scholarly journals The different uses of the pronoun ‘we’ by EFL teachers in classroom interaction

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 384-399
Author(s):  
Muthi'ah Muthi'ah ◽  
Syamsul Arif Galib ◽  
Annisa Shofa Tsuraya ◽  
Multazam Abubakar ◽  
Nur Aliyah Nur ◽  
...  

The pronoun ‘we’ is understood only to refer to the first-person plural. In fact, the pronoun ‘we’ can also refer to other references. The primary purpose of this study is to examine the different uses of the pronoun ‘we’ by EFL teachers in classroom interaction. This study employed a qualitative approach by using three instruments: observation, audio-recorder, and interview in collecting the data. The subjects of this research are two English teachers and the second-grade students at a vocational high school in Makassar. The data were analyzed by formulating Miles et al.’s method of analysis. The result of this study shows that, in classroom interaction, the pronoun ‘we’ can refer to six distinct references: (1) ‘we’ that refers to speaker and more than one addressee, (2) ‘we’ that refers to speaker and more than one-third party, (3) ‘we’ that refers to speaker and indefinite group, (4) ‘we’ that indicates ‘you’, (5) ‘we’ that indicates ‘I’, and (6) ‘we’ that indicates “they”. From the interviews, the researchers found that both teachers have different reasons for using the pronoun ‘we’ in classroom interaction. The first teacher intends to use the pronoun to help him create an enjoyable learning environment and establish better relationships with the students. In contrast, the other teacher uses the pronoun ‘we’ to show politeness to the students. Despite the differences, they both seem to have the same intention of creating a positive learning environment.

Author(s):  
H. Ruslan Abdul Gani

This research is aimed to find out the implementation of Team Game Tournament to improve students’ classroom interaction and reading comprehension viewed from self-efficacy. The subject of this study was 30 students at second grade students of SMPN 5 Kopang. Which consists of 14 males and 16 females. This study was classroom action research (CAR) with two cycles, each cycle consists of four steps: planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The first cycle was focused on the students’ classroom interaction. Meanwhile, the second cycle was oriented to solve the students’ improvement of reading comprehension. The data gathering used reading test, observation sheet, and questionnaires and analyzed by using quantitative and qualitative approach. The result of the questionnaire showed the students score in the first cycle was 16.86 or 56% and the second cycle showed the students' score was 27.10 or 90.3% indicating the target of 75 of the minimum criterion has been achieved, it means that the action was stopped in the cycle 2. In other words, the students’ classroom interaction and reading comprehension in relation to self-efficacy was improved by implementing team game tournament (TGT) for the eighth-grade students of SMPN 5 Kopang.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Evis Sumilia ◽  
Hilda Puspita ◽  
Elfrida Elfrida

Abstract: The aims of this research were to find out kinds of student response and the most dominant response used by the second grade students in Senior High School. The researcher was designed as a descriptive quantitative research. The population of the research was second grade student in Senior High School 8 Bengkulu. The samples were 60 students. The data were collected by using a set of questionnaire. There were 25 statements of students’ responses which consisted of five aspects by Moskowitzs in Brown (2001). They were student response (specific), student response (open-ended or student initiated), confusion, silence and nonverbal. The result of this study showed the students of Senior High School 8 Bengkulu preferred to use five aspects of the student response i.e., student response (specific), student response (open-ended or student initiated), confusion, silence and nonverbal. In addition, the most dominant response used by the student is student response (specific). The student more interested in using response specific in answering the teacher question. Keywords:  Students’ Responses, Teachers’ Questions, Classroom Interaction


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 400
Author(s):  
Reni Apriani ◽  
Diana Marchelina

Teaching learning process will be effective when there are interactions between the teacher and students. Classroom interaction is one of the crucial factors in the teaching-learning process. Questioning has been recognized as the equipment of classroom teachers and profound to prominent teaching. The objective of this research is to identify the types of basic questions the teacher asks. The research method used descriptive qualitative design. The data were obtained by doing observation and interview with the educator and students as respondent. The population of this research was teacher and students of the second-grade students of SMK TI Garuda Nusantara Cimahi. The data were investigated by applying questioning strategies focused on the variety of teacher questioning. The result showed that entire teacher questioning that found the most frequently used. Based on the result, it can be concluded that the questioning from the teacher was more dominant than student questions.


2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Gadke ◽  
Renée M. Tobin ◽  
W. Joel Schneider

Abstract. This study examined the association between Agreeableness and children’s selection of conflict resolution tactics and their overt behaviors at school. A total of 157 second graders responded to a series of conflict resolution vignettes and were observed three times during physical education classes at school. We hypothesized that Agreeableness would be inversely related to the endorsement of power assertion tactics and to displays of problem behaviors, and positively related to the endorsement of negotiation tactics and to displays of adaptive behaviors. Consistent with hypotheses, Agreeableness was inversely related to power assertion tactics and to displays of off-task, disruptive, and verbally aggressive behaviors. There was no evidence that Agreeableness was related to more socially sophisticated responses to conflict, such as negotiation, with our sample of second grade students; however, it was related to displays of adaptive behaviors, specifically on-task behaviors. Limitations, including potential reactivity effects and the restriction of observational data collection to one school-based setting, are discussed. Future researchers are encouraged to collect data from multiple sources in more than one setting over time.


Author(s):  
Tihomir Prša ◽  
Jelena Blašković

Expressiveness of the church modes is reflected in their character and association of certain states with a specific mode or single Gregorian composition which possesses unique expressiveness. An important characteristic of Gregorian chant on the tonality level is diatonic singing based on scales without chromatics, using only one semitone in the tetrachord whose musical structure reflects the expressiveness of Gregorian chant. Such expressiveness achieves character specificities which each mode respectively reflects. Various modal material in the form of typical melodic shifts in a certain composition conditions the expressiveness of Gregorian music and influences the listening impression and assessment of individual Gregorian tunes. The goal of this work is to examine primary education students' experiences of the expressiveness of Gregorian modes and explore if today's auditory sense accustomed to two tonality genres, major and minor, recognises what has been stored in the heritage of Gregorian chant repertoire for centuries. The research was conducted in the school year 2018/2019 with students of first, second, third and fourth grade of primary school (N=100). The results have shown that first and second grade students express higher auditory sensibility in recognizing specific characteristic of authentic Gregorian modes. Third and fourth grade students are audibly less open and perceptive considering tonal character differences in the authentic Gregorian modes. Key words: Gregorian chant; modality; old church scales; students in primary education


MedEdPORTAL ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Lewis ◽  
Nathalie Feldman ◽  
Anne Rich ◽  
Sean Ackerman ◽  
Charmaine Patel

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-164
Author(s):  
Watini Watini

The reason underlying the implementation of the present study was because there was a finding revealing that there were still several students from cross-economics class of XI MIPA having difficulties in understanding the lessons. In addition, the students also had a kind of thought that economics was just about memorizing things which was not interesting and challenging that resulted in their unsatisfied learning outcomes. Therefore, the SIM-OVG model needed to be implemented in the learning process. The instruments of the present study were observation and, students’ learning reports and work method. The population of the study was the second grade students (4 classes) who enrolled economics subject at SMA Negeri 10 Samarinda, whereas the samples of the study were the students of XI MIPA-1 class (cross-economics class) at SMA Negeri 10 Samarinda. The number of the population and samples was 101 and 23 students respectively. The study lasted for one semester. The description of the classroom observation, the students’ scores and the group presentation were obtained for the data analysis. After implementing the SIM-OVG model, the results showed that; 1) in the affective aspect, the students showed a better attitude, 2) in the cognitive aspect, there was an improvement on the students’ learning outcomes (before the implementation of SIM-OVG model in XI MIPA-1 class, 52,17% of the students did not reach the passing-grade, but after the implementation, 100% of the students reached the passing-grade, and they also looked enthusiastic in doing their assignments, and 3) in the psychomotor aspect, the students became more skillful, creative, and be able to perform high level thinking. The researcher suggested that the dissemination should be done through MGMP forum and SIM-OVG model workshop. In addition, the researcher also suggested the integration of SIM-OVG model with other learning models and hoped that every school provided adequate facilities to support the implementation of SIM-OVG model.


2021 ◽  
pp. 074193252198909
Author(s):  
Christian T. Doabler ◽  
William J. Therrien ◽  
Maria A. Longhi ◽  
Greg Roberts ◽  
Katherine E. Hess ◽  
...  

This study, which was reviewed through the Registered Report process, examined the initial efficacy of the Scientific Explorers program (Sci2) on second-grade students’ science achievement. Sci2 is grounded in the growing body of empirical research on science instruction, embedding principles of explicit instruction within a guided inquiry-based design framework. Eighteen second-grade classrooms were randomly assigned to treatment or control conditions. A cluster randomized controlled trial was employed, with 294 students nested within classrooms and classrooms nested within condition. The Sci2 program was implemented for a total of 10 lessons (5 hr) in treatment classrooms, whereas control classrooms provided business-as-usual science instruction. Overall treatment effects were observed on three of four science outcome measures. The reported effects were moderate to large, with effect sizes (Hedges’ g) ranging from 0.48 to 0.94. Moderation analyses indicated that science knowledge at pretest did not moderate Sci2’s effects. Implications for practice and research are discussed.


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