Papers by Hendro Saptopramono
International Journal of English and Applied Linguistics (IJEAL)
The sophisticated advance in digital technology, one of which is YouTube Go, has not specifically... more The sophisticated advance in digital technology, one of which is YouTube Go, has not specifically fully significantly affected the EFL learners’ English Listening enhancement and other required critical skills accompanying it. The fact is, to this day, YouTube has not yet become the most critical learning medium in the Listening Comprehension instructional program. Therefore, the study, whose paradigm employed qualitative research, aimed at diagnosing the benefits of taking YouTube Go as a major listening comprehension instructional resource. Personal journal, observation as a complete participant, and informal interviews were techniques for collecting the qualitative data. Organizing, interpreting, and conclusion drawing were ways of analyzing the data. Credibility and audibility were ensured to examine the data. The findings indicated that YouTube Go improves students’ linguistic inputs, vocabulary knowledge, productive skills, and debating skills. Besides, it develops the student...
Norvaday's, lnternet has brought essential influence to human life. People may consider it as... more Norvaday's, lnternet has brought essential influence to human life. People may consider it as one of their primary needs. Internet has been easily accessed because many public places provide WI-FI facility so evervone can stay connected with internet. In order to accommodate this necessity, State" Polytechnic of Padang also provides free access of intemet in the campus. Actually, this internet facility should give beneficial aspects to students especially in improving their ability and understanding in English. There are many websites or blogs that offer great oppoftunity for students to improve their competence in mastering English skills. However. students sometimes cannot use this opportunity maximally. There are two reasonable factors lvhy students cannot gain optimal benefit of internet utilization. Filstly, they do not knolv certain links of rvebsites that provide English learning materials rvhich are useful for them. Secondly, they do not have sulficient knowledge to...
Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Languages and Arts (ICLA 2018), 2019
Autonomous learning is one of essential abilities that must be acquired by students in developing... more Autonomous learning is one of essential abilities that must be acquired by students in developing countries like Indonesia. The independent learning may solve the problematic situation in English learning such as insufficient learning time, large classroom, inadequate learning facilities, insufficient competency of English teachers and others. This study explores the perceptions of students at university level in implementing the independent learning while they are using Information Computer Technology (ICT). A questionnaire has been distributed to 50 students in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia. This study reveals three essential aspects such as students' perception about the role of ICT in their English learning program. It also finds the types of material used most frequently by the students. This study also discovers certain supports that can be used to help students in utilizing ICT in their learning, such as teachers' guidance and required skills in implementing this learning process.
Nowadays, lnternet has brought essential influence to human life. People may consider it as one o... more Nowadays, lnternet has brought essential influence to human life. People may consider it as one of their primary needs. Internet has been easily accessed because many public places provide WI-FI facility so everyone can stay connected with internet. In order to accommodate this necessity, State Polytechnic of Padang also provides free access of intemet in the campus. Actually, this internet facility should give beneficial aspects to students especially in improving their ability and understanding in English. There are many websites or blogs that offer great oppoftunity for students to improve their competence in mastering English skills. However. students sometimes cannot use this opportunity maximally. There are two reasonable factors why students cannot gain optimal benefit of internet utilization. Firstly, they do not know certain links of websites that provide English learning materials which are useful for them. Secondly, they do not have sufficient knowledge to utilize the co...
Proceedings of the International Conference on Language, Literature, and Education (ICLLE 2018), 2018
English has become one of essential skills that must be acquired in this digital era. English lea... more English has become one of essential skills that must be acquired in this digital era. English learning process is not only conducted by young learner, but it is also conducted by adult learners. The development of technology especially Information Communication Technology (ICT) has lead significant improvement of learning process in the forms of method, materials, and media. This study investigated adult's perception in using ICT in their English learning process by using questionnaire. The data revealed that there were some essential devices of ICT that had been used such as internet, game and email. However, they also mentioned some barriers that could have limited their ability to use these devices optimally.
Journal Polingua : Scientific Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Education, 2019
This report discusses the process of making English subtitle by using the Aegisub application for... more This report discusses the process of making English subtitle by using the Aegisub application for profile movie of Padang Pariaman Regency produced by local government. The aims of making the English Subtitle for the profile movie is to influence the foreigners to visit Padang Pariaman as the tourism destination and to make this place well known worldwide. The profile movie tells the hidden potential sectors of Padang Pariaman, including tourism spots, farm, plantations, marine resources, hospitality, culture and customs. There are three stages conducted in the process of making the English subtitle. The stages are transcription, translation, and subtitling. The transcript of the profile movie consist of 1200 words with 14 minutes, 36 seconds in duration. The translation process, methods, and procedures are applied. There are several procedures used in the translation stage such as transference, descriptive equivalent, modulation, transposition, and recognized translation Then, the ...
Journal Polingua: Scientific Journal of Linguistic Literatura and Education, 2018
This study aims to examine the usage of Edmodo for writing 1 subject for English Department stude... more This study aims to examine the usage of Edmodo for writing 1 subject for English Department students of StatePolytechnic of Padang. The design of this research is experimental design; two classes became the experimental and control groups.There were 25 students in experimental group and 27 students in control group. Edmodo was used in experimental group while thecontrol group was taught without using Edmodo. SPSS program was used to analyse the data. The result showed that theexperimental group had improved significantly in their post test result. The paired samples statistics result showed that the mean ofexperiemental group post test was 70.32, while the control group post test was 63.94. For the t test result, the p value (0.000) was lessthan 0.05 for the experimental group, which means that the null hypothesis was rejected. On the other hand, the p value of the controlgroup (0.06) was greater than 0.05 which means the null hypothesis was retained. From the statistic result, the ...
Jurnal Akuntansi Manajemen, May 28, 2012
Nowdays, the utilization of English in advertisement published in local newspaper, The Padang Eks... more Nowdays, the utilization of English in advertisement published in local newspaper, The Padang Ekspres, is increasing. This tendency should be carefully notified, especially to observe the urgency of utilizing English rather than utilizing lndonesian Language. Why do we need to use English ? The following explanations try to find the righl answer to this question by looking at the definition of advertisement, type of advetisement, characteristics of advertising language and domination of English in the mass media. By getting better understanding on the utilization of English vocabularies in advertisement especially in the local newspaper, Harian Padang Express, it is hoped that the readers will be able to gain comprehensive perspective on the potential reasons and possibilities to promote the Bahasa lndonesia for transferring 'contents' of certain advertisement.
This research is based on the inadequacy of English teaching and learning process to ensure maxim... more This research is based on the inadequacy of English teaching and learning process to ensure maximum achievement of students' learning. Main factor indicated as the cause of this problem is the lack of time to practice their knowledge and skill in English. Therefore, students need to independently find their own way and provide their own specific time to practice. This is a learning strategy known as autonomous learning. The purpose of this research is to reveal the benefit provided by an English self-access center in promoting students' autonomous learning. The research is conducted in mix method approach employing quantitative and qualitative designs. The data were gathered for ways; from questionnaire to get the quantitative data, and observation, focus group, and interview which served as qualitative data. The questionnaire was administered prior to commencing the research to get participants' profiles in regard to autonomous learning behavior. The focus group discuss...
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