Apri Pendri; Andayani Andayani; Nugraheni Eko Wardani; Raheni Suhita
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This article critically examines the discourse contained in online media, especially on the website for Indonesia's Ministry of Education and Culture, concerning the problems which were encountered by the education sector in Indonesia amid the COVID-19 pandemic from February 2020 to August 2023. Misinformation ...
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This article critically examines the discourse contained in online media, especially on the website for Indonesia's Ministry of Education and Culture, concerning the problems which were encountered by the education sector in Indonesia amid the COVID-19 pandemic from February 2020 to August 2023. Misinformation has increased due to the spread of information; thus, it is necessary to thoroughly analyze how the platform presents news on educational issues. This study employs the microstructure, superstructure, and macrostructure analyses of teacher writings addressing educational issues, based on Van Dijk's (2009) critical discourse analysis model. The microstructure analysis reveals the methods used by teachers to highlight a variety of learning difficulties while adding expressive components for nuanced teacher viewpoints. Simultaneously, examinations of the superstructure and macrostructure uncover a coherent and intentional pattern of arrangement in teacher-authored texts pertaining to learning difficulties for effective message delivery. This study underscores the pivotal role of teachers in implementing a well-organized structure to facilitate effective communication.
Syamsuardi Saodi; Shadia Hamoud Alshahrani; Umurzak Jumanazarov; Forqan Ali Hussein Al-Khafaji; Jumintono Jumintono
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The purpose of this culturally embedded research was to investigate the relationship between moral intelligence and self-awareness of a group of teachers. The statistical population of this research included 240 teachers working in Islamic schools in Jakarta, Indonesia. A pair of questionnaires was used ...
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The purpose of this culturally embedded research was to investigate the relationship between moral intelligence and self-awareness of a group of teachers. The statistical population of this research included 240 teachers working in Islamic schools in Jakarta, Indonesia. A pair of questionnaires was used to collect the required data. In order to analyze the data, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, multiple regression analysis, and independent sample t-test were used. The findings showed that there is a significant relationship between the teachers’ moral intelligence and self-awareness. Moreover, it was revealed that moral intelligence is a positive predictor of teachers’ self-awareness. Also, the results reported that female teachers’ moral intelligence is higher while their self-awareness is lower than their male counterparts. Overall, it was concluded that, based on the approach of Islamic education and within the rich tapestry of culture and society, moral intelligence and self-awareness are two of the psychological variables that affect teachers’ personality and behavior and can improve their interpersonal relations with students.
Mohammad Zohrabi; Abdolreza Khalili
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This study strived to determine the utility of different written corrective feedback strategies for ameliorating medicine English for Specific Purposes (ESP) students’ writing ability. Moreover, it endeavored to specify these students’ perspectives on the pertinent strategies. To this end, ...
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This study strived to determine the utility of different written corrective feedback strategies for ameliorating medicine English for Specific Purposes (ESP) students’ writing ability. Moreover, it endeavored to specify these students’ perspectives on the pertinent strategies. To this end, the researchers used a mixed-methods design. First, we selected 183 intermediate-level medicine ESP students in six intact classes at two universities in Iran as the participants. Second, we assigned the classes to five experimental groups and one control group. Third, we used a writing pretest, written corrective feedback treatment sessions, and three writing posttests to collect the quantitative data. Finally, we gathered qualitative data on participants’ perspectives on feedback strategies using a semi-structured interview protocol. One-way ANOVA and thematic analysis were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that, while meta-linguistic, electronic, direct, and reformulation-based strategies improved ESP students’ writing ability in the short, medium, and long terms, the indirect strategy was only effective in the short term. Furthermore, the participants preferred explicit strategies to implicit ones.
José-Manuel Burga-Falla; Ricardo-Edmundo Ruiz-Villavicencio; Héctor-Miguel Manríquez-Zapata; Florencio Flores Ccanto; Oscar Junior Paredes-Vilca
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This study aimed to evaluate the importance of extracurricular activities for Peruvian elementary students and their effect on their academic performance. The statistical population included all fifth-grade elementary students in Arequipa, Peru, 420 of whom were selected through cluster sampling. Three ...
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This study aimed to evaluate the importance of extracurricular activities for Peruvian elementary students and their effect on their academic performance. The statistical population included all fifth-grade elementary students in Arequipa, Peru, 420 of whom were selected through cluster sampling. Three questionnaires were used for data collection. According to the obtained results, extracurricular activities affected academic achievement, and creativity played a mediating role in this regard. It is also notable that among different extracurricular activities, art and organizational activities had significant effects on academic performance. Furthermore, among the components of creativity, innovation had a significant impact on students’ academic performance. The study concluded that extracurricular activities are important for Peruvian elementary students, as they can foster their creativity and boost their academic performance. The study also suggested some implications and recommendations for educators and policymakers.
Reza Pishghadam; Taqi Al Abdwani; Haniyeh Jajarmi; Shaghayegh Shayesteh
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Aptitude testing is a valuable tool for assessing individuals’ potential and predicting their performance in various settings. However, current tests may not fully capture individuals’ range of abilities and tend to focus on specific cognitive constructs, ignoring non-cognitive ones. To address ...
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Aptitude testing is a valuable tool for assessing individuals’ potential and predicting their performance in various settings. However, current tests may not fully capture individuals’ range of abilities and tend to focus on specific cognitive constructs, ignoring non-cognitive ones. To address this gap, this article suggests incorporating cultural and emo-sensory constructs into general and foreign language aptitude testing. The newly developed Pishghadam Language-based General Aptitude Test (PL-GAT) measures a wide range of cognitive abilities, including attention, verbal and nonverbal reasoning, memory, and critical thinking, along with non-cognitive abilities, such as emotion, culture, and sense. Concurrently, this dual-purpose test provides an evaluation of individuals’ foreign language aptitude as well. The integration of these constructs provides a more accurate and comprehensive assessment of individuals’ potential, allowing them to understand their strengths and weaknesses better. Additionally, organizations can make more informed decisions when selecting candidates for academic or career purposes.
Onok Yayang Pamungkas; Hastangka Hastangka; Suprapto Suprapto; Iyoh Mastiyah; Dwi Purwoko; Fatimah Zuhra; Nunu Ahmad An-Nahidl
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So far, the study of magical realism in literature has been limited to the relationship of literature to the chronology of text creation. There have been no studies linking the imagination of magical realism and the reader effect, especially the content of educational values. Therefore, the purpose of ...
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So far, the study of magical realism in literature has been limited to the relationship of literature to the chronology of text creation. There have been no studies linking the imagination of magical realism and the reader effect, especially the content of educational values. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the values of education in the literature of magical realism. This research uses semiotic methods, content analysis, and hermeneutics. The primary data source is Danarto Asmaraloka’s novel. The results showed that Asmaraloka is a literature that creates a complex world. It represents reality and fantasy that rejects simple and exclusive binary and postmodernist views. The magical realism in Asmaraloka encompasses certain cultural traditions and universal aspects. At the same time, Asmaraloka provides educational values about freedom. An important im-plication of this research is that literature can be a medium of expression that simultaneously guides readers about freedom.
Nur Lailiyah; Djatmika Djatmika; Riyadi Santosa; Sumarlam Sumarlam
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This study aimed to describe the complaining speech act strategy used by Covid-19 survivors from the gender and education perspective. Data were collected using structured interviews with 36 hospitalized survivors of different genders. The results indicated that female patients with undergraduate education ...
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This study aimed to describe the complaining speech act strategy used by Covid-19 survivors from the gender and education perspective. Data were collected using structured interviews with 36 hospitalized survivors of different genders. The results indicated that female patients with undergraduate education use the modified blame strategy, while those with non-undergraduate education use the annoyance strategy. Undergraduate women complain more politely than non-undergraduate women and use longer and more interrogative sentences to soften the interlocutor. Non-undergraduate women blame using direct sentences showing irritation. Furthermore, men with undergraduate education use the annoyance strategy, while non-undergraduates use the ill consequences strategy. Undergraduate and non-undergraduate men tend to use aggressive complaining strategies and ask for improvement from their speech partners. However, women with undergraduate education sometimes realize their complaints to their interlocutors more rudely in the form of judgment than non-undergraduate women and men, as well as undergraduate men.
Gulzhakhan Tazhitova; Dina Kurmanayeva; Jannat Sagimbayeva; Gulden Tussupova; Natalya Ustelimova
Volume 9, 2 (Themed Issue on Modern Realities of National Languages of CIS Countries) , August 2021, , Pages 170-179
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This paper demonstrates the results of the study on the use of region-based materials in EFL classes at university. The empirical research methods made it possible to reveal teachers’ attitudes towards the use of region-based materials. The data were collected from 21 participants through an interview ...
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This paper demonstrates the results of the study on the use of region-based materials in EFL classes at university. The empirical research methods made it possible to reveal teachers’ attitudes towards the use of region-based materials. The data were collected from 21 participants through an interview that showed teachers’ positive attitudes to region-based materials integration. Based on the results obtained during the study, implications were provided for teachers to improve the EFL teaching process at universities. The practical significance of the study is determined by the fact that the realization of a regional approach in different countries of the world and in Kazakhstan was studied. English teachers’ attitudes towards the use of region-based materials in classes were revealed and the difficulties in the use of those materials were indicated.
Mostafa Morady Moghaddam; Neil Murray
Volume 7, Issue 1 , March 2019, , Pages 96-105
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English language teaching (ELT) in Iran has experienced a turbulent history reflecting an often dynamic context and changing attitudes toward English, yet framed within a discourse of tolerance rather than one of embrace, as this study is going to show. The discourse was much brighter before the Islamic ...
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English language teaching (ELT) in Iran has experienced a turbulent history reflecting an often dynamic context and changing attitudes toward English, yet framed within a discourse of tolerance rather than one of embrace, as this study is going to show. The discourse was much brighter before the Islamic Revolution and this study reveals that there were much fewer adverse policies toward the spread of English (mostly because of economic reasons). However, after the Islamic Revolution, the discourse can be seen as a product of a postcolonial perspective and an accompanying unease – even antipathy – concerning Westernisation and Western values that are seen as being at odds with Iran’s identity and aspirations as an Islamic state. It is discussed in this study that at its current status, language policy and planning in the Iranian context is blatantly at odds with the ‘educational’ and ‘social’ needs of the nation.