Nurachman Hanafi
University of Mataram

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Students’ Anxiety in Learning English (A Study at the 8th Grade of SMPN 6 Mataram) Baiq Novianti Agustina; Nurachman Hanafi; Lalu Nurtaat; I Made Sujana
Jurnal Ilmiah Profesi Pendidikan Vol. 8 No. 3 (2023): Agustus
Publisher : Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Mataram

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29303/jipp.v8i3.1508

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Anxiety has been expected to came failure in learning English. This study aimed to identify the levels of anxiety experienced by the students in learning English and what factors students believed contributed to their anxiety in learning English at the 8th grade of SMPN 6 Mataram. The method used in this study was qualitative, and the population consisted of 352 students, and 30 students (10%).  were selected as the sample. Data collection techniques included questionnaires from Horwitz & Cope (1986) and in-depth interviews from Price (1999). The results shows that no students were indicated as being very anxious and anxious levels, 14 participants (47%) were mildly anxious, 13 participants (43%) were at the relaxed level, and 3 participants (10%) were very relaxed. Students experienced class anxiety, which affected them negatively. Therefore, it was essential for English teachers to be aware of the anxiety among their students. It is also found that seven factors were found in this research, coming from both teachers and students. The anxiety factors from the teachers were teacher personality 3 participants (10%), speaking in front of the class 12 participants (40%) and incomprehensible input 7 participants (23%). While factors from students were student beliefs about English being difficult 22 participants (73%), ridiculed by peers 9 participants (30%), lack of preparation 12 participants (40%) and low self esteem 8 participants (27%). Apart from that, these factors were discussed in this study, deepening our understanding of foreign language anxiety.
Prospects of exercising teacher agency in facing students’ learning difficulties Yuni Budi Lestari; Kamaludin Yusra; Nurachman Hanafi; Nawawi Nawawi
JPPI (Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Indonesia) Vol 8, No 2 (2022): JPPI (Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Indonesia)
Publisher : Indonesian Institute for Counseling, Education and Theraphy (IICET)

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Teacher agency is generally accepted as a strategy that teachers employ to face educational challenges. This article presents the result of a qualitative case study that examined learning difficulties that university students face during their study and prospects of exercising agency in facing the students’ learning difficulties. The current study was conducted at a postgraduate English department in a government University in West Nusa Tenggara. The participants of this study include three students in their third semester in the academic year 2020/2021 and three university English teachers who were purposively selected. Being qualitative in nature, this study used in-depth interviews with the students to obtain data on their learning difficulties. In-depth interviews were also conducted to the university English teachers to collect data on prospects of exercising their agency in dealing with learning difficulties facing the students. The collected data were then analyzed using the following steps: identifying, classifying, describing, and explaining. Data analysis indicated that the students experienced difficulties in reading and writing. The results of the study also revealed prospects of teacher agency exercise in helping students cope with their learning difficulties as enabled by specific conditions related to teachers’ pedagogical knowledge and teachers’ collaborative cultures.
PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF PHONOLOGICAL PROBLEMS FOR LOCAL LANGUAGE SPEAKERS OF EFL LEARNERS IN WEST NUSATENGGARA Nur Ahmadi; Arafiq; Nurachman Hanafi; Atri Dewi Aziz
Journal of English Education Forum (JEEF) Vol. 3 No. 1 (2023): JAN-JUN 2023
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

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Learning English is so challenging especially to native speakers whose language sounds inventories are different from English. It will have been worst when learners are not aware of their problems. This article aims at formulating pedagogical implications of the phonological problems faced by the EFL learners in pronouncing standard English. The data in this research were obtained from the pronunciation test towards 30 EFL learners, 10 from each local language background (Sasak, Sumbawan, and Bimanese). The explanation begins with describing the pronunciation problems faced by the EFL Learners during the process of acquiring English and then followed with presenting the pedagogical implications that the learners can do to cope with the problems. The first pedagogical implication is the pronunciation training of changing voiceless bilabial stop [p] to make voiced and voiceless labiodental fricative [v] and [f] of English. The second is the pronunciation training of changing voiced and voiceless dental stops [D] and [T] to make voiced and voiceless alveolar stops [d] and [t], and the third is the pronunciation training of changing front middle sound [E] to central middle sound [ə] and [ɛ]. These pedagogical implications must be under a systematic and intensive training requiring the students’ awareness.