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Teachers’ Perspectives on Repetition as a Cognitive Strategy in Teaching English Vocabulary to Junior High School Students Yani Lubis; Nadila Adelia Putri; Najla Regar; Juanda Muktar Hasibuan
Jurnal Ilmiah Multidisiplin Vol. 5 No. 01 (2026): Januari: Jurnal Ilmiah Multidisiplin
Publisher : Asosiasi Dosen Muda Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56127/jukim.v5i01.2508

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This study explores English teachers’ perspectives on the use of repetition as a cognitive strategy in teaching vocabulary to junior high school students. Employing a qualitative descriptive design, data were collected through six in-depth interviews, classroom observations, and document analysis involving two experienced English teachers from a junior high school in Helvetia, North Sumatra. The novelty of this research lies in highlighting teachers’ viewpoints as the central lens for understanding how repetition functions cognitively and pedagogically in EFL classrooms. The findings reveal that teachers perceive repetition as a meaningful process that reinforces students’ memory and facilitates vocabulary retention through contextual and varied practice. Despite challenges in maintaining engagement, repetition was viewed as an effective and adaptable strategy that bridges psycholinguistic theory and classroom application. The study contributes to a deeper understanding of how cognitive principles can inform vocabulary teaching practices in EFL contexts.
A Teaching Strategies for Students with ADHD in Inclusive Elementary EFL Classrooms: A Qualitative Case Study from an Islamic School in Indonesia Nadila Adelia Putri; Didik Santoso
FOSTER: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol. 7 No. 3 (2026): FOSTER JELT
Publisher : Faculty of Education and Teacher Training of UIN Palopo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24256/foster-jelt.v7i3.538

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Teaching English to students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in inclusive classrooms requires appropriate strategies to address their attention, behavioral, and language-learning challenges. However, studies focusing specifically on English teaching strategies for ADHD students at the elementary level remain limited, particularly in inclusive Islamic school contexts. This study aimed to explore the strategies used by an English teacher in teaching English to students with ADHD at an inclusive Islamic elementary school in Medan, Indonesia. This study employed a qualitative case study design involving one female English teacher, approximately 28 years old, who had four years of experience teaching English to three male students diagnosed with ADHD at the school. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and lesson plan analysis and analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s (2006) thematic analysis. Based on the analysis of teacher interviews and lesson plans, the findings identified thirteen teaching strategies: expressing greetings in english, managing students attention, providing ice breaking, notifying the learning objectives, writing the lesson topic on the board, explaining the meaning of the lesson topic, giving example, repeating example together, giving exercise, giving feedback, giving assignment, lesson review, and giving rewards. These findings highlight that structured, visual, active, and reinforcement-based strategies play an important role in supporting English learning for students with ADHD. This study contributes to the literature on inclusive English teaching by providing practical evidence of how instructional strategies are systematically planned and implemented in an underexplored Islamic elementary school context.