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Investigating the motivational teaching strategies of an English native speaker lecturer Soviyah Soviyah
Teaching English as a Foreign Language Journal Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.12928/tefl.v1i1.163

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Motivation plays a very important role in the success of learning a foreign language. Motivation can come from the teacher. Ways a teacher uses to increase students’ motivation in learning a foreign language are called Motivational Teaching Strategies. The aims of this research are to investigate the motivational teaching strategies used by an English native speaker lecturer and to know the students’ responses toward the Motivational Teaching Strategies used by an English native speaker lecturer. The type of this study is a qualitative research. The subjects involved are an English native speaker lecturer and 23 students of the third semester of the English Education Department, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Yogyakarta. To collect the data, it was done using classroom observation, interview, and classroom survey.  The research was conducted in Universitas Ahmad Dahlan during the pre-pandemic, around the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020. To analyze the data, qualitative descriptive was utilized as the main technique. Using Dornyei’s framework of Motivational Teaching Strategies containing 48 items, the results of this study showed that the English native speaker lecturer applied almost all of the strategies of the Motivational Teaching Strategies by Dornyei (2001), which are divided into four categories:  creating the basic motivational conditions, generating initial motivation strategies, maintaining and protecting motivation, and encouraging positive retrospective self-evaluation. There were few strategies, however, that were not yet implemented because of some considerations.  In terms of the students‟ responses, the students mostly saw and agreed that the English native speaker lecturer applied the Motivational Teaching Strategies in the classroom.
Students’ interest level in English online learning Linda Puspita; Thalia Savira Ristianti; Soviyah Soviyah
Teaching English as a Foreign Language Journal Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.12928/tefl.v1i2.344

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English is one of the subjects that students in Indonesia are required to study, including during the COVID-19 pandemic situation. As a result of the the pandemic, the English learning process is conducted online. Therefore, students are expected to adapt to this new learning mode, and to be interested in it as well. This research aims to find out the level of the students’ interest in learning English online. The research utilizes descriptive quantitative method. A questionnaire is used as the research instrument. Taking SMPN 2 Girimulyo junior high school, Yogyakarta, Indonesia as the research setting, it involves 40 students which consist of 25 female students and 15 male students. The research data are collected online through Google form distributed to the respondents to reveal their interest in learning English online. The study findings show that 77% of students are interested in learning English online, 66% of the students master the material, and the interaction between students and teacher is very good reaching perfect score of 100%. However, when asked about their preference, 60% of the students prefer learning English offline under face-to-face mode.
Students’ perceptions of using Google Meet in English online learning at Muhammadiyah Nitikan Elementary School Soviyah Soviyah; Linda Puspita; Abdulmohsin Nasser Altawil
Teaching English as a Foreign Language Journal Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023)
Publisher : Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.12928/tefl.v2i1.435

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Google Meet is a new medium used for students and teachers in learning during COVID-19 pandemic. At Muhammadiyah Nitikan Elementary School, English learning has been carried out online by utilizing online mediums in the learning process. By using Google Meet as an alternative learning medium, students at Muhammadiyah Nitikan Elementary School have various opinions on its use. The objective of this research was to find out students’ perceptions of using Google Meet in English online learning. The research method in this research was quantitative method. The participants of this research were sixth grade students of Muhammadiyah Nitikan Elementary School consisting of 88 students, 46 female students and 42 male students. The sampling used in this research was random sampling. Questionnaire is used to collect the data which is then analyzed using quantitative methods. The results of this study showed that out of a total of 88 participants, 1 student (1.14%) has a very positive perception, 35 students (39.77%) have a positive perception, 27 students (30.68%) have a neutral perception, 17 students (19.32%) have a negative perception, and 8 students (9.09%) have a very negative perception.