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LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching
ISSN : 14107201     EISSN : 25799533     DOI : https://doi.org/10.24071/llt
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching, to be published twice a year, namely in April and October, is a scientific peer-reviewed journal published by the English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta. The journal welcomes articles on language and language teaching, including 1. language studies/investigations, 2. language teaching/learning, 3. literature related to language studies or learning, and 4. linguistics related to language learning.
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THE NEW GENERATION OF HIGH QUALITY ESL/EFL TEACHERS: A PROPOSAL FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHER EDUCATION Syahril, Iwan
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 22, No 1 (2019): April 2019
Publisher : English Education Study Programme of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v22i1.1797

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In this paper I argue that ESL/EFL teacher education programs should be the leading agents of change in transforming a nation. With its emphasis on English mastery, an ESL/EFL teacher education program generally produce teachers with sufficient English to comprehend development/global issues such as climate change, poverty, or inequality. The emphasis on the mastery of English as the international language will make pre-service teachers relatively better able to understand and produce multimodal English texts around those development/global issues compared to pre-service teachers from other subjects. Building on the earlier work such as in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and content area literacy, ESL/EFL teacher education can realize this vision with an innovative idea: an interdisciplinary teacher education program. In this program, I envision that an ESL/EFL pre-service teacher education program collaborates with other subject area teacher education programs (e.g., social studies, science) working on an overreaching theme, such as sustainable development, or others. Pre-service teachers learn the learning outcomes of subject areas not in isolation but in an integrated manner. They learn inter-(disciplinary) content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge around global issues and universal values. Arguably, this kind of program will create teachers who can think critically, systemically and creatively, using a multi-perspective approach that recognizes the different dimensions, perspectives and angles of issues. At the same time, this kind of program can produce teachers with key non-cognitive skills such as empathy, communication skills and aptitudes for interacting and collaborating with people of different backgrounds, origins, cultures and perspectives. Indeed, this is a proposal for a new generation of (language) teachers, the ones who can teach 21st century skills (e.g., critical thinking, communication, collaboration, creativity) with innovative forms of teaching (e.g., project-based learning, problem-based learning, inquiry-based learning, theme-based learning) around authentic problems with a multi-perspective approach. Indeed, for a developing nation, such as Indonesia, having quality teachers who can think and teach in an interdisciplinary manner can be very strategic not only in improving and transforming its education but also for accelerating its social and economic development.
LEARNER MOTIVATION IN ESL LEARNING STRATEGIES AND GENDER ROLE Prihantoro, Satrio; Widyana, Rahma; Setiawan, Ezra Putranda
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 21, No 1 (2018): April 2018
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v21i1.825

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Language learning strategy is one of the main factors that help determine how well our students learn a second or foreign language (Oxford, 2003). Research has shown that more effective language learners use more and better learning strategies than poorer language learners (Rubin, 1975; Stern, 1975). This research investigates the difference in ESL learning strategies used by students with different levels of ESL learner motivation and how gender plays a role in both. Strategy Inventory of Language Learning (SILL; Oxford, 1990) and English Language Learner Motivation Scale (ELLMS; Ardasheva, Tong and Tretter, 2012) were used and adopted to measure English language learning strategies and English language learner motivation, by employing 65 male students and 75 female students from Budi Utama Junior High School as participants. The data analyzed showed that there was significant difference in ESL learning strategies used by the students with different levels of ESL learner motivation but there is no significant role of gender in ESL learner motivation and ESL learning strategies.
THE BENEFITS OF JOINING ENGLISH DEBATING SOCIETY (EDS) FOR STUDENTS SPEAKING SKILLS Hetharie, Arline Thinesia; Listyani, Listyani; Setyarini, Maria Christina Eko
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 23, No 2 (2020): October 2020
Publisher : English Education Study Programme of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v23i2.2504

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This qualitative research study aims to analyze the benefits of joining debating club to enhance students speaking skill. The data were collected from semi-structured interviews to inquire students perceptions who performed the most outstanding progress after joining in debating club batch 2014 in UKSW. The research questions used on this study were what are the benefits of joining debating club on speaking skills and how could the debating club enhance the speaking skills. The findings show that there were five aspects of speaking skill and three others soft skill enhanced through debating method. Those skills are fluency, vocabulary, comprehension of the essence of debates, pronunciation, grammar, critical thinking, collaborative learning, and problem solving. The skills were improved though the drilling practices and materials on learning process. The significance of this study is to prove the significant improvement of using debating method to enhance students speaking skill.
English Learning that Fosters Positive Attitudes Gunawan, Y.B.
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 17, No 1 (2014): April 2014
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v17i1.276

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This article discusses the integration of English teaching and attitude components. In the new school curriculum the attitude or affective domain components are considered very important as we can see in the Core Competence and Basic Competence. The English teacher should be able to teach English while paying attention to the attitude components. This article aims to show that the two aspects can be done together. The assumption taken is that while teaching English, the teacher also develops the students affective domain/deals with the learners attitude. What remains to be done is that the English teacher should be able to identify his/her theoretical orientation that he/she has with regard to language, language learning, and educational cultural viewpoints. One of these viewpoints language learning is further elaborated in H.D. Browns second language learning principles. With these major concepts and principles the English teacher is expected to be able to integrate the English teaching-learning process with the affective-domain related process.
A READER RESPONSE APPROACH IN COLLABORATIVE READING PROJECTS TO FOSTER CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS Pasaribu, Truly Almendo; Iswandari, Yuseva Ariyani
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 22, No 2 (2019): October 2019
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v22i2.1960

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Reading has become a major concern of EFL educators. Reading does not only help students learn foreign languages, but it is also believed that it has a strong link with critical thinking skills. A reader response approach in collaborative works, adapted from literary theory, is believed to be beneficial for the students. Therefore, this study aims at investigating the answers to these two questions: (1) how are the collaborative reader responses implemented in Critical Reading and Writing II? and (2) To what extent does reader response approaches promote students critical thinking skills? With these questions in mind, the researchers collect the data by involving 24 participants from CRW II (Critical Reading and Writing) class. The data gathered from classroom observations, online archives and students reflections are analyzed descriptively, using qualitative case study method. It is hoped that the implementation of this approach can be useful not only to improve students reading skills, but also to provide more opportunity for students to exercise their critical thinking skills.
Students Problems in Writing Paraphrases in Research Paper Writing Class Hayuningrum, Herdiansari; Yulia, Made Frida
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 15, No 1 (2012): April 2012
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v15i1.296

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Paraphrase is one of the techniques of incorporating sources in which every writer is allowed to borrow the authors ideas and restate them into their own words. Based on the previous study, it was found that English Language Education Study Program (ELESP) students, Sanata Dharma University, were unable to paraphrase properly since they tended to copy the authors words directly. If this problem was continuously ignored, it would be dangerous for the students because they could be charged with inadvertent plagiarism. This study was intended to investigate ELESP students problems in writing paraphrases and the reasons why they produce unacceptable paraphrases by conducting document analysis and interview in Research Paper Writing class. From the findings, it could be identified that the most frequent type of problem encountered by the students was word-for-word plagiarism.
PAIRED ORAL TESTS: A LITERATURE REVIEW Prasetyo, Hardi
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 21 (2018): Special Issue (Supplement) June 2018
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v21iSuppl.1220

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This paper reviews the studies on paired oral tests in the last ten years (2007-2017). Using the search facilities in Iowa State Universitys library, nine articles from some journals in the field of applied linguistics were chosen based on the inclusion criteria. Those journals are Language Testing, Language Assessment Quarterly, Applied Linguistics, and Procedia Social and Behavioral Science. Three reasons why paired oral tests are better than interview test or individual format test are then discussed. Those are promoting and improving students interactional competence, creating students co-constructed discourse, and providing insights for better scale development and rater training. Paired oral tests provide opportunities for students to interact with peers in the tests, enable them to practice and improve their interactional competence. Paired oral tests also enable students to co-construct their discourse, even though there is an issue of grading the scores individually or collaboratively. The last is, more information about students and raters perception were gained that helps improve the rating scale and inform rater training. This paper is concluded with the call for more studies on paired oral tests to provide more insights into this complex process of creating co-constructed discourse and how to validly and reliably test both its process and product.
THE IMPACTS OF MENTIMETER-BASED ACTIVITIES ON EFL STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT IN INDONESIA Sari, Angela Bayu Pertama
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 24, No 1 (2021): April 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v24i1.3025

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The effort to enhance students’ engagement in the EFL classroom is still becoming an issue. Fortunately, some studies have shown a positive correlation between technology utilization to elevate the students’ engagement. Based on that potential finding, this study aims at digging out the impact of Mentimeter, as one of the popular tools in this recent time, on EFL students’ engagement. It is a descriptive qualitative study. There are 70 respondents of the non-English students that were selected by using purposive sampling. The results of the study reveal that there are three most prominent students' positive perception towards the implementation of Mentimeter in the EFL classroom, namely practicality, anonymity, and freedom. Those three aspects foster the students to be engaged in the process of English learning. Then, most students perceive that no reason makes them dislike Mentimeter usage in the EFL classroom. The next finding depicts a significant impact of Mentimeter on the students’ engagement in English learning by giving opinions and discussion activities. It was proven with the percentage of students’ participation, reaching 82% and 91%, above the average of Mentimeter participants’ contribution.
Discouraging Students Academic Dishonesty in Flipped Classroom Dewati, Lucia Nino Widiasmoro
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 20, No 1 (2017): April 2017
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v20i1.503

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Flipped Classroom presents teaching process at home through videos, handouts and listening passages before the class session. While in-class time is mostly devoted for questions and answers session, exercises, projects and discussion. The reason flipped classroom is needed for teachers in this era, simply because at the time students do the assignments inside the classroom, teachers would have the opportunities to observe students interaction, activities, improvement and even to solve students problem such as academic dishonesty. Thus, the question would be: to what extent is the urgency of implementing flipped classroom as one solution to discourage students academic dishonesty in writing classes? The study is conducted by employing Action Research. The findings confirm that performing Flipped Classroom is essential in order to discourage students academic dishonesty while assisting the teacher to observe students development in writing classes.
ENHANCING ISOLATED GRAMMAR TEACHING THROUGH TRANSLATION: SENTENCE LEVEL AND BEYOND Murtisari, Elisabet Titik
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 23, No 1 (2020): April 2020
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v23i1.2416

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Associated with grammar-translation method, translation is still often seen as a mere replacement of linguistic forms, which is a far cry from its nature as an act of communication. On the other hand, while being criticized for not assisting learners enough to use grammar in a communication context, isolated grammar teaching has its own merits and is still widely practiced. By implementing translation for meaning-making, this action research seeks to examine how translation may be integrated into the traditional grammar teaching to assist tertiary EFL students to learn L2 forms in communicative contexts. With translation employed at the sentence and discourse levels after the practice session, it was revealed through the participants reflections that translation exercises may further consolidate students knowledge of how to use specific forms in various contexts, especially as it relates to lexico-grammatical aspects, help deal with L1 interferences, and are an effective way to raise students awareness of the essential role of grammar in meaning-making.