Journal of English Language and Education
Journal of English Language and Education (pISSN: 2597-6850 and eISSN: 2502-4132) is a journal that focuses on researching or documenting issues in education, language education, applied linguistics, English education, English language teaching, English Literature, language assessment and evaluation. It is published by Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai is indexed in Google Scholar and Supported by Relawan Jurnal Indonesia (RJI).
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The Students’ Speaking Anxiety during Pandemic Covid-19
Bulan Anugrah;
Estika Satriani;
Algaziah Kurnia Difa;
Haura Nadya
Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 2 (2022)
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i2.268
The new paradigm on the position of English in the world has shifted as now English was no longer the property of native speakers. This shifting paradigm challenge the traditional assumption of English teaching world on whether English teachers should incorporate local or target culture in their teaching materials. This is a qualitative research using critical literature review method. The topic being discussed in this article is how to incorporate local value in English language teaching materials. The issue is analysed from various perspectives, they are: world Englishes, English as International Language, culture and identity, materials development and how they shape the idea of how English teaching materials in Indonesia should be developed. In order to do that, the researchers implemented four criteria of a good ELT materials proposed by McDonough, Shaw, Masuhara, (2013). As the result of the research, we provide two suggestions. They are creating a team of book developers and providing alternatives ELT materials based on different learning styles, text genres, or even viewpoint towards an issue.
Digital Learning of English: EFL Learners’ Perceptions and Teaching Activities
Rida Maisani;
Tahrun Tahrun;
Mulyadi Mulyadi
Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 2 (2022)
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i2.281
Digital learning is one way to overcome learning during a pandemic. There are several platforms that teachers can use in carrying out learning such as WhatsApp, YouTube and Google Classroom. This mixed method research aims to find out how were the teachers’ implementation of digital learning and how were EFL learners’ perception on teaching activities through digital learning of English. This research was conduct at Senior High School YPI Tunas Bangsa of Palembang. There were several samples including principal, one English teachers and eighty students’. The data obtained from interview, questionnaire, and documentation. Analyzed by using data reduction, data display and conclusion. The results showed that the implementation of platform and the students’ perception of learning English through digital technology. This research is expected to be one of the solutions to improve the way teachers implement learning through student perceptions.
Appropriating Grammar as a Tool in Writing Activities: Student's Perception
Elya Kristian Fernando;
Maman Suryaman
Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 2 (2022)
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i2.232
This study explores the motivations and perspectives of 2 university students in Indonesia. In this research, author employed qualitative design with the research method "Interview Study". The author collects data using Semi-structured Interviews, meanwhile, the author uses Thematic Analysis by Braun and Clarke for data analysis. It was found that the use of Grammarly independently by the participants was motivated by feedback from the teacher, belief in learning, feedback preference and English proficiency. In addition, their abilities also shape their perspective on the features provided by Grammarly. Students’ AWE appropriation is influenced by their belief about learning, preference on feedback and language proficiency
Integrating Character Education in Teaching English
Rindi Tri Fardita;
Tahrun Tahrun;
Mulyadi Mulyadi
Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 2 (2022)
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i2.282
In Indonesia, English has become a lesson that must be learned and has many enthusiasts. However, can English lessons be used to integrate character education. This descriptive qualitative method research aims to find about character education that can be integrate in teaching English, teaching materials that can be used and how the teachers integrate character education in teaching English. This research was conducted at Junior High School 4 of Tungkal Jaya. Informants of this research were English teachers and students at grade eight. The data obtained from observation, interview and documentation and analyzed using a qualitative analysis process by using data reduction, display and conclusion. Findings of this research showed that: there are only eight characters education that can be integrated in teaching English, this eight characters education were integrated by using teaching material “One Direction song, History which tells about togetherness and friendship” and integrated by carry out teaching in accordance with the existing syllabus and lesson plans. This research provide information to English teachers about the integrating of character education in teaching activities.
Errors in Simple Present Tense Commonly Committed by Students of UNIVET
Ribka Harun;
Katharina Rustipa
Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 2 (2022)
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i2.272
English is considered important to learn because of its influence. However in Indonesia, English is categorized as a foreign language. The differences between English and Bahasa Indonesia make error unavoidable. This research is conducted to know which type of errors that most of the students make in using simple present tense and the factors why the students find learning simple present tense difficult. In conducting this research, mixed method was used to collect data from 18 students in the fourth semester of Veteran University. The data was collected from the result of the test and questionnaire given which will be used to answer the research question related. The findings of this research are there are 63% errors of misformation which most of the students make in using simple present tense and the lack of awareness which takes a great role in making simple present tense is difficult to learn. Thus from the results, we can conclude that the students mostly made misformation error and need to be aware regarding the importance of English.
The Value of Local Content in ELT Materials in Indonesia
Halim Ahmad Faizin;
Ita Permatasari;
Muhyiddin Aziz
Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 2 (2022)
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i2.243
The new paradigm on the position of English in the world has shifted as now English was no longer the property of native speakers. This shifting paradigm challenge the traditional assumption of English teaching world on whether English teachers should incorporate local or target culture in their teaching materials. This is a qualitative research using critical literature review method. This article provides a discussion about the issue of representation of local content in English teaching materials in Indonesia context. The issue is analysed from various perspectives, they are: world Englishes, English as International Language, culture and identity, materials development and how they shape the idea of how English teaching materials in Indonesia should be developed. Conclusion and a few recommendations about the issue of local content in teaching materials in Indonesia are presented and discussed in the end of the paper.
Duolingo Mobile Application for English Listening Skill Improvement of Vocational School Students
Arum sari;
Saly Kurnia Octaviani
Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 2 (2022)
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i2.306
Duolingo application in mobile assisted language learning can help students flexibly to learn English listening skills by its game-based features. Meanwhile, listening skill as one of significant language aspects for oral communication purpose is highly required for professional need by vocational senior high school. Therefore, this research was intended to find out the progress of students’ English listening skill in SMK Analis Kesehatan Nasional Surakarta using Duolingo and students’ perceptions toward the mobile application. This study used quantitative research with pre-experimental design and its data collection used pre-test, post-test, and close-end questionnaire. The findings show that scores of students’ pre-test and post-test presented significant improvement of students’ English listening skill. The average students’ pre-test score was 73.25 while the average students’ post-test score was 83.3. It was supported by students’ perception that 90% students gave positive perception to the usage of Duolingo mobile application in their English learning process.
Improving Students' Story Telling Ability by Using Youtube Video
Yeni Afriyeni;
Gunaldi Masbiran
Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 2 (2022)
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i2.314
The research objective is to describe the process and results as an effort to improve storytelling ability by using YouTube video for x grade students of MA Al-Fajar Pekanbaru. The method that used for the research is a descriptive method in the form of classroom action research (CAR). Data analysis techniques used were comparative descriptive techniques and critical analytic techniques. The results showed that the use of by using YouTube video can improve the storytelling ability for x grade students of MA Al-Fajar Pekanbaru.
Problems in Reading Comprehension of TOEFL Prediction Test
Yuliana Friska
Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 2 (2022)
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i2.310
TOEFL is a standardized test that has been used as requirement to graduate from university. However, students frequently struggle to pass the TOEFL reading test. Therefore, this study was aimed to identify (1) which sub-skills were the most challenging for students in reading comprehension of TOEFL test and (2) factors affecting the students’ difficulty in answering the reading comprehension section of the TOEFL test. This study applied both quantitative and qualitative approaches. A total of 32 students from various majors of Universitas Pamulang were samples for the test. The data were obtained by test results and interview results. The test result showed that the most challenging problems in reading comprehension were vocabulary (25 %), unstated detail question (20%), stated detail question (18%), pronoun referent question (15%), inference question (12%), and main idea question (10%). Moreover, the interview results revealed that lack of vocabulary, slow reading, and lack of strategy were factors affecting students’ difficulty. Therefore, TOEFL teachers and trainers are strongly advised to devote more time to prepare for the topics with the highest percentage of errors.
An Analysis Students’ Difficulties in Reading Comprehension of Descriptive Text
Wilda Fitri;
Eliza Eliza;
Irwandi Irwandi;
Loli Safitri
Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 2 (2022)
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i2.276
This study aims to explain the kind of difficult aspect in reading comprehension of the descriptive text faced by the students at eighth grade of SMPN 1 Sintoga. The method applied was descriptive quantitative, where the test and questionnaire were used as the instrument of the data. The sample of this study was VIII 2 chosen by using a simple random sampling technique. The test consisted of 30 question items divided into five types of questions: topic, main idea, word reference, location information, reference. Index difficulty and percentage were used to analyze the data. The result of the test showed that the majority of the eighth-grade students of SMPN 1 Sintoga found difficulties including answering topic 76%, main idea 72%, word reference 79%, location information 62%, and reference 80%. The kind of difficult aspect that encountered by the students of SMPN 1 Sintoga was finding main idea questions because the located main idea was difficult to find. As the result, kind of the difficult aspect faced by was in achieving the inference for reading comprehension test