Suwandi Suwandi
Universitas PGRI Semarang, Indonesia

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English Teachers’ Perception in Teaching Listening Episiasi Episiasi; Januarius Mujiyanto; Suwandi Suwandi; Rudi Hartono
International Conference on Science, Education, and Technology Vol. 7 (2021)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

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This study is aimed to investigate the English teachers’ perception in teaching listening. The English teachers have a different style of teaching. In teaching, the teachers should use three steps of teaching, they are pre-teaching, while-teaching, and closing. The case study was conducted on the seven English teachers of STKIP PGRI Lubuklinggau, South Sumatera province, Indonesia. The questionnaire and interview were used by the researcher for collecting the data. The result of the study showed that they found challenging in teaching listening. The quality of the teaching and learning process should be the important thing because it can achieve the goal of teaching and improve the student’s listening comprehension mastery.
Comparing the Effectiveness of Elsa Speak and ESP for Teaching Speaking to Students with Different Self-Confident Hafiza Namira; Suwandi Suwandi
English Education Journal Vol 13 No 3 (2023): September 2023
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v13i3.71969

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Remote learning is a modern learning model that is a solution for people who have constraints of time, place, and human resources, especially during the pandemic who are required to learn and teach online without face-to-face. In SMA Negeri 16 Medan, the English teacher taught students with speaking material, and the teacher teaches, discusses, and practices through Zoom Meeting and assigned assignments to students via WhatsApp Group. The researcher found out the good or bad influence on remote learning through Zoom or WhatsApp Groups. This research explained how significant the students’ achievement learning by using Elsa Speak and ESP platforms conducted with high and low self-confidence of students in learning speaking. The research design was a quantitative approach with a 2x2 factorial design involving the tenth-grade students SMA N 16 Medan, as the research participants. The students’ different self-confidence was taken as a factor that might influence the platform. Two experimental classes were held on different platforms: Elsa Speak and ESP. The independent variables are Elsa Speak and ESP. Students' confidence levels influenced the platform, and data collection involved observation, questionnaires, and speaking tests. To answer the hypotheses, the data were analyzed using pair statistics, and independent statistics. Based on the analysis Elsa Speak in high and low self-confidence is a more effective in learning platform than ESP.
Assessing the Students’ Use of Cohesive Devices in Writing Hortatory Exposition Text Hermin Wijayanti; Suwandi Suwandi; Sri Wuli Fitriati
English Education Journal Vol 13 No 3 (2023): September 2023
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

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This research began in the challenging of writing Hortatory Exposition Text, faced by students, especially second language learners in academic settings. Despite writing's crucial role in analysis and communication, limited structured practice leads to incoherent expression. Qualitative descriptive was applied to analyze the use of cohesive devices proposed by Halliday and Hasan’s (1976) theory. The object of this research were fifteen students of SMA Kesatrian 2 Semarang. The students’ texts were analyzed by using Halliday and Hasan’s (1976) theory. The findings show 336 grammatical and 138 lexical cohesions in the reading passages. The grammatical consisted of 170 (35.9%) references, 3 (0.6%) substitutions, 28 (5.9%) ellipses, and 135 (28.5%) conjunctions and the lexical cohesion consisted of 82 reiterations (17.3%) and 56 (11.8%) collocations. Hopefully, this research offers insights, particularly to English teachers, enhancing their ESL teaching approaches and addressing students' challenges more effectively.
The Realization of Affect, Judgement, and Appreciation of Discoursal Attitude in Library Ghost Webtoon Eka Kurniawati; Sri Wuli Fitriati; Suwandi Suwandi
English Education Journal Vol 13 No 3 (2023): September 2023
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

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This research is aimed to evaluate and interpret the meaning of feelings into the webtoon makers to readers through a written. This research was qualitative since the findings took the form primarily of words. The source is a Webtoon. The researchers chose a Webtoon because interested in examining Appraisals using Webtoon because it can be media in learning and teaching for educators and will also help them improve their reading skills; the author is curious about the realization of Attitudinal in the Webtoon, especially on Library Ghost Webtoon. The reason for choosing this study is because Attitudes are believed to affect the meaning of language directly. Attitude plays an essential role in the expression of interpersonal meanings of language. The instruments applied were Library Ghost, adapted by Webtoon to assess the attitude system and the appraisal resources checklist to determine the distribution of appraising items of attitude in Webtoon and the relationship of the attitude system on Webtoon. This study proves that a text such as a webtoon, especially Library Ghost, has three items of attitude system in each episode. The author of this webtoon is more dominant in using affect than appreciation and judgment in the webtoon. This study shows that writing in a text can express the emotions or feelings contained in the text. Because Webtoon is a conversation-based online comic. Therefore, affect is more dominant than appreciation and judgment. In the ghost webtoon library, the author expresses more emotions and feelings to the characters.