Petra Christian University

About: Petra Christian University is a education organization based out in Surabaya, Indonesia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Customer satisfaction. The organization has 2412 authors who have published 2893 publications receiving 10429 citations.

A study of english phonological errors produced by english department students

Abstract: This qualitative research was conducted to find out the kinds of English phonological errors produced by English department students, particularly English consonantal sounds that do not exist in Indonesian phonetics system - [v], [?], [ð], [?], [d?], and [t?] - and the patterns of those errors. The result shows that the students produced thirty-four kinds of phonological errors and that the deviations occurred most frequently before, after, or in between vowels.

The types of communication strategies used by speaking class students with different communication apprehension levels in english department of petra christian university, surabaya

Abstract: This article reports on a study that aims to find out the types of Communication Strategies used and mostly used by students with high and low levels of Communication Apprehension and whether students with high level of Communication Apprehension used more numbers of Communication Strategies The subjects in a created classroom were asked to retell a pictorial story and a pictorial instruction The results showed that students with high Communication Apprehension level used more numbers of Communication Strategies

Craft Arts and Tourism in Ceramic Art Village of Kasongan in Yogyakarta

Abstract: Yogyakarta is one of Indonesia’s major tourist destinations. This is due to its nature, interesting, unique and fantastic ancient cultural and art sites. Creative industries and the ceramic crafts play an important role in the development of tourism in Yogyakarta. In this paper, ethnographic approach is used to describe the creative process and the ceramic crafts industry in the village of Kasongan, Yogyakarta. Based on the results of the field research, the authors conclude that the ceramic crafts tourist village of Kasongan is moving toward greater commoditization whereby the ceramics centre is now more oriented towards meeting the needs of tourist industry in Yogyakarta. Due to extensive interaction and the positive response from the general public, ceramic crafts practitioners of Kasongan experience unique and characteristic creative period. The crafters manage to negotiate between the old and the new values, in the village one can find both traditional pottery and new, creative and innovative ceramic products of export quality. Today, Kasongan is a trade mark ceramic tourism village that is entering the global era.