5 research outputs found
Teachers' strategies in using teaching and learning resources to facilitate students' English language learning : a focus in West Sumatran primary schools, Indonesia
No full textThis study examined Indonesian teachers' strategies for using English teaching and learning resources in the context of English as a foreign languagean elective subject-as taught in West Sumatran primary schools. The strategies reflected the important role of teachers in facilitating young students' English language learning. This study was considered against a background of critical concerns about teachers' competence, applicability of current teaching methods, and appropriateness of materials used for teaching English, which were central to debates in the context of the 1994 national curriculum system. To identify teachers' strategies, teachers' views on issues of socio-culture, curriculum, and their teaching experience were examined in relation to the ways in which they managed their classrooms. Their students' participation in classroom activities was also examined in relation to the effectiveness of the teachers' strategies. Examining these resource-use strategies could suggest a more comprehensive framework for understanding teachers' decision making, which incorporates contextual factors as well as traditional curriculum and teaching practices. It could also enhance primary school English programs. Study data were based on a questionnaire, interviews and classroom observation sessions, collected over two school terms from March to November 2001, in private and public primary schools in the city of Padang and surrounding cities in West Sumatra province, Indonesia. Of the 147 teachers who responded to the questionnaire, 14 also participated in a number of interviews and classroom observations. The study results indicated that teachers' strategies in teaching English and their use of teaching and learning resources to facilitate students' English language learning reflected the significance of particular aspects of socio-culture, curriculum, and teachers' teaching experiences. The importance of socio-culture was indicated through the teachers' consideration of the students' backgrounds, the contextual background, and their own background. Several curriculum components were emphasised within their teaching. Teachers' teaching experiences were reflected in their application to their resource use of their knowledge of and familiarity with the aspects identified. These aspects were reflected in the ways in which teachers managed classroom teaching and learning activities, as indicated through certain types of teacher talk, classroom interaction, and classroom organisation. The influence of these aspects was also indicated in students' responses to teachers' classroom management. Students' responses reflected their language development and acquisition process, their personalities in classroom interaction, and their learning strategies; and provided insights into how classroom activities and English teaching and learning resources were effectively managed
An Analysis of Students’ Errors In Transforming Active Into Passive Sentences at Bung Hatta University English Department
No full textThis research aims to investigate students’ errors in transforming active into passive sentences of simple past tense. This research is descriptive. The population of this research was the second-year students at Bung Hatta University English Department. A total sampling technique was applied in this research where there were 30 students involved in this study. The instrument for collecting the data was a writing test. To make the test reliable the researcher used the inter-rater technique. It was found that the reliability index of the test was 0.99 (very high correlation), which means that the test is reliable. The writing test is valid in terms of content because it covered all materials that students had learned. The result of this test showed that students make 1134.5 errors. It can be classified from the highest to the lowest errors: such as misformation (47.55%), misordering (26.80%), omission (23.45%), and addition (2.20%). This study recommends some future research to find out what the best solutions are to manage the best teaching practices to minimize the students’ errors in writin
New Learning Adaptation of the Online-Offline Courses
No full textBased on the current study, this paper aims to discuss how students managed their new learning adaptation in online-offline learning activities in continuous semesters as their efforts to achieve the learning objectives, namely English Proficiency, according to the general objectives of the course and characteristics. This study explored how students deal with some problems on their online courses independently to meet course objectives. The study reflected how students engaged in learning problems in a shocking moment that occurred in the first quarter of 2020 at the start of the covid-19 pandemic that suddenly moved traditional face-to-face classrooms to multiple online learning systems. This study found that students practiced their strategies in such critical situations to develop their competencies to meet course objectives. This research was qualitative. The students’ responses collected from a series of questionnaires distributed while attending several semi-online courses managed by researchers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the Bachelor Program of the English Education Department, Bung Hatta University and the Counseling Department of IAIN Batusangkar, semester I academic year 2021/2022 (August 2021-January 2022) were the data of the research. This study has paid a special concern for teaching and learning management in the coming semesters in the midst of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. This study identified how students adapt to online learning with conditions: (1) the support for the availability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) facilities in the environment where they live, and (2) the influence of the culture and social characteristics of the place where they liveArtikel ini melaporkan hasil penelitian bagaimana mahasiswa mengelola adaptasi baru pembelajaran dalam konteks kegiatan pembelajaran online-offline secara berkelanjutan dalam kondisi pandemi covid-19 sebagai upaya mereka untuk mencapai tujuan pembelajaran, yaitu Kemahiran Bahasa Inggris, sesuai dengan tujuan dan karakteristik mata kuliah. Artikel ini merangkum seperti apa mahasiswa menghadapi kendala pada perkuliahan daring-luring mereka secara mandiri untuk mencapai tujuan perkuliahan. Pada penelitian ini dicerminkan bagaimana mahasiswa terlibat dalam beradaptasi pembelajaran dalam kondisi pandemi covid-19 yang memindahkan ruang kelas tradisional tatap muka ke beberapa sistem pembelajaran daring yang terjadi sejak kuartal pertama tahun 2020. Dalam penelitian ini juga dilaporkan bahwa mahasiswa menggunakan strategi mereka untuk beradaptasi dalam situasi kritis seperti itu dalam mengembangkan kompetensi sebagaimana tujuan mata kuliah.Penelitian ini bersifat kualitatif. Data penelitian ini berupa tanggapan mahasiswa yang dikumpulkan dari kuesioner yang dibagikan saat mengikuti beberapa mata kuliah semi online yang dikelola oleh peneliti selama pandemi covid-19 yang sedang berlangsung pada Program Sarjana Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Universitas Bung Hatta dan Konseling IAIN Batusangkar, semester I tahun ajaran 2021/2022 (Agustus 2021-Januari 2022). Kajian ini menjadi perhatian khusus dalam manajemen belajar-mengajar selama semester di tengah pandemi covid-19 yang sedang berlangsung ini. Kajian ini mengidentifikasi bagaimana mahasiswa beradaptasi dengan pembelajaran daring-luring dengan kondisi (1) dukungan ketersediaan sarana Teknologi Informatika Komunikasi (TIK) di lingkungan tempat tinggalnya, dan (2) pengaruh budaya dan karakteristik sosial tempat tinggalnya
The Senior High School Students’ Grammar Mastery on Their Speaking Ability
No full textStudi ini meneliti hubungan antara kemampuan tata bahasa dan kinerja berbicara di antara siswa kelas dua di sekolah menengah atas SMAN 2 Koto Baru, yang dimotivasi oleh pengamatan bahwa banyak siswa mengalami kesulitan dalam komunikasi lisan meskipun telah bertahun-tahun belajar bahasa Inggris. Dengan menggunakan desain penelitian korelasional, data dikumpulkan dari 30 siswa menggunakan tes tata bahasa pilihan ganda dan penilaian kinerja berbicara. Indeks reliabilitas tes tersebut masing-masing adalah 0,85 dan 0,97. Analisis data mengungkapkan korelasi positif yang signifikan secara statistik (r = 0,65), melebihi nilai r kritis 0,361 pada tingkat 0,05 (df = 28). Temuan ini menunjukkan bahwa siswa dengan kemahiran tata bahasa yang lebih kuat cenderung memiliki kinerja yang lebih baik dalam tugas berbicara. Namun, tingkat keterampilan yang sedang juga dapat menunjukkan pengaruh faktor instruksional seperti praktik komunikasi yang terbatas, kecemasan, dan lingkungan belajar yang berpusat pada guru. Studi ini menyoroti perlunya pendekatan yang terintegrasi, komunikatif, dan kaya umpan balik terhadap pengajaran tata bahasa dan berbicara di kelas bahasa Inggris dalam konteks yang serupa dengan studi ini
STUDENTS’ READING ABILITY OF NARRATIVE TEXTS (A STUDY AT SMAN 2 VII KOTO SUNGAI SARIAK OF PADANG PARIAMAN REGENCY)
No full textThis descriptive research aimed to assess the reading comprehension abilities of students regarding narrative texts at SMAN 2 VII Koto Sungai Sariak of Padang Pariaman regency. The study utilized stratified cluster random sampling to select a sample of 60 students and collected data through a reading test. The study revealed that the students' overall ability to read narrative texts was low. Specifically, 65% of the students struggled to comprehend narrative texts. Within the narrative text components, 51% of students had difficulty understanding the orientation, 63% had trouble with the complication, 55% struggled with the resolution, and 67% found the reorientation challenging. Despite these difficulties, the study highlighted issues with students' learning motivation and the effectiveness of teaching strategies within the context of the current curriculum implementation, Kurikulum Merdeka. The study suggests that English teachers should revise narrative text lesson materials and teaching strategies to enhance student engagement and motivation, particularly for the Kurikulum Merdeka program. It also recommends vocabulary development and investigating students' reading difficulties for effective interventions
