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USING ONLINE PEER REVIEW AS A STRATEGY TO IMPROVE WRITING SKILLS Ula, Erfa Navadiatul; Umamah, Atik
IJIET (International Journal of Indonesian Education and Teaching) Vol 6, No 1 (2022): January 2022
Publisher : Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ijiet.v6i1.3573

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This qualitative research was conducted to investigate the use of online peer review as a strategy to improve writing skills in the revision process. Two  English students of a private university in Malang were recruited based on two criteria: 1) they have passed an academic writing course with an excellent score, and 2) they use online media to conduct peer reviews. Using a semi-structured interview, the students were asked what types of online resources they use to perform online peer review, and how they do peer review online. The interview data were analyzed using content analysis. To triangulate the data, investigator triangulation was performed by involving two data analysts. The results of the study were that students mostly used WhatsApp and Zoom media to conduct online peer reviews. In addition, they used several platforms such as grammar checkers, online dictionaries to assist the revision process. The students shared their writing product in the form of a file to their peers via WhatsApp and improve the results of the feedback by utilizing online sources or obtaining reviews related to grammar, writing effectiveness, and diction errors.
Indonesian Pre-service Teacher Journey in International Teaching Practicum Barlaman, Moh. Aang Fajar; Umamah, Atik
EDUCASIA: Jurnal Pendidikan, Pengajaran, dan Pembelajaran Vol 10 No 1 (2025): Educasia, 10(1), April 2025
Publisher : Pusat Pelatihan, Riset, dan Pembelajaran Bahasa

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21462/educasia.v10i1.299

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The increasing importance of cross-cultural competence in education has made international teaching practicum (ITP) programs essential for pre-service teachers. These programs provide unique opportunities to enhance pedagogical skills and develop global awareness, particularly for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in diverse cultural contexts. However, the specific experiences of Indonesian pre-service teachers participating in ITP programs remain underexplored. This study aims to explore the experiences of Indonesian pre-service English teachers during an ITP program in Malaysia, focusing on the journey, personal growth, and professional development achieved throughout the program. Using a qualitative narrative inquiry approach, this exploratory case study examined the experiences of one Pre-service teacher from the English Education Department, referred to as "Budi," in a Malaysian pesantren. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, reflective journals, and program documentation, then analyzed thematically using Braun & Clarke (2006) framework. The findings reveal that the participant gained essential teaching skills, leadership qualities, and cross-cultural understanding while facing challenges such as time management, cultural adaptation, and limited teaching opportunities. These experiences contributed significantly to the participant’s personal and professional growth, highlighting the transformative impact of ITP programs. The study underscores the importance of ITP programs in preparing globally competent educators. By documenting the lived experiences of a pre-service teacher, the research provides valuable insights for program designers and policymakers seeking to enhance the effectiveness of international teaching initiatives.
The correlation between students' motivation and their speaking achievement Pramudita, Devi Fitria; Maghfiroh, Ila; Zalhani, Muhammad Rashif; Ratnasari, Nur Qomariyah Dyah; Nafisah, Wardatun; Lestari, Dyah; Umamah, Atik
(JELE) Journal Of English Language and Education Vol 9 No 2 (2023)
Publisher : LPPM Universitas Mercu Buana Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26486/jele.v9i2.3234

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This study aims to know the level of motivation in speaking class and to investigate the significant relationship between students’ motivation and speaking achievement. The subject of this study was thirty-four students in the third semester of English Foreign Language (EFL) learners. Twenty-five statements of questionnaires inquiring about motivation levels and speaking achievement were used as the primary data sources. Motivation type was divided into 2, instrumental and integrative motivation, and the data were analyzed using descriptive quantitative. Speaking achievements from the lecturer were divided into excellent, good, average, low, and very low. Pearson Correlation was used to describe the relationship between students’ motivation and achievement. The result showed that students' motivation level was high and had no significant relationship between students’ motivation and their achievement in speaking class, so motivation is not the only factor that can increase students' speaking achievement. This study illustrates that speaking lecturers need to find another factor to boost students' speaking achievement. 
Exploring self-regulated writing strategies: A comparison between paragraphs and essays Sari, Ratih Novita; Umamah, Atik; Anggraini, Merliyani Putri; Arianto, M. Affandi; Kurniasih, Kurniasih; Mukminatien, Nur
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 10, No 2 (2023)
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24815/siele.v10i2.26146

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Writing requires a complex skill, and thus students need to regulate themselves in employing the appropriate strategies to achieve good writing performance. The present research investigated Self-Regulated Writing (SRW) strategies used by EFL (English as a Foreign Language) university students. It contrasted the students' strategies related to the complex structure of the texts (i.e., paragraphs and essays) and students writing performance. The data information came from two separate sets of self-regulated learning strategy questionnaire, as well as writing outcomes of the students. Descriptive statistics and the Mann-Whitney U test were utilized to evaluate the data. The six dimensions of SRW strategies were extensively utilized in paragraph and essay writings. The six dimensions include motive, method, time, performance, physical environment, and social environment. Interestingly, the social environment dimension had the highest mean score, showing that the students needed assistance from their peers and available learning resources. Meanwhile, the motive dimension obtained the lowest mean in both paragraph and essay writings. Furthermore, the analysis showed no significant statistical difference in using SRW strategies in writing paragraphs and essays except in the method dimension. The difference in strategy use based on achievement was also not significant. The results indicate that the students applied similar SRW strategies in paragraph and essay writings regardless of their proficiency levels. Pedagogical implications and recommendations for future research are also further discussed in the article.
English Conversation Class (ECC) Untuk Menciptakan English Environment Di SMA Islam Nusantara (SMAINUS) Kurniasih, Kurniasih; Rahmati, Nuse Aliyah; Umamah, Atik; Widowati, Diah Retno
Jurnal Inovasi Hasil Pengabdian Masyarakat (JIPEMAS) Vol 2 No 2 (2019)
Publisher : University of Islam Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33474/jipemas.v2i2.2571

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The teaching of English in Indonesia has been started from elementary school until university level because students are expected to have good knowledge of English as the international language. In order to compete with people all over the world, English learners should be able to use English both in written and spoken form. The teaching of English in SMAINUS has been conducted in a fun way supported by the innovative teacher and interactive technique. Consequently, students have positive perceptions toward English and are more motivated to improve their English. However, there is no any English club, especially on English Conversation Club (ECC) that can facilitate students to do speaking practice outside the class to improve their productive skill rapidly. Therefore, this program is the starting point of ECC in SMAINUS. This paper aims at exploiting students’ perceptions of ECC program to create English environment.
Students’ Digital Reading Habits for Digital Academic Text and Their Achievement Putra, Hadi; Ahmad, Erza; Umamah, Atik
IJET (Indonesian Journal of English Teaching) Vol. 12 No. 1 (2023): July
Publisher : Department of English Language Education, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15642/ijet2.2023.12.1.73-82

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Abstract. The role of digital media is much useful for contributing to creating reading habits through the benefit of technology. Technology has grown up these days, the young generation is living a life in the modern area, where they could get their education everywhere not bound to a classroom. That’s the way the promoting of to create a literate society or reading habit in this modern era is might be important for EFL to study more easily with creating a literate society through reading cause reading is the identification of the symbols and the association of appropriate meaning with them. This study describe about what is the level of students’ digital reading habits for academic text with descriptive quantitative and the correlation between students’ habits in reading digital academic text and their achievement, is there any correlation or not. 95 students who have done with their reading material for academic text in 4th semester, only 39 students were include for this research. 31 item questionnaire was distributed to obtain data about students’ reading habit in digital academic text and their achievements. For the second instrument is based from the final course reading exam. The first result in student’s reading habits in digital academic text have an average result habits in reading or low habits in reading based on the SPSS calculation for the descriptive statistic, it means there are some other aspects of student’s reading habits in this private university by comparing for the previous study. Afterward the researcher analyze the data after collecting it. The data shows that students’ reading habits in digital academic text don’t affect on student achievement, it means that there is no significant correlation between the students’ reading habits in digital academic text and their achievement in the 4th semester at the private university of Malang.
Pemanfaatan ChatGPT untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berbahasa Inggris Siswa SMK Terpadu Al-Islahiyah: Pendekatan Interaktif dan Inovatif Alaydrus, Yahya; Hidayanti, Ika; Kurniasih, Kurniasih; Nasihah, Durotun; Umamah, Atik; Nugroho, Mochammad Khosy Xavier; Oktavia, Fathia Afray Vita
Jurnal SOLMA Vol. 14 No. 3 (2025)
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka (UHAMKA Press)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22236/solma.v14i3.20769

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Background: This community service activity was carried out to address the problems faced by students in improving their English proficiency. Method: To solve these problems, the service team conducted a training/workshop by utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI), namely ChatGPT. The activity began with a pre-workshop survey distributed to 45 students of SMK Terpadu Al-Islahiyah Singosari, majoring in Office Management, to identify their problems and confidence level. It was followed by the Implementation and Evaluation Stages through a post-training survey and interviews with the English teacher. Results: Data analysis showed that students experienced difficulties in learning English due to limited vocabulary, pronunciation challenges, and lack of confidence. In addition, their confidence level increased from mostly fairly confident to highly confident. The English teacher also gave a positive perception of the implementation of ChatGPT while reminding the need to anticipate its potential negative impacts. Conclusion: Based on these findings, it can be concluded that AI plays an important role in language learning through the active role of teachers in monitoring, so that technology can be utilized properly and responsibly.
MOBILE-ASSISTED ON EXTENSIVE READING: STUDENTS’ VOICES Ni'mah, Dzurriyyatun; Umamah, Atik
English Education:Journal of English Teaching and Research Vol 5 No 1 (2020): Baohuan Zhang
Publisher : Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (132.127 KB) | DOI: 10.29407/jetar.v5i1.14367

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Abstract As reading starts to lose its popularity for most students, digital reading can serve as a solution to overcome this problem. The integration of digital reading and extensive reading practice can be beneficial for language learners. A number of researchers have conducted the studies on this issue through different perspectives. The current study mainly focuses on the students’ perception of digital reading in extensive reading practice. The qualitative approach was employed to obtain the research data. Therefore, series of questions were addressed to achieve the research objective through an open-ended interview. The result showed that the students have positive attitudes towards digital reading when they have to read extensively. The practicality, portability, flexibility, accessability, and affordances of e-books helped them to apply extensive reading successfully. Moreover, extensive reading benefits the students to develop their reading habit, discover pleasure in reading, as well as improve other skills in English. Keywords: digital reading, extensive reading, students’ perception
Peningkatan Well-being Siswa dalam Pemberian Corrective Feedback dalam Pelajaran Menulis dengan Model Student-Centered Approach dalam Perspektif Guru Dzulfikri, Dzulfikri; Umamah, Atik; Rahmati, Nuse Aliyah; Mustofa, Mutmainnah; Ashari, Ali
Jurnal Abdimas Kartika Wijayakusuma Vol 7 No 1 (2026): Jurnal Abdimas Kartika Wijayakusuma
Publisher : LPPM Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26874/jakw.v7i1.1020

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Penelitian yang berbasis pengabdian ini bertujuan mengetahui persepsi para guru setelah pelaksanaan workshop tentang dampak pemberian feedback atas kesalahan siswa dalam menulis terhadap well-being dan motivasi siswa dengan menggunakan pendekatan student-centered learning, yaitu sebuah model pembelajaran yang melibatkan siswa secara aktif dalam mengetahui dan memahami kesalahannya. Kegiatan ini melibatkan 22 responden dan mereka harus mengisi kuesioner terkait topik di atas setelah workshop. Temuan penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa mayoritas responden menyatakan sangat setuju dan sebagian kecil (sekitar 16%) menyatakan setuju kalau model pemberian feedback dengan menggunakan pendekatan student-centered learning ini mampu menciptakan well-being siswa dan meningkatkan motivasi siswa dalam memahami kesalahan tulisan mereka. Alasan utama para respondent tersebut adalah bahwasanya pendekatan student-centered learning mampu menciptakan hubungan yang harmonis antara guru dan siswa, menjaga harga diri siswa, antusiasme siswa yang meningkat dan siswa berusaha aktif memahami kesalahan dengan scaffolding guru. Temuan ini mengimplikasikan bahwa model pemberian feedback dengan pendekatan student-centered approach sangat disarankan untuk digunakan dalam praktik pembelajaran khususnya ketika memberi corrective feedback.
PENDAMPINGAN MENULIS TULISAN DI MEDIA MASSA UNTUK SISWA MA RAUDLATUL ULUM GANJARAN Muttaqin, Khoirul; Umamah, Atik; Nasihah, Durotun
Jurnal Edukasi Pengabdian Masyarakat Vol 5 No 2 (2026): APRIL 2026
Publisher : FIP UNIRA MALANG

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36636/eduabdimas.v5i2.9000

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This community service program was motivated by students’ limited writing literacy, particularly in producing and publishing texts in mass media. Writing is an essential twenty-first-century literacy skill that supports critical thinking, creativity, and civic participation. MA Raudlatul Ulum 1 Ganjaran has strong potential to develop a writing culture, yet it lacks structured mentoring programs focused on publication. This program aimed to enhance students’ knowledge, skills, and motivation in writing poems, short stories, opinion articles, and news texts in accordance with journalistic standards. The methods included theoretical training, writing workshops, intensive mentoring, and evaluation using pre- and post-assessments. The results indicate an increase in writing knowledge from 2.7 to 2.95 and writing skills from 1.3 to 1.49. Poetry writing scores reached 81.42% (very good category), while short story writing reached 78.05% (good category). These findings demonstrate that writing mentoring is effective in improving students’ literacy and fostering a sustainable writing culture.