item: #1 of 102 id: acuity-1041 author: Tampubolon, Apricia; Panjaitan, Nelson Balisar title: A Comparative Study between TPS and LRD Strategy to Enhance Students’ Reading Comprehension date: 2019-07-31 words: 8548 flesch: 64 summary: Students are also invited to compare their findings with other students in group discussion. It can be stated that through LRD strategy students enjoyed more and become motivated to learn English. keywords: comprehension; data; discuss; learning; listen; lrd; moderate; pair; reading; reading comprehension; share; strategy; students; test; text; think cache: acuity-1041.pdf plain text: acuity-1041.txt item: #2 of 102 id: acuity-1043 author: Situngkir, Debby Anelia title: The Application of Process Approach in Enhancing Paragraph Writing Skills of SMA Negeri 1 Lembang date: 2019-07-29 words: 11099 flesch: 58 summary: In addition, the PA is described as an approach that emphasizes teaching writing not as product but as process; helping students discover their own voice; allowing students to choose their own topic; providing teacher and peer feedback; encouraging revision and using student writing as the primary text of the course (Silvia & Matsuda, 2001). It includes (a) extra preparations, if the school is not using an intelligent adaptive learning system that collects student data to achieve personalized learning outcomes, teachers will need to thoroughly research the academic history of each student and the ways he or she learns best, and (b) teacher’s initiative, teacher needs to modify the classroom, teacher needs to do observation or research in order to get the detailed information of the students, by getting the detail information of the students, teacher can reconstruct the class. keywords: 4)2; approach; collaborative; english; high; ideas; individual; language; learning; level; paragraph; process; research; result; skill; students; teaching; test; writing cache: acuity-1043.pdf plain text: acuity-1043.txt item: #3 of 102 id: acuity-1066 author: Kurniati, Ruri Fadhilah title: Analyzing Errors in Academic Essays Written by English Department Students date: 2019-07-30 words: 1903 flesch: 62 summary: Keywords: essay structure errors, unity, coherence, academic essay Introduction Being able to write an academic essay is one competence that must be mastered by English Department students since they learn the theories of writing an academic essay in Writing courses as requested by the curriculum. In Writing courses, students learn how to write academic essays appropriately. keywords: errors; paragraph; unity cache: acuity-1066.pdf plain text: acuity-1066.txt item: #4 of 102 id: acuity-1068 author: Marpaung, Marlin Steffi; Sinaga, Risnawaty title: The Use of Read, Cover, Remember, Retell (Rcrr) Strategy in Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension Ability date: 2019-07-30 words: 8597 flesch: 64 summary: Number of the test participants NA : Number of a lower group participant NB : Number of lower group participant BA : Number of upper group participants who answered the question correctly BA : Number of lower group participants who answered the question correctly PA = BA : the proposition of upper group students who correctly answer the test JA item PB = BB : the proposition of lower group students who correctly answer the test JB item value of discrimination index from Arikunto (2009) was employed to interpret the distinguishing clarification, and it was shown in table 5. Table 5. Klingner and Vaughn (2007) stated that vocabulary mastery also affects reading comprehension. keywords: comprehension; cover; data; group; rcrr; reading; remember; retell; strategy; students; table; test; text cache: acuity-1068.pdf plain text: acuity-1068.txt item: #5 of 102 id: acuity-1071 author: Ningsih, Yanti Rahayu; Indriawati, Arlisa title: Life and Death in Diary of A Mad Old Man by Junichiro Tanizaki, Aku by Chairil Anwar, the Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Kathrene Anne Porter and the Tinkers by Paul Harding date: 2019-07-30 words: 4414 flesch: 64 summary: The prominent theme about human life is related to life and death which becomes the ultimate journey of every human. Literature as the highest expression of human life can’t be separated from reality. keywords: death; george; harding; human; intertextuality; life; man cache: acuity-1071.pdf plain text: acuity-1071.txt item: #6 of 102 id: acuity-1089 author: Katemba, Caroline Victorine; Parilia, Rafael Randy title: Building 10th Grade Students’ Vocabulary through Reading the Newspaper at SMK 45 Lembang date: 2020-01-09 words: 5821 flesch: 56 summary: g = Medium 0.7>g>0.3 g = low: g<0.3; Hypothesis testing The hypothesis to be tested is: Ho = μ1 = μ2 & Ha = μ1≠ μ2 Whereby: μ1: average normalized gain experimental class student learning outcomes μ2: average normalized gain control of a class of student learning outcomes The statistic technique that was use to test this hypothesis is the analysis of the two-tailed test. Test methods used to obtain data on student learning outcomes in the experimental group and the control group, which carried out the pre-test and posttest. keywords: class; control; data; experimental; newspaper; post; pre; students; test; vocabulary cache: acuity-1089.pdf plain text: acuity-1089.txt item: #7 of 102 id: acuity-2042 author: Apriliyanti, Dewi Listia title: Enhancing Teachers’ Competencies through Professional Development Program: Challenges and Benefactions date: 2020-01-09 words: 4050 flesch: 43 summary: Also, professionalism in English teachers is the interconnection of all domain, namely, language ability, cultural understanding, instruction ability included planning for the standards- based EFL and content instructions—, and classroom-based assessment for EFL (Kuhlman & Kneževic, 2017). First, English teachers can give the instruction. keywords: competencies; english; learning; professional; program; research; teachers; teaching; training cache: acuity-2042.pdf plain text: acuity-2042.txt item: #8 of 102 id: acuity-2165 author: Sekito, Ralph Edward Paulo title: Tracing the Epic Tradition in The Fantaserye: GMA 7’s “Encantadia” As an Epic date: 2019-12-15 words: 9074 flesch: 65 summary: Amihan and Lira’s characters are today’s embodiment of epic heroes. And lastly, Prince Ybrahim’s character, the long-lost prince of Sapiro, was patterned after an Ilokano folk epic hero, Lam-ang. keywords: amihan; characters; encantadia; epic; episode; fantaserye; folk; hagorn; hero; lira; lireo; people; pirena; queen; television cache: acuity-2165.pdf plain text: acuity-2165.txt item: #9 of 102 id: acuity-2219 author: Simanungkalit, Ate Gueen; Rondonuwu, Joppi Jacobus title: Mentoring Style, Self-Description, and Academic Achievement in English Class date: 2020-01-09 words: 4910 flesch: 49 summary: The research inquiries focused on the following issues: (1) identifying the mentoring style, self-description, and academic achievement of the students; (2) the relationship of mentoring style, self-description, academic achievement, and demographic profiles; and (3) the interactive effects—individual and joint—of mentoring style, self-description, and student academic achievement. Student academic achievement, which is regarded as one of the major indicators of student success, has been traditionally associated with student mentoring and self-description, in spite of the controversial findings. keywords: achievement; description; effect; mentee; mentoring; self; student; study; style cache: acuity-2219.pdf plain text: acuity-2219.txt item: #10 of 102 id: acuity-2221 author: Panjaitan, Nelson Balisar; Sihotang, Hana Monica title: A Comparative Study Between Frayer Model And Concept Mapping Strategy to Enhance Students’ Vocabulary Acquisition date: 2020-01-10 words: 7839 flesch: 62 summary: The Frayer Model is especially useful for teaching vocabularies that describes concepts or vocabulary that describes concepts students may already know but cannot yet clearly define. For the pre-test the students were given vocabulary test in the form of the total number of approximately 25 multiple-choice questions, to see students’ prior ability and vocabulary achievement level. Procedures of Data Collection In gathering data, the researcher used the following steps: Conducting the Pilot Test keywords: acquisition; concept; english; frayer; language; mapping; model; strategy; students; table; test; vocabulary cache: acuity-2221.pdf plain text: acuity-2221.txt item: #11 of 102 id: acuity-2237 author: Cunandar, Dadang title: Gender-based Students’ Listening Ability of Auditory Learning Modality date: 2020-10-15 words: 3480 flesch: 60 summary: The average of male students was 50 while female students were 68. Male students are only able to summarize the contents of the conversation and only 20% can respond to the results of the conversation. keywords: ability; cigugur; learning; listening; school; students; teacher cache: acuity-2237.pdf plain text: acuity-2237.txt item: #12 of 102 id: acuity-2247 author: Marpaung, Marlin Steffi; Situmeang, Hardi Jhon Pinondang title: Enhancing Students’ Vocabulary through Authentic Materials and Multimedia date: 2020-10-15 words: 6050 flesch: 53 summary: Nuriyya (2018, p. 11) said that By using authentic material students deal with outside and real-world, they become interested when dealing with real language.” Authentic materials refer to pictures, photographs, video selection, and radio. keywords: language; materials; multimedia; students; study; table; teaching; test; use; vocabulary cache: acuity-2247.pdf plain text: acuity-2247.txt item: #13 of 102 id: acuity-2299 author: Katemba, Caroline Victorine title: Teachers' Perceptions in Implementing Technologies In Language Teaching and Learning in Indonesia date: 2020-10-15 words: 6421 flesch: 55 summary: The role of beliefs in the use of information technology: implications for teacher education, or teaching the right thing at the right time. Many teachers encountered the problem of perception when using ICT in the teaching and learning process in the classroom (Kurniawan, 2014). keywords: classroom; english; ict; learning; teachers; teaching; technologies; technology; tools; use cache: acuity-2299.pdf plain text: acuity-2299.txt item: #14 of 102 id: acuity-2317 author: Fitria, Tira Nur title: An Analysis of Moral Values Found in a Korean TV Series 'The World of Married' date: 2020-10-15 words: 8174 flesch: 86 summary: Go Ye Rim is Sun Woo's neighbor and friend but she knew and hid Lee Tae 's affair with Da Kyung by having a vacation with Lee Tae, Da Kyung, and other Sun Woo friends. In front of Sun Woo, Lee Tae acted as nothing has happened. keywords: lee; moral; sun; sun woo; tae; woo; world; young cache: acuity-2317.pdf plain text: acuity-2317.txt item: #15 of 102 id: acuity-2329 author: Amalia, Arsyi Rizqia title: Improving Students Vocabulary Mastery through Guess My Move Game Gender-Based date: 2020-10-15 words: 5076 flesch: 59 summary: Students are divided into groups of five to seven members, the division of this group was based on students' English abilities/heterogeneous and also by gender with the results of the formation of 2 groups of male students and 2 groups of female students, c) Based on the indicators of the success of this study, the completeness of student learning outcomes was more than or equal to 70%, then this research can be said to be successful in increasing the completeness of student learning outcomes with Minimum Passing Score achievement of 70. keywords: cycle; english; group; language; learning; research; score; students; vocabulary cache: acuity-2329.pdf plain text: acuity-2329.txt item: #16 of 102 id: acuity-2370 author: Hasan, Mariwan; Abdulkareem, Lara; Star, Lara title: William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130: A Reconsideration date: 2020-10-15 words: 12179 flesch: 72 summary: What makes English sonnet different from other sonnets, is that it is different in the rhyme scheme as well as a different breaking in the stanza. Many repeated images mirror repeated themes; others help us to make more oblique links with other sonnets (Rymond 1995). keywords: beauty; dark; english; eyes; lady; line; love; mistress; poet; red; renaissance; shakespeare; sonnet; sun; women cache: acuity-2370.pdf plain text: acuity-2370.txt item: #17 of 102 id: acuity-2385 author: Hasan, Mariwan; Ahmed, Lona ; Muhammad, Roman title: Imperialism, Colonialism and Racism in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Postcolonial Approach date: 2020-12-02 words: 9053 flesch: 62 summary: (Matz 2004) LITERATURE REVIEW This novella by Joseph Conrad was first published in 1902 with the story Youth and thereafter published separately. (Clarke 2017) Joseph Conrad was one of the famous novelists in the history of English literature. keywords: africa; africans; black; colonialism; conrad; darkness; english; heart; imperialism; marlow; novel; people; racism cache: acuity-2385.pdf plain text: acuity-2385.txt item: #18 of 102 id: acuity-2388 author: Baldatun, Ikhsan ; Murtiningrum, Afina title: Assimilation as the Impact of Diaspora Reflected in Mrs. Parker’s Family in Karate Kid Film date: 2020-12-02 words: 5331 flesch: 62 summary: As the story goes, this family (Mrs. Parker and her son, Dre) is trying to adapt to Chinese culture such as lifestyles, cultures, and language as the impact of the diaspora based on a value that exists in Chinese society, which is Confucianism. Briefly, Dre shows the flexibility of a good attitude that refers to express ethic and value contained in the morality of Confucianism in Chinese culture as a host culture. keywords: assimilation; culture; diaspora; dre; host; people; ying cache: acuity-2388.pdf plain text: acuity-2388.txt item: #19 of 102 id: acuity-2389 author: Alwuraafi, Ebrahim title: Zaydi Discriminatory Decrees and Their Effect on Yemenite Jews in Nomi Eve’s Henna House date: 2020-12-02 words: 7833 flesch: 65 summary: In other words, the enforcement of laws such as Orphans’ Decree was a major cause of Yemenite Jews migration out of Yemen in the first half of the 20th century. 24 Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy Literature , and Culture, Vol. 6 No.1,2021 https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity Zaydi Discriminatory Decrees and Their Effect on Yemenite Jews in Nomi Eve’s Henna House: keywords: adela; community; confiscator; eve; father; jews; muslim; novel; orphans; yemen; yemenite; zaydi cache: acuity-2389.pdf plain text: acuity-2389.txt item: #20 of 102 id: acuity-2396 author: Rinekso, Aji Budi title: Pros and Cons of Learning Style: an Implication for English Language Teachers date: 2020-12-02 words: 5960 flesch: 55 summary: However, recent studies found that learning style is a myth since there are flaws appearing in the learning style instruments and hypothesis. Thus, teaching methods and materials suiting to the students’ learning styles is assumed to result on an effective language learning. keywords: english; language; learners; learning; learning style; matching; students; study; style; teachers; teaching cache: acuity-2396.pdf plain text: acuity-2396.txt item: #21 of 102 id: acuity-2398 author: Sihombing, Lambok; Dellavia, Saffira title: Media Framing in South Korean Drama “Crash Landing on You” towards North Korea date: 2021-05-11 words: 4578 flesch: 69 summary: It is shown when Kang says that she rarely watches South Korean drama about the North Korea because it is usually “dark”. [Review of South Korean drama Crash Landing On You offers glimpse of daily life in North Korea]. keywords: drama; framing; korea; landing; north; north korea; people; south cache: acuity-2398.pdf plain text: acuity-2398.txt item: #22 of 102 id: acuity-2411 author: Marpaung, Marlin Steffi; ., Rahmadhan title: The Rhyme of Joyful Feeling in “To Autumn” By John Keats date: 2021-01-15 words: 8886 flesch: 72 summary: The objectives of this study are to determine the types of joyful rhyme reflected in John Keats’ poem “To Autumn” and to interpret how the rhyme reflected the joyful feeling in the poem. In other words, joyful is causing or bringing joy, as an event, a sight, or news, or delightful. keywords: autumn; data; joyful; keats; line; literary; meaning; poem; poetry; rhyme; semiotic; sign; stanza; study; word cache: acuity-2411.pdf plain text: acuity-2411.txt item: #23 of 102 id: acuity-2440 author: Suryani, Lilis ; Apriliyanti, Dewi Listia; Rohmat, Fauziah Nur title: Developing Teaching Guidelines and Learning Module of Speaking for General Communication: Students’ Perception and Needs date: 2021-03-17 words: 3894 flesch: 55 summary: Method of teaching: students ask more time to practice (limited time) - Students still have limited vocabulary. - Students ask more game What are the topics that you want to learn in this course? Mention and give the reasons! Educators and students, whether ready or not, have to do online learning because to avoid the spread of this pandemic. keywords: communication; language; learning; materials; online; speaking; students; teaching cache: acuity-2440.pdf plain text: acuity-2440.txt item: #24 of 102 id: acuity-2457 author: Katemba, Caroline Victorine title: Enhancing Vocabulary Performance Through Mobile Assisted Language Learning at a Rural School in Indonesia date: 2021-01-17 words: 3359 flesch: 58 summary: The result of the study showed that students in the experimental group performed better than the control group. In a study done by Andrici (2012), she found that students who lack vocabulary, are students with a low capacity to understand the words and also those who lack the motivation to learn the language. keywords: group; language; learning; mobile; students; vocabulary cache: acuity-2457.pdf plain text: acuity-2457.txt item: #25 of 102 id: acuity-2459 author: syahrizal, Trisnendri; Pamungkas, Mundriyah Y title: Revealing Students’ Responses on the Use of Flipgrid in Speaking Class: Survey on ICT date: 2021-03-18 words: 5133 flesch: 57 summary: Students also feel worries about being duplicated by other students, they feel that there is a huge possibility that their work can be copied and eventually effecting the final score. In conjunction, another study showed that students tend to have a positive attitude towards online learning, especially if the activity promotes student friendliness towards others and it is socially engaging (Dogoriti, 2015). keywords: flipgrid; learning; online; research; responses; speaking; students; study; teacher; tool; use; video cache: acuity-2459.pdf plain text: acuity-2459.txt item: #26 of 102 id: acuity-2462 author: Rizkiani, Siska title: Professional Competency of Pre-Service English Teachers and ICT during Covid-19 Pandemic date: 2021-06-21 words: 4576 flesch: 45 summary: The results showed that the professional competence of pre-service English teachers in implementing ICT is at a very good level, which means that pre-service teachers have performed excellent competence. Based on the explanation above, it appears that further research on the professional competence of pre-service English teachers needs to be done to find effective ways for lecturers and pre-service teachers to improve their teaching performance, especially during the Covid19 pandemic, which requires learning to be done online. keywords: competence; english; good; learning; pre; professional; service; students; teachers cache: acuity-2462.pdf plain text: acuity-2462.txt item: #27 of 102 id: acuity-2482 author: Wijaya, Kristian title: The Important Role of Extensive Reading Strategy in Indonesian EFL Learning Contexts date: 2021-05-10 words: 5483 flesch: 33 summary: To fully fulfill this holistic educational objectivity, extensive reading plays a key role in fostering the overarching Indonesian EFL learners’ target language proficiency due to the inducement of pleasurable, continual, and stress-free L2 reading learning dynamics proffered by this student-centered learning approach. Undeniably, one of the efficient and meaningful L2 reading strategies language teachers should ponder exhaustively to be inculcated in their daily class basis is extensive reading. keywords: activities; efl; indonesian; language; learners; learning; reading; strategy; teachers; texts cache: acuity-2482.pdf plain text: acuity-2482.txt item: #28 of 102 id: acuity-2483 author: Jayaputri, Herlandri Eka title: The Educational Values as Reelected in Harper Lee Novel’s to Kill A Mocking Bird date: 2022-02-06 words: 5506 flesch: 67 summary: The quotation above has social education value. The line above has religious education value as the sentence who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one. keywords: atticus; education; good; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; jem; lee; mockingbird; novel; scout; values cache: acuity-2483.pdf plain text: acuity-2483.txt item: #29 of 102 id: acuity-2484 author: Walsh-Moorman, Elizabeth title: Curating the Human Experience: Introducing an Inquiry of Literary Texts into Historical Research date: 2021-05-16 words: 4660 flesch: 55 summary: Literary texts slowed down the meaning making process Including the curation of literary texts in this historical inquiry complicated the process. Results indicate that the use of literary texts prepared students to build nuanced historical arguments by helping them identify subtexts and divergent perspectives through their research. keywords: curation; ela; history; literacy; nate; perspectives; process; students; texts; video cache: acuity-2484.pdf plain text: acuity-2484.txt item: #30 of 102 id: acuity-2486 author: Dolgunsöz, Emrah; Yıldırım, Gürkan title: The Role of Mobile Devices on Online EFL Skill Courses During Covid-19 Emergency Remote Education date: 2021-06-08 words: 6047 flesch: 62 summary: Mobile devices and Online EFL Experience Recently, mobile devices are getting more and more popular when compared to desktop computers. Since mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and notebooks are widely used in daily life, EFL learners also preferred to utilize them for online courses due to their undisputable mobility. keywords: author(s; courses; devices; education; efl; learners; learning; mobile; online; participants; problems; screen; writing cache: acuity-2486.pdf plain text: acuity-2486.txt item: #31 of 102 id: acuity-2529 author: Uzun, Kutay; Ulum, Ömer Gökhan title: Sentiment and Sentence Similarity as Predictors of Integrated and Independent L2 Writing Performance date: 2021-06-28 words: 8078 flesch: 48 summary: As shown in the table, the multivariate sentiment model which included polarity and subjectivity scores as the predictors of integrated writing essay score was significant, explaining 4.4% of the variance (R² = .04, F(2, 182) = 4.18, p < .05). Do sentence similarity scores of EFL writers predict their L2WP? keywords: analysis; english; essay; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; independent; journal; language; research; score; sentence; sentence similarity; sentiment; similarity; subjectivity; writing cache: acuity-2529.pdf plain text: acuity-2529.txt item: #32 of 102 id: acuity-2531 author: Atmojo, Arief Eko Priyo title: Teacher-Made YouTube Videos in Online EFL Classes: Non-English Department Students’ Perceptions and Practices date: 2021-09-16 words: 7125 flesch: 58 summary: Keywords: EFL classes, non-English department students, online EFL learning, students’ perceptions, YouTube videos. INTRODUCTION Research and publication on the use of YouTube for teaching English and facilitating students’ learning are currently growing. Obviously, some researches regarding the use of YouTube videos are focused on developing English skills including vocabulary, reading, writing, listening, speaking, and critical thinking skill (Maryani & Aguskin, 2019). keywords: english; fgd; language; learning; students; teacher; use; videos; youtube; youtube videos cache: acuity-2531.pdf plain text: acuity-2531.txt item: #33 of 102 id: acuity-2535 author: Fitria, Tira Nur title: English Vlog Project: Students’ Perceptions and Their Problems date: 2022-02-03 words: 6340 flesch: 63 summary: But, the students also face problems in making English vlogs. Most students use a phone in recording their vlogs and they do not use additional devices when recording English vlogs. keywords: english; english vlog; language; questionnaire; recording; responses; speaking; students; use; video; vlog cache: acuity-2535.pdf plain text: acuity-2535.txt item: #34 of 102 id: acuity-2539 author: Coşkun, Abdullah; Yüksel, Yücel title: Examining English as a Foreign Language Students' Boredom in terms of Different Variables date: 2021-07-04 words: 8595 flesch: 61 summary: Likewise, the study examining the causes and changes of boredom in four English language lessons attended by three students scoring the highest, average and the lowest on the English Classroom Boredom Scale led to the finding that the fluctuations in boredom levels were related to factors, such as language activities and the lesson organization (Zawodniak & Kruk, 2019). The Mann Whitney U Test revealed differences in terms of boredom levels between 9th and 11th graders (U = 16704, p <.05), 9th and 12th (U = 7335, p <.05) and 10th and 12th graders (U = 6938, p <.05). keywords: boredom; efl; english; english language; factor; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; items; journal; kruk; language; level; scale; students; study cache: acuity-2539.pdf plain text: acuity-2539.txt item: #35 of 102 id: acuity-2541 author: Sağlamel, Hasan; Aydoğdu, Zeynep Merve title: The Academic Writing Needs of Students: A Case Study on Stakeholder Perspectives date: 2021-07-04 words: 7843 flesch: 52 summary: Motivational orientations and self-efficacy beliefs of Turkish students towards EFL learning. The Academic Writing Needs of Students: A Case Study on Stakeholder Perspectives Hasan Sağlamel1 Department of English Language and Literature, Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey hsaglamel@ktu.edu.tr Zeynep Merve Aydoğdu2 Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v7i2.2541 keywords: content; courses; department; emi; english; instruction; journal; language; medium; students; vocabulary; writing cache: acuity-2541.pdf plain text: acuity-2541.txt item: #36 of 102 id: acuity-2578 author: Wijaya, Kristian title: The The Important Role of Self-Regulation in Worldwide EFL Learning Contexts date: 2021-11-11 words: 6464 flesch: 35 summary: https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity 65 The Important Role of Self-Regulation in Worldwide EFL Learning Contexts Kristian Wijaya Sanata Dharma University kristianwijaya500@gmail.com 10.35974/acuity.v7i1.2578 Abstract To better cultivate life-long learning characters within EFL learners, they should be well-trained in activating their utmost self-regulation potentials. By becoming more self-regulated academicians, EFL learners will be more capable of controlling their targeted learning environments, resources, strategies, and time in a better purpose to reach the desired learning outcomes. keywords: efl; efl learners; english; journal; language; language learning; learners; learning; regulation; research; self; strategies cache: acuity-2578.pdf plain text: acuity-2578.txt item: #37 of 102 id: acuity-2581 author: Woottipong, Kretsai title: Facilitating Learners’ Self-Regulated Learning Skills and Self-Efficacy to Write in English Using Technologies date: 2022-02-07 words: 10848 flesch: 46 summary: The New South Wales (NSW) Quality Teaching Model proposes “generic qualities of pedagogy that have been successfully implemented in different educational contexts and are demonstrated to improve student learning” (NSW DET, 2003, p. 4-5). On questionnaire use in language learning strategies research. keywords: efficacy; english; group; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; journal; knowledge; language; learners; learning; performance; regulation; self; strategies; students; test; writing cache: acuity-2581.pdf plain text: acuity-2581.txt item: #38 of 102 id: acuity-2605 author: Wijaya, Kristian title: Indonesian University EFL Learners' Perspectives toward Self-Assessment in Writing Processes date: 2022-06-17 words: 5835 flesch: 38 summary: This aforesaid description is closely interlinked with the theory of authentic writing learning assessment proposed by Marhaeni (2015) avowing that authentic writing assessment can bring about a wider array of advantageous values for learners’ writing motivation along with skills development since they are continually requested to incorporate all the attained knowledge in the manifestation of apparent writing practices. Keywords: self-assessment, EFL writing processes, qualitative content analysis INTRODUCTION In the EFL realm, one of the essential skills that should be mastered fully by our modern learners is writing. keywords: assessment; efl; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; journal; language; learners; learning; self; university; writing cache: acuity-2605.pdf plain text: acuity-2605.txt item: #39 of 102 id: acuity-2607 author: Nur Naenah, Nuning title: Learning Styles and Attitude toward Achievement among English Second Language Students date: 2022-04-06 words: 5913 flesch: 57 summary: In terms of learning a new language, Sham (cited in Eshghinejad 2016), found out that the ability of the learners to study foreign language mostly related to their anxiety, attitude, learning style, motivation, personality, etc. Learning Styles Vaughn and Baker (2007) explained that learning style is “learning variation between individuals in the way they approach learning tasks.” keywords: achievement; attitude; correlation; english; esl; language; learning; respondents; students; study; styles cache: acuity-2607.pdf plain text: acuity-2607.txt item: #40 of 102 id: acuity-2616 author: Yastıbaş, Ahmet Erdost; BATURAY, Meltem Huri; ERTAŞ, Abdullah title: Understanding Reasons That May Cause Attrition and Retention among English Language Teachers in a Developing Country date: 2022-02-14 words: 7402 flesch: 53 summary: According to the findings, there were three main groups of EL teachers with four or five sub-groups formed depending on the participants’ year of teaching experience: the ones who wanted to stay in the job, who wanted to leave the job, and who both wanted to leave and stay in the job. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to find out the reason(s) that may cause FLTAR in a developing country (i.e. Turkey) by focusing on EL teachers due to the working context of the researchers. keywords: experience; job; participants; teachers; teaching; teaching experience; years cache: acuity-2616.pdf plain text: acuity-2616.txt item: #41 of 102 id: acuity-2637 author: Asmalı, Mehmet; Dilbaz Sayın, Sanem title: Academic Procrastination in Language Learning: Adolescent Learners’ Perspectives date: 2022-05-05 words: 7850 flesch: 48 summary: Although it has been reported to be observed with students of all ages (Mccloskey, 2011), the main focus of academic procrastination studies has been university students, and the case with the younger learners has been partly investigated (Klassen & Kuzucu, 2009; Korkmaz et al., 2018). Hacı Yılmaz Emine Urhan İmam Hatip Secondary School, Turkey DOI: 10.35974/acuity.v7i2.2637 Abstract Despite the abundance of studies investigating the impact of academic procrastination on several aspects of learning, less is known about how this construct is perceived by adolescent foreign language learners with different levels of academic procrastination and their reasons to delay tasks and potential suggestions to reduce it. keywords: english; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; journal; language; learners; levels; procrastination; reasons; students; studies; study; suggestions; tasks cache: acuity-2637.pdf plain text: acuity-2637.txt item: #42 of 102 id: acuity-2643 author: Kimsesiz, Fatma title: An EFL Learners’ Performances on Associating English proverbs with Equivalent Turkish Proverbs: A Cross-Cultural Study date: 2022-02-18 words: 5741 flesch: 45 summary: Highly (Maximally) equivalent source language and target language proverbs with a relatively low degree of interlingual reconceptualization, 2. As culture-specific units, teaching target language proverbs is suggested for making learners feel a sense of cultural affinity in learning a foreign language (Kimsesiz, 2021). keywords: conceptualization; culture; english; equivalent; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; language; learners; meaning; proverbs; target; translation; turkish cache: acuity-2643.pdf plain text: acuity-2643.txt item: #43 of 102 id: acuity-2696 author: Wijaya, Kristian title: English Education Master Students' Perceptions on Metacognitive Strategy in Academic Reading date: 2022-02-18 words: 5560 flesch: 34 summary: As a result, it is worth suggesting for EFL teachers lead their learners to a wide variety of metacognitive reading strategies after being equipped with conscientious planning, monitoring, and evaluating stages. The second advantageous value of metacognitive reading strategies is graduate program university EFL learners are highly motivated to engage in various challenging reading learning activities since they have gained a higher level of reading comprehension. keywords: efl; english; graduate; learners; learning; program; reading; strategies; strategy; university cache: acuity-2696.pdf plain text: acuity-2696.txt item: #44 of 102 id: acuity-2720 author: Khumairo, Khurin In; Inayati, Dian; Asrining Tyas, Peptia title: Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers’ Perceptions on the Use of English Children’s Songs date: 2022-06-02 words: 6999 flesch: 54 summary: The use of children songs to improve students’ listening skills (a classroom action research at seventh grade of MTs Nahdlatus Syubban Sayung Demak in the academic year of 2014/2015) One of them is using popular media that are relatable and entertaining for young learners, such as using English songs. keywords: children; english; english children; learners; pre; service; songs; students; teachers cache: acuity-2720.pdf plain text: acuity-2720.txt item: #45 of 102 id: acuity-2721 author: Al Areqih, Rashad title: A Psychoanalytic Reading of Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Heart date: 2022-03-23 words: 7477 flesch: 64 summary: All of these events and traumatic experiences influence Salim, whether he realizes it or not. This study examines Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Heart (2017) from a psychanalytic perspective, highlighting Salim’s different stages of life and tracing the troubles he encounters. keywords: amir; english; family; father; gurnah; hakim; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; life; mother; parents; salim cache: acuity-2721.pdf plain text: acuity-2721.txt item: #46 of 102 id: acuity-2739 author: Ahmed, Sabri title: From Communicative Competence to Communication Proficiency: A Theoretical Study date: 2022-06-17 words: 4537 flesch: 38 summary: Language competence includes organizational competence and pragmatic competence. It presents briefly various models of communicative competence to show what has been written on this term, and then it introduces the term ‘communication proficiency’ as a broader term that includes all competencies and skills required for communication. keywords: ability; communicative; competence; knowledge; language; skills; term cache: acuity-2739.pdf plain text: acuity-2739.txt item: #47 of 102 id: acuity-2774 author: Katemba, Caroline Victorine title: Vocabulary Enhancement through Presentation, Practice, Production(PPP) Method in the Rural EFL Classrooms date: 2022-02-06 words: 4880 flesch: 51 summary: As a result, the researcher used the Presentation, Practice, and Production Method in this study to improve student vocabulary achievement, and the Presentation, Practice, and Production Method is beneficial in improving student vocabulary achievement in grade VII students at SMPN 3 Cisarua. Research Instrument This study's instruments were a pre-test and post-test vocabulary test. keywords: language; method; practice; presentation; production; students; test; vocabulary cache: acuity-2774.pdf plain text: acuity-2774.txt item: #48 of 102 id: acuity-2777 author: Hossain, MD Mozaffor title: Longing for Symbolic Capital in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye: A Bourdieun Estimation date: 2022-04-29 words: 8102 flesch: 59 summary: Vol.7 No.2, 2022 https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity 284 capital can present itself in three fundamental guises: as economic capital, which is immediately and directly convertible into money and may be institutionalized in the form of property rights; as cultural capital, which is convertible, in certain conditions, into economic capital and may be institutionalized in the form of educational qualifications; and as social capital, made up of social obligations (“connections”), which is convertible, in certain conditions, into economic capital and may be institutionalized in the form of a title of nobility. Pierre Bourdieu (1986) classifies capital into three forms basing on the field in which it works, e. g. economic capital, cultural capital and social capital. keywords: black; blue; bluest; bourdieu; capital; eyes; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; journal; language; morrison; pecola; white cache: acuity-2777.pdf plain text: acuity-2777.txt item: #49 of 102 id: acuity-2780 author: Dolgunsöz, Emrah; YİĞİT, Monireh Azimzadeh title: A Cross-National Investigation of Cultural Representations in Iranian and Turkish ELT Coursebooks date: 2022-04-29 words: 6322 flesch: 59 summary: Several studies have explored the cultural contents of English language textbooks used in Iranian and Turkish contexts for several years. They used Kachru’s model to explore the cultural contents of English language textbook that is being used in high schools in Iran. keywords: circle; circle countries; contents; countries; cultural; culture; english; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; iranian; language; study; textbooks; turkish cache: acuity-2780.pdf plain text: acuity-2780.txt item: #50 of 102 id: acuity-2781 author: Yeganehpour, Parisa; Zarfsaz, Elham title: The Effect of Using De-contextualization and Semi-Contextualization Teaching Techniques on Turkish EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning date: 2022-03-23 words: 6764 flesch: 48 summary: Examining the effectiveness of explicit instruction of vocabulary learning strategies with Japanese EFL university students. vocabulary teaching strategies to determine if these techniques may help students retain their vocabulary. keywords: board; english; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; language; learners; learning; research; retention; students; teaching; test; vocabulary cache: acuity-2781.pdf plain text: acuity-2781.txt item: #51 of 102 id: acuity-2788 author: Wijaya, Kristian title: English Education Master Students' Perceptions on Teacher Written Corrective Feedback in Academic Writing date: 2023-06-27 words: 5951 flesch: 31 summary: Thus, to fulfill this research objectivity, the researcher attempted to profoundly investigate English Education Master Students’ perceptions on teacher written corrective feedback in academic writing. This account of contention also hinged on the main finding of Wihadi and Martiana (2017) discover that a great majority of university EFL learners who are skillful in writing composing processes are the ones having been exposed to supportive writing activities, encouraging written corrective feedback, and positive writing experiences manifesting in the striking escalation of their writing competencies. keywords: efl; english; feedback; journal; language; learners; products; teacher; university; writing cache: acuity-2788.pdf plain text: acuity-2788.txt item: #52 of 102 id: acuity-2798 author: Çetin Köroğlu, Zeynep title: English Language Teacher Candidates’ Pedagogical Beliefs During Covid19 Pandemic date: 2022-06-17 words: 6891 flesch: 54 summary: Keywords: Student teachers, pedagogical beliefs, English language teaching, teaching practice. In this context, student teachers’ and teachers’ perceptions should be carefully integrated into the process of designing an online curriculum. keywords: beliefs; education; english; journal; language; online; pandemic; participants; students; teacher; teaching cache: acuity-2798.pdf plain text: acuity-2798.txt item: #53 of 102 id: acuity-2800 author: Yetkin, Ramazan; ÖZER, Zekiye title: Age, Gender, and Anxiety as Antecedents of Willingness to Communicate: Turkish EFL Context date: 2022-04-28 words: 5500 flesch: 56 summary: It is understood from the study results that young EFL learner’s do not have debilitating anxiety during their learning process and moderate levels of anxiety could flourish their WTC even though regression analysis did not yield any significant predictive power of FLCA on participants WTC levels. What are the participants perceived levels of L2 WTC and FLCA? keywords: anxiety; flca; gender; language; learners; participants; study; wtc cache: acuity-2800.pdf plain text: acuity-2800.txt item: #54 of 102 id: acuity-2806 author: Faravani, Akram; Tohidifar, Fatemeh title: Are TEFL vs. Non-TEFL Graduates Teachers’ Experience, Creativity, Mindfulness, and Instructional Competency Different ? Experience, Sense of Creativity, Mindfulness, and Instructional Competency date: 2022-11-01 words: 8282 flesch: 47 summary: Different factors can influence teacher instructional competency and may be related to it. Concerning Creativity and Instructional competency, different factors can influence teacher instructional competency. keywords: competency; creativity; experience; group; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; mindfulness; non; research; teachers; teaching; tefl; tefl group cache: acuity-2806.pdf plain text: acuity-2806.txt item: #55 of 102 id: acuity-2807 author: Zennure title: Teaching writing with wiki-based collaborative writing tasks in an EFL context at higher education date: 2022-12-08 words: 9076 flesch: 49 summary: 10 randomly selected students attended the semi-structured interviews, answering questions about their feelings and attitudes about wiki- based collaborative writing and their perceptions of its effects on their L2 writing development. RQ2: Students’ perceptions of the effects of wiki-based collaborative L2 writing on their L2 writing skills The second questionnaire was designed to survey students’ perceptions of the effects of wiki- based collaborative writing on their writing skills in L2. keywords: collaborative; effects; english; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; l2 writing; language; learning; research; students; tasks; wiki; writing cache: acuity-2807.pdf plain text: acuity-2807.txt item: #56 of 102 id: acuity-2824 author: Yukselir, Ceyhun; Ozer, Omer title: EFL learners’ views on learner autonomy and foreign language anxiety date: 2022-06-21 words: 7216 flesch: 59 summary: English language learning anxiety among foreign language learners in the Philippines. Another instrument used to measure learner anxiety was Horwitz’ et al. keywords: anxiety; english; fla; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; journal; language; learners; learning; participants; students; study cache: acuity-2824.pdf plain text: acuity-2824.txt item: #57 of 102 id: acuity-2827 author: Syarifa, Alika Rahma; Trisnawati, Ririn Kurnia; Agustina, Mia Fitria title: Deciphering Cassandra as a Radical Feminist in Promising Young Woman (2020) date: 2023-06-27 words: 8586 flesch: 60 summary: Unlike other women, Cassie, a radical feminist, ignores these orders and advice. Figure 2 Cassie saw the video What is shown here aligns to the state of “witnessing the objectification of other women that was also followed by reliable increases in self-objectification, with similar negative downstream consequences for emotional well-being” (Koval, Holland, & Stratemeyer, 2021). keywords: assault; cassie; culture; english; feminism; film; journal; language; literature; nina; pedagogy; women cache: acuity-2827.pdf plain text: acuity-2827.txt item: #58 of 102 id: acuity-2848 author: Hasanzadeh, elham; Gholami , Javad title: Possible relationship among experience, age, income level, gender, and job satisfaction date: 2022-06-24 words: 4457 flesch: 46 summary: The correlations between gender and teacher job satisfaction are considerable for two main reasons: firstly, because teaching is a popular career choice for women in a few countries, it is necessary to investigate gender as a contributor to job satisfaction and to identify reasons for differences in male and female teacher job satisfaction; furthermore, female teachers have lower job satisfaction than male teachers. Among the many parameters linked to teacher job satisfaction, years of experience, teachers' age, and gender have received significantly more attention in the literature. keywords: age; correlation; experience; job; job satisfaction; satisfaction; teachers; teaching cache: acuity-2848.pdf plain text: acuity-2848.txt item: #59 of 102 id: acuity-2861 author: Simanjuntak, Debora title: Thematic and Stylistic Analysis of Sparks’ The Last Song: In-Depth Exploration of Literary Writing: In-depth exploration on writing fluency date: 2022-08-28 words: 12161 flesch: 69 summary: Abstract This study aimed to reveal the elements of Sparks’ writing style and his chosen themes for an in-depth exploration of literary writing. Creatively reading Sparks’ literary writings means exploring the language of Sparks. keywords: death; discourse; english; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; language; life; literature; novel; readers; reading; ronnie; sparks; steve; story; study; writing cache: acuity-2861.pdf plain text: acuity-2861.txt item: #60 of 102 id: acuity-2888 author: schenck, andrew title: Examining the Impact of Subtle Cultural Differences on Rhetorical Variation in EFL Essays date: 2022-11-05 words: 7210 flesch: 48 summary: Although Kaplan’s oversimplification of concepts is indeed problematic, the influence of cultural differences remains both valid and important to the study of rhetoric. Cultural and Rhetorical Attributes Imbued in Language To investigate cultural differences like power distance or collectivism, a number of rhetorical devices can be analyzed. keywords: arabic; corpus; distance; english; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; korean; learners; power; reader; rhetoric; use cache: acuity-2888.pdf plain text: acuity-2888.txt item: #61 of 102 id: acuity-2943 author: Elham ZARFSAZ; Fahime sadat Hosseini title: Verifying Self-Determination Theory in EFL Context: Considering the Relationship between Innate Needs and Motivation date: 2023-06-27 words: 5530 flesch: 47 summary: As expected, all three basic psychological needs including competence, relatedness, and autonomy were positively correlated with intrinsic motivation and identified dimensions. Although there has been a negative and statistically significant path from autonomy toward intrinsic motivation, the values were relatively small. keywords: autonomy; determination; efl; english; language; model; motivation; needs; self; study; theory cache: acuity-2943.pdf plain text: acuity-2943.txt item: #62 of 102 id: acuity-2983 author: Shinozaki, Fumiya; Yokoyama, Satoshi title: Factors Promoting Speech: Analysis of Output During Discussion Activities date: 2022-12-29 words: 9622 flesch: 53 summary: LITERATURE Online English Conversation Lessons Online English conversation service offers individual or group lessons in which they interact with an instructor or other students in English. The instructors or other students did not interfere with a student speaking. keywords: anxiety; confidence; discussion; english; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; instructors; journal; language; speaking; students; survey; words; wtc cache: acuity-2983.pdf plain text: acuity-2983.txt item: #63 of 102 id: acuity-3015 author: Katemba, Caroline Victorine; Sihombing, Natalia M. title: Enhancing Students' Reading comprehension through Venn Diagram strategy And Know, Want, Learn (KWL) Strategy. date: 2022-12-18 words: 5449 flesch: 60 summary: Venn diagram particularly effective for students to use when reading informational text in which two or more topics are being compared and contrasted in order word Venn diagram increase student’s reading comprehension (Michael, et.al. 2001). Students who lack vocabulary have a lower score in reading comprehension (Hansen, 2009). keywords: comprehension; diagram; english; journal; language; reading; strategy; students; test; text; venn cache: acuity-3015.pdf plain text: acuity-3015.txt item: #64 of 102 id: acuity-3016 author: KUHZAD, Sara ; ZARFSAZ, Elham title: The Relationship between Teachers’ Self-Disclosure and EFL Students’ Motivation for Class Participation date: 2023-06-28 words: 4306 flesch: 48 summary: In other words, there is a strong correlation between TSD and student motivation. According to Zhang, Shi, and Hao (2009), teacher disclosure motivates students, grabs their attention, and builds teacher-student relationships. keywords: class; disclosure; english; language; learning; motivation; self; students; study; teachers cache: acuity-3016.pdf plain text: acuity-3016.txt item: #65 of 102 id: acuity-3022 author: Keskin, Fırat; Han, Turgay title: Examining Attitudes and Online Distractors in Turkish EMI Context during Emergency Remote Teaching date: 2022-12-18 words: 7677 flesch: 50 summary: It aimed to reveal a possible relationship between EFL students' attitudes towards implementing asynchronous classes as a part of ERT in the preparatory program and their gender. EFL students attitudes towards e-learning and effect of an online course on students success in English. keywords: attitudes; distance; education; efl; english; ert; https://jurnal.unai.edu/index.php/acuity; journal; language; learning; literature; online; participants; results; students cache: acuity-3022.pdf plain text: acuity-3022.txt item: #66 of 102 id: acuity-3079 author: SUSOY, ZAFER title: English L1 VS. L2 Differences in Dissertation Abstracts: Lexical Density, Lexical Diversity and Academic Vocabulary Use date: 2023-06-27 words: 5840 flesch: 52 summary: Abstract This study examines lexical density, lexical diversity and academic vocabulary use in the dissertation abstracts written by EFL (English as a foreign language), ESL (English as a second language) and English L1 (Native Speakers) postgraduate students to find out whether these lexical features differ across different English language backgrounds of writers. Keywords: Academic Vocabulary Use, Dissertation Abstracts, Language Processing Tools,Lexical Density, Lexical Diversity INTRODUCTION Lexical density and lexical diversity, as two most accurate and popular measures of linguistic and lexical competence, have been thoroughly scrutinized both in L1 and L2 English writing studies. keywords: abstracts; density; diversity; efl; english; esl; journal; language; study; text; words; writing cache: acuity-3079.pdf plain text: acuity-3079.txt item: #67 of 102 id: acuity-3123 author: Marpaung, Marlin Steffi title: Vocabulary Enrichment through Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM): An Experimental Study date: 2023-06-27 words: 5292 flesch: 61 summary: Is there a significant difference on the students who are taught using Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM) to improve vocabulary knowledge and students who were taught using conventional method? There was a significance difference between students who were taught using Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM) and who were taught using conventional method. keywords: inductive; model; picture; picture word; pwim; students; test; vocabulary; word cache: acuity-3123.pdf plain text: acuity-3123.txt item: #68 of 102 id: acuity-3153 author: Katemba, Caroline V.; Grace, Ruth M. title: Role-Playing Improves Speaking Proficiency Skills date: 2023-06-27 words: 10991 flesch: 70 summary: English Speaking Problems of EFL Learners of Mulawarman University. Speaking ability encompasses not only language and turn-taking knowledge, but also all communication factors such as sense, culture, and discourse. keywords: ability; department; english; journal; language; play; pre; researcher; role; role play; speaking; store; students; technique; test cache: acuity-3153.pdf plain text: acuity-3153.txt item: #69 of 102 id: acuity-584 author: Xuan, Kan; Simanjuntak, Debora Chaterin title: Students’ Perspective of Factors Affecting Listening date: 2017-01-01 words: 2904 flesch: 67 summary: Listening comprehension research: a brief review of the past thirty years. After going through factor analysis, it is found that the most dominant factor that affects listening comprehension ability is Limitation of Listening Materials and Equipment. keywords: comprehension; correlation; factor; listening; students cache: acuity-584.pdf plain text: acuity-584.txt item: #70 of 102 id: acuity-585 author: Inayah, Ratih; Lisdawati, Ida title: Exploring Students' Difficulties in Speaking English and Their Attitude In Speaking English date: 2021-03-18 words: 3723 flesch: 61 summary: Exploring Students’ Difficulties in Speaking English and Their Attitude In Speaking English Ratih Inayah, S.Pd, M.Pd & Ida Lisdawati, M.Hum ratih.inayah@gmail.com STKIP So, it is essential to study this phenomenon in order to discover if students actually have problems with speaking, and then we can recognize what kind of problems and the reason of it also their perception in Speaking English as a foreign language in Indonesia. keywords: achievers; english; language; speaking; students; study cache: acuity-585.pdf plain text: acuity-585.txt item: #71 of 102 id: acuity-586 author: Sinambela, Kelvri L.; Simanjuntak, Debora Chaterin title: Study On The Use Of Oral Drills And Role-Play Method In Improving Students’ Interactive Speaking Achievement date: 2017-01-01 words: 8431 flesch: 62 summary: Hence students’ interactive speaking achievement develops slow progress. This design is used based on the goal purpose that is to know the improvement of interactive speaking achievement of students after using oral drills and role-play method. keywords: data; drills; english; language; learners; method; play; post; pre; role; speaking; students; study; teaching; test cache: acuity-586.pdf plain text: acuity-586.txt item: #72 of 102 id: acuity-587 author: Fauziah, Ula Nisa El title: The Use of Mind Mapping In Generating Students’ Idea date: 2017-01-01 words: 5909 flesch: 76 summary: The main idea that lies on the first sentence, “ ...found a huge flower, named Rafflesia Arnoldi”, is supported by good supporting ideas. Main ideas stand out and are developed by strong sup-port. keywords: holiday; idea; mapping; mind; paragraph; supporting; writer; writing cache: acuity-587.pdf plain text: acuity-587.txt item: #73 of 102 id: acuity-588 author: Marpaung, Marlin title: The Effect Of The Direct Method On The Reading Comprehension Ability Of Second Year Students At Sltp Advent 4 Paal Dua, Manado date: 2017-01-01 words: 3241 flesch: 56 summary: She concluded that Interactive method and its’ practices can be used to improve and develop students ability in the four sub skills of reading comprehension general verbal, literal meaning, implied meaning and appreciation. The main problem of this study is to find out the effect of the Direct Method in teaching reading comprehension. keywords: comprehension; group; language; method; reading; students; teaching cache: acuity-588.pdf plain text: acuity-588.txt item: #74 of 102 id: acuity-593 author: Lisdawati, Ida title: The Sundanese Puppets Appearance as The Representation of Their Characters in Mahabharata Play date: 2017-01-01 words: 3437 flesch: 63 summary: Keyword Semiotics, Sundanese puppets, color of Sundanese puppet. A. INTRODUCTION Sundanese, one of the tribe populating the province of West Java, is one of the largest provinces in Indonesia. Semar is a member of Panakawan Picture 1 Semar Semar was a leader of Panawakan group of Sundanese puppet; he had characteristic features such as upturned and white face, “gendul nose, and “cameh meseum mouth. keywords: character; color; face; mouth; nose; puppet; red; sundanese cache: acuity-593.pdf plain text: acuity-593.txt item: #75 of 102 id: acuity-599 author: Mokodompit, Prisilia L. title: Enhancing Students’ Reading Comprehension Ability Through Comparison Study Between Cooperative Learning Numbered Heads Together (NHT) and Thin-Pair-Share (TPS) Strategies date: 2016-01-01 words: 4206 flesch: 59 summary: Abstract: This study attempts to find significance difference in enhancing students’ reading comprehension ability by comparing two teaching methods: Numbered Heads Together (NHT) and Think-Pair- Share (TPS). In this study, the respondents were students of Grade VIII from SMP Advent II, Setia Budi and students of Grade VIII from SMPN 1, parongpong. keywords: comprehension; group; heads; learning; nht; pair; reading; share; students; think cache: acuity-599.pdf plain text: acuity-599.txt item: #76 of 102 id: acuity-600 author: Wenas, Beauty Gatari Cathleen; Tobing, Caroline V. Katemba title: A Comparison of Online Games and Pictures Instruction in the Context of EFL to Enhance Students’ Vocabulary Achievement date: 2016-01-01 words: 2678 flesch: 65 summary: Research Instrument The instrument used in gathering the data was vocabulary test. It means students are required to have certain competencies or skills as a result of the learning process in schools. keywords: data; games; online; result; students; test cache: acuity-600.pdf plain text: acuity-600.txt item: #77 of 102 id: acuity-601 author: Sihite, Ester Eveline; Simanjuntak, Debora Chaterin title: Daily Journal Writing to Enhance Students’ Writing Skills date: 2016-01-01 words: 2689 flesch: 69 summary: And that introspection is through journal writing, where teachers can introspect and communicate to students through the writing of daily journal (Bailey, 1990; Porter et al. 1996). Writing journal gives students an excellent opportunity to improve their writing ability, skill and a good opportunity to record their thoughts and feelings (Ngoh, 2002). keywords: group; journal; skills; students; test; writing cache: acuity-601.pdf plain text: acuity-601.txt item: #78 of 102 id: acuity-602 author: Siagian, Sylvania Walanda; Katemba, Caroline Victorine title: Comparative Study Between Think Aloud and Visual Imagery in Enhancing Students’ Reading Comprehension date: 2016-01-01 words: 5581 flesch: 60 summary: Therefore, as Indonesian students have already encountered problems with reading comprehension in Indonesian, the language that they’ve acquired and learned, they also find it way more difficult to read and comprehend reading in English, the foreign language that they do not acquire and learn it barely for a short time. Keyword: Reading comprehension, Think Aloud, Visual Imagery INTRODUCTION Students in Indonesia have different reading comprehension ability especially in English. keywords: aloud; comprehension; english; imagery; language; reading; students; study; teacher; test; text; think cache: acuity-602.pdf plain text: acuity-602.txt item: #79 of 102 id: acuity-605 author: Simanjuntak S., MAEd, Debora Chaterin title: Stylistics: An Analysis of Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvelous Medicine and The Girrafe and The Pelly and Me to Provide Insights on Establishing Writing Style date: 2016-01-01 words: 4719 flesch: 74 summary: This study aims to provide insights on establishing writing style through stylistic analysis on Roald Dahl’s George Marvelous Medicine and The Giraffe and The Pelly and Me. The findings of this study show that Dahl has four outstanding elements for writing style: Lead Sentences, Rhyme-schemed poem, Peculiar Chosen Words, and Concept of Personification. keywords: dahl; george; medicine; onomatopoeia; readers; rhyme; story; style; word; writing cache: acuity-605.pdf plain text: acuity-605.txt item: #80 of 102 id: acuity-606 author: Katemba, Caroline Victorine title: Small Talk Among the Indonesians in Three Different Countries: America, Indonesia, Philippines date: 2016-01-01 words: 5446 flesch: 63 summary: This means we need to understand the different verbal and nonverbal communication styles that are learned in distinct communication cultures. Key Words: small talk, Indonesian culture, the Indonesians Background of the Study In the ‘First International Conference and 40th Annual Convention on Language Education’ at Manila Midtown Hotel, April 25-27, 2001 Dr. Francisco Sionil Jose (National Artist for Literature) was one of the Guest Speaker. keywords: change; communication; culture; homeland; indonesians; language; people; philippines; saya; study; talk; topics; usa cache: acuity-606.pdf plain text: acuity-606.txt item: #81 of 102 id: acuity-612 author: Trisnendri Syahrizal, Ida Lisdawati & title: Students' Perception in applying lesson Study in Teaching Introduction to Linguistics date: 2017-08-01 words: 3531 flesch: 53 summary: students agreed that that Lesson study made teachers more professional, and thirteen (39,5%) students agreed that Lesson Study had many different methods and twelve (31,6%) students strongly agreed that Lesson study made teachers more professional. Table 5 Statement Student’s Response Strongly Disagree Disagree Not Sure Agre e Strongly Agree Abstaine d Lesson Study makes timely teachers when teaching Introduction to Linguistics 8 10 16 3 1 Based on data above, eight (21%) students disagreed that Lesson study made timely teacher when teaching Introduction to Linguistics subject, ten (26,3%) students were not sure Lesson study made timely teacher when teaching Introduction to Linguistics subject, sixteen (42,2 %) students agreed that sure Lesson study made timely teacher when teaching Introduction to Linguistics subject, three (7,9%) students strongly agreed that sure Lesson study made timely teacher when teaching Introduction to Linguistics subject and one (2,7%) abstained. keywords: class; introduction; lesson; linguistics; students; study cache: acuity-612.pdf plain text: acuity-612.txt item: #82 of 102 id: acuity-613 author: Katemba, Caroline Victorine; Samuel, Samuel title: Improving Student's Reading Comprehension Ability Using Jigsaw 1 Technique date: 2017-08-01 words: 6701 flesch: 61 summary: Students take an active role their learning as they teach other students what they have learned”. A The Blow Dryer, (b) The Heart, (c) Trees, (d) Green Grass, (e) Taste, (4) The teacher assigned each student to learn one segment, making sure students have direct access only their segment, (5) The teacher gave students time to read the topic at least twice and become familiar with the topic, (6) The teacher fromed temporary “expert group” by having one student from each jigsaw group join other students assigned to the same segment. keywords: ability; comprehension; group; item; jigsaw; learning; reading; students; technique; test cache: acuity-613.pdf plain text: acuity-613.txt item: #83 of 102 id: acuity-614 author: Ula Nisa El Fauzia, Intan Satriani, Gartika Pandu Bhuana, title: Designing an English Learning Module for English for Tour Guide Course in English Language Education Program of STKIP Siliwangi Bandung date: 2017-08-01 words: 3849 flesch: 64 summary: As a matter of fact, this is receptive skill that should be learnt by English language students. However, it also can be used by general students as it contains the basis of the current theories and practice of tour guide services. keywords: book; english; language; students; tour cache: acuity-614.pdf plain text: acuity-614.txt item: #84 of 102 id: acuity-615 author: Caroline V Katemba, Nelson Balisar Panjaitan, Rindu Bintang, title: The Use of Context-Clue and Read Aloud Instruction to Enhance Junior High School Students’ Vocabulary Ability Through Literature (Comparative Study at SMPN 1 Cisarua, Bandung Barat) date: 2017-08-01 words: 5174 flesch: 64 summary: Kuhn & Stahl (1998, p. 120) mentioned that one approach for helping children increase their store of word meanings is to teach them to use context clues (or cues) in text more efficiently. In the assessment of vocabulary mastery according to Allen (1999), she mentioned that the indicators of students’ vocabulary mastery that can be used are: 1) An increased sense of word play, 2) A heightened awareness of how words sound (rhyme, repetitive language patterns), 3) An inquisitiveness about word meaning and etymologies, 4) A more diverse and richer use of language in speech and writing, and 5) keywords: aloud; context; english; instruction; meaning; read; reading; students; vocabulary; words cache: acuity-615.pdf plain text: acuity-615.txt item: #85 of 102 id: acuity-616 author: Bhuana, Gartika Pandu title: Language Learning Motivation among Senior High School Students date: 2017-08-01 words: 2698 flesch: 61 summary: Gass and Selinker (2010 in Vaezi, 2009) states that for a long time, integrative motivation was regarded as superior to instrumental motivation for predicting the success of second language learning. The data findings indirectly against Gass and Selinker (2001 in Vaezi, 2009) statements that integrative motivation was regarded as superior to instrumental motivation for predicting the success of second language learning. keywords: english; language; learning; motivation; students cache: acuity-616.pdf plain text: acuity-616.txt item: #86 of 102 id: acuity-620 author: Apsari, Yanuarti title: Teachers’ Problems and Solutions in Implementing Curriculum 2013 date: 2021-03-18 words: 5077 flesch: 54 summary: It is considered as the suitable research method since this study is aimed to describe the problems faced by English teachers in implementing Curriculum 2013 and their solution to overcome those problems. Finding and Discussion Relating to the objective of this study, the data is presented under several themes: the problems faced by English teachers in implementing Curriculum 2013 and their solutions to overcome the problems.   keywords: competence; curriculum; learning; lesson; plan; problems; teachers; teaching cache: acuity-620.pdf plain text: acuity-620.txt item: #87 of 102 id: acuity-621 author: Nelson Balisar Panjaitan, Rosita Sihotang, title: The Effectiveness of Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy (VSS) Towards Students’ Vocabulary Enhancement date: 2018-02-01 words: 3363 flesch: 60 summary: The Effectiveness of Vocabulary Self.docx   24   The Effectiveness of Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy (VSS) Towards Students’ Vocabulary Enhancement Rosita Sihotang, Nelson Panjaitan & Debora Simanjuntak Rosita.sihotang15@gmail.com Universitas Advent Indonesia Based on the result of the data there is no difference in student’s vocabulary enhancement between students who were taught using VSS group and students who were taught using conventional group. keywords: collection; group; strategy; students; vocabulary; vss cache: acuity-621.pdf plain text: acuity-621.txt item: #88 of 102 id: acuity-622 author: Situmorang, Nelson Balisar Panjaitan, Radema title: The Effectiveness Of K-W-L Technique To Increase Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievement Through Reading Descriptive Text For Grade 8 of SMP Negeri 1 Cisarua date: 2018-02-01 words: 3452 flesch: 67 summary: Students, The result of this study will help students to be more interested in reading after using the K-W-L technique. The participants of this study were students at SMP Negeri 1 Cisarua, Bandung. keywords: comprehension; reading; researcher; students; technique; test cache: acuity-622.pdf plain text: acuity-622.txt item: #89 of 102 id: acuity-623 author: Katemba, Caroline Victorine; Ning, Wei title: Students` Responses in Enhancing New Vocabulary Through Subtitled English Movies date: 2018-02-01 words: 7252 flesch: 70 summary: Through this study, the researcher expects the result will be able to support and provide the benefit for students, English major students, English teachers, the university and the researcher for the future. Knowing vocabulary will help students speak, write, read and listen to the language. keywords: disagree; english; figure; movies; number; statement; students; vocabulary cache: acuity-623.pdf plain text: acuity-623.txt item: #90 of 102 id: acuity-624 author: Nining Safitri, Debora Chaterine Simanjuntak, title: Comparative Study between Jigsaw 1 Model and Picture Composition to Enhance Students’ Ability in Writing Descriptive Text date: 2018-02-01 words: 3833 flesch: 61 summary: The Use of Pictures to Improve Students’ ability in Writing Descriptive Texts. From the data analysis for Jigsaw 1 Model group, the mean score of gain in pre-test and post-test is 0.4680 and for Picture Composition group, the mean score of gain in pre-test and post- test is .5381. keywords: composition; group; jigsaw; learners; model; picture; students; test; writing cache: acuity-624.pdf plain text: acuity-624.txt item: #91 of 102 id: acuity-648 author: Marpaung, Marlin Steffi title: The Correlation between Self-Confidence and Students’ English Achievement of Tertiary Students at Universitas Advent Indonesia date: 2019-08-01 words: 3456 flesch: 64 summary: This study aims to find out the correlation between self-confidence and students’ English achievement and to answer the question of the hypothesis there is a correlation between self-confidence and students’ English achievement. What extend the level of English achievement of the students? keywords: achievement; confidence; correlation; english; pearson; self; sig; students cache: acuity-648.pdf plain text: acuity-648.txt item: #92 of 102 id: acuity-649 author: Silalahi, Fransisca Masta title: A Comparative Study between Presentation, Practice, Productive (PPP) and Artworks Techniques toward the Enhancement of Students' Descriptive Writing Skills date: 2018-08-01 words: 2295 flesch: 62 summary: This is a quantitative study, utilizing comparative design in order to compare different treatments toward students’ enhancement in descriptive writing skills. What is the achievement between the students who are treated using PPP technique and students who are treated using artworks technique? keywords: artworks; ppp; skills; students; writing cache: acuity-649.pdf plain text: acuity-649.txt item: #93 of 102 id: acuity-650 author: Purnamasari, Ribka; Katemba, Caroline Victorine; Panjaitan, Nelson B. title: A Comparison between Word Tree Branch Method and Interactive Word Wall to Improve Student's Vocabulary date: 2018-08-01 words: 4010 flesch: 63 summary: After they finish writing the story, students will paste the new word on the wall and other students will find out the meaning using dictionary. Challenges of utilizing Word Tree Branch students are free to make decisions to express their understanding, can be memorable with a strong and permanent in students’ memories. keywords: branch; method; students; test; tree; vocabulary; wall; word cache: acuity-650.pdf plain text: acuity-650.txt item: #94 of 102 id: acuity-651 author: Limbong, Joice Ellen title: Kindergarten Students Acquire Basic English Literacy Through Letterland: A Case Study date: 2018-08-01 words: 3957 flesch: 64 summary: The research design of this study is case study in order to make intensive analysis on how kindergarten students acquire Basic English literacy through Letterland. The study presents a description on how effective and helpful Letterland is in helping kindergarten students acquire basic literacy. keywords: letterland; literacy; phonics; reading; sounds; students; teaching cache: acuity-651.pdf plain text: acuity-651.txt item: #95 of 102 id: acuity-671 author: Simanjuntak, Olivia Virocky; Simanjuntak, Debora Chaterin title: Students’ Vocabulary Knowledge: Comparative Study Enhancing Between Semantic Mapping and Diglot Weave Techniques date: 2018-08-01 words: 3498 flesch: 36 summary: The instrument used in this study is a test to indicate students' vocabulary knowledge. For Future Researchers, it is hoped that the result of this study can be used as additional reference for future researcher if the future researchers who want to do a similar research in the future in a different context or developing teaching vocabulary; b) for English Teacher, these methods are recommended to be used in enhancing students vocabulary knowledge. keywords: knowledge; language; mapping; semantic; test; vocabulary cache: acuity-671.pdf plain text: acuity-671.txt item: #96 of 102 id: acuity-672 author: Pandiangan, Ezra Novianty title: Comparative Study: Enhancing Students’ Reading Comprehension Ability through Ing Ngarsa Sung Tuladha and Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD) Learning Models date: 2019-02-03 words: 3908 flesch: 47 summary: Ing Ngarsa Sung Tuladha learning model is a model that ask the students to work in a group with a leader (called as Tuladha) to guide and direct them to the purpose of the study. Meanwhile, STAD learning model was founded by Slavin (1995) and his partners, this learning model has similarity to Ing Ngarsa Sung Tuladha learning model, wherein students learn cooperatively with their group. keywords: comprehension; learning; ngarsa; reading; stad; students; sung; tuladha cache: acuity-672.pdf plain text: acuity-672.txt item: #97 of 102 id: acuity-673 author: Marpaung, Glory Destiny Biantice; Pandjaitan, Nelson Balisar title: A Comparative Study Between TPS (Think-Pair-Share) And Jigsaw Techniques to Enhance Students’ Reading Comprehension Ability date: 2019-02-03 words: 4355 flesch: 60 summary: For Students: For students, it is recommended to learning English reading comprehension using these methods, because they are interesting methods and less stressful. Even the difference is not significant, based on the mean score of the classes before and after being taught using those techniques, this study indicates that the use of Think-Pair- Share and Jigsaw can enhance students’ reading comprehension ability. keywords: comprehension; data; jigsaw; learning; reading; researcher; students; test cache: acuity-673.pdf plain text: acuity-673.txt item: #98 of 102 id: acuity-674 author: Sihombing, Triumph; Katemba, Caroline Victorine title: The Comparison Between START and TAI Models in Improving SMP Students' ReadingComprehension Ability date: 2019-02-03 words: 5534 flesch: 62 summary: Using cooperative learning also improves students' reading comprehension and not only their reading but by using cooperative learning students are able to be better readers and acquire higher reading comprehension (Odwan, 2012). The conclusion is: There was an improvement in the reading comprehension ability of students who were taught using START, categorized as moderate and T-A-I cooperative learning models, categorized as low. keywords: comprehension; group; learning; model; reading; start; students; teacher; test; text cache: acuity-674.pdf plain text: acuity-674.txt item: #99 of 102 id: acuity-676 author: Rahayuningsih, Yanti title: Agnes Grey’s Search for Self-Identity in Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte date: 2019-02-03 words: 4051 flesch: 68 summary: Template Jurnal Didaktika FKIP UM Palembang Acuity 4(1), 59-65 1 Agnes Grey’s Search for Self-Identity in Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte Yanti Rahayuningsih uts@ypps.uts.ac.id Universitas Teknologi Surabaya Abstract This study aims to reveal, identify and describe Agnes Grey's search for self-identity. The results of the analysis indicated that by using theory from Erik H. Erikson, Agnes Grey found her true self in three stages. keywords: agnes; grey; identity; life; self cache: acuity-676.pdf plain text: acuity-676.txt item: #100 of 102 id: acuity-678 author: Wulandari, Novia title: Implementation of Story Mapping and Mind Mapping Toward Students' Reading Comprehension Enhancement: A Comparative Study date: 2019-02-03 words: 3216 flesch: 56 summary: It can be considered that the participants have a positive response toward Story Mapping technique in enhancing reading comprehension. The outcome of reading comprehension is the mental representation of a text meaning that is combined with the readers’ previous knowledge. keywords: comprehension; mapping; mind; reading; story; students; test cache: acuity-678.pdf plain text: acuity-678.txt item: #101 of 102 id: acuity-679 author: Hutabarat, Asna; Simanjuntak, Debora Chaterin title: A Phenomenological Study: Speaking Anxiety Overwhelms English Learners date: 2019-02-03 words: 6362 flesch: 55 summary: Students’obstacles In Practicing Speaking English. The samples of the research are composed of senior high school students who deal with speaking anxiety. keywords: anxiety; english; language; learners; learning; participants; speaking; students; study; teacher cache: acuity-679.pdf plain text: acuity-679.txt item: #102 of 102 id: acuity-906 author: Teedja, Katty Elizabeth Malta title: Comparative Study: Implementing Numbered Heads Together and Team Games Tournament to Enhance Students' Knowledge on Passive and Active Voice Construction date: 2019-08-01 words: 7039 flesch: 64 summary: The calculation was done to determine the discrimination between high-ability students and low-ability students according to Suherman (2003) using the formula as follows: DP = JBA − JBB 𝐽𝑆𝐴 or 𝐷𝑃 = JBA − JBB JSB Where: JBA = Total student of the upper group which answer correctly or number of correct answers for the upper group JBB = Total of students of the lower group who answer correctly or number of the correct answer for the lower group JSA = Number of student upper group JSB = Number of student lower group Table 9. After the data obtained, then the percentage of student response was calculated with this formula: Where, Ri = Student i response score keywords: group; knowledge; learning; nht; result; score; students; table; test; tgt; voice cache: acuity-906.pdf plain text: acuity-906.txt