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IMPACTS OF CLASSROOM’S MOBILE LEARNING: CAN SMARTPHONE SUPPORT STUDENTS’ COLLABORATION?
Get PDFThe trend of facilitating technological devices for students in the classroom still becomes controversial among teachers, whether these devices can be effectively applied or conversely. This study aims at revealing students’ collaboration effectiveness using smartphones. 528 teachers of primary and secondary schools in Sleman District, Indonesia involved as the respondents. Data collection used self-rated questionnaire indicating teachers’ perceptions and was analyzed by descriptive and factor analysis tests. The results confirmed that learning and discussion with peer, comfortableness with learning activity, dynamic learning atmosphere, mutual appreciation when giving feedback, mutual respect with peer, and collective usage encourages a good habit of learning descriptively engaged students’ collaboration effectiveness, whereas one factor, peer’s social relationships with teachers gain better showed its ineffectiveness. Further, the principal component sequentially adjudged the position of seven perceived factors with the Eigenvalue and the factorial analyses affirmed two rooted components with a total factor of 72.97%, where component 1 gained 67.16% and component 2 gained 5.81%. Using smartphones coherently need an exploration and an engagement through the social mechanism to support students’ learning activities
THE PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ REFLECTION IN ENGLISH FOR YOUNG LEARNERS TEACHING PRACTICE
Get PDFThis study aimed to explore the use of self-reflection for the pre-service teachers (PSTs) in an English for Young Learners teaching practicum. Through conducting classroom observation, semi-structured interview, and document analysis, the result of this study revealed that PSTs are able to develop their teaching knowledge and teaching skills in term of classroom management, language pedagogy, and preparation trough having self-reflection. Further, the usage of video recording provides self-critical and continuity for the pre-service teacher. Teaching reflection is projected to improve the teaching practice. Doing reflection in teaching practice is immensely important for professional development as student teachers are prepared to be a professional educator. As a result, the implication of this study will be further discussed
PRONUNCIATION LEARNING, PARTICIPATION, AND ATTITUDE ENHANCEMENT THROUGH MOBILE ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (MALL)
Get PDF: A mobile application, Tflat English Pronunciation, is proposed in the teaching of pronunciation for it possesses features that can assist students when learning how to enunciate English words and identify English phonemic symbols. Thus, this study presents the results of the implementation of Tflat English Pronunciation mobile courseware to gain the ability of the first semester students of English Study Program Politeknik Negeri Jember in pronouncing English words. This study is a collaborative classroom action research. Thirty students enrolling in Pronunciation class at English Study Program Politeknik Negeri Jember were taken as the source of data. The result showed that the materials and practices in Tflat courseware could enrich students' pronunciation learning, improve their participation, and nurture a positive attitude toward technological learning. The findings of this study also depict the potential and power of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) to encourage students to engage in classroom activities and monitor their learning. Hence, it can be concluded that MALL is pivotal and can be one alternative to facilitate students’ pronunciation learning.
INVESTIGATING ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDENTS’ READING PREFERENCES
Get PDFThis study aimed to determine students' preferences for their reading materials and dig out the benefits of their reading preferences. A descriptive research design was applied in this study. Two instruments were employed to obtain the data, namely a questionnaire and an interview guide. The subjects of this study were 35 third semester students of the English Language Education Department. These participants were selected by using a simple random sampling technique. In the data collection procedure, the participants filled in the questionnaire. Then, three of the participants were selected further to be interviewed. The data were then analyzed by calculating each item in the survey to obtain the final result in the form of a percentage, transcribing, and examining the interview result. The findings found that most of the students preferred novels as their reading material with 54,2%. Furthermore, as many as 31,4% preferred the genre of fiction. Several benefits from having their own preference in reading constitute (1) the students were able to comprehend the content of the reading material easily, (2) the students got more interested in reading, (3) the students gained broader knowledge, and (4) the students got attached to and focused on the text. Overall, this study implies that English language education students preferred novels as their reading material and fiction as their favored genre. These findings also signified that the students could gain many benefits from their preferences
The correlations among English language exposure, learning motivation, and reading comprehension achievement of high school students in Palembang
Get PDFLanguage exposure and learning motivation are two of the most essential aspects in learning any language. In English language acquisition, the development of these two components facilitates the development of other language skills, such as reading comprehension. In turn, reading comprehension is one of the significant indicators of fluency in second or foreign language acquisition. If a correlation can be determined between either language exposure or learning motivation and the development of reading comprehension, educators and specialists can focus their efforts on increasing these predictor variables in curriculum development to further reading comprehension and, ultimately, fluency. This study focused on the reading comprehension of senior high school students in Palembang, Indonesia and sought to find out whether or not there was any significant correlation between students’ English language exposure and reading comprehension, students’ learning motivation and reading comprehension, and among the predictor variables (English language exposure, learning motivation) and the criterion variable (reading comprehension). The samples of this study were 210 eleventh graders in SMA Unggulan, a high-performing senior high school in Palembang. The data were analyzed by using correlational and regression analyses. The findings showed significant positive correlations among English language exposure, learning motivation, and reading comprehension. The contribution of English language exposure to reading comprehension was 41.8%, while the contribution of learning motivation to reading comprehension was 51.7%. Moreover, the contribution of predictor variables to the criterion variable was 58.9%
Improving students’ ability to analyze discourse through the moodle-based blended learning method
Get PDFThe Covid-19 pandemic period requires online learning in Discourse Analysis Courses that are not bound by place and time by providing interactive activities and supported by complete teaching materials. The learning method is the Moodle-based Blended Learning method. This study aims to describe the results of increasing the ability to analyze discourse through the moodle-based blended learning method in the Master Program of Indonesia Language Education, University of Bengkulu. The research method used is a classroom action research method with the model of Kemmis, McTaggart, & Nixon. Data collection techniques used are tests, observation, interviews, and documentation. The data analysis technique used qualitative data analysis and quantitative data analysis and the determination of the indicators for the success of the action. Test the validity of the data used triangulation of data sources and member check. The results showed an increase in activeness, motivation, independence, and student learning outcomes, especially in analyzing discourse after the application of the moodle-based blended learning method. Increasing active, motivated students and the emergence of independence through synchronous activities used Zoom Cloud Meeting and asynchronous activities through Moodle on the website https://elearning.unib.ac.id/ and assisted by Whatsapp. The increase was seen in learning outcomes in analyzing discourse, especially the ability to analyze the description, interpretation, and explanation of cycle 1 with an average value of 77.3 with the criteria B + increased in cycle 2 of 80.75 with criteria A-
NEEDS ANALYSIS-BASED ENGLISH SYLLABUS FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS OF BINA DARMA UNIVERSITY
Get PDFThis study aims to design an appropriate English syllabus for computer science students of Bina Darma University. This study analyzes the needs of students using Target Situation Analysis (TSA), Deficiency Analysis (DA), and Strategy Analysis (SA). Descriptive analysis approach method is used in this study. There were 61 students in the second semester of Bina Darma Palembang majoring in computers, 1 lecturer and director of the institute involved in this study. Data were collected obtained from questionnaires, interview, observation, and documents review. The results show that the target needs are speaking and writing skill. The two language basic skills get a large portion in the preparation of the English syllabus. In addition, students need a learning process to focus more on practice than theory. The learning process also needs to be integrated with technology to make classroom activities more interesting. Finally, this study proposes a syllabus that is recommended to use in the institution.
English teachers’ knowledge on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
Get PDFThe Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) has been embodied in the 2013 curriculum by the government of Indonesia, in which aims every individual in Indonesia has good skills at critical thinking, creative thinking, collaboration, and communication to face life in the 21st century. Therefore, the English teachers in Indonesia should have good knowledge of HOTS to teach their students. This study aims to investigate the knowledge of the Junior High School (JHS) and Senior High School English (SHS) English teachers on HOTS in Bengkulu province. Data obtained by providing a questionnaire containing questions with four answer choices (strongly agree, agree, disagree, and strongly disagree) in the form of Google form to 69 JHS English teachers and 74 SHS English teachers in Bengkulu province. The data were analyzed using simple statistics by calculating the average value of all answers from all question items and categorized them into Very Good (3.26-4.0), Good (2.6-3.25), Less Good (1.76-2.5), and Very Poor (1-1.75). The results of this study revealed that the level of knowledge of English teachers in Bengkulu Province on HOTS is in a good category (3.24) for JHS teachers and very good (3.31) for SHS teachers. These findings give contributions related to the knowledge of JHS and SHS English teachers in Bengkulu Province about HOTS
A study on students' needs in learning English for pharmacy (A starting point to design innovative syllabus)
Get PDFThis study aims to discover the needs of pharmacy students as an input to design an ESP syllabus. The needs analyses were conducted by distributing questionnaires to and interviewing the respondents. The responses were analyzed based on a comprehensive concept of need analysis proposed by Dudley-Evans and St. John. The findings showed that most students consider themselves poor in vocabulary and weak in speaking, listening, writing, and pronunciation. Hence, it is crucial to improve their skills to enable them from communicating effectively with foreign patients and avoiding misunderstanding which may happen when interacting with foreign patients. Therefore, developing an appropriate ESP syllabus for pharmacy course could be possibly developed based on these findings and the theory of material development
THE LANGUAGE FEATURES OF MALE AND FEMALE BEAUTY INFLUENCERS IN YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Get PDFNowadays, the beauty community has a rapid growth of beauty influencers from both genders. The language style that is used on each gender has its own features and characteristics that can be explored from video sharing platform, YouTube. The aim of this study is to find the language features and distinctive characteristics of the male and female beauty influencers and the differences of comments from their audience. The writer applies qualitative research method by using text analysis of the video script. The data shows that male and female beauty influencers have shown differences in their features and characteristic of language. Men beauty influencers tend to be more straightforward and directive. They also use a more plain and simple words. On the other hand, the women beauty influencers are more polite and intimate in using language. This study is hoped to be the foundation for further research in the same topic of language feature in gendered community within limited topic especially in this modern era