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VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS I. Gusti Astika
IJOTL-TL: Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistics Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016): January, 2016
Publisher : Center of Language and Cultural Studies [CLCS]

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Strategy for learning vocabulary has an important role in English language acquisition. This study describes the vocabulary learning strategies that the students used when they learned new words. It attempted to find out if vocabulary learning strategies differed across school levels, gender, and ability groups as indicated by their English grades. This study involved 706 students from 8 secondary schools. The data were collected using a questionnaire developed using a taxonomy consisting of cognitive, metacognitive, memory, and determination categories. The overall results indicate that the students appear to rely more on determination strategies. This reliance on determination strategies is consistent across gender, ability groups, and school levels.
PROFILING VOCABULARY OF ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS FOR INDONESIAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS USING VOCABULARY PROFILER: A FAST TRACK TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE Gusti Astika
IJOTL-TL: Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistics Vol. 1 No. 3 (2016): September 2016
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This research analyzed vocabulary profile used in one series of English textbooks currently used in Indonesian Junior High School. The sample text books were: When English Rings a Bell for grades VII, VIII, and Think Globally Act Locally for grade IX. These books have been recommended by the Ministry of Education and Culture for use in Indonesian Junior High Schools. This research used Classic Vocabulary Profileras a tool to profile vocabulary in the text books. The overall profile shows that vocabulary coverage of the most frequently used words (K1 and K2) was 92.65%, indicating that it is below the necessary level (95%) for easy comprehension. The analysis also reveals  negative vocabulary profile, that is proportions of word families in K1 and K2 groups that were not found in the text books. This study recommends to improve the text book comprehensibility. 
WHAT WORDS SHOULD WE TEACH? EXPLORATION INTO VOCABULARY PROFILER Gusti Astika
IJOTL-TL: Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistics Vol. 2 No. 3 (2017): September 2017
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 Students learning English as a foreign language are often frustrated when they have to cope with new words. The teacher’s task in teaching vocabulary seems equal to the student’s learning burden when it comes to decide which words to introduce and how to select words that the students actually need to learn. This article proposes that  Vocabulary Profiler (www.lextutor.ca) can be utilized to profile the vocabulary in a textbook to produce word frequency . An English textbook with 21,577 words was selected for  analysis with the Vocabulary Profiler. The output  shows high and low frequency word groups that can be used as bases for vocabulary selection in teaching. In addition, the output provides information about negative vocabulary and token recycling index, an indicator of text comprehensibility. Although this article sampled a textbook for use in Indonesian contexts, the ideas might be of interest to EFL teachers in other countries.  
GLOBALISASI BAHASA INGGRIS: SO WHAT? I. Gusti Astika
LINGUA : Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Pengajarannya Vol. 12 No. 1 (2015): Maret 2015
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The process of globalization and the role of English have been widely recognized as two inseparable entities which have influenced all aspects of our lives including education.  The responses to globalization and the role English in academic community have been variable which may have considerable impacts to the quality of educational human resources. In academic community, the quality human resources have become the key competitive advantage of many universities. With the advancement of science and technology, the role of English has been gaining more prominence since new knowledge and information in science and technology are to a large extent packaged in English. This awareness should bring about a different paradigm of educational management and a modified teaching methodology which accommodate the use of technology, in particular the use of the internet. This is an exciting challenge to the university management to design a program for teachers and students which aims to develop the necessary knowledge and skills in English in order to acquire knowledge and keep informed and updated with the latest information and technology. Within the area of English language teaching, this can be realized through the design of ESP (English for Specific Purposes) or EOP (English for Occupational Purposes) based on needs analysis to identify target tasks in the specialized fields of study and design pedagogical activities for classroom implementation.