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Journal : ETERNAL: English Teaching Journal

Text-book Evaluation Entitled “Let’s Learn English” (K-13 English Text-Book) Ima Isnaini Taufiqur Rohmah
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 6, No 2 (2015): August
Publisher : Universitas PGRI Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v6i2.2368

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The main elements of teaching are included teachers, students, and textbooks. Many people argue that the students are the key success of the teaching. Thinking to against that many people belief, many studies pointed the view that textbooks are the key of learning. It based on the assumption that both teacher and students are depend on the book in learning process. Therefore, great care and attention to the quality of text-book itself has to be taken in selecting the most appropriate textbook that fit to some factors as teacher’s interests, teaching objectives and finally students’ needs as well. Textbook evaluation checklist by Daoud and Celce-Murcia (1979) is used in this study because it is most appropriate for evaluating this current textbook. In this current study, the researcher evaluated K-13 English text book used by XII grade students of MAN 1 Bojonegoro as instructional material in the teaching and learning. Some aspects to be evaluated based on Textbook evaluation checklist by Daoud and Celce-Murcia (1979) including subject matter, vocabulary and structures, exercises, illustration, and physical make-up. This study is important as it hope will find out the strength as well as the weaknesses areas of the course book. This current study has been developed in order to analyze an available specialized course book for the second grade students. The results of the current study have important implications both for language teachers and the improvement of the course book
The Feasibility and Effectiveness of Integrating Content Knowledge and English Competences for Assessing English Proficiency in CLIL Ima Isnaini Taufiqur Rohmah
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 10, No 1 (2019): February
Publisher : Universitas PGRI Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v10i1.3909

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Researching Content and Language Integrated learning (CLIL) is unique since the focus is not only in English as instructional language but we have to consider the content as another side of the coin. Both aspects must be balance. This study aimed exploring the integration of content knowledge and English competence in English proficiency assessment and also the effectiveness of the integration to measure students’ English proficiency. This study used Combined study (Creswell, 2012). The participants of this study were 3 primary schools under the name of International Class Program in East java Indonesia. The data were gathered through semi-structured interview, questionnaire and test, i.e. pre-and-post-test. The qualitative data were analyzed descriptively; and the quantitative data were analyzed by using paired sample t-test formula. The results revealed that integrating content knowledge and English competences in assessing English proficiency is feasible and applicable. Furthermore, it has been statistically proven that it is effective integrating content knowledge and English competences in assessing CLIL by indicated the raise of students’ English proficiency. This study implies that integrating both aspects in CLIL has great influence in students’ English assessment and this should be taken into account by the related parties.