English fricatives’ pronunciation is problematic to common people especially Indo-European speake... more English fricatives’ pronunciation is problematic to common people especially Indo-European speakers such as Norwegian, French, Slovakian, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Czech, Spanish, Dutch, and Greek in the research. This research is about a problem of pronouncing English fricatives, which is experienced by speakers of Indo-European language. The theory used for this research is the availability of 9 English fricatives, mentioned by Peter Roach, in Indo-European language and how they affect the language. This research has 2 methods, which are data collection by recording the Indo-European speakers, then giving a questionnaire afterward and analyzing the data collection’s result. The results show 94% Dutch speakers achieved the most correct pronunciation of fricatives, the most fricatives, which were always replaced, are dental and palato-alveolar fricatives, and how English fricatives did not surround their daily activities back in their countries.
The research aimed to find out the influencing factors that caused the characters and the narrato... more The research aimed to find out the influencing factors that caused the characters and the narrator in the novel ‘The Architecture of Love’ to do code-switching and discover how the social relation between the characters and the narrator affected the use of code-switching. Novels written by bilingual authors were frequently used as objects of analysis in code-switching research. However, most research only focused on the code-switching performed by the characters in the novels. Rarely had the attention been given to the authors or the narrators of the story. A descriptive text analysis method and library research were used to analyze the dialogues and narratives found in this novel. Results show that the reasons for most of the code switch used in the dialogues and narratives are the intentions of clarifying the speech content for the interlocutors and when talking about a particular topic. The social relation of the character shows that they treat each other as friends that have equ...
Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Distance Education and Learning
Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) has been prevalent recently due to the advance of techno... more Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) has been prevalent recently due to the advance of technology. In this paper, the writer is using auto ethnography method to compare the efficacy of two language learning apps: Duolingo and Memrise for learning two different foreign languages. Duolingo is used to learn Spanish and Memrise is used to learn Italian. This paper reports the results of learning both languages within the period of two months using the above mentioned language learning apps. Moreover, the writer also discusses the nature of learning, the principles and the challenges of learning foreign languages using mobile devices.
JOALL (Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature)
Multimodal inputs (both auditory and visual) in the forms of films and videos have long been used... more Multimodal inputs (both auditory and visual) in the forms of films and videos have long been used in teaching EFL listening comprehension. Previous studies have shown that listening while watching videos can significantly aid students’ comprehension. However, videos were rarely used as testing materials since they contained more than aural input so they did not ‘really’ test listening. This study explored the extent to which multimodal testing materials can be used in testing listening comprehension for EFL students and how the results would differ from that of mono modality testing materials. The participants were 100 students of the English Department, Bina Nusantara University (henceforth Binus) University Jakarta. The researchers gave them two kinds of tests: the video listening test (VLT) and audio listening test (ALT). The materials were two short videos from YouTube. The first test, ALT was given after the participants listened to the videos twice. On the contrary, VLT was ad...
Social Media Applications are inevitable in today’s people’s lives, especially for university stu... more Social Media Applications are inevitable in today’s people’s lives, especially for university students who cannot be separated with their gadgets. It is undeniable that the use of social media changes the way people communicate with each other, from oral communication to written text communication. This study tries to find out whether social media usage influences the language used in communication, especially among university students. Another question addressed by this study is whether students with ethnic language background still maintain their ethnic languages when communicating using social media. Forty (40) English Department students of Bina Nusantara University were conveniently selected as participants for this study. They were given a questionnaire consisting of two parts, the first relating to the language use in daily communication and the second relating to the language use in social media communication. Research revealed that social media affect the way students commu...
PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION OF TRIPHTHONG SOUNDS BY EIGHTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ... more PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION OF TRIPHTHONG SOUNDS BY EIGHTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT IN BINA NUSANTARA UNIVERSITY -
THE COMPARISON OF TRANSLATION RESULTS BY HUMAN TRANSLATOR AND MACHINE TRANSLATION, REPRESENTED BY... more THE COMPARISON OF TRANSLATION RESULTS BY HUMAN TRANSLATOR AND MACHINE TRANSLATION, REPRESENTED BY TRANSLATE.GOOGLE.COM - Human Translator, Machine Translation, Translation result comparison, General Assessment.
Social Economics and Ecology International Journal (SEEIJ)
Some private universities in Jakarta use TOEFL or TOEFL-like test as the admission requirement fo... more Some private universities in Jakarta use TOEFL or TOEFL-like test as the admission requirement for new students. Therefore, students’ candidates should prepare well to achieve the minimum score for being admitted. Unfortunately, their high school did not give enough training in doing the TOEFL test. The purpose of this community development program is to train high school students to do TOEFL test, especially the Reading section. The participants of the program were seven 12th grade high school students who were included in ASAK Paroki MKK community. They were trying to qualify for admission in Binus University. The program was created in the form of classroom teaching and individual assignment. In this program, we taught them about the TOEFL Reading test types, strategies and tips for doing the test. After the training, the students reported their understanding of TOEFL and confidence in preparing the university admission test.
Social Economics and Ecology International Journal (SEEIJ)
Nowadays, almost all people living in Jakarta use application for everyday needs, from transporta... more Nowadays, almost all people living in Jakarta use application for everyday needs, from transportation, buy food until cleaning houses. One of the companies that provide those services through online application is GOJEK. GOJEK offered a lot of services, such as GO Ride, GO Food, GO Massage and Go Clean. Go Clean is particularly giving service for cleaning houses or apartments and it has a lot of customers. Unfortunately, Go Clean partners often have to decline customers, particularly foreigners, because they are not able to converse in English. Thus, this community program is created to give training to Go Clean partners so that they will be able to conduct a simple conversation in English with foreign customers. The materials include introduction, parts of the house and price negotiation. After the training, it is expected that the workers will gain more customers and eventually it will increase their income.
2021 International Seminar on Application for Technology of Information and Communication (iSemantic)
E-learning is the only available alternative to carry on education at various levels during the r... more E-learning is the only available alternative to carry on education at various levels during the recent COVID-19 pandemic era. Thus, albeit different stages of readiness, all education stakeholders should turn to online or virtual mode of learning. This paper explores the challenges and needs faced by the lecturers in conducting e-learning in the university. To answer the research questions, we conducted an online survey towards 100 university lecturers at a private university in West Jakarta. The questionnaires, which were distributed via Google Form, consist of close-ended and open-ended questions. The responses were then analyzed quantitatively using SPSS software and qualitatively to find out the respondents' perceptions regarding the challenges and needs in performing virtual learning activities. Results show that the teachers' challenges could be divided into three themes, namely internet connectivity, interaction, and teachers' efficiency. Accordingly, their needs also related to good internet connection, more human interaction, and technical and pedagogical training to increase efficiency.
In learning a foreign language, learners usually apply certain learning strategies. Similarly, in... more In learning a foreign language, learners usually apply certain learning strategies. Similarly, in teaching a foreign language, especially English, teachers also need teaching strategies. Issues related to learners' learning strategies have been discussed over the years; however, issues related to teachers' teaching strategies have not been researched thoroughly. Effective teaching strategies are particularly important for teachers who are teaching big classes in multi channel learning system as applied in Bina Nusantara University. This study has two aims: first, to investigate the teaching strategies employed by Binus English teachers and second, to find out the intersection between teachers and students regarding the teaching strategies employed in the classroom. Using questionnaires for teachers and students, this study examined the frequency of strategy used by students and teachers. The results showed that teachers and students have different opinions on the strategies/activities that occurred in the classroom. The implications of these results for the teaching/learning situation are discussed.
Social Economics and Ecology International Journal (SEEIJ)
Mathematics subject is considered difficult for most elementary students, especially when the sub... more Mathematics subject is considered difficult for most elementary students, especially when the subject is given in English. To be able to do math exercises in English, the students have to understand the math vocabulary and the concepts of math. The purpose of this community development program is to increase the elementary students’ ability in solving word math problems in English. The participants in this program are twenty elementary students who are included in ASAK Paroki MKK community. The program is created in the form of classroom teaching and activities. In this program, we teach them the basic concepts of math vocabulary, understanding the word problems and the solutions to the problems. We also use several related activities to make the lessons meaningful and comprehensible. The results show that the students are able to solve math problems in English correctly and confidently.
Translating Indonesian reduplications into English is not an easy matter due to the difference in... more Translating Indonesian reduplications into English is not an easy matter due to the difference in morphological form, syntactic function and semantic meaning of reduplications in both languages. For example, the phrase ‘jauh-jauh hari’ cannot be translated into ‘far-far day’. This translation is not acceptable since it follows exactly the form of the original text, or only focusing on the morphological form, while the other two factors are disregarded. Thus, in assessing the acceptability of the translation, those three factors should be considered. However, the acceptability of the translation can also be checked by comparing the translations with the corpus. This article analyzes the translations of 3 Indonesian reduplications by 50 university students and compares their translations with similar expressions found in COCA and BNC to find out the degree of acceptability of the translations. The results show which translations are acceptable and which are not based on the frequency ...
Nowadays, the beauty community has a rapid growth of beauty influencers from both genders. The la... more Nowadays, the beauty community has a rapid growth of beauty influencers from both genders. The language style that is used on each gender has its own features and characteristics that can be explored from video sharing platform, YouTube. The aim of this study is to find the language features and distinctive characteristics of the male and female beauty influencers and the differences of comments from their audience. The writer applies qualitative research method by using text analysis of the video script. The data shows that male and female beauty influencers have shown differences in their features and characteristic of language. Men beauty influencers tend to be more straightforward and directive. They also use a more plain and simple words. On the other hand, the women beauty influencers are more polite and intimate in using language. This study is hoped to be the foundation for further research in the same topic of language feature in gendered community within limited topic espe...
English fricatives’ pronunciation is problematic to common people especially Indo-European speake... more English fricatives’ pronunciation is problematic to common people especially Indo-European speakers such as Norwegian, French, Slovakian, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Czech, Spanish, Dutch, and Greek in the research. This research is about a problem of pronouncing English fricatives, which is experienced by speakers of Indo-European language. The theory used for this research is the availability of 9 English fricatives, mentioned by Peter Roach, in Indo-European language and how they affect the language. This research has 2 methods, which are data collection by recording the Indo-European speakers, then giving a questionnaire afterward and analyzing the data collection’s result. The results show 94% Dutch speakers achieved the most correct pronunciation of fricatives, the most fricatives, which were always replaced, are dental and palato-alveolar fricatives, and how English fricatives did not surround their daily activities back in their countries.
The research aimed to find out the influencing factors that caused the characters and the narrato... more The research aimed to find out the influencing factors that caused the characters and the narrator in the novel ‘The Architecture of Love’ to do code-switching and discover how the social relation between the characters and the narrator affected the use of code-switching. Novels written by bilingual authors were frequently used as objects of analysis in code-switching research. However, most research only focused on the code-switching performed by the characters in the novels. Rarely had the attention been given to the authors or the narrators of the story. A descriptive text analysis method and library research were used to analyze the dialogues and narratives found in this novel. Results show that the reasons for most of the code switch used in the dialogues and narratives are the intentions of clarifying the speech content for the interlocutors and when talking about a particular topic. The social relation of the character shows that they treat each other as friends that have equ...
Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Distance Education and Learning
Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) has been prevalent recently due to the advance of techno... more Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) has been prevalent recently due to the advance of technology. In this paper, the writer is using auto ethnography method to compare the efficacy of two language learning apps: Duolingo and Memrise for learning two different foreign languages. Duolingo is used to learn Spanish and Memrise is used to learn Italian. This paper reports the results of learning both languages within the period of two months using the above mentioned language learning apps. Moreover, the writer also discusses the nature of learning, the principles and the challenges of learning foreign languages using mobile devices.
JOALL (Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature)
Multimodal inputs (both auditory and visual) in the forms of films and videos have long been used... more Multimodal inputs (both auditory and visual) in the forms of films and videos have long been used in teaching EFL listening comprehension. Previous studies have shown that listening while watching videos can significantly aid students’ comprehension. However, videos were rarely used as testing materials since they contained more than aural input so they did not ‘really’ test listening. This study explored the extent to which multimodal testing materials can be used in testing listening comprehension for EFL students and how the results would differ from that of mono modality testing materials. The participants were 100 students of the English Department, Bina Nusantara University (henceforth Binus) University Jakarta. The researchers gave them two kinds of tests: the video listening test (VLT) and audio listening test (ALT). The materials were two short videos from YouTube. The first test, ALT was given after the participants listened to the videos twice. On the contrary, VLT was ad...
Social Media Applications are inevitable in today’s people’s lives, especially for university stu... more Social Media Applications are inevitable in today’s people’s lives, especially for university students who cannot be separated with their gadgets. It is undeniable that the use of social media changes the way people communicate with each other, from oral communication to written text communication. This study tries to find out whether social media usage influences the language used in communication, especially among university students. Another question addressed by this study is whether students with ethnic language background still maintain their ethnic languages when communicating using social media. Forty (40) English Department students of Bina Nusantara University were conveniently selected as participants for this study. They were given a questionnaire consisting of two parts, the first relating to the language use in daily communication and the second relating to the language use in social media communication. Research revealed that social media affect the way students commu...
PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION OF TRIPHTHONG SOUNDS BY EIGHTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ... more PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION OF TRIPHTHONG SOUNDS BY EIGHTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT IN BINA NUSANTARA UNIVERSITY -
THE COMPARISON OF TRANSLATION RESULTS BY HUMAN TRANSLATOR AND MACHINE TRANSLATION, REPRESENTED BY... more THE COMPARISON OF TRANSLATION RESULTS BY HUMAN TRANSLATOR AND MACHINE TRANSLATION, REPRESENTED BY TRANSLATE.GOOGLE.COM - Human Translator, Machine Translation, Translation result comparison, General Assessment.
Social Economics and Ecology International Journal (SEEIJ)
Some private universities in Jakarta use TOEFL or TOEFL-like test as the admission requirement fo... more Some private universities in Jakarta use TOEFL or TOEFL-like test as the admission requirement for new students. Therefore, students’ candidates should prepare well to achieve the minimum score for being admitted. Unfortunately, their high school did not give enough training in doing the TOEFL test. The purpose of this community development program is to train high school students to do TOEFL test, especially the Reading section. The participants of the program were seven 12th grade high school students who were included in ASAK Paroki MKK community. They were trying to qualify for admission in Binus University. The program was created in the form of classroom teaching and individual assignment. In this program, we taught them about the TOEFL Reading test types, strategies and tips for doing the test. After the training, the students reported their understanding of TOEFL and confidence in preparing the university admission test.
Social Economics and Ecology International Journal (SEEIJ)
Nowadays, almost all people living in Jakarta use application for everyday needs, from transporta... more Nowadays, almost all people living in Jakarta use application for everyday needs, from transportation, buy food until cleaning houses. One of the companies that provide those services through online application is GOJEK. GOJEK offered a lot of services, such as GO Ride, GO Food, GO Massage and Go Clean. Go Clean is particularly giving service for cleaning houses or apartments and it has a lot of customers. Unfortunately, Go Clean partners often have to decline customers, particularly foreigners, because they are not able to converse in English. Thus, this community program is created to give training to Go Clean partners so that they will be able to conduct a simple conversation in English with foreign customers. The materials include introduction, parts of the house and price negotiation. After the training, it is expected that the workers will gain more customers and eventually it will increase their income.
2021 International Seminar on Application for Technology of Information and Communication (iSemantic)
E-learning is the only available alternative to carry on education at various levels during the r... more E-learning is the only available alternative to carry on education at various levels during the recent COVID-19 pandemic era. Thus, albeit different stages of readiness, all education stakeholders should turn to online or virtual mode of learning. This paper explores the challenges and needs faced by the lecturers in conducting e-learning in the university. To answer the research questions, we conducted an online survey towards 100 university lecturers at a private university in West Jakarta. The questionnaires, which were distributed via Google Form, consist of close-ended and open-ended questions. The responses were then analyzed quantitatively using SPSS software and qualitatively to find out the respondents' perceptions regarding the challenges and needs in performing virtual learning activities. Results show that the teachers' challenges could be divided into three themes, namely internet connectivity, interaction, and teachers' efficiency. Accordingly, their needs also related to good internet connection, more human interaction, and technical and pedagogical training to increase efficiency.
In learning a foreign language, learners usually apply certain learning strategies. Similarly, in... more In learning a foreign language, learners usually apply certain learning strategies. Similarly, in teaching a foreign language, especially English, teachers also need teaching strategies. Issues related to learners' learning strategies have been discussed over the years; however, issues related to teachers' teaching strategies have not been researched thoroughly. Effective teaching strategies are particularly important for teachers who are teaching big classes in multi channel learning system as applied in Bina Nusantara University. This study has two aims: first, to investigate the teaching strategies employed by Binus English teachers and second, to find out the intersection between teachers and students regarding the teaching strategies employed in the classroom. Using questionnaires for teachers and students, this study examined the frequency of strategy used by students and teachers. The results showed that teachers and students have different opinions on the strategies/activities that occurred in the classroom. The implications of these results for the teaching/learning situation are discussed.
Social Economics and Ecology International Journal (SEEIJ)
Mathematics subject is considered difficult for most elementary students, especially when the sub... more Mathematics subject is considered difficult for most elementary students, especially when the subject is given in English. To be able to do math exercises in English, the students have to understand the math vocabulary and the concepts of math. The purpose of this community development program is to increase the elementary students’ ability in solving word math problems in English. The participants in this program are twenty elementary students who are included in ASAK Paroki MKK community. The program is created in the form of classroom teaching and activities. In this program, we teach them the basic concepts of math vocabulary, understanding the word problems and the solutions to the problems. We also use several related activities to make the lessons meaningful and comprehensible. The results show that the students are able to solve math problems in English correctly and confidently.
Translating Indonesian reduplications into English is not an easy matter due to the difference in... more Translating Indonesian reduplications into English is not an easy matter due to the difference in morphological form, syntactic function and semantic meaning of reduplications in both languages. For example, the phrase ‘jauh-jauh hari’ cannot be translated into ‘far-far day’. This translation is not acceptable since it follows exactly the form of the original text, or only focusing on the morphological form, while the other two factors are disregarded. Thus, in assessing the acceptability of the translation, those three factors should be considered. However, the acceptability of the translation can also be checked by comparing the translations with the corpus. This article analyzes the translations of 3 Indonesian reduplications by 50 university students and compares their translations with similar expressions found in COCA and BNC to find out the degree of acceptability of the translations. The results show which translations are acceptable and which are not based on the frequency ...
Nowadays, the beauty community has a rapid growth of beauty influencers from both genders. The la... more Nowadays, the beauty community has a rapid growth of beauty influencers from both genders. The language style that is used on each gender has its own features and characteristics that can be explored from video sharing platform, YouTube. The aim of this study is to find the language features and distinctive characteristics of the male and female beauty influencers and the differences of comments from their audience. The writer applies qualitative research method by using text analysis of the video script. The data shows that male and female beauty influencers have shown differences in their features and characteristic of language. Men beauty influencers tend to be more straightforward and directive. They also use a more plain and simple words. On the other hand, the women beauty influencers are more polite and intimate in using language. This study is hoped to be the foundation for further research in the same topic of language feature in gendered community within limited topic espe...
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