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Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics
ISSN : 25275070     EISSN : 25034197     DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.21462/ijefl
Core Subject : Education, Social,
Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics encompasses research articles, original research report, reviews, and scientific commentaries in education, literature, and ELT, including: English Language Teaching English as a Foreign Language Language and Linguistics Morphology Phonology Syntax Semantics Pragmatics Discourse Analysis Critical Discourse Analysis Socio-linguistics Psycholinguistics Literature
Articles 242 Documents
Implementation of 21st Century 6C Skills in Learning to Write Literature through Novel Adaptation Approach Jupri, Abdul Rahman; Solihati, Nani; Sari, Zamah
Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 9(1), May 2024
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21462/ijefl.v9i1.790

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Learning to write literature in higher education needs to prioritize creative learning so that students can feel the benefits of literary learning in honing 6C skills by the character of 21st-century learning. This research aims to describe the implementation of 21st-century 6C skills in learning to write literature in higher education through an adaptation novel approach. This research is art-based qualitative research. Observation and interview methods were used to obtain research data. The research was conducted on 80 students at Muhammadiyah University, Prof. DR Hamka, consisting of 68 women and 12 men. Data analysis was carried out using qualitative descriptive methods. Meanwhile, the validity of the data is carried out by theoretical triangulation. Theoretical triangulation in this research was carried out by examining the data obtained with theories originating from expert opinions or previously existing theories. The results of this research illustrate that the 6C skills of 21st-century learning (Critical thinking, Communication, Collaborative, and Creative skills, culture, and Connectivity) can be implemented in learning to write literature. Apart from that, the novel adaptation approach can help students improve their abilities in writing literature.
Exploring EFL Students' Speaking Anxiety of English Teacher Education Program at One Public University in Jambi Abrar, Mukhlash; Fajaryani, Nunung; Habizar, Habizar; Miftahudin, Miftahudin; Sokoy, Mercy
Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 7(1), May 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21462/ijefl.v7i1.457

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Speaking is one of the most difficult skills in language learning particularly in learning English as a foreign language. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the issues of speaking anxiety, the factors influencing their speaking anxiety, and the strategies they employed to alleviate the anxiety at one English teacher education program in Jambi, Indonesia. In order to collect the data, a semi-structured interview was employed and guided by an interview protocol to stimulate the participants in answering the questions during the interview. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we only had access to invite 12 students to participate in our study-they were nine male and three female student teachers. To select the participants, we employed purposive sampling with a convenience case strategy. Through thematic analysis (Braun and Clark, 2006), we identified three major themes of factors influencing the participants’ speaking anxiety, including 1) language barrier (Grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and fluency); 2) psychological issues (low motivation, and personality); and 3) learning proponents (lecturers, classmates, and unfamiliar topic). To alleviate their anxiety, the participants have undertaken strategies, such as 1) self-management (self-practice and doing positive activities) and 2) getting-help strategies (friends’ help and motivation).
Applying the English Simple Code to Improve Indonesian Students' Communicative Speaking Ability and Their Motivation Jayaputri, Herlandri Eka; Aziz MT, Muhammad Fahruddin
Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 7(1), May 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21462/ijefl.v7i1.463

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The study aims to improve students’ communicative speaking and motivation using the simple code theory. It was action research. The research procedure consisted of identifying the students’ problems, designing the plans, applying the classroom practice expression (suitable with simple code), observing, and reflecting on each cycle. The subject was 20 students who have the lowest mark in communicative speaking ability and motivation in the pre-observation. Data were collected through observation, tests, interviews, questionnaires, and documentation and were analyzed using the descriptive quantitative, and qualitative. The English Simple Code could improve students’ communicative speaking ability and motivation in grade VIII of SMP Yapis Biak. it is also supported by the result of speaking tests and questionnaires. There are some findings; 1) implementing the classroom practice expression can help the teacher to provide a simpler language for students; 2) teacher-talk and interlanguage-talk are useful for acquiring English at the low-intermediate level; 3) emphasizing the activities of repetition drill and acting from a script can provide a prefabricated routine to prefabricated pattern and develop their fluency simultaneously; 4) teacher‘s role can improve the communicative speaking in performance; 5) delayed feedback is very useful to encourage students’ low affective filter in the learning process, so they got the high confidence and motivation in the second language acquisition. Thus, Theoretically, the English simple code can provide a good contribution to learning strategy in the classroom. Then, the teacher can use classroom practice expression, various activities, and delayed feedback to acquire English as the target language.
Teachers' Feedback on EFL Writings from Sociocultural Perspective Aini, Rahma; Ashadi, Ashadi
Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 7(1), May 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21462/ijefl.v7i1.467

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Writing skill is one of the difficult skills to acquire in learning a second language. Therefore, the feedback that the students receive from the teachers should be understandable and improve students’ writing skills. This study examines the teachers’ experiences in giving feedback on students’ writing performance through a sociocultural perspective. The participants of this study were 8 English teachers of junior and senior high schools in Padangsidimpuan, North Sumatra. The data were collected through online interviews and analyzed in a thematic approach by transcribing, coding, categorizing, and interpreting. The result shows that teachers prefer to use teacher-student conferencing in giving writing feedback since joint participation and transaction occur in the learning process. It is compatible with the principle of the sociocultural approach. In addition, teachers are more concerned about students’ grammatical errors rather than structure and content. It is due to students finding it difficult to implement the grammatical rules into their writings. Furthermore, unfocused corrective feedback points out a range of error types. However, the strategy is hard to implement for students with lower proficiency levels.
Examining Teachers' Perceptions of E-Learning Tools: A Survey from Indonesian EAP Classrooms Suherman, Andri; Wathoni, Hamzani
Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 7(1), May 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21462/ijefl.v7i1.470

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Given the fact that online teaching has been widely implemented across the globe during this Covid-19 pandemic, teachers are required to have a high level of IT skills to be able to conduct online teaching. It is without exception that EAP (English for Academic Purpose) teachers need to familiarize themselves with electronic devices due to the benefits they have to offer in an e-learning environment. The current study aims at examining teachers’ perceptions of using e-learning tools in the context of Indonesian EAP classrooms. Forty-five Indonesian EAP teachers participated in the current study with different ages, academic backgrounds, and lengths of EAP teaching experiences. The instruments used to collect the research data were an online survey and semi-structured interviews. The results showed that video and VLEs were the two most commonly-used e-learning tools among the teachers with “self-taught” and “colleagues” being the two most favorite approaches the teachers have employed to learn such tools. Besides, promoting student engagement and developing learner autonomy were perceived as positive impacts of using e-learning tools by the teachers. Pedagogical implications of this study’s findings suggested that school authorities should organize more regular pre-service teacher training programs with the purpose to help novice teachers to improve their IT skills. Besides, e-learning tools should be more used in online teachings due to the benefits they have to offer for promoting student engagement and facilitating learner autonomy. A number of limitations in the current study are also presented along with some suggestions for future studies
Naming Human Anatomy and Diseases in Maanyan Language Septiana, Dwiani; Yulianti, Andi Indah
Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 7(2), November 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21462/ijefl.v7i2.482

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The purposes of this research are to describe and document the lexicons related to human anatomy and diseases in the Maanyan language as well as explain their structures and meaning. This research used the theory of ethnolinguistics which focuses on the documentation, description, and classification of indigenous languages by viewing the language as a lexicon and grammar. It deployed an ethnographic research method. It was conducted in the Maanyan community in East Barito Regency, Central Kalimantan. The data were lexicons related to the names of diseases, human anatomy and human body conditions in the Maanyan language. They were analysed by classifying lexicons, explaining their meaning, and describing them based on the word structure. The results indicate that in the Maanyan language there are 179 lexicons associated with the human anatomy and the names of diseases. They are 92 lexicons related to human anatomy, 46 lexicons about the human body’s conditions, and 41 lexicons of disease names. According to the word structure, these lexicons consist of single, derived, and compound forms.
EFL Learners' Vocabulary Achievement and Autonomy: Using Memrise Mobile Application Zohoorian, Zahra; Noorbakhsh, Masoud; Zeraatpisheh, Mitra
Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 7(2), November 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21462/ijefl.v7i2.487

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There has been rapid advancement in the use of technology through which an extensive array of mobile technologies have been introduced to educational contexts. In the same vein, mobile assisted language learning provides new possibilities for improving language learning conditions. The current study was an attempt to find out the effect of Memrise Mobile Application on Iranian upper-Intermediate EFL learners’ vocabulary achievement and their autonomy. To find the effects, a pre-test post-test quasi-experimental study was conducted. Fifty participants were selected from a cluster of 110 students. The Quick placement test as a test of homogeneity was administered to select the upper intermediate learners. Accordingly, 25 participants for each of the experimental and control groups were selected. Memrise Mobile Application was employed during the treatment period for teaching the 504 Absolutely Essential Words book to the experimental group while the control group was instructed the textbook of 504 Absolutely Essential Words. The intervention continued for a period of 8 weeks. A researcher-made vocabulary test and Zhang and Li’s (2004) standardized questionnaire on autonomy were administered. For the qualitative data collection, a semi-structured interview was conducted to determine the participants’ attitudes. An Independent T-test was run the results of which revealed a significant difference between the two groups in vocabulary achievement. However, there was no significant difference between the two groups in autonomy. Moreover, based on the qualitative data it was concluded that the experimental group participants were more motivated holding a more positive attitude.
System and Structure of English Classroom Discourse at Junior High School in Medan Mutia, Maulidina; Lubis, Masdiana; Nurlela, Nurlela
Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 7(2), November 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21462/ijefl.v7i2.514

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This study aims to investigate the system and structure of English classroom interaction at Medan's Jabal Rahmah Mulia Boarding School. The records of a discussion in communication a video recording by Zoom Meeting among understudies and an English educator are viewed as information to be concentrated on utilizing a talk examination approach in light of Martin's Conversation Analysis (CA) model inside Halliday's Systemic Functional Linguistics structure (SFL). The foundation of the framework and construction of the English study hall connection are the challenges to be addressed. The examination saw movement types, temperament types, and the discourse capability of different provisions. The discoveries show that understudies act as initiators, while English educators work as allies, with optional knower (k2k1) moving sort for the most part; the communication is one of data exchange instead of labor and products, as conversationalists favor decisive and utilize basic sparingly. As per the discoveries, Question (Q) appears to generally satisfy the data given. Inquisitive asking is most ordinarily used to exhibit that a design's relational significance doesn't be guaranteed to compare to its lexico-sentence structure. This examination likewise shows how a study hall conversation happens in a characteristic set of mindset and discourse capability. It likewise demonstrates that understudies are on the requesting end of the scale, bringing about an absence of criticism in the communication.
The Undergraduate Students' Difficulties in Writing Thesis Proposal Fauzan, Umar; Hasanah, Nur; Hadijah, Siti
Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 7(1), May 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21462/ijefl.v7i1.515

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The purposes of this research were to find out the students’ difficulties in developing a paragraph and to understand the students’ difficulties in implementing the writing elements in writing their undergraduate thesis proposals. This research used the descriptive qualitative method. The instrument used in this research were interviews, documentation, and Oshima & Hogue’s Paragraph Rubric. The research subject was 7 eighth-semester students of UINSI Samarinda. The data were collected from the background of the study of the student’s undergraduate thesis proposals and analyzed with the Miles and Huberman Model. The result showed that the difficulties in developing a paragraph experienced by the students were related to too specific and too general topic sentences, poor supporting sentences, the absence of concluding sentences, inconsistent topic discussion, and inharmonic sentences. At the same time, the students’ difficulties shown in implementing the writing elements were found in the organization (the failure to run the sentences smoothly), vocabulary (informal phrases, redundancy, unclear word), grammar (singular and plural error, wrong word choice errors, missing word error, article error, subject-verb agreement error, fragment error, conjunction error, wrong word form error, wrong word order error, and preposition error), and mechanics (capitalization error, punctuation error, and spelling error). The causes of these problems were the interference of students’ native language and the lack of knowledge about the rules of the development of paragraph and writing elements.
"Holy Moly!" Positive and Negative Connotations of Swear Words in A Popular Western Animated Movie Muthalib, Kismullah Abdul; Fata, Ika Apriani; Nuzula, Zahra
Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 7(2), November 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21462/ijefl.v7i2.525

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The use of swear words is common and even popular in movies for adult viewers. However, misunderstanding and ignorance of the intended viewers can cause younger viewers to be exposed to movies with various profanities. The Simpsons, an animated movie, is a good example of this phenomenon. This animated movie is known to contain obscene language expressions which can be mistakenly assumed to be intended for younger viewers. This study sought to identify the kinds and purposes of expletives used in The Simpsons. The current study used Hughes’ framework to analyze the types of swear words, and Andersson and Trudgill's framework was used to analyze their functions. Data were gathered from seven episodes drawn from different seasons of the animated series. Of 102 swear words found in the dialogues of the episodes, seven types of swear words were identified, including anatomical insult, excrement, sexual intercourse, personal background, mental illness, animal term, and religious oath. Additionally, four swearing meanings and functions were discovered abusive, auxiliary, expletive, and humorous. Therefore, it is expected that general readers will express themselves more thoughtfully, be able to identify the target audience for movies, and make more informed decisions when choosing movies for younger audiences.