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Journal : International Journal of Language Teaching and Education

Emotional Geographies of an EFL Teacher in Asmat, Papua; Male Perspective Sri Rejeki; Diah Kristina; Nur Arifah Drajati
International Journal of Language Teaching and Education Vol. 2 No. 2 (2018): VOLUME 2, Number (Issue) 2, July 2018
Publisher : Universitas Jambi, Magister Program of English Education Department

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Teaching is not only about knowledge, cognition, and skill but also emotional relationships among the students, colleagues, and parents. Particularly for teaching English in rural areas in Indonesia, there are several challenges that should be handled: geographical feature of these area, their culture and the way of life, the quality of both students and teachers, and so on. This research paper investigates teacher emotions experienced by a male EFL teacher in one of rural areas while dealing with those challenges. Teacher emotions are one of significant aspect that could not be left behind in teaching and learning activity. This research will explore comprehensively the distance and closeness felt by the teacher while teaching English there. This qualitative research was conducted using a narrative case study approach. The data were collected from the participant’s journal and interview. Referring to Hargreaves framework, the findings reveal 5 emotional geographies of the participant. This research contributes to Indonesian government as the one that concerns in 3T areas, EFL teachers who have to handle complex situations while teaching, and other researchers who are interested in conducting emotional geographic research.
Designing Multimedia-based Presentation in Academic Speaking Classroom: Students' Strategies Denty Marga Sukma; Joko Nurkamto; Nur Arifah Drajati
International Journal of Language Teaching and Education Vol. 2 No. 3 (2018): Volume 2, Issue 3, November 2018
Publisher : Universitas Jambi, Magister Program of English Education Department

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Educational technology is substantially aimed at assisting the teaching and learning process especially in material delivery that can be done using Powerpoint Presentation. Particularly, the integration of text-based material and a variety of media promote the likelihood that the audience experiences the effective information processing. Therefore, multimedia-based presentation that is accompanied by verbal explanation must be designed as effective as possible in order to foster the audience’s understanding. The current research was aimed at investigating the strategies employed by the students in designing multimedia-based presentation in Academic Speaking classroom. This qualitative research was carried out using case study approach to obtain the in-depth information. The data were collected through observation, document analysis, and interview. The results show that the students strategies in designing multimedia-based presentation are mainly to foster the audience’s thinking process. Those strategies are using heading to lead to thesis, using bullet list to create sequential delivery, and using the additional element to engage the audience. To make the slide gets into the logical manner, a transitional device is also required. This research will contribute to the teaching and learning process that uses presentation as the method of material delivery. The teacher and the student are expected to know the strategies to design an effective presentation that can promote the audience’s way to process the information. Keyword: academic speaking, educational technology, information processing, material delivery, multimedia-based presentation