scholarly journals Minimizing Students’ Spelling Mistakes through the Use of Facebook: A Case Study of Second Baccalaureate EFL Learners at Abdurrahman Ennacer High School

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samir BASSAOUI
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Classroom Observation ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Efl Learners

The present research studies the effects of using Facebook as a medium to minimize students’ spelling mistakes of high school EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students. The study used four types of data collection which are: students’ questionnaire, classroom observation, Spelling Mistakes Group on Facebook, and Diagnostic test which was administered to students in order to check their spelling mistakes. The finding of the questionnaire found that students had positive attitude toward using Facebook as a means of developing their writing skills in general. As an educational tool assisting, Facebook will provide students with an attractive medium to help them engage in discussions with their teachers and classmates to share their knowledge.

scholarly journals Minimizing Students’ Spelling Mistakes through the Use of Facebook

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 288-318
Author(s):  
Samir BASSAOUI
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Classroom Observation ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Language Students ◽  
Foreign Language Students

The present research studies the effects of using Facebook as a medium to minimize students’ spelling mistakes of high school EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students. The study used four types of data collection which are: students’ questionnaire, classroom observation, Spelling Mistakes Group on Facebook, and Diagnostic test which was administered to students in order to check their spelling mistakes. The finding of the questionnaire found that students had positive attitude toward using Facebook as a means of developing their writing skills in general. As an educational tool assisting, Facebook will provide students with an attractive medium to help them engage in discussions with their teachers and classmates to share their knowledge.

scholarly journals Foreign Language Anxiety in Student’s Speaking and Writing Skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-79
Author(s):  
Dede Rohadi Fajri
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Classroom Observation ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Language Anxiety ◽  
Foreign Language Anxiety ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Language Class

The objective of this research was on the level of Foreign Language Anxiety that experienced by students. In this research, the researcher was use the Qualitative research as the method in implementing case study. The sources of data were 30 students of the second semester of Banten Jaya University. For collecting data that used in this study include classroom observation, questionnaires and interview. The questionnaire used to obtain specific information data was gathered from the participants by FLCAS of Horwitz et all (1986). From the result of FLCAS questionnaire, there were 10 students who felt very anxious with percentage 33.33%, 8 students felt anxious with the percentage 26.67%, 8 students felt mildly anxious with the percentage 26.67%, 4 students felt relaxed with the percentage 13.33% and there was no student who felt very relaxed. Then, the result of WAT questionnaire were 7 students felt very anxious with percentage 23.33%, 8 students felt anxious with the percentage 26.67%, 9 students felt mildly anxious with the percentage 30%, 6 students felt relaxed with the percentage 20% and there was no student who felt very relaxed. Based on the findings of the present study, several conclusions can be made: First, students’ anxiety in speaking showed that the students never felt quite sure of themselves when they were speaking in foreign language class. Second, students’ anxiety in writing above showed that most of students avoided writing in English.

scholarly journals The Structuring of English Sentences by Chadian EFL Learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-100
Author(s):  
Magdaline Bakume Nkongho ◽  
Ernest Mbaiornom
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Error Analysis ◽  
Small Proportion ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
English Language ◽  
French Language ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
English As Foreign Language

Recent studies have shown that there is a positive attitude and an increase motivation in the learning of English language by Chadian learners. Despite this, the learners’ linguistic performances remain poor especially in their written productions which are often characterised by grammatical deviances and incomprehensible sentences. This study investigates several kinds of deviances that occur in the structure of English sentences produced by Chadian learners of English as Foreign Language (EFL). The study was carried out using corpora as the method for data collection. Thus, data were drawn from 175authentic narrative paragraphs written by 175Terminale A4 students from Lycée Adoum Dallah, Moundou in Chad. The analyses were based on Interlanguage and Error Analysis Theories. Findings revealed that miss elective errors were the widespread errors committed by Chadian learners of EFL as this category represents 39.17% of deviances.  The results also indicate that sentences produced by Chadian learners of EFL were frequently affected by additive errors (27.76%) and omissionerrors (26.47%). Lastly, the study equally found that misordering errors were less committed as this category of errors represents a small proportion (6.58%) of deviances. These categories of errors were attributed to French language influences and intralingual factors.  

scholarly journals Evaluating Certified Indonesian EFL Teachers’ Performance: A Case Study in a High School in Aceh

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Zulfikar Zulfikar
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Certification Program ◽  
Strict Adherence ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Vice Principal

This study is entitled “Evaluating Certified Indonesian EFL Teachers’ Performance: A Case Study in a High School in Aceh”. The objective of this study is to identify to what extent Indonesia’s teacher certification program affects English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ instructional performance. The data were collected through in-depth interview and observations in a prominent state senior high school in Aceh Besar, Aceh, involving three certificated EFL teachers, fifteen EFL learners and the vice principal of curriculum affairs as participants. The data were subsequently analyzed by thematic analysis with the results distributed into separate themes. The results showed that even though all the teachers were knowledgably well-versed in their ability to devise well-elaborated lesson plans, two of them still exhibited a relatively strict adherence to the whole-class and teacher-centered instructions, with limited use of medias and varied learning sources, causing concern for both EFL learners and the school’s vice principal of curriculum affairs.

scholarly journals Using six-word stories to trigger EFL learners’ creative writing skills

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-188
Author(s):  
Phuong Le
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
Valuable Source ◽  
Efl Students

There has been a growing volume of six-word stories and related literature available in recent decades. In only six words, the authors are able to tell amazing stories of various types, packed with strong emotions. Inspired by the succinct and thought-provoking language use of these stories, the author has used this valuable source of materials as prompts in promoting EFL learners’ creativity and language development, both at high school and tertiary levels in a semi-structured case study in Vietnam. The article illustrates the different language activities that have been used with two groups of EFL students and their related products. Implications are introduced for their applications in similar educational contexts.

INVESTIGATING ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS’ FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPEAKING ANXIETY: A CASE STUDY IN UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA, INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Dyas Intan Rachmawati ◽  
Jurianto Jurianto
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
English Department ◽  
Common Phenomenon ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Achievement Score ◽  
Anxiety Levels

Anxiety during a speaking performance is a common phenomenon experienced by any EFL learners, including students majoring in English. Focusing on the issue, this study investigates the correlation between students’ foreign language speaking anxiety and speaking achievement. Moreover, this study also observes the levels and the sources of the speaking anxiety among the English Department’s fifth-semester students of Universitas Airlangga. This study used the Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety Scale (FLSAS) by Öztürk and Gurbuz (2014). The FLSAS questionnaire was distributed to 114 students in order to explore the correlation between speaking anxiety and speaking achievement, the speaking anxiety levels, and the speaking anxiety sources. The data collected through questionnaire were analyzed with SPSS 25.0. Pearson Product Moment Correlation isused to determine the correlation, while descriptive statistic alanalys is isused to investigate the levels and the sources for speaking anxiety. Horwitz, Horwitzand Cope’s(1986) theory and Horwitz and Young (1991) about the source and the levels of foreign language speaking anxiety are also used in this study. This study found that there is a significant negative correlation between speaking anxiety levels and speaking achievement. This means the higher the speaking anxiety they experience, the lower the achievement score they get. Most of the students have moderate levels of speaking anxiety, which is mainly due to the fear of negative evaluation.This study indicates that although the EFL learners are often exposed to English, they still experience speaking anxiety. These findings suggest that the lecturers should be more aware of students’ anxiety and use strategies that might encourage the students to speak more confidently.

scholarly journals INTERNALISASI NILAI-NILAI MULTIKULTURAL DALAM PROSES PEMBELAJARAN PAI DI SMA DARUT TAQWA, PASURUAN

AL MURABBI ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-120
Author(s):  
Makhfud Syawaludin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Interview Techniques

This research explains the internalization of multicultural values ​​in the learning process of PAI at Senior high school Darut Taqwa Sengonagung Purwosari Pasuruan. This Research uses a qualitative approach with the type of case study. The data collection was through by unstructured and opened interview techniques, unattended and opened observation, and documentation techniques. For analysis and interpretation of data using steps: a). Reduction data, b). Displaying data, and c). Conclusion drawing / verification. The results of the research shows that the internalization of multicultural values ​​in the learning process of PAI through two ways, namely through the material and using methods that reflect multicultural values.

scholarly journals Students’ Influences of CAA: A Case Study of Senior High School in Badung Bali

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
I Gusti Ayu Vina Widiadnya Putri
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Qualitative Description ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Vocational High School

The aims of this study is to find out and analyzed about students’ influences of Computer-assisted assessment (CAA) It is the case study and field research of one school in Nusa Dua Badung-Bali. The data sources chosen in this study were several high schools that carried out online examinations at Nusa Dua Vocational high school Bali-Indonesia. Data collection is done by random sampling from data sources, observation, interviews, recording, and note taking. Distribution of questionnaires was also carried out to strengthen data analysis. Data is analyzed based on the formulation of the problem and the study of theory that has been, then analyzed in qualitative description. The descriptive study used paper-based surveys and interviews for data collection. To obtain information about the students’ influences of Computer-assisted assessment (CAA). Based on our review and study result, there are some influences that found. The Computer-assisted assessment (CAA) systematics is held with the aim that students become more critical and independent in solving the questions given.

scholarly journals A Qualitative Research on Portfolio Keeping in English as a Foreign Language Writing

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selami Aydin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Sample Group ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Language Writing

Little attention has been paid to the problems about portfolio keeping in English as a foreign language (EFL) writing, while the existing literature mostly focuses on the effects of portfolios on writing skills of learners, rather than those of teachers or pre-service teachers. This study aims to investigate the problems encountered and contributions of portfolios to the language skills of EFL pre-service teachers. The sample group consists of 39 pre-service teachers; a background questionnaire, interviews, a survey, and essays were used for data collection. The results indicate that portfolios significantly contribute to the writing skills, and that there exist potential problems. It was concluded that teachers and teacher trainers should use portfolio as a learning tool after solving the problems.

Understanding Interaction Inside and Outside the EFL Self-Concept System: A Case Study of Chinese Learners in Junior High School

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Chen ◽  
Hao Xu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Concept System ◽  
System A ◽  
Chinese Learners

AbstractThis case study on three Chinese EFL learners in junior high school examined the interaction inside and outside learners’ EFL self-concept system, and the findings revealed: (1) inside the self-concept system, the interaction between the global and specific self-concepts is of much complexity; (2) the gap between the global and specific self-concepts would cause imbalance in the self-concept system, and thus trigger efforts to improve learning, while some reconciling elements in the global self-concept may sustain balance in the self-concept system, inhibiting learners’ motivation to improve; and (3) the degree of specificity of learners’ specific selfconcepts that inform learners’ learning efforts contributes considerably to the outcome of these efforts, as does that of learners’ beliefs about EFL learning which mediate the learning efforts.

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