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PENINGKATAN KOMPETENSI GURU DALAM SPEAKING ENGLISH FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES UNTUK PENGAJARAN BILINGUAL DI SD ISLAM AL AZHAR 29 BSB SEMARANG
Fitriati, Sri Wuli;
Farida, Alief Noor
Rekayasa : Jurnal Penerapan Teknologi dan Pembelajaran Vol 16, No 2 (2018): Desember 2018
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang
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DOI: 10.15294/rekayasa.v16i2.17515
Memperkuat Sejak tahun 2016, SD Islam Al Azhar 29 BSB Semarang merintis pengajaran bilingual (yaitu, pengajaran dalam dua bahasa, Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Inggris) untuk mata pelajaran Matematika dan IPA. Tantangan utama program ini adalah kompetensi guru dalam berbahasa Inggris. Oleh karena itu, dibutuhkan pelatihan peningkatan kemampuan guru berbahasa Inggris, khususnya Speaking English for Instructional Purposes. Pelatihan yang bertujuan untuk mempersiapkan penyelenggaraan kelas bilingual ini dilaksanakan dalam lima kali pertemuan. Setiap pertemuan berlangsung selama 2 – 2,5 jam. Teknik kegiatan meliputi: pronunciation drills, group and class discussions, modelling, penyusunan skenario pengajaran (teaching scenario), dan microteaching. Peserta selalu antusias dalam setiap kegiatan. Setiap sesi microteaching berakhir, dilakukan refleksi. Feedback dari peserta lain terhadap guru yang melakukan microteaching sangat supportif dan konstruktif. Pada akhir pelatihan, terdapat peningkatan kompetensi guru-guru peserta pelatihan dalam menggunakan ungkapan-ungkapan bahasa Inggris untuk tujuan pengajaran. Mereka tampak lebih percaya diri dan lebih lancar berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Inggris. Pihak sekolah mengharapkan pelatihan berkelanjutan untuk menyukseskan program pengajaran bilingual di sekolah. Â
TEACHERS’ QUESTIONING STRATEGIES TO ELICIT STUDENTS’ VERBAL RESPONSES IN EFL CLASSES AT A SECONDARY SCHOOL
Sri Wuli Fitriati;
Gabby Allen Vica Isfara;
Novia Trisanti
English Review: Journal of English Education Vol 5, No 2 (2017)
Publisher : University of Kuningan
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DOI: 10.25134/erjee.v5i2.537
This article reports on a study aimed at exploring and examining English language teachers’ skills in questioning to enhance students’ verbal repsonses in EFL (English as a Foreign language) classes. This was a qualitative case study, employing discourse analysis, conducted in one junior high school in a town in Central Java Province, Indonesia. The research participants were two Indonesian teachers of English language. They taught Year Eight students in the academic year of 2015/2016. The data were collected from audio-video recordings, transcripts of the lessons, classroom observations notes, and teachers’ interviews. The transcriptions were analysed by using Wu’s taxonomy of questioning strategies (1993) as it gave a detailed categorization of teachers’ questions to stimulate students’ verbal responses. The findings showed that the teachers used mostly four questioning strategies. The first teacher often applied decomposition strategy where the initial question was elaborated into some questions, while the second teacher tended to use repetition strategy. This study has shown that teachers’ questioning skills is crucial to successfully make students engaged in the classroom interaction, enhance students’ verbal responses, and lead to the comprehension of the lesson. Therefore, it is suggested that teachers should be more aware of their questioning skills to assist students achieve better proficiency in the English language. Keywords: Teachers’ questioning strategies, students’ verbal responses, EFL classes, classroom discourse analysis
Teachers’ classroom instruction reinforcement strategies in english language class
Sri Wuli Fitriati;
Devi Fatmala;
Agung Ginanjar Anjaniputra
Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn) Vol 14, No 4: November 2020
Publisher : Intelektual Pustaka Media Utama
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DOI: 10.11591/edulearn.v14i4.16414
In the context of this study, reinforcement is an act of teachers to strengthenvstudents’ positive behaviour in learning English in the classroom. This qualitative case study was a classroom discourse which employed necessary quantification. The aim was to investigate the use of classroom instruction reinforcement strategies by two English language teachers and their perceptions at a state secondary school in Semarang in the academic year of 2019. The two English teachers were observed in five different lessons. The teachers were interviewed to explore their perceptions of using reinforcement in the classroom. The instruments of this study were observation sheet, interview guideline, and audio-video recordings. The findings showed that the teachers reinforced the students in three types of classroom instruction reinforcement. The three types of reinforcement strategies were: praise or other verbal reinforcement, tangible rewards, and token rewards. The reinforcement strategy mostly used was praise, followed by tangible rewards and token rewards. Based on the interviews, the teachers perceived that giving positive reinforcement to the students was important. The findings suggest the teachers implement the reinforcement strategies fairly to increase teacher-students interaction.
The Correlation between Online Peer Review and Academic Writing Students’ Learning Styles
Emilia Ninik Aydawati;
Dwi Rukmini;
Dwi Anggani Linggar Bharati;
Sri Wuli Fitriati
Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature Vol 18, No 2: December 2018, Nationally Accredited
Publisher : Soegijapranata Catholic University
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DOI: 10.24167/celt.v18i2.1246
Peer review studies have been done for years. It has been found that by having these activities, learners will get benefits from the communication with the peer who can give them input to improve their writing performance. Peer review can be done face to face or online. Face to face peer review is done synchronously where two students are having discussion on their essay, whereas online peer review can be done synchronously or asynchronously. This preliminary study investigates how the application of synchronous online peer review in Academic Writing class can be implemented to help them to do revision and improve their writing skills. The participants of this study is 50 students of academic writing class from two different class. This is an experimental study where the students were treated to get peer review activities from the software which is uploaded in web. They did the practice twice with the shuffled questions. This was aimed that they would be ready to give review. Pre-test and post-test were conducted and Gracian questionnaire to know their learning styles was uploaded in the web for them to fill in order to know their learning styles. it was found out that there are some improvement and there is correlation between their academic skills and the learning styles.
Expressions of Attitudes in Students’ Narrative Writing: An Appraisal Analysis
Sri Wuli Fitriati;
Yuni Awalaturrohmah Solihah;
Tusino Tusino
Lingua Cultura Vol. 12 No. 4 (2018): Lingua Cultura vol. 12 No. 4
Publisher : Bina Nusantara University
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DOI: 10.21512/lc.v12i4.4789
This article investigated attitude, one of subsystem appraisal, in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) university students’ narrative writings. Five narrative writing was selected purposefully from undergraduate students of the English Department at a local private university in Central Java. The findings demonstrate that the affect is the most dominant subsystem of attitude used in the students’ narrative writing to convey feelings and emotion of characters and events in the stories in order to make the readers involved in the stories. The prominent finding of this research implies that most students used expressions of attitudes which belong to basic English words and repetition of same words. This present research suggests English language teachers and lecturers pay more attention to the explicit teaching of attitudinal words usage in writing, especially narrative writing.
Thematic Progression in EFL Learners’ Writing: A Literature Review
Sri Wuli Fitriati;
Nurjannah Mutiara Gayatri
Lingua Cultura Vol. 15 No. 2 (2021): Lingua Cultura
Publisher : Bina Nusantara University
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DOI: 10.21512/lc.v15i2.7645
By examining relevant research articles published in reputable journals or conference proceedings in 2013-2020, the literature review article attempted to shed light on the areas: (1) contributions of thematic progression to the coherence and cohesion quality of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners’ writing, (2) EFL learners’ problems regarding thematic progression in their writing, and (3) research on pedagogical implications of thematic progression on teaching writing. While there have been extensive studies on thematic progression, it remained intriguing to investigate the extent to which this topic had been explored by scholars, particularly in the context of English as a foreign language. The previous studies had consistently confirmed the following results: (1) thematic progression contributes to the coherence and cohesion quality of EFL learners’ writing, (2) problematic thematic progression in EFL learners’ writing included the emergence of the brand new theme, double rheme, empty rheme, empty theme, overuse of constant theme pattern, overwhelming selection of textual theme, and (3) some studies evidenced good results of integrating thematic progression in teaching writing. The research suggests that further research develops a more detailed and systematic procedure of teaching thematic progression in a specific EFL teaching-learning context by integrating thematic progression theory with English language teaching materials. Furthermore, the research calls for more experimental research on teaching thematic progression to determine the significance of this method in enhancing students’ writing quality.
THE STUDENTS’ STRATEGY FORMATION IN LEARNING GENRE BASED WRITING THROUGH BLENDED SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING
Testiana Deni Wijayatiningsih;
Dwi Anggani Linggar Bharati;
Abdurrachman Faridi;
Sri Wuli Fitriati
English Language and Literature International Conference (ELLiC) Proceedings Vol 4 (2021): Creative and Innovative Learning Strategies in The Field of Language, Literature, Ling
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang
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In this COVID 19 pandemic situation, EFL learners and lecturers must adapt with the situation. They had to learn from home and implemented blended synchronous learning approach to continue teaching learning processes for almost one semester. However, this condition had an impact on genre-based writing courses that writing is a complex skill and requires stages in creating a coherent text. To understand the students’ autonomous learning in genre- based writing class, it is momentous to analyse students’ self-regulatory skills, one of the skills is strategy formation in genre-based writing course. This research has an objective to describe the students’ strategy formation in genre-based writing class through blended synchronous learning. It administered a descriptive quantitative research method by using strategy formation questionnaire Likert scale. The questions consisted 10 questions self-concept indicator. The results showed that more than 40 % they had a good strategy formation in writing genre. Whereas there were some problems in creating text , such as; they sometimes applied mind map or outline before writing, they seldom reviewed their text using plagiarism application, and they sometimes created the ending of the text by reviewing all the text. Therefore, it is practical to create the text by considering strategy formation of self-regulatory skills if the teaching learning process applies blended synchronous learning approach.
Empowering Classroom English Proficiency through Communicative Peer Assessment
Atik Rokhayani;
Agung Dwi Nurcahyo;
Dwi Rukmini;
Sri Wuli Fitriati
English Language and Literature International Conference (ELLiC) Proceedings Vol 2 (2018): 2nd ELLiC Proceedings: 'Education 4.0: Trends and Future Perspectives in English Educa
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang
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Problems of delivering instructions have been faced by student teachers as the prospective EFL teacher candidates in many teaching practicum cases. This phenomenon has led to challenging discussions on how to cope with the problems. It also in one side brings about an awareness of the importance of empowering student teachers with good classroom English proficiency as one of the required skills that should be owned by English teacher candidates. This study reveals how Communicative Peer Assessment (CPA) works for developing the Classroom English proficiency of EFL teacher candidates. Referring to the research result CPA has been proven to give significant contribution to the teacher candidates in terms of some learning experiences, i.e. (a) allowing them to perform intensive communication practice; (b) stimulating the efforts of improving the classroom English performance through the peer teaching reflections; and (c) contextualizing the instructional English expressions.
Students' responses to "The Gift of the Magi" and imaginative re-creations
Muhammad Rifqi;
Januarius Mujiyanto;
Rudi Hartono;
Sri Wuli Fitriati
Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics Vol 12, No 2 (2022): Vol. 12, No. 2, September 2022
Publisher : Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
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DOI: 10.17509/ijal.v12i2.35921
Research has thus far shown that students' interest and active involvement are pivotal in the language learning process. However, there is a paucity of research examining how an English literary text can be exploited to bolster student engagement in an Indonesian EFL setting. Occupying this niche, this article focuses on the student's responses and the application of imaginative re-creation to the short story ("The Gift of the Magi"). Twenty-eight 3rd-semester English students taking the "Basic Reading Comprehension" course at a private university in Semarang (Indonesia) participated in this study. Couched under the reader-response theory, the students were asked to imaginatively recreate meanings after they read the text. The results showed that the students were actively involved and responded to the text during the learning process in various ways. Several students' responses were still very close to the original text, while the others were fairly different from the original. Throughout the learning process, the students actively interacted with texts and engaged with other learners. These interactions help to create a relaxing environment for the learners, which aids comprehension and encourages creativity in the creation of a new text. These findings shed light on the further development of students' creative writing in EFL teaching.
Peningkatan Kualitas Pembelajaran di Masa Pandemi Covid-19 melalui Pelatihan Aplikasi @belajar.id Tes Blendspace
Sri Wahyuni;
Sri Wuli Fitriati;
Frimadhona Syafri;
Anindya Tasia;
Ervina July Aryani;
Andra Sukmalahi Sarasmara;
Endah Maulidiyah;
Salma Nabila Putri;
Zhafira Dian Hapsari
J-ABDIPAMAS (Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat) Vol 6, No 1 (2022): April 2022
Publisher : IKIP PGRI Bojonegoro
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DOI: 10.30734/j-abdipamas.v6i1.2490
ABSTRACTTeaching and learning proces during the Covid-19 pandemic in the context of home-based learning demands teachers’ readiness in using technology. Transformation of face-to-face learning mode in the classroom to a technology and internet-based learning requires reliable teachers who are creative and skillful in using various learning applications. This community service focuses on training and mentoring the use of @belajar.id Tes Blendspace application to improve pedagogical competence and digital literacy of teachers. The training program involved 30 teachers of SMPN 42 Semarang as participants. The delivery of training materials consisting of theory and practice is carrried out online through Zoom meeting. The program is aimed to enable the participants to explain concept, features, operating procedures, and benefits of Tes Blendspace, as well as use the application to facilitate online learning. After completing the training, the participants opined that the training and mentoring program gives benefits for increasing insights and knowledge regarding Tes Blendspace application. In addition, the teachers have alternative learning application to design and combine digital content from various sources in one space. ABSTRAKPembelajaran pada masa pandemi Covid-19 secara jarak jauh dalam program belajar dari rumah (BDR) menuntut kesiapan teknologi yang baik dari guru. Perubahan moda pembelajaran tatap muka di kelas menjadi dalam jaringan berbasis teknologi internet membutuhkan guru-guru handal yang kreatif dan terampil menggunakan berbagai aplikasi pembelajaran. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat – PKM ini fokus pada pelatihan dan pendampingan penggunaan aplikasi @belajar.id Tes Blendspace untuk meningkatkan kompetensi pedagogi dan literasi digital para guru. Pelatihan melibatkan 30 guru SMPN 42 Semarang sebagai mitra. Penyampaian materi pelatihan yang terdiri dari teori dan praktek dilaksanakan secara daring melalui Zoom meeting. Target kegiatan adalah para peserta mampu menjelaskan konsep aplikasi pembelajaran Tes Blendspace, fitur, prosedur pengoperasian, dan manfaat Tes Blendspace, serta dapat menggunakan aplikasi pembelajaran Tes Blenspace untuk memfasilitasi pembelajaran daring. Setelah mengikuti pelatihan dan pendampingan, para guru berpendapat bahwa kegiatan PKM memberikan manfaat untuk meningkatkan wawasan dan pengetahuan terkait aplikasi Tes Blendspace. Selain itu, para peserta memiliki alternatif aplikasi untuk mendesain dan mengkombinasikan konten digital dari berbagai sumber dalam satu ruang.