Papers by aldilah khaerana
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Finding a perfect match to marry is one of the most important concerns in someone's life. Some sa... more Finding a perfect match to marry is one of the most important concerns in someone's life. Some say that finding a perfect match to live with will define the quality of life. In some cultures, someone is considered mature enough to get married when he/she has turned into teenagers. Beside age, accomplishing school or college and having an occupation are also assumed as the markers for someone to get married. Bugis is one of the ethnics that consider marriage as a very essential part of life. It can be seen from the way the Buginese plan a marriage in the family from the matchmaking until the wedding ceremony. In the past days, parents generally determined their child/ren's match. Even the parents had arranged the matchmaking since their child/ren were kids. They arranged the marriage mostly with relatives or close friends with various reasons. It could not be identified whether this practice of arranged matchmaking or arranged marriage is still exist at this present time. Therefore, by using movie as a media for information, the writers investigate the audience perspectives about arranged marriage, the existence of arranged marriage and the reason for people conducting arranged marriage nowadays, particularly conducted by the Buginese. The data were taken based on audience responses through questionnaire and analysed qualitatively. The results show that there are various perspectives on arranged marriage as depicted in Mappasitaro movie. In addition, the practice of arranged marriage is still found nowadays with various reasons.
Advances in social science, education and humanities research, 2022
Benteng Ujungpandang or Fort Rotterdam constructed in the 16 th century is the only inheritance f... more Benteng Ujungpandang or Fort Rotterdam constructed in the 16 th century is the only inheritance fort of Kerajaan Gowa-Tallo that still exist and well taken care until 21 st century nowadays. Benteng Ujungpandang is a monumental building which located in the west coast, in the suburb of Makassar City. This fort was seized by VOC in 1667 after they conquered Gowa in Perang Makassar. The power transfer from Gowa to VOC caused the name change of Benteng Ujungpandang into Fort Rotterdam. The news about Benteng Ujungpandang were found in local source in South Sulawesi namely Lontara Bilang (diary) and Attoriolong (chronic). Lontara script had recorded the traces of forts in Makassar from time to time, including Benteng Ujungpandang after Perang Makassar. This study discusses the power transfer upon Benteng Ujungpandang from Gowa to VOC that brought along the name change of Benteng Ujungpandang into Fort Rotterdam. This study applied philological approach by referring to four Lontara scripts as the source of data namely Catatan Harian Bone (ms A), Catatan Harian Gowa-Tallo (ms B), Lontara Kronik Gowa (ms C), and Lontara Sakke' Bone (ms D). Supported data from books, magazines, research result and scientific articles were also included in this study. The results of study show that: 1) Benteng Ujungpandang was built by Raja Gowa in the 16 th century to mark the rise of maritime power of Kerajaan Gowa-Tallo; 2) the name change was initiated by Spellman as the Governor of VOC when he converted Benteng Ujungpandang as the center for political activity and VOC authorities in South Sulawesi; 3) Benteng Ujungpandang had its function significantly after VOC and Arung Palakka (Bone) won Perang Makassar in 1666-1667. Under the authority of VOC, Fort Rotterdam functioned as the fortress of VOC, residence of Dutch Governor, center of military command, offices, and prison for the elites.
- COVID-19 pandemic situation has prevented people from doing their outdoor activities including ... more - COVID-19 pandemic situation has prevented people from doing their outdoor activities including learning and teaching activities. The challenges faced by EFL classroom lecturers is particularly concerned with the teaching of listening, writing, reading and speaking as part of productive and receptive skills. These skill courses are generally approached using offline system in the classroom which enables the lecturers and the students to have direct interaction. Teaching these courses online would be a challenging task for EFL classroom lecturers as it requires additional technological devices. This study addresses students' experiences in learning listening and speaking in EFL classroom before and during COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, this study can have positive contribution in providing appropriate and productive teaching methods which is applicable for EFL classroom context. The students' experiences are elicited through questionnaire method that are analyzed by means of descriptive qualitative research design. This study showed the crucial differences that need to be taken into account by teaching practitioners in the Indonesian context, particularly in teaching English during the COVID-19 pandemic era.
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