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Indonesian EFL Journal
Published by Universitas Kuningan
ISSN : 22527427     EISSN : 25413635     DOI : -
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THE IMPACT OF CRITICAL THINKING ON LEARNERS’ EFL VOCABULARY RETENTION: THE ARAB CONTEXT Tariq Elyas; Budor S. Al-Zahrani
Indonesian EFL Journal Vol 5, No 2 (2019)
Publisher : University of Kuningan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/ieflj.v5i2.1901

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This experimental study aimed to investigate the impact of a critical thinking based pedagogical approach on learners’ retention ability of EFL vocabulary.  There were two groups in the study: an experimental and a control group. The experimental group received vocabulary instruction with a critical thinking-based approach whereas the control group was taught in the conventional methods of vocabulary teaching. The treatment consisted of seven lessons delivered over 12 weeks. At the end of the treatment, the immediate posttest was administered and two weeks after the immediate posttest, the delayed posttest was administered. The resulting data were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistical analysis using SPSS software. The results showed that the experimental group outperformed the control group. Based on these results, the researchers concluded that the adopted critical thinking-oriented language instruction to EFL vocabulary has a positive effect on vocabulary retention, with implications for policy-makers, teacher trainers and teachers.
THE IMPACT OF TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING ON LEARNERS’ WRITING SKILLS Luz Elena Madera Gonzalez; Margarita Maria Lopez Pinzon
Indonesian EFL Journal Vol 5, No 2 (2019)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/ieflj.v5i2.1820

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This article gives an account of an action research project aimed at determining the effect of Task-Based Language Teaching and various writing strategies on public school learners’ writing skills. The study implicated a diagnostic stage, an action stage and an evaluation stage within an Action Research methodology. Initially, at the diagnostic stage, it was detected that the participants had to improve their writing production and reach the levels of competence established by the Common European Framework (CEFR) and The Ministry of National Education (MEN) guidelines. In the following developed phase, six workshops were designed within the framework for Task-Based Learning (Willis Willis, 2007), including pre-task, task, planning, report, and language focus. Along with this, various writing strategies were used, including brainstorming, listing, questioning, reading pictures, and classifying words. Finally, the evaluation stage revealed that students achieved better results in written production; they increased their vocabulary, reduced the amount of grammar errors, improved the syntax of the language, and became more autonomous and responsible. Basides, students’ confidence in the writing processes also improved. Findings reported that the use of TBLT improved the students’ writing skills. Conclusions and pedagogical implications are presented for teachers, schools and policy makers to incorporate TBLT and writing strategies in the future curriculum development as a means to contribute to the English language methodology.
TEACHERS’ BELIEFS ON TEACHER-STUDENTS INTERACTION IN YOUNG LEARNERS’ ENGLISH CLASS Nernere, Maria Setyaningsih
Indonesian EFL Journal Vol 5, No 2 (2019)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/ieflj.v5i2.1903

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Researchers find that teacher plays dominant role in managing the teacher- students interaction, the important aspect affecting the language acquisition process in young learners’ class. Hence, to make sure that the teacher-students interaction goes well for achieving the classroom goals, how the teacher manages the interaction should be investigated further. As beliefs can affect how people act, this research aims to investigate the teachers’ belief on teacher-students interaction in young learners’ English class. This is a qualitative research using direct observation in two English classes at two different Elementary schools and in-depth interview with two English teachers as the data collecting techniques. The data revealed that the teachers’ beliefs affecting how the teacher-students interaction goes consist of beliefs about goals, process, and source of teacher- students interaction. Overall, the interactions were done toachieve two goals namely promoting language acquisition and controlling learning atmosphere. The source of interaction namely teacher talk was adjusted to young learners’ characteristics to make the process of learning meaningful. This finding gives conceptual insight about how the system of teacher-students interaction in English learning process in Elementary schools works. Then, it may be beneficial for the teachers as a means supporting self- reflection, schools’ evaluation and also for the educational practitioners who want to investigate the TSs interaction in more details.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES OF LEARNING ENGLISH USING BUSUU Vinindita Citrayasa
Indonesian EFL Journal Vol 5, No 2 (2019)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/ieflj.v5i2.1900

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Researches on MALL mostly focus on how learning by using mobile phones gives significant effect on second/ foreign language skills. However, only few which focus on their lived-experiences of learning English using their smart phones anywhere outside their class and anytime outside their school time that can reveal meanings related to their awareness, beliefs, and actions. This research is then aimed at describing and interpreting the students’ lived experience of using a mobile application namely Bussu for learning English. The study is a hermeneutic phenomenology study which focuses on the description and interpretation of the students’ lived experiences of using Busuu to learn English. There were two participants interviewed using in-depth interviews and the data was in the form of texts. The result shows the participants’ lived experiences showed some empirical meanings: ubiquitous learning, fun learning, and useful English learning assistant. This study also reveals the finding of transcendent meaning that Busuu encouraged them to become more autonomous learners.

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