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OPTIMIZING STUDENT REASONING THROUGH READING LITERACY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF E-LKPD IN THE TOURISM CONTEXT
Full text linkThis research aims to develop and evaluate the practicality of interactive Electronic Student Worksheet (E-LKPD) to support increasing students' reasoning competence toward reading literacy in a tourism context via the Blogspot platform. This research is development research that combines qualitative and quantitative approaches. The method used is the Jolly and Bolitho development method. Steps taken include the following: (1) identifying material needs, (2) exploring needs, (3) contextual realization, (4) pedagogical realization, (5) material products, and (6) evaluating material according to objectives. This research involved Indonesian language teachers and 62 seventh-grade students at SMPN 20 Palembang as the research subjects. Data collection methods use interviews, questionnaires, and tests. Qualitative data analysis uses a descriptive approach, while qualitative data is analyzed using Likert scale calculations. The results of distributing the needs analysis questionnaire to students indicated that 60.32% strongly agreed, while 33.44% agreed to develop E-LKPD. Product validation was carried out by three validators, namely content validators, content suitability, and language, with a total validation value of 86.67% (very valid). The product feasibility test scored 89.16% (very practical) in the small group test. The effectiveness test for E-LKPD relied on pretest results, which averaged 61.42, and posttest results, averaging 74.85. There was a significant increase in the 2-tailed results (0.000<0.5). The results indicate that the developed E-LKPD can enhance students' reading literacy skills.
IMPLEMENTING BLOOM’S TAXONOMY IN THE ENGLISH CURRICULUM UNDER MERDEKA BELAJAR PROGRAM
No full textEducation in Indonesia in the 5.0 era utilizes the MBKM English Education Curriculum, which is a modification of the 2013 English Education Curriculum. According to the 2019 PISA survey, Indonesia ranked 74th out of 79, indicating that the cognitive development of Indonesian children remains relatively low. The "Merdeka Belajar" (Independent Learning) strategy is a transformative step in education aimed at producing superior Indonesian human resources who embody the Pancasila student profile. This concept of independent learning emphasizes the cognitive growth of students, requiring them to think critically using their logical abilities. Bloom's Taxonomy can be interpreted as a hierarchical structure that classifies learning capabilities from the lowest to the highest levels. The cognitive, psychomotor, and affective elements are included in Bloom's three categories to categorize human learning activities. Students' intellectual capacities are developed within the cognitive domain, their skills within the psychomotor domain, and their attitudes and behaviors within the emotional domain. The problem formulation that the researcher will examine involves the implementation, factors, and impacts of Bloom's Taxonomy in the application of the MBKM English Education Curriculum in University institutions. This research employs a descriptive qualitative method, which is divided into three stages: data reduction, data presentation, and verification
REAPING THE AFFORDANCES AND CONSTRAINTS OF CANVAS-DRIVEN ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE DISCUSSION BOARDS (AODBs)
Full text linkAbstract: Asynchronous online discussion board (AODB) has turned into a crucial tool for online and blended learning, as well as some in-class teaching contexts, in higher education (HE). Despite not being initially designed for teaching, it is now prominently featured as a learning autonomy promoter. This research is henceforth crucial due to the dearth of comprehensive assessments of how a technology enables lecturers to tote out the AODB-related activities. Employing technology affordance framework helped shape this study’s discoveries. Via the 16-week observations on the five lecturers’ AODBs in Canvas LMS, this study put together four supporting features, enabling this study to capture lecturers’ efforts to set up AODBs for pedagogical process. There are instruction pages, settings, search entries for authors, replies and likes. These features led this study to lump together the interview data from three lecturers into four affordances of Canvas-mediated AODB (consisting of collaboration, flexibility, knowledge record, and monitoring and assessment) and two constraints (mobile accessibility and usability for grading). The disclosure of Canvas-mediated AODBs’ affordances and constraints may introduce some brand-new details to the realm of discussion in education. Even so, further study scrutinizing various platforms and employing a variety of lecturer profiles is highly encouraged in order to result in a wider range of facts regarding AODB in HE
INNOVATIVE ENGLISH TEACHING STRATEGIES: IMPLEMENTING TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Full text linkWriting skills are one of the essential components in mastering a language, apart from other linguistic skills. Writing demands a profound understanding of language structure, particularly grammar. The current junior high school (SMP) curriculum integrates grammar materials into various learning modules, often causing students to be unaware that they are learning grammatical concepts. This development research aims to design an effective grammar learning module, with the hope to (1) facilitate students' understanding of grammatical concepts, (2) enhance student's writing skills with an emphasis on grammatical aspects, (3) assess the suitability of the learning module with the writing learning needs at the junior high school level, and (4) obtain feedback from educators and students regarding the implementation of the module in schools in Bekasi City. This research adopts the Research and Development (R&D) model following the 4-D model stages: definition, design, development, and dissemination. Data collection was conducted through interviews and questionnaires. Experts in content, media, and language performed module validation. The research results indicate that the implementation of the grammar learning module can have a positive impact on improving students' writing skills, as reflected in the increased writing test scores
CROSS CULTURAL SPEECH ACTS OF INDIRECT REQUEST IN AN EFL CONTEXT
No full textThis research aims to investigate the cross cultural among the L2 students that they have problems on indirect request in EFL context. The participants are students come from 2 different region between Malang, East Java and Palembang, South Sumatera. The indication of this research is the students were facing lacks on using L2 during their written area. This study uses written role play by DCT, to test how they were respond or analyze the questions were given. The participants from two different regions have different style to express their utterances in answering the questions. The results of this research that Javanese participants tend to explain everything in accordance to their manner, different from Sumatera which more answer directly. In different situation, for asking a help, Javanese participants are using hedged performative and later query prepatory, while Sumateran participants tend to using query prepatory to get a help. By mutual relationship situation, the Javanese participants use hedged performative and aware having closed relation, while the Sumatera participants are query prepatory strategy applied. Finally, from this research, it can be inffered that Java participants use strategy in giving respond, while Sumatera reduce kinship for respond situation
CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE IN MABA BELO SELEMBAR DIALOGUE OF KARONESE CULTURE
Full text linkAbstract: Implicit meaning or supplementary meaning of the speaker's speech is revealed by implicature analysis, a technique employed in pragmatics. This research is expected to provide a deeper understanding of implicatures in the Karonese language and can assist in preserving the Karonese language and culture. The research method used in this research is the descriptive-analytical method. The data used in this study were obtained from video recordings of Maba Belo Selambar conversations taken from youtube. Descriptive qualitative analysis was used to analyze the social phenomena in depth and comprehensively, explaining or describing these phenomena in detail. The data analysis would be based on the implications developed by Grice in exploring cooperative communication in conversation and using Jakobson's theory of language function to see the implications of the conversation. The writer found 35 pieces of data that consist of implicacies based on the function of language. After analyzing the data, the researcher finds that the metalinguistic function (15 data) is the most dominant, followed by the comparative function (11 data), the referential function (6 data points), the phonic function (2 data) and the poetic function (1 data). The author found that the use of language functions in metalinguistics was more likely to be used because the speakers on both sides threw structured, ethical language codes at the event
THE IMPACT OF EFL TEACHERS' CREATIVE SELF-EFFICACY AND SELF-ESTEEM ON CREATIVE TEACHING
Full text linkABSTRACT. Investigating the contribution of teachers' creative self-efficacy and self-esteem is crucial for enhancing creative teaching practices, particularly within the framework of Indonesia's Merdeka curriculum, which emphasizes the development of students' creativity and innovative skills. This research aimed to find out how is the contribution of teachers’ self –efficacy and self –esteem to creative teaching by using multiple regression analysis techniques. The participants of this research were six EFL teachers from senior high school Lengayang. Questionnaires and observation checklist were the instruments in this research. The results show that creative self-efficacy positively and significantly contributes to creative teaching, indicating that higher creative self-efficacy leads to better creative teaching practices. On the other hand, teachers' self-esteem contributes negatively creative teaching, suggesting that excessively high self-esteem may hinder creativity in teaching. Meanwhile, creative self-efficacy and self-esteem simultaneously contributes 81.2 percent towards creative teaching. Fostering these creative behaviors can create an engaging and supportive learning environment, enhancing student outcomes. Social support from principals and colleagues, along with a positive school climate, is crucial in boosting teachers' self-esteem and creative self-efficacy, thereby improving the quality of teaching and learning.
FIELD EXPERIENCE CHALLENGES: EXPLORING THE DIFFICULTIES OF PPG ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDENTS AT FKIP UIR, PEKANBARU
No full textThis research aims to determine the difficulties of English Language Education PPG students at FKIP UIR in carrying out the field experience program in Pekanbaru, Riau. This research is a type of descriptive research that uses a qualitative approach. The subjects of this research were 10 students of PPG English education at FKIP UIR who were carrying out a field experience program in Pekanbaru in the 2023/2024 academic year. Data collection in this research used a questionnaire technique and the data analysis technique used a percentage test. Based on the results of data analysis, it was found that the difficulties of PPG English Language Education FKIP UIR students in carrying out lesson opening activities were classified as low, the difficulties in mastering the learning material were classified as low, the difficulties in applying educational learning strategies were classified as moderate, the difficulties in applying the scientific approach were classified as moderate, the difficulties The use of learning resources and media is relatively low, the difficulty in involving students in learning is very low, and the difficulty in carrying out lesson closing activities is very low. Overall, the level of difficulty for English Language Education PPG students at FKIP UIR in carrying out PPL is relatively low with a difficulty which shows that PPG English language education students at FKIP UIR Pekanbaru Riau do not experience difficulties in implementing it
LECTURERS’ READINESS AND INTENTIONS FOR AI INTEGRATION IN INDONESIAN AND INDIAN ELL CLASSROOM
No full textInvestigating the readiness and intention of the lecturers for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in English language learning is the goal of this study. The questionnaire, online interview, and focus group discussion were all used in the this mixed-methods designed research to collect data. Finding out the lecturers’ readiness and their intentions on the use of AI applications into their English classrooms are the main points of emphasis. There were 29 English Department lecturers were involved, 11 lecturers from Indonesia (5 males and 6 females) and 18 lecturers from India (6 males and 12 females). It was identified that the lecturers have high readiness in infusing AI into the English language learning classroom. Their readiness was supported by the identified efforts that the lecturers had performed. Then, it was also figured out that the lecturers have positive intention to infuse AI into their English class.
FACTORS AFFECTING NURSING STUDENTS’ HESITANCY TO SPEAK ENGLISH: A STUDY AT UNIVERSITAS PELITA HARAPAN
Full text linkProficiency in spoken English is commonly seen as avital aspect of language learning. Regrettably, a significant portion of ESP learners exhibit reluctance to engage in oral communication inside the language learning classroom, which can be attributed to various reasons. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the relationship among linguistic factor, psychological factor, and sociocultural factor on nursing students’ hesitancy to engage in oral communication exercises. The data were collected using a questionnaire, while the association between variables was tested using the Gamma statistical test. The participants of this study consisted of second-year nursing students in a private university in Tangerang. The sample was determined using the convenience sampling technique, which yielded a total of 195 respondents. A noteworthy correlation had been observed between the linguistic factors (p-value 0.001), psychological factor (p-value 0.001), and sociocultural factor (p-value 0,004) in connection to nursing students’ hesitancy. The correlation between factors is moderately strong, with the variables of all factors indicating a positive association with reluctance. Consequently, the higher the factors, the greater the nursing students’ willingness to speak English, and vice versa. The lecturers should hence foster a safe and accepting environment in the classroom through fostering connections between themselves and the students