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ESP Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices in Fostering Autonomous Learning: A Study on Motivation among Non-English Major Students Hadriani Hadriani; Titin Rahmiatin Rahim; Andi Rachmawati Syarif
Tamaddun Life Vol 23 No 2 (2024): December
Publisher : Fakultas Sastra - Universitas Muslim Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33096/tamaddun.v23i2.801

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This study aims to explore ESP teachers' beliefs and practices in fostering autonomous learning through assessing students' motivation in non-English majors. The sampling method used convenience sampling. One lecturer at Universitas Muhammadiyah Kendari who teaches at the Faculty of Agriculture was recruited as a participant. Data were collected using questionnaires and interviews, which were adapted from Yang and Wyatt (2021) and focused on understanding student motivation as well as the practices implemented. Data analysis was conducted using qualitative and evaluative approaches. The results showed that the implementation of project-based learning (PBL) was very effective in motivating students to learn Autonomously. Although initially students had limitations in English speaking ability, structured support and practical activities helped them feel more confident. Future research is recommended to explore other learning methods that can increase students' motivation and engagement, such as collaboration-based learning and the use of digital technology.
A contextual digital comic-based approach (DCBA) for enhancing multimodal literacy in a rural EFL context Addienul Haq; Maulina Maulina; Titin Rahmiatin Rahim; Abdul Halim; Mark Ren D. Villaflor
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 14 No 1 (2026): JUNE
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30651/tell.v14i1.30981

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\ Research on digital media in English literacy has largely emphasized technological effectiveness while overlooking the role of learners’ sociocultural context, particularly in non-urban settings. This study develops and evaluates a contextual Digital Comic-Based Approach (DCBA) designed for junior high school students in a rural coastal area of Southeast Sulawesi. Using a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design, the study involved 13 eighth-grade students and combined pre- and post-tests with semi-structured interviews. Quantitative analysis indicated an increase in students’ mean literacy scores from 33.08 to 41.54, with a mean difference of 8.46 points. A paired-samples t-test showed that the improvement approached statistical significance, t(12) = –2.13, p = .055, with a moderate effect size (d = 0.59). Qualitative findings revealed that students relied primarily on visual elements such as images, layout, and character expressions as central semiotic resources for constructing meaning, enabling them to compensate for limited linguistic proficiency. Engagement emerged from the coordinated orchestration of visual and textual modes grounded in students’ coastal lived experiences, which reduced cognitive barriers and supported vocabulary and pronunciation development through contextualized input. These findings suggest that the pedagogical value of digital comics in under-resourced EFL contexts lies less in immediate statistical gains and more in their capacity to mediate meaning-making through contextual multimodal design. The study contributes to multimodal literacy research by demonstrating how socially situated visual orchestration can expand textual accessibility for beginner learners and offers a context-responsive model for digital material development in rural EFL education.
Social Media as Mobile Learning Oral Chat-Based Constructive Communication to Improve Speaking Skills Maulina; Titin Rahmiatin Rahim; Angelica Ordanza Cortez; Sheryl Ann V. Narciso; Anwar Said
Decode: Jurnal Pendidikan Teknologi Informasi Vol. 3 No. 1: MARET 2023
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Teknologi Infromasi UMK

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.51454/decode.v3i1.144

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WhatsApp is one of the most practical, cost-effective, and communicative mobile applications for college students to enhance their speaking skills. This study reconciled to consuetude college students to flexible habitual use of the English language learning and intended to improve their speaking abilities with specially tailored learning resources and activities aid known as WhatsApp-based speaking instructional material (WABSIM). This exploratory mixed-methods research evaluated oral chat-based utilization of WhatsApp by twenty-eight students for one semester using audio voice messages and video recordings of communicative activities in pairs or groups, dialogues, and interviews activities recorded in the WhatsApp group managed to produce every day classroom and noncollegiate activities. Speaking test consisted of an oral evaluation of student's fluency, vocabulary used, grammar, pronunciation, and comprehensibility aspects. It reveals that students demonstrated a stupendous developing speaking interest in building English sentences by raising questions and delivering responses, improved learning collaboration, created better learning engagement, increased learning self-awareness, and accelerated flexible communication. Besides, students achieved substantial academic progress astoundingly in a semester. Therefore, to emerge the significance acknowledged from this current study, in the current era of mobile technology advancement supporting teaching and learning English, WhatsApp oral chat-based assistance offering teaching and learning English flexibility is the most effective.