Ani Purjayanti
Bogor Agricultural University (IPB)

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Why Not Their Way? Ani Purjayanti
English Language and Literature International Conference (ELLiC) Proceedings Vol 1 (2017): 1st ELLiC Proceedings: `Innovation, Trends, and Challenges in English Language Learnin
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang

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The way information is disseminated and learned is changing rapidly. What used to be meaningful sources of information in the past may be less preferred these days. As this trend has been touching nearly all aspects of life, it also brings about vast impacts in the teaching and learning process. Moreover, we are now dealing with the Y generation which obviously has distinct characteristics compared to the previous ones. Unfortunately, in the university where I teach, the way the material presented remains unchanged: a workbook prepared by the academic commitee for 29 diverse study programs. This paper, hereby, aims to explore a variety of ways in which this book can still be utilized but taking students’ learning preference into accountall at once. Needs analysis containing students’ learning preference were then distributed at the end of the first meeting, followed by a small discussion for better clarification. Then it is analyzed and clustered in order to obtain a clear picture on how the material available can be developed into a meaningful interesting source. Several activities and additional materials were next designed to cater for students’ dynamic participation in exploring the workbook. Students were asked to express their impression on material discussed after each meeting, and this was then discussed in week 7. It is revealed that with activities they like, classroom materials can be turned into something interesting.
Stimulating positive English speaking class environment Ani Purjayanti
Jurnal Linguistik Terapan JLT Volume 2 No 2, 2012
Publisher : UPT P2M Politeknik Negeri Malang

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Despite the fact that the skills to communicate in English are crucial in the globalization era, the majority of students in Bogor Agricultural University encounter problems to speak this language appropriately and fluently. When asked to elaborate the inhibiting factors, students generally point out both linguistic and nonlinguistic factors. Accordingly, not only do students need to be equipped with adequate knowledge of grammar, a sufficient range of vocabulary, and pronunciation knowledge but their confidence and willingness to take the risk also need to be provoked as well. In fact, the latter points, namely, building confidence and risk-taking willingness generally require hard efforts on the part of the teachers. Practice, is indeed viewed as the best way in such an English teaching-learning process, although, inevitably, there are often questions concerning the how this process is able to provide prominent and meaningful inputs to the students. This paper is written as an attempt to elicit students’ opinions on speaking classroom environment which can stimulate and foster students to speak appropriately and fluently. 100 students of Bogor Agricultural University (of Diploma level) who had taken reading class prior to the Speaking I, were randomly selected to be the subjects of the study. Besides completing questionnaires focusing on classroom arrangement and environment, participants were interviewed for further clarification. Results show that teachers play the most prominent role in creating classroom environment, including creating comforting but challenging classroom environment and providing appropriate teaching materials.