Asian Social Science and Humanities Research Journal (ASHREJ)

The VSP App Adoption by Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) in Law Enforcement

2022-12-29T09:56:58+08:00

This study aimed at discovering the factors of VSP app adoption by RMP in law enforcement particulary towards crime prevention. Using qualitative methodology of case study design, significant discoveries were obtained through in-depth interviews with five VSP Enforcers from the Crime Prevention and Community Safety department or Jabatan Pencegahan Jenayah dan Keselamatan Komuniti (JPJKK) of Bukit Aman representing the Royal Malaysia Police. The NVivo 12.0 software was used in the process of open, axial and selective coding. The data were analzed by applying the thematic analysis. The result indicates that the RMP utilizes VSP application due to five salient factors that are; VSP acts as a prevention tool, identity protection, an espionage medium, comprehensible and last but not least, RMP utilizes VSP app in law enforcement in particular to prevent crime due to its functionality.

Developing Story Telling Performance Model in Improving Students’ Self Confidence

2023-08-18T11:32:19+08:00

Extracurricular directs students to improve confidence and ability to speak English which is oriented toward student participation in various competitions such as speech, storytelling. The study aimed to develop material of storytelling performance model as a learning material of extracurricular particularly public speaking extracurricular. Since the extracurricular aims to improve students’ self-confidence to perform in public area through story telling. In this context, the quality of learning outcomes in English speaking extracurricular activities is as follows. (1) Mastery of knowledge; (2) Mastery of English-speaking skills; (3) Having confidence when speaking; and (4) Able to appear in speaking using English which is oriented towards public speaking through story telling performance. Research and development were conducted in this study which used ADDIE model. The study was conducted at SMA N 11 Medan and the subject of the study was 10^th grade students. The instruments of the study were observation, questionnaire, and interview. Furthermore, the study was conducted in some stages such as, Analysis, Design, Develop. Implement, and Evaluation. The result of study showed that story telling material could improve students’ enthusiastic to perform in public speaking extracurricular at SMA N 11 Medan. Thus, it improved students’ confidence in telling the story. Additionally, storytelling material was categorized as an excellent material to improve students’ confidence through story telling validated by some experts.

Linguistic Landscape at Businesses Nameplate in Medan

2023-08-18T11:33:52+08:00

The objectives of this study were to describe how linguistic landscape look like in a multi-ethnic city, in Medan. In addition to this, this study was also aimed at finding the underlying reason why the linguistic landscape was used as the way it was. This study used descriptive qualitative method and used the culinary business nameplates in Medan as the subject of the study. The data was the phrases used in those nameplates which were presented in Bahasa Indonesia, English, and Local language. This study revealed that most of the culinary business nameplates in Medan used Bahasa Indonesia as their business brand. It might be aimed at reaching many prospective consumers from various ethnics in Medan.

Students’ Participation in Online Discussion of ESP Course through Team Based Project

2023-08-18T11:35:13+08:00

This study aims to analyze students’ participation in online discussion forum of ESP course with Team Based Project. The materials and process of this model have been designed in the LMS for students. There were 98 participants from 5 classes of ESP course taken as the sample of this research. Various difficulties faced by students in developing communication in writing become more complicated when learning is done online. Team based project is applied because it demands the ability of the students themselves to solve problems (Student Center Learning) and in responding to the acquirement of Indonesian Qualification Framework (IQF) Curriculum that as a new Higher Education Key Performance Indicator (IKU) from the Ministry of Education. A survey with quantitative approach is conducted in this research. The results show that the respondents reacted to numerous responses into many aspects such as; 1) demographic information; 2) patterns of online participation 3) frequency of participation in online discussion forum; 4) percentage of read but no response posts; 5) percentage of response and response posts; 6) benefits of participation in online forum; 7) perceived impact of discussion forum on student learning and performance; and 8) problems of participation in online forum.

Macro-Economics Moderating the Effect of Supply Chain Management on Competitive Advantage and Firm's Performance in the Shipping Industry in Stock Exchange Indonesia

2022-12-29T09:52:16+08:00

The purpose of this study is to test and analyze moderating Macro-economics on the influence of Supply Chain Management on competitive advantage and Firm's Performance. The population in this study are shipping industry companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2013 to 2019. Data analysis using the Partial Least Square (PLS). The conclusion from the results of this study is that supply chain management has a significant effect on the competitive advantage of companies engaged in the shipping industry listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2018 to 2019. Supply chain management and competitive advantage have no significant effect on the firm's performance. Macro -economics moderating is proven to influence supply chain management relationships with competitive advantage, as well as the relationship between competitive advantage and supply chain management with firm's performance.

Interactional Patterns in ESP Online Teaching Mode at the Fifth Semester of English Education Study Program of Universitas Negeri Medan

2023-08-18T11:38:20+08:00

This research aims to identify interactional patterns in the ESP online teaching mode of the fifth semester of the English Department at Universitas Negeri Medan. This research applies descriptive quantitative methodology and focuses on class A of the English Department's fifth semester, which consisted of 36 students and one lecturer who taught online utilizing Google Meet as the platform. This study's data consisted of three audiovisual recordings made by the lecturer. The data were recognized using the IRF pattern of interaction identification table and analyzed using the IRF model. The first discovery revealed that the most frequently used pattern by the lecturer is IRF as a full pattern, followed by IR as a semi-complete pattern and IF as an incomplete pattern. The second finding revealed that elicitation occurs more frequently in classroom interactions. It is possible to infer that this classroom had a high level of interaction since the lecturer provided equal opportunities for students to begin the conversation, resulting in active student participation.

Analysis of Academic Capabilities, Financial Awards, and Job Market Considerations on Interest in Career Interest as Public Accountants

2023-08-18T11:39:56+08:00

The number of Public Accountants in Indonesia is still relatively minimal because accounting graduates lack interest in becoming public accountants. This study aimed to examine and analyze the effect of Academic Ability, Financial Awards, and Labor Market Considerations on the interest in a career as a public accountant in East Java "Veteran" National Development University Accounting Students, Surabaya State University and Airlangga University. The sample of this study were East Java "Veteran" National Development University Accounting S1 students, Surabaya State University, and Airlangga University batches of 2018 and 2019. The research method used quantitative research. The sampling technique used the purposive sampling method to determine the number of samples using the solving formula with a total of 91 respondents. Data collection techniques were used in this study using a questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using the Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis technique with SmartPLS 3.0 software. The results of this study indicate that (1) Academic Ability has a positive and significant effect on Interest in a Career to Become a Public Accountant. (2) Financial Awards do not significantly affect the Interest in a Career to Become a Public Accountant. (3) Job market considerations positively and significantly affect the interest in a career as a public accountant.