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Both subjects employ the same way, which is related to comprehension of the term, to solve this problem by using dictionaries. It can be seen from the
tables that the S1 spends more time than the S2 does.
3. the brass number on his collar
a. The Process Done by the S1 the brass number on his collar – nomor
lencana di kerahnya
Time Second
Code Activity
3 A514
3-second unfilled pause after reading “the brass number”
2 A515
She says, “brass number”. 1
A516 1-second unfilled pause
1 A517
She says, “ehm ehm ehm”. 7
A518 She is searching for the meaning of “brass” in an
offline bilingual dictionary Kamus2. She gets five equivalents kuningan, kurang
ajar, pembesar, alat musik tiup, and kuningan.
1 A520
1-second unfilled pause 16
A521 She is searching for the meaning of “brass” in an
offline monolingual dictionary CALD3. 1
A523 She says, “brass”.
4 A52
4-second unfilled pause 1
A524 She says, “Oxford”, while looking at her
cellphone.
18 A526-A527
She is searching for the meaning of “brass” in an offline monolingual dictionary Oxford
Dictionary on her cellphone, reading the definition, and showing her cellphone to the
webcam.
2 A528
2-second unfilled pause 1
A529 She says, “lencana”.
3 A530
3-second unfilled pause 1
A531 She says, “lencana”.
2 A532
2-second unfilled pause 8
A533 She is highlighting “brass number”.
3 A534
3-second unfilled pause 8
A535 She is searching for the meaning of “collar” in
an offline bililingual dictionary Kamus2. She gets four equivalents kerah, ban leher
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anjing dan kuda, menahan, and menangkap. 1
A537 1-second unfilled pause
7 S57
She is typing “nomor lencana di kerahnya”. 2
A538 2-second unfilled pause
4 A539
She is highlighting “nomor lencana di kerahnya”.
31 A568-A570
and A574 She is consulting Google for the meaning of
“brass number”. 2
A575-A576 She is moving to the second and third tabs on the
Mozilla Firefox. 4
A579 She is scrolling the results of “brass number” in
Google images. 5
A580-A582 She is reading the results of “brass number” in
the Google web. 9
R53 She is un-highlighting “nomor lencana di
kerahnya” and “brass number”.
The S1 spends 148 seconds solving this problem. Time Spent to Solve the Problem
Analysis Synthesis
Revision 132 seconds
7 seconds 9 seconds
The S1 uses some aids, i.e. dictionaries and the Internet, in order to help her comprehend the terms “brass” and “collar”. In doing so, she also has an
attempt to recall a specific term which is already read, learnt, and known by waiting for the terms to appear or using the aids. At the end, she considers
“lencana” as the equivalent for “brass” and “kerah” as the equivalent for “collar”.
b. The Process Done by the S2 the brass number on his collar – selempang
