JoEELE
JoEELE: Journal of Excellence in English Language Education is an international peer-reviewed and open-access journal in language education. The aim is to publish conceptual and research articles that explore the application of any language in teaching and the everyday experience of language in education. Its scope is international in that it welcomes articles from academics, researchers, graduate students, and policymakers. All articles should be in English. The scope of the journal: assessment and testing in language learning and education; applied linguistics methodologies and issues; classroom language teaching issues; culture and power in language education; language curriculum development and implementation; effective methods for language teaching; diversity, multiculturalism, and language education; gender, language and higher education; language skills, development, and issues; language learning and identity; literacy, bilingualism, and bilingual education; and teacher training, gender and equality in language education.
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The Students’ Interest in Learning English at SMA Negeri 1 Mowewe Kolaka Timur
Suharvina Suharvina;
A. Muliati;
M. Tahir
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 2, April (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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The purpose of this study was to determine students' interest in learning English. This study uses a quantitative method. The researchers chose class X MIA 1 SMA Negeri 1 Mowewe Kolaka Timur which consisted of 40 students. The research instrument is a questionnaire. The results showed that the general interest of students was a moderate category towards students interested in learning English. This is supported by the results of data analysis obtained from the questionnaire and types of interest. the results of the questionnaire interest have a moderate category. the type of manifester interest is included in the very strong category. The author concludes that the student's interest in learning English in class X MIA 1 is still low. Teachers must create a comfortable environment during the teaching and learning process of English.
The High School English Teacher's Experience in Actualizing Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory in Teaching
Kurnia Annisa;
Kisman Salija;
Maemuna Muhayyang
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 2, April (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This research aimed to find out the strategy used by the English teacher in actualizing multiple intelligence in teaching and the ways of the English teacher uses the strategy in actualizing multiple intelligence in teaching. This research applied the descriptive qualitative method. The data was collected from interviews using Zoom meetings and documentation of the English teacher’s lesson plans. The data was taken from the teacher at Bosowa School Makassar. The result of this research showed that the English teacher at Bosowa School Makassar applied almost all of the multiple intelligence in his teaching strategies, excluding musical intelligence. These strategies are (1) linguistic intelligence; regulation to speak English, debate, and write a personal letter, (2) logical-mathematical intelligence; English riddle games, (3) spatial intelligence; caption material and hot seating game, (4) bodily-kinesthetic intelligence; treasure hunting game, (5) interpersonal intelligence; make dialog, (6) intrapersonal intelligence; daily journal, and (7) naturalist intelligence; field trip. The English teacher distinguished the way he used strategy in actualizing multiple intelligence to encourage and motivate students to enhance their skills in learning. It can be concluded that using various strategies in actualizing multiple intelligence in teaching can encourage and motivate students to enhance their skills in learning.
The Efficacy of Picture Series from Popular Indonesian Fairy Tales in Improving Year 11 Students' English-Speaking Skills
Nurjihan Nabilah Noor;
Chairil Anwar Korompot;
Sultan Baa
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 2, April (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This study aimed to determine whether the picture series from popular Indonesian fairy tales improved Year 11 students' English-speaking proficiency. A pre-experimental study involving one group pre-test and post-test, this research was carried out at SMAN 1 Tinambung, a public senior high school in the Polewali Mandar Regency, West Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, in the 2021-2022 academic year. The sample of this research was Year 11 students who were recruited using a cluster random sampling technique. The respondents were chosen from a class consisting of 30 students. Employing quantitative methods, the researchers used a speaking test as a research instrument. The data collection technique was a speaking test administered to the students as a pre-test and a post-test. The students' speaking ability scores from the pre-test to the post-test showed a significant difference. It was found that (t = -9.635, p = 0.0005) was 0.000 < 0.05. The students' speaking improvement scores from the pre-test to the post-test showed a significant difference. The results showed that the mean value of the pre-test was 42.53 with a standard deviation of 13.14, while the average value of the post-test was 57.33 with a standard deviation of 8.55. The findings mean there is an increase in the English-speaking skills of SMAN 1 Tinambung students thanks to the use of picture series from popular Indonesian fairy tales. This finding shows that applying picture series from popular Indonesian fairy tales effectively improved the students' English speaking skills.
The Correlations between Students’ Reading Habits and Pronunciation Ability at the Eleventh Grade of SMA Negeri 20 Pangkep
ita Purnama Sari;
Syarifuddin Dollah;
Amra Ariyani
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 2, April (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This research aimed to determine the student’s reading habits and pronunciation ability and the relationship between their reading habits and pronunciation ability. A correlational research design was used in the research. Twenty-eight students from the eleventh grade at SMA Negeri 20 Pangkep were chosen using the cluster random sampling technique as the sample group for this research. This research used a questionnaire to learn about the reading habits of the students and a pronunciation test to assess their pronunciation abilities. The findings of this research show that: (1) the eleventh-grade students at SMA Negeri 20 Pangkep had often category reading habits (Repeat reading English text twice or more). (2) The students' pronunciation abilities are good-categorized, and (3) the correlation between students’ reading habits and pronunciation ability was positive because r calculation = 0.924 was higher than the value of r table = 0.329, which means that the H0 of this research was rejected and H1 was accepted. Therefore, it can be concluded that there was a significant correlation between the students’ reading habits and pronunciation ability in the eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 20 Pangkep.
The Effectiveness of Online Learning in Speaking Class at State University of Makassar During Pandemic Covid-19
Muhammad Zulfikar;
Nurdin Noni;
Samtidar Samtidar
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 2, April (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This research aims to determine the effectiveness of online learning in speaking classes at the State University of Makassar using digital technology as a research variable to find out what types of technology can support the online learning process in speaking courses. This research uses qualitative research methods using interviews and questionnaires as research instruments to be able to determine the effectiveness of learning speaking in online learning. Interviews were conducted with several speaking lecturers in the English department. Meanwhile, the questionnaire was given to several students majoring in English at the Faculty of Languages and Literature. Based on the results of the research by using interviews with lecturers as respondents, various answers were found but resulted in the same point, that is the ineffectiveness of learning speaking English in online learning as well as the results of the questionnaire, where the dominant students answered that learning English speaking was not effective using the online learning method.
The Impact of Teacher’s Reinforcement Toward Students’ English Learning Motivation
Ananda Salsabilah Ramadhani;
Maemuna Muhayyang;
Munir Munir
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 3, July (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This study aims to find out (1) the kinds of reinforcement that the teacher uses toward students’ English learning motivation and (2) how the teacher’s reinforcement impact toward students’ English learning motivation. The subject of this study consists of six students of XI IPA 2 MAN 1 Kolaka. They were recruited using cluster random sampling. The results of this study indicate that (1) the teacher and students interact well in the teaching and learning process with the existence of verbal and non-verbal reinforcement; (2) the teacher reinforcement in the form of giving additional points, responding with facial mimics, motivation and sentences of praises has a positive impact toward students’ English learning motivation. In conclusion, the kinds of reinforcement teachers use toward students’ English learning motivation are verbal reinforcement and non-verbal reinforcement and there are four ways teacher’s reinforcement impacts students’ English learning motivation, those are giving additional points, responding with facial mimics, giving sentences of praise and giving motivation.
The Use of Story Pyramid Strategy to Improve Reading Comprehension of the Students in SMP 2 Sungguminasa
Muh. Djakkir;
Syarifuddin Dollah;
Ahmad Talib
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 3, July (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This study is the pre-test and post-test that aimed to know the effect of using the story pyramid strategy to improve reading comprehension. The research design was pre-experimental. The population of this research was the Eighth-Grade students of SMPN 2 Sungguminasa, and the total population was 28 students. The sample of this research was class VIII. The research instrument was a reading test consisting of 15 items in the form of multiple choices. The technique of data analysis used a purposive sampling technique. Based on the results of the study, it is known that the posttest mean score (78.75) is greater than the pre-test means score (42.86). The result is that T-count (20.346) is greater than the t-table (2.064). This means that H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. It is concluded that there was an effect of using story pyramid strategy to improve reading comprehension of the students in SMP 2 Sungguminasa.
An Analysis of Speech Errors Made by Students at SMA Negeri 8 Makassar
Andi Nita Putri Sari;
Ahmad Talib;
Syarifah Faradiba
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 3, July (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This study aimed to know the types of speech errors made by students and the causes of speech errors. This research uses descriptive research with a qualitative approach and uses observation and interview instruments. The subjects in this study were students of class XI IPA 1 SMA Negeri 8 Makassar in the odd semester of the 2022/2023 academic year. Subjects were selected using the technique of purposive sampling to know the types of students' speech errors and the causes of the student’s speech errors. This research instrument is in the form of an observation and an interview. From the results of the data analysis, the researcher found several kinds of speech errors made by students when speaking and the causes of speech errors made by the students.
Students’ Perceptions on Translanguaging in English Teaching-Learning Process
Andi Nur Hafidzah Aliyah Qashas;
Nurdin Noni;
Chairil Anwar Korompot
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 3, July (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This study aims to determine students' perceptions of class 2020 of the English Education Study Program of Universitas Negeri Makassar about the use of translanguaging in the English teaching-learning process. The researcher used a mixed-method research design (quantitative-qualitative), using a questionnaire and interview to collect the data. The sample questionnaire is 165 participants taken by voluntary sampling technique and five participants for the interview taken by purposive sampling technique. The data analysis from the questionnaire revealed that the student had positive perceptions about the lecturer's use of translanguaging, as evidenced by a mean score of 36.41 and classified as positive because it helped them to have a better understanding and participated better and more efficiently in the lesson, and the student has moderate perceptions about their own translanguaging practices, as evidenced by a mean score of 17.27 and classified as moderate. The questionnaire result indicated that students have moderate to positive attitudes overall. The result of the interview showed that five students responded positively to the practice of translanguaging. Based on the interview result, the student perceived that when translanguaging occurred in the classroom, the English teaching-learning process was efficient because most students understood the material given better, participated actively, and were motivated to improve their English skills.
Students’ Perception of Implementation of Online Learning and Face-to-face Learning
Ulfa Kurnia Citra;
Baso Jabu;
Geminastiti Sakkir
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 3, July (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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The purpose of this study was to investigate how English education students perceived their English proficiency both during online and in-person learning. The study was carried out in the Department of Languages and Literature, with a focus on English education. Students in the class 2020 for English language instruction made up the population in this study. Interviews and documents served as the research's primary data sources. Based on the study's findings, the researcher concluded that face-to-face instruction is the best method for teaching students how to use their English more effectively.