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Assessment Literacy of EFL Teachers in Badung, Bali, Indonesia: Conception and Practices
Get PDFTeachers’ assessment literacy is defined as teachers’ knowledge, conception, and skills in administering classroom assessment practices. By the excellent assessment literacy, teachers could maximize students’ learning outcomes. Concerning the essential roles of teachers’ assessment literacy in instructional activities, the present study describes EFL teachers’ assessment literacy in Badung Regency, Bali. The researcher utilizes a descriptive research design, in which the required data is collected from a questionnaire and interviews. Forty-two EFL teachers responded to the questionnaire containing thirty items and then analyzed statistically and descriptively. Four representative subjects are invited to the interviews to confirm and elaborate on how EFL teachers put their assessment literacy into practice in the following stages. The present study found that the general level of EFL teachers’ assessment literacy is fair. Teachers’ professional experience, motivation, professional development, and social are essential in improving their assessment knowledge and practices.
Language and Morality: An Analysis of Gabriel Okara’s The Voice
Get PDFMan’s perceptions or worldviews about reality are conditioned and shaped by the language in which they are expressed. Thus, our knowledge of morality is expressed in the language we use. This paper examines the interrelatedness of language and morality using the matrix of Gabriel Okara’s The Voice. It explores the relationship between language and morality, and how they feature in the actual state of affairs. It utilizes the method of textual analysis and hermeneutic phenomenology in carrying out the research. It concludes that language and morality are inseparably bound together. It recommends a reappraisal of Okara's conception of language and morality within the framework of African ethics
Indonesian EFL Teachers' Perspectives of Self-Regulation in Reading
Get PDFABSTRACTIt has been a widespread belief that to be more successful readers, Indonesian EFL teachers are strongly suggested to inculcate a higher degree of self-regulation within their learners. Some researchers hold a strong belief that robust self-regulation construction will breed more proficient, well-organized, and autonomous L2 readers due to the presence of long-lasting reading learning endeavors. This present small-scale qualitative study was a further attempt to profoundly investigate Indonesian EFL teachers’ perspectives of self-regulation in reading. One major research problem was formulated in this study namely what are Indonesian EFL teachers’ specific perspectives toward the utilization of self-regulation in L2 reading activities? Responding to this proposed research problem, narrative inquiry manifested in 5 open-ended written narrative inquiry questions were addressed for 2 invited Indonesian EFL teachers graduating from English Education Master Study Program, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta. The obtained research results highly prompted all EFL teachers to be more supportive reading learning facilitators by introducing their learners to self-regulation concepts to transfigure them to become more resilient, persistent, and competent target language readers. Keywords: self-regulation, EFL teachers’ perspectives, narrative inquir
Instructor – Cadets Interaction in Maritime English Classroom (A Case Study at Politeknik Pelayaran Barombong)
Get PDFThe present study was to explore instructor-cadets interaction in maritime English classrooms. Specifically, it sought to reveal (1) the patterns of the instructor-cadets interaction in the classrooms and (2) cadets’ perception on the indicated interaction patterns. Designed to be a single-case study, the research was conducted at Politeknik Pelayaran Barombong, Makassar, one of the leading seafaring education and training institutions in East-Indonesia. The data were obtained through classroom observation and interview.As the results, the findings elucidate that (1) the patterns of the instructor-cadets interaction were categorized into one-way, two-way, multi-way traffic, even there was a new hypothetical traffic proposition “semi multi-way traffic” identified emprically besides the three traffics, and (2) based on the cadets’ perceptions toward the indicated patterns, it could be revealed that (a) they were aware of the indicated patterns and (b) there are some determinant factors of the three indicated interacton patterns, especially for the one-way traffic, i.e; having not understood the lesson materials, fear of being underestimated, teacher’s negative prejudice behavior, and being exhausted physically and psychologically by the military learning activities
Effects of Implicit and Explicit Instruction on Learning Adjective Order
Get PDFThis study tests the effect of implicit and explicit instruction in the learning of the order of adjectives for advanced second language learners of English. Ten participants were randomly divided into two groups of five each. The first group was shown grammatically correct and incorrect sentences, but were not given the details as to how the sentences were grammatically correct or incorrect. This was the group that received implicit instructions. The second group was given the same work sheet, but also received explicit instructions detailing the correct order of adjectives. Following two trails rounds, both groups were given tests with 15 tasks to assess correct placement of adjectives in a sentence. Results showed that those who received explicit instructions performed twice as well as those who received implicit instructions, making only five mistakes in total (33%), as opposed to ten mistakes made by those who had implicit instructions (66%). The most common mistakes were related to placement of the adjectives used for “opinion” and “physical quality”. The study supported the hypothesis that explicit instruction was more effective than implicit instruction in learning adjective order
Students’ Motivation on Using RuangGuru as Digital Platform in Leaning English
Get PDFThe rapid development of digital technology has changed conventional systems into modern systems, resulting in new products, systems, and platforms that can be more useful for everyone. Likewise, in the field of education, the development of E-Learning can improve the quality of learning or learning media to be more innovative and interactive. One of the most recently established and popular E-learning media is Ruangguru. Ruangguru as a digital platform in industry 4.0 can motivate students to learn English and get a positive response from students. This research examines students' motivation toward Ruangguru as a digital platform for learning English. This research was conducted using survey research, covering both quantitative and qualitative data. Data was collected using questionnaires and interviews. The findings of this study indicate that Ruangguru can motivate students in learning English
The Alignment of Assessment Tasks with Teaching Objectives and Activities Based on Bloom Taxonomy: Case Study
Get PDFAssessment plays an important role in teaching process to show students’ understanding and comprehension about the material. Good assessment task is the one which can achieve the teaching objective. Then, this research discusses about the alignment of assessment task with teaching objectives and activities on Junior High School Teacher’ lesson plan based on Bloom Taxonomy. This study uses qualitative descriptive which focuses on document analysis. In getting the data, the researcher asked the Junior High School Teacher’s lesson plan and analyzed each components based on Taxonomy Table. The results highlighted that the assessment tasks which Junior High School teacher designed do not align with teaching objectives and activities since the teacher did not break down the objectives properly even though the analysis on the Taxonomy Table shows good alignment. Further discussion is elaborated in this research
English Instructional Model Used by the Lecturers in Preparation to Teach Speaking Skill at Makassar Muhammadiyah University
No full textThe main objective of this research is to discover the instructional design model (IDM) that used by the English lecturers in preparation to teach speaking skill specifically in English Department of Makassar Muhammadiyah University. The models are ADDIE, Kemp, and ASSURE model. In addition, the efficiency of the instructional design model application by lecturers is also demonstrated in this research by the students' speaking skill achievement data. This research used mix method design. The subject of the research were 1 lecturer and 29 students from English Department of Makassar Muhammadiyah University. The instruments used interview and questionnaire (for lecturer) and test as the instrument (for students’ speaking achievement). Result of the research demonstrated that the ADDIE Model was implemented 91% of the stages, then Kemp and ASSURE models were implemented 100%. Finally, the lecturer complete 96% of the stages from the three IDM models. Then, students' speaking skill achievement presents that 10.3% of students were in the very good category, 34.4% were in the good category, 48.3% were in the average category, and 0% of students were in the poor category. So, it can be concluded from the research that when the instructional design model was effectively implemented, students' speaking skills improved significantly. This is evidenced by the absence of students who were in the poor category
Analysing EFL Students’ Approach to Translating English Advertisements
Get PDFTranslation is critical for second language acquisition in an EFL setting, much more so for people who cannot speak or understand a foreign language. Additionally, translation can aid in the educational process, particularly for elementary, junior high, and high school students. Students who are capable of precise translation will be more receptive to global knowledge, will improve their skills, and will have an open mind. Then they may think creatively and generate fresh insights and ideas. The purpose of this study is to determine the translation ability of Indonesian junior high school students when it comes to translating English ads. The current study adopts a qualitative descriptive methodology. The samples consisted of 25 grade VIII students from SMP Negeri 21 Medan. The findings discovered eight methods discussed and analyzed by the researchers. The results indicated that users of the literal method were the method which was most widely used by students with 96% of students using this method, and second was the free method with 88% of users, the third was the addition method with 72%, while fourth was the omission method with 36%, fifth position was the paraphrase method, and in the sixth to the eighth method was the explication method, the generalization method, and the concretization method respectively with each use of 0% or none used by students. The result of the research shows that the use of the literal method is more dominantly used by students and is easier to understand by students, and for other methods there are still some that have not been studied by students. Therefore, students need to continuously improve their English-speaking skills and increase their vocabulary. In addition, students also needed to learn the translation method as an important guide in carrying out translation activities
English Teachers’ Assessment Literacy in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia
Get PDFAssessment become one of the essential part in the process of teaching and learning. The influence of good assessment practices may affect the students learning outcomes. The goal of this study was to find out how well English teachers in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia were assessment literate. This research used a descriptive quantitative method which utilized purposive random sampling technique in determining the sample of this study. In obtaining the data, teachers’ assessment literacy questionnaire were used which contains 30 questions related to teachers’ assessment practices. Then, the data were analyzed using ideal mean score to determine the teacher assessment literacy level of each teacher. The result indicates that the level of English teachers’ assessment literacy in Tabanan regency was categorized as ‘fair’. In which, there were 44.4% English teachers got the ‘fair level, and 40% teachers in the level of ‘good’ out of 45 teachers who contribute to fill out the teacher assessment literacy questionnaire. Therefore, more efforts, willingness, and more practices to be able to improve the assessment literacy level of English teachers