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Volume 7

Nomor 3

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Jakarta November 2014

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ISSN 1410 4695

Volume 7 Nomor 3, November 2014 DAFTAR ISI

Halaman

ANALISIS PENGARUH BUDAYA ORGANISASI DAN KOMITMEN TERHADAP KINERJA DOSEN PERGURUAN TINGGI SWASTA .......

133 - 141

Ahmad Dirwan STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN CALL COURSE: ADVANTAGES, LIMITATIONS, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT..............

143 - 148

Kristasia Rombe PENGARUH PENJAMINAN MUTU, KEPEMIMPINAN TRANSFORMASIONAL, BUDAYA AKADEMIK DAN KOMITMEN KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA DOSEN DI KOTA JAMBI ...................

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Erni Murniarti IMPROVING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION USING GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS .......................

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Juella Rumiris THE EFFECT OF USING TABOO GAME TO NINTH GRADERS’ SPEAKING SKILL ...........................................................................

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Yusup Kuncoro Bowo Susilo NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER TEACHERS (NESTS) AND NONNATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER TEACHERS (NNESTS) IN INDONESIA: PREFERENCE AND DILEMMA ....................................

Kartika Septarini

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ANALISIS PENGARUH BUDAYA ORGANISASI DAN KOMITMEN TERHADAP KINERJA DOSEN PERGURUAN TINGGI SWASTA Ahmad Dirwan

Email: [email protected] Program Magister Manajemen Universitas Suryadarma Jakarta

ABSTRACT This reserach was conducted to determine the influence of organizational behavior and commitment towards lecturers’ performance at private universities in Jakarta. The method used in this research is the survey method. The samples in this research were 90 lecturers of private universities who were selected randomly. The technique used to analyze the obtained data was a path analysis by employing SPSS program. The results indicated that: (1) there was influence of organizational behavior towards the lecturers’ performance, (2) there was influence of commitment towards the lecturers’ performance, (3) there was influence of organizational behavior and commitment simultaneously towards the lecturers’ performance. Keywords: organizational behavior, commitment, lecturer performance ABSTRAK Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh budaya organisasi dan komitmen terhadap kinerja dosen di Perguruan Tinggi Swasta (PTS) Jakarta. Metoda penelitian yang digunakan adalah survei. Sampel penelitian ini adalah sebanyak 90 dosen PTS, dan diambil dengan teknik ramdom. Analisis data yang dipakai dalam penelitian adalah analisis jalur. Hasil pengujian data diperoleh dengan menggunakan Program SPSS. Dari hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa: (1) terdapat pengaruh dari budaya organisasi terhadap kinerja dosen, (2) terdapat pengaruh dari komitmen terhadap kinerja dosen, (3) terdapat pengaruh budaya organisasi dan komitmen secara bersama-sama terhadap kinerja dosen PTS Jakarta. Kata kunci: budaya organisasi, komitmen, kinerja dosen PENDAHULUAN Menghadapi pemberlakuan Masyarakat Ekonomi ASEAN (2115), perguruan tinggi Indonesia harus dapat bersaing dengan perguruan tinggi negara-negara anggota ASEAN melalui peningkatan kualitas. Salah satu syarat menjadi Perguruan Tinggi (PT) berkualitas, dengan raihan predikat World Class University (WCU) sebagai parameter, adalah 40 persen dosennya bergelar doktor dan tiap dosen mempublikasikan dua artikel dalam jurnal internasional per tahun. PT di Indonesia, terutama Perguruan Tinggi Swasta (PTS), masih sulit mencapai hal tersebut karena terbatasnya kemam-puan untuk meningkatkan kualitas dosen dan kurangnya pendanaan untuk mengembangkan penelitian. Hal ini diperparah oleh rendahnya kesadaran dosen untuk me-lakukan riset serta minimnya hasil riset yang bisa dikembangkan dan berdayaguna bagi masyarakat sekitar.

Di samping itu untuk menyongsong era Indonesia masuk kelompok tujuh kekuatan ekonomi dunia pada 2030, ditargetkan mencetak 113 juta tenaga terdidik, yang saat ini hanya 55 juta (Santosa, 2014, h. 6). Hal ini juga sejalan dengan platform JKW-JK yang mem-prioritaskan pembangunan pendidikan, yang antara lain diupayakan melalui peningkatan kualitas guru/dosen dengan merekrut tenaga berkualitas dan mengutamakan pembiayaan penelitian pengembangan Iptek unggulan yang terintegrasi dengan pengembangan pendidikan tinggi. Untuk merealisasikan hal ini, diperlukan Perguruan Tinggi Swasta (PTS) yang selalu meningkatkan kualitas—yang dimaknai sebagai (1) suatu sifat atau atribut yang khas dan membuat berbeda; serta (2) memiliki standar dan sifat kebaikan tertinggi. Kemampuan PTS untuk memenuhi kebutuhan dan keinginan masyarakat pada umumnya masih terbatas. Hal ini ditunjukkan oleh kenyataan sebagian besar PTS belum

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terakreditasi. Penekanan pada peningkatan kualitas dan relevansi pendidikan dimaksudkan agar sistem pendidikan tetap serasi dan selaras dengan kebutuhan pembangunan, khususnya menghadapi era industrialisasi masyarakat Indonesia. Penekanan ini merupakan salah satu tema pembangunan pendidikan, yang diartikan dengan kesesuaian antara pendidikan dengan kebutuhan pembangunan. Beberapa hal yang mempengaruhi kualitas pendidikan adalah kebiasaan kerja, budaya kerja, dan budaya organisasi yang saling berhubungan. Budaya kerja dan budaya organisasi yang berkualitas akan dapat meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan secara optimal. Menghadapi tantangan tersebut, dalam persaingan antarbangsa yang semakin ketat serta kemampuan untuk dapat melaksanakan agenda pembangunan bangsa, dituntut tersedianya sumber daya dosen berkualitas dengan prestasi tinggi, yang didukung oleh komitmen yang kuat untuk meningkatkan kinerja. Kotler (2000) menyatakan bahwa kinerja adalah “successful role achievement” yang diperoleh seseorang dari perbuatan-perbuatannya. Batasan menekankan bahwa kinerja adalah hasil yang dicapai oleh seseorang menurut ukuran yang berlaku untuk pekerjaan yang bersangkutan. Sedangkan As’ad (1982, h. 47) menekankan bahwa kinerja merupakan tingkat keberhasilan (level of performance) seseorang di dalam melaksanakan tugas pekerjaannya. Biasanya seseorang dengan level of performance yang tinggi disebut sebagai orang yang produktif, dan sebaliknya seseorang yang level of performance-nya rendah (tidak mencapai standar) dikatakan sebagai tidak produktif. Secara lebih terperinci, Gomes (2006) membatasi kinerja sebagai: (1) quantity of work yang merupakan jumlah kerja dan kualitas kerja yang dicapai dalam periode tertentu; (2) creativeness yaitu keaslian gagasan dan tindakan menyelesaikan persoalan; (3) dependability, kesadaran dalam penyelesaian kerja; (4) initiative, semangat dan tanggung jawab melaksanakan ide dan tugas baru; dan (5) personal qualities, yang menyangkut kualitas kepribadian. Sementara itu penilaian kinerja adalah suatu diskripsi sistematis yang berkaitan dengan kekuatan dan kelemahan individu atau kelompok terhadap suatu pekerjaan. Casio (1987, h. 59) dalam konteks pengelolaan sumber daya manusia, penilaian kinerja secara formal mempunyai tujuan sebagai berikut: (1) penilaian kinerja dapat digunakan sebagai dasar pembuatan kebijakan

yang berkaitan dengan ketenagakerjaan, (2) hasil penilaian dapat digunakan sebagai kriteria/standar dalam penelitian sumber daya manusia, (3) hasil penilaian dapat digunakan sebagai prediktor, (4) hasil penilaian dapat digunakan untuk menyusun program-program pelatihan, (5) hasil penilaian dapat memberikan umpan balik bagi yang dinilai, (6) hasil penilaian dapat digunakan untuk memperkirakan kondisi organisasi dan kemungkinan pengembangannya. Selanjutnya, PTS sebagai institusi dan sistem sosial memiliki karakteristik budaya sendiri yang merupakan akumulasi dari budaya organisasi perguruan tinggi dan budaya individu. Budaya individu seorang dosen berbeda dengan budaya individu dosen lainnya, sehingga PTS sebagai suatu sistem sosial memiliki budaya yang beragam dan dipengaruhi oleh sistem nilai, persepsi, kebiasaan-kebiasaan, kebijakan pendidikan dan perilaku orang-orang yang berada di dalamnya. Menurut Suyata (1996) budaya kerja yang dapat meningkatkan kualitas adalah: (1) disiplin diri; (2) mengontrol kemajuan pengajaran; (3) harapan yang tinggi kepada dosen; dan (4) fokus perhatian warga institusi pendidikan kepada proses pembelajaran. Budaya kerja merupakan satu budaya dalam organisasi yang mengarah kepada satu sistem makna bersama yang dianut oleh anggota-anggota yang membedakan organisasi yang satu dengan organisasi lain. Budaya juga dapat dilihat sebagai suatu perilaku, nilai-nilai, sikap dan cara hidup untuk melakukan penyesuaian dan sekaligus cara untuk melihat persoalan dan menyelesaikannya (Zamroni, 2003). Budaya organisasi merupakan asumsi, keyakinan, nilai-nilai dan persepsi bersama anggota-anggota organisasi yang membentuk dan memberi kesan ke atas sikap, perilaku, serta petunjuk dalam menyelesaikan masalah. Woolfolk (1993, h. 24) mengatakan, “The meaning we attach to the information received through our senses is called perception. This meaning is constructed partly from objective reality and partly form the way we organize the information based on our exixting knowledge.” Sensasi berpikir dan memori menentukan persepsi. Persepsi adalah penyimpulan dan penafsiran obyek atau peristiwa. Penyimpulan dan penafsiran atas suatu objek atau peristiwa harus didahului oleh sensasi. Sensasi adalah kemampuan indera untuk menangkap obyek atau peristiwa kemudian melahirkan pengalaman dan pengetahuan. Dengan demikian pengetahuan merupakan hasil berpikir dan persepsi, yang melibatkan sensasi, memori, atensi, ekspektasi, dan motivasi.

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Selanjutnya, budaya organisasi melahirkan norma-norma. Norma merupakan standar yang diterima oleh anggota organisasi yang mempunyai karakteristik tertentu atau suatu peraturan yang tidak tertulis, antara lain: Pertama, norma hanya dibentuk sehubungan dengan hal-hal yang penting bagi anggota organisasi. Jika dapat membantu anggota lain dalam organisasi untuk menyelesaikan suatu tugas merupakan hal yang paling penting, maka akan berkembanglah suatu norma. Kedua, norma diterima dalam berbagai macam tingkat oleh para anggota organisasi, ada beberapa norma diterima oleh para anggota secara lengkap, sedangkan norma lain hanya diterima sebagian. Maka dapat dikatakan bahwa norma merupakan kesepakatan yang menjadi aturan yang tidak tertulis, tetapi tersirat dan dipahami sesama anggota organisasi. Secara sederhana budaya organisasi dapat diungkapkan sebagai cara berpikir, cara bekerja, cara laku para karyawan atau dosen dalam melakukan tugas pekerjaan mereka masingmasing. Dengan demikian budaya organisasi dapat digambarkan sebagai kumpulan dari nilai, norma, ungkapan dan perilaku yang ikut menentukan bagaimana orang-orang dalam organisasi saling berhubungan dan sebesar apa mereka gunakan tenaga mereka dalam pekerjaan pada organisasinya. Sedangkan komitmen organisasi merupakan sifat hubungan antara individu dengan organisasi atau PTS yang di dalamnya individu mempunyai keyakinan diri terhadap nilai-nilai dan tujuan organisasi, rela untuk menggunakan usahanya secara sungguh-sungguh demi kepentingan organisasi, serta mempunyai keinginan yang kuat untuk tetap menjadi bagian dari organisasi. Dalam hal ini dosen mengidentifikasikan dirinya pada suatu PTS tertentu tempat mereka bekerja dan turut merealisasikan tujuan-tujuan organisasi tersebut. Komitmen organisasi, menurut Kotler (2000), adalah sifat hubungan seorang individu dengan organisasi yang memungkinkan dia, dengan komitmen yang tinggi, memperlihatkan keinginan kuat untuk menjadi anggota organisasi tersebut, bersedia untuk berusaha sebaik mungkin, dan menerima nilai-nilai dan tujuan organisasi. Pengertian tersebut mengungkapkan dua jenis komitmen. Pertama, komitmen terhadap sasaran organisasi atau ke mana organisasi itu diarahkan. Jika komitmen ini tinggi, organisasi akan mempertahankan keanggotaannya. Kedua, komitmen pada nilai-nilai, norma dan budaya organisasi yang memberikan batasan tentang

yang boleh atau tidak boleh dilakukan. Komitmen ini akan memperlihatkan keyakinan organisasi yang teguh kepada para anggotanya, dan sebaliknya para anggota akan memperlihatkan komitmen teguh pada organisasi tempat bekerja. Komitmen yang kuat dan terpusat terhadap tugas-tugas yang dihadapi, merupakan ciri individu yang mempunyai kinerja. Salah satu ciri tersebut adalah “a high level of task com-

mitment or motivation to achieve in certain areas” (Woolfolk, 1995, h. 123). Komitmen seseorang terhadap tugas diartikan sesuai dengan konsep di atas adalah suatu dorongan khusus untuk mencapai tujuan. Hal ini mengindikasikan bahwa keberhasilan kerja tidak hanya tergantung pada faktor intelektual saja, tetapi juga komitmen, yaitu dorongan untuk menyelesaikan tugas secara teratur dan berdisiplin. Dengan demikian faktor ini berhubungan dengan tanggung jawab dan disiplin pribadi untuk mengerjakan sesuatu yang telah menjadi komitmennya. Karena adanya komitmen terhadap tugas, maka dosen mau bekerja lebih tekun dan berdisiplin untuk meraih hasil yang bermutu. Perbedaan antara orang yang sukses dengan yang tidak sukses ditentukan oleh komitmen memecahkan masalah. Treffinger (1980: h. 34) menegaskan, “Curiosity, imagination, productivity, independence in thought and judgment, extensive fund of information and ideas, persistence, commitment to solving problems, concern with the future and the unknown, not merely with the past, the present, or the known”. Paparan di atas memperlihatkan bahwa budaya organisasi, komitmen, dan kinerja dosen saling berhubungan dan saling mempengaruhi. Kesesuaian budaya kerja yang dimiliki dengan yang diharapkan akan memberikan kepuasan hasil kerja. Kepuasan terhadap pekerjaan tentu akan menimbulkan semangat untuk berbuat yang lebih baik. Sikap dan komitmen terhadap pekerjaan merupakan tendensi yang tetap tentang perasaan dan perilaku terhadap suatu objek atau pekerjaan tersebut (Spector, 2006, h. 381). Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa para dosen yang menunjukkan sikap positif terhadap tugasnya akan melaksanakan pekerjaan dengan lebih baik. McClelland (1987) berpendapat “ada hubungan yang positif antara komitmen berprestasi dengan pencapaian prestasi kerja”. Sementara itu menurut Long (2000, h. 219), komitmen merupakan ikrar atau ikatan terhadap sesuatu tindakan. Dengan kata lain komitmen sebagai dorongan internal akan

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mengarahkan suatu kemampuan untuk keberhasilan dalam meningkatkan kinerja. Untuk memperoleh bukti-bukti empiris dari fenomena di atas, perlu diadakan penelitian sejauh mana budaya organissai dan komitmen berpengaruh terhadap kinerja dosen. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengkaji pengaruh antara dua jenis variabel, yaitu: variabel penyebab (eksogen), dan variabel akibat (endogen variable). Variabel penyebab mencakup faktor budaya organisasi dan komitmen dosen, sedangkan variabel akibat adalah kinerja dosen. METODE Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah survei dengan bentuk penelitian analisis jalur (Path Analysis). Penelitian dilakukan melalui survei, karena tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengungkap keadaan nyata tentang halhal yang dialami sampel penelitian, yakni seberapa besar pengaruh budaya organisasi dan komitmen terhadap kinerja. Bentuk penelitian analisis jalur digunakan dengan bertujuan untuk mengetahui sejauh mana variasi-variasi pada satu faktor berkaitan dengan variasi pada satu atau lebih faktor lain, serta pengaruh langsung di antara variabel berdasarkan koefisien jalur. Untuk kepentingan penelitian dalam menghitung pengaruh antar variabel, variabel budaya organisasi disimbulkan dengan X1, komitmen dengan X2 dan kinerja dengan Y. Model konstelasi antar variabel penelitian ini digambarkan sebagai berikut.

bentuk skala sikap metode likert (Likert, 1967). Skala sikap metode likert terdiri dari pernyataan-pernyataan (statements) yang disusun menyerupai tes objektif pilihan ganda. Jawaban yang dipilih diharapkan dapat menggambarkan seberapa tinggi perasaan (affect) dan penilaian dari responden terhadap pernyataan yang disajikan dalam skala. Angket terdiri atas 3 bagian sesuai dengan jumlah variabel penelitian. Tiap-tiap variabel terdiri atas beberapa dimensi dan indikator, sebagai acuan dalam mengembangkan instrumen. Dari hasil pengujian kehandalan dan kesahihan butir-butir instrumen, di peroleh beberapa butir yang koefisien validitasnya signifikan (alpha = 0,05, r>0,444). Untuk variabel kinerja diperoleh 30 butir, dengan reliabilitas sebesar 0,844, variabel budaya organisasi diperoleh 30 butir dengan reliabilitas sebesar 0,901, variabel komitmen diperoleh 27 butir dengan reliabilitas sebesar 0,784. Dalam penelitian kuantitatif ini, teknik analisis data yang digunakan untuk menjawab rumusan masalah atau hipotesis adalah analisis jalur. Analisis jalur untuk mengetahui seberapa kuat pengaruh antar variabel X1, X2 dan variabel Y, melalui perhitungan koefisien jalur. Analisis jalur digunakan juga untuk menganalisis pola hubungan kausal beberapa variabel penyebab terhadap variabel akibat. Sebelum diadakan analisis terhadap data yang diperoleh, terlebih dahulu dilakukan uji normalitas dan homogenitas data. HASIL PENELITIAN Analisis data dengan bantuan program SPSS, diawali dengan analisis korelasi. Hasil perhitungan koefisien korelasi X1 dengan Y dan X2 dengan Y, serta pengujian melalui uji-t, hasilnya seperti pada Tabel 1.

Gambar 1. Hubungan antar variabel Penelitian ini dilakukan di PTS Jakarta dengan sasaran penelitian dosen sebagai populasi. Karena jumlah dosen cukup besar dan terbatasnya sumber daya yang tersedia, penelitian hanya dilakukan untuk 90 orang. Dipilih sampel secara acak sederhana (simple random sampling) dari beberapa PTS, sehingga diperoleh 20 orang untuk uji coba instrumen penelitian dan 70 orang sebagai sampel penelitian. Instrumen pengumpulan menggunakan angket yang disusun

data dalam

Tabel 1. Hasil Perhitungan Korelasi X1 dengan Y dan X2 dengan Y Korelasi N R r2 thitung ttabel(n=70:0,05)

X1 dengan Y 70 0,535 0,286 5,227 1,67

X2 dengan Y 70 0,757 0,573 9,471 1,67

Hasil perhitungan koefisien korelasi X1 dengan Y, diperoleh r = 0,535, dan hasil uji t menunjukkan bahwa thitung = 5,227 > ttabel(n=70:0,05) = 1,67. Koefisien determinasi r2 =

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0,286, menunjukkan bahwa 28,6 % variasi yang terjadi dalam tinggi rendahnya kinerja di sumbangkan oleh budaya organisasi, selebihnya oleh variabel lain. Hasil perhitungan koefisien korelasi X2 dengan Y diperoleh r = 0,757, dan hasil perhitungan melalui uji t, diperoleh thitung = 9,472 > ttabel(n=70:0,05) = 1,67. Dengan koefisien korelasi di atas, diperoleh koefisien determinasi r2 = 0,573, menunjukkan bahwa 57,3 % variasi yang terjadi dalam meningkatnya kinerja disumbangkan oleh variabel komitmen, selebihnya oleh variabel lain. Tabel 2. Hasil Perhitungan Korelasi Ganda Korelasi N R r2 Fhitung Ftabel(2/67:0,05

X1 dan X2 dengan Y 70 0,692 0,479 19,476 3,14

Tabel 3. Perhitungan Koefisien Jalur Model

Koefisien

Beta

Konstanta Budaya Komitmen

2,099 .224 .573

.373 .663

Sig .833 .003 .000

Dari tabel 3 diperoleh ρYX1 = 0,373, ρYX2 = 0,663, serta ρY(X1X2) = 0,479 (R2, Tabel 2). Sedangkan hasil perhitungan diperoleh ρYԐ = 0,721 dan rX1X2 = 0,10. Dengan hasil tersebut diperoleh persamaan struktur analisis jalur : Y = 0,373 X1 + 0,663 X2 + 0,721. Pengaruh langsung dan tidak langsung budaya organisasi terhadap kinerja dihitung dengan rumus: (ρYX1)2 + (ρYX1 x rX1X2 x ρYX2) x 100 %, diperoleh hasil sebesar 16,38 %.

Hasil pengujian signifikansi hubungan antara kualitas budaya organisasi dan komitmen terhadap kinerja, digambarkan dalam Tabel 2. Perhitungan koefisien korelasi ganda, diperoleh R = 0,692. Hasil perhitungan Fhitung = 19,476 lebih besar dari Ftabel(2/67:0,05) = 3,14, menunjukkan terdapat hubungan positif yang signifikan. Dari koefisien determinasi r2 = 0,479, menunjukkan bahwa 47,9 % variasi yang terjadi dalam tinggi rendahnya kinerja di sumbangkan oleh budaya organisasi dan komitmen, selebihnya oleh variabel lain. Selanjutnya untuk melihat pengaruh langsung dan tidak langsung antar variabel akan dilakukan melalui analisis jalur. Pengaruh variabel eksogen (X1 dan X2) terhadap variabel endogen (Y), dihitung dengan koefisien jalur (path coefficient), yang disimbulkan dengan ρYX1, ρYX2 , dan ρY(X1,X2). Hubungan X1 dan X2 merupakan hubungan korelasional, dengan koefisien korelasi rX1X2. Sedangkan koefisien jalur (ρYԐ) menggambarkan besarnya pengaruh langsung variabel residu (implicit exogenous variable) terhadap Y. Koefisien jalur dihitung dengan rumus :

Persamaan struktur analisis jalur disimbulkan dengan : Y = ρYX1 X1 + ρYX2 X2 + ρYԐ

Dengan menggunakan SPSS, diperoleh hasil perhitungan koefisien jalur seperti tabel di bawah ini :

Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa hipotesis yang menyatakan terdapat pengaruh variabel budaya organisasi terhadap kinerja dapat diterima. Dengan pengujian ini menunjukkan bahwa pengaruh budaya organisasi terhadap kinerja dosen di lingkungan PTS Jakarta yang cukup berarti. Sedangkan pengaruh langsung dan tidak langsung komitmen terhadap kinerja dihitung dengan rumus: (ρYX2)2 + (ρYX1 x rX1X2 x ρYX2) x 100 %, diperoleh hasil 46,43 %. Hal ini menyatakan bahwa hipotesis terdapat pengaruh variabel komitmen terhadap kinerja dapat diterima. Dengan pengujian ini menunjukkan bahwa pengaruh komitmen dosen terhadap kinerja dosen di lingkungan PTS Jakarta yang cukup berarti. Selanjutnya pengaruh budaya organisasi dan komitmen secara bersama-sama terhadap kinerja dosen adalah 47,9 % (ρY(X1X2) x 100 %). Dengan demikian disimpulkan terdapat pengaruh positif budaya organisasi dan komitmen baik secara sendiri-sendiri maupun secara bersama-sama terhadap kinerja dosen PTS Jakarta. Dari hasil pengujian ini dapat disimpulkan semakin kuat budaya organisasi dan semakin tinggi komitmen dosen akan meningkatkan kinerja mereka dalam mencapai tujuan PTS yang berkualitas. PEMBAHASAN Berdasarkan hasil pengujian beberapa hipotesis ternyata kedua variabel endogen (budaya

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organisasi dan komitmen dosen) memiliki hubungan dan pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap variabel eksogen (kinerja). Dari hasil pengujian pertama, menggambarkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh langsung yang signifikan antara budaya organisasi dengan kinerja. Temuan ini sejalan dengan pendapat Triguno (1977), bahwa warna budaya kerja adalah produktivitas berupa perilaku kerja yang dapat diukur, seperti kerja keras, disiplin, produktif, tanggung jawab, bermotivasi, kreatif, inovatif, responsif dan mandiri. Hal ini berarti budaya kerja merupakan dasar yang akan menghasilkan kualitas proses kerja. Oleh karena itu apabila dosen ingin menghasilkan kerja berkualitas, harus dengan budaya kerja yang kuat disertai proses kerja yang benar. Hasil penelitian sesuai juga dengan pendapat Kreitner dan Kinicki (2007), yang menyatakan budaya kerja sebagai perekat organisasi yang mengikat anggota organisasi melalui nilai-nilai yang ditaati, peralatan, simbul dan cita-cita sosial yang ingin dicapai. Hal ini sesuai juga dengan pendapat Mondy (1993), bahwa budaya kerja sebagai sistem nilai, keyakinan dan kebiasaan menghasilkan norma. Norma berbentuk kebiasaan kerja berbasis nilai, aturan organisasi termasuk standar kerja organisasi. Kondisi ini akan membentuk kinerja berkualitas sesuai harapan organisasi. Penelitian lain yang selaras dengan temuan penelitian ini, yang dinyatakan oleh Robbins (1996), bahwa budaya organisasi dapat meningkat komitmen dan memiliki hubungan positif dengan kinerja seseorang. Kualitas dosen yang baik akan menjadi pendorong bagi kegairahan dan efisiensi bekerja dan pada gilirannya mendorong produktivitas kerja. Hubungan yang kurang serasi antara dosen, staf, dan mahasiswa, prosedur dan tata kerja yang tidak jelas menyebabkan kinerja yang buruk (Hadiana, 1996, h. 50). Kualitas PTS antara lain dilihat dari sejumlah keistimewaan output, yang memenuhi keinginan masyarakat, serta memberikan kepuasan mereka dalam penggunaan output tersebut. Hal ini sesuai dengan pendapat Lovelock (1988, h. 229), kualitas adalah “Quality is degree of excellent in-

tended, and the control of variability in achieving that excellent, in meeting the customer’s requirements”. Kualitas merupakan tingkat mutu yang diharapkan, dan dapat dikendalikan keragamannya dalam mencapai mutu untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pengguna. Untuk dapat memberikan kualitas yang baik, perlu dibina hubungan yang erat antara pengelola PTS dan dosen.

Meskipun makna konsep kualitas perguruan tinggi sudah dibicarakan di atas, isu tersebut tetap masih diperdebatkan oleh ber-bagai kalangan tanpa kesimpulan yang lugas. Kesepakatan tentang arti kualitas pelayanan PTS sebagian besar adalah hasil dari posisi normatif yang dimiliki oleh PTS itu sendiri. Hal ini sesuai dengan pendapat Robbins (1996), bahwa teori organisasi tidak hanya memperhatikan prestasi dan sikap para anggota, tetapi juga kemampuan organisasi secara keseluruhan untuk menyesuaikan diri dan mencapai tujuan-tujuan. Hasil pengujian kedua menunjukkan terdapat pengaruh positif antara komitmen dengan kinerja dosen, atau dengan kata lain komitmen memiliki pengaruh terhadap meningkatnya kinerja dosen di PTS Jakarta yang cukup berarti. Hasil pengujian ini mengandung makna bahwa dosen yang sangat terikat dengan komitmennya dalam mencapai suatu tujuan yang telah ditetapkan, mereka mempunyai kekuatan dalam dirinya yang sekaligus meningkatkan kinerjanya. Komitmen sebagai bentuk motivasi internal telah mendorong dosen untuk tekun dan ulet mengerjakan tugasnya, meskipun mengalami bermacam-macam hambatan dan rintangan. Hal ini sesuai dengan pendapat Semiawan (1997, h. 91), yang menyatakan bahwa suatu komitmen yang dimiliki seseorang akan menyebabkan mereka bekerja sungguh-sungguh dan tekun agar memperoleh hasil yang baik. Komitmen sebagai persetujuan diri untuk mencapai sesuatu, telah menjadi kekuatan pendorong yang timbul dari dalam maupun dari luar diri pribadi dosen. Hal ini sesuai dengan pendapat Humphrey (2000, h. 3), bahwa komitmen adalah persetujuan untuk menyelesaikan suatu tugas. Adanya kegiatan atau aktivitas yang terarah pada usaha pencapaian tujuan yang pada akhirnya akan merupakan komitmen pada diri dosen. Komitmen telah menggerakkan (mengaktifkan) potensi yang ada pada diri mereka, sebagai suatu persyaratan yang harus dipenuhi untuk dapat digolongkan sebagai seseorang yang mempunyai kinerja yang baik. Komitmen dosen telah dapat melibatkan diri mereka kedalam apa yang dikerjakan dengan keyakinan bahwa kegiatan yang dikerjakan penting dan berarti. Komitmen terhadap tugas terjadi karena ada keyakinan yang kuat dari dosen untuk menyelesaikannya dan tugas tersebut dianggap penting untuk meningkatkan kinerja. Di samping itu komitmen telah dianggap sebagai penyusunan energi khusus yang terpusat pada usaha bekerja dan menyelesaikan tugas dengan baik serta dorong-an untuk berkarya. Dengan demikian semua per-

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ilaku termotivasi untuk mereduksi rangsangan yang menimbulkan eksitasi (excitation) pada sistem. Kecenderungan melibatkan diri sebagai rangsangan apabila ditinjau dari asal atau sumber untuk bertindak, dapat datang dari dalam diri seseorang berupa, sikap, pengalaman, pendidikan, harapan, cita-cita yang ingin diraih. Rangsangan tersebut dapat juga berasal dari faktor luar diri orang lain, misalnya karena pengaruh pimpinan, teman dan faktor lainnya. Secara umum orang mempunyai tujuan untuk berhasil, akan mengejar prestasi dan imbalan keberhasilan. Mereka mempunyai has-rat untuk melakukan sesuatu secara lebih baik atau lebih efisien daripada yang dilakukan sebelumnya. Dari penelitian ini tentang kebu-tuhan hasil yang baik, ditemukan bahwa yang berkinerja tinggi membedakan diri mereka dengan orang-orang lain, berkat kehendak mereka untuk melakukan segala sesuatu dengan cara lebih baik. Meskipun dilakukan dengan penelitian yang sederhana ini terhadap kebutuhan, ternyata terdapat temuan-temuan yang konsisten. Pertama, dosen dengan kebutuhan kenerja yang tinggi lebih menyukai situasi kerja dengan tanggung jawab pribadi, umpan balik, dan tingkat resiko yang sedang. Apabila ciri-ciri ini menonjol, dosen yang tinggi kebutuhan kinerjanya akan mempunyai komitmen yang kuat. Kedua, suatu kebutuhan yang tinggi untuk berkarya tidaklah dengan sendirinya menuntun ke arah menjadi mempunyai kinerja yang tinggi. Karena untuk mempunyai kinerja yang tinggi memerlukan suatu persetujuan diri yang menjadi kekuatan untuk membentuk rangsanganrangsangan, kemudian baru membentuk suatu reaksi dalam bentuk komitmen untuk berbuat. Komitmen menurut penelitian ini, menunjuk pada permasalahan keterlibatan dan loyalitas, sesuai dengan pendapat Mondy (1993), bahwa “commitment is viewed as an attitude of attach-

ment to the organization, which leads to particular job - related behaviors”. Komitmen dipandang sebagai suatu sikap keterikatan kepada organisasi, yang berperan penting pada pekerjaan tertentu dan perilaku yang terkait. Sebagai contoh, dosen yang memiliki komitmen tinggi, akan selalu meningkatkan prestasi, dan lebih kecil kemungkinannya untuk meninggalkan organisasi, dibandingkan dengan dosen yang memiliki komitmen rendah. Dengan demikian konsep tersebut telah sesuai dengan temuan penelitian bahwa komitmen merupakan keingin-an yang kuat untuk tetap sebagai anggota organisasi dan berusaha keras sesuai kebutuhan organisasi, serta menerima nilai dan tujuan organisasi.

Keyakinan diri dosen merupakan faktor pendorong bagi dirinya dalam berkarya. Keyakinan diri yang dimaksud disini adalah keyakinan dosen bahwa apa yang menjadi tujuan PTS merupakan tujuan dari pribadinya, serta dosen merasa mampu dan yakin atas kemampuan yang dimiliki untuk menyelesaikan tugas dengan prestasi yang gemilang. Keyakinan diri, konstribusinya cukup besar dalam mendorong dosen untuk berkarya, karena mereka yang tidak mempunyai keyakinan, kemauan kinerja yang tinggi akan hilang kemauannya. Di samping itu rasa tanggung jawab sebagai seorang dosen terhadap tugas dan kewajiban, akan meningkatkan usaha untuk berkarya. Rasa tanggung jawab dalam melaksanakan tugas akan merupakan hal yang sangat penting, karena dengan rasa tanggung jawab yang tinggi dosen akan selalu berusaha menjaga citra diri dan PTSnya, yang diungkapkan melalui prestasi terbaik sebatas kemampuan maksimalnya. Hasil pekerjaan yang baik akan secara otomatis memberikan rasa puas pada diri dosen itu sendiri. Pengujian terakhir terdapat pengaruh positif antara budaya organisasi dan komitmen secara bersama-sama dengan kinerja. Penemuan ini sejalan dengan pandangan bahwa kinerja seseorang akan terbentuk oleh faktor dalam dirinya antara lain komitmennya dan budaya organisasi yang dianutnya. Kinerja dosen PTS Jakarta menurut hasil penelitian ini, 47,9 % dipengaruhi oleh budaya organisasi dan komitmen mereka melaksanakan tugas. Kinerja yang optimal untuk menyelesaikan suatu tugas yang sulit dan dorongan dalam mengatasi rintangan dan memelihara kualitas kerja yang tinggi, serta bersaing melalui usaha yang gigih telah mendapatkan hasil yang lebih baik dari sebelumnya. Hasil ini telah sejalan dengan pendapat Apruebo (2005, h. 53) yang menyatakan “Achievement motivation as a

desire for significant accomplishment for mastery of things, people, or ideas for attaining a higher standard”. Dengan demikian komitmen untuk berkarya yang tinggi, merupakan keinginan, hasrat, kemauan, dan dorongan untuk dapat unggul dalam menyelesaikan tugas. Kinerja yang didukung fasilitas PTS yang cukup dan komitmen dosen yang tinggi akan mendorong mereka untuk berpacu dengan keunggulan, baik keunggulan diri sendiri, maupun keunggulan dari orang lain. Penelitian ini menunjukkan para dosen yang berhasil memperoleh hasil yang baik, ternyata selain cerdas terbukti memiliki kinerja yang lebih. Kinerja yang dimiliki merupakan modal bagi

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dosen untuk sukses, karena kinerja seseorang secara khusus dipengaruhi oleh motivasi yang muncul untuk menyelesaikan tugasnya. Hasil penelitian ini telah sesuai dengan temuan Wang (2007), bahwa budaya organisasi yang kuat dan komitmen anggota organisasi yang tinggi, akan meningkatkan loyalitas, tetap berada di organisasi dan mempunyai rasa memiliki organisasi tersebut. Dosen yang menunjukkan kemampuan unggul dibidang intelektual telah memiliki dorongan kuat untuk mencapai hasil yang sempurna. Disamping kemauan menetapkan sasaran secara realistik dan di atas rata-rata, dosen berprestasi telah menunjukkan kemampuan belajar secara beren-cana dan berdisiplin serta mempunyai ketang-guhan mengatasi rintangan. Hal ini sejalan dengan pendapat Robbins (1996, h. 535), bahwa orang-orang yang mempunyai dorongan untuk berhasil, mereka mengejar prestasi pribadi, bukan penghargaan-penghargaan dan imbalan. Sumber daya manusia merupakan salah satu unsur dinamis suatu bangsa yang mempunyai makna ganda, yaitu sumber kekuatan sekaligus juga sumber kerawanan. Sumber daya manusia Indonesia, akan dapat menjadi sumber kekuatan bangsa, apabila kita mampu menyiapkan sedini mungkin sebagai manusia berprestasi. Oleh sebab itu tantangan yang paling mendasar bagi bangsa Indonesia ke depan adalah bagaimana membina sumber daya manusia Indonesia yang bermutu tinggi, agar mampu menjadi pelaku utama pembangunan nasional. Sasaran umum yang ingin dicapai melalui pembangunan nasional adalah terciptanya kualitas manusia dan kualitas masyarakat Indonesia yang maju mandiri. Dengan kualitas PTS yang baik dan komitmen dosen yang tinggi dalam menuntut ilmu, didukung budaya yang kuat, akan memberi konstribusi dalam membentuk karakter dosen yang bermutu tinggi. Dengan terbiasa mempelajari ilmu secara bertahap, serta selalu bekerja menurut aturan dan metode, diharapkan dosen akan membiasakan diri untuk bekerja secara sistematis, benar, dan memperkecil spekulasi. Sehingga ada jalan dan rumus yang harus dipakai untuk sampai kepada sebuah solusi, baik masalah pribadi setiap dosen maupun masalah bangsa pada umumnya.

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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN CALL COURSE: ADVANTAGES, LIMITATIONS, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT Kristasia Rombe [email protected] Christian University of Indonesia ABSTRACT

This study aims to investigate the perception of the students English Teaching Study Program (ETSP), Christian University of Indonesia. The participants were 64 students who participated in CALL course conducted in the odd semester of 2013/2014 academic year. The quantitative data were collected using questionnaire and analyzed by using Microsoft Excel 2010. The qualitative data were collected using interview and analyzed descriptively. The findings revealed that the students responded positively to the use of BL to improve their vocabulary and grammar mostly through writing activities. The students also perceived by using BL, their computer skill and interest were developed. Regarding the advantages, connectivity was indicated as a major problem followed by social isolation. As a result of the problems addressed, increasing the number of computer labs and training were suggested by the majority of students. Based on the findings, it is recommended to ETSP to continue with BL by increasing the number of computer labs and training for students. Keywords: BL, CALL, course, perception. ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui persepsi mahasiswa program studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris (PBI), FKIP UKI, terhadap penerapan pembelajaran Blended Learning (BL) pada matakuliah Computer Assisted Langauage Learning (CALL). Responden berjumlah 64 mahasiswa yang mengambil matakuliah CALL pada semester gasal tahun akademik 3013/2014. Data kuantatif diperoleh dengan menggunakan angket dan dianalisis dengan menggunakan Ms. Excel 2010, sedangkan data kualitatif yang dianalisis secara deskriptif diperoleh melalui wawancara. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa mahasiswa merespon positif terhadap penggunaan BL untuk meningkatkan penguasaan kosakata dan tatabahasa khususnya melalui aktivitas menulis. Mahasiswa juga mengungkapkan bahwa dengan penerapan BL meningkatkan keterampilan menggunakan komputer mereka. Masalah utama yang dihadapi mahasiswa berhubungan dengan koneksi internet. Oleh karena itu mahasiswa menyarankan penambahan jumlah laboratorium komputer yang terkoneksi baik dengan internet dan pelatihan keterampilan menggunakan internet. Berdasarkan temuan yang diperoleh direkomendasikan agar PBI melanjutkan penerapan BL, menambah jumlah laboratorium komputer dan pelatihan untuk mahasiswa. Kata kunci: BL, CALL, kuliah, persepsi

INTRODUCTION Along with the progress of information technology (IT), the tremendous educational changes has been brought all over the world. The use of technology in teaching and learning extends beyond the classroom and consists of material and communication over the internet access directly from the learners’ PCs (personal computers). This phenomenon has experienced an obvious growth in recent years based on the

responses not only from teachers but also from learners and academia. The explanation above indivate it is obvious that to answer the demand of IT and globalization era should be made the first priority. Literature on technology use as a tool in language learnings assert significant role in language learning. Pardede (2012) emphasized that innovations in ICT are expanding the range of possible solutions that can improve teaching and learning inputs, processes, and outcomes. He

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added that through the internet access, ICT now offers abundant devices for developing and delivering audio-visual products, multimedia presentations, visual materials and end-user software which could be easily applied to create new learning and teaching practices. Those tools have made it possible to prepare a varied learning environment which will address to students’ individual differences. Multimedia and network technology has made it possible for students to learn information anytime and anywhere. Since the on-line data are rich, flexible, and easy to be accepted by the learners, network provides students with an open, realistic language environment (Shen, 2004). Riley (2000) stressed that teaching and learning that use technology effectively can lead to greater academic achievement and make a real difference. Research evidences, particularly those conducted in the use of synchronous (live training online-realtime) learning activities support the effectiveness of technology use in improving learning experience (Burrus, 2009). One of the studies has been to investigate the learning strategies that implement online along with the advantages of face-to-face instruction, from which the concept of Blended Learning (BL) has emerged. Blended learning in EFL setting can be defined as pedagogical approach that combines the effectiveness and socialization opportunities in the classroom with the technologically enhanced active learning possibilities of online environment (Dziuban et al., 2004). It was found that the combination of face-to-face classroom instruction, online monitoring, and the use of ICT have shown a substantial improvement in students’ language skills, as well as high satisfaction levels with the program (Bañados, 2006). Bijeikienė, Rašinskienė, Zutkiene’s (2011) research revealed that English language teachers display a generally positive attitude towards blended learning. The teachers to a large extent agree about the efficiency of the blended learning courses in terms of the resources contained there, such as video lectures, theory presentations, interactive exercises for self-check and others. Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) was designed to introduce new types of input that lead to a richer language environment. Lee (2000) found that CALL can (1) provide students with experiential learning practice; (2) motivates students to learn; (3) potentially increase students’ academic achievement; (4) increase available authentic materials; (5) encourage interaction between instructor and students

and students and peers; (6) place emphasis on individual goal; (7) allows students to use multiple sources for information ; and (8) create a sense of global understanding (as cited in Burrus, 2009, pp. 10-11). One of the most effective the Internet tools EFL teachers can utilize to develop their students’ writing skills is blogs. Several studies (e.g. Sun, 2009 and Lee, 2010) reported that integrating digital technologies, namely blogs, in the classroom to develop writing skills foster a sense of collaboration and community, develop a sense of voice and foster critical and analytical skills. The results of Arani’s (2005) study on the use of blogs to develop writing, reading and communication skills in English for Specific Purposes among non-native speakers of English at Kashan University of Medical Sciences in Iran revealed that students preferred to write on the weblog than the traditional ways, and weblogs can improve English in the context of ESP. These findings are in line with Pardede’s (2011) study on student teachers’ interest and perception on the use of BALL (Blog Assisted Language Learning) as an additional component in writing skills development in Christian University of Indonesia. The study revealed that a majority of the respondents basically viewed the use of BALL to develop writing interesting and effective. More than a half of them admitted they wrote more productively after joining BALL. The internet facilities (authentic articles and writing manuals) they could easily access while writing in the blog were very helpful to produce good writing. They also used fellow students’ works as a ‘mirror’ to prevent errors. The greatest motivating factor for the respondents in writing in the blog is their realization that their works were visible to many people in the world. This awareness motivated them to check word choice and spelling more carefully. The use of many educational tools makes CALL obviously has advantages and limitations found by researchers. Studies and research findings have shown the use of CALL has brought positive effect on the achievement level of ESL students. At the same time, CALL, however, has limitations and disadvantages, such as financial aspect, participant isolation, and technology knowledge requirements (Burrus, 2009). Realizing the advantages of BL environment in language learning, the researcher in this current study would like to investigate the perception of the students. Specifically, the study addressed the following research ques-

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Rombe, Students’ Perception of Blended Learning Environment in CALL Course: Advantages, Limitations, and Suggestions for Improvement

tions: (1) What is students’ perception toward BL use in improving English language skills and components? (2) What is students’ perception regarding the advantages using BL? (3) What is students’ perception regarding the limitations using BL? (4) Do students suggest to improve blended courses?. Realization of these perceptions may help teachers modify their teaching methods and techniques to help their students improve their English learning process and reduce the limitations.

skill improvement, whereas only 48% of them accepted the idea of speaking skill improvement. Table 2. Students’ Perception Regarding Language Skills and Components Improvement using Blended learning (N=64) SD D f (%) f (%)

N f (%)

No

Skills

1

Listening

2 (3) 4 (6) 16 (25)

METHODOLOGY

2

Speaking

1 (2) 9 (14) 23 (36)

This study is a survey research which was conducted on May 2014 in Christian University of Indonesia, Cawang, Jakarta. The participants were 64 students who participated in CALL course conducted in the odd semester of 2013/2014 academic year consist of sixth and eighth semesters. The quantitative data was collected using questionnaire and analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2010. The qualitative data was collected using interview and analyzed descriptively.

3

Reading

2 (3) 3 (5)

4

Writing

1 (2) 2 (3) 18 (28)

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Table 1. Students’ Range of GPA Semester VI VIII

2.50—2.99 2 (7%) 1 (3%)

GPA 3.0-3.49 18 (62%) 28 (80%)

3.50—4.00 9 (31%) 6 (17%)

Due to administrative and budget constraints, only 64 students could be included to collect the data. As shown in Table 1, the 64 students consisted of 29 (45%) sixth semesters, and 35 (55%) eighth semesters.

Language Skills and Components Improvement The obtained data related students’ perception in improving English language skills and areas using BL revealed the majority of students perceived some improvement of their English language skills and components. More than a half of students (66% up to 92%) showed agreement on the improvement of listening skill, writing skill, grammar, and vocabulary. In details, it seemed that 92% of the students accepted the idea that using BL has improved their vocabulary and less than a half of them (44%) “agreed” and “strongly agreed” about the idea of pronunciation improvement. This is supported by the preference of 69% and 67% of them in the idea of grammar and writing

5 6

Pronunciation 1 (2) Spelling

7

Grammar

8

Vocabulary

21 (330

12 23 (36) (19)

1 (2) 9 (14) 23 (36) 1 (2) 4 (6) 15 (23) 1 (2) 0 (0)

4 (6)

A f (%) 39 (61) 31 (46) 29 (45) 39 (61) 25 (39) 29 (45) 33 (52) 43 (67)

SA f (%)

Mean

3 (5)

3.58

0 (0)

3.31

9 (14) 3.63 4 (6)

3.67

3 (5)

3.27

2 (3)

3.34

11 (17) 16 (25)

3.77 4.14

In details, it seemed that 92% of the students accepted the idea that using BL has improved their vocabulary and less than a half of them (44%) “agreed” and “strongly agreed” about the idea of pronunciation improvement. This is supported by the preference of 69% and 67% of them in the idea of grammar and writing skill improvement, whereas only 48% of them accepted the idea of speaking skill improvement. The majority of the students perceived the idea that using BL, vocabulary and grammar were improved through writing and reading activities. Findings revealed that vocabulary and grammar improvement were rated highly. It was followed by writing skill improvement; whereas, the data showed some skepticism on pronunciation and speaking skill improvement by using BL. The findings were supported by the interview result of 8 students consists of 3 sixth semester students and 5 eighth semester students. Interviewee 1 said that most of the activities offered in this course is reading that is why she thought that she gained vocabulary a lot from the lessons and instructions. Interviewee 6 also had the same idea. However, interviewee 2 and 5 had a slightly different thought. The first one said she appreciated the webinars and gained new words indirectly by listening to the speaker who are native English speakers, while another one said she had chance to improve her

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eighth semesters showed familiarity with online learning. However, some of them still preferred face-to-face to online learning, it was represented by interviewee 1.

The Advantages Using Blended Learning The data obtained concerning students’ view about the advantages using BL were allotted using sixteen statements. In general, findings revealed that the majority of students agreed with the idea of BL developed their computer and internet skill, creativity and interest. However, almost a half of the students were skeptical to the effective use of time using BL.

From this course I found out that not only chatting on social network, but also studying and making teaching materials can be easily done using internet. (Interviewee 1).

The Limitations Using Blended Learning The data obtained concerning students’ view about the limitations using BL were allotted using nine statements. In general, the majority of students agreed with the idea of slow internet connectivity as the major problem. The students also were able to recognize that limited computer access should not be the reason having difficulties using CALL.

Table 3. Students’ Perception Regarding The Advantages Using BL (N=64) No 1 2 3 4

Statements More convenient Improves interaction between students Improves students – teacher interaction More effective modes

5

interesting

6

useful

7

Self-paced learning

8

Develops creativity

9 10 11

Develops critical thinking Develops computer skills Develops internet skills

12

Broadens horizon

13

Increases confidence

14

Effective use of time

15

Useful feedback

16

Access to authentic materials

SD f (%) 5 (8) 1 (2) 1 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0)

D f (%) 8 (13) 10 (16) 9 (14) 4 (6) 4 (6)

N f (%) 24 (38) 24 (37) 22 (34) 15 (23) 10 (16)

1 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (2) 0 (0) 1 (2) 0 (0)

3 (5) 2 (3) 1 (2) 2 (3) 1 (2) 0 (0) 2 (3) 12 (19) 9 (14) 4 (6) 4 (6)

16 (25) 21 (33) 13 (20) 21 (33) 5 (8) 10 (16) 19 (30) 15 (25) 31 (45) 27 (42) 20 (31)

A f (%) 22 (34) 22 (34) 27 (42) 38 (60) 40 (62) 37 (57) 33 (52) 37 (58) 33 (52) 43 (67) 38 (59) 39 (61) 28 (44) 22 (35) 29 (45) 38 (56)

SA f (%) 5 (17) 7 (11) 5 (8) 7 (11) 10 916 ) 9 (14) 8 (12) 11 (17) 8 (12) 15 (23) 16 (25) 4 (6) 8 (13) 2 (3) 3 (5) 4 (6)

Mean 3.22 3.38

3.75

Table 4. Students’ Perception Regarding The Limitations Using BL (N=64)

3.88

No

3.81

1

Social isolation

3.73

2

frustration

3.88

3

connectivity

3.73

4

4.13

5

4.09

6

3.7

7

3.47

8

3.41

3.27

9

3.45 3.63

The finding concerning the advantages and benefits using BL indicated by the majority of them (90% and 84%) viewed BL was helpful in developing their computer and internet skill. However, less than three-fourth of them responded positive toward the other included ideas of confident improvement, access to authentic materials, effective mode, and critical thinking development. The data obtained concerning students’ view about the advantages using BL were allotted using sixteen statements. The idea of BL developed interest and computer skill were responded positively by both sixth and eighth semesters. Along with the learning experience,

Statements

Technical problems Preference for books Cheating and plagiarism Less effective No computer access Online instruction difficulty

SD f (%) 0 (0) 4 (6) 1 (2) 3 (5) 2 (3) 2 (3) 2 (3) 15 (23) 4 (6)

D f (%) 11 (17) 16 (25) 3 (5) 11 (17) 19 (30) 11 (17) 19 (20) 30 (47) 27 (42)

N f (%) 24 (37) 29 (45) 7 (11) 25 (39) 26 (41) 23 (36) 20 (31) 13 (20) 24 (38)

A f (%) 26 (41) 14 (22) 29 (45) 21 (33) 13 (20) 23 (36) 17 (27) 5 (8) 9 (14)

SA f (%) 3 (5) 1 (2) 24 (37) 4 (6) 4(6) 5 (8) 6 (9) 1 (2) 0 (0)

Mean 3.33 2.88 4.13 3.19 2.97 3.28 3.09 2.17 2.59

The finding disclosed that the only idea that clearly stated by the majority of the students on the view in using computer-assisted learning related to computer belonging. This idea was unaccepted by 70% of students. It was also showed on the demographic data that majority of both semesters have computer at home. However, the skeptical response of frustration was 45%. Another finding also disclosed on the view how technical problem students had while use computer-assisted learning. The percentage of students who were “neutral” as many as students who accepted the idea (39%). The data revealed that the salient limitation was connectivity since both sixth and eighth semesters showed high response means. It was supported by the interview result. Three inter-

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viewees confessed how internet connection became the major problem while they were learning online, especially on the webinar class that require good connectivity to access audio and video.

all students. An idea about increasing the number of internet lab was also positively responded by more than three-fourth (76%) students.

Due to my teaching activities, I could only use my personal modem thathas limited access. (Interviewee 2). The next salient limitations are social isolation and technical problems. Sixth semesters view high response means to the idea of social isolation; whereas, the eighth semesters viewed technical problem more crucial than social isolation. It was supported by interviewee 1 as the eighth semester student who experienced one of technical problems. Another limitation is no computer access. Findings revealed that students were able to recognize the idea technology cannot merely guarantee better academic achievement. It was indicated on the response means of both sixth and eighth semesters were just moderate. They seemed disagreed that having no computer access is the main reason cannot using CALL.

The Suggestions for Improvement What were considered as the limitations, the new experience using learning mode, proposed suggestions for enhancing the quality of web-based learning. The data obtained concerning students’ view about the suggestions using BL were allotted using six statements. In general, findings revealed that to provide training was the most urgent suggestion forwarded by the majority students. Table 5. Students’ Suggestions to Improve Blended Courses (N=64) No 1 2 3 4 5 6

Statements Increasing number of blended course Increasing number of computer labs Solving technical problems Providing CALL training for students Reducing number of online courses Rewarding distinguished learners

SD D f (%) f (%)

N f (%)

A f (%)

SA Mean f (%)

2 (3) 7 (11) 21 (33) 29 (45) 5 (8)

3.44

0 (0) 3 (5) 12 (19) 31 (48) 18 (26) 2.88 0 (0) 3 (5) 13 (20) 35 (55) 13 (20) 3.91 0 (0) 3 (5)

9 (14) 39 (61) 13 (20) 3.97

4 (7) 16 (25) 27 (42) 15 (23) 2 (3)

2.92

0 (0) 6 (9) 24 (38) 29 (45) 5 (8)

3.52

The obtained data related to the suggestions toward BL implementation revealed that the majority of students preferred to be provided by computer assisted training. More than threefourth (81%) students “agreed” and “strongly agreed” if computer-assisted training provided to

The findings revealed concerning the suggestions of BL implementation is to support the previous section about limitations. Six statements were allotted an expressed into chart to address and discuss this section. What were considered as the salient limitation, the facilities such as internet connection was the major problem in learning online. Therefore, the idea of increasing number of computer labs received the highest response means from sixth and eighth semesters.

I think the most important to be focused is the internet connection, because it has important role in blended learning. Finding a way to solve that problem is important. (Interviewee 7) The similar suggestion also expressed by interviewee 3 and 2. They confessed how difficult for them to get good internet connection, especially to participate in live webinar so they can communicate in real-time instead of playing the record. Because of the issue, another suggestion was also delivered. Interviewee 1 also suggested the similar idea. She realized how important participate and experience the real-time interaction in live webinar. In the course, webinars conducted twice with different topics but the same speaker who was native speaker. Therefore, in order to experience the authentic task and live interaction with native speaker and other students, join live webinar is a big deal to all students. Despite of the above findings, it still obviously revealed the uncertainty of sixth semesters toward blended courses. It is indicated by slightly different means between the ideas of decreasing and increasing blended hours. Whereas, the eighth semesters seemed obviously suggest the idea of increasing blended courses instead of decrease it. Another solution proposed was provide training which also received high response. Sixth and eighth semesters showed high response means to the idea of provide training for students.

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION Findings revealed that using BL, students experienced explicit grammar and vocabulary learning mostly through writing activities. Students also perceived their computer skill and interest were developed. However, connectivity

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PENGARUH PENJAMINAN MUTU, KEPEMIMPINAN TRANSFORMASIONAL, BUDAYA AKADEMIK DAN KOMITMEN KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA DOSEN DI KOTA JAMBI Erni Murniarti

Email: [email protected] Mahasiswa Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri Jakarta

ABSTRACT This research is aimed to determine the effect of quality assurance, transformational leadership, academic culture and work commitment to performance.This quantitative research using a survey method and techniques of path analysis. The population was lectures of private higher Education in Jambi and 196 lectures were taken as samples and selected by using proportional sampling. The result of data analysis showed that: (1) quality assurance, transformational leadership, and work komitmen effect positively to lectures’ performance; (2) quality assurance, transformational leadership, and academic culture also effect positively to work komitmen; (3) transformational leadership effect positively to academic culture. Therefore, the quality assurance, transformational leadership, academic culture, and work commitment in private higher education should be developed to improve lecturers’ performance. Keywords: Quality assurance, transformational leadership, commitment, and performance lecture.

academic culture, work

ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penjaminan mutu, kepemimpinan transformasional, budaya akademik, dan komitmen kerja. Teknik analisis jalur digunakan untuk menganalis data secara kwantitatif dan kualitatif. 196 dosen perguruan tinggi di Jambi yang dipilih secara proposional dijadikan sebagai sampel penelitian. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) penjaminan mutu, kepemimpinan transformasional, dan komitmen kerja berpengaruh positif terhadap kinerja dosen; (2) penjaminan mutu, kepemimpinan transformasional, dan budaya akademik berpengaruh positif terhadap komitmen kerja; (3) kepemimpinan transformasional berpengaruh positif terhadap bidaya akademik. Untuk itu, penjaminan mutu, kepemimpinan transformasional, budaya akademik, dan komitmen kerja mestinya ditingkatkan untuk meningkatkan kinerja dosen. Kata kunci: penjaminan mutu, kepemimpinan transformasional, budaya akademik, dan komitmen kerja

PENDAHULUAN Persaingan di sektor jasa pendidikan yang sedemikian ketat dewasa ini mengharuskan setiap perguruan tinggi memiliki daya saing kuat agar dapat suvive. Salah satu modal utama yang harus dimiliki perguruan tinggi dalam membangun kekuatan dan daya saing adalah kualitas sumber daya manusia (SDM). Dalam lingkungan Perguruan Tinggi SDM yang memiliki peranan strategis adalah dosen. Dosen sebagai tenaga pendidik dan pengajar adalah pilar penting bagi kemajuan suatu perguruan tinggi. Oleh karena itu, sejau-

hmana kualitas lulusan mahasiswa suatu Perguruan Tinggi, sangat tergantung pada kualitas para dosennya. Dengan kondisi seperti itu, maka dosen dituntut untuk dapat menunjukkan kinerja yang memuaskan agar dapat memberikan kontribusi yang optimal bagi organisasinya. Kondisi yang berkembang saat ini bahwa persaingan sektor jasa pendidikan di kalangan perguruan tinggi dalam memperebutkan pasar mahasiswa cukup ketat. Perguruan tinggi di Indonesia saat ini tumbuh subur. Terutama untuk perguruan tinggi swasta, ber-

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dasarkan data dari Pangkalan Data Perguruan Tinggi, sampai akhir 2012 tercatat sebanyak 3.057 perguruan tinggi di Indonesia. Dari jumlah tersebut terdiri dari 438 (14%) universitas, 53 institut (2%), 1372 sekolah tinggi (45%), 1060 akademi (35%) dan 134 politeknik (4%).

(2013, h. 88) dalam definisinya tentang kinerja juga menekankan pada aspek perilaku dan tidak memasukkan hasil, “Jobperformance does not

include the results of an employee’s behaviors but only the behavior themselves. Performance is about behavior or what employee do, not about what employee produce or outcomes of their work.” Konsep ini secara tegas memisah kinerja dalam kaitannya dengan hasil dan menekankan pada perilaku. Kinerja tidak termasuk hasil perilaku karyawan, tetapi hanya perilaku itu sendiri. Kinerja adalah mengenai perilaku atau apa yang dilakukan karyawan, bukan tentang apa yang dihasilkan karyawan atau keluaran pekerjaannya. Berdasarkan penelitian sebelumnya dan kajian teoritik, kinerja antara lain dipengaruhi oleh penjaminan mutu, kepemimpinan transformasional, budaya akademik dan komitmen kerja.

Pertama, Penjaminan mutu profesionalisme dosen merupakan salah satu tolok ukur dalam sistem penjaminan mutu akademik. Penjaminan mutu dosen adalah segala upaya untuk mempertahankan dan meningkatkan mutu dosen yang dilakukan oleh institusi pendidikan secara terus menerus dan berkesinambungan. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari pernyataan Menurut Storey, Briggs, Jones dan Russel (2000, h. 18) mengatakan bahwa penjaminan mutu adalah: Quality Assur-

Gambar 1. Komposisi Pendidikan Tinggi di Indonesia

Sumber: Pangkalan Data Perguruan Tinggi 2013 Berdasarkan data Departemen Pendidikan Provinsi Jambi bahwa 34.454 siswa SMA, SMK dan MA yang mengikuti ujian tahun 2013 tercatat bahwa hanya 17 persen yang lulus ke perguruan tinggi negeri melalui Seleksi Nasional Masuk Perguruan Tinggi Negeri (SNMPTN). Dari jumlah siswa tersebut sebagian besar berada di Kota Jambi. Lalu 83 persen lainnya tentu akan mencari Perguruan Tinggi Swasta yang hanya berjumlah 17 Perguruan Tinggi di Kota Jambi.

ance (QA) is a management method that is defined as “all those planned and systematic actions needed to provide adequate confidence that a product, service or result will satisfy given requirements for quality and be fit for use”. A Quality Assurance programme is defined as “the sum total of the activities aimed at achieving that required standard.

Data Perguruan Tinggi Swasta di Kota Jambi yang pembinaannya berada di bawah Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan adalah satu Universitas, 7 Sekolah Tinggi, satu politeknik dan 7 Akademi. Minimnya daya tampung perguruan tinggi negeri, dan lemahnya SDM dalam pelaksanaan pendidikan tinggi menjadi masalah tersendiri dalam mempersiapkan anak bangsa dalam mengenyam pendidikan tinggi.

Teori tersebut di perkuat olehAllais (2009, h. 11) yang mengatakan bahwa Quality

assurance (QA)”came out of attempts to prevent defects from occurring, instead of only checking up on ﬁnished products. “Total quality management” is the approach which is most often associated with quality assurance.It refers to systems which are developed to monitor all processes that are part of the work of an organisation

Secara konseptual, kinerja diartikan baik dalam tataran perilaku maupun hasil. Definisi kinerja yang menekankan pada aspek perilaku seperti dikemukakan Steve M. Jex dan Britt (2008, h. 96), “all of the behaviors employees engage in while at work.” Definisi ini menegaskan bahwa kinerja merupakan semua perilaku karyawan yang terlibat dalam pekerjaan. Aguinis

Kedua, Kepemimpinan Transformasional. Dikatakan oleh Anchua dan Lussier (2010, h. 348) mengungkapkan bahwa, “transformational leadership serves to change the status quo by articulating to followers the problems in the current system and a compelling vision of what a new organization could be.” Kepemimpinan

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melakukan perubahan organisasi dari status quo dengan mengartikulasikan visi bersama tentang masa depan kepada pengikutnya.Teori tersebut juga didukung oleh pendapat Daft (2009, h. 4) bahwa, kepemimpinan adalah suatu proses mempengaruhi antara pemimpin kepada para pengikutnya (staff) dimana keduanya berupaya untuk melakukan perubahan sebagai tujuan bersama.

and interest in maximising service to the people they serve. Komitmen kerja adalah keterlibatan dalam melakukan pekerjaan untuk keuntungan klien atau pelanggan. Karyawan yang komit terhadap pekerjaan lebih menikmati pekerjaannya, menunjukkan loyalitas dan tetarik dalam memaksimalkan pelayanan terhadap orang yang dilayaninya.

Keempat, Komitmen Kerja. Menurut Amstrong (2010, h. 335) komitmen adalah, “commitment refers to attachment and loyalty. It

Penelitian ini diarahkan untuk melihat pengaruh penjaminan mutu, kepemimpinan transformasional, budaya akademik dan komitmen kerja terhadap kinerja dosen di berbagai perguruan tinggi swasta di Kota Jambi. Secara spesifik, masalah penelitian dirumuskan sebagai berikut: 1) apakah penjaminan mutu berpengaruh langsung terhadap kinerja?; 2) apakah kepemimpinan transformasional berpengaruh langsung terhadap kinerja?; 3) Apakah komitmen kerja berpengaruh langsung terhadap kinerja?; 4) Apakah penjaminan mutu berpengaruh langsung terhadap komitmen kerja?; 5) Apakah kepemimpinan transformasional berpengaruh langsung terhadap komitmen kerja?; 6) Apakah budaya akademik berpengaruh langsung terhadap komitmen kerja?; 7) Apakah penjaminan mutu berpengaruh langsung terhadap budaya akademik?; 8) Apakah kepemimpinan transformasional berpengaruh langsung terhadap budaya akademik? Berdasarkan rumusan masalah tersebut. Sedangkan hipotesis yang akan diuji dalam penelitian ini dirumuskan sebagai berikut: 1) Penjaminan mutu berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap kinerja dosen. 2) Kepemimpinan transformasional berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap kinerja dosen.3) Komitmen kerja berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap kinerja dosen. 4) Penjaminan mutu berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap komitmen kerja. 5) Kepemimpinan transformasional berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap komitmen kerja. 6) Budaya akademik berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap komitmen kerja. 7) Penjaminan mutu berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap budaya akademik. 8) Kepemimpinan transformasional berpengaruh langsung positifterhadap budaya akademik.

is associated with the feelings of individuals about their organization.” Komitmen adalah

METODOLOGI PENELITIAN

Ketiga, Budaya Akademik. Amstrong (2010, h. 383), memberikan definisi mengenai budaya organisasi adalah, “ organizational or

corporate culture is the pattern of values, norms, beliefs, attitudes and assumptions that may not have been articulated but shape the ways in which people in organizations behave and things get done. ‘Values’ refer to what is believed to be important about how people and organizations behave. ‘Norms’ are the unwritten rules of behaviour.” Budaya organisasi adalah polanilai, norma, keyakinan, sikap dan asumsi yang mungkin belum diartikulasikan tetapi membentuk cara di mana orang-orang dalam organisasi berperilaku dan hal-hal yang dilakukannya. Nilai merujuk pada apa yang diyakini penting tentang bagaimana orang dan organisasi berperilaku. Dalam organisasi pendidikan, khususnya perguruan tinggi, dikenal adanya istilah budaya akademik. Nayak dan Venkatraman (2010, h. 112), memberikan penjelasan tentang budaya akademik sebagai berikut:A pattern of basic as-

sumptions’ shared by academics, administrators, and students that has helped them in ‘solving their problems of external adaptation and internal integration’ in the past. As these assumptions, values, and beliefs have worked so well, they are not only maintained, but are also taught to the new members as ‘the correct way to perceive, think, and feel’ in dealing with problems relating to their intellectual activities such as teaching, learning, assessments, research, and administration.

pengikatan (attachment) dan loyalitas (loyality). Hal ini terkait dengan perasaan individu pada organisasi mereka. Brewer dan Hensher (1998, h. 118) yang menegaskan bahwa, “work com-

mitment refer toa person's involvement in performing work for the benefit of clients or customers. Work-committed employees are more likely to enjoy their work, demonstrate loyalty

Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dan menganalisis hipotesis dengan menggunakan analisis jalur (path analysis). Populasi penelitian adalah Dosen pada 11 Perguruan Tinggi Swasta di Kota Jambi, berjumlah 385 dosen dan sampel sebanyak 196 dosen. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner yang didesain dengan skala Linkert skala 1-5.

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Dan dilakukan uji validasi dan reliabilitas. Pengujian validitas menggunakan Korelasi Product Moment dari Pearson dan reliabilitas menggunakan Alpha Cronbach. Adapun konstalasi dalam penelitian ini digambarkan pada Gambar 2.

pengaruh langsung positif terhadap kinerja dosen. Temuan ini memberikan bukti bahwa adanya kepemimpinan transformasional yang baik akan memberikan dampak terhadap meningkatnya kinerja. Table 1: Hasil Analisis Data Penelitian

Gambar 2: Konstalasi Penelitian

HASIL PENELITIAN DAN PEMBAHASAN Dari hasil pengolahan data penelitian ditemukan hasil perhitungan statistik analisis jalur seperti terlihat pada table 1. Hasil perhitungan tersebut menunjukkan adanya pengaruh langsung penjaminan mutu terhadap kinerja dosen(𝛽𝛾₁) = 0,360, t hitung = 4,764 dan Sig = 0,000 < 0,05. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa penjaminan mutu berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap kinerja dosen. Temuan ini senada dengan pendapat Meek, Lynn dan Harman dalam Owlia (2000, h. 12) mengatakan bahwa, “ quality assurance in Higher Education

is A systematic management and assesment procedures adopted by a higher education institution or system to monitor performance and to ensure achievement of quality outputs or improved quality. Penjaminan mutu pendidikan tinggi di Perguruan Tinggi adalah proses penerapan manajemen dan penilaian prosedur yang digunakan perguruan tinggi untuk memantau kinerja dan untuk memastikan tercapainya output kualitas atau meningkatkan kualitas sumber daya manusianya.Dari pernyataan tersebut jelas terlihat peran penting penjaminan mutu dalam suatu Perguruan Tinggi dalam meningkatkan kinerja dosen dan karyawaannya. Pengaruh langsung kepemimpinan transformasional terhadap kinerja dosen. Hitungan statistik menunjukkan bahwa (𝛽𝛾₂) = 0,297, t hitung = 3,833 dan Sig = 0,000 < 0,05. Ini berarti bahwa kepemimpinan transformasional ber-

Kepemimpinan transformasional berperan besar dalam mencapai sasaran dan tujuan yang ingin dicapai adalah berupa prestasi atau kinerja. Temuan ini senada dengan pendapatRobbins dan Coulter (2007, h. 530) mengatakan bahwa:

Transformational leadership produces levels of employee effort and performance. Transformational leadership is more than charisma since the transformational leader attempts to instill in followers the ability to question not only established views but those views held by the leader, as well. Kepemimpinan transformasional menghasilkan upaya dan kinerja karyawan. Kepemimpinan transformasional melahirkan sifat karismatik dari seorang pemimpin transformasional yang mencoba untuk mempengaruhi para pengikutnya untuk mengeluarkan upaya ekstra demi mencapai sasaran kelompok sesuai dengan kemampuan yang dikehendaki oleh pemimpin. Untuk pengaruh langsung komitmen kerja terhadap kinerja dosen didapatkan koefisien jalur (𝛽𝛾₄) = 0,156, thitung = 1,914 dan Sig = 0,005< 0,05. Dengan demikian, terlihat bahwa komitmen kerja berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap kinerja dosen.Fakta ini menunjukkan betapa pentingnya komitmen kerja dalam meningkatkan kinerja. Komitmen kerja adalah suatu orientasi nilai terhadap organisasi yang menunjukkan individu sangat memikirkan dan mengutamakan pekerjaan dan organisasinya. Individu akan berusaha memberikan segala usaha yang dimilikinya dalam rangka membantu organisasi mencapai tujuannya. Temuan penelitian ini didukung oleh penelitian yang dilakukan Chen, Silverthorne, and Hung (2006) dengan

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mengambil sampel akuntan profesional di dua negara, yaitu Taiwan dan Amerika. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa komitmen organisasi memiliki pengaruh postif terhadap kinerja. Maka hasil penelitian semakin memperkuat teori-teori yang membuktikan bahwa komitmen kerja berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap kinerja. Berikutnya untuk pengaruh langsung penjaminan mutu terhadap komitmen kerja didapatkan koefisien jalur (𝛽₄₁)= 0,329, t hitung = 5,204 dan Sig = 0,000< 0,05. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa penjaminan mutu berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap komitmen kerja. Temuan ini menggambarkan bahwa secara empiris bahwa penjaminan mutu yang dilakukan secara terus menerus dan berkesinambungan akan meningkatkan komitmen kerja. Fakta ini menjelaskan betapa pentingnya penjaminan mutu sebagai upaya untuk meningkatkan komitmen kerja. Penjaminan mutu adalah proses penetapan dan pemenuhan standar mutu pengelolaan secara konsisten dan berkelanjutan, sehingga konsumen, produsen dan pihak lain yang berkepentingan memperoleh kepuasan pelanggan. Kepuasan pelanggan dapat diperoleh jika setiap karyawan dalam suatu organisasi memiliki komitmen kerja yang tinggi. Pengaruh penjaminan mutu terhadap komitmen kerja secara teoritik dapat dilihat dalam penjelasan oleh Meek, lynn dan Harman dalam Owlia (2008, h.12) mengatakan bahwa, “quality assurance in Higher Education is A sys-

tematic management and assessment procedures adopted by a higher education institution or system to monitor performance and to ensure achievement of quality outputs or improved quality.Penjaminan mutu meliputi: penjaminan mutu internal dan penjaminan mutu eksternal. Penjaminan mutu internal (internal quality assurance), bentuknya berupa evaluasi diri yang dilakukan oleh program studi atau institusi perguruan tinggi. Tujuannya untuk memperbaiki kinerja dan memberi penjaminan mutu internal, khususnya kepada dosen, peneliti, karyawan, dan mahasiswa. Dengan hasil demikian, maka hasil penelitian semakin memperkuat teori-teori yang membuktikan bahwa penjaminan mutu berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap komitmen kerja. Untuk Pengaruh langsung kepemimpinan transformasional terhadap komitmen kerja (𝛽₄₂) = 0,288, t hitung = 4,205 dan Sig = 0,000 < 0,05. Ini berarti bahwa kepemimpinan transformasional berpengaruh positif terhadap

komitmen kerja. Temuan ini menggambarkan bahwa secara empiris kepemimpinan transformasional akan memberikan dampak terhadap meningkatnya komitmen kerja. Fakta ini menunjukkan betapa pentingnya kepemimpinan transformasional dalam komitmen kerja. Robbins dan Jugde (2011:242) mendefinisikan kepemimpinan transformasional sebagai berikut: Transformational leaders inspire

followers to transcend their self-interests for the good of the organization and can have an extraordinary effect on their followers. Transformational leadership isn’t opposing approaches to getting things done. Pemimpin transformasional menginspirasi pengikut tidak hanya percaya pada pemimpin secara pribadi, tetapi percaya pada potensi mereka sendiri serta untuk membangun dan menciptakan masa depan yang lebih baik bagi organisasi. Pemimpin transformasional membuat perubahan signifikan pada pengikut dan organization. Mereka memiliki kemampuan untuk memimpin perubahan dalam organisasi, misi, strategi, struktur, dan budaya, serta untuk mempromosikan inovasi dalam produk dan teknologi. Pemimpin transformasional tidak hanya mengandalkan aturan nyata dan insentif untuk mengendalikan transaksi tertentu dengan pengikut. Mereka fokus pada kualitas berwujud seperti visi, nilai-nilai bersama, dan ide-ide untuk membangun hubungan, memberikan arti yang lebih besar untuk kegiatan yang beragam, dan menemukan landasan bersama untuk meminta pengikutnya dalam proses perubahan. Dengan hasil demikian, maka hasil penelitian semakin memperkuat teori-teori yang membuktikan bahwa kepemimpinan transformasional berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap komitmen kerja. Sementara untuk pengaruh langsung budaya akademik terhadap komitmen kerja didapatkan koefisien jalur (𝛽₄₃) = 0,293, t hitung = 4,225 dan Sig = 0,000 < 0,05. Artinya bahwa budaya akademikberpengaruh langsung positif terhadap komitmen kerja.Fakta ini menunjukkan betapa pentingnya budaya akademik yang kondusif dalam meningkatkan komitmen kerja. Budaya akademik sebagai cerminan nilai akan memberikan semangat, inspirasi dan panutan, sehingga mempengaruhi cara bertindak. Perilaku dan cara bertindakan yang dilakukan warga kampus akan berkontribusi dalam mementukan kualitas kerjanyasuatu kebiasaan.Temuan penelitian ini didukung oleh teori Kreitner dan Kinicki (2001, h. 68) yang mengatakan bahwa budaya organsisasi sebagai berikut: Budaya or-

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ganisasi adalah nilai-nilai dan keyakinan bersama yang mendasari identitas perusahaan. Teori ini menunjukkan tiga karakteristik penting budaya organisasi yaitu: 1) budaya organisasi diteruskan kepada pekerja baru melalui proses sosialisasi; 2) budaya organisasi mempengaruhi perilaku kita dipekerjaan; dan 3) budaya organisasi bekerja pada dua tingkatan yang berbeda. Dalam organisasi pendidikan, khususnya perguruan tinggi, dikenal adanya istilah budaya akademik. Terkait dengan budaya akademik ini diungkapkan oleh Shen dan Tian sebagai berikut:Academic culture on campus is actually

the external manifest of the common values, spirits, behavior norms of people on campus who are pursuing and developing their study and research. This kind of culture can be embodied in the rules and regulations, behavior patterns and the material facilities. It mainly consists of academic outlooks, academic spirits, academic ethics and academic environments.Pernyataan tersebut menunjukkan bahwa budaya akademik di kampus sebenarnya sebagai cerminan eksternal atas nilai-nilai bersama, roh, normanorma perilaku orang di kampus yang mengejar dan mengembangkan studi dan penelitian. Budaya semacam ini dapat diwujudkan dalam aturan dan peraturan, pola perilaku dan fasilitas materi. Budaya akademik dapat terlihat dari pandangan akademik, spirit akademik, etika akademik dan lingkungan akademik. Dari pernyataan ini jelas terlihat peran penting budaya akademik dalam meningkatkan komitmen kerja. Terakhir untuk pengaruh penjaminan mutu terhadap budaya akademik didapatkan koefisien jalur (𝛽₃₁)= 0,351, t hitung = 5,799 dan Sig = 0,000 < 0,05. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa penjaminan mutu berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap budaya akademik. Temuan ini memberikan makna bahwa secara empiris peningkatan penjaminan mutuyang secara terus-menerus dan berkelanjutan akan meningkatkan budaya kerja yang kondusif. Fakta ini menunjukkan betapa pentingnya faktor penjaminan mutu dalam meningkatkan budaya akademik. Pengaruh penjaminan mutu terhadap budaya akademik secara teoritik dapat dilihat dalam penjelasan berikut: Lewis (1994:212) menyatakan bahwa “The principles and process

of total quality can be applied to managerial and professional performance, in that the total quality approach is effective strips away ambiguity, improves communication, fosters better performance, and improves customer

relations. This approach is effective for professionals accounting to management information systems and marketing, regardless of the industry”. Artinya bahwa prinsip-prinsip dan proses mutu secara total dapat diterapkan terhadap kinerja manajerial dan professional, dalam pendekatan kualitas total, berjalan secara efektif untuk dua makna, meningkatkan komunikasi, mendorong kinerja yang lebih baik, dan meningkatkan hubungan pelanggan. Pendekatan ini efektif untuk profesinal yang terlibat dalam fungsi staf dari sumber daya manusia dan akuntansi untuk sitem informasi manajemen dan pemasaran, terlepas dari industri.Kemudian Nayak dan Venkatraman (2010, h. 12) memberikan penjelasan tentang budaya akademik sebagai berikut:A pattern of basic

assumptions’ shared by academics, administrators, and students that has helped them in ‘solving their problems of external adaptation and internal integration’ in the past. As these assumptions, values, and beliefs have worked so well, they are not only maintained, but are also taught to the new members as ‘the correct way to perceive, think, and feel’ in dealing with problems relating to their intellectual activities such as teaching, learning, assessments, research, and administration.Dari pernyataan ini jelas terlihat peran penting penjaminan mutu dalam meningkatkan budaya akademik.Dengan hasil demikian, maka hasil penelitian semakin memperkuat teori-teori yang membuktikan bahwa penjaminan mutu berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap budaya akademik. Untuk pengaruh langsung kepemimpinan transformasional terhadap budaya akademik (𝛽₃₂) = 0,520, t hitung = 8,583 dan Sig = 0,000 < 0,05. Ini berarti bahwa kepemimpinan transformasional berpengaruh positif terhadap budaya akademik. Temuan ini menggambarkan bahwa secara empiris kepemimpinan transformasional yang humanis akan meningkatkan budaya akademik. Fakta ini menunjukkan betapa pentingnya faktor kepemimpinan transformasional dalam budaya akademik. Kepemimpinan transformasional pertama kali diperkenalkan oleh Burn dikutip oleh Jabnoun dan Rasasi (2005, h. 70) yang menjelaskan bahwa kepemimpinan transformasional sebagai proses yang mana pemimpin mempengaruhi perubahan yang radikal dalam perilaku bawahan. Kepemimpinan transformasional meningkatkan kepercayaan individu atau kelompok, memunculkan kesadaran dan ketertarikan di dalam kelompok atau organisasi

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serta mencoba menggerakan perhatihan bawahan pada prestasi dan pertumbuhan. Pemimpin juga mencari cara kerja baru, peluang baru dan lebih menyukai keefektifan untuk efisiensi. Budaya akademik tidak dapat dipisahkan dengan kepemimpinan transformasional dalam organisasi karena budaya akademik tumbuh dan berkembang bersama pendiri dan pemimpin transformasional yang kuat. Perkembangan organisasi sangat bergantung pada kemampuan pemimpin. Namun, pemimpin dapat bertindak benar dalam mengelola organisasi, tetapi juga tidak luput dari kemungkinan berbuat salah. Pemimpin transformasional diharapkan juga mampu menangkap harapan dari pengikutnya. Menurut Wibowo (2013, h. 311) pada dasarnya pengikut akan loyal pada pemimpin apabila harapannya terpenuhi.Dengan hasil demikian, maka hasil penelitian semakin memperkuat teori-teori yang membuktikan bahwa kepemimpinan transformasional berpengaruh langsung positif terhadap budaya akademik.

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dosen termotivasi melakukan lebih dari apa yang diharapkan sebelumnya sehingga mendorong kinerja yang lebih baik, dengan memberikan perhatian, inspirasi serta stimulus intelektual sehingga membuat karyawan lebih nyaman dan termotivasi tanpa merasa tertekan sehingga dapat mencapai kinerja yang diharapkan. Ketiga, Budaya Akademik perguruan tinggi harus di bangun, di kembangkan dan diimplementasikan dengan baik agar menjadi karakter dan landasan filosofis bagi kemajuan perguruan tinggi itu sendiri maupun Sumber Daya Manusia (staff dosen, karyawan pendidik serta mahasiswa). Keempat, Komitmen Kerja harus ditingkatkan dengan etos kerja yang tinggi, karena dengan etos kerja yang baik akan memiliki keterlibatan kerja yang tinggi sesuai profesinya.

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IMPROVING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION USING GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS Juella Rumiris

Email: [email protected] University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom ABSTRACT

This study was a classroom action research aimed to improve EFL tertiary students’ reading comprehension by using graphic organizer, one of teaching methods used universally to help learners to understand reading deeper, especially for retelling story outcome. The participants were 44 undergraduate students attending the researcher Reading II class. The improvement in this study was focused on the participants’ skills of determining main idea, identifying topic, summarizing, and enriching vocabulary. To check students’ comprehension, the researcher measured the students’ reading comprehension using open-ended questions in written form, interview, as well as rubrics which are presented in both quantitative and qualitative data. The results revealed that there was no significant improvement in the participants’ main idea identification and vocabulary enrichment skills. However, there was robustly significant improvement in their topic identification and summarizing skills. Keyword: graphic organizer, reading comprehension, main idea, topic, summarizing. ABSTRAK Penelitian tindakan kelas ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pemahaman membaca mahasiswa dengan menggunakan metode graphic organizer―salah satu metode yang digunakan untuk membantu pemahaman secara menyeluruh dan mendalam, khusunya untuk tujuan mengungkapkan kembali sebuah wacana. Peningkatan pemahaman dalam hal ini dibatasi pada kemampuan mengidentifikasi ide pokok dan topik, penulisan ringkasan, dan peningkatan kosa kata. Sebanyak 44 mahasiswa yang mengikuti matakuliah Reading II berpatisipasi pada penelitian ini. Untuk mengukur tingkat pembahaman mahasiswa dalam membaca, peneliti menggunakan pertanyaan terbuka dalam bentuk tertulis, wawancara, dan rubrik, yang disampaikan dalam bentuk kwantitatif dan kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa setelah tiga siklus, pemahaman ide pokok dan kosa kata mahasiswa tidak mengalami peningkatan yang signifikan, namun terjadi peningkatan yang signifikan pada aspek pemahaman topik dan penulisan ringkasan bacaan. Kata Kunci: graphic organizer, pemahaman membaca, ide pokok, topik, ringkasan.

INTRODUCTION Reading comprehension is not only an essential but also the most important skill for learners of English because of its importance to ensure success in learning. Correia (2006) states that “Reading is a crucial skill for students of ESL and EFL, …” (p.16). in line with that, Pardede (2006) accentuated that for students who are learning a SL/FL reading is the most crucial skill to master due to several reasons. First, students can usually perform at a higher level in reading than in any other skills. They can quite accurately understand written materials that they could not discuss orally or in writing with equiva-

lent accuracy or thoroughness. Such condition will undoubtedly enhance their motivation to learn. Second, reading necessitates very minimum requirements. Different from speaking which requires opportunities to interact with sparring partner, or from writing which needs a lot of guidance and time to practice, reading necessitates only a text and motivation. Third, reading is a service skill. After learning how to read effectively, students will be able to learn effectively by reading. Despite its great importance reading comprehension is a big matter for EFL students. Students in Indonesia do not have reading habits

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both at school and home. Much information gained relies on teachers or visual-audio media which are the simplest and fastest ways to gain information. As a result, students do not have much time to interact with books and know them well. Hui (2010) says that when students read English text, they are placed more low level or local processing strategies (p.19). Most learners may read more than three to five times, but they still cannot understand the reading content. Regarding this, there are some reasons. First, learners are lack of prior knowledge. Prior knowledge is established from cognitive information which is mostly gained from reading. There are many reading texts, especially for university levels are based on English native language countries which have different culture and experience from countries using English as second or foreign language. Thus, students do not have interest in reading books in English due to lack of culture understanding. Second, learners tend to use native language in daily conversation rather than English. This situation support learners less to practice unfamiliar words in English as part of learning. Third, in reading lessons learners are occupied to answer questions which only allow them to read parts of reading. As a consequence, they do not know the whole reading and find the enjoyment of reading. As an English teacher in EFL class, I have observed, learned and applied graphic organizers to improve students’ reading comprehension. Graphic organizer is a technique to help students to make reading content easier to understand and learn (Ellis, 2001). Based on my experience, students can separate important information from less important and has systematical framework in planning, doing act toward his or her plan and plan reflection. These guide them to be strategic learners (Ellis, 2001). The use of graphic organizers have been proved successfully helping EFL students to reach better reading comprehension due to the fact the method makes reading an active activity so that the readers can comprehend what they read or see what lies between the lines. The idea of the importance of reading as an active activity was clearly indicated by Correia (2006) in her classification of reading into passive and active reading. Passive reading tasks do not require students to read deeply to answer the questions. The types of passive tasks of reading comprehension practice are multiple choice items, true and false form and vocabulary work e.g synonym and antonym. These are known as the most frequent types of reading comprehension

practices used. Correia (2006) believes such types of exercises as reading activity in classroom will encourage passive reading behavior: to find answer to a question. They also discourage students to read between the lines or question the veracity and source of the information contained in the text. Those kinds of practice generally refer only to parts of the text, not to the text as a whole. The last reason is that it is totally neither challenging nor fun (p.17). On the other hand, active reading tasks require students to go beyond a superficial reading of the text to read “between the lines.” Learners are encouraged to think not only deeply but also critically about the topic. Correia agrees (as cited in Grabe,1997) that there are strong evidence by making diagrams and tables while reading texts, students can get better understand the coherence and logic of the information being presented. As consequence “will be able to locate the main ideas and distinguish them from less important information” (p.17). A teacher’s role is to make sure that learners have prior knowledge related to concept and to provide a means for helping the students make connections between prior knowledge and new concepts. Graphic organizers can link the new information to existing knowledge easier and help learners to build schema to understand new concepts. Guastello et.al (2000) says that if prior knowledge is activated, the schema will provide a framework to which the new information can be attached and comprehension will be improved (pp.356-364). According to Strangman, Hall, and Meyer (2003) a graphic organizer is a visual and graphic display that depicts the relationships between facts, terms, and/or ideas within a learning task. Graphic organizers are also sometimes referred to as knowledge maps, concept maps, story maps, cognitive organizers, advance organizers, or concept diagrams (pp.2-4). There are many types of graphic organizers and each of them has the core concept, which is to show connection among facts, terms and ideas of reading task. A graphic organizer is supposed to show these three components to be a communicative graphic organizer. Ellis (2005, p.3) mentions three benefits of using graphic organizers. First, graphic organizers make content easier to understand and learn. They help students to separate important information from less important, yet interesting enough. Second, graphic organizers decrease the necessary semantic information

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Rumiris, Improving University Students’ Reading Comprehension Using Graphic Organizers

processing skills required to learn the material. Graphic organizers allow material to be set in sophisticated organization to be easier to understand. Third, students who use graphic organizers may become more strategic learners. Strategic learners include how a person thinks and acts when planning, executing and evaluating a task and the outcomes. Ellis agrees with Novak and Gawin (cited in Ellis, 2005) that a concept map is a visual illustration displaying the organization of concepts and outlining the relationship among or between the concepts. Concept maps should be: hierarchical with subordinate concepts at the apex; labeled with precise linking words; and crosslink the relation between sub-branches of the hierarchy are identified. Concept maps include two key elements: concepts and propositions. Concept is a perceived regularity in events or objects designated by arbitrary label. A proposition is formed by connecting two concepts with a rational link. Graphic organizers come in many different forms, each one best suited to organizing a particular type of information. There are thirteen main types of graphic organizers. First, a Descriptive or Thematic Map works well for mapping generic information, but particularly well for mapping hierarchical relationships. Second, organizing a hierarchical set of information, reflecting superordinate or subordinate elements, is made easier by constructing a Network Tree. Third, a Spider Map. When the information relating to a main idea or theme does not fit into a hierarchy, a Spider Map can help with organization. Fourth, a problem and solution map. This kind of map is used to show information contains cause and effect problems and solutions. Fifth, a Problem-Solution Outline helps students to compare different solutions to a problem. Sixth, A Sequential Episodic Map is useful for mapping cause and effect. Seventh when cause-effect relationships are complex and non-redundant a Fishbone Map may be particularly useful. Eighth, a Comparative and Contrastive Map can help students to compare and contrast two concepts according to their features. Ninth, another way to compare concepts’ attributes is to construct a Compare-Contrast Matrix. Tenth, Continuum Scale is effective for organizing information along a dimension such as less to more, low to high, and few too many. Eleventh, a Series of Events Chain can help students organize information according to various steps or stages. Twelfth, a Cycle Map is useful for organizing information that is circular or cyclical,

with no absolute beginning or ending. Thirteenth, a Human Interaction Outline is effective for organizing events in terms of a chain of action and reaction (especially useful in social sciences and humanities). Graphic organizers have been applied in any subject areas, such as science, social studies, language arts, and math. In these subject areas, graphic organizers have been shown to have benefits that extend beyond their wellestablished effects on reading comprehension Graphic organizers related to operations such as mapping cause and effect, note taking, comparing and contrasting concepts, organizing problems and solutions, and relating information to main ideas or themes can give advantages in learning process. Thus, there are three important factors influencing the effectiveness of Graphic Organizers. First is grade level. Graphic Organizers cover all level in learning, from elementary to university populations. The function is the same, yet the depth of the topic discussion is different. Second is point of implementation. Graphic organizers generate larger improvements in learning when used as a follow up to reading rather than a pre-reading activity. The last is instructional context Graphic Organizers. Instructional context concept suggests that graphic organizers can be effective learning tools when implemented within a proper and precise instructional context, especially an interactive approach involving teacher modeling, studentteacher discussion, and practice with reflection. Graphic organizers can be thought as a procedure to measure a students’ declarative knowledge. Any assessments can be conceived as a combination of a task, a response format, and a scoring system. A task means to provide evidence of students’ knowledge structure. A scoring system means that learners’ graphic organizers can be evaluated accurately and consistently.

METHODOLOGY This study was conducted at the English Teaching Study Program of the Faculty of Education and Teachers Training of the Christian University of Indonesia in the even semester of 2011/2012 Academic Year. The participants were attendees of Reading II course. The research was conducted approximately 10 weekswith time allocation 1.5 hours in one session per week. The participants had mastered the basic reading comprehension skills, like iden-

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There were two different kinds of reading texts, narrative and descriptive reading texts given in this research because they are simply easy to follow. The graphic organizer template samples were introduced to respondents by pasting around the classroom. The aim is along the teaching-learning process, the respondents are able to absorb positive environment, connect to the pattern and make it as habits. Ultimately, the respondents were required to design Graphic Organizers with any shapes and color.

Table 1: Results of Reading Comprehension Tests (Overall) Median

Respondents were required to be active in classroom, both in group and individual tasks. Most of the time respondents were expected to use the time for discussion and making draft. The researcher acted as facilitator and monitor for students which means the researcher was expected to encourage respondents to keep trying when they fail after several attempts. In teaching-learning process, the researcher could advise and tailor respondents’ understanding in order to correcting concept misunderstandings.

From the result shows in Table 1, the Direct Learning method encouraged respondents to pay more attention to reading strategies. However, the Direct Method could not encounter respondents' topic and summary skills. To identify topic and making summary (including inference skill), respondents should see a reading text as a whole story which it delivers message readers.

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tifying topic, main ideas as well as doing skimming and scanning.

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As shown in Table 1, each skill of the participants increased from Pre-Test to Post-Test of Cycle 1, yet there were variations fluctuation between Post-Test Cycle 1 to Post-Test Cycle 2 as well as between Post-Test Cycle 2 to PostTest Cycle 3.

The results between Post-Test Cycle 1 and Post-Test Cycle 2 after doing Graphic Organizer method decreased slightly in main idea and vocabulary skills and increased significantly in topic and summary skills. The mean score of main idea in Post-Test Cycle 2 showed 4.1 points lower than in Post-Test Cycle 1, even though the median score increased 2.5 points. It shows that main idea skill scores were centralized in some points, so the range in Post-Test Cycle 2 was smaller than in Post-Test Cycle 1. The mean score of Vocabulary skill in Post-Test Cycle 2 was lower 7,3 points than in Post-Test Cycle 1; and the median score dropped to 0. It occured because respondents did not manage their time in the test. They did not have much time to do vocabulary problems. On the other hand, the topic and summary skills had improving results. The mean scores of topic skills in Post-Test Cycle 2 increased to 29.1. The mean score of Summary skills in Post-Test Cycle 2 increased 14.3 points.

After doing the Direct Learning Method, respondents showed significant improvement from Pre-Test and Post-Test Cycle 1. The main idea and vocabulary skills showed significant increasing which median scores of each are 20 points to 60 points for main idea and 0 point to 30.8 points for vocabulary. In terms of topic skill, median score was still 0 in Post-Test Cycle 1. It means that the score of topic skill in PostTest Cycle 1 had wider range than in Pre-Test. Summary had slight improvement, which median score was from 15 points to 20 points.

Graphic Organizers encouraged respondents to see the whole reading text as a picture story which it is easy to grasp by brain. As Correia (2006) suggests that active reading supports learners to locate the main ideas and distinguish them from less important information. When the picture story was drawn, it was easy for respondents to tell the topic (because it is the central, or mostly found in the story) and make summary. Paivio (as cited in Ellis, 2005) mentions that memory has two separate systems connecting each other for processing infor-

Evaluation procedures were conducted in two types, written and oral test. Written test consisted of questions to identifying main idea, explaining certain vocabulary, identifying topic, and making summary. Oral test, interview in this matter, consisted of retelling the story and checking the correlation respondents’ story with graphic organizer.

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mation. One system is specialized in non-verbal imagery and the other one is specialized in dealing with language. Therefore, determining main idea and vocabulary should be supported by Graphic Organizers as long as respondents make no assumptions at all to the reading text. The ideas in reading text connect each other and are framed in a united non-verbal imagery; it is logic. The significant results are proved in topic and summarizing skills. Respondents applied what Ellis (2005) suggests that Graphic Organizer helps learners to separate important information from less important and decrease the necessary semantic information. It is inferred that someone's prior knowledge to certain topic could affect his judgment to see the reading text as information. As Guastello (2000) says that if prior knowledge is activated, the schema will provide a framework to which the new information can be attached and comprehension will be improved. In this research, learners had had prior knowledge about the topic when they did Pre-Test. Yet, they assumed the content of reading text too quickly which lead them to the wrong perception about the content of the text. So, it should be emphasized that prior knowledge is not only about the topic itself, but included the interrelated topics. If learners have insufficient prior knowledge, guessing and making conclusion are not suggested. Learners should take the reading text as new information to enrich their knowledge.

The researcher also did judgment through rubric of Tony Stead. Below are the resultsof Pre-Test, Post-Test Cycle 1, Post-Test Cycle 2 and Post-Test Cycle 3: Table 2: Results of Reading Comprehension Using Rubric (Overall) Literal Level Memory

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Having Review session before Post-Test Cycle 3 showed another interesting result between Post-Test Cycle 2 and Post-Test Cycle 3. The mean scores of main idea and vocabulary skills increased 5.5 points for Main Idea and 13.2 points for vocabulary. Yet, the declination can be seen in topic and summary skills. The mean scores of topic decreased 17.4 and of summary decreased 13.2 points.

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Another reason is that time management. The respondents did not manage time well since each class got extra 20 minutes to finish their work. They were really focused to make "great" Graphic Organizer rather than "communicative" Graphic Organizer. As Ellis (2005) mentions that Graphic Organizer set the reading material in sophisticated organization which lead the content of reading is easy to understand. It can be concluded that learners were in the learning process of improving the reading comprehension.

In Post-Test Cycle 3, the researcher did not instruct respondents to use Graphic Organ-

izers as a tool to answer questions. The researcher facilitated some spaces for simple pictures if they wanted to use Graphic Organizers. The fluctuation scores could happen with several reasons. First, the respondents found the text seemed easier than before. It encouraged respondents to read attentively and answered main idea and vocabulary well. It also indicated that learners have sufficient prior knowledge of the topic. Second, the respondents using simple pictures or Graphic Organizers could improve their scores in all areas because they saw the whole picture well. Third, around 30% of respondents did not join in Review session and came in Post-Test Cycle 3. It was one of the ways for not reaching any improvement in answering questions. Fourth, around 40% respondents did not join the test, so there are score 0 influencing the calculation.

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The data in Table 2 above reveal positive improvement between the Pre-Test and Post-Test Cycle 1. All mean scores increased, yet not all median levels increased. The median levels of memory category and translation category increased one level; yet interpretation and application category stayed the same. After doing the Direct Learning method, the respondents found determining main idea and vocabulary were easier to do. This affected respondents’ view to see the story clearer than before. So, they could recall the details of the story better. The respondents had not reached Interpretative Level yet, because they still saw the story of reading text as writing form. They found difficult to connect one paragraph to another as one whole story. The other factor which could increase their scores is the same reading text. They had certain way in retaining what they had seen before. This prior experi-

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Based on results described above, it can be concluded that there are three main reasons influencing the increasing and decreasing respondents' reading comprehension results: first is respondents' willingness in learning new method; second is readers' prior knowledge could affect their mental judgment while reading a certain text; and the third is the tendency of readers to have certain memory of what they have read which let them copy the information rather than to use their own words which can lead them to wrong perception of the facts in the reading text. The results support Paivio’s theory (as cited in Ellis, 2005) that memory consists of two separate but interrelated systems which one is specialized in processing non-verbal imagery and the other one is specialized in dealing with language.

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The result show that the mean scores of main idea and vocabulary enrichment skills increase from one level to another. While the mean scores of Topic and Summary skills increase up to Post-Test Cycle 2, but decrease in Post-Test Cycle 3. The median scores most of skills increase up to Post-Test Cycle 2, except Vocabulary. It happened because most of the respondents did not manage their time to answer vocabulary questions. The median scores were varied in Post-Test Cycle 3. The median score of main idea stayed at the same point; that of Vocabulary was, of course, higher than before; those of Topic and Summary decrease to 50 and 50.

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Graphic Organizer was proved to facilitate visual images of the story. Since human mental judgment processes something faster with real things to see (in this case is pictures in Graphic Organizer), Graphic Organizer is a media to answer questions. Yet, respondents tended to copy the words from the text rather than use their own words. It is supported by Strangman, Hall, and Meyer (2003) say that Graphic Organizer is a visual and graphic display which connects between facts, terms, and/or ideas within a learning task. It is also supported by Ellis’ theory (2005) that a reading material is set in sophisticated organization, in Graphic Organizer pattern, to be easy to understand.

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The changes results from Post-Test Cycle 1 to Post-Test Cycle increases all in range 0.2 points to 0.9 points. The memory and the application categories stayed in the same comprehension level, which were level 2 and level 1. The factor of short range score could cause memory category stayed in the same level. The application was the highest comprehension level to test. The result shows that the respondents had not reached that level yet. The translation and interpretation categories had improvement in median levels, which were to level 1 and level 2. Both mean scores increased significantly as well. It shows that respondents could rephrase better. When they felt confident to retell the story with their own words, their awareness of making conclusion, or inference was elevated. That caused the level of interpretation category was also increased.

Those reasons made the researcher to divide the respondents into two sub-groups: respondents’ joining all treatments and respondents’ not join not all treatments. The results of sub-group joining all the treatments chart can be seen on Chart 1.

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ence helped them to read the text easier than the first time.

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The results of respondents not joining all treatments is as seen on Chart 2. Each skill has at least one 0 score for median score. It shows that when the median score is 0, the ma-

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The results of Pre-Test, Post-Test Cycle 1, Post-Test Cycle 2 and Post-Test Cycle 3 for respondents not joining all treatments are seen as follow:

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The researcher also used rubric of Tony Stead to see respondents' reading comprehension improvement. The compilation of Pre-Test, post-Test Cycle 1, Post-Test Cycle 2, and PostTest Cycle 3 is shown as follow:

Chart 4: Reading Comprehension Results Using Rubric (Respondents Not Joining All Treatments)

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jor respondents were absent or they did not answer the questions at all. It is found that the mean scores from all skills do not reach 55% from the target. So, it can be said that by not joining all treatments, respondents miss their chances to make some improvements

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The results of mean scores from all categories increase up to Post-Test Cycle 2. The decreasing points happen in Post-Test Cycle 3. The median levels of all categories increase or stay up to Post-Test Cycle 2. The changes of levels happen to Translation and Interpretation categories. Graphic Organizers encouraged the respondents to see the reading text as a whole story. The mean scores increased significantly in each category. The interesting thing was the application category which was its mean score increased 1.2 points; yet the median level stayed at the same level 1. It means that the score range was shorter, so level 1 was still more than the others even it was not dominant anymore. It is proved by the increasing of level in Post-Test Cycle 3 to level 2 when the mean score stayed in 2.2 points. The declination of mean scores (even it is insignificantly seen) and the median levels of translation and interpretation categories could happen because of several things. First is the optional in answering questions. Second is the tendency of copying the text as summary.

The mean score results increased insignificantly from one Post-Test to another; and all dropped in Post-Test Cycle 3. It can be found at least one 0 level domination in each category. The median level of memory category dropped to 0 after reaching level 2. The median level of translation only reached level 1 in Post-Test Cycle 2; then dropped back to level 0. The median level of interpretation reached level 2 and it dropped to 0. It happens to the application category as well; both are never in 0 level from PreTest. This phenomenon happens because respondents neither answered questions nor joined the test(s). It can be concluded that these data were not valid to be research reliable data.

CONCLUSION Graphic Organizer is a method used to make language learners easy to see the whole pictures of reading text. It encourages people to transfer written ideas into images which are more easily processed by brain. This method is easy to understand and no need to follow any particular pattern. Using color and symbols as well as no particular pattern required, Graphic Organizer encourages language learners to focus on the details of the story. It is expected when learners can identify the details of a story, they can identify topic, share the story with their own words, inference and make connection the information provided, and even give solution or ideas to reading text. The results of respondents’ reading comprehension improvement in this research are Main Ideas and Vocabulary skills have indica-

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tion to improve but they are no statistically significant improvement while Topic and Summary skills are robustly improved through using Graphic Organizer. The categories (Memory, Translation, Interpretation and Application) in rubric of Tony Stead were assessed and the results are all significant to improve learners’ reading comprehension through Graphic Organizers.

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THE EFFECT OF USING TABOO GAME TO NINTH GRADERS’ SPEAKING SKILL Yusup Kuncoro Bowo Susilo

Email: [email protected] SMP Pangudi Luhur Jakarta ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to improve the ninth graders’ speaking skill. To attain the objective, an experiment was conducted at SMP Pangudi Luhur Jakarta. Thirty five students in the control group were taught speaking in the conventional way, while the thirty nine students in the experimental group were taught by using taboo game. The data collected using tests in both groups were analyzed by using SPSS 15.0 program. The results revealed that there was a significant effect of the implementation the taboo game to the ninth year students’ speaking skill. It was indicated by the result of the statistical calculation that the tcount (=19.395) > ttable (=1.992) with sig. level (=0.05) and d.f (=76). Through the calculation the Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. Based on the findings, it was concluded that taboo game was significantly effective to improve students’ speaking skill. Keywords: taboo game, speaking skill ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat apakah penggunaan taboo game berpengaruh pada kemampuan berbicara siswa kelas 9 SMP Pangudi Luhur Jakarta. Untuk mencapai tujuan itu, sebuah eksperimen dilakukan. Kelas kontrol, yang terdiri dari 35 siswa, diajar berbicara dalam bahasa Inggris secara konvesional, sedangkan kelas eksperimen, terdiri dari 39 siswa, diajar dengan taboo game. Data yang terkumpul dari kedua kelompok dianalis dengan menggunakan program SPSS 15.0. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa thitung (=19.395) > ttabel (=1.992) dengan sig. (=0.05) dan d.f (=76). Hasil ini mengungkapkan bahwa Ho ditolak dan Ha diterima. Berdasarkan temuan tersebut, disimpulkan bahwa taboo game berpengaruh signifikan terhadap peningkatan kemampuan berbicara siswa . Kata kunci: taboo game, kemampuan berbicara.

INTRODUCTION Speaking is one of the most important skills to master in every language learning. Rodgers (2003) stated that “speaking is an important ability for the students who study English as a second language based on four skills in English: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing” (p. 162). He emphasized that speaking skill is the ability to express oneself in life situation or the ability to report act by using the expression that is in accordance with situation” (2003, p. 92). Despite its importance, many Indonesian students found speaking skill, quite difficult to master due to many factors. Munjayanah (2004) listed for main factors causing difficulties for learning speaking: inhibition, having nothing

to say, low participation, and use of mother tongue. Inhibition appears because, unlike reading, writing or listening activities, speaking requires some degree of real-time exposure to an audience. Students are often inhibited about trying to say thing in foreign language in the classroom: worried about mistakes or simply shy of the attention that their speech attract. Even when they are not inhibited, students often complain that they cannot think of anything to say: they have no motive to express themselves beyond the guilty feeling that they should be speaking. Students also tend to have no opportunity to participate. In the classroom, only one participant can talk at a time if he or she is to be heard; and in large group this means the each one will have only very little talking time. This problem is compounded of some learners to

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dominate, while other speaks very little or not a tall. Finally, it is easier for the student to use their mother tongue in their class because it looks naturally. Therefore, most of the students are not disciplined in using the target language in the learning process. Another classification of problems in learning speaking was proposed by Mulia (2008) who emphasized that the most common problem is a lack of practice. Other factors that influence speaking problems are: student’s lack of vocabulary, students rarely practice to use English to communicate, low confidence to speak English in class, rare participation in conversational classes, and disinterest in the material. Their low mastery of grammar makes it hard for them to produce grammatically correct sentences. Some other problems faced by students in learning speaking are difficulty in pronouncing words correctly, low ability in grammar, and low motivation. They rarely practice to use any English words in the class since they have difficulty in pronouncing words correctly. The fact that English is not used in their daily life contributes to their low motivation to interact using English. Last but not least, another factor that hinder in the learning process is the way of teaching. Many teachers just use conventional way of teaching with monotonous activity, such as doing exercises in the textbook, completing the blank dialogues, rearranging jumbled dialogues. As a consequence, the students are less motivated and getting bored. Moreover, the there is so limited time to perform dialogues so that the students do not have appropriate opportunity to actively use English in the classroom. To solve the problem, it is necessary to provide the students interesting activities that facilitate them to develop speaking skills in an interactive way. One form of such activities is game. Some studies concerning the use of games in language learning revealed that such activities are effective to help students practice to master speaking. Mariyana’s (1999) study showed that by using games, the students became more interested, actively involved and motivated in the learning activities. Games also help the students in building a good relationship with their friends as well as increasing their achievement in learning English. Nurisnaini (2000) found out that games are effective strategies in improving the students’

participation in the classroom activities. Furthermore, Huyen and Nga (2003) claimed that games have been shown to have more advantages and effectiveness in learning speaking in various ways. First, games bring relaxation and fun for the students, thus help them to learn and retain new words more easily. Second, games usually involve friendly competition and they keep learners interested in the activities. These create the motivation for learners of English to get involved and participated actively in the learning activities. Third, games bring real world context into the classroom and enhance students in using English language in a flexible and communicative way. Teaching speaking should be more interactive to keep students interested in the lesson. Games can be used to practice speaking in the classroom. Games are effective teaching tools which create opportunities for students to communicate in a relaxed, friendly, and cooperative environment. According to Cross (1992) and Martin (2000), games reduce tension by adding fun and humor to lessons, and they add an element of competitiveness that motivates students to participate. Games encourage learners to interact, cooperate, to be creative and spontaneous in using the language in a meaningful way. Learners want to take part in activities. In order for them to take part they must be able to understand and communicate in the target language. Games also encourage learners to keep interested in the work and a teacher can use them to create contexts in which the language is useful. Cross (1992) argued that when students are absorbed by games, they acquire the essential vocabulary, grammar, and other aspects of English unconsciously because they are focused on the message and not the language itself (as cited in Cervantes, 2009). Importantly, games provide a perfect opportunity for the teacher to take the backseat and let the students do the talking. Realizing the effectiveness of game to improve students’ speaking skill, the researcher in this current study would like to see whether taboo game (a word guessing game made by the teacher where the partners guess the keyword on the card without using the keyword itself or additional words (taboo words) listed on the card) as complementary teaching activity significantly improve the ninth graders’ speaking skill. The study addressed the following problem statement: Is there any significant effect of using taboo game to the ninth graders’ speaking skill at

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Susilo, The Effect of Using Taboo Game to Ninth Graders’ Speaking Skill

SMP Pangudi Luhur Jakarta? It is hope that this experiment research will shed light on the way and the benefits of using game in teaching speaking. In the line with the problem statement above, the hypothesis to be tested in this study were stated as follows. (1) H0: There is no significant effect of using taboo game to the ninth graders’ speaking skill at SMP Pangudi Luhur Jakarta. (b) Ha: There is a significant effect of using Taboo game to the ninth graders’ speaking skill at SMP Pangudi Luhur Jakarta.

METHODOLOGY This study is an experimental research conducted in two months (March to April 2013) at SMP Pangudi Luhur Jakarta. The participants of the research were class IX A (39 students) and IX B (35 students). Their English speaking skill was approximately of the same level. The instrument of this research was a pretest and a posttest. The instruments were in the form of speaking test. Before using the test it was tried out for checking its validity and reliability. It was administered by asking the students to perform a dialogue in pairs by describing things in the classroom. The test was designed using the criteria suggested by Wier (1993) to the test speaking, i.e. appropriateness and fluency. To analyze the collected data, SPSS 15.0 program for Windows was employed.

FINDINGS Description of the Data The research analysis was divided into two parts. First, the test scores result of control group, the group using conventional method. Second, the test scores result of experimental group, the group using Taboo game. Based on the variable calculation study, the results of the test included the min, max, average and standard deviation mean. The results of the test as follow: Table 1. The Control Class’ Scores Variable Minimum Maximum Average Standard Deviation

Pre-test 20 60 44.87 10.03

Post-test 25 75 53.58 10.52

Table 1 reveals the results of the students’ pretest and post-test in the control class. The students’ pre-test minimum score was 20; the max-

imum score was 60; and the students’ average score was 44.87. In the post-test the students’ scores increased. The students got 25 for the minimum score; 75 for the maximum score and 53.38 for the average score. Table 2. The Experimental Class’ Scores Variable Minimum Maximum Average Standard Deviation

Pre-test 20 60 44.87 10.03

Post-test 25 75 53.58 10.52

Table 2 describes the scores obtained by the students in the experimental class. In the pre-test the students’ minimum score was 25; the maximum score was 65; and average score was 47.79; while in the post-test, the students’ scores increased. The students’ minimum score was 70, the maximum score was 100; and average score was 86.46 in the post-test result.

Normality Test The normality distribution was computed with Shapiro-Wilk Test from the SPSS 15.0 program for Windows in order to find out whether or nor the students’ scores on both control and experimental groups were normally distributed. Furthermore, the null hypothesis (Ho) of normality distribution test result used in this research indicated that the distribution of the students’ scores of the control and experimental groups on post-test were normally distributed. Below is shown the result of the normality distribution of the control class. Table 3. Normality Test Results in the Control Class

Pre-test Post test

Kolmogorov-Smirnov Statistic df Sig .137 39 .062 .133 39 .200*

Shapiro-Wilk Statistic df Sig .965 39 .254 .981 39 .733

*this is a lower bound of the true significance

Table 3 presents the results from two well-known tests of normality formula, namely the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test and the ShapiroWilk Test. The Shapiro-Wilk Test is more appropriate for small sample sizes (< 50 samples), but can also handle sample sizes as large as 2000. For this reason, the researcher will used the Shapiro-Wilk test for normality test in this research. Based on Shapiro-Wilk test, if the sig. value is greater than 0.05, the data is categorized normal. In contrast, if the sig. value is less than 0.05, the data is not normal. Related to this, the data of this research was normal. Based

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on the normality test calculation of the data in this research it was found that the data were normal distribution. It is indicated by the sig. value of the pre-test in control class (=0.06) posttest in the control class (=0.20) as showed in the table above. Table 4 presents the normality test of the pre-test and post-test in the experimental class. In this case the researcher used ShapiroWilk test to compare the sig. value. Based on Shapiro-Wilk test, if the sig. value is greater than 0.05, the data is categorized normal. In contrast, if the sig. value is less than 0.05, the data is not normal. Related to this, the data of this research was categorized normal. It is indicated by the sig. value of pre-test in the experimental class (=0.14), post-test (=0.20) as shown in table above.

Chart 2. The Normal Q-Q Plot of the Experimental Class

Homogeneity Test

Statistic

df

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Statistic

df

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39

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39

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To see the variances of the students’ score of control and experimental groups, the Levene’s test from SPSS 15.0 program for Windows was used in this research. In addition, the hypothesis used in this research was used null hypothesis (Ho) which states that the variances of the control and experimental groups are homogenous. The result of homogeneity variances of both groups is stated as follow:

Post test

.116

39

.200*

.956

39

.131

Table 5. Results of Homogeneity Test

Table 4. Normality Test Results in the Experimental Class Kolmogorov-Smirnov

Shapiro-Wilk

*this is a lower bound of the true significance

In order to determine the normality graphically, it can used the output of a normal Q-Q Plot graphics. If the data are normally distributed, the data points will be close to the diagonal line. If the data points stray from the line in an obvious non-linear fashion, the data are not normally distributed. The normal Q-Q plot of the data in control and experimental class are figured in Chart 1 and Chart 2. Chart 1. The Normal Q-Q Plot of the Control Class

Homogeneity test

Fcount

Ftable

Df1

Df2

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Levene's test

3.901

1.478

66

76

0.052

The Homogeneity test of the data in this research used Levene’s test. This test underlines that if Fcount>Ftable, the data are homogenous. In contrast, if FcountFtable(1.479) at the level of 95% (α = 0.05,df1=66, df2=76).

Hypothesis Test

As shown by Chart 1, the data which are normally distributed. It indicates that the points are close to the diagonal line. Chart 2 also presents the data which are normally distributed. It shows that the points are close to the diagonal line.

To test the hypothesis in this research, the researcher used the independent t-test. The aim of independent t-test of is to investigate the mean differences between control and experimental groups. In addition, the hypothesis which was used in this study is shown in table 6. It describes the results of t-test for each of the two groups. In this research, there were 39 participants who responded to the post-test control class, and they had an average scores 53.384, with a standard deviation 10.528. The 39 participants also responded to the post-test experimental class, and they had an average scores 86.464, with a standard deviation 7.026. Independent t-test calculated the tcount, in this re-

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Susilo, The Effect of Using Taboo Game to Ninth Graders’ Speaking Skill

search was 19.395; while the ttable(0.05,76) = 1.992 with 76 degrees of freedom. The column labeled "Sig." associated with p value in this research, the p value was 0.000.

Table 6 Results of the Independent t-Test Variable

N

Mea n

S.D

Post-test (Control class)

3 9

53.3 84

10.5 28

Post-test (Experimental Class)

3 9

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. tcount

ttable

df

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1.9 92

7 6

0.0 00

7.02 6

The statistical calculation results of the hypothesis test indicated that there was a significant effect of playing taboo game to the improvement of the student’ speaking skill to the ninth graders at SMP Pangudi Luhur Jakarta. In other words, Taboo game is significantly effective in improving the student’ speaking skill to the ninth graders at SMP Pangudi Luhur Jakarta. This was indicated by the statistic calculation in which it indicated that with a significant level (α = 0.05), The tcount (19.395), was greater than ttable (1.992) on the degree of freedom was 76. Since tcount was greater than ttable, Ho was refused and Ha was accepted.

DISCUSSION The findings in this study are in line with the results of some studies conducted on the use of games in language learning. According to Mariyana (1999), the use of games made the students more interested, actively involved and motivated in the learning activities. Games also helped the students in building a good relationship with their friends as well as increasing their learning achievement. Nurisnaini (2000) found out that game are effective strategies in improving the students’ participation in the classroom activities. In these researches, there was significance different of students’ achievement in speaking skill between those who are taught by using game than those who are taught by other method. The mean score of the students in the experimental class were higher than that of the students in the control class. Based on the data analysis, the researchers interpreted that role play is one of the most effective ways and which is applicable to be used in teaching learning activities, es-

pecially in teaching English speaking skill. The aim of this research was to find out how significant the effect of playing Taboo game in improving the student’ speaking skill to the ninth graders at SMP Pangudi Luhur Jakarta. The data in this research were obtained from pretest and the post-test of the control and the experimental groups. After collecting the data, the researcher perform some stage in order to establish the conclusion, i.e, the normality test, homogeneity test and independent t-test. To find out whether the sample is normally distributed from the population, the normality test was done by using Shapiro-Wilk test. In the test, if the sig. value is greater than 0.05, the data is categorized normal. In contrast, if the sig. value is less than 0.05, the data is not normal. Related to this, the data of this research was normal. By using SPSS 15.0 program for windows, the normality calculation of the data in this research revealed that the data were normally distributed. It was indicated by the sig. value of the pre-test in control class (=0.06), post-test in the control class (=0.20), and the sig. value of pre-test in the experimental class (=0.14) and the post-test (=0.20) (see table 4 and 5). Besides the normality test, there is one requirement that should be applied in analyzing the data, i.e, the homogeneity test. Using the Levine’s test, it was administered to find out whether the variant population is homogenous. This test underlines that if Fcount>Ftable, the data were homogenous. In contrast, if Fcount
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CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION The findings of the research showed that taboo game could be beneficial in improving students’ speaking skill. It can be seen from the data obtained in this research. The data showed that there was an improvement on the students’ speaking skill. It was indicated by the tcount (19.395) higher than ttable(1.992), meaning that there is a difference between experimental and control groups. Moreover, the data from the calculation of the effect size indicated that having been implemented taboo game significantly improved the ninth graders’ speaking skill. Realizing its high effectiveness, Junior High EFL teachers are recommended to use the game. As the taboo game facilitates meaningful teaching and learning and creates interesting and fun activity, it is really an effective alternative. It will help the students enhance their motivation to learn and be involved in the teachinglearning process actively.

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NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER TEACHERS (NESTS) AND NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER TEACHERS (NNESTS) IN INDONESIA: PREFERENCE AND DILEMMA Kartika Septarini

[email protected] Monash University ABSTRACT

Issues about native English speaker teachers (NESTs) versus non-native English speaker teachers (NNESTs) have become a never ending debate. Whether native English speaker teachers or non-native English speaker teachers who are more appropriate to teach English in outer or expanding circle countries have been discussed and researched by some scholars. This paper discusses about people’s preference towards both of them by investigating previous research about people’s perception towards native English speaker teachers and non-native English speaker teachers. This paper also explores another issue arising from the dichotomy of native and non-native i.e. Whose English and what English should be taught in Indonesia. Whether English Native or other varieties of English is best taught in Indonesia. Keywords: Native English Teachers, Non-Native English Teachers, World Englishes. ABSTRACT Isu-isu yang terkait dengan guru bahasa Inggris penutur asli (NESTs) dan guru bahasa Inggris yang bukan penutur asli (NNESTs) merupakan salah satu topik yang sudah lama dan tidak pernah berhenti diperdabatkan. Persoalan tentang siapa, NESTs atau NNESTs, atau keduanya, yang lebih sesuai untuk mengajarkan bahasa Inggris di negara yang bahasa Inggris bukan sebagai bahasa pertama telah banyak diteliti dan dibahas. Makalah ini membahas preferensi terhadap NESTs atau NNESTs melalui telaah pada hasil-hasil penelitian tentang persepsi terhadap kedua kelompok guru bahasa Inggris tersebut. Makalah ini juga menyoroti isu lain yang timbul dari pendikotomian guru penutur asli dan bukan penutur asli, yaitu bahasa Inggris siapa dan bahasa Inggris yang mana yang harus diajarkan di Indonesia—Bahasa Inggris asli atau variasi-variasi bahasa Inggris lain yang harus diajarkan di Indonesia. Kata Kunci:

Guru bahasa Inggris penutur asli, Guru bahasa Inggris bukan penutur asli,

World Englishes INTRODUCTION People preference towards native English speaker teachers or NESTs in Indonesia is reflected in the advertisement in printed and electronic media about job vacancy offered to native English speaking teachers in private schools and English courses in Indonesia, particularly in urban areas. The need of native English teachers to fill the vacancy in these schools and course centers is due to these institutions want to attract parents to enroll their children to learn in their ‘prestigious institutions’ for the sake of marketing strategy. In addition, hypothetical preference towards NESTs reflected in the newspaper ads (Moussu & Llurda, 2008) is due to benchmark or label given by the L2 speakers that native speakers are the “brand” of good

English that they can be models for L2 learners in terms of speaking. As cited in Moussu and Llurda (2008, p.316) who affirm that “… social recognition is often based on judgments of the speakers’ accent”, thus, it can be assumed that people justification of ‘good English’ speakers given to NESTs are based on their accent as it is believed that accent is a signifier between NESTs and NNESTs (Moussu & Llurda, 2008). Moreover, Takada (2000); Tang (1997); Widdowson (1992) cited in Ellis (2002) agree that people prefer native speaker teachers because they are perceived as having ‘fluent, idiomatic spoken and pronunciation’ (p.71). This paper will address a debate about NESTs and NNESTs, how people in many countries including in Indonesia perceive them as le-

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gitimate English teachers, who are more suitable to be employed in Indonesia will also be discussed in this paper. At the end of this paper, it will also discuss about native English variety and non-native English variety and their implication in English teaching and learning in Indonesia. However, prior to discussing these three main points, the definition about who native and nonnative speakers are will be discussed by using Hall’s notions (1997) about language, culture, and identity as a framework of this paper.

Hall’s notion about language, culture, and identity Language, identity and culture are closely connected. Hall (1997) argues that language is one of the media in which people who have the same thoughts, feeling, and idea make meaning. According to Hall (1997) everything in this world was meaningless until people who share the same culture give meanings to things. Culture is about ‘shared meanings (p.1)’. It means that there is an agreement within people who have the same thoughts, feelings, and idea about the way they see and make meaning about things. Hall (1997) maintains that people from the same culture may interpret things in more or less the same way; they give meanings to the world in a way that they understand each other. In addition, Kramsch (1998) agrees to what is said by Hall. According to Kramsch, people who belong to members of a social group view the world in the same manner through their interactions with other members who belong to the same group. Hall (1997) adds that people give meaning in two ways. First, by ‘the way they use things in everyday practice’ (p.3) such as language. People who share the same language give meanings to things in the way that they can understand. Secondly, people give things meaning by ‘the way they represent them’ (p.3). For instance, the language registers, jargon, English native speaker variety, or local English variety. English native speaker variety represents the users, the native English speaking people. Local English variety represents its users, the ‘other’ speakers of English. Bahasa Gaul, language register spoken among young people in Indonesia, represents Indonesian urban young people, and so forth. We give things meaning by how we represent them, in terms of how we use them, how we feel them, and how we think about them. Furthermore, through the circuit of culture meanings are produced and circulated.

Meaning is produced by people who share the same culture through their language and at the same time, meaning also gives us sense of our identity; who we are, with whom we belong to. Moreover, Woodward (1997) maintains that identity is marked by difference. The difference between native and non-native speakers is in their accent in terms of speaking. Accented is associated with non-native speakers’ identity. It is also constructed by language and symbolic systems, the existence of another identity by denying similarity against other groups (who is included, who is excluded), things used by members of social groups (signifiers). Identity, in one part, is fixed and unchanged. Yet in another part, it is unfixed, it changes, and it is historical (Woodward, 1997; Norton Pierce, 1995). Identity is sometimes marked by nature (nationality, race, ethnicity), thus it can be said that identity is fixed, unchanged. For example, people often associate ‘white’ as native speakers. Whiteness is a natural marker which is attached in the physics of most native speakers. Nevertheless, because of history, identity can change, it is unfixed. For instance, children who were born in an English speaking country from parents who are non-English speakers are native speakers by history. They were born as nonEnglish speaker, but as they grew up, they use English and perhaps, their parents’ language as well for communication. They become fluent users of English because English could be their first language and it could be a language they learned first when they were little. As a result, they can be called native English speakers. Furthermore, identity is also shaped by culture (Woodward, 1997, p.15) and language (Kramsch, 1998). People’s identity can be constructed by differences in culture and language. Woodward (1997) mentions that difference can be seen as negative and positive. It is seen as negative if it is used to exclude people by stereotyping and marginalizing people or group. On the other hand, difference can be seen as positive if it is used to ‘enrich’ or if we interpret it as ‘the source of diversity, heterogeneity, and hybridity’ (p.35). For example, the use of varietyof Englishesother than native English variety. Like the use of Singlish which is seen as the marker of ‘inferiority’, ‘language of social marginal’, being prejudiced as ‘deficient speaker as vulgar, stupid, lacking refinement and culture of the speaker of good English’ (Hoon, 2003, p.55). On the other hand local variety like Singlish can be regarded as the source of diversity, heterogeneity, and hybridity. Singlish can also be seen as a repre-

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sentation of Singaporean identity. Similar to bahasa gaul, a register used among urban young people in Indonesia, which is seen as the representation of Indonesian youth and modernity. Now, let us see who native speaker is, how people perceive native and non-native teachers, what advantages and disadvantages of having both of them.

Who is native speaker? It is difficult to define who exactly native speaker is. Medgyes (1992) argues that the issue about native speaker is controversial and debatable in sociolinguistic and pure linguistic point of view. He maintains that native and non-native division can be clearly seen in countries where English is spoken as a second or foreign language, but in countries where English is used as the first language, it is difficult to break the homogeneity of native/ non native division. Medgyes (1992) takes an example of a 9 year old-boy whose his parents are Mexican and Norway. This boy has been living in the United States for five years. Which native language he has is ambiguous; it can be English, Spanish, Norway, or all three of them. As Bloomfield (1933) cited in Cook (1999) claims that native language is the first language which is learned by a person. Furthermore, Davies (1996) called this as “bio-developmental definition” (cited in Cook, 1999, p.186). Ellis (2002) citing Davies (1991) gives a distinction between the native and nonnative speakers, she quotes from Davies’ circular definition of non-native speakers (1991) that ‘being native speakers means not being a nonnative speakers’ (p. 72). Shuck (2006) uses Said (1978) and Pennycook’s (1998) concept of binary opposition to describe more about the dichotomy between native and non-native concept. Shuck (2006) argues that oppositional pairs such as native and non-native have ‘generative power’ to produce hierarchical social orders (p.261). He uses linguistic concept of ‘markedness’ (p.261) to give a description that oppositional pairs are hierarchically related. According to Shuck (2006) the unmarked term is often seen as neutral, while the marked term represents narrower categories. Thus, the distinction between native and non-native can be seen as unmarked and marked categories. Native as the unmarked category is neutral; it does not have color, culture, and accent. While nonnative as the marked category is the opposite of native. It is narrowed to something which has color, culture, and accent. As a result, it is not surprising that people often associate ‘whiteness’

as native speaker teachers (Holliday &Aboshiha, 2009, p.670). Or in other words, it is often that people, especially in the countries of expanding circle, think that white people are native speakers. Due to the difficulty in defining the term of native speakers, some writers such as Edge (1988), Kachru (1985),Paikeday (1985), Rampton (1990) cited in Medgyes (1992, p.342) suggest to replace the term native speakers as ‘more or less accomplished users’, ‘more or less users of English’, ‘expert speakers and affiliation’, and ‘English-using speech fellowship’. The replacing of the term native speakers becomes ‘multi competent users’ (Cook, 1999), ‘accomplished users’ (Medgeys, 1992), ‘language experts’ (Rampton, 1990), and ‘proficient users’ (Paikeday, 1985) also shows the writers’ dissatisfaction of the terms native speakers as it leads to devaluing the non-native speaker teachers (Selvi, 2011, p. 187). This is evident in Firth and Wagner (1997) cited in Selvi (2011) who argue that non-native speaker teachers are stereotyped as being deficient in communication. The participants in Figueiredo’s research (2011) who are Brazilian English teachers working in the United State felt insecure relating to their confidence and authority of being English teachers because they are non-native. According to Figueiredo (2011) the dichotomy between native and nonnative is marked by speaking proficiency (accented and unaccented), hence the Brazilian NNESTs felt unconfident due to their accent in speaking English. Furthermore, as cited in Selvi (2011), Suarez (2000) and Bernat (2009) agree that non-native speaker teachers or NNESTs often suffer from ‘impositorsyndrom’ due to native speaker teachers or NESTs are seen as a ‘benchmark for teaching employment’ (p. 187). As a result, NNESTs often face discrimination by ‘employers’ and ‘customers’ and this leads to NNESTs have to compete for jobs with less qualified NESTs (Phillipson, 1992; Holliday, 2008, p.121). Moreover, discrimination towards NNESTs is seen from the appreciation given to NNESTs in forms of salary and the acknowledgement of expertise. NNESTs in Indonesia receive lower salary and less acknowledgement of expertise compare to their peers, the NESTs (Dewi, 2007). Additionally, discrimination towards non-native speakers in English pedagogy is not only addressed to the non-NES teachers, but also to the non-NES students of TESOL programs who are conducting practicum. Brady &Gulikers (2004) cited in Moussu and Llur-

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da(2008) saidthat many teacher educators do not let non-NES students to do the practicum in their institutions due to non-NES students are seen as having poor linguistic skills and they are afraid this deficiency would obstruct the students’ learning. However, the belief which assumes that NESTs are better English teachers than NNESTs is not always true. By using Phillipson’sterm (1992), ‘native speakers fallacy’,(p.185) which best describes an assumption that ideal English teacher is a native teacher, I would like to say that I agree that native speaker teachers are not always ideal teachers of English, as we will see from people’s perception about native and nonnative English teachers in many countries in the following section.

People’s perception towards NESTs and NNESTs Based on his research, Üstünlüoglu (2007) finds that his participants who are the students in Turkey give positive attitudes towards NNESTs in terms of ‘in-class teaching role’ and‘in-class management roles’. On the other hand, the participants feelthat NESTs are better than NNESTs in terms of ‘in-class communication’ (p.70-71). Some interesting findings in Üstünlüoglu’s study (2007) about students’ perception towards NESTs and NNESTs were found in the answers of his participants which reflect that students prefer NNESTs because they can understand NNEST speaking more easily compare to NESTs. The researcher assumes that NESTs might speak too fast and their accent could be an obstacle for students’ understanding.Additionally, NNESTs in Turkey’s classrooms can use their ability to translate the material into their mother tongue to explain difficult terms. Moreover, according to the participants, NNESTs maintain order and discipline in the classroom better than NESTs. This represents Turkey’s educational system in which authoritarian teachers are more respected than lenient teachers (Üstünlüoglu, 2007). Additionally, NNESTs are perceived as better prepared and know the topic well compared to NESTs. Üstünlüoglu (2007) assumes that the NNESTs are better prepared because they need to study more than native teachers because they teach a language which is not their native language, thus they have to study harder in order to be well prepared and informed about the subject they are about to teach in class. However, the study also showed that NESTs have some positive values in terms of

communication skills. According to the participants, NESTs are more communicative, they often praise the students, make lesson enjoyable and treat students respectfully. NESTs also emphasize more on communication in the classroom and disregard grammar errors (Üstünlüoglu, 2007). Similar studies were also conducted by Grubbs, et al., (2010) among Thai students about their perceptions towards NESTs and NNESTs in Thailand. The research findings showed that students perceive NESTs, compared to NNESTs, are better in oral skills (speaking, pronunciation, and vocabulary usage), thus the Thai students prefer NESTs to teach pronunciation, reading, speaking and listening. On the other hand, Thai students prefer NNESTs to teach grammar and writing. Similarly, in Indonesia, based on a study conducted in a blog in the website, Indonesian students agree that NESTs have a good ability in conversation skill; as a result, they think that NESTs are better in teaching listening, speaking and pronunciation, while according to Indonesian students, NNESTs are good in grammar (2011). Moreover, both Thai and Indonesian students agree that NESTs know better about the culture of the English-speaking worlds, they can provide students’ demand of learning colloquial English or slang. However, NESTs are also seen as having weaknesses in knowledge and awareness of their students’ culture (Grubbs, et al., 2010) as well as inability to detect difficulty faced by their students. As it reflects from one of the respondents in the blog who says ‘they [NESTs] may not be able to understand the common mistakes of learners’. On the other hand, NNESTs in Indonesia, according to them, can explain differences between L1 and target language. In addition, NNESTs know fundamental grammar and can clarify basic rules of English grammar in L1 (2011). Furthermore, there are some other researchers who conduct similar study to find out people’s perception towards NESTs and NNESTs, such as Rao (2010) who conducted a research on students’ perceptions towards NESTs in China, Han (2005) in Korea, Ying and Braine (2007) who conducted research about students’ attitudes towards NNESTs in Hong Kong. Based on their research, it is found that the students in China, Hong Kong, and Korea could distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of having NESTs. The advantages of having NESTs are: 1). Most of them have qualities and skills which show that they are efficient language teachers, they are friendly and helpful,

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fluent and idiomatically appropriate in using English language, be able to appreciate the cultural connotations of the language, and in assessing whether a given language form is acceptably correct or not (Rao, 2010), 2). NESTs can teach students ‘real English’ based on native-like pronunciation, spontaneity in speaking (without hesitations), and cultures of Englishspeaking people (Han, 2005). Conversely, some disadvantages of having NESTs are: 1). NESTs are insensitive to students’ linguistic problems due to their lack experience of learning English as second language, 2). NESTs are ignorant of their students’ mother tongue, it makes difficult for NESTs to compare and to highlight differences between the students’ mother tongue and the target language, 3). NESTs’ lack of familiarity and understanding of students’ culture and educational systems leads to a disparity between teaching and learning styles of the NESTs and preferred way of teaching and learning in the socio-cultural context of their students (Han, 2005; Rao, 2010). In contrast, Yin and Braine (2007) find that the participants in their study in Hong Kong mentioned some advantages of having NNESTs, which are: 1). NNESTs are effective English teacher (they do not have difficulty in understanding and answering the students’ questions), 2). NNESTs can apply effective strategies in teaching English as they have the experience of learning English through the same education system, the same cultural background, as a result NNESTs can understand the difficulties faced by the students, 3). NNESTs can explain difficult terms or issues using the students’ L1. NNESTs are also able to design teaching materials according to the need and the learning style of the students. However, the participants in Yin and Braine (2007) research also mentioned some shortcomings of NNESTs such as the NNESTs tend to spoon-fed their students, they also see NNESTs as ‘exam-oriented teachers’ because NNESTs put more emphasize on practicing past examination questions. NNESTs are also perceived as over-reliant on textbooks. Finally, the participants critically stated that NNESTs are over-correcting the mistakes of the students in English usage. The studies conducted by some researchers above about the perceptions towards NESTs and NNESTs in several countries proved that NESTs are not always better than NNESTs. As said by Rampton(1990) that ‘being born into

language does not mean that one inherently speaks it well’ (cited in Moussu and Llurda, 2008, p.321), it appears that Reis’participant (2011) has the same idea. Reis’ participant (2011), in order to challenged native speaker myth, states that being good reader and good writer in English is through the process of acquiring in schools, not automatically gained by someone because he or she has a native status. Thus, it can be concluded that being a native speakers alone does not guarantee one can be a good English teacher; to become a good English teacher one should have skills and qualifications. DISCUSSION

Who should be employed in Indonesia? NESTs or NNESTs? Both NESTs and NNESTs have their own strengths and weaknesses as English teachers. As Canagarajah (1999) cited in Moussu and Llurda (2008) argues that NESTs are ideal teachers because of their unique cultural knowledge, while NNESTs can also be ideal teachers because they have multicultural experience. Widdowson (1992) cited in Ellis (2002) maintains that a teacher is both informant and instructor,he also argues that NESTs have more experience as English users thus they may be better informants, whereas NNESTs have more experience as English learners hence they may be better instructors. Thus, it can be said that ideally both NESTs and NNESTs should be hired in Indonesia. They can collaborate in using their own strengths in teaching English in the classrooms. As Medgyes (1992) suggests that ‘ideal school, there should be a good balance of NESTs and NNESTs, who complement each other in their strengths and weaknesses’ (p.349). He contends that NNESTs have strengths in providing a good learner model, teaching language learning strategies more effectively, anticipating and preventing language difficulties, using their mother tongue to explain difficult terms, being more empathetic to the needs and problems of learners (Medgyes, 1994 in Moussu & Llurda, 2008). Liu (1999) and Widdowson (1992) cited in Ellis (2002) also agree that NNESTs’ experiences in learning target language are helpful for teaching the learners. While the strengths of NESTs as mentioned earlier are in their proficiency in speaking, pronunciation, vocabulary usage, culture of Englishspeaking worlds, and so forth.

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However, Indonesian government restricts the number of native speakers to teach in Indonesia. It is regulated in the policy issued by Indonesian Ministry of Education PP no.78/ 2009 which says that foreign teachers cannot be more than 30 percent in compositions with local teachers. Thus, it would be difficult to place duo teachers (native and non-native teachers) to do collaborative teaching in all schools in Indonesia. Secondly, not all schools in Indonesia can afford to pay native speaker teachers since most of schools in small towns and villages are shortage of funds to pay the native teachers. For an illustration, some schools in Papua, East Indonesia can only afford to pay their contracted teachers (guru honor) for approximately IDR 3000 to IDR 5000 per hour (it equivalent with approximately AUD 50 cents per hour). Nevertheless, native versus non-native teachers’ dichotomy has become a never ending debate. As Miller (2007)argues that it does not matter who the teacher is, whether he/ she is NEST or NNEST. The most important thing is whether he/ she is competent in speaking, reading and writing in English, have excellent knowledge in grammar, and have good teaching knowledge and skill since both NESTs and NNESTs are facing the same problems in English teaching and learning. Some common problems faced by both NESTs and NNESTs according to Miller (2007) are: 1). In choosing appropriate materials for students (the materials should be engaging, have socio-cultural context which is understood by both students and teachers), 2). In determining the purpose of the lesson and making a cohesive tie of each lesson. Hence, it can be concluded that even though NESTs teachers are needed to do cooperative teaching in Indonesia, it seems that it contradicts government regulation in hiring native teachers in schools. However, both NESTs and NNESTs should have language teaching qualifications in order to be able to serve Indonesian schools. Ellis (2002) argues that it is necessary for all ESL teachers, native and nonnative, to have training, experience, understanding of language, and teaching skills. Thus, it is becomes no matter who teach in Indonesia, whether they are NESTs or NNESTs as long as they have appropriate teaching qualification, skills, and experience. The fact that it is not really necessary to debate whether NESTs or NNESTs who are more suitable to be hired in Indonesia, another issue arising now is about which English and

whose English should be taught in Indonesia. Is it English native speakers (ENS) or local variety of Englishes? The following section will discuss about English native speakers, variety of Englishes, and the dilemma faced in Indonesia in choosing which English should be taught.

English native speakers (ENS) or local variety of Englishes?- A dilemma English in Indonesia is used as the first official foreign language. It is used for international communication, and as a medium to acquire knowledge, particularly science and technology. In addition, English is also used as sources for lexical development of Bahasa Indonesia (Sadtono, 1976; Diah, 1982 cited in Lowenberg, 1991). Furthermore, Sadtono (1976) cited in Lowenberg (1991) believes that English will never be a social language in the Indonesian community nor as the second official language of the administration of Indonesia. English was identified as the first foreign language in Indonesia soon after Indonesian independence in 1945 replacing former colonial languages of Dutch and Japanese. Hence, English became a compulsory subject in the secondary curriculum from the early years of independence and it continues become one of the most significant subjects at schools and universities in Indonesia (Lamb and Coleman, 2008). Schools and other formal & informal institutions in Indonesia refer to English Native Speaker (ENS) varieties such as American English (AmE) and British English (BrE) to be used in English classrooms. However, ENS varieties which are learned in class are not used in daily conversation. As a result, people in Indonesia create local variety which uses English as an additional language (Lowenberg, 1991).It becomes a challenge for English language professionals to determine whose English, which English should be taught to the students in Indonesia. Should it be local variety or ENS variety? Regarding that now, English as Lingua Franca (ELF) which uses local variety seems effective to be used in worldwide communication (Young & Walsh, 2010). Moussu and Llurda (2008) point out that before the beginning of 1990s native-like command is used as a parameter of the success of learning English. More recently, language professionals have been starting to question the usefulness of a native speaker model in English pedagogy, regarding the fact that non-native speakers are outnumbered native speakers (Graddol, 2006 cited in Moussu & Llurda, 2008; Maley, 2009), thus Moussu and Llurda (2008);

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Prodromou (1997) cited in Timmis (2002)believe that currently communication in English is occurred between NNS and NNS, as a result the norms and usage of ENS should not be the focus for NNS to pursue. Moreover, using non-native English variety orso called by Maley (2009) as non-standard, is not seen as negative prejudice or discrimination. It will be a benefit for NNEST to teach local variety since the NNEST does not have to be as perfect as NES especially in accent which is very difficult to be gained, as argued by Kramsch (1997) cited in Moussu and Llurda (2008) that it is not possible for non-native speakers to be exactly like native speakers especially in speaking competence. She suggests that it would be better for non-native speakers to retain their uniqueness and become competent in a new language.Moreover, the teaching situation in Indonesia where the classes are large, teachers have minimal English proficiency and most of them cannot afford to travel abroad to learn ‘real English’ or native English norms, limited contact time, and exam-oriented teaching, other variety of English is more suitable to be taught. As Bruthiaux (2010, p.368) agrees that ‘to learners in developing, resource-poor EFL setting especially, it matters very little who says tomahto and who says tomayto. Knowing the word tomato is achievement enough’. However, there is a disparity between the use of English as an additional language which leads to the emergence of new variety of English and the Bourdieu’s cultural capital (Norton Pierce, 1995) of learning English. Learning English is an investment for getting better job and going to a higher level of education. English is also seen as the ‘mark of well-educated man’, a symbol of the ‘new elite’ (Tanner, 1967 cited in Lowenberg, 1991). The common standard tests of English used in job industry or higher degree of education are IELTS and TOEFL, and these two tests follow the NS models. Thus, there is a dilemma in which, in reality, local variety of English is used among people in Indonesia; on the other hand, if someone wants to succeed in life, they must learn ENS variety because to be able to enter the ‘gate’ of higher degree of education and get a better job, one has to show his/ her mastery of English which is measured by the standard tests such as IELTS and TOEFL. CONCLUSION People preference on NESTs is due to NESTs are seen as a ‘brand’ or benchmark of

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