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ELT in Focus
Published by Universitas Singaperbangsa Karawang
ISSN : 26553082     EISSN : 26556774     DOI : -
Core Subject : Education,
Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media
ELT in Focus is an academic journal published by English education program, Universitas Singaperbangsa Karawang undergraduate school in Karawang regent,West Java, Indonesia. It is a biannual journal published in January and July. It is a freely accessible, full text, peer-reviewed journal allowing for the dissemination of ELT in these main areas: (1) Methodology in ELT, (2) Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL), (3) Language Policy and Curriculum, (4) Teacher Professional Development, (4) Literature in ELT, (5) Language Assessment, (6) Language Material Design and Evaluation, (7) Psychological and Sociological Influences on English language learning (8) Global/World Englishes and, (9) Other related disciplines or areas of research. It is intended for an international audience of elementary and secondary teachers, researchers, teacher educators, scholars, parents and instructors at tertiary levels who are concerned with the teaching and learning of English in varying contexts (such as families, classrooms, schools, colleges, universities, communities, countries etc.), whereby two or more languages are prevalently and extensively used by an individual speaker or a community of speakers.
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Learning English through Hearthstone: Research on Students’ Perceptions and Strategies Kriswanda Krishnapatria
ELT in Focus Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022): ELT in Focus
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This research aims to describe and explain the students’ perception of English learning through the card game Hearthstone for students in the English Studies program. In COVID-19, there has been an increase in playing time with online games, including Hearthstone. Spending too much time on gaming activities may be problematic, but it can also help students learn English sensibly. Thus, this research focuses on discovering students’ perceptions of learning English using a collectible card game (CCG) online game. The researcher used an online survey due to physical distancing regulations in this qualitative research. Using purposive sampling, the writer chose three students from the English Studies program who played Hearthstone routinely during the pandemic as a source of entertainment and learning activity. The interview result showed that all respondents generally had excellent and positive perceptions about English learning through Hearthstone. They were more interested and more motivated in learning English through Hearthstone because it was fun, enjoyable, and challenging. It also showed that all respondents had their strategies in the learning process, consisting of three steps: planning, monitoring, and evaluation. Despite its attached negative stigma, an online game like Hearthstone turned out to be beneficial in helping students learn English amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Students’ Difficulties in Learning English Pronunciation Yasinta Wulandari; Asfi Aniuranti; M. Happy Nur Tsani
ELT in Focus Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022): ELT in Focus
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Pronunciation is one of important language elements that should be mastered by the English language users. By producing good pronunciation, students can avoid misunderstanding in communication and they can deliver the message clearly. However, many EFL learners especially Indonesia have not shown good pronunciation. Many English learners still encounter difficulties in learning pronunciation. This study employs a qualitative descriptive method with aim to find the students’ difficulties in learning pronunciation. Questionnaire is used to investigate the students’ difficulties in learning pronunciation. The findings show that students have good perception about the importance of English pronunciation, they are also well motivated to improve their pronunciation. The environment also allows students to get the best exposure of pronunciation since the lecturers give good examples of pronunciation and opportunity to practice their pronunciation. The lecturers also give feedback both in pronunciation class and other classes. However, the students still find difficulties in learning pronunciation. They still find difficulties in recognition of native English pronunciation. They do not know how to use phonemic symbols in pronunciation, they also get nervous in production, and feel ashamed to produce incorrect pronunciation.
Pengajaran Berbicara Bahasa Inggris dengan Menggunakan Teknik Role-play di sebuah SMA di Bandung Nendah Sari Indriani; Rahma Sakina
ELT in Focus Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022): ELT in Focus
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The purposes of this study are to: (1) investigate how role-play technique is used in English speaking class, (2) to find out advantages of using role-play technique in teaching speaking from students’ and teacher’s perception, and (3) to figure out the difficulties that students and an English teacher encountered when using role-play technique in the classroom. The method used is qualitative with observation and interview as data collection techniques. The findings showed that the teacher carried out role-play technique with several stages such as delivering materials, dividing students into several groups to make a dialogue, students’ practicing the dialogue in their group, students’ performing the dialogue in front of the class, and evaluating students’ performance. Role-play technique provided some advantages. Firstly, it gave students opportunities to practice their speaking ability. Secondly, it increased students’ confidence to practice speaking in front of the classroom. Then, it improved students’ interests during the learning process. Fourth, it made students add more English vocabularies. Finally, students could communicate in English frequently with their friends so they could maintain their social relation with their peers. When using role-play technique, the students found difficulties related to pronunciation, word or sentence structure, lack of vocabulary, and memorizing the dialogue. The teacher found that role-play technique was time consuming, and it was hard to make sure the suitability of the material to the activities.
English Learning Planning Management in the Time of Pandemic Covid-19: Case of UPB UIN Antasari Fitria Mumtazah; Jarkawi; Muhammad Yuliansyah
ELT in Focus Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022): ELT in Focus
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The purpose of this study is to describe the English language learning management plan carried out by UPB (Unit Pengembangan Bahasa) UIN (Universitas Islam Negeri) Antasari during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as to analyze this English language learning process carried out by UPB UIN Antasari during the Covid-19 pandemic through a learning management plan perspective. This research is a qualitative field research, where data is collected through observation during the teaching-learning process, interviews with UPB managers, teaching staff (tutors), and program participants (students), as well as document study of textbooks and other learning documents. The author then validated the data using triangulation techniques, and analyzes them descriptively. The results showed that during the Covid-19 pandemic, UPB had implemented learning management plan in its intensive English learning. UPB has carried out preparations for the effective week according to the academic calendar, as well as making annual programs and semester programs in the form of textbooks. In terms of honorarium, UPB is even above the generally accepted standard, due to the consistency of tutor fees even in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The main drawback of the implementation of learning management plan by UPB is the absence of lesson plan documents and syllabus, However, the absence of these two learning documents does not necessarily make this intensive program a failure, because UPB has provided textbooks to replace it. Based on the final exam results, it is proven that this intensive program is successful in improving students' English skills.
Developing Students’ Writing Competency of News Item Text through Online English News Taufik Afdal; Joko Iswanto; Fety Surfaifel
ELT in Focus Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022): ELT in Focus
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This research seeks to investigate the application of online English news in teaching the writing of news item texts. An experimental study with quantitative data analysis was employed in the present study. The instruments used were tests (pre-test, post-test), and a questionnaire consisting of 10 questions. The researcher administered a pre-test in the first place before applying online news. Then, at the end of the course, the researcher administered a post-test to find out the final results of the application. The population in this study was students of class XII with a sample of 54 students. To assess students’ writing score, an analytic scoring rubric developed by Jacob et al was adopted. In this study, it can be seen from the results of the pre-test and post-test which were calculated using an independent sample T-test through the SPSS program, that the significance obtained was 0.01, which means that the use of online news texts was used effectively. In the results of the questionnaire, the answers (yes) were chosen as many as 113; the answers (sometimes) were chosen as many as 92; and the answers (no) were 65. This means that majority of students at MAN Tanjung Pinang responded positively towards the application of online English news.
EFL Students’ Anxiety Experience in Speaking English Poppi Aprilianti Sugito Putri; Maisa; Diana Rahmawati Rozak
ELT in Focus Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022): ELT in Focus
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that cause students' speaking anxiety and how to overcome students' speaking anxiety. This research is qualitative research with data collection techniques using observation, questionnaires and interviews. The participants of this study were 11th grade high school students. The results revealed several factors that cause anxiety in students such as: (1) the students felt embarrassed by being marked with anxiety when talking to other people; (2) the students felt anxious when they were about to face a foreign language speaking exam; and (3) finally the students felt anxious about the opinions or judgments of others when speaking in English in front of the class. It was also found several ways that the students used to reduce students' speaking anxiety such as: (1) the students must prepare in advance such as practicing speaking; (2) the students took a breath to feel relaxed; (3) the students thought positively and looked for peers to share things with each other in order to reduce anxiety.
The implementation of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in the Department of Islamic Banking at STES Manna Wa Salwa Tanah Datar Muthia Rahman
ELT in Focus Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022): ELT in Focus
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The aim of this study was to examine the current application of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and its suitability for the students in the Syaria Banking Department at STES Manna Wa Salwa, Tanah Datar. The study employed the total sampling technique as there were 35 students in the Syaria Banking Department. Data were collected through interviews and questionnaires and were analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The findings indicated that the latest implementation of ESP in this department was appropriate, although there were some areas that needed improvement, particularly in terms of learning materials and time allocation. Additionally, the English course met the needs of the students in the Syaria Banking Department, particularly in terms of improving their vocabulary and speaking skills. The research suggested that lecturers should attend ESP seminars or training programs to enhance their knowledge and skills in providing appropriate teaching and learning materials for students in the Syaria Banking Department. Furthermore, the time allocated for ESP classes should be carefully considered.
Critical discourse analysis on local cultural content in English textbooks Fitri Handayani; Mike Amelia
ELT in Focus Vol. 6 No. 1 (2023): ELT in Focus
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Local cultural representations can be found in textbooks as visual and textual artifacts. Local culture is shown in the book in an unique way as a cultural exhibition. The goal of this research is to investigate at how local culture is depicted in textbooks. The focus of the study is exploring the local content of cultural of an EFL textbook using critical discourse analysis as a methodological technique. The information was obtained from the “Headline English 2” English Textbook for the VIII grade (2018). The findings show that the cultural component of Indonesia was deliberately chosen to be included in this textbook in order increasing both teachers’ and students’ understanding of the language and culture interdependent relationship.
Engaging senior high school students in online listening instruction Abdul Kodir Al-Baekani
ELT in Focus Vol. 6 No. 1 (2023): ELT in Focus
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Listening is the most important skill for language learning because it is the most used language skill in normal daily life. Obviously in communicating or learning something begins with listening. Learning listening using song media in high school has indeed been applied, but some students need something new, creative, and not boring. Therefore, there is one appropriate learning media named Lyricstraining.com. This media is one of the innovation of teacher. The objective of this research is to find out the perception of one of senior high school students in Indonesia about the use of Lyricstraining.com learning media in listening activity. This research was qualitative research. Data was collected for 15 students through an open-ended questionnaire. Each student has given the questionnaire. The participants is a students at senior high school in Karawang. The result show that students has a positive perception of the use lyricstraining.com website. They perceived that: 1). Lyricstraining makes learning listening effective, 2). Lyricstraining helps increasing students listening skill and vocabulary, and 3) Lyricstraining makes learning listening more fun and enjoy. The finding also found several other perceptions from using Lyricstraining.com to support their learning activities, such as: Lyricstraining can train focus and easy to use for beginners.
Guessing game method in speaking instruction Anggun Pertiwi
ELT in Focus Vol. 6 No. 1 (2023): ELT in Focus
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The aim of this research was to investigate in depth the use of the guessing game method in speaking learning, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the guessing game method in speaking learning and the result of the use of the guessing game method in the process of speaking learning of the students in Junior High School 1 Karawang Barat. The research method is a case study with a qualitative approach. From the overall students in Junior High School 1 Karawang Barat, the data were obtained from the sample that was selected based on specific criteria, which was 4 students and 1 teacher. In data collection techniques, observation, interview, and documentation were used as the instruments for eliciting the data. The data taken were analyzed through three stages: data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusions or verification. Finally, after analyzing the data in depth, the results show that the use of the guessing game method in speaking learning worked well and that students were active during class speaking learning. The guessing game method of speaking has its advantages and disadvantages. The implementation of the guessing game method in speaking and learning showed excellent results. The students had increased ability, knowledge, and skill in speaking English.

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