scholarly journals Interdisciplinary Teacher Collaboration in English for Specific Purposes Subjects in a Thai University

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Khacheenuj Chaovanapricha ◽  
Panna Chaturongakul
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Collaboration ◽  
Research Study ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Thai University

The purpose of this research study was to investigate the roles of English teachers and subject teachers engaged in the collaborative process of interdisciplinary teaching in English for Specific Purposes subjects at a Thai university and explore the benefits and drawbacks of implementing such collaborations. In addition, students’ attitudes towards interdisciplinary teacher collaboration (ITC) in ESP classrooms were explored. Participants were English teachers, subject teachers, and students studying on ESP subjects. This research study used a mixed methods approach from four sources of data. The findings revealed the extensive roles taken on by both teachers involved in the ITCs. Roles for the English teacher involved being a lesson planner, teacher, learning organizer, and class activities designer. The subject teacher’s role was identified as a consultant or informant, supporter, monitor, and facilitator. The benefits were that an English teacher gained confidence, reduced worry in teaching ESP subjects, and received instant feedback from the subject teacher. The drawbacks were that it was challenging to balance the different schedules of both teachers and that lesson planning was time consuming. Students showed positive attitudes towards this method of teaching. They liked to study because of the enjoyable and knowledgeable activities and the teacher’s confidence.

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON FORMAL AND INFORMAL ASSESSMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-150
Author(s):  
Nurhayati Nurhayati ◽  
Baiq Suprapti Handini ◽  
Zahratul Fikri
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Formal Assessment ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Informal Assessment ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Written Test

The aim of this study was to find out the teachers’ and the students’ perception about formal and informal assessment. The subject of this study was an English teacher and 30 student class of X IPS 2 at MA NW Kotaraja. The technique of collecting data was questionnaire and interview. The instruments of the data collection were questionnaire for students and interview guide for the teacher. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis technique applying by Miles and Hubberman model. The activities of the data analysis were data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification. The results of the study showed that teachers’ perception about formal and informal assessment was a tool that help teacher to understand the students. On the other hand the students’ perception about formal and informal assessment was surprised. There were 126 (42 %) who answered Strongly Agreed which indicated they prefer formal assessment than informal assessment (Written Test). About 23 % were choose Neutral and the rest 35 % were choose Disagree and Strongly Disagree which indicated that few of the students prefer informal assessment. From the result above, it can be concluded that the majority of the students prefer formal assessment than informal assessment in getting their score.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING ENGLISH SPEAKING MATERIALS OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR GRADE X STUDENTS OF CULINARY STUDY PROGRAM AT SMK NEGERI 10 MEDAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Novita Sari Hasibuan ◽  
Rahmad Husein ◽  
Maya Oktora
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Average Score ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Study Program ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Interview Questionnaire

This research has aims to develop English speaking materials for grade X culinary study program at SMKN 10 Medan, first this research was conducted by Research and Development through has Six stages, they are: gathering information and data, analyzing data, designing new materials, validating by the experts, revising and the last was Final product. The subject in this research was students grade X boga 3 at SMKN 10 Medan where the students consisting of 36 students, the instrumentations for data collection  were giving a questionnaire and interview, questionnaire was administrate and it answer by the students to get the students need, and the interview was administrate to the English teacher, the result of the questionnaire and interview prove that the student need some appropriate speaking material in descriptive text that has relation with their program study, that is culinary. Thus, developing English speaking materials consist of three units: lets’ talk about chef Juna (describing People), how the smell, taste and texture of your favorite food? (Describing things) and the last units was talk about famous restaurant (Describing Place). The product has been validated by two experts, and the average score are 4, 75 are coming from English Lecture’s, the second average score 4, 89 are coming from English teacher. From the score above, it means that the product categorized as relevant for grade X students of culinary study program.Key words: R&D, English for Specific Purposes, English speaking materials, culinary study program.

A Study into the Pyramid Discussion Approach with Pre-Service English Teachers in Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-102
Author(s):  
Takaaki Hiratsuka
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Research Study ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Communicative Abilities

The main concern of this article is the nature and the role of an EFL classroom speaking activity, known as pyramid discussion, whereby learners progressively form larger groups as they carry out a series of discussions on certain topics. This research interest stemmed from my personal experiences as an English language teacher in the context of Japan in which the majority of the teachers still regard the act of teaching English as the presentation of compartmentalized knowledge, as opposed to the promotion of communicative abilities. In this article, I introduce an action research study into the employment of the pyramid discussion approach in an English Teaching Methods course at a Japanese university and illuminate the effectiveness of the approach on the students, who are pre-service English teachers, in the course. Data will detail how the approach could notably assist the participants in seizing communication opportunities in English and in holding positive attitudes toward their teacher, classmates, and themselves as learners and future teachers of English. Implications are provided as a conclusion

scholarly journals USING SPEECH FUNCTION ON EFL CLASSROOM

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-148
Author(s):  
Muhammad Saibani Wiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Audiovisual Material ◽  
Teacher Interaction ◽  
Qualitative Design ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Analysis Design

This study deals with the utterance of English teachers of SMP A. Wahid Hasyim Tebuireng. It is aimed to know the type of speech function used by English teacher in the classroom, and to find out how speech functions are applied by English teacher in the classroom. The researcher applies qualitative design and content analysis design as the approach based on Ary et al (2010). The subject of this research was English teacher in SMP A. Wahid Hasyim Tebuireng. The source of the data is subject in where the data obtained, while the data is the utterances used by English teacher. The researcher used observation and audiovisual material of collecting data. The data of transcription are classified into six basic types of speech function. There are expressive, directive, referential, metalinguistic, poetic and phatic. The researcher observed an English teacher. From the teacher who observed, the researcher found different total utterances from each meeting. The total utterance is 41 utterances which classified into five types of speech function. How speech functions are applied by English teacher in the classroom is when the teacher interaction with her students.

scholarly journals TEACHERS’ PERCEIVED ATTITUDES TOWARD THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 21ST CENTURY SKILLS AT PRIMARY SCHOOL

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Luh Putu Restu Adi Utami ◽  
Ni Nyoman Padmadewi ◽  
Luh Putu Artini ◽  
Ni Luh Putu Eka Sulistia Dewi
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Subject

21st century education requires teachers to be able to understand the 21st century skills and apply them in daily classroom practice. Although necessary for teachers, research on investigating the teachers’ perceived attitudes toward the implementation of the 21st century skills for teaching English in primary schools in Bali is still limited. This study aimed to investigate primary school’s English teachers’ perceived attitudes toward the implementation of 21st-century skills. The design of this study was a sequential embedded mixed method with dominantly used qualitative design. This study used 3 English teachers and two headmasters from 2 primary schools in Tabanan regency as the subject. The data were collected by using a questionnaire and interview to gain the data of teachers’ perceived attitudes toward the implementation of the 21st century skills. From the data that have been obtained, primary English teachers gave positive attitudes toward 95,8% of the skills in the implementation of 21st century skills. The interview section showed that the teacher lacks understanding of 21st century skills because of a lack of in-depth information about 21st century skills. Moreover, the teachers have to be aware of 21st century skills in the assessment as one of the concepts that are adapted for Kurikulum 2013.

SPEECH STYLE USED IN TEACHING ENGLISH THROUGH WHATSAPP DURING PANDEMIC OF COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Uswatun Khoiriyah
Keyword(s):  
Primary Source ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Speech Styles ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
Result Show ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Subject

Speech style is a unique characteristic of an individual. Specifically, to accomplish the learning purpose a teacher is needed to use speech style to assist their students. There was different speech style between male and female English teachers while explaining the subject. Moreover, in the pandemic Covid-19 condition there is a requirement to use technology information as learning media such as Whatsapp.  The research objectives are (1) to analyze the type of speech styles that the teacher used in teaching English through WhatsApp during pandemic of Covid-19 at SMP Islam Al Azhaar Tulungagung (2) to analyze the students’ perception of speech style  used by the teacher through WhatsApp during pandemic of Covid-19 at SMP Islam Al Azhaar Tulungagung. The method of research is qualitative descriptive by using primary source as voice note, questionnaire to collect the data and data was analysis using Baxter’s speech styles categorization. The result show that (1) the male english teacher often used matter of fact features because he wanted to be more factual and referential when he explained the material to the students. Then, the most dominant of the female teachers speech style was co-operative. The female english teachers often used co operative features because she wanted to have good cooperation with their students in tlearning English. (2) The students said that they more motivated learning English when their teacher appreciate them in addition the most of students hoped that teacher should asked used referential question because it can increase their ability in English.

scholarly journals TEXTBOOK AND ENGLISH TEACHER IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ridha Fadilah ◽  
Ariati Mufidah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Real Situation ◽  
English Class ◽  
The Subject ◽  
English Classroom

This research is intended to describe of the role of the textbook in English class. The subject of the study was English teachers in state junior high school in Banjarmasin. Data were collected through interviews, class observation, and document analysis. The investigation found that the teachers considered the textbook both central and external books helped them in preparing the lesson. They used several strategies to adapt the textbook by adding the material and modifying the task in the book. There were three main problems faced by English teachers at state junior high school 23 Banjarmasin, limited supported kits from the book, lacks materials inside the textbook, and high language level for students used in the book. However, this research is essential to conduct to present the real situation that happened in the English classroom.

scholarly journals Issues Affecting Selection and Evaluation of ESP Teaching Materials

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (02) ◽  
pp. 210-218
Author(s):  
Magda Pašalić ◽  
Bisera Plančić
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Education ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Design Evaluation ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Evaluation Of Teaching ◽  
Maritime English ◽  
Evaluation Techniques

The paper will point out a range of obstacles and challenges English lecturers encounter when teaching English for Specific purposes (ESP) and when deciding which course book and teaching materials would best suit their students in tertiary education. Other issues relating to ESP will also be considered such as what exactly ESP means, main characteristics of ESP courses, their teachers and students. This paper will also include analysis of actions that need to be taken in the evaluation of ESP materials as suggested by various authors on the subject. There will be an example of the specific requirements of teaching materials in Maritime English and their evaluation. The aim is to give an overview of theoretical perspectives and methodologies for the evaluation of teaching materials and to encourage ESP teachers to design evaluation techniques for their type of ESP course.

scholarly journals Indonesian English Teachers’ Perceptions on Using Online Teaching Platforms

2022 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-105
Author(s):  
Johari Nur ◽  
Rizky Gushendra
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Perceptions ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teaching Learning

Due to Covid-19 Pandemic, all teachers in Indonesia are required to teach students remotely using appropriate online teaching platforms. There various teaching platforms to be utilized such as Whatsapp, Edmodo, Google Classroom, Ruang-Guru, Kahoot, Google Meet, Zoom Cloud, etc. These platforms enable the teachers to simply interacting with the students in teaching-learning processes. The objective of this research is to explore the Indonesian English teacher’ perceptions on using online teaching platforms. This research uses a quantitative approach. The subject of this research is 40 English teachers of Senior High Schools in Kampar, Riau. Questionnaires are used as a technique of collecting data. Results prove that most of the English teachers have positive perceptions on the usefulness, ease of use, and accessibility aspects of online teaching platforms.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Techniques in Improving Students Pronouncing Words Loudly at the First Year of MAN Batam.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Taqiyuddin Taqiyuddin ◽  
Cynda Gemala Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Research Question ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
First Year ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Drilling Technique ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Research Questions

This research has three research questions. The first research question is “What techniques the teacher use  in improving students pronouncing words loudly at the first year of MAN Batam?” the second is “Which technique frequently used by the teacher in improving students pronouncing words loudly at the first year of MAN Batam ?” and third is what might made the teacher prefer to the technique? Moreover, the subject of the study are two English teachers. Meanwhile, the object of the study is the teachers’ techniques in improving students pronouncing words loudly at the first year of MAN Batam . In this research, the researcher took two teachers as the respondent. The techniques of collecting data are observation and interview. Observation is used to know the teacher technique in teaching pronounciation. And interview is used to know the effectiveness of technique in teaching pronounciation.  The researcher uses observations as main data collection and the interview is as to support the data needed. In addition to the data analysis, the researcher uses descriptive quantitative which applies statistical data. To know the percentage, the researcher used formula as follow: P             As for the result of this research, the researcher takes some conclusions. They are: English teacher uses drilling technique how to pronounce the word, English teacher uses repetition technique to practice and improve students pronouncing, English teacher uses backward building up technique to improve students pronouncing, and End the repetition technique is the most frequently used by the teacher.   Based on the analysis of data, the researcher concludes that The Teachers’ Techniques in Improving Students Pronouncing Words Loudly at the first year of MAN Batam is categorized into “less”.  

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