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The Portrait of Teacher Talk and Language Choices in EFL Classroom: Insights for Children’s Language Learning Khusna, Khaula Amelia; Mustofa, Mutmainnah; Alka, Wensi; Ubaidillah, M. Faruq; Lee , Huan Yik; Putra, Suatmo Pantja
Jurnal Pendidikan Anak Vol 4 No 2 (2022): Child Education Journal: August
Publisher : Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33086/cej.v4i2.3501

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The present study focused on teachers’ perceptions of how teacher talk works in the classroom and some challenges they might encounter during initiating interaction to encourage students. A classroom observation was done to portray the data of the learning process and teachers’ interview was also conducted to discover insights about teacher talk and the challenges encountered in the classroom interaction. Findings demonstrated that the teachers enacted dominant English communication as the input rather than using students’ first language. They felt increasing the use of the target language would be more challenging as it is influenced by some aspects from both teachers and students’ motivation, attitude, and proficiency. In addition, teacher talk is varied in some extents based on the teacher and student factors. The findings also showed that teacher talk mostly occurred in the form of asking questions, giving directions, explaining the lesson, and praising the students. In addition, as the students were considered young learners, it was found that classroom interaction and language choice must be adjustable in order to make communication become more effective. Keywords: teacher talk, perception, challenge, language choice, primary level
The Creation of EYL Textbooks in Indonesia: An Interview Study on EFL Teachers’ Perceptions Arida Mufidah; Mustofa, Mutmainnah; Ubaidillah, M. Faruq
Jurnal Pendidikan Anak Vol 4 No 3 (2022): Child Education Journal: Desember
Publisher : Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33086/cej.v4i3.3514

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Textbooks are a type of teaching material. Textbooks used in classrooms must have gone through an evaluation process based on standards for textbook creation. However, various problems arise in the production of textbooks, especially English textbooks for grades 1-3. This study used a case study to find out what information is used by EFL teachers for low grades textbook creation and the causes of material gaps in in the textbook situated in an elementary school in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. Participants in this study were 6 teachers who had created English textbooks for their EYL classes. Data were collected through interviews. Semi-structured interviews were used to address questions and explore topics of interest. From the interviews, there were 3 answers to the first research question, which is what teachers use when creating textbooks for lower grade, those are; 1) worksheets, 2) the combination of books and worksheeet and 3) Internet. There were 4 main answers to the second research question regarding the difficulties or obstacles experienced by teachers in creatingcreating the English books. Those are; 1) standart in creating tetxtbooks, 2) time allocation in creating books, 3) feedback in creating textbooks, and 4) English as local content.