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The Challenges and Strategies in Writing Descriptive Text on Local Places in the EFL Essay Writing Course M. Akram Mulyasin; Ahmad Zamzam; Lalu Jaswadi Putera; Muhammad Amin; Hajriana Arfah
Jurnal Educatio FKIP UNMA Vol. 9 No. 4 (2023): October-December
Publisher : Universitas Majalengka

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The objectives of this study were to explore the challenges faced by students in writing descriptive text about local places and to describe how they deal with these challenges. A descriptive method was used, with a writing test and a questionnaire as instruments. From the results of the writing test, the students' scores on the organization aspect were the lowest, which means that students still have difficulties structuring their writing effectively and presenting their ideas in a clear and logical way. It involves issues like paragraph structure, coherence, and transitions between paragraphs. In addition, from the students' responses in the questionnaire, it was found that more than half of the students who participated in the questionnaire section felt that limited vocabulary was their main challenge in writing descriptive texts about local places. This indicates that the students felt that they did not have enough choice of words or phrases to effectively describe the place they were writing about. Moreover, to deal with the challenges, they used various strategies to navigate the complexity of writing about local places. These strategies include thorough observation, pre-writing, revision before completion, seeking examples, seeking feedback from peers, utilizing the power of artificial intelligence (AI), utilizing visual references, and regular practice. In conclusion, the paper shows the challenges students faced in writing descriptive text about local places and the strategies they employed to address these challenges.
LANGUAGE NEEDS ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS AT PHYSICS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION, MATARAM UNIVERSITY Afrizal Rizki Samudra; I Made Sujana; Ahmad Zamzam
Journal of English Education Forum (JEEF) Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021): JAN-JUN 2021
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

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The purposes of this study are to: (1) describe the students’ level of English at Physics Education Department, University of Mataram; (2) describe the needs of English perceived by the students at Physics Education Department; and (3) describe the needs of English perceived by English lecturers at Physics Education Department. It employed a mixed method by combining both quantitative and qualitative research. The subject of this research was 55 students at the Physics Department and 3 English lecturers. The data were collected by using a triangulation technique such as test (placement test), questionnaire, and interview. The result of the test showed that (1) most of the students’ level of English are in the elementary level; (2) students and English teachers perceived the language needs differently. These situations caused conflicts in designing language programs between the results of Present Situation Analysis (PSA), and Target Situation Analysis (TSA).
LANGUAGE CHOICE IN TEACHING CONTENT SUBJECTS AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FKIP UNIVERSITY OF MATARAM Erssa Renanda; Muhammad Amin; Ahmad Zamzam
Journal of English Education Forum (JEEF) Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021): JAN-JUN 2021
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

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This research discusses the language choice in teaching content subjects used by lecturers in the online classroom. It aims at finding out the types of code-switching and code-mixing and the reason for using both of them. This study is a descriptive qualitative. The researchers observed and collected the data by attending the online class. The researchers recorded the conversation from the start until the end of the class. After gaining the data, the researchers transcribed them into written data and then classified them based on the types of code switching and code mixing. They then analyzed the reasons why code-switching and code-mixing were used. The result of the data analysis showed that the most frequently used type of code-mixing was Intra-Sentential, while the most applied type of code-switching was extra-sentential. In addition, the most dominant reason is the intention of clarifying the content of the course for the interlocutor.
An Analysis of Transitivity System Written by English Department Students Safira Fauzi; Lalu Thohir; Ahmad Zamzam; Boniesta Zulandha Melani
Journal of English Education Forum (JEEF) Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024): JAN-MAR 2024
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

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The research was conducted to identify the process types of transitivity systems used in the narrative texts written by English Department Students and to determine which process type of transitivity systems is used dominantly. This research was descriptive qualitative research on descriptive analysis. The research participants were students of the English Department. This research uses three research instruments, namely the researcher himself, narrative document files, and distribution sheet of process types. In collecting the data, the researcher used the documentation method and purposive sample technique to select the data. The data analysis was done with transitivity system analysis, adapted from the lecture of the Functional Grammar course, and then several steps based on thematic coding by Braune & Clark, were applied. The triangulation technique was used to get the dependability of the data through re-checking and expert judgment. The research found that the six process types in each text of the six narratives that were the data sample were not evenly used. Three process types, behavioral, verbal, and existential, are only used in several narrative texts written by English Department Students. Moreover, the six process types of transitivity system are realized in narrative texts written by English Department Students overall. The most dominant process is the material process, which occurs 155 times out of the 346 processes that emerged, followed by behavioral processes (8 or 2.31%), mental processes (100 or 28.90%), verbal processes (5 or 1.44%), relational processes (76 or 21.96%), and existential processes (2 or 0.58%).