scholarly journals Language attitude of undergraduate students towards English at English Education Department

LingTera ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Setyo Wati
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes

This research aims to: (1) describe the language attitudes of undergraduate students of English Education Department of Surakarta Muhamamadiyah University toward English language in terms of their behavioural, cognitive, and affective aspects; and (2) investigate the differences in language attitudes of undergraduate students towards English across gender and length of study at English education department of Surakarta Muhammadiyah University. This research employed a mixed method research design to collect, analyse and to mix both quantitative and qualitative data in a single study. Researcher used theory in a quantitative study to provide an explanation about the relationship among variables in the study. Thus, it is essential to have grounding in the qualitative study. The results of the study are as follows. The undergraduate students have different language attitudes, in terms of cognitive, behavioural, and affective aspects of language attitudes towards English. There is a statistic difference in the undergraduate students’ language attitudes towards English across gender. The attitudes of male undergraduate students towards English are higher than that of female ones indicating more positive attitudes towards English. It means that there is a rejection of the null hypothesis, because there is a significant difference between male and female undergraduate students’ attitudes towards English. There is a difference among the three groups in terms of length of English study. The freshman group showed slightly higher language attitudes compared with those of the other two groups.

scholarly journals The Conception of Trauma in Depicting the Battlefields In Wilfred Owen’s War Poetry

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 371
Author(s):  
Taybat I. Dewali ◽  
Lazgin K. Barany
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
War Poetry ◽  
College Of Basic Education ◽  
Political Sciences ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
College Of Law ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
College Of Engineering

This study aims at finding out the attitudes of non-English majors’ students at University of Duhok towards English language andearning, in general, and at University of Duhok in particular and exploring the reasons behind their attitudes. The study also investigates the differences in the participants' attitudes based on their major, gender, and studying level. For this purpose, a questionnaire mainly adopted from Gardner's (2004) "Attitude/Motivation Test Battery" was distributed to (259) students from six colleges affiliated to University of Duhok. These six colleges were divided into two groups: Sciences (College of Veterinary, College of Engineering, and College of Sciences) and Humanities (College of Law and Political Sciences, College of Economics and Administration, and College of Basic Education). The findings have revealed that students under study have expressed positive attitudes towards both the English language itself as a language and learning it as a subject of study. The study also has shown that there were no significant differences in the students' attitudes towards the study's variables due to gender and studying level, however, a significant difference based on the students' major was found.

scholarly journals TEACHING RECOUNT TEXT WRITING THROUGH THE USE OF PARALLEL WRITING TECHNIQUE TO THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, NUSA CENDANA UNIVERSITY, KUPANG, NTT

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liunokas Yanpitherszon
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Level Of Significance

This research deals with the students’ ability in writing descriptive text through outdoor learning activity at the sixth semester of English language education study program of Palopo Cokroaminoto University. The population of this research is the Fourth Semester Students of English Education Department, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, NTT. Writing test is the instrument of this research. Based on the findings and discussion.  Based on the findings and discussion, the researcher concludes that the use of parallel writing technique is effective in developing students’ vocabulary in writing at the Fourth Semester Students of English Education Department, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, NTT.  It was proven by there was a significant difference between the students’ mean score of pretest and posttest. In pretest, the students’ mean score is 26 and the students’ score in posttest is 51. In addition, the result of statistical analysis for level of significance (p=0.05). The probability value was smaller than α (0.00<0.05). it indicated that there is significant differences between the result of pre-test and post-test after giving treatment in building students’ vocabulary in writing by applying parallel writing technique to the Fourth Semester Students of English Education Department, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, NTT.

scholarly journals MOBILE-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING IN A UNIVERSITY CONTEXT IN VIETNAM: STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham Thu Tra
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes

The study concerns the attitudes towards Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) of the participants in a university. Using the mixed-method research design with survey questionnaire as the main data collection tool, the research gained some significant findings and successfully met the aims of the study. The findings from both qualitative and quantitative data reveal that the participants basically held positive attitudes towards the use of MALL inside classroom and towards MALL in general. It is suggested that MALL be adopted as a new approach in English language teaching and learning. Moreover, some measures should be taken to develop the digital literacy of both instructors and learners.

Attitudes toward the use of TELL tools in English language learning among Vietnamese Tertiary English majors

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 581-596
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
Guided Learning ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
English Majors ◽  
Very High ◽  
Different Levels

Technology plays a crucial role in the self-guided learning of a second language in general and English in particular. Nevertheless, many students in different contexts still ignore the application of technology-enhanced language learning (TELL) tools in enhancing their foreign language proficiency. Therefore, this study is conducted to investigate the attitudes towards the use of TELL tools in English-language learning (ELL) among English majors at one university in Vietnam. To collect data, 197 English majors participated in finishing the questionnaire, and 20 students were invited to join the interviews. The findings are that the majority of students have positive attitudes towards the use of TELL tools and the frequency of using these tools is very high. In addition, the results also reveal that there is no significant difference in attitudes towards and frequency of using TELL tools in learning English in terms of the year of study. However, students of different levels of academic achievements have different attitudes towards using TELL tools and use TELL tools to learn English differently. Received 2nd May 2019; Revised 16th July 2019, Accepted 20th October 2019

scholarly journals English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners’ Perceptions on the Effectiveness of the Internet to Enhance their Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Ziad Abdulrahman Al-Muwallad
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
The Internet ◽  
King Saud University ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Preparatory Year

This study attempted to investigate the vital role of the internet in enhancing the learning of reading. In addition, the study aimed to measure the students’ attitudes towards the internet and to identify to what extent the internet was employed in their reading classes. Moreover, the study aimed to explore the challenges that they encountered while using the internet in their learning of reading. In order to achieve these goals, the researcher used the descriptive analytical approach and used the questionnaire as the main data collection tool. The study sample comprised 50 Saudi EFL male students in the preparatory year at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. The findings of the study showed that students perceived that the internet is important in the process of reading comprehension learning and teaching with positive attitudes towards the internet. Results showed that the top challenges of using of the internet for reading learning/teaching are lack of students’ knowledge to know what to read on the internet, the short time of the class, and the students’ lack of the skills and knowledge to use the internet for academic purposes. Furthermore, the results showed that the students mostly used the internet for playing games, social networking, and learning vocabulary. It is recommended that English language teachers should be encouraged to use the internet in their language classes as it is valuable for their students to enhance their reading comprehension skills.

scholarly journals Problems in Grammatical Structure: A Case Study of B.Ed. Student at the Education Department

sjesr ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 420-425
Author(s):  
Dr. Gulzar Ahmed ◽  
Dr. Syed Shafqat Ali Shah ◽  
Dr. Muhammad Nisar
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
English Language ◽  
Text Structure ◽  
Grammatical Structure ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
Grammatical Structures

English grammar is how words in the English language are translated into text. This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, and phrases, up to and including full-text structure. The main objective of the authors is to discover the difficulties of grammatical structures for students at the Department of Teacher Education. Shikarpur Shaikh Ayaz University. The students of B.Ed. undergraduate level of education department was selected as a data population. The fifty students were randomly selected from the education department. There is quantitative research underway. The researchers used a testing tool for a questionnaire. The student's collected data were analyzed by SPSS-Descriptive statistics.  Some of the challenges and problems are facing during the English Grammar lesson of B.Ed. students. The students have used the conditional verb and also the proper use of a phrasal verb that is one of the problems with students. The use of an article is also one of the fundamental problems for undergraduate students. Teachers should make it possible for students to practice these materials either through activity-based teaching or through the CLT method so that they can be more attentive to EFL learning and not focus on translation alone.

scholarly journals Situating east Indonesia's EFL Learners attitudes toward the extensive listening practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 314
Author(s):  
Yosefina Rosdiana Su ◽  
Fatmawati Fatmawati ◽  
Stanislaus Guna ◽  
Fransiskus Jemadi ◽  
Yovita Narsi Mat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
L2 Learning ◽  
Authentic Environment ◽  
Language And Education

Learning English as a foreign language is very challenging for both teachers and students in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara of Indonesia. The challenges are primarily caused by their lack of exposure to the authentic environment of English. In dealing with this phenomenon, the appropriate listening practices expect to help the learners to obtain and construct their knowledge of English as well as to acquire more comprehensible input. This article reports an investigation on the EFL learners� attitudes toward the extensive listening practices. It applied mixed-method research procedures involving 55 students of the English language and education program of Universitas Katolik Indonesia Santu Paulus Ruteng. The data were collected through a survey coupled with Focus Group Discussions with 15 participants. This research revealed that the learners' attitudes are identified into two main categories called positive and negative attitudes. In this case, 38 % of the participants have positive attitudes toward extensive listening practices and 62% of the participant reflected the negative attitude toward the extensive listening practices. Learners with a positive attitude had a very strong awareness of the significance of listening skills in L2 learning. To improve their listening skills, they develop their listening practices outside the classroom consistently. Meanwhile, learners with negative attitudes were categorized as dependent learners who practiced their listening skills during the listening course only. This group of learners was less aware of the significance of listening skills in L2 learning and their listening practices were highly dependent on the teachers' instruction. It showcased that both of the learners� internal and external factors were strongly contributed to this poor extensive listening practices.� The EFL teachers are then strongly suggested to strengthen the learners� awareness on the significance of Listening Skills in L2 learning as well as design more instructed extensive listening practices outside the classroom.�

scholarly journals PERSEPSI MAHASISWA PRODI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS UIN AR-RANIRY TENTANG PLAGIARISME TUGAS KULIAH

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 205
Author(s):  
Syamsul Bahri ◽  
Ika Kana Trisnawati
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Time Management ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Campus Policy ◽  
The University

This study aimed to investigate the student perceptions of plagiarism and the reasons that led to plagiarism in the students’ assignments. The population of the study included the students of English Education Department at UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh, with 166 students randomly selected as the sample. Questionnaire was used as the instrument for collecting data. The data were then analyzed with the SPSS in order to obtain their descriptive statistics. The results of the study showed that there were various students’ perceptions about the notion of plagiarism and the underlying reasons for their plagiarism. It was generally understood that plagiarism wa the use of words/ideas of others recognized as one’s own. Further, the major causes of plagiarism in the assignments were due to lack of English language skills and lack of time management. In addition, the behaviors of lecturers and the university involvement in socializing the concept of plagiarism also became the causes for the higher proportion of academic dishonesty among the students. These findings are expected to be the input for the creation of campus policy so that academic integrity and better lecture system can be achieved in any university.

scholarly journals Enterpreneurial Talent and Intention Among Undergraduate Students: Case Study at English Language Education Department

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
Amri Tanduklangi ◽  
Muhammad Khusnun Muhsin ◽  
Carlina Amri
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
English Language ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Literacy Program ◽  
Economic Literacy ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Strongly Agree

Entrepreneurship plays an important role in generating new wealth in an economy. The growth of entrepreneurial activities will produce innovation, create new jobs for the society, trigger economic growth, and reduce unemployment rates. Eentrepreneurship is a topic requiring a lot of attentions from academicians and researchers, especially the unemployment problem arising among undergraduate students. Therefore, the aim of this article was to have a good understanding on entrepreneurial talent and intention of undergraduate university students. The antecedent factor would be measuring students’ risk taking, persuading, ambition, performer, leadership, and business management skill behavior.  The subjects of the study were  undergraduate students who are majoring in English at the language education department and have attended  five days workshop on  economic literacy program conducted by Global Economic Awareness Project (GEAP) in 2019 academic year.  This research study used quantative method and a research designed survey was administered to gather questions with answers associated with a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. The questionnaires of the research used Fishbein and  Ajzen’s Planned Behavior (TPB) theory, Shaver and  Scott’s personal traits, and Bandura’s Self efficacy theory.  The findings of the research reveal that  ‘risk taking’ and ‘ambition’ factor had  favorable results after students have attended short entrepreneurial course. Whereas, students’ still says “neutral” on ‘persuader’, ‘ambitious’, ‘performer’, ‘leadership’, and ‘business management factor’. It is safe to assume that students’ still had fair intention in developing their entrepreneurial interest because they have little to no experience on entreprenurial field in hand. Explicit real-life entrepreneurship related activities were recommended for future workshop to upgrade the student’s entrepreneurship talent and intention. Keywords: Entrepreneurship Talent and Intention, Global Economic Awareness, Economic Literacy Program

scholarly journals IMPROVING COLLEGE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD AGING POPULATIONS: USING CBT-BASED GERONTOLOGICAL PEDAGOGY

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S727-S728
Author(s):  
Qiwei Li ◽  
Heath Harllee ◽  
Becky P Knight
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Aging Population ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Aging Populations ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Theory ◽  
Course Outcomes

Abstract The U.S. is facing a shortage of aging-related professionals. Lack of positive attitudes among undergraduate students towards the older population may restrict them from participating as aging professionals. However, research majorly focused on the attitudes among students already in the medical training fields instead of improvement of the attitudes among undergraduate students who potentially will devote themselves to be aging professionals. We seek to enhance attitudes toward the aging population through gerontological coursework at the undergraduate level. The introductory course is based on Cognitive Behavioral theory (CBT) which emphasizes to unlearn false concepts. Therefore, the class exposes students to positive aging images in contemporary films and literature demonstrating concepts such as successful aging, retirement, gender issues, and aging as minorities, etc. Students review their perceptions of the aging population at the beginning and end of the semester, presenting five words that best describe the aging images. The variances of occurrence of negative to positive descriptions are analyzed as an evaluation of the class. The class also stimulates civic responsibilities of the students toward the aging population with concepts such as generational equities by conducting team-based discussions. The results report increased positive words and improved attitudes on in-class team projects and post-class evaluations. The implication of the course outcomes is that discussing and exposing the positive images, and justifying typical aging-related behaviors significantly improves students’ attitudes toward the aging population, and may encourage undergraduate students to select an aging profession. Qualitative evaluation of the course will be conducted in future semesters.

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