scholarly journals Online English Comics as Reading Materials for English Language Education Department Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1359-1369
Author(s):  
A. Syahid ◽  
Ulfah Khoirotunnisa
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
English Language ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Reading Motivation ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Education Department ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
Reading Materials

<p style="text-align: justify;">Online English comic is one of reading material that can be used by students. Students should be triggered by interesting and understandable reading material to increase their reading motivation and English proficiency. The objective of this study is to discuss the benefits of online English comics as reading materials and to discover the applications and websites that are usually used by students to read online English comics. This study applied the descriptive qualitative study supported by interviews as a data-gathering technique. The results of this study showed the benefits of online English comics as reading materials. Those are adding language knowledge such as vocabulary and grammar, enhancing reading comprehension, building critical thinking, increasing creativity, and developing reading motivation. The second finding is about the applications and websites to read English comics that students prefer to read. There are some applications and websites that are usually used by students to read English comics. The applications are Webtoon and Ciayo Comic, and also the websites include Mangakakalot.com, Mangareaderapp.com, Mangazuki.info, and Mangapanda.com.</p>

scholarly journals THE USE OF CODE MIXING ON INSTAGRAM BY THE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Livia Hilda ◽  
Dewa Putu Ramendra ◽  
Gede Mahendrayana
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Education Department ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Code Mixing ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This study aimed at analyzing the use of code mixing on Instagram by the students of English Language Education Department which covered the types and the reasons of using code mixing. The design of this study was descriptive qualitative study which only focused on describing Indonesian-English code mixing used by ELE students. The participants of this study were the fourth semester students of English Language Education Department at Ganesha University of Education. The data were collected by observing the participants’ Instagram account and interviewing the participants through Google Form. The data were analyzed using the combination of some theories. Hoffman, Ho, and Muysken’s theories were combined and used to analyze the types of code mixing. Meanwhile, to analyze the reason of using code mixing, Hocket, Hoffman, and Saville-Troike’s theories were used. The result showed that most of the participants used intra-sentential type of code mixing with 107 occurrences (56%) from the total of 191 data. The result also showed that need filling motive was the reason mostly chosen by 21 (43,8%) out of 48 participants.

scholarly journals EFL LEARNERS’ CODE-SWITCHING: Why do they switch the language?

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Yuliar Masna
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
English Language ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Interaction Process ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Education Department ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Efl Learners

This qualitative study aims to figure out the factors that influence EFL learners’ code-switching. In collecting data, a semi-structured interview was conducted in which involved five EFL learners as the participants. Those participants were selected through the purposive sampling method: being second-semester students of the English Language Education Department of Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry, and taking Basic Speaking class. Semi-structured interviewed was applied to collect the data needed. The finding of this study showed that all participants employed code-switching in their class. The reasons for EFL learners’ code-switching were influenced by participants’ roles and relationships, selected topics, and interactions. Thus, code-switching was regarded as a useful strategy that helped the learners convey their ideas to be fully understood and meaningful in the interaction process.

scholarly journals Improving Students’ English Speaking Skill By Using Their Speaking Video Recording

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Suadi Suadi Suadi
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Education Department ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Class A ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Speaking Skill

The background of the study was the phenomenon of the first semester students of class A English Language Education Department at STAIN Mandailing Natal. Most of them were seldom using English in everyday activity because they did not have enough motivation, adequate vocabulary, and self-confidence. To activate their speaking skill ability, it was used their speaking video recording. By this, they did not only speak, but also involved in correcting, commenting and evaluating their performance in speaking skill. It was productive solution to overcome their problem. The respondents of this study were 15 first semester students Class A English language Education department in STAIN Mandailing Natal. This study was categorized into Class Action Research (CAR). The method of data collection used in this study was form test of speaking video recording which was measuring seven aspects of speaking skill, they were (1) pronunciation, (2) fluency, (3) word choice, (4) structure, (5) self-confidence, (6) teamwork and (7) creativity. The result of cycle 1 showed that the students’ average score in speaking skill was 7.2. In the cycle 2, the students achieved far better average score namely 8.4. It means there was a progress on students’ speaking skill achievement after learning through speaking video recording. The conclusion was the use of speaking video recording was able to improve the students’ speaking ability because they were brave, motivated and interested to express English as the way they wanted it.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INFOGRAPHICS IN SPEAKING FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION COURSE

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Ketut Lingga Bimantara ◽  
I Putu Ngurah Wage Myartawan ◽  
Kadek Sintya Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Primary Component ◽  
Education Department ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Speaking Skill

This study aimed to observe the implementation of infographics in speaking for social interaction course and analyze students' responses toward infographics implementation.  This study used an embedded mixed-method design with qualitative dominant in which the primary component is qualitative and the supporting component is quantitative. This study was conducted in English Language Education Department of Ganesha University especially in speaking for social interaction course. The results showed that in implementing infographics in the speaking class, the lecturer used infographics in pre-activity, whilst-activity, post-activity. The researcher found the use of infographics only once in pre-activity as brainstorming media, twice in whilst activity as the practice for students to know the capability of the students' speaking skill, and the rest of the meetings the lecturer used the infographics in post-activity as evaluation. Additionally, the implementation of infographics in post-activity also got positive responses from most of the students.  Majority of the students stated that the use of infographics was very beneficial in supporting students to speak better.

Students’ View on Using Online Application to Work on Online Assignment

SELTICS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-29
Author(s):  
Nuraeni Nuraeni ◽  
Ita Suryaningsih ◽  
Sitti Aisyah
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Education Department ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Online Application ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Online Assignments

This research aimed to examine students’ views on using online applications, particularly Edmodo to do online assignments (e-assignment). This study was conducted at Universitas Muslim Maros in the English language education department. Eight students joined as the participants voluntarily.  This research used qualitative research with a semi-structured interview method. Data were recorded then transcribed. The data then were analyzed using thematic analysis. The result showed that most participants were engaged to work on their assignments online. Positive views were given by the participants as they gained effective learning through the online assignment. However, some students felt the pressure when doing online learning. The big problems are a low internet connection and the use of timer features.

scholarly journals ATTITUDES OF EFL STUDENTS REGARDING LEARNER AUTONOMY IN ENGLISH VOCABULARY ACQUISITION

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
I Putu Andre Suhardiana
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Education Department ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Learning English

Practical English communication for EFL students is wholly based on their vocabulary. However, learner autonomy (LA) is critical for EFL students’ vocabulary acquisition. The purpose of this research is to find out the viewpoints of students regarding LA when it comes to acquiring English vocabulary. There were 100 students from the college majoring in English Language Education Department completed the closed questionnaire, and 7 students participated in semistructured interviews. The research established that while participants intellectually recognized the relevance of LA in learning English vocabulary, they demonstrated a lack of interest in LA in learning English vocabulary on an emotional and behavioral level. These findings may help explain how to improve English teaching and learning, particularly English vocabulary teaching, in the context of other comparable EFL and research.

scholarly journals CURRICULUM INNOVATION: SHOULD ESP BE GIVEN AS AN ELECTIVE OR COMPULSORY COURSE? (A CASE IN INDONESIA)

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-232
Author(s):  
Dwi Dwi Poedjiastutie ◽  
Cahya Intan Syafinaz
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Curriculum Innovation ◽  
Education Department ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
The University

English Language Education Department (ELED) at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM) is educational department that has objectives to prepare competent future English teachers. Several elective courses are offered for sixth-semester students in order to equip its graduates with the skills that students may choose amongst Translation, Bussiness English, English for Young Learners, and American Studies. This issues are interesting especially the need for the ESP as an elective course arises from the inadequacy of ESP teachers’ professional skills, training, and experiences that may cause teachers lacking of ESP teaching capacity.The researcher used descriptive qualitative research in order to get in depth and detail information in the form of a description about the reasons of ELED UMM not providing ESP as an elective course. Three researcher have interviewed the Director of Language Center (LC) UMM, ESP lecturer, and  Secretary of ELED UMM. The research finding showed that ELED UMM focuses on producing the English teachers for secondary education not at a tertiary level. To respond on the needs of professional ESP teachers, ELED UMM offers TEFL (Teaching English as Foreign Language) course as a compulsory course which ESP materials have been integrated.

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