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Journal of ELT Research
ISSN : 2502292X     EISSN : 25277448     DOI : -
Core Subject : Education,
Journal of ELT Research, Vol 4 Issue 1,Contents: 1) From the Editors, 2) Rhetorical Reading for Writing Strategies, 3) Malaysian Undergraduates’ Behavioural Intention to Use LMS for Online Learning: An Extended Self-Directed Learning Technology Acceptance Model (SDLTAM), 3) The Use of Social Media in Designing the Writing Assessment for EFL Students, 4) Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis and Second Language Learning, 5) The Contribution of Facebook Group in Writing Activity, 6) Examining Students’ Response to Student-Centered Classroom Instruction, 7) The Comparison of the Phonological Features of Sikka Language and English, and 8) Linguistic Imperialism: Native-Speakerism from the Perspective of Non-Native English Learners.
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Articles 156 Documents
The Use of Song Worksheet to Enhance EFL Elementary School Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Ahmad Fadhli
Journal of ELT Research: The Academic Journal of Studies in English Language Teaching and Learning 2017: Journal of ELT Research, Vol. 2, Issue 1
Publisher : University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA

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This study aimed to enhance students’ vocabulary mastery through the use of song worksheet. Twenty-two fourth graders of an elementary school in Indonesia were selected as participants. Action research was adopted in this study consisting of three cycles. To find out students’ achievement, vocabulary test was given. To investigate students’ responses, observation and interview were implemented. Findings showed that song worksheet could enhance students’ vocabulary mastery. They also gave positive responses to the use of song worksheet. However, students complained that the songs were too fast. This study supports the use of songs in the EFL context which could make teaching-learning processes more fun.   
The Effect of TPR and Audio-Lingual Method in Teaching Vocabulary Viewed from Students’ IQ Anita Dewi Ekawati
Journal of ELT Research: The Academic Journal of Studies in English Language Teaching and Learning 2017: Journal of ELT Research, Vol. 2, Issue 1
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This research aimed to investigate the effect of Total Physical Response (TPR) on elementary school students’ English vocabulary mastery with regards to their Intelligence Quotient (IQ). Whether or not there is an interaction between the teaching method and IQ in teaching vocabulary was also investigated in this study. The research was carried out at an elementary school in Central Java, Indonesia. The population was the fifth year students of two classes. Both the experimental and control groups consisted of 40 students. The data were analyzed using multifactor analysis of variance 2 x 2 (ANOVA). Then, it was analyzed using Tukey test. The study reveals that TPR was an effective method for teaching vocabulary in elementary school, and the effectiveness of the method was influenced by the level of students’ IQ. The results of the study may become a reference for EFL teachers to apply an effective method to teach English vocabulary to elementary school students. Moreover, EFL teachers need to take into account students’ IQ in implementing the teaching method. 
Improving Students’ Speaking Ability through Small-Group Discussion Imam Fauzi
Journal of ELT Research: The Academic Journal of Studies in English Language Teaching and Learning 2017: Journal of ELT Research, Vol. 2, Issue 2
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This research aimed to investigate how small-group discussion can be implemented to improve vocational high school students’ speaking ability and to identify the role of small group discussion in improving students’ speaking skill. This research was conducted by using action research, with 35 students of the second grade participating in this research. The findings of research can be explained in three cycles. Cycle 1 revealed that there were 37.2% of the students who did well; 42.8% were good although they had weaknesses in some aspects of using statements of introduction and choosing good sentences; 20% were weak and did not understand to choose appropriate sentences for introduction. Cycle II showed that 45.7% of the participants were good either in choosing appropriate sentences and pronunciation; 54.3% were considered good although they still lacked speaking communicatively with appropriate words. Cycle III was implemented after having additional classes, small guidelines of active speaking, and intensive practices. It found that 71.4% of the participants could communicate with English basic words and better structure, and 28.6% of them were still slightly below. Findings of this study showed that small group discussion could effectively improve students’ speaking skill, engage them in the group work discussion actively, encourage them to be independent learners who can expose themselves in learning activities, make them feel more relaxed at learning, give them more opportunities to improve their speaking skills. 
Prosody Analysis of Mariah Carey’s 1999 Billboard Award Speech and Its Contribution to EFL Heri Setiawan
Journal of ELT Research: The Academic Journal of Studies in English Language Teaching and Learning 2017: Journal of ELT Research, Vol. 2, Issue 2
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Prosodic elements are the essential elements in human beings’ speech that can be used to know what the speakers of an utterance exactly mean when they are speaking. This research was a work of analysis on prosody of speech to know the emotion and the meaning of utterances. Descriptive qualitative type of research model was employed in this research. The object of the research was Mariah Carey’s speech when she was receiving a special award named the Billboard artist of the decade in 1999. The researcher was interested in not only knowing about Mariah Carey’s emotion and meaning when she was delivering her speech but also finding other uses of prosodic elements which were not found in the supporting previous literatures used in this research. Moreover, the possible contribution which these research findings could contribute to the EFL teaching and learning was also addressed. It is evident that prosody definitely has significant contribution in EFL teaching and learning especially in improving speaking and reading comprehension skills.
EFL Students’ Writing Style in the Script Introduction Section Novalia Rizkanisa; Iskandar Abdul Samad; Bustami Usman
Journal of ELT Research: The Academic Journal of Studies in English Language Teaching and Learning 2017: Journal of ELT Research, Vol. 2, Issue 2
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This study investigated the rhetorical pattern (RP) of the introduction section of the scripts written by Acehnese undergraduate students studying in four different universities in Aceh. The focus of this study is on three elements: placement of the thesis, patterns of idea, and metadiscourse markers of the introduction section. Literature has reported a number of findings regarding the RP; however, information about this in undergraduate level, particularly in state universities in Aceh, is still limited. This study was conducted qualitatively by employing content analysis to identify the RP. A number of introduction sections of students’ scripts from four selected universities in Aceh were collected and analysed. The result shows the dominance of the three elements in the introduction section.
Historical Perspective: The Development of Critical Thinking in Indonesian ELT Hamzah Puadi Ilyas
Journal of ELT Research: The Academic Journal of Studies in English Language Teaching and Learning 2017: Journal of ELT Research, Vol. 2, Issue 2
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Even though critical thinking has been included in education system in Indonesia, it is unlikely to be widely implemented in teaching-learning processes in all levels of education in this country. Indonesian ELT (English Language Teaching) can actually play a role in promoting critical thinking in education. However, the development of ELT in this country since colonial to present era does not seem to facilitate students’ critical thinking skill. This article presents historical perspective with regard to ELT and critical thinking. The first part reviews the history of Indonesian education which did not promote critical thinking, followed by the historical development of Indonesian ELT. The third part discusses socio-political condition which could be partly solved by promoting critical thinking in education and society. The final part suggests incorporation of critical thinking into English textbooks as ELT can also be used as a vehicle for teaching critical thinking.   
The Implementation of Corpus-aided Discovery Learning in English Grammar Pedagogy Elih Sutisna Yanto; Sidik Indra Nugraha
Journal of ELT Research: The Academic Journal of Studies in English Language Teaching and Learning 2017: Journal of ELT Research, Vol. 2, Issue 2
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The present study presents the instructional procedures of the implementation of corpus-aided discovery learning and the extent to which corpus-aided discovery learning can create motivating and successful English grammar learning environment for EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students. Corpora promotes inductive learning in terms of that students not only acquire grammar by language data, observation and self-discovery of rules, but also find it entertaining and exciting to make grammar rule generalization on their own (Cheng, 2011; Hunston,2002). Drawing on data of a questionnaire and an interview, the students recounted that incorporating corpus-informed data into grammar learning was very satisfying and useful, and students can be sure that the language they are practicing is up-to-date, used in everyday situations. It is not artificial or invented language but consists of the most widely used grammar (McCarthy, 2004). In addition, language corpora helped students to learn about certain language uses that were not available in any of the traditional tools. Another finding shows that students understood how certain language forms were used by native speakers of English, and students revealed more positive attitude toward corpus in learning English grammar. The findings imply that corpus-informed data can be a means of encouraging autonomous learning, illustrating real uses of abstract rules, presenting authentic daily grammar, and promoting exploratory inductive learning. However, some students, especially inexperienced students, found learning grammar through corpus-informed data was difficult or boring.
L2 Writing Strategies Used by EFL Graduate Students Syaadiah Arifin
Journal of ELT Research: The Academic Journal of Studies in English Language Teaching and Learning 2017: Journal of ELT Research, Vol. 2, Issue 2
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This study investigates the writing strategies and the predominantly strategies used by four Indonesian graduate students when writing in L2 (English). They were divided into 2 groups, skilled and less skilled writers, to examine what strategies they applied when writing. The main instrument of this study is Think Aloud Protocols (TAPs). The analysis of data collected discovered some findings: (1) both skilled and less skilled writers used varied strategies. However, the frequency of using each strategy was different. Skilled writers used each strategy in high frequency. On the other hand, less skilled writers only used each strategy in low frequency, while skilled writers understand the recursive nature of writing. (2) Skilled writers used reading and rereading strategies in high frequency for several purposes: revising and editing the text, developing ideas, and getting new ideas, while less skilled writers rarely used those strategies. They wrote whatever ideas came into their mind, and reread the text once in a while. These findings suggest that effective writing strategies should be introduced explicitly when student writers have already mastered the foundation of writing. Unfortunately, they are seldom guided on the use of writing strategies in the process of their writing. In fact, effective writing strategies and the frequency of using each strategy could help them become good writers and influence the quality of their writing. Based on these findings some suggestions are discussed. 
Using Evaluation to Motivate Students in an Extensive Reading Program Kelly Quinn
Journal of ELT Research: The Academic Journal of Studies in English Language Teaching and Learning 2018: Journal of ELT Research, Vol. 3 , Issue 2
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Extensive reading, sometimes referred to as Free Reading or Book Flood is a system of language instruction where students are encouraged to read a large volume of level appropriate material. According to Wodinsky & Nation (1998) extensive reading should focus on comprehension of the material and enjoyment. Students choose what they want to read and are not compelled to read or finish books that they find uninteresting. One of the founding principles of the original proponents of extensive reading is that the pleasure of reading “is its own reward,” Day & Bamford (1998) and so assessment should be minimized or eliminated entirely. As extensive reading has gained in popularity, this premise has been challenged. This presentation compares two reading classes, one where students read without evaluation of their comprehension and one where students, after completing the book, had to take a short quiz to test their understanding. The goal of the project was to see the effect of evaluation on the amount of reading that students did. While the best students read an equivalent or greater amount without evaluation than they did when reading with evaluation, some students read much less. The presentation will explain the background for the study, materials used and method of evaluation. Finally, it will offer some possible explanation of why certain students might require evaluation for motivation.
ROXIFYonline: Helping Students Improve Their Writing through Online Feedback: ROXIFYonline: Helping Students Improve Their Writing through Online Feedback Roxanne Sue Miller
Journal of ELT Research: The Academic Journal of Studies in English Language Teaching and Learning 2018: Journal of ELT Research, Vol. 3 , Issue 2
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Today’s students want immediate feedback on their writing which instructors often cannot provide. They embrace the internet and want to use it for learning. To keep pace with these desires, Roxifyonline was created. It is a new online Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) tool that provides automated essay feedback for use by students worldwide. The program was originally written for ESL learners in Hong Kong, but is now being used by students throughout the Asia Pacific region. It is based on both empirical research and that of other academics. The program is robust enough to be used for general academic writing from upper secondary through post-graduate levels. It is a free Independent Learning (IL) tool. The program utilizes vocabulary to identify possible errors and provides online IL links to aid in the correction of possible errors in writing. Unlike other programs, it does not provide suggested corrections. This can help students to become more autonomous in their learning. Comparisons can be made between drafts, and there is an annotation function which can allow for more individualized peer and teacher feedback.

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