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Investigating The Use Of Information And Communication Technologi ( ICT) Among Students In Improving Their Academic Achievement At IAIN Batusangkar

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LAPORAN PELAKSANAAN (LOGBOOK) PENELITIAN KOMPETITIF DOSEN PENELITIAN DASAR PENGEMBANGAN PROGRAM STUDI

LAPORAN AKHIR PENELITIAN KOMPETITIF DOSEN PENELITIAN DASAR PENGEMBANGAN PROGRAM STUDI

DEVELOPING ISLAMIC CONTENT-BASED MATERIALS IN TEACHING VOCABULARY AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF TARBIYAH AND TEACHER TRAINING FACULTY OF IAIN BATUSANGKAR

<em>Due to the limited sources of Vocabulary teaching materials, the researcher was eager to design a model of vocabulary materials assumed needed by te students for their daily conversation. The design was a Research and Development applying descriptive procedure of three model suggested by Borg and Gall (1983) who propose three ways of developing a model of teaching material, namely: procedural, conceptual, theoretical.” Then, he followed the research procedure by Sugiyono (2007: 298) suggesting ten steps of a research and development: (1) identifying research problem, (2) collecting information, (3) designing the product, (4) validating the design, (5) revising the design, (6) testing the product , (7) revising the product, (8) applying the design, (9) re-revising the product , and (10) publishing the prooduct. In validating the model, he asked some comments from experts. Because of limited time and other reasons of doing the research, he just applied the step 1 up to 4. Based on the validation result, it could be concluded that the model had fulfilled the criteria both content and construct validity.</em><em></em>

PENGEMBANGAN MODEL MATERI AJAR MATA KULIAH BAHASA INGGRIS II BERBASIS KEBUTUHAN MAHASISWA PROGRAM STUDI AKUNTANSI SYARIAH STAIN BATUSANGKAR

<em>This research is derived from the problem in which there was no available reading material of “Bahasa Inggris II” for accounting students, especially Economic Department of Syariah Faculty of State College for Islamic Studies (STAIN) Batusangkar. Relizing that problem, the researchers designed a model of reading material to teach those students as a solution in order to solve their problem in grasping a specific idea that could be found at any English reading materials, especially relating with accounting terms. In validating the model, they asked some comments from experts. Based on the result of the validation, it could be concluded that the model had fulfilled the criteria as a valid one: content validity and construct validity.</em>

SIKAP MAHASISWA BAHASA INGGRIS TERHADAP PENGGUNAAN TEKNIK TEAM GAME TOURNAMENT (TGT) PADA MATA KULIAH READING COMPREHENSION III

<div><p><em>This research was inspired because of the researcher previous research. Based on the result of the research, he found that there was a contradiction between the students’ enthusiastic and their score after appying Team Game Tournament (TGT) technique. They had highly positive to the use of the technique, but they had low score after doing the reading test. It was the reason why the researcher tried to reresearch about the trueness whether the technique was still possible to be used at Reading Comprehension classroom or not. This research was descriptive quantitative one. Respondent of the research was the third semester students of English department of Tarbiyah Faculty of STAIN Batusangkar registered in 2013/2014 academic year. Data of the research was collected by giving questionnaire and observation note. After analyzing the data of the research, it was known that the students’ attitude toward the use of </em><em>Team Game Tournament (TGT)technique at Reading Comprehension III classroom was <strong>positive </strong>in which there were 16 students (42,1%) had <strong>positif</strong> attitude toward the use of the technkique.</em><strong></strong></p><strong>Kata kunci: </strong>Sikap Mahasiswa, <em>Team Game Tournament</em></div>

IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING SKILL THROUGH CLOZE PROCEDURE TECHNIQUE

<p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #111111; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;"><em>Lack of ability in comprehending English texts is students’ big problem nowadays. They fail in comprehending or grasping information from reading</em><em> materials. As a result, their motivation decreases which in turn can inhibit their reading comprehension. In reading comprehension class, those difficulties faced by the students may be caused by many factors such as, reading materials, teaching method, media used and so forth. Related to the problem, cloze procedure</em><em> technique can be used as an alternative technique for teaching reading. And, under the teacher’s supervision the students also can enrich their reading skill, even their English vocabulary through this technique.</em></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #111111; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;"><strong>Kata kunci</strong>: reading, reading skill, cloze procedure, technique</p>

THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) FOR ACQUIRING ENGLISH

<div style="text-align: left; color: #111111; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><em>Information and communication technology is the study, development and application of computer-based information systems using telephones, televisions, radios, mobiles, computers and computer software to convert, store, process, protect and transmit information. This article focuses on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em><em>the u</em>s<em>e of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em><em>Information and Communication Technology<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em><em>(</em><em>ICT</em><em>)</em><em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>which can give valuable information and chance for language learners to acquire English language in real life.</em></p><strong>Kata kunci</strong>: Information and Communication Technology, acquiring English</div>

EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING VOCABULARY TO YOUNG LEARNERS

<div style="text-align: left; color: #111111; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><em>Vocabulary learning is very necessary and an indispensable part of any language learning process. In the ESL context, vocabulary not only supports the four language skills; listening, speaking, reading, and writing, but also mediates between ESL students and content-area classes in that the students often find that lack of vocabulary knowledge is an obstacle to learning. This article focuses on and discusses effective</em><em> strategies</em><em> for teaching vocabulary to young learners which greatly assist English language learners in their journey of language acquisition and also expedite the language learning process</em></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><strong>Kata kunci</strong>: effective strategies, vocabulary, young learners</p></div>