scholarly journals EFL Students’ Perspectives on Their Self-efficacy in Speaking During Online Learning Process

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Rista Ananda Ningias ◽  
Lilia Indriani
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
English Department ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Given

This article illustrates the EFL students' perspectives toward self-efficacy of them in speaking during the online learning process. Self-efficacy defined as a person believes that he/she could manage the situation and get a positive outcome. It points out to the intuition in one’s capacity to execute and organize the action required in producing the given attainments. Self-efficacy is very crucial for students in studying a language, especially for the fourth language skills. To achieve the qualification of English communication, mastering the fourth integrated skills is very necessary. Speaking includes in this term. The aim of this article was to analyze the EFL students’ perspective about their self-efficacy in speaking during the online class activity. The research was conducted on 35 EFL learners of English Department Student at Tidar University. The researcher uses the descriptive quantitative method in analyzing the data. In obtaining them, the researcher employed a survey study by using a questionnaire with 20 close-ended questions. The result showed that the learners have enough self-efficacy in speaking during online learning. The high percentage of neutral option still dominate them. However, the final result of the data shows that learners have strong self-efficacy. Keywords: EFL Students, Online Learning, Speaking, Self-efficacy

scholarly journals LOCAL WISDOM VALUES IN EFL ONLINE LEARNING: EMERGING ENVIRONTMENTAL ISSUES

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 23-34
Author(s):  
Umar Al Faruq A. Hasyim ◽  
Nurul Puspita
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Environmental Issue ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Online Platform ◽  
Writing Students ◽  
Efl Students

Abstract Local wisdom values mean society awareness about their ability in recognizing the surrounding condition.  In this context, the values refer to the Lampungnese custom in planting crop. Unfortunately, many EFL learners were not familiar with their surroundings.  Furthermore, this research describes the used of environmental issue topic in learning Essay writing. The teaching and learning process was done by EFL students by using online platform. It was suggested during the pandemic situation. However, the aim of this research is describing EFL students’ activities in emerging environmental topic toward their essay. This research was done on second semester of essay writing students. It was about 27 students. In conducting the teaching and learning process the lecturers choose any pictures that deal with the local culture of Lampungnese in planting crop as a topic. Then, the students would be more familiar with the values of the culture and elaborate the values in term of essay writing.

scholarly journals EFL Learners’ Perceptions towards their Self-Efficacy in Learning Public Speaking Course

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-391
Author(s):  
Ima Siti Maryam ◽  
R Bunga Febriani ◽  
Asep Dudi Kurnia
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Research Result ◽  
The Other ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
English Department ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Public Speaking Courses

This article reports on EFL learners’ perception towards their self-efficacy in public speaking course. Self-ef?cacy has been de?ned as a person’s perceptions of his or her capabilities to complete a speci?c task with the skills that s/he possesses (Bandura, 1997). Thus, It is important for students to measure their skill in order to improve achievement in public speaking course. This research employed a survey study by means of two data collection techniques; questionnaire and interview. The sample of this research was 60 third year students of English department Galuh University. The research result showed that students’ self-efficacy improved after learning public speaking course and the students felt confident using English in front of people. Furthermore, self-efficacy affected not only in public speaking course but also in the other courses. Meanwhile, the high and low self-efficacy might be affected students’ achievements, however, they have similar purpose in public speaking courses, which they want to speak formally without feeling nervous. They have various efforts and strategies to achieve success in this course. This research concludes that self-efficacy in public speaking learning process to third year students of English department Galuh University was important to improve their achievement in speaking skill and improve their confident.

scholarly journals Exploring Reciprocal Teaching Method on EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-142
Author(s):  
Ahmad Ridho Rojabi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Reciprocal Teaching ◽  
English Department ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Reading Texts

This research was carried out as the learning activities in the reading classroom were not yet effective. As a result, the student's ability to comprehend reading texts was poor. This study aims to improve the EFL students’ reading comprehension by implementing the Reciprocal Teaching Method (RTM), especially in comprehending IELTS reading texts. Classroom action research was conducted by following four stages; planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting the actions. The Reciprocal Teaching Method (RTM) consists of four stages; predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing to engage the learners in groupwork activities, boost motivation, as well as enhance their comprehension. 28 learners from the English department who enrolled in the Reading course were selected as participants. Data were gathered through observations, tests, interviews, as well as document reviews. The results revealed that the Reciprocal Teaching Method (RTM) boosts students' ability to comprehend the IELTS reading texts and engages them during the teaching and learning process.

scholarly journals Phonological Analysis of Errors in the Consonant Cluster System Encountered by Saudi EFL Learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1237-1248
Author(s):  
Eman M. Al-Yami ◽  
Anwar A. H. Al-Athwary
Keyword(s):  
Optimality Theory ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
English Department ◽  
Consonant Cluster ◽  
Freshman Year ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Inadequate Knowledge ◽  
Correct Pronunciation ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Language Influence

This study investigates the pronunciation difficulty of selected English consonant clusters (CCs) encountered by Saudi EFL learners. The sample consisted of 134 female Saudi EFL students in their freshman year in the English Department at Najran University. Two instruments were used: a pronunciation test that assessed participants’ CC pronunciations in the onset and coda positions and a questionnaire that explored participants’ attitudes towards their CC pronunciations. This study provides detailed data on the participants’ pronunciation difficulties using Optimality Theory (OT). The results showed that the participants encountered CC pronunciation difficulties in both the onset and coda positions. However, most errors occurred in the coda position, especially for the four-consonant pattern (-CCCC). Participants used different strategies to simplify their CC pronunciations: epenthesis, deletion, substitution, or some combination thereof. Questionnaire data indicated that the participants attributed their pronunciation difficulties to inadequate knowledge of the pronunciation rules, insufficient language instruction, and native-language influence. The participants proffered some remedies to their difficulties, which included doing more pronunciation drills and offering a new course focused primarily on correct pronunciation. OT analysis revealed that onset clusters were mainly influenced by L1 ranking constraints whereas coda clusters were more influenced by universal Markedness constraints. OT indicated that the tendency to satisfy Markedness constraints over the Faithfulness constraints led the participants to use the above-mentioned simplification strategies.

Does Online Learning Meet the Expectation? A Case Study of Short Semester General English Class

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Asih Santihastuti
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
English Class ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
High Level ◽  
Giving Feedback

<p>The fact that today’s students are mostly equipped with high level of digital literacy encourages English teachers to use the Internet as one of the teaching learning media. Moreover,, the abundance of online materials for EFL students which are easily accessible makes the teachers’ job much easier. However, these advantages do not come alone without any drawbacks that challenge the teachers in implementing effective online teaching-learning activities for the class and get the most of it. This paper highlights the challenges that the teachers face in implementing online learning for general English class during the short semester program and reveals students’ perceptions on it as part of the reflection on the teaching-learning process. The unique characteristic of this program which is run only for one month requires the teacher creatively seeking effective activities for the class in order to meet the program requirement. The class shows that the students’ performance during the online learning is better compared to the offline class. The students become more active as well as enthusiastically involved in posting thread and giving feedback to their classmates’ thread. Although during the process the students show interest in joining the online discussion, the teacher still have difficulty in finding the strategy to measure the effectiveness of this mode of learning. The reflective writing written by the students identify some issues which mostly deal with their impressions in joining the online learning as well as their difficulties in performing during the teaching learning process. Some students even give suggestions for better improvement in the next application of online learning.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong><em>online learning, teacher’s reflection, students’ perception, students’ performance.</em></p>

scholarly journals Effect of Foreign Language Anxiety on Gender and Academic Achievement among Yemeni University EFL Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Norizan Abdul Razak ◽  
Amr Abdullatif Yassin ◽  
Tengku Nor Rizan Bt Tengku Mohamad Maasum
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Foreign Language Anxiety ◽  
English Department ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Department Faculty

This study aimed to investigate the gender differences in terms of anxiety among Yemeni university EFL learners. It also aimed to investigate the correlation between the level of anxiety and the academic achievement of the students. The participants of this study were 155 students chosen from the population through stratified random sampling. The participants are selected from English Department, Faculty of Arts, Ibb University, Yemen. The data was collected by using a questionnaire adopted from Yassin (2015), and the data was analysed by using 22nd version of the SPSS. The data of the first question was analysed by using T-test and the result of the analysis showed that the females experienced higher level of anxiety than male students, but the difference between both groups is not significant. The second question was analysed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and the result showed that there is not significant correlation between the level of anxiety and the academic achievement of the students.

scholarly journals Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab di Provinsi Lampung Tahun 2016

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Akla Akla
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Associative Analysis

This research aims to reveal the data of Arabic language learning in Lampung. This research is focused on teachers professionality, Arabic learning process, and  students’ Arabic language skills that consist of istima’, kalam, qira’ah, and kitabah. This research refers to a survey study by collecting information from sample through questionnaire. The objectives of this research not only examine the map of teachers professionality, Arabic learning process, and students’ Arabic language skills but also find out the interaction between learning process and students’ Arabic skills. The samples of this research were 49 Arabic teachers and 382 students of Islamic Senior High School around Lampung. From the results of analysis data, it can be concluded that teachers professionality belongs to medium level, Arabic learning process belongs to medium level, students’ Arabic language skills belong to low level. The results of associative analysis showed that there is a significant influence between learning process and students’ Arabic language skills; therefore, it can be regarded that un-maximal learning process and environment have an impact towards the students low-level Arabic language skills.

scholarly journals EFL Learners’ Perceptions on ZOOM Application in the Online Classes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-51
Author(s):  
Nadila Nuraziza ◽  
Lulud Oktaviani ◽  
Fatimah Mulya Sari
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
E Learning

Pandemic Covid-19 brings impactful aspects for several sectors, especially in the education sector. The teaching and learning process has shifted to online learning. It quite challenges the teachers as well as the students to fully support the success of the online classes.Teachers are required to be more creative in delivering the learning materials that will be given to their students. Meanwhile, students are encouraged to be autonomous learners. This paper aims to investigate the students’ perceptions toward the implementation of the ZOOM application to support the online learning process and explore how this application gives a new shape in the educational industry. The qualitative approach was chosen for this study. The data were obtained from questionnaires and interviews. Based on the findings, there are some perceptions about the implementation of ZOOM to support online learning. The result showed that most students thought implementation of e-learning should be improved continuously. Surprisingly, it gave significant changes toward the learning and teaching process, especially during covid-19 itself.

scholarly journals STRATEGIES OF TEACHING BRITISH ENGLISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH PHONOLOGY TO EFL STUDENTS/ԲՐԻՏԱՆԱԿԱՆ ԱՆԳԼԵՐԵՆԻ ԵՎ ԱՄԵՐԻԿՅԱՆ ԱՆԳԼԵՐԵՆԻ ՀՆՉՅՈՒՆԱԲԱՆԱԿԱՆ ԱՌԱՆՁՆԱՀԱՏԿՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՆԵՐԻ ԴԱՍԱՎԱՆԴՄԱՆ ՄԵԽԱՆԻԶՄՆԵՐՆ ԱՆԳԼԵՐԵՆԸ ՈՐՊԵՍ ՕՏԱՐ ԼԵԶՈՒ ՈՒՍՈՒՄՆԱՌՈՂՆԵՐԻ ԼՍԱՐԱՆՈՒՄ/МЕХАНИЗМЫ ПРЕПОДАВАНИЯ ФОНЕТИЧЕСКИХ ОСОБЕННОСТЕЙ БРИТАНСКОГО И АМЕРИКАНСКОГО АНГЛИЙСКОГО КАК ИНОСТРАННОГО ЯЗЫКА В СТУДЕНЧЕСКОЙ АУДИТОРИИ

2019 ◽  
pp. 166-175
Author(s):  
Irina Mkhitaryan
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
American English ◽  
British English ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Linguistic Differences ◽  
International Language ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Given ◽  
Rich History

Language has always been perceived as a dynamic entity invariably being changed and adjusted to the needs of speakers. This very fact is meticulously proved by the rich history stance, in accordance of which drastic and abundant changes have been observed in the English language over time. In this day and age, English is a fairly dominant international language and correspondingly is the indispensable inkling to ever-changing world of science. Yet, these facts proven, the majority of English as a Foreign Language (hereinafter, EFL) learners are unaware of the ample linguistic differences between British English and American English (hereinafter, BrE, AmE). The given article aims at elucidating the mentioned differences mainly from the phonlological perspective. Furthermore, we attempt to outline the ways of teaching these differences to EFL students through some activities.

scholarly journals Learning Speaking Using Flash Cardboard: English as a Foreign Language Students’ Perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Siti Wulan Asih ◽  
Ida Rahmah Andansari ◽  
Ely Widayati ◽  
Didik Murwantono
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Phenomenological Research ◽  
The Other ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Media ◽  
Learning English

Flash cardboard is one of the media used for speaking, especially in storytelling. Teaching by using media is very necessary for learning because it greatly influences the results of the learning process. This research wants to know English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ perception after they learned storytelling using flash cardboard as a media. This was phenomenological research. This research used semi-structured interviews with some students who used flash cardboard in learning storytelling. Purposive sampling was used in this research. The result shows that the student got positive impacts facilitated by the flash cardboard media, they became more confident in speaking in front of the class, they were not involved because flash cardboard helped them, students also supported speaking fluently, they can produce more than 190 words per minute (wpm) but not necessarily perfect command of intonation, vocabulary, and grammar. By using flash cardboard as the media, the media can be an alternative method in learning English specifically speaking class because it forces students to speak (really make them speak) following the target language. In the end, it can also be concluded that learning English using flash cardboard media can improve students' language skills and speaking skills. The students maintain their ability in speaking smoothly not necessarily perfect command of intonation, vocabulary, and of course the grammar. The recommendation for further study is the other researchers can add the respondents with another English skill.

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