scholarly journals EFL Students’ Perspective on the Usefulness of ICT based Learning in Indonesian Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Muhammad Basri ◽  
Muhammad Azwar Paramma
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
User Expectations ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Acceptance Model

The study explores the perception of the EFL students in English Language Teaching through ICT based learning at Universitas Negeri Makassar. It employs a descriptive study using purposive sampling techniques by taking 57 respondents from university students. The online questionnaire used to collect data on the perception of students on the ICT based Learning of English Language Teaching. The method of descriptive in terms of percentage has been used for data processing, and the deduction method has been used to analyze and interpret data. The result of this study indicates the positive perception those university students hold on the use of the Learning Management System in English Language Teaching. Further study can refer to this Acceptance Model in determining a suitable ICT integrated learning program between the reality and user expectations of the program used.

scholarly journals Blogs as Powerful Learning Tools: The Perception from EFL Students in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Budianto Hamuddin ◽  
Indah Muzdalifah ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Alternative Media ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
Publishing Article ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Learning English

This post print paper presented in ICHaS 2017. Promoting the potential value of blogs in English Language Teaching (ELT) for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Students is the focus of this present study. It's aimed to explain in a quantitative way the perceptions from English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students in using blogs. The students from PBIG FKIP Universitas Lancang Kuning in the province of Riau, Indonesia was selected based on the increasing trends of the blog used as alternative media to learn English during these two years. The analysis of this present study based its data from online questionnaire as the main instrument to collect the data. The online questionnaire was open from August 2016-February 2017 (6 months) and filled up by 161 students from English Department of FKIP Unilak who enroll in 6 different blog-based classes at PBIG FKIP Unilak. The analysis showing that the majority of the students had a positive perception that blog can be used as powerful tools to promote English language skills especially reading and writing. The data also reveals that using the blog as a learning journal can raise students’ motivation in learning English and publishing article. These positive results somehow showing that blog can be promoted as an alternative media of learning English for English as Foreign Language Students at PBIG FKIP Unilak or in other institutions around the globe that teach English as a Foreign language

scholarly journals Visual, Auditory, Kinaesthetic Learning Styles and Their Impacts on English Language Teaching

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Pourhosein Gilakjani
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Effective Teaching ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Visual Learners ◽  
Kinaesthetic Learning

One of the most important uses of learning styles is that it makes it easy for teachers to incorporate them into their teaching. There are different learning styles. Three of the most popular ones are visual, auditory, and kinaesthetic in which students take in information. Some students are visual learners, while others are auditory or kinaesthetic learners. While students use all of their senses to take in information, they seem to have preferences in how they learn best. In order to help students learn, teachers need to teach as many of these preferences as possible. Teachers can incorporate these learning styles in their curriculum activities so that students are able to succeed in their classes. This study is an analysis of learning styles for Iranian EFL students. The purpose of this study is to increase faculty awareness and understanding of the effect of learning styles on the teaching process. A review of the literature will determine how learning styles affect the teaching process. Keywords: Learning styles, Auditory, Visual, Kinaesthetic, Effective Teaching

The Effect of Native Model Writing on the Vocabulary Richness of Iranian EFL Learners’ Written Text in a Four-stage Writing Task

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 1713
Author(s):  
Seyed Mohammad Reza Amirian ◽  
Azam Behshad
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Vocabulary Size ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Vocabulary Richness ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Writing Task

Vocabulary is a main part of English language teaching because without sufficient vocabulary students cannot understand others or express their own thoughts. “A repeating inquiry in the historical backdrop of language teaching research has been that of how vocabulary can be best organized for learning “(see McArthur 1998; Howatt and Widdowson 2004 for historical reviews). The present study investigated a group of Iranian EFL students’ knowledge for vocabulary learning and their vocabulary size. This study aimed at investigating the role of native-like writing in enhancing learners' writing ability by sensitizing them to select more native-like terms and expressions through improving their vocabulary knowledge. For this purpose the researcher used native models in two revisions of story in four-stage writing task that consisted of output, comparison, and two revisions. The question that researchers asked was whether giving native models later turns into better performance. At the end it is concluded that the 4-satge native model of writing helps L2 learners to write a well-formed English narrative and make use of better terms and expressions as well as helping teachers understand the formulation problems of EFL writers and what the students notice. That is, the gap between the way that they write and the native models to which they compare themselves.

scholarly journals Translating from English into Indonesian: Which techniques to teach EFL students to be professional translators?

AL-TA LIM ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-146
Author(s):  
Faisal Mustafa ◽  
Mohammad Kholid
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Explicit Instruction ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Original Version ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
University Level

The credits for translation courses offered at the study program of English Language Teaching at a university level in Indonesia are very limited, which is not sufficient to teach and facilitate practices for all techniques of translation. Therefore, the students should only be taught techniques frequently used in translation from English to Indonesian. This research was to analyze translation techniques commonly used in translating from English to Indonesian. The data were collected from Colors magazine, an in-flight magazine for Garuda Indonesia. The magazine comes in two languages. The sentences were extracted, and translated sentences in Indonesian were compared to the original version in English. The research results showed that the most frequently used techniques in translating from English into Indonesian are amplification (23.36%), reduction (15.20%), transposition (12.32%), borrowing (12%), modulation (11.68%), and literal translation (10.08%). Therefore, it is recommended that lecturers teaching students majoring English Language Teaching provide them with those techniques of translations with practices, feedbacks and explicit instruction for revisions.

Reconsidering poetry’s difficulty and value in English as a second language and English as a foreign language education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Boldireff ◽  
Chris Bober
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Efl Students

Abstract There is a longstanding stigma attached to the use of poetry in English Language Teaching (ELT). Poetry is considered difficult and peripheral to ELT curricula and L2 teacher education. Until recently, there was little scholarly interest in studying the effectiveness of poetry in second language teaching. This article aims to advance the research on the use of poetry in ELT. Using a systematic literature review approach covering the years 2008–2020, the present study investigates whether poetry remains underused and undervalued. It is structured around the questions: Is poetry a difficult subject to teach to ESL/EFL learners and learn by L2 students? What value is there to teaching poetry in ELT? Of the 199 peer reviewed journal articles retrieved, 43 met the inclusion criteria for this study and were examined in-depth. Two themes emerged from the analysis: the perception of poetry and using poetry as a research tool in ELT. The majority of evidence was qualitative research, which included 19 case studies; whereas, the most used quantitative research designs were Random Control Trials. We attest to the need for more rigorous scholarship on the part of researchers. Results show that poetry is a valuable tool for ESL/EFL students and teachers, and not difficult for L2 learners. This study concludes with a call for including poetry in teaching practices.

scholarly journals Pronunciation of English Dental Fricatives by Slovak University EFL Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Rastislav Metruk
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
First Year ◽  
Pronunciation Instruction ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Auditory Analysis ◽  
First Year University

The article attempts to explore the difficulties in pronunciation of English dental fricatives by Slovak EFL university students. The primary objective of the study is to examine to what extent Slovak university students mispronounce [θ] and [ð] and which sounds act as substitutes for the two consonants. A total of 44 Slovak first-year university students whose major was Teaching English Language and Literature delivered unprepared English monologues, which were recorded on a computer. Subsequently, the files were sent to an English native speaker from Canada who performed an auditory analysis of pronunciation errors in the participants’ utterances. The results indicate that English dental fricatives pose problems for Slovak EFL learners since a considerable number of participants mispronounced both voiced and voiceless dental fricative consonants. Finally, the study emphasizes the immense significance of pronunciation instruction as this area still appears to be rather neglected in the context of English language teaching in Slovakia.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Instructional Materials for Peer Assisted Learning Program (PALP)

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Arilia Triyoga
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
English Language ◽  
Instructional Material ◽  
English Education ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Peer Assisted Learning ◽  
Textbook Evaluation

ESL classroom implements the use of instructional materials to support instruction in classroom. Instructional material is defined as anything which is deliberately used to increase the learners’ knowledge and/or experience of the language (Tomlinson, 2011). Textbook, video, newspaper can be used as materials in the English instruction. This research aims to evaluate the instructional material for Peer Assisted Learning Program (PALP) based on Mukundan’s categorization in the form of English Language Teaching Textbook Evaluation Checklist (ELT-TEC) (2013) and to find whether the material is useful or not the material for PALP. Peer Assisted Learning Program (PALP) is a peer tutoring program initiated by the English Education Department to encourage the students to speak English fluently and to perform better. The data of this descriptive quantitative research are taken from the instructional material for PALP and these are classified based on the categorization checklist of Mukundan’s English Language Teaching Textbook Evaluation Checklist (ELT-TEC). The total score will be the consideration of the materials’ usefulness. Based on the analysis, it is found that the instructional material for PALP is on the moderate usefulness. This finding can give a significant contribution the PALP itself.

scholarly journals A Pragmatic Data Based Evaluation of CLT in the EFL Curricula at Higher Secondary Level in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Md. Masud Rana ◽  
Md. Mahmud Hasan Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Communicative Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Metropolitan Cities ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Efl Students

This paper evaluates the scope and relative unfeasibility of communicative language teaching (CLT) that was introduced at higher secondary level in Bangladesh to innovate English language teaching (ELT) by replacing grammar translation method (GTM). To substantiate the evaluation, a survey intended to determine the feasibility and relative drawbacks of CLT was made. A total of 100 teachers and 100 students participated in the survey of 10 different colleges of Dhaka and Khulna metropolitan cities of Bangladesh and two different questionnaires were used to collect quantitative data from randomly selected teachers and students. The study reveals that most of the EFL students in Bangladesh could not succeed in learning English language through CLT in spite of studying it for twelve years at their secondary and higher secondary levels. The paper also examines multifaceted problems affecting English language teaching and learning through CLT such as most of the classrooms of Bengali medium colleges are not well-furnished with modern language teaching equipment, lack of training and teaching materials, student’s lack of background knowledge, motivation etc. Therefore, the real outcome of CLT in Bangladesh could not meet the initial dream and promise with which it was introduced and eventually became inappropriate and ineffective.This article critically evaluates CLT focusing on multiple barriers and factors instrumental for the failure of the approach at higher secondary level in Bangladesh. Finally, the study concludes with several recommendations to promote English language teaching at higher secondary level in Bangladesh.

scholarly journals Investigating the Iranian EAP Stakeholders' Ideas Apropos of Applying the Internet in EAP Curriculum

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Mahboobeh Khosravani ◽  
Hooshang Khoshsima
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
The Internet ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Internet Resources

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) has become one of the most important fields in English Language Teaching (ELT) in Iran. Thus, researchers, syllabus designers, and EAP instructors are always in search of new materials and tools to enhance learning. The Internet is regarded as one of the most useful and practical tools which can be used in EAP pedagogical settings. As a result, becoming aware of the EAP stakeholders’ attitudes toward using the Internet is so necessary. To this aim, university students (Chabahar Maritime University) and EAP lecturers were given questionnaires. The analyzed data revealed that most EAP instructors and students have a positive attitude toward using the Internet as one of the main sources of EAP courses. However, there were few cases that a relatively significant number of participants had a negative attitude toward internet resources. These cases are discussed in detail and some solutions are suggested.

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