scholarly journals Designing Android-Based Mobile Application for Language Learning (MALL) for the National Exam Simulation

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Pikir Wisnu Wijayanto ◽  
Elis Hernawati
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
School Students ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
National Examination ◽  
Development Life Cycle ◽  
User Design ◽  
Design And Testing

This research aims at designing an Android-based mobile application for language learning (MALL) for the final exam simulation of the English subject for junior high school students. The method used in building the Android-based mobile application is the software development life cycle (SDLC). Based on the implementation of user design and testing, the user (teacher and students) can do a test by using an application that runs on the Android platform. The Android device will request (get / post) to the server via the internet. Then the web server (PHP) will process the request from Android and will query the database. The computer then sends data to the Android device via JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). It is as an intermediary between the server and the Android application. The name of this application is SOUN that stands for “Soal Ujian Nasional” or the National Examination Questions. The teacher can manage the questions and see the scores that the students have achieved. While the students can practice answering the questions of English exercises independently, anytime and anywhere both online and offline. They can also see the score immediately based on the questions that they answered. They also know the solution, tricks, and tips on doing the exercises by choosing the menu provided. Therefore, the use of MALL as the learning media can become one of the alternative English learning models in order to prepare the students for practicing the simulations of the national examination

scholarly journals Study Abroad and Willingness to Communicate: A Case Study at Junior High School

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Adrian Leis
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Second Language ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
School Students ◽  
Study Abroad Program

The goal of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of whether a short study abroad program is effective in increasing its participants’ willingness to communicate in a second language. Using a questionnaire designed by Yashima (2002), a pre-post design study was used to examine a sample of 80 Japanese junior high school students who participated in a ten-day study abroad program to Sydney, Australia. The results indicate that although there were no statistically significant differences seen in the second language learning motivation of the students participating in the study abroad program, there were salient decreases observed in the anxiety students felt towards speaking English. Furthermore, as clear differences were seen in international posture, joining the study abroad program also meant that students felt more a part of the global community. Based on these results, the author concludes that traveling abroad for the purposes of study is indeed effective for adolescent learners of English, helping them feel more comfortable using the language as a tool for communication. 本論の目的は、短期海外研修参加者の第2言語におけるWillingness to Communicate (WTC) の向上に及ぼす効果について、より深い知見を獲得することである。八島（2002）によって作成されたアンケートを用い、シドニー•オーストラリアでの10日間の海外研修に参加した80人の日本人中学生のサンプルを事前事後調査方式で研究を行った。結果からわかったことは、統計的にみると海外研修に参加した生徒の第2言語における学習意欲には有意差が見られなかったが、生徒が英語を話すことに対して抱いていた不安の軽減が顕著に見られたということである。さらに、国際的な姿勢に明らかな差異が見られ、海外研修への参加は、生徒が国際社会の一員としての認識を強めるものとなっていた。これらの結果により、筆者は、学習を目的とする海外研修は英語を学ぶ生徒には非常に効果があり、海外研修によって生徒たちはより安心感を持って言語をコミュニケーションツールとして用いることができるようになったとの結論に達した。

scholarly journals Masih Pentingkah UN bagi Siswa? Is UN Still Important for Students?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Suci Paramitha Lestari ◽  
NFN Safari
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Student Opinions ◽  
National Examination ◽  
Mathematics And Science

The main purpose of this study is to answer the following question. Is there any influence of junior high school student’s opinion on the importance of the National Examination against the 2018 National Examination results because currently the National Examination is no longer a determinant of graduation? The population of this study was junior high school students participated in the National Examination in 2018. The data in this study were in the form of test scores and students’ answers to questionnaires in 34 provinces throughout Indonesia. Filling out questionnaires was carried out voluntarily on the last day of the National Examination, so the number of respondents filling out the questionnaire was 3.224.331 from 37.859 junior high school students. The number of respondents is the sample in this study. Based on the results of the t-test analysis obtained as follows. The influence of student opinions stating that the UN is important and not important to the 2018 UN results even though the UN is not a determinant of graduation is proven. This means that there is a significant influence (P <0,000) of the student's opinions towards the 2018 National Examination results for subjects: Indonesian, English, Mathematics, and Science, (Sig. 0,000). Most of the SMP / MTs students amount to 199.222 (90.7%) stated that the National Examination was important, while students who stated that the UN was not important were 20.340 (9.3%) students. The conclusion is that there is an influence of the junior high school students’ opinion about the importance of the National Examination towards the 2018 UN results even though the National Examination is not a determinant of graduation.

scholarly journals TO TRANSLANGUAGE OR NOT TO TRANSLANGUAGE? THE MULTILINGUAL PRACTICE IN AN INDONESIAN EFL CLASSROOM

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasman Rasman
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
School Students ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Actual Use ◽  
Dialectical Relationship

Translanguaging, the use of learners’ full linguistic repertoire in language learning, has recently been theorized as an effective pedagogical practice because it creates more learning opportunities for multilinguals. Despite the growing number of research on this topic, less attention has been paid on the actual use of translanguaging in the classroom. This study aims to fill this gap by investigating translanguaging practice in an EFL classroom in Indonesia where learners used their full repertoire (English, Indonesian, Javanese) to negotiate meaning in learner-learner interactions. Specifically, this research attempts to find out both the effectiveness and the challenges of applying translanguaging to promote learning. The data were collected from the video-recording of naturally-occuring interactions among junior high school students (14-15 years old) in an EFL classroom in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The data were analyzed using discourse analysis technique and perceived using ecological approach to explain the dialectical relationship between local interaction and the wider socio-political context. The findings show that translanguaging could help learners to develop their multilingual competencies (including the English language). However, the different socio-politically constructed status of English, Indonesian, and Javanese is still prevalent among students and thus, it inhibits them from maximizing their full repertoire when learning English. Further pedagogical implications related to the translanguaging practice for teachers are also suggested in this article.

Employing Humanoid Robots for Teaching English Language in Iranian Junior High-Schools

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 1450022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minoo Alemi ◽  
Ali Meghdari ◽  
Maryam Ghazisaedy
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
English Language ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Humanoid Robots ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test

This paper presents the effect of robotics assisted language learning (RALL) on the vocabulary learning and retention of Iranian English as foreign language (EFL) junior high school students in Tehran, Iran. After taking a vocabulary pre-test, 46 beginner level female students at the age of 12, studying in their first year of junior-high participated in two groups of RALL (30 students) and non-RALL (16 students) in this study. The textbook used was the English book (Prospect-1) devised by the Iranian Ministry of Education for 7th graders, and the vocabulary taught and tested (pre-test and post-test) were taken from this book. Moreover, the treatment given by a teacher accompanied by a humanoid robot assistant in the RALL group took about five weeks in which half of the book was covered, and the non-RALL group was taught in a traditional method. Finally, the teacher administered the post-test and delayed post-test whose results of repeated measures ANOVA and Two Ways ANOVA indicated that there was a significant difference regarding participants' vocabulary gain and retention in RALL group comparing to non-RALL group. In addition, the teacher reported the students' positive reaction to RALL in learning vocabulary. Overall, the results revealed that RALL has been very influential in creating an efficient and pleasurable English learning environment. This study has some implications for technology-based education, language teaching, and social robotics fields.

scholarly journals Exploring the Development of English Club Activities in Junior High School English Language Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-34
Author(s):  
Wei Cheng
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Junior High ◽  
English Language Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
High School English ◽  
Membership Management

Abstract: English language activities are enjoyable and respect the students’ subjectivity, which stimulates their enthusiasm for using English communication. Therefore, it is widely welcomed by junior high school students. The development of the English club and their activities, such as membership, management systems, event planning, advisory lecturers and cooperation with school management, among others, all directly affect the club activities. Therefore, it is essential to promote their club activities in junior high school English language learning. This paper analyzes the role of the English club and explores their process of conducting specific activities. It is hoped that this paper will be used as a reference for future studies.

scholarly journals Junior high school students’ difficulties of English language learning in the speaking and listening section

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
Alan Jaelani ◽  
Olivia Widad Zabidi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning English

This study aims to determine students' problems in learning English, especially in terms of speaking and listening. Basically, the teaching and learning process will run smoothly if students feel comfortable with the learning activities; therefore, this research provides some appropriate suggestions for teachers in overcoming difficulties faced by students. The respondents of this study were junior high school students. This study used a questionnaire as an instrument to determine the extent of students' skills in English. This study also conducted data analysis by analyzing the importance of English in students' views, the difficulties encountered in learning English, and also the teacher's teaching strategies desired by students. The results of this study indicate that most students have some difficulties in speaking due to lack of confidence and skills such as pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. Likewise, the difficulty in listening is caused by students’ lack of vocabulary that leads to the difficulty in understanding conversations in English. To overcome this problem, teachers need to have strategies such as identification, diagnosis, prognosis, and assistance or therapy. This research can facilitate the teachers in knowing complaints about English language difficulties experienced by the students.

scholarly journals The Tongue Twister Tournament by N. Kanellos

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Borle
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
School Students ◽  
Tongue Twisters ◽  
Tongue Twister

Kanellos, Nicolás. El Torneo De Trabalenguas = The Tongue Twister Tournament. Illustrated by Anne Vega, Arte Publico Press-Piñata Books, 2016.This is a children’s picture book that takes the form of a tongue twister competition. Each page introduces a contestant and the tongue twister (in both English and Spanish) that they are reciting in the competition. Sometimes, the translations of the tongue twisters lend themselves to very different meanings depending on the language. On the left page of each pair are the tongue-twisters. On the facing page, a surreal, cartoon-like illustration of the contestant is shown. Each illustration integrates elements of the tongue twister. The illustrations also incorporate visual jokes, especially in the shadows behind each participant. For example, Grumpy Granny, the second competitor, presents a tongue twister about a cat whose “tail was on the wrong end”. The cat in the picture has a normal tail, but the cat in the shadow has a tail on the wrong end. Forte Fortisimo, the strongman competitor reciting a tongue twister about cockroaches has a cockroach as his shadow. The book concludes with an anthology containing tongue twisters in their original languages.This is an elementary level book that would be useful for language learning, enunciation and elocution practice in both English and Spanish. The tongue twisters would be appropriate for both first and second language learners. Children can have fun trying the tongue twisters themselves, or a class could have its own tongue twister tournament. This kind of interactivity helps children be more engaged in language learning.I recommend this book for public libraries and elementary school libraries, particularly where there are Spanish speaking populations. Highly Recommended: 4 stars out of 4Reviewer: Stephanie BorleStephanie Borle is a University of Alberta student of linguistics who enjoys working with children and new immigrants. She spent a year teaching English as a Second Language in Japan to kindergarten and junior high school students.

scholarly journals Hot Potatoes Multimedia Applications in Evaluation of Indonesian Learning In SMP Students in Buru District

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 556-570
Author(s):  
Susiati Susiati ◽  
Risman Iye ◽  
LOA Suherman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Multimedia Application ◽  
School Students

This study aims to find out wheter there is an influence of the Hot Potatoes multimedia application in evaluating junior high school students' learning outcomes in Indonesian language learning. The study design uses an evaluation model with the multimedia application Hot Potatoes. The method used is quantitative description and qualitative description, which is to show the effect of evaluating student learning outcomes and student and teacher responses to the effectiveness of the use of multimedia Hot Potatoes. The data source of this research is the IX grade junior high school students in Buru Regency. Data collection techniques used in this study are test techniques using the multimedia application Hot Potatoes in the form of a Multiple-Choice Test (multiple-choice). The results showed that the application of the Hot Potatoes multimedia application in evaluating the learning outcomes of junior high school students in Indonesian language learning had a major influence on quality learning. This can be seen from the results of the evaluation of 50 middle school students from cycle I, cycle II, and cycle III. The percentage of students completeness in cycle I was 60%, cycle II was 86%, and cycle III was 94%. Meanwhile, the percentage of students completeness in the first cycle was 40%, second cycle was 14%, and third cycle was 6%.

scholarly journals The Equating of Battery Test Packages of Mathematics National Examination 2013-2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 00022
Author(s):  
Badrun Kartowagiran ◽  
Sudji Munadi ◽  
Heri Retnawati ◽  
Ezi Apino
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Item Parameter ◽  
School Students ◽  
National Examination ◽  
Test Characteristics ◽  
National Examinations ◽  
Item Parameter Estimation ◽  
One Year ◽  
Special Region

When a test implements several test instruments, there is an assurance that the test instruments that will be implemented are equal and this equality is an urgent matter. Therefore, this study aimed at confirming the equality of the test instruments that had been implemented in Mathematics National Examinations (MNE) 2013-2016. This study was conducted using quantitative approach. The data were gathered using students’ response documentation technique and MNE test instruments; the test instruments were drawn from the packages that had been administered to the national examinations for junior high school students in the Province of Yogyakarta Special Region. The data were analyzed by using the stages of item parameter estimation, designing the equating equation, equating through concordance model, drawing the test characteristics curve, and interpretation. The results of the analysis showed that the instruments that have been administered are almost equal, both from one package to another and from one year to another, with the standards of test instrument 2013.

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