scholarly journals COMMUNICATIVE REPERTOIRES USED BY STUDENTS WITH MULTICULTURAL BACKGROUNDS IN ESL WRITING CLASSROOM

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 835-843
Author(s):  
Firman Parlindungan ◽  
Lia Lisyati
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Writing Classroom ◽  
Esl Writing ◽  
Teaching Culture ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Additional Reference ◽  
Data Collections

Purpose of the study: The objective of this study is to describe the communicative repertoires used by students with multicultural backgrounds in an ESL writing classroom. We drew upon the notion of communicative repertoires and English as an International Language (EIL) to explain how gestures, turn-taking habits, and different dialects shaped the interaction among students during the process of English language learning. Methodology: The research method was a case study in which classroom observation, field notes, interviews, and documentation were carried out as the tools for data collections. The data were then analyzed qualitatively and were discussed within various perspectives from scholars in the related discipline to explain the findings of this study.   Main Findings: We found that the participants used some forms of communicative repertoires (i.e., gestures, turn-takings, and dialects) that are culturally-bound to their own heritage culture. Although the use of these traits was perceived differently among students, these communicative repertoires leveraged their English learning process situated within a dynamic bidirectional classroom interaction. Applications of this study: This study is applicable in a classroom in which students are from different cultural backgrounds. It might also be useful for a teacher who experiences teaching English for students who are culturally different from her/him. In a wider context, this study can be an additional reference for some areas of English Language Teaching (ELT) disciplines like teaching writing skills or teaching culture.  Novelty/Originality of this study: The findings suggest that English teachers and students need to recognize non-linguistic elements of interaction as tools to heighten the awareness of using the language for learning. The goal is not to achieve elegant language performance, but to widen opportunities in demonstrating communicative competences, so intelligibility can be achieved.

scholarly journals Investigating Teacher’s Sense of Humor in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Dzakia Tunnisa ◽  
Murni Mahmud ◽  
Kisman Salija
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Effective Interaction ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Data Collections

This study investigates the use of humor in teaching English in an English course in Indonesia. It aimed to find out the kinds of humor employed by the teacher and to explore the students’ perspectives toward it. This study employed a qualitative research design and focused on one English course in Makassar, Indonesia. One teacher and one class consisting of seven students were taken as respondents. Data collections relied on observation and interview. Five meetings of classroom interaction were observed and recorded. Seven students from the class were also interviewed deeply. The recordings were transcribed and analyzed based on the framework of Wanzer & Frymier (1999). Findings show that there are some kinds of humor that were employed by the teacher in teaching, namely related humor, unrelated humor, self-disparaging humor, and unplanned humor. New kinds of humor were also found namely unresponded humor and remind humor. Those kinds of humor were proved to give benefits in English language teaching process. The teacher who employed humor in teaching English made the students easy to get the knowledge. Teacher’s humor reduced tension, made the students more comfortable in the teaching-learning process, created good interactions, led to more enthusiastic teaching-learning process, encouraged students’ attendance, and reduced the number of students who felt sleepy in the class. Findings from this study provide significant input for teachers to create effective interaction between teachers and students in English language teaching in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Students’ Preferences and Attitude toward Oral Error Correction Techniques at Yanbu University College, Saudi Arabia

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Bushra Alamri ◽  
Hala Hassan Fawzi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Error Correction ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
English Language ◽  
Classroom Observation ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
University College ◽  
Teachers And Students

<p>Error correction has been one of the core areas in the field of English language teaching. It is “seen as a form of feedback given to learners on their language use” (Amara, 2015). Many studies investigated the use of different techniques to correct students’ oral errors. However, only a few focused on students’ preferences and attitude toward oral error correction techniques, which determine students’ success in language learning. This quantitative research explored teachers’ and students’ preferences as well as students’ attitude toward the use of oral error correction techniques in the language classroom. The participants of the study were English language students and English language teachers at Yanbu University College (YUC) in Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. A classroom observation checklist and questionnaires were used to collect the data. The study findings revealed that recast and explicit correction are the preferred techniques by the majority of the students and teachers. The findings also indicated that students have positive attitude toward oral error correction. As the classroom observation revealed that recast was highly used by teachers, it is recommended that teachers should also use other techniques to correct students’ oral errors. In addition, it is recommended that before correcting students’ oral errors teachers should always take into account the purpose of the activity and the proficiency level of students.</p>

Evidence From the Phylogenetic Domain and the Use of L1 in English Language Teaching

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Hywel Evans ◽  
Vahid Rafieyan ◽  
Natsue Hasebe
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Shared Set ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
L1 Use ◽  
L2 Vocabulary ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The theoretical foundations supporting adherence to naturalistic language learning approaches appear to have entirely collapsed, just as non-naturalistic approaches to language teaching such as translation and translanguaging have become increasingly respectable in English language teaching. In line with this, language and language learning are increasingly being understood as sociocultural phenomena, inevitably situated in local contexts, rather than in terms of manipulation of an abstract, universally-shared set of syntactic rules. This prompts a reevaluation of both traditional methods and innovation in specific sociocultural settings. We offer a review of some important developments in our understanding of language acquisition, with particular focus on evidence from the phylogenetic domain, often overlooked by language professionals, and suggest directions for fruitful investigation. In this regard, we recommend attention first to methods that have stood the test of time in the sociocultural milieu, that are acknowledged as having value by both local teachers and students. As a notable example of these, we focus on the pedagogical use of L2 vocabulary items embedded in L1 text. We find that the claim made by Japanese native local teachers, that such L1 use is helpful in vocabulary learning, receives significant support from our experimental results. 

scholarly journals The Relationship betwen Second Language Acquisition Process and English Language Teaching in Indonesia

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pritz Hutabarat
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Foreign Language Acquisition ◽  
Teachers And Students

<p>English as a global language is learned worldwide and a plethora of methods and approaches have been developed and practiced in English classrooms by dedicated teachers and students. Understanding the underlying theories of second and foreign language acquisition and learning will help both teachers and students in learning and teaching a target language. There has not been many research conducted in the area, especially within Indonesian context. This research therefore attempts to fill in gaps in a way that it provides sufficient discussion of the theories and practice in English Language Teaching (ELT) in Indonesia in its conjunction with the second and foreign language acquisition theories. Twenty eight students specializing in teacher training participated in the research and two distinguished data collection methods were utilized; survey and interview. The results show that the students are not consistent with their opinions concerning the theories of second or foreign language acquisition and learning in relation to the mastery of English as a foreign language in Indonesia.</p><p> </p><p>Keywords: language learning, language acquisition, ELT</p>

scholarly journals Bringing Interactional Identities into the Study of Classroom Interaction in ELT Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 135-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Lucero-Babativa
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Global And Local ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Local Perspectives

This theoretical-review paper presents the construct of interactional identities as part of the study of classroom interaction in English language teaching education. The paper defines interactional identities from social studies and in the field of English language teaching. By listing studies on the matter, the relationship of this construct with classroom interaction is presented from global and local perspectives. Three reasons for studying interactional identities in the ELT field are discussed in the final part of the paper whose conclusions invite to incorporate this construct into de study of what teachers are and do for language learning and use in classroom interaction in English language teaching education.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Classrom Interaction in Speaking Class by Using FIAC System: Teachers Questioning and Feedback (Grade Seven Students in Focus)

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 41-61
Author(s):  
Sisay Ayalew Tsegaw
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Interaction Analysis ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Classroom Language ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
English Language Teachers

The aim of this study was to describe the interaction of teachers and students at primary school levels in speaking class of English foreign classroom. It also aimed at describing how the participants experienced interaction and its level of interactional activities and influences. To carry out the real classroom interaction analysis in speaking class using FIACS technique, qualitative research / qualitative descriptive research was employed for this study, which is qualitative. The results were analyzed using qualitative/Latent content analysis mainly. The targeted schools selected using convenience-sampling technique, but English Language teachers were selected using purposive sampling. Qualitative methods of data collection, such as interviewing, observation, and document analysis were also developed and employed as major tools. The result from these instruments showed that the interaction was still dominated by the teachers as shown from the observation and recording, and the speaking skills input and process haven’t been found to have a positive change on their students speaking performance or improvement. Thus, all findings revealed that the teachers were not able to use the appropriate type of classroom language and provide formative feedback that really help in improvement of student’s language learning.

THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE AS A BASIC TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN CHILDHOOD IN INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 286
Author(s):  
Ima Frafika Sari
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Teaching Culture ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Widespread Belief ◽  
Communicative Skill

This research aims at revealing: (1) the important of teaching culture in English language; (2) the important teaching culture for childhood; (3) the teaching English is important for childhood; (4) the teaching English is important in Indonesia; and how the age and duration of education in Indonesia. It is kinds of qualitative research which is aimed at revealing the important of teaching English language for early childhood in Indonesia. There are still lack of research about the important of teaching culture in English language, therefore, this research is significant tobe conducted. The finding of the research can be described as follows: First, cultural learning in the foreign language classroom touches three spheres: empathy and understanding, knowledge, and communicative skill. Second, learners will understand aspects of the foreign culture in the traditions of social anthropology. Third, young children being educated in English that is highlighted in this volume refers to the widespread belief that ‘younger is better’ when it comes to language learning. Fourth, the objective of English language teaching in Indonesia is to equip students with a working knowledge of the lan­guage. The last, in Indonesia the age begin to study in formal education is from the age 7 years old, and the duration is for 12 years. 

scholarly journals The use of politeness strategies in the classroom context by English university students

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 597
Author(s):  
Murni Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Classroom Context ◽  
Vernacular Language ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
English Students

Politeness still becomes a major concern in English language teaching. It is considered as one way to maintain effective classroom interaction. Therefore, as one of the important actors in the class, teachers, and students need to practice politeness as a way to create effective classroom interaction. This study aims to explore the politeness strategies of English students at one of the universities in Makassar. The researcher applied a descriptive qualitative research method to explore the politeness phenomena in EFL classroom interaction. The participants of this research were two classes of English literature program consisting of 50 students. The primary sources of data were the individual student presentations which had been recorded. There were fifty transcriptions of the recording which lasted for five to seven minutes for each presentation. The transcriptions were analyzed and discussed based on the theory of politeness of Brown and Levinson (1987). The findings from this study revealed that English students used different kinds of expressions to encode their politeness in the class. Those expressions were in the forms of greetings, thanking, addressing terms, apologizing, and fillers. There were also some terms derived from students’ vernacular language which were used as a softening mechanism for their presentation. These expressions were categorized as positive and negative politeness. The findings of this study might be used as an input for teachers and students in an effort to create effective classroom interaction.

scholarly journals INTEGRATING BODY LANGUAGE INTO CLASSROOM INTERACTION: THE KEY TO ACHIEVING EFFECTIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bambang W. Pratolo
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Body Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Language Play ◽  
Verbal Language ◽  
Teachers And Students

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to prove the importance of understanding body language to achieve the effectiveness of English language classes. Methodology: Literature investigation is carried out to confirm the objective of this paper. Results: In the teaching and learning process, effective communication between a teacher and students is the utmost importance. The failure to establish effective communication in the classroom setting will result in a deficiency of the teaching and learning process. Implications: It is the fact that many cues of body language are culture-specific and therefore the only way to improve the understanding of body language is by interacting with people from different cultural backgrounds so that they can share socio-cultural and linguistic norms. Thus, the experience will enrich the teacher with cross-cultural nonverbal behavior which benefits his performance in the classroom. Both teachers' and students' knowledge of non-verbal language play very significant roles in making the classroom interaction successful. Therefore, finally, a summary is presented to reconfirm the importance of integrating body language into classroom interaction.

scholarly journals STUDENTS EXPECTATIONS TOWARD THEIR TEACHERS: A STUDY ON TEACHERS’ COMPETENCE, GENDER ISSUES AND POLITENESS BETWEEN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN INDONESIAN CONTEXT

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Murni Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
English Language ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
Teaching Styles ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
State University ◽  
Gender Relation ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
English Students

This paper depicts the students’ perception on the ways their teachers teach them. There were 80 respondents involved in this research consisting 40 students from undergraduate and 40 students from graduate program. The respondents are the English students of the Graduate and undergraduate Program of the State University of Makassar. An open ended questionnaire was distributed to them to reveal their perception towards their teachers’ teaching styles. The findings of this research revealed expectations from students towards their teachers in terms of the use of materials and methods in the class, the classroom interaction and management by the teachers, and the teachers’ personal identities. Some other aspects such as gender relation and politeness were taken into consideration on the students’ preferences. Key words: English Language Teaching, English Teachers, English Students, Teaching Methods, Teaching materials, gender, politeness

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