scholarly journals LECTURERS’ PERCEPTIONS ON PORTFOLIO AS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Arifiana Tri Wulandari ◽  
Bambang Widi Pratolo ◽  
Rika Junianti
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
English Language ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Portfolio Assessment ◽  
Language Testing ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Effective Technique

Assessment is an aspect of learning process which the students should have. Portfolio is a famous assessment, and it is a type of alternative assessment. The use of portfolio in English learning is expected to increase the students’ achievement. The aims of this study are (1) to understandhow the teachers give introduction of portfolio assessment toward the students, (2) to understand the system of portfolio assessment, (3) to describe the disadvantages of portfolio, (4) to identify the impacts of portfolio for the students, and (5) to understand the reasons of using portfolio in the classroom. This study was qualitative research. The participants of this study were two English lecturers who used portfolio as the assessment tool in their classes. The instrument used in this research was interview. To analyze the data, the portfolio was transcribed and analyzed manually. The result of this study showed that portfolio is very useful and effective technique to assess the students, and it can help both the lecturers and the students in learning process to get good achievement.

scholarly journals Do start ao game over: analisando narrativas de aprendizagem de inglês com jogos eletrônicos

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keila Mendes Santos ◽  
Cleide Jane De Sá Araújo Costa
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Knowledge Construction ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Electronic Games

Resumo: Este estudo objetiva investigar o processo de aprendizagem de estudantes de língua inglesa (LI), que assumem terem aprendido o idioma por meio da prática de jogos eletrônicos, especificamente os chamados jogos MMORPG, e também destacar as estratégias adotadaspelos aprendizes ao longo do referido processo. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa que teve como participantes três estudantes de letras/inglês, gamers. Para coletar os dados foram utilizadas narrativas de aprendizagem nas quais os aprendizes relataram seu processo de construção do conhecimento em LI, partindo do contato com os jogos. A pesquisa teve por fundamento o seguinte questionamento: De que forma a prática de games do gênero MMORPG auxiliam no processo de aprendizagem da língua inglesa? Os resultados demonstraram que esses jogos podem ser percebidos como recursos significativos no desenvolvimento de habilidades distintas, ampliando, também, o conhecimento vocabular, além de proporcionar atitudes autônomas, considerando as estratégias de aprendizagem adotadas pelos gamers.Palavras chave: Língua inglesa. Jogos eletrônicos. Narrativas de aprendizagem.  FROM START TO GAME OVER: ANALYSING ENGLISH LEARNING NARRATIVES WITH ELECTRONIC GAMES. Abstract: This study aims to investigate the learning process of english language (EL) students, who assume that they have learned the language through the practice of electronic games, specifically the so-called MMORPG games, and also highlight the strategies adopted by learners throughout this process. This is a qualitative research that had as participants  three students of letters/english, gamers. To collect the data, learning narratives were used in which the learners reported their process of knowledge construction in EL, starting from the contact with the games. The research was based on the following question: How can MMORPG games help in the English language learning process? The results showed that these games can be perceived as significant resources in the development of different abilities, also improving vocabulary knowledge, besides providing autonomous attitudes, considering the learning strategies adopted by the gamers.Keywords: English language. Electronic games. Learning narratives. 

TRADITIONAL VERSUS ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham Thi Thanh Binh
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Testing

Assessment as an integral part of any teaching and learning process, determines whether the goals of education are being met or not. This article gives a briefintroduction to the movement of alternative assessment as a worthwhile issue within the field of assessment and language testing. It then proceeds to discuss about authenticity, compares traditional and alternative assessment, and tries to spot the matters which need more consideration on the part of the teachers and practitioners for a fair approach.

scholarly journals Indonesian EFL Nursing Students’ Learning Process: Obstacles & Expectations

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Gilang Rajasa
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
English Language ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Schedule Management ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Management Curriculum

Nursing students learn English language as specific purposes (ESP). They should be able to learn do communication in English to be a professional nurse. However, learning English was not an easy game to do. There will be some difficulties and adjustment along the learning process. Thus, the research is aimed at. A descriptive qualitative methodology as the foundation to investigate the obstacles in the learning process among Indonesian EFL nursing students and to examine the nursing students’ expectation in English learning process. Open-ended questionnaire and semi-structured interview would be the instruments to gain support some information. About 24 respondents and 3 of representatives of 7th semester nursing students would be the respondents. The result showed that besides grammar, structure, and tenses application, four skills implementation, lecturer’s effects, and institution’s regulations (curriculum management distribution, time schedule management, connection problem between staffs authority and lecturer) would be the major obstacles. Meanwhile, better communication among nursing institute stakeholders about schedule, time management, curriculum and modifying classroom activities could be the better expectation emerged to reduce the EFL nursing students’ obstacles. This research concluded that adjusting the regulation for the English subject curriculum and altering nursing students to encourage and motivate themselves to learn about English could change the outcome and situation to build pedagogical implication and to plan more comprehensive English learning activities.

scholarly journals THE TEACHER’S USE OF TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING BASED ON SCIENTIFIC APPROACH AT SMP NEGERI 4 AND SMP NEGERI 5 SINGARAJA

PRASI ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. M. Sumarningsih ◽  
G. Batan ◽  
L. D. S. Adnyani
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Collection Data

This study was conducted as an attempt to investigate in what step of scientific approach theteachers most frequently use translation in English Language Teaching as well as to find out the teachers’reasons toward the use of translation in English Language Teaching based on scientific approach atSMP Negeri 4 Singaraja and SMP Negeri 5 Singaraja. It was conducted in qualitative research design.There were two teachers chosen as the subjects of study. The data were collected through audio recordingthe teaching and learning process and interviewing the subjects of study, while the techniques ofanalyzing data were done descriptively following the four processes according to the theory of Miles &Huberman (1984), namely: data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. Theresults of analysis indicated that the teachers most frequently used translation in exploring step of scientificapproach. In addition, there were seven teachers’ reasons found in relation to the use of translationin the classroom, namely to help the students’ difficulty in: (1) understanding the instruction given bythe teacher, (2) understanding the English vocabulary, (3) asking something in English, (4) understandingthe tenses or grammar, (5) understanding the material deeply, (6) doing the task, and (7) presentingtheir work. The related parties interested in the same area of the research should give deeper concern indoing wider range of aspects involved in further study.Keywords : Translation, the Use of L1 in ELT, Scientific Approach

scholarly journals Learning Strategies Employed in English Language: Perceptions and Practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 87-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pitambar Paudel
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
English Language ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Learning Goal ◽  
Listening Skill ◽  
Teaching Learning

Learning strategies are the key tools to determine the approach for achieving the learning goal. They are included in different phases of teaching learning process. They are usually tied to the needs and interests of students to enhance their learning efficiency. This article aims at exploring perspectives and practices of learning strategies in learning English language. For this, phenomenological descriptive qualitative research was conducted with a class of 48 students of Bachelor in Education at a constituent campus, under Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Both the class of the students and campus were selected purposively to meet the requirement of phenomenological study. Thirty classes were observed as a participant as well as teacher and from the same group of the students only ten students were interviewed. Then, the data from both the sources were triangulated, interpreted and analyzed descriptively. From this study, it was interpreted that students employed various strategies to learn different language skills and aspects. The study revealed that students felt difficulty in selecting proper learning strategy for learning grammatical rules due to many exceptional cases and listening skill due to their less time devotion on it while the felt ease to select and employ proper strategies in learning vocabulary.

scholarly journals Game ‘I Know My Body’ Application to Encourage English Learning Process in Kindergarten

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Nur Lailatul Aqromi ◽  
Dwija Wisnu Brata ◽  
Achmad Nurchoelis
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
English Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
English Language Development ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Young Learner ◽  
Kindergarten Curriculum

Learning in early childhood requires special understanding due to the character of children who are easily bored; particularly in case of English learning process that is not their mother tongue. One of children’s character is that they love all forms of games, so the game could be considered as one way to attract the their curiousity. Thus, game can be used as a medium for young learner especially in kindergarten to learn English. This paper provides an elaboration how to use a game to improve English learning process for young learner. The method of this study used Classroom Action Research. The game is Java-based and the content of the game is based on kindergarten curriculum that contains of some important basic aspects covered by English Language development aspect for kindergarten. To sum up, through game, the students of kindergarten feel fun and challenging to fulfill the the game, and in other side unconsciously they have learned English as well.

scholarly journals Incorporating Advising Strategies into One-to-One Tutoring: Effects on the Awareness Towards Vocabulary Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 4-20
Author(s):  
Doğuş Aydın ◽  
Birsen Tütüniş
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
English Language Learner ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Language Learner ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies

Language advising helps a language learner discover different ways of learning and enables him/her to make decisions for better learning. This paper reports on an inquiry conducted with one English language learner who had difficulty with vocabulary acquisition which led to a perceived lack of progress in learning. The main purpose of the research was to observe and interpret the experience of the learner in terms of how different teaching and learning strategies appeared to affect her vocabulary learning. Qualitative research instruments including a semi-structured interview and a diary were used for this study. The results showed an increase in the learner’s control over her vocabulary learning process which was likely facilitated by the incorporation of language advising strategies into individual private tutoring.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN METODE ‘TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE’ UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PROSES PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA INGGRIS SISWA SDN 2 ARJASARI

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Ahmad Fauzan
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
School Students ◽  
Physical Response ◽  
Active Communication ◽  
Response Method

Abstrak: Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan proses pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris siswa SD N 2 Arjasari Kecamatan Patrol Kabupaten Indramayu melalui Metode ‘Total Physical Response (TPR)’ Penelitian ini difokuskan pada bagaimana penerapan metode TPR dalam meningkatkan kemampuan komunikasi berbahasa Inggris secara aktif  bagi siswa sekolah dasar khususnya di Desa Arjasari. Metode penelitian yang diterapkan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK). Subjek penelitiannnya adalah Siswa Kelas IV SD N 2 Arjasari Patrol Indramayu. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan yaitu observasi dan tes. Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan dalam pengumpulan data pada penelitian ini adalah lembar observasi dan tes objektif pilihan ganda.  Penelitian ini menerapkan teknik deskriptif kualitatif sebagai metode analisis datanya. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan proses pembelajaran Siswa SD N 2 Arjasari  pada kemampuan berkomunikasi berbahasa Inggris secara aktif dengan penerapan metode ‘Total Physical Response’.  Peningkatan secara signifikan dapat dilihat pada kemampuan respon fisik siswa dengan melakukan  kegiatan-kegiatan berdasarkan pada perintah-perintah lisan yang diucapkan oleh guru. Selain itu, siswa juga mampu merespon dengan baik dan benar dengan melakukan gerakan-gerakan dan ucapan-ucapan  secara langsung atau spontan dari instruksi-instruksi guru dan temannya baik secara lisan maupun gerakan-gerakan yang diperagakan oleh guru dan temannya. Di samping itu, terdapat peningkatan yang signifikan pada kegiatan motorik siswa dalam komunikasi interaktif. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari kemahiran siswa dalam memilih kosa kata dan kemampuannya dalam berfikir dan merepon secara langsung dari instruksi yang diberikan sehingga kemampuan komunikasi Bahasa Inggris siswa dapat meningkat dengan baik. Dengan demikan, Metode ‘Total Physical Response’ dapat meningkatkan proses pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris Siswa SD N 2 Arjasari Patrol Indramayu. Kata Kunci: proses pembelajaran, kemampuan berbahasa Inggris, total physical response   Abstract: The aim of this study was to improve the English learning process for students of SD N 2 Arjasari, Patrol District, Indramayu Regency through the 'Total Physical Response (TPR)' method. This research is focused on how the application of the TPR method in improving active communication skills in English for elementary school students, especially in Arjasari Village. The research method applied in this research is classroom action research. The research subjects were fourth grade students of SD N 2 Arjasari Patrol Indramayu. The data collection techniques used were observation and tests. The research instruments used in data collection were observation sheets and multiple-choice objective tests. This study applies a qualitative descriptive technique as a method of data analysis. The results of this study indicate that there is a significant increase in the learning process of SD N 2 Arjasari students on their active communication skills in English with the application of the 'Total Physical Response' method. Significant improvement can be seen in the physical response abilities of students by carrying out activities based on verbal commands spoken by the teacher. In addition, students are also able to respond properly and correctly by making movements and utterances directly or spontaneously from the instructions of the teacher and their friends, both verbal instructions and movements demonstrated by the teacher and their friends. In addition, there was a significant increase in the students’ motoric activities in interactive communication. This can be seen from the students' proficiency in choosing vocabulary and their ability to think and respond directly to the instructions given so that students' English communication skills can improve well. Thus, the "Total Physical Response" method can improve the students’ English learning process at SD N 2 Arjasari Patrol Indramayu. Key words: learning process, English language ability, total physical response

scholarly journals Communicative Language Teaching: A Good Initiative to Teach English Language in The Context of Quetta Balochistan

Al-Burz ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-23
Author(s):  
Ghulam Qasim Arif
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Research Method ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Communicative Language Teaching ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Qualitative Research Method

 This research paper shows the evolution in language teaching approach and multiple perspectives of communicative language teaching (CLT). Researcher has tried to elaborate the different aspects of CLT. How CLT affects classroom environment. Through qualitative research method, researcher tried to explore the data about the different factors of CLT affecting the language learning process. Researcher tried to analyze different principals of CLT to understand all the perspectives relating language learning process.    

scholarly journals Students’ Perception towards the Use of Edmodo in Online-Based English Learning Class at Universitas Fajar

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 302
Author(s):  
Andi Febriana Tamrin
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
English Language ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
New Learning

Online-based learning or lecture is deemed as a new learning methodology among academics in this present era. This method involves a learning process in which lecturers and students could undergo lectures or courses without being present in the classroom.  One of the online applications that supports this method is Edmodo. This study aims to obtain data about the perception of students regarding the use of Edmodo in English language classes at Universitas Fajar. The method used in this study is descriptive study. The result showed that although it has drawbacks, Edmodo is considered as one of the most effective tools in supporting the learning process.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document