ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Application of Fishbone Diagram Analysis to Improve School Quality
Author: Slameto
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: National Standards,Educational Quality,Educational Improvement,Program Development,Models,Qualitative Research,Interviews,Stakeholders,Statistical Analysis,Administrators,Observation,Visual Aids,Foreign Countries

With the enactment of the National Education Standards (NES), the measurement of the school quality was clear; NES became a reference for school development program to improve the school quality. However, the form of the program that exist still in problematic, so that a good proposal need to be prepared. In the real condition, the school shows, although they already have prepared school improvement program, but it has not been based on scientific studies and yet profound; many principals have constraints, because of the low quality of the program implementation. Thus the assistance for the school is needed in order to develop a school improvement program based on a model that proved effective and efficient. The research problems are: 1) What steps are to take in a program development aimed at improving the quality of school using a fishbone analysis? 2) Is the program model using fishbone analysis effective and efficient in meeting the school's needs to improve its quality? This is research and developmental which comprises 3 phases, namely Preliminary Study, Model Development, and Evaluation/Model Testing. The qualitative data come from the input of management experts and the result of interviews/FGD with stakeholders. The quantitative data are obtained from the assessment of management experts on the product draft, the observation sheets for the field study on the standards of education, and the try out. Data analysis on the validation result uses a descriptive analysis technique. Data from the questionnaire are analyzed by descriptive statistical technique. The results are: 1) the developmental steps in the school quality improvement program fish bone analysis have gone through 6 phases, 2) the research product using fish bone diagram has proved to be simple, applicable, important, controllable, as well as adaptable. Furthermore, it is communicable, so that it has been effective and efficient for the school's needs to improve its educational quality. A bibliography is included.
A Tale of English Polytechnic Lecturers' Decision Making
Author: Abdullah, Suhaily
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Faculty,English Teachers,English (Second Language),Decision Making,Case Studies,Observation,Grounded Theory,Semi Structured Interviews,Diaries,Teaching Methods,Technical Education,Qualitative Research

Teacher decision making involves a selection of options that leads to thinking processes, underlying teaching in language classroom contexts. Due to this, as a small part of an on-going postgraduate research, this exploratory case study shares the initial findings on the lecturers' decision-making effects on their classroom orientation. Four lecturers in a local polytechnic were purposively selected as research participants. The primary data was collected through non-participatory classroom observations. Manual constant comparative analysis across the cases was run to obtain the results. Later, the results were triangulated with the responses from informal semi-structured interviews and reflective journal entries. The qualitative analysis revealed that participants did share a similar teaching pattern, i.e. active teaching. The participants employed learner-focused-orientation approach as their common teaching practice. They worked on their planning decisions as well as their interactive decisions in order to harmonize their teachings to students' response, proficiency, and attitude. This finding informs some instructional concerns regarding language teaching and learning process in polytechnics' context (as a Technical and Vocational Education and Training, or TVET, higher education institution in Malaysia) to other English educators in different types and levels of learning institutions. Contains a bibliography.
Implementing Controlled Composition to Improve Vocabulary Mastery of EFL Students
Author: Juriah
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Teaching Methods,Vocabulary Development,Elementary School Students,Action Research,Grade 6,Academic Achievement,Dictionaries,Writing (Composition),Foreign Countries,Instructional Effectiveness,Pronunciation,Scores,Qualitative Research

The purposes of this study was to know how (1) Controlled composition teaching techniques implemented by the English teacher at SDN 027 Samarinda to improve vocabulary mastery, and (2) Controlled composition teaching techniques improves vocabulary mastery of the sixth grade students of SDN 027 Samarinda. This research used a Classroom Action Research (CAR) as the research design. The subject of the research is the sixth grade students in the 2013/2014 academic year that consists of 43 students. The instruments employed in this study were observation checklist, field note, and vocabulary test. The result of the research showed that in cycle 1 the students' achievement did not fulfill the minimal criteria of success. However the result of the cycle 1 was better than the preliminary study. The criteria of success did not fulfill in cycle one, some enhancement of the implementation of Controlled Composition were made in cycle two in the form of: Instruct the students bring dictionary, give more examples English sentences, guide the students find the mining of words in the dictionary and write a paragraph, more motivate the students and preparing a media/ picture. Meanwhile the students' achievement in cycle two showed that fulfilled the criteria of success. Based on the findings and discussion, the conclusions are: &quot;Firstly,&quot; Controlled composition was implemented well by the teacher of SDN 027 Samarinda. Controlled composition was implemented and gave impacts in: (a) increasing the students' vocabulary mastery significantly, (b) making the students able to spell the vocabularies, (c) making the students understand the meaning English words, and (d) making the students able to pronounce English words quite good. &quot;Secondly,&quot; Controlled composition improved the students' vocabulary mastery; it was only 20.9% of the students who achieved the English passing grade in the preliminary study, but then 81.39% of the students achieved the English passing grade in the end of cycle 2. Contains a bibliography.
The Interesting Teaching and Learning of Malay Language to Foreign Speakers: Language through Cultures
Author: Baharudin, Mazlina
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Indonesian Languages,Second Language Learning,Foreign Students,Teaching Methods,Cultural Influences,Social Influences,Teaching Styles,Student Characteristics,Learning Activities,Student Motivation,Observation,Interviews,Dance,Design,Cooking Instruction,Program Effectiveness

The interesting teaching and learning of Malay languages is a challenging effort and need a relevant plan to the students' needs especially for the foreign students who already have the basic Indonesian Malay language variation that they have learned for four semesters in their own country, Germany. Therefore, the variety of teaching and learning strategies should be considered by the teachers to make teaching and learning become interesting, effective and not boring. Basic effectiveness of a language program was the factors of socio-culture, the style of teaching and learning, the students, and the characteristics of the program. This paper however focused on the socio-cultural factors (learning of cultures) and the activities program that enable to generate excitement and effectiveness in the teaching and learning of Malay language as a foreign language. In the teaching and learning process found that the more we gave the activities to the students, the more the students acquired the meaning of the lessons. In this study, the selected respondents were the two groups of students from TWG, Konstanz, Germany who have followed the Malay Language and Culture Program in the Languages, Literacies and Translation Center, University of Sains Malaysia, Penang, in 2011. The first group was started in March to June, and the second group in September to November. The research was based on formal and informal observations and interviews. This paper also discussed about the outdoor activities program used as curriculum in the teaching and learning process that gives an interesting environment to foreign students. Contains a bibliography.
The Effect of Transcribing on Elementary Iranian EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension
Author: Afsharrad, Mohammad
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Listening Comprehension,Transcripts (Written Records),Second Language Instruction,Comparative Analysis,Instructional Effectiveness,Pretests Posttests,Statistical Analysis,Novices

This study is motivated by the gap existing between theory and practice in teaching listening. Most of the techniques used to teach listening put more emphasis on top-down processing while listeners' problems are more of perceptive ones (bottom-up). In order to address the pervasive decoding problem in listening, this study suggests using transcribing exercise as an input enhancement device and investigates its effect on beginning learners' listening ability. To this end, 31 learners participated in the study. The control group did not have any transcribing practice while the experimental group received transcribing exercise. In the data analysis step, an independent samples t test was employed to compare the two groups. The results show that transcribing has a significant positive effect on beginning learners' listening comprehension. The findings of the study as well as advantages of transcribing exercise are discussed. Implications of the study and scope for future research are also addressed. A bibliography is included.
Improving the EFL Learners' Speaking Ability through Interactive Storytelling
Author: Marzuki
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Communication Skills,Story Telling,Interaction,Junior High School Students,Action Research,Foreign Countries,Second Language Learning,Teaching Methods,Language Skills,Observation,Check Lists,Learning Activities,Program Effectiveness

This present research was aimed to improve the EFL learners' speaking ability and their classroom activities through the implementation of Interactive Storytelling Strategy. Therefore, this study was directed to explore the beneficial of Interactive Storytelling that closely related to the EFL learners' everyday activities at their home and school. The subject consisted of 22 of Junior High of Indonesian EFL learners. A Classroom Action Research in two cycles had been conducted within 6 meetings for every cycle. The meetings were focused on the interactivity and communicative ability among learners. The research result showed that the learners' speaking ability improved from 17 or 72,27% passed in Cycle 1 to 22 or 100% passed the criteria of success in Cycle 2. It also showed that their classroom activities improved from 8 or 36,36% who were very active (VA) and 14 or 63,64% who were active (A) to 18 or 81,82% were very active (VA) and 4 or 18,18% were active (A). In conclusion, the implementation of Interactive Storytelling Strategy increased the EFL learners' speaking ability and their classroom activities. Contains a bibliography.
Phonetic Symbols through Audiolingual Method to Improve the Students' Listening Skill
Author: Samawiyah, Zuhrotun
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Phonetics,Action Research,Audiolingual Methods,Teaching Methods,Observation,Language Tests,Grades (Scholastic),Listening Skills,Junior High School Students,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Scores,Foreign Countries

Phonetic symbols present linguistics feature to how the words are pronounced or spelled and they offer a way to easily identify and recognize the words. Phonetic symbols were applied in this research to give the students clear input and a comprehension toward English words. Moreover, these phonetic symbols were applied within audio-lingual method which provided repetitions, memorizations, and drills through audio media. This research used Classroom Action Research (CAR) design. The objective of this research was to improve the students' listening skill through phonetic symbols applied within audio-lingual method. The instruments used were observation and test. The result showed that the students were encouraged to identify spoken words based on phonetic symbols. They were able to differentiate phonetic symbols used that helped them to identify words on spoken text. Meanwhile, the result of test showed that there were 30 students of 40 students who achieved the passing grade, 75. The percentage of students' achievement test met the target of this research success that was 75% of the students got score = 75. As the target of the research was successfully done that it showed to the students' improvement, this CAR was able to improve the students listening skill. Contains a bibiiography.
Learning from Fables: Moral Values in Three Selected English Stories
Author: Abrar, Mukhlash
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Moral Values,Literary Genres,English Literature,Ethics,Islam,Qualitative Research,Elementary School Students,Junior High School Students,Student Surveys

Fable is not just a fun story, but it certainly has the moral lesson(s) inside of the storyline. This research tries to portray ethical value(s) in three selected English fable stories as well as to let the readers know that they can learn something from the fables. With this study, the researcher also correlated the value(s) to real life and Islamic views. To achieve the research objectives, the researcher employed qualitative research design with descriptive analysis as an attempt to provide an in-depth and comprehensive explanation of the data. The data of this study, based on the researcher's random survey on Primary and Junior High Schools students on January -June 2015, are three selected English fable stories entitled &quot;The Rabbit and the Turtle,&quot; &quot;The Fox and the Goat,&quot; and &quot;The Monkey and the Crocodile.&quot; The results indicate that each fable has, at least, a moral lesson in its narrative, among others: &quot;Never underestimate the weakest opponent,&quot; &quot;Never give up is the key of success,&quot; &quot;Look before you leap,&quot; &quot;Being smart helps better in life,&quot; and &quot;Trust is the basis of the relationship.&quot; Contains a bibliography.
The Role of English Debating Tournament in the Face of the ASEAN Economy Community (AEC)
Author: Husnawadi
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Debate,Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Competition,Teaching Methods,Critical Thinking,Thinking Skills,Language Skills,Teamwork,High School Students,College Students

Since its establishment in the late 2015, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) with English as the official language has forced its participating countries to improve the quality of English language teaching, in the hope to prepare their people to be globally competitive, as the lack of English proficiency remains the main challenge across the country members. A myriad of empirical evidence shows that English forensic or debating tournament can bring about globally competitive individuals in terms of being highly competent in English together with having higher order thinking skills. In response to the above challenge, this paper sheds some light on how English debating tournament or teaching strategy can generate such competitive generations in Indonesia. Specifically, this paper presents (1) typology of English debating tournaments, (2) how English debating improves the language competence and critical thinking skills by drawing on some of respective research, (3) An example of its practice in an Indonesian EFL classroom and its principles, (4) and its implications on the teaching of English in Indonesia. Contains a bibliography.
The Effect of Mind Mapping on EFL Students' Idea Development in Argumentative Writing across Gender Differences and Learning Styles
Author: Ningrum, Ary Setya Budhi
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Cognitive Mapping,Persuasive Discourse,Writing (Composition),Gender Differences,Cognitive Style,College Students,Statistical Analysis,Writing Strategies,Comparative Analysis

The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of mind mapping as a strategy in generating ideas before writing on the EFL students' idea development in argumentative writing as perceived from their gender differences and learning styles. By conducting an experimental investigation at university level in Indonesia, two existing TOEFL classes at the State Islamic Studies (STAIN) in Kediri were selected by a lottery to group 1: using linear notes (N = 41), and group 2: using mind mapping (N = 41). For analyzing the data, Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were utilized by using students' TOEFL score as the covariate variable. The result findings indicated that there is no significant difference on the students' idea developments in writing between the control and the experimental groups. These result also revealed that there is no significant difference on the students' idea development in writing between gender differences, and among the students' learning styles. Furthermore, there is no significant interaction between treatment and gender differences, and there is no significant interaction between treatment and learning styles. Contains a bibliography.
Television Commercial Preferences of Children Aged 3-6 Years
Author: Yurtsever Kilicgun, Muge
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Young Children,Television Viewing,Advertising,Preferences,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Surveys,Interviews,Preschool Education,Statistical Analysis,Foreign Countries

Problem Statement: When children watch television, they are exposed to commercial advertisements whose general purpose is to make a positive impression on viewers about a commodity or service in order to drive the sales of that commodity or service. Due to their voiced and moving images, their setup and characters, and their being short and recurrent, television commercials attract the attention of children, who are influenced by ads for both products targeting them and products that concern family consumption. As such, television commercials can influence children's purchasing behaviors, which thereby makes children a strong target group of consumers that should be listened to, informed, and persuaded with respect to such behaviors. For that reason, the characteristics of television commercials that children prefer to watch have become important. Purpose of the Study: In this study, I aimed to investigate the expression, message, character, and sector-related details of the commercials watched by children according to their age and gender. Method: Following a survey-based research model, I used individual interviews and television advertising images during data collection with a sample of 339 children. I examined the characteristics of advertisements according to their type of expression, message type, characters used, and sector of the product or service advertised, as well as examined descriptive data in terms of frequency and percentage. I also analyzed the properties of the differences between children's age and gender with chi-square analysis. Findings: In response to 74 different television commercials, children revealed significant differences by age and gender in terms of the type of expression, message type, and product or service sector of the commercials that they liked. Although no significant difference emerged between the children's gender and the types of characters in the commercials that they liked, a significant difference did emerge between their age and the types of characters in those commercials. Conclusion and Recommendations: The results show that features of television commercials favored by children aged 3-6 years can have different characteristics according to the children's age and gender. By extension, the results are important to advertisers as well as parents and educators, and longitudinal follow-up studies are possible that examine the effect of different variables of children and their families. In that way, researchers can investigate whether and, if so, then how the characteristics of commercials favored by children affect their future consumption preferences.
An Online Training Program for Gifted Children's Parents in Turkey
Author: Leana-Tascilar, Marilena Z.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Academically Gifted,Parent Education,Online Courses,Electronic Learning,Distance Education,Young Children,Pretests Posttests,Talent Identification,Child Development,Motivation,Intervention,Depression (Psychology),Psychological Patterns,Parent Attitudes

Problem Statement: Turkey began studies of gifted education relatively recently in comparison with other countries and these studies are focused more to the education of gifted children and their teachers instead of parents. Guiding and educating the parents of gifted students has recently been put into practice in our country while no matter how qualified a curriculum is, one will never reach the ultimate goal of education unless parent education is included. Therefore, studies focused on parent education and guiding of gifted students are vital need of gifted education in Turkey. Purpose of the Study: The aim of the paper was to increase the awareness levels of gifted children's parents about giftedness via distance education. Method: In total 154 parents, who have children at age 6-8, were interested with the study. 40 (31 mothers, 9 fathers) of them participated regularly in the training. One group pretest-posttest experimental model was used. Topics such identification of giftedness, intelligence, developmental aspects, perfectionism, depression, motivation, and educational preventions were covered in 8 sessions. Findings and Results: The effects of training, measured by the Scale of Awareness of Gifted Children's Parents. Results showed that parents' awareness increased significantly (t = 5.29, p&lt;0.001) in total. However in some sub-scales there were not significant differences, the mean scores of the post-tests were higher than the pre-tests. Conclusion and Recommendations: In conclusion, since gifted education field is growing in Turkey, it is very important to inform parents about their children's needs. Results showed that distance education is a practical and economical way to achieve that goal. The researchers due to very positive feedbacks about the study can recommend to do further studies with bigger sample from all over the country. In addition, for further studies more comprehensive questionnaire may be developed to evaluate the effects of the training program in a better way.