scholarly journals “Triggers and Spurs” of English Language Teaching at Junior High School in Yogyakarta

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Avansa Naufal Hakim ◽  
Yuyun Yulia
Keyword(s):  
Junior High School ◽  
Role Model ◽  
English Language ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
English Learning ◽  
National Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Characteristics

This research is aimed at describing activities used to make the students enthusiastic to participate in English learning activities. It is a descriptive qualitative study involving four English teachers from two schools that have different characteristics in terms of school management. The first school is under Ministry of National Education (MONE) and another is under Ministry of Religion Affairs (MORA). The data gained are from observation, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), in-depth interview, and documentation. The findings of this research shows that the students were more delighted in learning when the teacher implemented exciting learning activities. Teachers used activities to make the students enthusiastic to participate in English learning activities and to make them spurred in learning English. The teacher triggered the students by implementing activities such as Near Peer Role Model (NPRM), Mingling Games and Tiered. As a result, students become spurred because the social interaction is involved.

scholarly journals Language Laboratory to Overcome the Barrier of Classroom English Learning: Does it Exist and Is it Used in Islamic Schools of Majene?

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-194
Author(s):  
Nur Fadillah Nurchalis ◽  
Ermawati Ermawati ◽  
Ahmed Sardi ◽  
Nursabra Nursabra
Keyword(s):  
Junior High School ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Islamic School ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Language Laboratory ◽  
Islamic Schools ◽  
Quantitative Design

A staple issue in English language teaching is the fact that individual students in formal classrooms usually have minimal opportunity to speak due to large class sizes. Recent studies have vouched language laboratories to be capable of overcoming this barrier. As far as the researchers know, no study has launched a wide investigation whether a language laboratory exists and is used to optimise the English learning in the Islamic schools in Majene, Indonesia. This research applies descriptive quantitative design, involving 22 Islamic schools in the level of junior high school. 22 English teachers that represents all the schools filled a questionnaire to provide the data. It is found that the Islamic schools at Majene do not yet have a language laboratory even though the English teachers consider it important. Its absence is influenced by the lack of support from leaders. As a result, listening practice activities are rarely carried out. English teachers only carry out practical activities in the classroom with limited tools and materials. This research illuminates a concern for policy makers in the Ministry of Religious Affairs in the field of Islamic school education and the principals to hold a language laboratory at Islamic Schools. To improve English learning activities, the existence of a language laboratory in Islamic schools is matter, so that students at Islamic schools can show their quality in foreign language mastery and compete with others.

scholarly journals English Language Teaching in Elementary School: Effective or Not?

JET ADI BUANA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-130
Author(s):  
Milawati Milawati
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
English Learning ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
The Media ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
English Subject

Recently curriculum in elementary school has posed the English subject as an extracurricular subject. However, the meeting is done once in a week during effective learning hours. It challenges the English teacher to formulate English learning activities. This study is aimed to describe the teaching-learning activities, including the English teacher’s strategy, material, and media. An English teacher and 29 students of 4A were chosen as the subjects. Mix methods; observation, interviews, and questionnaires were chosen to collect data. The results of observation indicate that the English teacher has the ability in explaining, managing, communicating and evaluating the students. On the contrary, negative responses towards the media used, the attitude, and the benefit of the media were also shown by students’ responses. Mainly, they thought that some of what they get did not match with their expectations. Some changes to create effective English teacher strategy and students’ participation are discussed.

scholarly journals Investigating Gender Differences on the Students’ Attitudes and Motivation toward English Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Agus Husein As Sabiq ◽  
Siti Hariroh Arwi ◽  
Anisatul Khusna ◽  
Dhelvy Ulfa Shita Adifia ◽  
Dhea Zabana Qothrun Nada
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Female Students ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Average Score ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes

Some researchers have researched to explore the effects of gender differences on learning outcomes. However, the interrelatedness of gender differences to attitudes and motivation needs to explore and investigate more. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the students' attitudes toward the English language and their motivation toward English language teaching based on gender differences in a state junior high school in Banyumas Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. There were 38 male and 32 female students who participated in this research. This research used a survey adapted from the Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB) and interviews in collecting the data. The researchers employed descriptive statistics and MANOVA for quantitative data and the Miles and Huberman model for qualitative data analysis. The findings showed a significant difference and effect of gender differences on the students' attitudes and motivation. Both male and female students revealed moderately high attitudes and motivation. However, female students showed a higher average score of the survey result. Less practice in real-life communication and limited exposure was the reason why the male students' have lower results in their attitudes and motivation toward English learning. Thus, providing authentic materials and exposure became some of the key points to improve meaningful learning experiences.

scholarly journals Pemanfaatan “Pasar Minggu Pagi“ Sebagai Laboratorium Peningkatkan Kemampuan Berbahasa Inggris, Literasi Digital dan Pengembangan Usaha BUM Desa Winong, Kedungwaru,Tulungagung

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Dwi Ima Herminingsih ◽  
Erna Ifftanti
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Sunday Morning ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
The University

Abstract This paper reports the service activities due to the use of business owned by the BUM Desa Berkah Kamardinan, the Sunday Morning Market as a laboratory or a medium for improving English of  the university Students. The place of business of BUM Desa is used as a tool for English learning activities. The basis theory underlying the choice of the media is that the attractive media and learning methods will attract students to be motivated to learn. The synergy is done on the consideration of Dikti ‘ s policy encouraging the  lecturers in collaboration with BUM Desa or Industries (Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka ). The goal of the partnership is preparing the graduation get ready to pursuit the job and helping the business of Industries grow fast.  The Method of doing the program starts with a preparation, then the implementation and the evaluation. In the stage of execution, the technique uses the group discussion and participation continued to designing the audio/ visual product.  The output, the students create the videos/vlog which then are uploaded in the social media such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. The dissemination of BUM desa by students are very positive. The existence and activities of the Sunday Morning Market become well-known and attract the tourists to visit. The increase of the visitors can make the people welfare more prosperous. Keywords : Sunday Morning Market, Bumdes , Laboratory, Raise  Speaking Ability, Students of University, Develop Business   Abstrak   Tulisan ini merupakan Laporan kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat terkait dengan penggunaan usaha BUM Desa  Berkah Kamardinan  yakni Pasar Minggu Pagi sebagi laboratorium atau media peningkatan  Berbahasa Inggris. Tempat usaha BUM Desa dipergunakan sebagai alat  kegiatan pembelajaran atas atas dasar  theory bahwa media dan metode  belajaryang mempesona akan membangkitkan  daya tarik siswa untuk termotivasi belajar . Sinergi yang dilakukan oleh insan Dikti ,dosen bekerja sama dengan BUM desa Berkah Kamardikan  dapat memberikan kontribusi pada pengembangan usaha BUM Desa. Sebelum kegiatan dilaksanakan ada tahap persiapan dan setelah pelaksanakan diadakan evaluasi .Medode yang dipergunakan dalam pelaksanankan kegiatan yaitu diskusi kelompok  dan partisipasi dari pihak yang trekait. Hasil dari kegiatan ini mahasiswa menghasilkan video/vlog yang diunggah di media social seperti youtube,facebook,twitter. Unggahan  usaha  BUM desa oleh mahasiswa sangat positif karena keberadaan serta aktifitas Pasar Minggu Pagi Winong memungkinkan  dilihat oleh masyarakat secara luas dan  menarik  mereka untuk mengunjungi tempat tersebut berbelanja dan berrekreasi. Transaksi antara pengunjung diharapkan dapat meningkatkan pendapatan pedagang atau keluarga.   Kata Kunci : Pemanfaatan, Pasar Minggu Pagi, Laboratorium, Usaha BUM Desa , Winong    

English Students’ Attitudes towards English Language Teaching and Learning at IAIN Padangsidimpuan

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ida Royani ◽  
T. Silvana Sinar
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Role Models ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
English Students

This study investigated the English students’ attitudes of IAIN Padangsidimpuan towards both English language teaching in terms of (a) language-centered, (b) learner-centered, and (c) learning-centered method; and learning English in terms of scales (a) attitudes toward long-term English learning, (b) interest in culture and communication, (c) perception about studying in school context, (d) images associated with English, (e) English learning activities, (f) exposure to English outside school, (g) self-rated four English skills, (h) self-reported academic English grade, and (i) identification of English role models. The data were obtained by questionnaire and interview from 10 selected students in which 4 male and 6 female students in 7th semester and were analyzed by steps provided by Gay, L.R and Airasian (1996). The result showed:  first, English students’ attitudes towards English language teaching had been found highly onlearning-centered method, followed by learner-centered method in second range, and almost negative view in language-centered method.Second, English students’ attitudes towards English language learningwere positivein scales; long-term English learning, interest in communication, and images associated with English.  Third, role of students’ gender on English language learning were not found. Reasons for this statement are (i) status of English as international language and (ii) equalization of getting education for male and female. Keywords: attitude, language teaching, language learning, and gender

scholarly journals Teaching English in Non-English Departments: Empowering Teacher Towards Improvement

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-62
Author(s):  
Ninuk Sholikhah Akhiroh
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
English Departments ◽  
English Majors ◽  
Relevant Field

ABSTRACT English Language Teaching (ELT) in non-English majors already has its “home” but not its “host”. It means that the parties involved in the teaching have not been able to manage an effective ELT yet. There could be many aspects related to this, yet this paper prefers to propose a solution to improve the effectiveness of English teaching in non-English majors by empowering the English language lecturer. This paper refers to the results of research conducted on the teaching of English in the Faculty of Social Sciences that use lecturers and students as the main informant, as well as interviews, observation and document analysis as data collection techniques. The results showed that some important improvement in ELT for non-English majors can be initiated by the lecturers. There are some necessary steps to do to reinforce the role of lecturers in ELT implementation. They are involving the lecturer in designing or revising the curriculum, building connection with fellow ESP lecturers and lecturers of relevant field of study, and activating Focus Group Discussion among teaching team. These steps hopefully will be complemented by the improvement of other aspects in ELT for non-English departments to build an effective teaching.   ABSTRAK Pengajaran bahasa Inggris di jurusan non-bahasa Inggris baru memiliki “rumah” saja, belum “tuan rumah”nya. Ini berarti bahwa pihak-pihak yang terlibat dalam pembelajaran belum dapat menata sebuah pengajaran bahasa Inggris yang efektif. Ada banyak hal yang dapat dilakukan, namun tulisan ini memilih untuk mengajukan sebuah solusi perbaikan pengajaran bahasa Inggris di jurusan non-bahasa Inggris dengan cara memberdayakan dosen pengampu matakuliah. Tulisan ini  merujuk pada hasil penelitian yang dilakukan terhadap pengajaran bahasa Inggris di Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dengan menggunakan dosen dan mahasiswa sebagai informan utama, serta wawancara, observasi dan analisis dokumen sebagai teknik pengumpulan data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa beberapa perbaikan penting dalam penegajaran bahasa Inggris dapat difasilitasi oleh dosen pengampu matakuliah. Langkah-langkah yang dapat dilakukan adalah: melibatkan dosen dalam menyusun kurikulum pengajaran bahasa Inggris; membangun hubungan dengan sesama dosen pengajar ESP dan dosen ahli bidang ilmu tertentu; mengaktifkan forum diskusi antar anggota tim pengajar. Langkah-langkah ini diharapkan dapat dilengkapi dengan perbaikan dari aspek-aspek lain guna mewujudkan pembelajaran yang efektif. How to Cite: Akhiroh, N. S. . (2017). Teaching English in Non-English Departments: Empowering Teacher Towards Improvement. IJEE (Indonesian Journal of English Education), 4(1), 49-62. doi:10.15408/ijee.v4i1.5341  

scholarly journals USING BOOKWIDGETS TO ATTRACT STUDENTS' INTEREST IN LEARNING ENGLISH

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 504
Author(s):  
Zaitun Zaitun ◽  
Muhammad Sofian Hadi ◽  
Diah Rahmawati Lestari
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
English Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Learning English

English teachers deliver their teaching materials using various platforms. One of those is the BookWidgets platform which is used to create interactive learning activities and involves students in engaging teaching material. This platform provides teachers and students with dynamic widgets such as iPad, Android tablets, Chromebooks, and iBooks with interactive content. These are designed to interact with students’ interest in acquiring English smoothly. Therefore, this study is aimed at finding out students’ interest in learning English and attract their interest using Bookwidgets. The method used in this study was a quantitative descriptive method, which used a survey to collect the data. The population in this study was taken from junior high school students in MTs Al-Falah using a questionnaire or online survey. In analyzing the data, the writer used a Likert statistical analysis. The results of this showed that students’ interest in English learning using media increased up to 48,1% after they were being introduced to Bookwidgets.

scholarly journals Update Chapter English Language Learning Using Social Media

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-271
Author(s):  
Evi Mahsunah
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Language Teaching And Learning

This study explores the changing students’ habit update status in social media into update chapter to increase their achievement in English. It is a learning strategy in English language teaching and learning using social media technology. The aim is to motivate students more active to read their literature and then share and discuss their reading in social media. The students not only have to update their chapter in reading, but also have to give comment or respond to their friends update. So, this strategy makes the students discuss their lesson more than usual. This study uses questioner and documentation technic to collect the data. Based on the data, it is known that students are already using social media for purposes that include the social and the educational. Update chapter make them using this technology in class/after class. Social media brings learning outside the classroom autonomous, independent, motivational and fun. Therefore, the students‘achievement in English language teaching and learning also increases significant.

scholarly journals English Language Teaching in Islamic Education in Indonesia; Challenges and Opportunities

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Tuti Hidayati
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
National Language ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
National Education ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Western Values ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Islamic Values

The dominant use of English in every field covering politic, economic, and sosial culture these days has manifested in its gaining a special position in many countries where it is not spoken. In Indonesia, it is a foreign language officially constituted as part of national education curriculum and becomes a requirement in a number of higher education and workforce entry. Yet, ELT in Indonesia faces various constraints including, but is not limited, the anxiousness to threat the purity of Bahasa Indonesia, the national language, and the worry about liberal western values embedded in English to corrupt the youngsters moral and attitudes. Interestingly, Islamic education that maintains a vital role among Indonesians has included English alongside other secular sciences and technology as part of its curriculum in its current advancement. In this regard, the paper will show how critical Islamic education role among Indonesians is, how ELT in Indonesia has developed, what challenges it experiences, and what opportunities it posseses in the context of Indonesian Islamic Education. The paper argues that Islamic education remains the choice of the Indonesian Muslim communities as long as it is able to meet the demands of living in the globalization era while keeping the Islamic values in all the learning process. It further suggests that ELT in Indonesia needs to incorporate Islamic values and show that English learning put no threats and negative influences to Indonesian culture in general and Islamic religious values in particular.

scholarly journals Evaluation of English Learning In Junior High School Samaturu Kolaka

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (04) ◽  
pp. 1304-1311
Author(s):  
Suardi .
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Teaching Materials

Abstract The study aims to evaluate of english learning at the Junior High School 3, Samaturu Kolaka. The method used is evaluative through the flow of the gap model (discrepancy evaluation model). Data collection through interviews, document tracing, and observation. Key Informant is the principal, teacher, and student. The results showed that: (1). The ten indicators of the principles in the preparation of lesson plan is only a contemporary-oriented indicator that is not contained in the lesson plan. This is because lesson plan is based on teaching materials and teaching materials. In addition, the lesson plan does not promote social, spiritual attitudes and only focus on English language teaching materials. Because of social and spiritual attitudes are hidden curriculum and can be applied to all subjects. Even the development of character is a program of Junior High School 3, Samaturu Kolaka. (2). All step-by-step indicators in lesson plan preparation are already loaded inside the lesson plan. But there is still an unprecedented indicator such as determining a monotonous learning strategy and not self-evaluation for the teacher to improve the strategy, and its teaching method. (3). Several indicators of lesson plan implementation have been carried out well in the classroom even though it is not maximized. This is due to preliminary activities, the teacher does not explain the importance of the material to be studied and competencies that students must master. The conclusion is related to the principles, application of steps and implementation of lesson plan in the classroom, although not maximized, but has been referring to Permendikbud no. 103 year 2014 about learning on primary education and secondary education.   Keywords: Evaluation, Lesson Plan, English Learning  

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