ACCENTIA: Journal of English Language and Education
Accentia is a double-blind, peer-reviewed journal that concerns the issues in the field of English language and education. The journal publishes research articles, review articles, and book reviews that are of interest to English teachers, educators, researchers, and also practitioners. The journal intends to provide an open access medium for articles with originality and novelty to further the knowledge in this field.
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<![CDATA[Students’ Perceptions toward the Use of Grammarly in Checking Grammar in Assignments ]]>
<![CDATA[Mirza Ananda]]>;
<![CDATA[Rahmatun Nisa]]>;
<![CDATA[Siti Safura]]>
<![CDATA[ ACCENTIA: Journal of English Language and Education Vol 1, No 2 (2021): DECEMBER 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.37598/accentia.v1i2.1144
<![CDATA[This study aimed to find out about the students’ perceptions of the use of Grammarly in checking grammar in written assignments and the students’ obstacles when using Grammarly. This quantitative study used questionnaire to collect the data. The participants of the study were ten students from semester sixth of the English Department at a private university in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The results of the study showed that many students gave positive responses toward using Grammarly to learn and check their grammar in assignments. In addition, the study found that the students’ obstacles when using Grammarly included some issues such as problems in the internet connection and lack of understanding of Grammarly suggestions. The study suggests that Grammarly to be applied for grammar checking among EFL students.]]>
<![CDATA[The Importance of Working Conditions for Interpreters ]]>
<![CDATA[Lina Farsia]]>;
<![CDATA[Hanum Muziatun Nahriah]]>
<![CDATA[ ACCENTIA: Journal of English Language and Education Vol 1, No 2 (2021): DECEMBER 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.37598/accentia.v1i2.981
<![CDATA[This paper discusses about the importance of working conditions for interpreters. A literature review is used as an approach for this paper. For the past years, the employers have not taken the working conditions for interpreters into account. This paper mentions three aspects of working conditions that have to be paid full attention in order for the interpreters to do their job professionally: physical wise, emotional wise, and financial wise. The employers needs to provide these three aspects for the interpreters to produce good outcome.]]>
<![CDATA[EFL Teacher’s View on Virtual Based Storytelling in Teaching Vocabulary for Elementary Students ]]>
<![CDATA[Dila Jessica Neolaka]]>;
<![CDATA[Risa Fitria]]>;
<![CDATA[Ika Kana Trisnawati]]>
<![CDATA[ ACCENTIA: Journal of English Language and Education Vol 1, No 2 (2021): DECEMBER 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.37598/accentia.v1i2.1137
<![CDATA[Teaching English to young learners (TEYL) is different from teaching adults. Children need constant attention and assistance as well as motivating methods to keep them engaged particularly during online learning in the pandemic era these days. This study aims to investigate English teacher’s perception on teaching English vocabulary to elementary students’ by using storytelling method in a virtual environment. The study asked the following question: What is the English teacher’s perspective on teaching English using storytelling virtually during the pandemic? The study interviewed an English teacher of a private school in Bekasi, Indonesia using a semi-structured interview guide. The study found that the English teacher agreed that storytelling is beneficial to use in teaching English for young learners. In addition, the teacher mentioned that there were several issues during the online learning such as unenthusiastic students, students’ limited access to the gadgets, and students’ passive involvement during the learning. Further, in terms of teaching with storytelling, the teacher would request the students to make a video and retell stories in the textbook. This study concludes that it is paramount for English teachers to continuously provide varied teaching methods in order to solve problems faced by Indonesian elementary students during online learning.]]>
<![CDATA[An Article Review on Teaching English in English, ‘in principle’: The National Language Curriculum for Japanese Senior High Schools ]]>
<![CDATA[Yuniarti Yuniarti]]>
<![CDATA[ ACCENTIA: Journal of English Language and Education Vol 1, No 2 (2021): DECEMBER 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.37598/accentia.v1i2.970
<![CDATA[This paper reviews the article written by Gregory Paul Glasgow entitled “Teaching English in English, ‘in principle’: The national language curriculum for Japanese senior high schools” published in 2014. This paper aims to examine the author’ findings on teachers’ perception of new course of study by proposing some theoretical frameworks of communicative language teaching and the planned behavior analysis perspective to support the discussion. The article author raised the issue of Japanese English teachers’ perceptions towards the recently launched national foreign language curriculum for Japanese senior high schools including a provision of English classes to be conducted in English. The author tried to clear the issue by revealing how Japanese teachers of English (JTEs) interpreted the new initiative to conduct ‘English classes in English’ in Japanese senior higher schools and the relationship between official policy expectation and JTEs’ perceived new initiative in policy implementation.]]>
<![CDATA[Listening Comprehension Difficulties Faced by EFL Students ]]>
<![CDATA[Rita Hermida]]>
<![CDATA[ ACCENTIA: Journal of English Language and Education Vol 1, No 2 (2021): DECEMBER 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.37598/accentia.v1i2.1155
<![CDATA[This study analyzes the students’ difficulties in comprehending listening in English. The study used a quantitative method to investigate the problems faced by students in taking listening comprehension test. The data were collected by distributing the questionnaires and carrying out interview to the students. The study was carried out at an Islamic Boarding School in Aceh Besar District, Aceh Province. The findings showed that the students had limited chance to repeat the words, lack of listening length and speed, lack of contextual, culture and background knowledge, and poor grammar and vocabulary. ]]>
<![CDATA[Students Perceptions toward the Use of Grammarly in Checking Grammar in Assignments ]]>
<![CDATA[Ananda, Mirza]]>;
<![CDATA[Nisa, Rahmatun]]>;
<![CDATA[Safura, Siti]]>
<![CDATA[ ACCENTIA: Journal of English Language and Education Vol 1, No 2 (2021): DECEMBER 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.37598/accentia.v1i2.1144
<![CDATA[This study aimed to find out about the students perceptions of the use of Grammarly in checking grammar in written assignments and the students obstacles when using Grammarly. This quantitative study used questionnaire to collect the data. The participants of the study were ten students from semester sixth of the English Department at a private university in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The results of the study showed that many students gave positive responses toward using Grammarly to learn and check their grammar in assignments. In addition, the study found that the students obstacles when using Grammarly included some issues such as problems in the internet connection and lack of understanding of Grammarly suggestions. The study suggests that Grammarly to be applied for grammar checking among EFL students.]]>
<![CDATA[The Importance of Working Conditions for Interpreters ]]>
<![CDATA[Farsia, Lina]]>;
<![CDATA[Nahriah, Hanum Muziatun]]>
<![CDATA[ ACCENTIA: Journal of English Language and Education Vol 1, No 2 (2021): DECEMBER 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.37598/accentia.v1i2.981
<![CDATA[This paper discusses about the importance of working conditions for interpreters. A literature review is used as an approach for this paper. For the past years, the employers have not taken the working conditions for interpreters into account. This paper mentions three aspects of working conditions that have to be paid full attention in order for the interpreters to do their job professionally: physical wise, emotional wise, and financial wise. The employers needs to provide these three aspects for the interpreters to produce good outcome.]]>
<![CDATA[EFL Teachers View on Virtual Based Storytelling in Teaching Vocabulary for Elementary Students ]]>
<![CDATA[Neolaka, Dila Jessica]]>;
<![CDATA[Fitria, Risa]]>;
<![CDATA[Trisnawati, Ika Kana]]>
<![CDATA[ ACCENTIA: Journal of English Language and Education Vol 1, No 2 (2021): DECEMBER 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.37598/accentia.v1i2.1137
<![CDATA[Teaching English to young learners (TEYL) is different from teaching adults. Children need constant attention and assistance as well as motivating methods to keep them engaged particularly during online learning in the pandemic era these days. This study aims to investigate English teachers perception on teaching English vocabulary to elementary students by using storytelling method in a virtual environment. The study asked the following question: What is the English teachers perspective on teaching English using storytelling virtually during the pandemic? The study interviewed an English teacher of a private school in Bekasi, Indonesia using a semi-structured interview guide. The study found that the English teacher agreed that storytelling is beneficial to use in teaching English for young learners. In addition, the teacher mentioned that there were several issues during the online learning such as unenthusiastic students, students limited access to the gadgets, and students passive involvement during the learning. Further, in terms of teaching with storytelling, the teacher would request the students to make a video and retell stories in the textbook. This study concludes that it is paramount for English teachers to continuously provide varied teaching methods in order to solve problems faced by Indonesian elementary students during online learning.]]>
<![CDATA[An Article Review on Teaching English in English, in principle: The National Language Curriculum for Japanese Senior High Schools ]]>
<![CDATA[Yuniarti, Yuniarti]]>
<![CDATA[ ACCENTIA: Journal of English Language and Education Vol 1, No 2 (2021): DECEMBER 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.37598/accentia.v1i2.970
<![CDATA[This paper reviews the article written by Gregory Paul Glasgow entitled Teaching English in English, in principle: The national language curriculum for Japanese senior high schools published in 2014. This paper aims to examine the author findings on teachers perception of new course of study by proposing some theoretical frameworks of communicative language teaching and the planned behavior analysis perspective to support the discussion. The article author raised the issue of Japanese English teachers perceptions towards the recently launched national foreign language curriculum for Japanese senior high schools including a provision of English classes to be conducted in English. The author tried to clear the issue by revealing how Japanese teachers of English (JTEs) interpreted the new initiative to conduct English classes in English in Japanese senior higher schools and the relationship between official policy expectation and JTEs perceived new initiative in policy implementation.]]>
<![CDATA[Listening Comprehension Difficulties Faced by EFL Students ]]>
<![CDATA[Hermida, Rita]]>
<![CDATA[ ACCENTIA: Journal of English Language and Education Vol 1, No 2 (2021): DECEMBER 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.37598/accentia.v1i2.1155
<![CDATA[This study analyzes the students difficulties in comprehending listening in English. The study used a quantitative method to investigate the problems faced by students in taking listening comprehension test. The data were collected by distributing the questionnaires and carrying out interview to the students. The study was carried out at an Islamic Boarding School in Aceh Besar District, Aceh Province. The findings showed that the students had limited chance to repeat the words, lack of listening length and speed, lack of contextual, culture and background knowledge, and poor grammar and vocabulary.]]>
