scholarly journals TOP TEN MOST PROBLEMATIC GRAMMATICAL ITEMS FOR INDONESIAN TERTIARY EFL LEARNER WRITERS

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rizqi Yusnitasari ◽  
Tono Suwartono
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
English Education ◽  
Past Tense ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
The Future ◽  
Efl Students

Errors are almost inseparable from learning process, including learning new languages. Though, it is not always considered as negative, instead, it is a part of learning process. This study was conducted to assess students’ mastery of grammar in writing, to find what grammatical errors they make, to be an evaluation to overcome the problem in the future. In this study, samples were taken from EFL students of English Education Department of Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. The grammatical errors were identified under the theory of Politzer-Ramirez which classify errors into two types: morphological and syntactic error. In the end of the study, ten types of grammatical errors were identified as the most common grammatical errors made by the students. Three of them belong to morphological error, while the remaining fall into syntactic error. Those ten errors are: The use of prepositions (75 %), redundancy (75 %), simple past tense incorrect (62.5 %), determiners (58.3 %), number confusion (45.8 %), omission of verb (45.8 %), verb construction (41.67 %), derivatives/wrong part of speech (41.67 %), nominalization (33.3 %), and errors in the use of pronoun (29.2 %). Keywords: Problematic, Grammatical Items, Tertiary, EFL, Learner Writers

scholarly journals EXPLORING ENGLISH LISTENING PROBLEMS AMONG EFL STUDENTS AT IAIN KUDUS

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azizah Maulina Erzad
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
English Education ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Listening Process

Listening comprehension becomes one of the most difficult skills for most of English learners especially EFL learners. As a foreign language, English is rarely used in communication by EFL learners in their daily life. Therefore, the learners or students always face some difficulties/problems in listening comprehension. It can be seen from the results of their tests. The purpose of this study is to investigate the problems occur in listening class of EFL students at IAIN Kudus and the solutions to overcome those problems. The EFL students in this study refer to the English Education Department students of IAIN Kudus. The participants of this study are the second semester of English Education Department students. This study is a qualitative research. Observation, interview and documentation were conducted to collect the data. By conducting this study, several problems in listening comprehension can be revealed. The listening problems encountered by the EFL students are the pronunciation (accents), speedy delivery and length of the listening, physical conditions, unfamiliar vocabularies and terminologies, and limited facility for listening. Some actions should be done to overcome these obstacles occurred during listening process. The solutions to overcome the problems are students should be focus, practice more in listening English, memorize vocabularies, and prepare a language laboratory.

scholarly journals EFL Student Difficulties of Online Learning During Coronavirus Pandemic at IAIN Langsa

At-Tafkir ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-167
Author(s):  
Muslem Muslem
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
English Education ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The Other ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Student Difficulties ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Subject

This research was aimed to find out the EFL students’ difficulties and psychological impact of online learning during coronavirus (COVID-19 ) at IAIN Langsa. This research used a qualitative approach. Documentation and interview were used to collect the data in this research. The subject of this research was EFL students of the English education department at the sixth-semester students of IAIN Langsa. The result of this research showed that the students encountered several difficulties in learning online consisting of; Internet data, internet connection, difficulties in doing assignments, intrusion, lack of experience in using technology, comprehending the lesson of EFL and interaction between students and lecturer. On the other hand, the psychological impact of online learning encountered by the students such as; frustration and feeling sadness

scholarly journals The Role of Inquiry Based Learning to Improve Reading Comprehension of EFL Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-20
Author(s):  
' Ermawati
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
English Education ◽  
Reading Proficiency ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Inquiry Based Learning ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Efl Students

Approaches in reading have widely emerged to fulfill the needs of learners to comprehend a text and to change their reading habit which is one of them is Inquiry Based Learning (IBL). Thus, this study aims to identify the role of Inquiry Based Learning to improve reading comprehension. The design of this study was mixed method with QUAN-qual model. The quantitative method used quasi-experimental design with control and experimental group including pre-test and post-test. It used purposive sampling technique to determine the samples who involved 40 students; 19 students in control class and 21 students in experimental class. This study was conducted at third semester students of English Education Department of STKIP Muhammadiyah Sidrap. The data were gained through test and non-test (questionnaire and interview). Then, the data were analyzed through SPSS 22. The significant findings of the recent study was the roles of IBL; developing students’ reading proficiency, engaging the students with complex texts, practicing students’ all levels of comprehension as they take a part in IBL phases,activating students prior knowledge, aligning inquiry process to students’ reading comprehension, providing students to work with team and enhancing students’ learning process. Finally, this study could be implemented practically and pedagogically in the study of IBL.

scholarly journals Students’ perception on the use of role-play to improve students’ communicative competence

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Arifiana Tri Wulandari ◽  
Bambang Widi Pratolo ◽  
Rika Junianti
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
English Education ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Questionnaire Result ◽  
Speaking Skill

Recently, speaking is important in many aspects. A technique which can be used to increase speaking skill is by using role-play. It can develop communicative competence of the students. The aim of this study is to understand the students’ problems in doing role-play and to recognize the effects of role-play for the students in communicative competence aspect. The participants were fifth semester students of English Education Department, and it included 108 students. This study was conducted in campus 4 of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan. The instruments used questionnaire and interview. In calculating the questionnaire, SPSS 17.0 was used by the researcher. The questionnaire result showed that using role-play in learning process improves the communicative competence of the students. It is supported by interview result which described that (1) using role-play can increase vocabularies of students, (2) it gives new atmosphere in the classroom, and (3) the students get some experiences to add their knowledge.

scholarly journals Tools to Support Classroom Settings: Perceptions of EFL Students on ICT Usage during Pre-Service Teaching Program

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-64
Author(s):  
Siti Munawaroh ◽  
Syahdan Syahdan
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
English Education ◽  
Teaching Program ◽  
Classroom Context ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
High Level ◽  
Pre Service Teacher ◽  
Academic Year

ICT is used in the classroom context to help pre-service teacher or practicum teachers to know more learning materials beyond the textbooks. This study aims at investigating perceptions using ICT in the learning process during their pre-service teaching program. This survey research was taking EFL students at the English Education Department, Universitas Lancang Kuning, who conducted practice teaching or pre-service teaching at other schools in the province. Sixty-four students participated in this study. A set of questionnaires, with a Likert scale of 20 items and closed-ended five questions, was used to collect the data to ask their perception in ICT use during practice teaching at schools, the academic year 2019-2020. Some questionnaire items were adopted and developed from (Zare-ee 2011). The findings reveal that most pre-service teachers (90%) used ICT in the classroom. The analysis using statistical analysis (SPSS ver. 20), it was found that the mean score at 4.08 with a standard deviation value at 0.144 categorized High level. The score of standard deviation means that all of the respondents' answers are the same agree or homogenous. It means that pre-service teachers agree on the importance of using ICT in the classroom's learning process and acting as supportive tool to grasp meaningful English learning resources, especially in classroom settings.

scholarly journals The Optimization of Blended Learning in Extensive and Intensive Reading Course

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-17
Author(s):  
Musdalifah Ifah Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Education ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Education Department ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Intensive Reading ◽  
Online Conversation

This study aimed to describe 1) the application of Blended Learning in extensive and intensive reading subjects, and (2) the students’ perception of the application of blended learning.  The subject of this study was the students of the English education department at the Muhammadiyah University of Enrekang. The data in this study were the activities of students and the lecturer in the teaching and learning processes and the students’ perception of the learning process in the classroom.  The results showed that (1) the students and the lecturer were actively engaged in live learning and online conversation, and (2) the students had a positive perception of learning.

scholarly journals EFL Students’ Perception of Distance Learning Practice in a Vocabulary Class

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Ribeh Najib Muhammad
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Internet Connectivity ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Efl Teaching ◽  
Efl Students

The perception of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students toward the significance of distance learning practice in EFL teaching at university is essential to provide suggestions for enhancing distance learning practice in the context of EFL teaching. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate students’ perception towards distance learning practice at University of Muhammadiyah Gresik, especially in Words in Contexts class as the main course for learning vocabularies. Therefore, this study explored several aspects that needed in the implementation of distance learning practice. The subjects of this study were 34 first semester students of English education department who had applied distance learning practice. Questionnaire was used as research instrument to collect data from the respondents who had been selected. In addition, interview was also conducted to confirm the result of questionnaire. After the data were collected, they were analyzed using quantitative and qualitative analysis method. The finding indicated that students had average perception towards the implementation of distance learning practice, since distance learning practice provided advantages for their learning process. However, there were setbacks and problems such as students’ participation, internet connectivity, and material clarity that needed to be solved in order to improve the quality of distance learning practice.

scholarly journals Investigating Indonesian EFL Students’ Responses of the Implementation of Intercultural Language Learning

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Fauzi Miftakh
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Education ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Students Attitudes

This study aimed at discovering the students‟ responses to the implementation of intercultural language learning at the sixth semester students of the English Education Department, University of Singaperbangsa Karawang, Indonesia. The focus of the study was on 1) the students‟ general attitudes toward the course, 2) the students‟ attitudes toward the implementation of teaching and learning and 3) the students‟ responsibility as an intercultural person. This study was designed as a descriptive qualitative study that involved 31 participants. The data were collected through questionnaire and interviews. Based on the findings, the students gave positive responses to the implementation of intercultural language learning and they showed a greater interest in participating in the course. The intercultural language learning also proved that the students were given the opportunity to become intercultural speakers either during the teaching and learning process or in their daily life. Finally, it recommends that the intercultural approach should be implemented by other English teachers in any subject and at all levels of students.Keywords: interculural language learning, intercultural competence, English as a foreign language.

scholarly journals Sorogan and How to Use it in Teaching English

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-148
Author(s):  
M. Alimul Huda ◽  
Feri Huda
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Boarding Schools ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Learning English

One of the obstacles in learning English is ignorance in the use of distinguishing functions of part of speech, verbal and nominal sentences, and tenses. This article describes the application of the Sorogan method in learning English for beginners, where for many years this method is still being used in learning Arabic in Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia. Descriptive design works to explain the use of this method. The population and samples were obtained from students majoring in English Education Department of University PGRI Adi Buana Campus Blitar. The results of the questionnaire display that students feel engaged in the implementation of Sorogan.

scholarly journals INTEGRASI KETERAMPILAN ABAD 21 DALAM MODUL SOCIOLINGUISTICS: KETERAMPILAN 4C (COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION, CRITICAL THINKING, DAN CREATIVITY)

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-466
Author(s):  
Winda Winda Trisnawati ◽  
Arini Kumala Sari
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
English Education ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Student Questionnaire

Preparing 21st century students to be able to compete in the future, teachers around the world promote several skills to face the challenges of 21st century development. Students need 21st century skills which are known as 4C skills (critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity). Integrating 21st century skills in the learning process effectively becomes very important. Teaching material as a source of learning is needed in this regard. One of the teaching materials is a module. The aim of this research is to develop an integrated Sociolinguistics module on 21st century skills that focus on 4C skills. It aims to find out the suitable of this module as teaching material for students in the English Education Department of STKIP Muhammadiyah Muara Bungo. This research method used research and development (R&D). The research procedure was divided into two, namely preparation and implementation. This research was conducted to students in the fifth semester of the academic year 2019/2020 English Education Department of STKIP Muhammadiyah Muara Bungo. Data collection techniques used questionnaire and observation sheets as instrument. This research data analysis technique used quantitative data analysis techniques and qualitative data analysis techniques. The results showed the recapitulation of assessment aspects from various experts, sociolinguistics lecturer, student questionnaire sheets, and observations sheet. The following are the percentages of the result module eligibility which includes: the results of the material expert validation was 61.3% (good category); the results of the validation of media experts was 75.8% (excellent category); module self-evaluation results by lecturers was 90% (excellent category); field trial observation sheet results was 78.9% (excellent category); and the results of the student questionnaire sheet was 76.3% (excellent category). So the sociolinguistics module which is integrated with 4C skills is appropriate to be used in the learning process.

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