scholarly journals Indonesian EFL students’ voice on the first language usage in classroom

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-86
Author(s):  
Binti Muifatun Nazilah ◽  
Peptia Asrining Tyas ◽  
Wiwik Umiyati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
First Language ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Students ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Students Attitudes

The first language (L1) usage is still found during the English lesson, specifically in non-native English countries. This may be a debatable issue among experts. Hence, investigation on students’ perception is helpful in this study. It will give an insight into students’ preferences for learning the language. The previous studies related to this topic were mainly focused on senior high school and undergraduate students as the subject. Therefore, this present study proposed to explore the perception of junior high school students. In conducting this study, the researcher applied a quantitative survey design. There were 29 questions in three sections that were distributed to investigate: (1) the language used in the EFL classroom, (2) students’ attitudes as well as (3) students’ well-being during the English foreign language lesson. The participants were 101 students of SMP Shalahuddin Malang. The findings revealed that students have positive responses towards the use of Indonesian langauge during the EFL lesson.   DOI: 10.26905/enjourme.v6i2.6701

scholarly journals CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES AMONG JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NEW EDUBIASE

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 492-511
Author(s):  
Justice Agyei Ampofo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Ashanti Region

The level of students’ involvement in examination malpractice in Junior High Schools in Ghana has become increasingly worrying, problematic and threatening to the well-being of Ghanaian educational system. However, there seems to be paucity of studies on the causes and effects of examination malpractices among Junior High School students in Ghana and Adansi South District (New Edubiase) of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in particular. This research seeks to bridge this knowledge gap by identifying and discussing the causes and effects of examination malpractices among Junior High School students in New Edubiase. Study methods include the use of questionnaire (open and close ended questions). A total of ninety (90) respondents comprising of sixty (60) students and thirty (30) teachers who took part in this study were randomly and purposively selected. The results indicate that collusion, examination leakages, smuggling of answers scripts and late submission of parcels, sending foreign materials into the examination hall, impersonation, dubbing, writing on items (sheets of papers, handkerchief, erasers, and covers of calculator), writing answers on question papers and exchanging them with others to copy, communicating orally or through gestures during examination and using fake names index numbers, buying examination questions for students and offering money to examination authorities to assist their children and mass cheating are the nature of examination malpractices among Junior High School students in New Edubiase. The study revealed that examination malpractices brings total loss of trust in the educational system, reduced enrolmentof students in school, frequent cancellation of results, discourages good students/candidates from studying hard, derives innocent students’ opportunity for admission, decrease job efficiency, bring dissatisfaction on the part of the candidates, renders the goals of education invalid, examination cheats obtain certificates which they cannot defend, examination malpractice has reduced the quality and standard of education in the country, examination malpractice adversely affects national productivity as the certificates workers possess are not backed with commensurate knowledge, skills and values, examination malpractice makes employers of labour lose confidence in the educational system and the credentials that are paraded by job seekers and lastly examination malpractice leads to high educational wastage as those who cheat to pass examinations at a lower level, achieve very poorly at a higher level.Keywords: Causes, Effects, Examination, Malpractices, Junior High School, Students, New Edubiase, Ashanti Region, Ghana.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF CONCLUSION MAKING ABILITY FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE LEARNING OF STATIC ELECTRICITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ulfa Nur Hamidah ◽  
Fatha Aulal Mubarak
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Static Electricity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Initial Stimulus ◽  
Average Value

This research aims to  examine the  ability  to make conclusions  of  students  in  learning science  especially  the  static  electricity  material.  The  method is  qualitative  research  with  analytic  survey  design  with  cross-sectional approach. The sample in this study were all 27 students of junior high school in Ponorogo city. This research was conducted with one meeting within a period  of  2  hours of study.  At this  meeting the researcher provides an initial stimulus that can direct  students  towards  the  ability  to makeconclusions.  Then  researchers  provide  tests  to measure the ability to draw conclusions. This data collection technique is done through tests of the  ability  to makeconclusions,  as  wellas  interviews  with  educators  and  students.  This  data analysis  technique  is  through  quantitative  descriptive  and  qualitative  descriptive.  The  results showed that the acquisition of indicator scores translated or identified problems 30.56; design or plan  problem  solving  with  a  score  of  52.78;  solve  problems  with  a  score  of  56.48;  and  the indicators explain or evaluate the results with the acquisition of a score of 55.56. Thus it can be concluded that the ability to makeconclusions of students, shows an average value of 48.84 in the category of low inference ability.

scholarly journals High School Students’ Attitudes and Experiences in EFL Classrooms Equipped with Interactive Whiteboards

2016 ◽  
pp. 148-165
Author(s):  
Turgay Han ◽  
Semih Okatan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Interactive Whiteboards ◽  
Female Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Students Attitudes

The purpose of this study was to examine ninth grade EFL students’ experiences and attitudes towards classrooms equipped with interactive whiteboards (IWB). The data were collected with a questionnaire about attitudes towards IWB use in EFL classes, and observations from three different classrooms in three different high schools. The study indicated that the EFL students were not fully aware of how to use IWBs in learning English although they had a background of IWB use. In addition, there was no statistically significant difference in the attitudes of the male and female students towards using IWBs. Overall, the results revealed that EFL students’ attitudes towards IWBs were positive although there were some technical challenges in IWB classrooms.

scholarly journals Self-Rated Health and Lifestyle/Food Habits in Japanese Junior High School Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Tomoko Osera ◽  
Mitsuyo Awai ◽  
Misako Kobayashi ◽  
Setsuko Tsutie ◽  
Nobutaka Kurihara
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Exercise Habits ◽  
Self Rated Health

Adolescence is a crucial period for health status formation. Adolescence is the period during which health-related behaviours, such as nutrition-related behaviours and physical activities, are developed. Self-rated health (SRH) assessment during adolescence is strongly associated with general well-being and psychosomatic symptoms. The current study investigated the relationship between SRH and lifestyle, eating habits and attitudes toward food among junior high school students. A total of 438 students aged 13–15 years and their parents in the Hyogo prefecture of Japan participated in this study. Questionnaires were distributed to the students, who attempted them at home with their parents and returned them via Freepost envelopes. The questionnaires comprised the SRH assessment, lifestyle information, an unidentifiable description of the subject and their guardian’s SRH, and 39 parameters regarding food-related habits and attitudes. The χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test were employed to assess any associations between the independent variables and SRH at a 5% level of significance. The differences between the healthy and unhealthy SRH groups were examined for all significant items using a logistic regression analysis after adjusting for sex and age. Of the participants, 188 (42.9%) returned both completed questionnaires. Among the respondents, 53.2% reported feeling very healthy. SRH assessment did not significantly differ with sex, age or school. Eleven parameters were significantly associated with SRH (P < 0.05 by χ2 test). The guardians’ SRH had no association with the students’ SRH. The excellent SRH group had no headaches [odd’s ratio (OR): 1.68; confidence interval (CI): 1.29–2.18], went to bed early [OR: 1.88; CI: 1.17–3.02], liked home-cooked meals to a greater extent [OR: 2.55; CI: 1.54–4.22], and had good exercise habits [OR: 2.98; CI: 1.27–6.99] compared with the very good to poor SRH group. High SRH was strongly associated with going to bed early, not having headaches, liking home-cooked meals, and having good exercise habits among Japanese junior high school students.

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