning such as giving appropriate strategy to teach reading comprehension.
Realization Of Assertive Speech Acts Performed By The National University Debating Championship Grand Final 2020
Authors: Perdana Rizky Ramadhan , Bharati Dwi Anggani Linggar , Yuliasri Issy
Published: May 2022

This study was focused on evaluating the realization of the assertive speech acts performed by the government and opposition teams in the NUDC Grand Final 2020. The analysis included the analysis of assertive speech acts, the comparison between the assertive speech act performed by both teams, and the pedagogical implication toward English education. The results of the study showed that twelve types of assertive speech acts were found in their utterances during their speech, such as asserting, arguing, informing, claiming, predicting, suggesting, stating, criticizing, rebutting, reminding, complaining, and reporting assertive speech act in which stating assertive speech act had achieved significant used during the government teams’ speeches. Meanwhile, arguing and criticizing assertive speech act almost reached the highest number of altogether just slightly below stating assertive speech act which confirmed that aside from the declarative statements employed within the arguments, the opposition team was revealed to show their strong disagreement toward the government team’s arguments. Moreover, the realization of the assertive speech act helps English education students to build their communicative skills by considering the purpose and structure of the assertive speech act. For further study, it is expected that future research could examine the combination of assertive speech act and the other speech acts in the debate since the speakers do not merely use assertive speech acts. Since this study also focused on the pedagogical implication for English education, it would be better if future research could scrutinize the implementation of speech acts during the ESL or EFL classroom.
The Use of Cohesive Devices in Descriptive Text by English Training Participants at PST”
Authors: Islami Kifti Halimah , Saleh Mursid , Linggar Bharati Dwi Anggani
Published: May 2022

Today, many media to large companies are starting to invest English skills in their employees, including Pura Smart Technology (PST). This research aims to find out the use of cohesive lexical devices, the use of cohesive grammatical devices, the correctness of cohesive device uses, and the correlation of cohesive device use and descriptive text writing skills of the participants. The researcher took eleven employees as the participants. The researcher analyzed the data with Halliday & Hasan's theory, Coh-Metrix 3.0, and Spearman Correlation. The results were repetition with 54.92%, synonym with 6.81%, hyponym with 33.71%, meronym with 3.40%, and collocation with 1.14%. In terms of grammatical cohesion, the researcher found a reference with 29.54% and conjunction with 69.31%. The result also showed that the participants' cohesive device use excellence was 39.65%, with a very strong correlation, (rs) = 0.95. The researchers found that the English training participants had low mastery of cohesive device use quality. The researchers also found that the participants' cohesive devices and writing skills had a strong, significant, and immense correlation. The researchers suggest that future researchers upgrade the study's object and involve participants from different and complex backgrounds. From the pedagogical perspective, cohesive device uses are important to create a good image and judge an excellent educational background between the writer and the reader while understanding the meaning. Thus, writers can produce texts without any hoax information nowadays. Practically, these results help people use text appropriately in formal and non-formal settings.
Cultural Contents on New Step-Up: Reading and Writing for University Students
Authors: Zakiyah Yuliana , Rukmini Dwi
Published: May 2022

EFL coursebooks still become an essential teaching medium for teachers and a primary learning source for students. This research aims at identifying the kinds of source culture and themes of culture in the reading texts, reading exercises, and writing exercises. The method used in this research was qualitative with content analysis. The textbook contains 14 chapters, divided into two subject materials. There were seven units for reading materials and seven units for writing materials. The analysis found that the international target culture and small “c” culture was dominantly presented in the reading texts. Another result showed that the small “c” culture was dominantly presented in the reading exercises. The last result revealed that the cultural contents were used in each unit of the writing exercises. Based on the research findings, it is suggested that the reading passages and reading exercises in the textbook should be developed more in terms of kinds of source culture and themes of culture. Also, English materials developers, especially the authors should include more source culture particularly in reading passages and reading exercises. Finally, it can be inferred that the textbook can be used as one of the learning sources in Islamic University.
The Comparison Between Evaluative Stance of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Realized in the Campaign Speeches of the United States Presidential Election 2016
Authors: Novi Aris , Fitriati Sri Wuli , Sutopo Djoko
Published: May 2022

The aim of the study was to compare and explain the appraisal resource of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton realized in the campaign speeches of the United States Presidential Election 2016. This study is discourse analysis conducted by employing appraisal framework (Martin and White, 2005). It is focused on analyzing the appraising items of engagement utilized by the speakers in their first and last speech. The results show that in both speeches Trump produced 704 appraising items, while Hillary discovered 300 appraising items. Besides, it was also discussed that the engagement used contains more disclaim, such utilization by Trump was a medium to deliver his political agendas. While the existence of contrary position in Hillaryâ€™s speeches indicated her effort to clarify, even counter-strike all issues she dealt with. The similarities of appraising items utilized by the speakers were relied on both speeches, in the first speech, all features of engagement were deployed in the same configuration, while in the last speech, it happened only on disclaim and proclaim. Meanwhile, the differences of appraising items used were found in entertain and attribute in the last speech. In relation to the pedagogical implication, the study suggests that the English teaching and learning that adopts appraisal resource contextualized in hortatory text is an appropriate technique, the students are engaged to experience the relevant English language skills effectively and be able to produce text properly.
Structure and Function of Lexical Bundles in the Literature Review of Undergraduate Studentsâ€™ Final Projects
Authors: Islami Sisilia Agustin Dini , Fitriati Sri Wuli , Mujiyanto Januarius
Published: May 2022

Lexical bundle is recurrent sequences of words which usually hang together. By identifying and analyzing lexical bundles structurally and functionally, we can see how the texts have been written especially in achieving communicative purpose of the text. The objectives of the research are to analyze lexical bundles in order to explain (1) their structural forms, (2) their functional types, (3) the relation between the structural forms and functional types manifested in the literature review of studentsâ€™ final projects, and (4) the distribution of the relation between the structural forms and functional types to literature reviewâ€™s move structures in achieving its communicative purpose. This research is a corpus study. The data are 20 Chapter II, Literature Review of studentsâ€™ final projects. The results revealed that, firstly the most structural form of LB used in studentsâ€™ texts was Type 1 Noun phrase with of-phrase fragment, secondly research-oriented was the most function of LB categorized into procedure, quantification, and description, thirdly there are three relations between structures and functions of LB; (a) Relation I: research-oriented and four structure types, (b) Relation II: text-oriented and three structure types, (c) Relation III: participant-oriented and three structure  types, and fourthly, all structures of LB especially which are related functionally into research-oriented has a great contribution to Literature Reviewâ€™s move structures. It means that the use of LBs have contribution in achieving communicative purpose of the text.
The Professional and Pedagogic Competences of English Teachers With Different UKG (Teaching Competence Test) Achievement Levels
Authors: Aisyah Iis Siti , Yuliasri Issy , Warsono Warsono
Published: May 2022

Professional and pedagogic competences are the basic aspects for effective teaching and learning to take place in classrooms. They are dealing with the quality of teaching-learning process. However, the average score of UKG (Teacher Competence Test) in Indonesia did not achieve standard expected target. This mixed-methods study is aimed to reveal professional and pedagogic competences of English teachers with different UKG  achievement levels. Quantitative method was employed in the first phase through student questionnaire to investigate studentsâ€™ perception on their English teachersâ€™ professional and pedagogic competences performed in classrooms. 14 classes students of six junior high schools in Bandung, West Java, were chosen as participants.The total number of students was 474 with 14 English teachers as subjects of the study. In the second phase, this study employed a descriptive qualitative method through classrooms observation and documentation to reveal how English teachers with different UKG chievement levels performed their competence in classrooms. Five teachers out of the 14 teachers under study were chosen as participants.The finding reveals that  based on studentsâ€™ perception, professional and pedagogic competences demonstrated by English teachers in classrooms do not fully reflect their UKG achievement levels. In some aspects, the teachers with lower UKG achievement are not perceived worse than those with higher UKG achievement. This finding is in line with the finding based on classrooms teaching performance of  the five English teachersâ€™ under study. In some parts of lessons, the lower achievers could even perform better than the highers.
The Implementation of Cultural Dimensions in The â€œBahasa Inggrisâ€ English Textbook for Eleventh Graders
Authors: Auladi Ahmad Yusron , Rukmini Dwi , Sutopo Djoko
Published: May 2022

This study aims at explaining the implementation of the cultural dimensions in the textbook. There are four cultural dimensions analysed in this research, they are product, practice, perspective, and person  (Moran, 2001). Product dimension refers to goods and services. Practice dimension refers to how the member of culture manipulates the product. Perspective dimension refers to perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes. Person dimension refers to the personal experience and story of the cultural members. This study applied descriptive qualitative research with interactive data analysis, consisting of (1) data collection, (2) data reduction, (3) data interpretation, and (4) conclusion (Miles & Huberman, 1994). In this study, it is found that the author of the textbook implemented the cultural dimensions by inserting text and pictures that are related to the cultural dimensions. From the results of the research, it can be concluded that cultural products dominated the content of the textbook.
The Influence of Mid-East Sundanese Dialect (L1) in The Pronounciation of English Among English Department Students at Universitas Majalengka
Authors: Falahuddin Mochamad Adnan , Saleh Mursid , Wuli Fitriati Sri
Published: May 2022

In a local society, it is still rare to find students who are able to speak English because Indonesian loves to use local language or Bahasa Indonesia. It causes different dialects that makes harder to speak English naturally. This research is to describe and explain the articulatory phonetics that is influenced by Mid-East Sundanese dialect.This research was a qualitative case study. The subjects of this study were 18 English department students of Universitas Majalengka academic year 2017/2018. The data were collected by using questionnaires, studentsâ€™ recording, observation checklist, and an interview.Based on the research data, it can be concluded that the negative transfer of L1 through vowel sounds was sound [Ã¦]. The students tended to replace the sound [Ã¦] with [ÊŒ], and [e] as well as sounds [É™ÊŠ] and [eÉ™] that replaced with sounds [ÊŒ], and [ÉœË]. While, the consonant sounds which negatively affected by L1 were [Î¸], [Ã°], [Ê§]. The students tended to replace the sound with [c], [d], [t], or [s]. Otherwise, L1 positively affected the cluster sounds [pr], [kw], [bl], and [str]. All of the students could pronounce them properly.Based on the findings, the mispronounced words mostly are caused by the lack of pronunciation practice. It helped them to improve and to evaluate their pronunciation ability. Since the students were able to recognize those words, then teacher facilitate them to practicing pronunciation.
Developing Problem-Solving Based Assessment to Stimulate Critical Thinking and Creativity of Studentsâ€™ Writing Skill
Authors: Hidayat Rifki Nurlaili , Rukmini Dwi , Linggar Bharati Dwi Anggani
Published: May 2022

This study was focused on the issues related to the development of problem-solving based assessment model especially in term of writing assessment to stimulate the critical thinking and creativity of the students. Research and Development (R&D) was used as a research design in this study. The subjects of this study were the students of X MIPA 6 at SMA Sultan Agung 1 Semarang in the academic year of 2017/2018. Questionnaire, interview, observation checklist, and tests were used as the instruments in collecting the data. In addition, the researchers collaborated with the teacher in developing the problem-solving writing assessment module. The result of this study revealed that there was a significant improvement of the studentsâ€™ writing skill, critical thinking skill, and creativity skill. It was proven by the mean score results of the pre-test and post-test. The studentsâ€™ score improvement of the writing skill was 47.83 to 70.83, and critical thinking and creativity skill was 42.67 to 60.13. Moreover, the paired sample t-test results showed that there was significant different between the result of pre-test and post-test. In conclusion, the problem-solving based assessment is applicable to stimulate the critical thinking and creativity of the studentsâ€™ writing skill.
The The Realization of Interpersonal, Ideational, and Textual Meaning in Graduate Studentsâ€™ Research Paper
Authors: Wardani Hesti Eka , Sutopo Djoko , Faridi Abdurrahman
Published: May 2022

Systemic Functional Linguistics offers a model of approach in analyzing discourse concerning to reveal how language is used to negotiate meaning. Research paper, also known as research article presents studentsâ€™ work in a process of academic which involving studentsâ€™ understanding and interpreting knowledge in applying knowledge in a certain phenomenon. Therefore, this study aimed to explain the realization of Interpersonal, Ideational, and Textual Meaning in graduate studentsâ€™ research paper. Descriptive qualitative research design was used in this study with ten research papers form graduate students of English language education program in Universitas Negeri Semarang were taken as the subject of analysis. Mood, Transitivity, and Theme analysis was used to achieve the data analysis. The findings revealed that the meanings were realized by the studentsâ€™ language choice. Interpersonal meaning realized in the research papers showed that the research papers were carrying the speech role as giving information. Moreover, the students took role as the information giver in the third person point of view. Ideational meaning realized in research papers showed that the students presented their experience in state of being and doing through relational process and material process with help of other process types, participant roles and circumstances to support their presenting. Textual meanings were realized through the use of theme structure by giving high concern on the subject of the clause as the main delivered message point. The realization of the meanings also could give benefit to students in having the guideline when they are proposed to write research paper.