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“I Have to Teach The ‘English’ English”: Native-speakerism Ideology among the English Teachers Harsanti, HG Retno; Manara, Christine
Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics Vol 11, No 2 (2021): Vol. 11, No. 2, September 2021
Publisher : Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.17509/ijal.v11i2.26379

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Native-speakerism is a crucial issue to discuss in ELT, especially related to the different ideological views on World Englishes and ‘standard’ English. Differences in ideology about English and its variations have an impact on the English teaching implementation. Many studies have examined discrimination practices driven by native-speakerism ideology in educational contexts such as in the preference of English teacher recruitment which prefers teachers who are considered as native speakers. Although studies have discussed native-speakerism ideology, not many studies have discussed native-speakerism ideology from the perspective of English teachers in Indonesia. This study, therefore, aims to find out how widespread this ideology is among English teachers of a private school in metropolitan Jakarta. It seeks to explore the dimensions of native-speakerism in the various aspects of the English teaching profession. This study is interview-based research with seven participants. Data collection was done by conducting individual interviews for 30-40 minutes which then were analyzed descriptively to identify the recurring themes. The results showed that there were traces of native speakerism ideology among the English teachers in Permata schools that views English from a purist perspective towards the language and its culture. This purist perspective is reflected from how they defined native-speakers of English and depicted the ownership of English, language learning and teaching beliefs, and their teaching practices.
DARI REFLEKSI PENGAJARAN HINGGA RANCANGAN PENELITIAN TINDAKAN KELAS (PTK): KEGIATAN LOKAKARYA BAGI PARA GURU BAHASA INGGRIS DI PROVINSI BANTEN Christine Manara
Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Ilmu Keguruan dan Pendidikan (JPM-IKP) Vol 1, No 02 (2018): Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat (JPM-IKP)
Publisher : FKIP Universitas Trilogi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31326/jmp-ikp.v1i02.184

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 Kegiatan lokakarya ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan langkah-langkah dasar dan memberikan panduan bagi para guru Bahasa Inggris mengenai Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK). Seringkali para guru mengeluhkan alasan mereka tentang PTK dengan pertanyaan seperti: “Saya tidak tahu harus mulai dari mana?” “Apa yang perlu dilakukan dalam melakukan PTK?”. Pertanyaan-pertanyaan seperti inilah yang menginspirasi tim untuk menjawabnya dengan mengadakan kegiatan pelatihan dalam memandu para guru tentang langkah-langkah pelaksanaan PTK. Kegiatan ini dilaksanakan berdasarkan kerjasama dengan UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanudin yang bersedia menjadi tuan rumah dan yang telah mengundang para guru tingkat Sekolah Menengah di propinsi Banten untuk menghadiri kegiatan ini. Penulis menyediakan sebuah Lembar Kerja PTK untuk dilengkapi. Pada saat kegiatan, para guru pun terlibat dalam diskusi terstruktur dengan peserta lain dan fasilitator lokakarya untuk mendapatkan umpan balik. Pada sesi akhir lokarya ini, para guru menghasilkan rancangan awal PTK untuk dapat mereka terapkan di sekolahnya masing-masing.Kata kunci:  Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK), refleksi pengajaran, guru SMU/MANThis workshop aims to enable teachers to understand the steps of starting a classroom research and guide English teachers to conduct the initial stage of an Action Research (AR) process. The most popular remarks that teachers often made concerning AR are “Where should I start?” and “What do I do in an action research?”. The workshop was implemented to address this problem and presented a step-by-step guidance for high school teachers in Banten province. This workshop was conducted together with the co-operation of UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanudin as the host of the venue who invited high school teachers in the province of Banten. In this workshop, I provided a worksheet for the teachers to complete. The teachers were involved in constructed discussion in the workshop with their peers and facilitators to gain feedback. At the end of the workshop, teachers produced an initial design of a classroom action research to be conducted in their own school settings.Keywords:  Action Research, teaching reflection, high school teachers
Language use in shifting contexts: Two multilingual Filipinos' narratives of language and mobility Rebecca Urip Wattimena; Christine Manara
Indonesian JELT Vol 11, No 2 (2016): Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching vol 11 no. 2 October 2016
Publisher : Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (578.471 KB) | DOI: 10.25170/ijelt.v11i2.827

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This study explores languages repertoire of two Filipinos who were brought up in a multilingual family and subsequently left their home country to live abroad. Both participants were exposed to more than 4 languages at their home country before they went to live abroad. The study was guided by three research questions: 1) how do these multilinguals use their languages? 2) what kind of linguistic dynamics the participants encountered during their mobility experiences? 3) how do the participants perceive themselves in relation to their linguistic and cultural identity? Narrative-based study was adopted to conduct this research. Data were elicited using open-ended interviews. The major findings show that although participants are still attached with their local languages, shifting of dominant language occurs in line with their mobility experiences. In addition, there is also an indication of language shift that takes place on the fourth generation. The 1st generation languages (participants’ grandparents, i.e. Ibanag and Karay-A) are no longer spoken nd Tagalog is not inherited to the 4th generation of one of the participants.
Revisiting an English extensive reading program in a low “commercial” resources setting Christine Manara
Indonesian JELT Vol 14, No 1 (2019)
Publisher : Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (456.041 KB) | DOI: 10.25170/ijelt.v14i1.1346

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This paper is a teacher’s critical reflection on the implementation of an Extensive Reading (ER) Program in a teaching context with low resources of commercial graded readers. The paper presents the teacher's dialogue with the ten principles for ER in designing and implementing an ER program. During this process, there are several issues related to the education system and culture as well as the availability of L2 resources. The paper firstly starts with the initial reflection on the previous practices on teaching English reading at a tertiary level to identify the problems. Next, the rationale for initiating an Extensive Reading Course is laid out. Then, samples of teaching activities implemented during the program are presented. Lastly, reflective evaluation of the program is presented with several contextual and pedagogical considerations in working at a low English “commercial” resources context.
EXPERIMENTING WITH LANGUAGE THROUGH CREATIVE WRITING TASKS Christine Manara
Indonesian JELT Vol 10, No 2 (2015): Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching vol 10 no. 2 October 2015
Publisher : Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (101.612 KB) | DOI: 10.25170/ijelt.v10i2.664

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This article reports a small-scale study that explores ways ofusing creative writing tasks to address learners’ motivationaland anxiety challenges in English writing. The study adopts anaction research design (Burns, 2010) with cycles of reflection,planning, implementation, evaluative reflection, and analysis.The study was conducted for one semester with 41 students oflow intermediate level of English proficiency participating inthe research. The data was gathered through the researcher’sclassroom observation, learners’ writing products, and lessonplan reflections and evaluations. The result of the study showsthat 1) learners are able to produce personal and meaningfulshort creative texts; 2) creative writing tasks encouragelearners to be a self-directed and autonomous English learner;3) creative writing tasks allow learners to experiment withtheir current vocabulary knowledge and produce linguisticcreativity; and 4) creative writing tasks expand their lexemeand senses knowledge.Keywords: teaching methodology, L2 writing, creativewriting task, action research
"Maybe English first and then Balinese and Bahasa Indonesia": A case of language shift, attrition, and preference Siana Linda Bonafix; Christine Manara
Indonesian JELT Vol 11, No 1 (2016): Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching vol 11 no.1 May 2016
Publisher : Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (618.019 KB) | DOI: 10.25170/ijelt.v11i1.837

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This small-scale qualitative study aims to explore the participants’ view of languages acquired, learned, and used in their family in an Indonesian context. The two participants were Indonesians who came from multilingual and mixed-cultural family background. The study explores three research questions: 1) What are the languages acquired (by the participants’ family members), co-existed, and/or shift in the family of the two speakers? 2) What factors affect the dynamicity of these languages? 3) How do the participants perceive their self-identity? The qualitative data were collected using semi-structured and in-depth interviews. The interviews were audio-taped and transcribed to be analyzed using thematic analysis. The study detects local language shift to Indonesian from one generation to the next in the participants’ family. The data also shows several factors for valorizing particular languages than the others. These factors include socioeconomic factor, education, frequency of contact, areas of upbringing (rural or urban) and attitude towards the language. The study also reveals that both participants identify their self-identity based on the place where they were born and grew up instead of their linguistic identity.
“I’m like kentang”: Bilingual Indonesians construction of identity in the era of transnationalism Helnywati Helnywati*; Christine Manara
Indonesian JELT Vol 14, No 2 (2019): IJELT Vol 14 No 2, (October 2019)
Publisher : Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (605.774 KB) | DOI: 10.25170/ijelt.v14i2.1468

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This study looks at bilingual Indonesians who experienced living abroad as sojourners. The study aims to explore their identity experiences and struggles as influenced by their interactions with other language(s) and culture(s). An open-ended questionnaire and interview questions were used to obtain information on the respondents’ short biodata and experiences abroad. Nineteen respondents participated in an online open-ended questionnaire, and a few respondents volunteered to be interviewed. The findings reveal that these bilinguals Indonesian sojourners find it challenging to explain themselves from the monocultural essentialists view of identity. They identify themselves strongly with both their home and host countries and cultures but remaining staying open to new possibilities of identities. Yet, there are also traces of contradicting and conflicting selves of belonging in both cultures.
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS LANGUAGES AND MAINTENANCE OF HERITAGE LANGUAGES: A CASE STUDY OF PAPUAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Kasih Elisabet Roostini; Christine Manara
Journal of English Language and Culture Vol 12, No 1 (2021): Journal of English Language and Culture
Publisher : Universitas Bunda Mulia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30813/jelc.v12i1.2697

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Language shift may lead to language investment, and it may also affect language heritage maintenance.  This case study aims to explore maintenance of language heritage among a group of Papuan students who are living in a school dormitory, away from their families. These 29 senior high school students are originally from different ethnic groups from several districts in  Papua. A questionnaire and a semi-structured interview video-recorded for data collection were employed to find out the students’ attitudes towards languages and maintenance of heritage languages. The questionnaire was designed and developed by adapting the semi-structured interview questions designed by Berman et al. (2011). The data were analysed based on the aspects organised in the questionnaire and the results were compared with the findings of Berman et al.’s  (2011), Ehala and Niglas’s (2006), and Nguyen’s (2018) studies. The result shows that there has been a language shift among these adolescents. Living among a community that is totally different from theirs has driven them to adapt and accept the language used in the community. Technology exposure at school has also affected their perspectives towards their future, which motivates them to invest in other languages that they think are important for their future career. Their positive attitudes towards other languages do not discourage them from maintaining their heritage language, as they perceive the use of heritage language as a way to stay connected with their own culture.
Basic English conversation training for tourism actors on Untung Jawa Island Yanti Yanti; Christine Manara
Community Empowerment Vol 7 No 9 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Magelang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31603/ce.7650

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, tourism activities almost stopped. Tourism actors on the Untung Jawa island attempt to improve tourism facilities and infrastructure and increase the capacity of their human resources. The purpose of this activity is to improve communication skills in English. The results of the pre-training questionnaire show that the required English is conversational English at the basic level. The method of community service activities is online basic level conversational English training using drill techniques. The materials are arranged according to language functions and the participants are divided into small groups of four to six people. The results of the activity showed that the participants were able to initiate and engage in short conversations using phrases and making short narratives.
Translingual practice in remote EFL tertiary education: How multilingual speakers create translanguaging spaces Akhmad Hairul Umam; Setiono Sugiharto; Christine Manara
Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics Vol 13, No 2 (2023): Vol. 13, No.2, September 2023
Publisher : Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.17509/ijal.v13i2.63065

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Published studies on translingual practice in the pedagogical realms have burgeoned in the current literature, generating important insights into how communication has become dynamic and fluid. However, these studies have focused almost exclusively on face-to-face, in-person interactions. As COVID-19, which hit all domains of life (including education) worldwide, has compelled schools to conduct remote learning interaction, it will be more revealing to pursue further how translingual practice is enacted in a virtual classroom. Drawing on the notion of translingual perspective (Canagarajah, 2013), this study investigated how English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers and learners at tertiary education created a translingual space in their interactions by deploying specific negotiation strategies and various multimodal resources in a digital learning platform. Employing a netnography method and interactive model (Miles Huberman, 1994), this study employed virtual observation, surveys, and interviews as the sources of data. The study has revealed the complexity of translingual practices in EFL remote learning interactions that occurred naturally in different parts of teaching-learning activities. The use of verbal, semiotic, and multimodality resources as negotiation strategies for meaning-making plays essential roles in facilitating fluid and dynamic interactions. Pedagogically, the interaction in EFL remote learning has been found to be more multilaterally engaging.