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Navigating pedagogical choices: Teacher decision-making in remote learning environment Atti Herawati; Setiono Sugiharto; Christine Manara
Teaching English as a Foreign Language Journal Vol. 5 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.12928/tefl.v5i1.2132

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Decision-making is the fundamental teaching skill that is enacted in practice. The exploration of pedagogical decision-making by teachers in remote instructional settings offers valuable theoretical insights and practical contributions to the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). Thus, this study was aimed at exploring pedagogical decisions teachers make in their remote teaching practices. A qualitative, exploratory approach was employed, and virtual observation through Zoom Meeting or Google Meet served as the main data collection instrument. Five lecturers from five different private universities in West Java, Indonesia participated in this study, a sample size consistent with the in-depth, interpretive nature of qualitative inquiry. Observation notes and video transcripts were analysed using grounded theory through three coding stages. The study revealed that the majority of instructional decisions were strategically oriented toward maintaining student engagement and promoting seamless lesson progression. Translanguaging was dominant and employed by all participants. Among five decision types (rational, intuitive, dependent, avoidant, and spontaneous), spontaneous decision-making emerged as the most commonly utilized, in contrast to dependent and avoidant decisions, which occurred with considerably lower frequency. These findings contribute theoretically to the understanding of teacher cognition in digital contexts and practically to the preparation of teachers for responsive, reflective decision-making in remote ELT.
Gamtoomina Asset... They Know-How... Eesatti Sana: Evidence of Translanguaging in SME International Business Interaction Tri Ananti Listiana; Setiono Sugiharto; Yanti Yanti
Jurnal Arbitrer Vol. 13 No. 2 (2026)
Publisher : Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia Universitas Andalas

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25077/ar.13.2.190-211.2026

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Multilingual communication is a central feature of international business interaction in small and medium enterprises (henceforth SMEs), where multilingual speakers often need to negotiate meaning across linguistic and cultural differences. However, studies of meaning negotiation among these speakers in business interaction is still relatively scarce. This article, therefore, examines multilingual speakers’ use of translanguaging in naturally occurring international business meetings to sustain communication, mediate understanding, and accomplish professional tasks. Participants were four SMEs practitioners and their six international interlocutors, all of whom were involved in intercultural communications discussing product and business promotions. The six international interlocutors were prospective buyers, business representatives, and partners. Drawing on qualitative analysis of audiovisual recordings from four face-to-face business meetings, the study explores how participants translanguaged Minangnese, Indonesian, English, and Swahili, together with bodily postures, gaze, material artefacts, and digital resources in the course of multicultural interaction. The findings showed that translanguaging functions as a strategic multilingual resource for establishing shared understanding, supporting mediation and negotiation, building trust and intercultural alignment, and enabling creative meaning-making in professional encounters. The study also revealed that English does not operate as a self-sufficient and autonomous medium, but as one resource within a broader communicative ecology in which local and global repertoires coexist and are mobilized according to interactional needs and communicative purposes. By examining multilingual business communication in the Indonesian SME context, this article contributes to research on multilingual communicative practices and highlights the importance of translanguaging as a flexible communicative resource in professional life.