Semarang State University
English Efucation
English department students of IAIN Pekalongan have many shortcomings in memorizing vocabulary. This is evidenced by our observations when students are speaking in front of the class. Sometimes, students are confused about conveying... more
English department students of IAIN Pekalongan have many shortcomings in memorizing vocabulary. This is evidenced by our observations when students are speaking in front of the class. Sometimes, students are confused about conveying information they want to deliver because they are constrained by a lack of memorization of vocabulary. The situation happens when students must use English in active discussions. So far, the students tend to memorize vocabulary. Besides that, vocabulary books are less effective and less interesting because it only relies on the use of language skills. One way to learn vocabulary in a simple way is through codenames game. This game provides many vocabularies that must be guessed by the players in a team. Then, another player should describe the word to be guessed. So, this research's questions are how the codenames game is implemented due to learning English in a fun way. By reflecting the question, the purpose of this research is to provide information on the implementation of codenames game which helps English department students of IAIN Pekalongan enrich and build their vocabulary through a fun way using game cards. Based on our observation, the result showed that applying the codenames game could enrich the students' vocabularies, be an alternative entertainer so that the students do not easily get bored, and strengthen the students' memory. Thus, it can be concluded that playing codenames game promotes a helping way to enrich and build the students' vocabulary.
English department students of IAIN Pekalongan have many shortcomings in memorizing vocabulary. This is evidenced by our observations when students are speaking in front of the class. Sometimes, students are confused about conveying... more
English department students of IAIN Pekalongan have many shortcomings in memorizing vocabulary. This is evidenced by our observations when students are speaking in front of the class. Sometimes, students are confused about conveying information they want to deliver because they are constrained by a lack of memorization of vocabulary. The situation happens when students must use English in active discussions. So far, the students tend to memorize vocabulary. Besides that, vocabulary books are less effective and less interesting because it only relies on the use of language skills. One way to learn vocabulary in a simple way is through codenames game. This game provides many vocabularies that must be guessed by the players in a team. Then, another player should describe the word to be guessed. So, this research's questions are how the codenames game is implemented due to learning English in a fun way. By reflecting the question, the purpose of this research is to provide information on the implementation of codenames game which helps English department students of IAIN Pekalongan enrich and build their vocabulary through a fun way using game cards. Based on our observation, the result showed that applying the codenames game could enrich the students' vocabularies, be an alternative entertainer so that the students do not easily get bored, and strengthen the students' memory. Thus, it can be concluded that playing codenames game promotes a helping way to enrich and build the students' vocabulary.
This paper aims to explore the parental perception of parenting education of language politeness held in the village hall of Kwasen, one of the villages in the sub-district of Kesesi, Pekalongan regency. Qualitative interviews were... more
This paper aims to explore the parental perception of parenting education of language politeness held in the village hall of Kwasen, one of the villages in the sub-district of Kesesi, Pekalongan regency. Qualitative interviews were conducted with five parents of children aged 4 – 10 years, following the seminar. The finding showed that most of them get new knowledge about how to educate their children about language politeness, especially in familiarizing the use of magic words including: thank you, please, excuse me, as well as sorry in daily communication. In conclusion, following parenting education, especially in the case of language politeness can be said as necessary for parents. Therefore, this study contributes to providing some ways that can help parents in introducing polite speech acts including magic words to their children in their daily communications.
This narrative research exposed four pre-service teachers’ emotions in pre-service teaching practice during the pandemic of Covid-19. It focused on how the pre-service teachers enacted their emotions while they performed various teaching... more
This narrative research exposed four pre-service teachers’ emotions in pre-service teaching practice during the pandemic of Covid-19. It focused on how the pre-service teachers enacted their emotions while they performed various teaching challenges during the pandemic of COVID-19. Written reflections during the pre-service teaching from four pre-service teachers were taken as the data. By employing Andy Hargreaves’ emotional geographies theory, the research indicated that pre-service teachers experienced positive and negative emotions during the practice of teaching.
English department students of IAIN Pekalongan have many shortcomings in memorizing vocabulary. This is evidenced by our observations when students are speaking in front of the class. Sometimes, students are confused about conveying... more
English department students of IAIN Pekalongan have many shortcomings in memorizing vocabulary. This is evidenced by our observations when students are speaking in front of the class. Sometimes, students are confused about conveying information they want to deliver because they are constrained by a lack of memorization of vocabulary. The situation happens when students must use English in active discussions. So far, the students tend to memorize vocabulary. Besides that, vocabulary books are less effective and less interesting because it only relies on the use of language skills. One way to learn vocabulary in a simple way is through codenames game. This game provides many vocabularies that must be guessed by the players in a team. Then, another player should describe the word to be guessed. So, this research’s questions are how the codenames game is implemented due to learning English in a fun way. By reflecting the question, the purpose of this research is to provide information o...
This research presented the narration of students’ emotions when microteaching practice. By using the narrative inquiry method, this research showed students’ emotions when they faced the challenges in teaching English performance in the... more
This research presented the narration of students’ emotions when microteaching practice. By using the narrative inquiry method, this research showed students’ emotions when they faced the challenges in teaching English performance in the microteaching course. Based on the five students' reflections, we took the data and then analyzed them using the thematic analysis method. The result of the research was related to emotional geography theory by Andy Hargreaves. Based on the analysis result, the researchers found that participants experienced the positive and negative emotions. In positive emotions, it happened when the participants did not nervous during perform in front of the classroom, did not feel nervous when taught different age and gender, felt comfortable and easier that caused by respect, felt so proud that caused by the appreciation, did not have the difficulty in delivering the materials, and felt enthusiastic when got the lecture advices. To negative emotions, it hap...