Promoting EFL Students’ Abilities in Writing Definition Paragraph through Blogging Activities

This article was based on my writing research. It was presented on the 63rd TEFLIN International  Conference held by University of PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya on 8-10 September 2016. It was published in the Proceedings of the 63rd TEFLIN International Conference with ISBN: 979-978-8559-99-0. Please click here to download the article.

 ABSTRACT

This study is aimed at developing blogging activities to promote EFL students’ writing abilities in producing definition paragraph. The classroom action research was conducted in cyclic activities–planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting on the data gained from the instructional process–which runs into two cycles, each of which covers three meetings.

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Developing Materials of Listening Comprehension for the English Department Students

This article was based on the research on listening classroom held by three researchers or English teachers of IAIN Palangka Raya: Abdul Qodir, Luqman Baehaqi, and M. Zaini Miftah. It was published in Journal on English as a Foreign Language (JEFL) Volume 6, Number 1, March 2016 published by IAIN (State Islamic Institute) Palangka Raya. For more details please click here or visit me in Google Scholar.

ABSTRACT

This study was designed to develop appropriate listening materials based on the needs of users namely the teachers and the students of the English Department of IAIN Palangka Raya. The Research and Development (R&D) design was applied in this study. The research subjects were four listening instructors and the first-semester students (freshmen) who encountered fourteen meetings of this on-going semester.

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Enhancing Writing Skill through Writing Process Approach

This article was based on my research on my writing class. It was published in Journal on English as a Foreign Language (JEFL) Volume 5, Number 1, March 2015 published by IAIN (State Islamic Institute) Palangka Raya. For more details please click here or visit me in Google Scholar.

ABSTRACT

The study is aimed at developing the implementation of Writing Process Approach (WPA) to enhance the students’ skill in writing essay. The study employed Classroom Action Research. The subjects of the study were 15 university students enrolled in the writing class. The data were gained from writing task, observation and field notes. The findings show that the implementation of WPA with the proper model procedures developed can enhance the students’ skill in writing essay.

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Enhancing Writing Ability through the Idea Listing Technique

This article is based on my writing research took place at the writing class of the Study Program of English Education of STAIN Palangka Raya. It was published in the journal, JEELS: Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies Vol. 2 No. 1, May 2015, published by English Department of STAIN Kediri. For more details, please click here or visit me in Google Scholar.

ABSTRACT

The study is aimed at developing the Idea Listing Technique (ILT) to enhance the students‟ writing ability. The Classroom Action Research was applied in this study. The subjects of the study were 31 students, the students taking the course of Writing II, of the third semester of English Department of one State Islamic College at Palangka Raya, Indonesia, in the 2012/2013 academic year.

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The Varieties of Javanese Dialects among the Speech Communities

This article was based on my research. It was published in Jurnal Studi Agama dan Masyarakat (SAM) Vol. 7, No. 1, Juni 2013, published by Pusat Penelitian dan Pengabdian pada Masyarakat (P3M) STAIN Palangka Raya. For a complete text please click here or visit me in Google Scholar.

ABSTRAK

Sebagaimana diketahui oleh khalayak bahwa Indonesia mempunyai beragam bahasa daerah yang kaya dengan dialek. Dialek tersebut dapat memperkenalkan komunitas yang mendiami daerah tertentu, seperti halnya dialek bahasa Jawa, kepada masyarakat luas. Tujuan penelitan ini adalah untuk mendiskripsikan ragam dialek bahasa Jawa serta untuk menemukan ragam dialek bahasa Jawa yang hampir punah di daerah Kabupaten Lamongan Provinsi Jawa Timur.

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Analysis of Existential Psychology towards the Main Character of Novel Pintu by Fira Basuki

This article was based on my research on literature. It was published in journal Cendekia: Jurnal Kependidikan dan Kemasyarakatan Volume 11, Nomor 2, 2013, published by STAIN Ponorogo. To read the complete text, please click here or visit me in Google Scholar.

ABSTRAK

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisa masalah psikologis yang dihadapi oleh tokoh utama dalam novel Pintu karya Fira Basuki dari sudut pandang psikologi eksistensial. Desain deskriptif kualitatif dengan menggunakan analisis isi diterapkan dalam penelitian ini.

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Implementation of Intensive-Extensive Reading Strategy to Improve Reading Comprehension

This article was based on a research of my reading class at Study Program of English Education of STAIN Palangka Raya, and it was published in JEFL (Journal on English as a Foreign Language), Vol 3, No 1, 2013. For more complete text please click here or visit my Google Scholar. 

ABSTRACT 

The study is aimed at developing the Intensive-Extensive Reading Strategy (IERS) to improve the students’ reading comprehension. The study employed Collaborative Classroom Action Research. The subjects of the study were 32 students of the second semester of English Education Study Program of STAIN Palangka Raya in the 2010/2011 academic year. The data were gained from reading comprehension test, observation, field notes and questionnaire.

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Improving the Tenth-year Students' Writing Ability at MA Mambaus Sholihin through Mind Mapping

This article was based on my research of graduate program at State University of Malang in 2009. It was published in an Accredited Journal, LiNGUA Jurnal ilmu Bahasa dan Sastra Vol. 5, No. 2, 2010, published by UIN Maliki Malang. For a complete text please click here or visit me in Google Scholar.

ABSTRACT

This study is aimed at developing mind mapping strategy to improve the tenth-year students’ writing ability at Madrasah Aliyah (MA) Mambaus Sholihin Gresik and focused on solving the problem of how the students generate and organize ideas for writing a topic. The design of the study is collaborative classroom action research. Both the researcher and his collaborator work together in cyclic activities – planning, implementing, observing and reflecting on the data gained from the teaching and learning process – which runs into three cycles, each of which covers four meetings.

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