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WHICH ONE IS BETTER BETWEEN PAPER-BASED OR COMPUTER-BASED TOEFL?: TEST TAKERS’ PERSPERCTIVES Faridatul Istighfaroh; Junaidi Mistar; Mutmainnah Mustofa; Sonny Elfiyanto
EDUTECH Vol 22, No 3 (2023)
Publisher : Prodi Teknologi Pendidikan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.17509/e.v22i2.56033

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Due to the lack of current study numbers discussing English proficiency tests such as TOEFL, this study aims to investigate the test takers’ point of view on the TOEFL ITP test, mainly paper based-test and computer-based TOEFL, the similar TOEFL ITP test but employing computer screen as media. The latest study about those two assessments is necessary since both kinds of TOEFL media are massively implemented, particularly backward and after the pandemic Covid19. A survey methodology is employed in this study by spreading questionnaires. The scores gained from those two disparate TOEFL tests are described statistically. The gathered data were then analyzed using descriptive statistics and factor analysis to outline the perspectives of the test-takers on TOEFL PBT and CBT. Fifty-two participants from various education background levels, ages and genders partaking in this study. As a result, this study reveals that the implementing a computer screen for TOEFL obtained more positive percentages than paper-based TOEFL tests. Further discussion concerning prior study and implications are presented
The Effect of Crossword Puzzles on Learners' Vocabulary Development in EFL Context Ahmad Wefi; Dzulfikri Dzulfikri; Sonny Elfiyanto
EDUTEC : Journal of Education And Technology Vol 7 No 1 (2023): September 2023
Publisher : STAI Miftahul Ula Nganjuk

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29062/edu.v7i1.715

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Vocabulary mastery plays an important role in learning English. The teacher's role is very important in helping students achieve their goals because acquiring a sufficient number of words is a fundamental requirement for English proficiency. This drives this study to investigate the effectiveness of the usage of crossword puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery. This study was conducted at SMP Annur Assalafy Pasuruan. This study was conducted in a design of experiments, a semi-empirical study using quantitative techniques. The sample used in this study included students from class 7 of SMP Annur Assalafy Pasuruan, with a total of 36 students in the two classes. Class 7A is the control class and Class 7B is the experimental class. The instrument used in this survey is a multiple-choice question with up to 20 test items. The records series strategies used in this study have been pre-test, treatment, and post-test. The results of this study show that the use of crossword puzzles effectively improves students' vocabulary. According to the SPSS calculation results, the scores obtained in the experimental classes after treatment are higher than those obtained before treatment. Therefore, from the hypothesis test, the value of Sig is 0.00, which is <0.00. 0.05, so H0 is not accepted and Ha is accepted. This means that media crosswords puzzle influence English vocabulary (Y). As a result, crossword puzzle affect the increase in English vocabulary proficiency among 7th-grade students of SMP Annur Assalafy Pasuruan.
The Comparison of Flipped Teaching Method Versus Teacher-Centered in Improving Students' Writing Islam, Haris; Elfiyanto, Sonny; Inzah, M.
EDUTEC : Journal of Education And Technology Vol 6 No 3 (2023): March 2023
Publisher : STAI Miftahul Ula Nganjuk

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29062/edu.v6i3.466

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This research aimed to investigate flipped versus teacher-centered methods to improve students' writing and to test the teaching method in ten grades of senior high school in Genggong, Indonesia. This method was quantitative, which was an experimental research design. A sample of fifty students was used to assess the effectiveness of these teaching methods for developing students' writing descriptive text. Our findings confirmed a significant difference before and after being taught using flipped versus teacher-centered methods in descriptive writing.
Challenges Faced by English Tutors in Teaching EYL through Online Kamilah, Nahdhiyatun; Elfiyanto, Sonny
ELLITE Vol 8, No 1 (2023): ELLITE: May
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Jember

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32528/ellite.v8i1.13681

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The government urged people to study and work from home at the beginning of March 2020 due to Covid-19 spreading in Indonesia; however, online learning has become very popular today. It is proven by many English courses in Pare provide online classes. One program that people are interested in is English for Kids. The previous study found that online teaching to English Young Learners (EYL) is not that easy; therefore, it has not been found a study to explore the challenges English tutors face in teaching online to EYL. The participants of this study were seventy-five tutors who teach EYL encountered online English courses in Pare. The researchers employed a descriptive quantitative approach. The data was collected through a questionnaire that consisted of 21 items and three open-ended questions. The data were analyzed by using the Likert scale. The findings of this research show that electricity failure and poor internet connectivity become crucial challenges. The students that are assisted by their parents also make tutors seem challenged in teaching EYL. Irregularly, the students feel bored in learning English through online. Although some tutors never join any workshop on Teaching English for Young Learners, they are good at giving guidance to teach young learners.
Unveiling deixis expressions in the Oxford junior secondary English webinar by Icy Lee Rifiyani, Andri Jamaul; Dzulfikri, Dzulfikri; Elfiyanto, Sonny
Englisia: Journal of Language, Education, and Humanities Vol 11, No 1 (2023)
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Banda Aceh

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22373/ej.v11i1.16860

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The significance of deixis expression within the English language context, particularly within the spoken form, is crucial for the further examination of deixis as a specific area of pragmatics in order to enhance the theory and practice of verbal communication development. Thus, this recent investigation aimed to assess the presence of deixis in the Oxford junior secondary English webinar conducted by Icy Lee from a pragmatics and discourse analysis perspective. The researchers employed a qualitative research approach and adopted a descriptive analysis method. The data were acquired from a webinar video available on the YouTube channel and website of the Oxford junior secondary English webinar. The transcripts were meticulously analyzed and evaluated based on Levinson’s (1983) theory. In summary, the findings uncovered that Icy Lee’s webinar exhibited five classifications of deixis: person, time, social, discourse, and place deixis. Notably, person deixis was the most frequently utilized category, accounting for 223 utterances (48%). Each deictic expression possesses a diverse significance contingent upon the speech context. However, certain implications were still brought to light in this current investigation, and it is anticipated that subsequent researchers will explore the webinar in alternative contexts.
Exploring Turn-Taking Strategies Utilised by Pre-Service Teacher in Indonesian EFL Setting: A Conversation Analysis Wahid Permana Putra, Rizal; Mira Yusiana, Sifreni; Elfiyanto, Sonny
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 4 No. 3 (2024): September
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (LITPAM)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/jolls.v4i3.2041

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In the teaching-learning process, a classroom conversation is managed by the teacher to attain specific purposes. The success of teaching-learning process, in addition, requires teacher-student interaction to gain relevant experiences in students’ target language. During the class, taking-turn will likely happen in a classroom interaction. However, during this class, the teacher-student turn seems to be asymmetrical. The teacher tends to be the main speaker allocating the turn to maintain teacher-student interaction. This research, further, aims at exploring turn-taking strategies utilised by EFL pre-service teacher. The researcher utilises a qualitative research approach with a conversation analysis. The data used in this research is unscripted-recorded classroom video. Furthermore, the data is transcribed into conversational data to obtain the data of turn-taking strategies utilised by pre-service teacher in EFL classroom setting. In analysing the data, the researcher ulitises Sacks’ framework (1984). Based on the result of data analysis, it is found that there are seven turn-taking strategies utilised by pre-service teacher in EFL classroom settting. These are adjacency pairs, addressing term, utterance in-completor, repair technique, possible pre-closing, overlaps, and tag question. In addition, the teacher mostly uses question-answer adjacency pairs during the teaching-learning process. This, however, leads to asymmetric turn between teacher and students. The teacher seems to be more dominant to initiate and take turn during classroom conversation. Possible pre-closing, on the other hand, is the least turn-taking strategy used by the pre-service teacher in the teaching-learning process. This turn used by pre-service teacher to close or end a conversation in the teaching-learning process. Since this research has dealt with pre-service teacher, the results will be beneficial for the pre-service teacher to manage turn-taking strategies in EFL classroom setting to ensure the classroom interaction and conversation symmetrical.
Indonesian EFL Teachers' Identity Construction in a Global Englishes Era Ubaidillah, M. Faruq; Elfiyanto, Sonny; Rifiyani, Andri Jamaul; Lee, Huan Yik
JEELS (Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies) Vol. 10 No. 1 (2023): JEELS May 2023
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat IAIN Kediri

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30762/jeels.v10i1.1082

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Studies on English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ identity construction have been extensively investigated in recent years. However, the previous studies exclusively focused on teachers in higher education and neglected Global Englishes (GE) concept as a mediator in identity construction. Therefore, to fill this lacuna, the current narrative research study explored the identity construction of 10 Indonesian EFL secondary school teachers in the Global Englishes era. The data were gathered through in-depth interviews and observations and were analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s (2006) thematic analysis. Findings were elaborated into six emerging themes; they were 1) teachers’ perspectives of Global Englishes, 2) the goal of teaching English, 3) native speaker fallacy, 4) the use of mother tongue, 5) the use of Western cultures, and 6) the use of international English textbooks. Based on the investigation, the teachers echoed multiple identities as English teachers vis-à-vis the Global Englishes era. Although they are aware of such an issue, their tenets to adhere to the practice of native speaker fallacy are still strongly held. In other words, our study revealed a perceptual mismatch among the teachers with regard to their identities in a Global Englishes era.
When EFL learner identity intersects with their investment: Stories from Indonesia Ubaidillah, M. Faruq; Elfiyanto, Sonny; Rifiyani, Andri Jamaul; Islam, Syaiful
Journal on English as a Foreign Language Vol 14 No 2 (2024): Issued in September 2024
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Palangka Raya, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.23971/jefl.v14i2.8475

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Current research has looked at learner identity as a single construct and is studied as a separate entity from English as a foreign language (EFL) learners
Is there any deixis here?: the analysis of deixis in a textbook of elementary school Pertiwi, Canda Ayu Arum; Elfiyanto, Sonny
(JELE) Journal Of English Language and Education Vol 9 No 1 (2023)
Publisher : LPPM Universitas Mercu Buana Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26486/jele.v9i1.3137

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A language is a device of sounds and written symbols utilized by the humans of a particular country or area to communicate with each other. Pragmatics is a linguistic study that learns the listeners' interpretation. Deixis, which is applied in this research, is one of the pragmatic studies. The researcher used the descriptive qualitative method in this research. The data sourcing of this research is three descriptive texts adopted from a second-semester textbook for elementary school level entitled "Active Learning, Fun Exercise." The researcher used Yule's (1996) book as the theory about three types of deixis. As a result, the researcher found that there is 37-person deixis that appeared in the textbook. The first person was mentioned 13 times, 0 times for the second person, and 24 words in the third person appeared in the texts. Other information is that 27 words of spatial deixis were found, and 11 deictic expressions of temporal deixis appeared in the texts, while most of the deictic words written were in the third person "He"
Development of English materials for sustainable tourism based on technology Karimullah, Imam Wahyudi; Elfiyanto, Sonny; Mustofa, Mutmainnah; Rijnenberg, Jeroen; Romadhon, M. Galuh Elga; Muchlisin, Muhammad; Barlaman, Moh. Aang Fajar; Humairoh, Septiana Anggun; Syaifullah, Ahmad Fadli; Jazil, Moh.; Aushoth, Ahmad Nawwal Samhan Abu
Jurnal Inovasi Hasil Pengabdian Masyarakat (JIPEMAS) Vol 8 No 1 (2025)
Publisher : University of Islam Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33474/jipemas.v8i1.22503

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The development of English teaching materials related to sustainable tourism in vocational high schools still faces various challenges, despite the significant growth of the tourism industry in Indonesia. This Community Service Program aims to enhance the teaching abilities of English teachers at vocational high schools in Malang by helping them develop teaching materials that incorporate various aspects of sustainable tourism through an intensive educational and mentoring approach. A total of 20 teachers participated in this workshop and training program. During implementation, they received training to develop online learning materials that simultaneously enhance reading, listening, and writing skills while also providing practice in tour guiding. Additionally, they were trained in utilizing technology to present interactive teaching materials aligned with advancements in the modern tourism industry. As a result, the teachers' ability to develop digital-based learning materials improved significantly, enabling them to guide students more effectively. In line with the teachers' enhanced ability to design innovative and sustainable learning materials, this initiative aims to raise educational standards at the vocational high school level and support students in adapting to advancements in the tourism industry.