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Aspects of writing knowledge and EFL students' writing quality Rofiqoh Rofiqoh; Yazid Basthomi; Utami Widiati; Yunita Puspitasari; Saiful Marhaban; Teguh Sulistyo
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 9, No 1 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

Writing knowledge pertaining to process, system, content, and genre plays an essential role to produce an intelligible composition. The purpose of the present study is twofold – to investigate the correlation between aspects of writing knowledge and quality of writing, and to investigate the contribution of the overall and individual aspects of writing knowledge to writing quality. The participants were 54 second-year ELT undergraduate students of a university in Indonesia. A writing test and multiple-choice test on writing knowledge were used as the instruments of data collection. The analysis employed Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regressions. The result revealed a significant positive correlation between writing knowledge and writing quality. As a unit, the knowledge of process, system, content, and genre, indicates a significant contribution to the writing quality. Individually, however, only process knowledge significantly contributes to the writing quality. It provides additional pieces of evidence that process knowledge be given special attention, thus writing instruction should allow students to learn writing knowledge explicitly and implicitly.

Strategies employed by EFL doctoral candidates in dissertation writing completion Saiful Marhaban; Nur Mukminatien; Utami Widiati; Teguh Sulistyo; Wardani Dwi Suhastyanang; Yunita Puspitasari; Asnawi Muslem
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 8, No 2 (2021)
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

This research study aimed at revealing the strategies employed by successful English as a Foreign Language (EFL) doctoral candidates in accomplishing their dissertation writing and their perspectives in association with the stages of research report writing. This is a narrative qualitative inquiry, and the data were collected through an in-depth interview with ten successful EFL fresh graduates who had completed their dissertation writing within six and seven semesters. Using a retrospective technique, the respondents were asked to recall their experiences and activities during the process of writing their dissertation. The results reveal that the successful doctoral candidates used four main strategies of dissertation writing: cognitive, metacognitive, affective, and social strategies. In completing each of the dissertation stages, the doctoral candidates spent much time reading a huge collection of research articles, writing their dissertation on a daily basis, and having intensive consultation with their advisors. This study would be useful for EFL doctoral students to avoid delay in completing their studies and to meet their academic timeline so that they can face their challenging dissertation writing to complete their study on time.

Student-teacher conferences and video-recorded microteaching sessions in developing pre-service teachers' teaching competences Saiful Marhaban; Usman Kasim; Arifin Syamaun; Teguh Sulistyo
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 10, No 1 (2023)
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

The present study highlighted the importance of pre-service teachers’ teaching competences in English Language Teaching (ELT). Facts show that empowering pre-service teachers is very important, but inspiring lecturers to implement a suitable teaching model takes time. Thus, this study aimed to determine how student-teacher conferences and video-recorded microteaching sessions (VRMS) affected pre-service teachers’ competences. Besides, the self-reflection of the pre-service teachers after watching their own teaching performance video and the conference with the lecturer was also investigated to see their behaviors towards their teaching performances. This mixed-method study involved one group and applied three main instruments to collect data: interviews (student-teacher conferences), checklists of teacher self-evaluation forms, and teaching practicum performance tests using a scoring rubric adapted from Brown (2000). There were 20 participants who were taking the Microteaching Course at the Department of English Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The study was conducted in one consecutive semester consisting of 16 meetings, each of which was 200 minutes long (4 credits). The results proved that student-teacher conferences and VRMS stimulated pre-service teachers’ teaching competences. Pre-service teachers grew their self-reflection after watching their own teaching videos and understood their strengths and weaknesses after getting student-teacher conferences. It implies that the improvement of their teaching competences resulted from a process involving the willingness to do self-reflection and the lecturer’s help in understanding what areas the pre-service teachers had to improve. The implications of the study are also presented and discussed in this paper.

The Use of Numbered Head Together to Improve Students’ Writing Ability for Grade VIII of Junior High School Hani Ammaria; Usman Kasim; Saiful Marhaban
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 8, No 1 (2023): February 2023
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This research aimed at analysing whether the use of Numbered Head Together (NHT) technique in improving students’ writing ability based on the experts and some previous studies. Library research was used as the method of this research. NHT is a cooperative learning that aims to increase students’ writing ability by using four steps; numbering, submitting questions, collective thinking, and answering. The data for this research were obtained from previous works of the other researchers and some literature sources include books, journals, articles, and other relevant data sources. The data analysis technique includes the process of data identification from relevant literature sources, determining where the data is located, obtaining the data, evaluating the data, and incorporating the data into the research presentation. The result of the analysis from all the sources showed that the use of NHT can improve students’ writing ability and the aspects of writing such as content, organization, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanic.

Grammatical Errors Found in Undergraduate Thesis Abstracts of International Class Students of the Law Faculty of Syiah Kuala University Khairunnisa Khairunnisa; Saiful Marhaban; Iskandar Abdul Samad
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 8, No 1 (2023): February 2023
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Writing is considered as the most difficult skill to learn in English. Grammatical errors can be committed when producing a writing product, including in writing undergraduate thesis (UT) abstracts. This study aimed at identifying the grammatical errors found in the UT abstracts written by the international class students of law faculty of Syiah Kuala University using the theory proposed by Ho (2005). The method used in this qualitative research was document analysis method. Fifteen (15) UT abstracts published on the digital library of Syiah Kuala University in 2020 and 2021 were collected and analyzed. Based on the analysis, the researchers found 206 grammatical error cases in the abstracts. Errors regarding sentence structure were the most frequently committed type of error (47.57%), especially in the sub-type of incomplete or fragmented sentence (42.85%). It was then followed by errors regarding noun and noun group (21.35%), errors regarding verb and verb group (16.50%), and errors regarding preposition in the last place (14.56%).

The Effect of The Think Aloud Strategy on Students' Reading Comprehension Ability Burhansyah Burhansyah; Saiful Marhaban; Siti Maisyarah; Syamsul Bahri Ys
English Education Journal Vol 13, No 3 (2022)
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This research was designed to figure out the effectiveness of the think aloud strategy in improving students’ reading comprehension ability. The think aloud strategy is a learning strategy whereby students verbalize their thought as they read. Twenty 2nd grade students of MAS Darul Ulum Banda Aceh participated in this quantitative research. This research used a pre-experimental design with one-group pretest-posttest. The finding showed that the think aloud strategy improves students’ reading comprehension ability, especially in analytical exposition text. It can be seen from the mean score of the post-test (54.4) which was higher than that of the pre-test (36.4). The t-test analysis showed that the t-score (4.255) obtained a higher gain than the t-table (2.085). This strategy successfully helped the students to increase their reading comprehension ability in all aspects, particularly in identifying main ideas, making inferences, summarizing, and interpreting vocabulary. Therefore, the think aloud strategy can be considered as an effective instructional tool for teaching reading skill.

Written corrective feedback across different levels of EFL students’ academic writing proficiency: Outcomes and implications Suhartawan Budianto; Teguh Sulistyo; Oktavia Widiastuti; Dwi Fita Heriyawati; Saiful Marhaban
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 7, No 2 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24815/siele.v7i2.16569

This current research aimed at finding out the impact of different feedback modes, that is indirect corrective feedback and direct corrective feedback, on the writing proficiency of EFL students at the university level. Direct and indirect corrective feedbacks were provided by covering global and local aspects of writing together. This study reported on a 14-week study with 63 students majoring in the English Education Department of an outstanding university in Surabaya, Indonesia. The pre-test was given to 35 students that belonged to a high proficiency level group, whereas 28 students belonged to the low proficiency level. The proficiency level was used to examine whether the corrective feedback was effective for certain levels of learners’ proficiency. An experimental design was run to examine whether there was a noteworthy different impact of direct corrective feedback (DCF) and indirect corrective feedback (ICF) on descriptive essays produced by EFL students. Two groups of participants, DCF group and ICF group, wrote eight topics in which each was treated using different feedback. The results revealed that the DCF is more powerful than ICF and contributes significantly to improve students’ EFL writing, regardless of the students’ level of proficiency (high or low). The outcomes of DCF and ICF in the EFL writing process that do not depend on proficiency level indicates that the use of DCF and ICF is not influenced by proficiency level. In other words, direct corrective feedback is advantageous for both low and high proficiency learners in EFL writing process.

The sustainable impacts of teacher action research on EFL teachers in Indonesia Yunita Puspitasari; Utami Widiati; Saiful Marhaban; Teguh Sulistyo; Rofiqoh Rofiqoh
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 8, No 3 (2021)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24815/siele.v8i3.21388

Action research has been a prominent topic in continuous professional development literature. Studies have evidenced its potentials for teachers, but not many have discussed the sustainability of the research as a means of Teacher Professional Development (TPD) as well as its sustainable impact. Underpinning the issue of sustainability, the present study aims at investigating what factors made the teachers choose to continue conducting teacher action research, and what pedagogical and professional competences perceived changed as sustainable impacts of Teacher Action Research (TAR). This qualitative study with a phenomenological undertone adapted Seidman’s framework to conduct in-depth interviews with five English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers. The results showed that motivation and self-efficacy belief, institutional supports, and collaboration with academics/universities were essentials for sustainable engagement with the research. Pedagogically, the teachers increased their awareness of the students’ characteristics, knowledge of effective learning, and ability to carry out reflective teaching. In terms of professional competence, they felt very confident and were able to make more publications. This study implies that TAR is a model of TPD that is able to develop EFL teachers’ professionalism where they can establish a better practice and develop themselves as professionals and individuals on daily basis, without leaving their students.

Aspects of writing knowledge and EFL students' writing quality Rofiqoh Rofiqoh; Yazid Basthomi; Utami Widiati; Yunita Puspitasari; Saiful Marhaban; Teguh Sulistyo
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 9, No 1 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24815/siele.v9i1.20433

Writing knowledge pertaining to process, system, content, and genre plays an essential role to produce an intelligible composition. The purpose of the present study is twofold – to investigate the correlation between aspects of writing knowledge and quality of writing, and to investigate the contribution of the overall and individual aspects of writing knowledge to writing quality. The participants were 54 second-year ELT undergraduate students of a university in Indonesia. A writing test and multiple-choice test on writing knowledge were used as the instruments of data collection. The analysis employed Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regressions. The result revealed a significant positive correlation between writing knowledge and writing quality. As a unit, the knowledge of process, system, content, and genre, indicates a significant contribution to the writing quality. Individually, however, only process knowledge significantly contributes to the writing quality. It provides additional pieces of evidence that process knowledge be given special attention, thus writing instruction should allow students to learn writing knowledge explicitly and implicitly.

Strategies employed by EFL doctoral candidates in dissertation writing completion Saiful Marhaban; Nur Mukminatien; Utami Widiati; Teguh Sulistyo; Wardani Dwi Suhastyanang; Yunita Puspitasari; Asnawi Muslem
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 8, No 2 (2021)
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24815/siele.v8i2.17694

This research study aimed at revealing the strategies employed by successful English as a Foreign Language (EFL) doctoral candidates in accomplishing their dissertation writing and their perspectives in association with the stages of research report writing. This is a narrative qualitative inquiry, and the data were collected through an in-depth interview with ten successful EFL fresh graduates who had completed their dissertation writing within six and seven semesters. Using a retrospective technique, the respondents were asked to recall their experiences and activities during the process of writing their dissertation. The results reveal that the successful doctoral candidates used four main strategies of dissertation writing: cognitive, metacognitive, affective, and social strategies. In completing each of the dissertation stages, the doctoral candidates spent much time reading a huge collection of research articles, writing their dissertation on a daily basis, and having intensive consultation with their advisors. This study would be useful for EFL doctoral students to avoid delay in completing their studies and to meet their academic timeline so that they can face their challenging dissertation writing to complete their study on time.

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