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Journal of English as a Foreign Language Teaching and Research (JEFLTR)
ISSN : 27764184     EISSN : 27764524     DOI : https://doi.org/10.31098/jefltr.v2i2
Core Subject : Education,
The scope mainly focuses on but not limited to: English language, theoretical, descriptive and applied English linguistics, language learning and teaching, structure and development of English across the globe, comparative linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, anthropological linguistics, computational linguistics, discourse analysis, English language for specific purposes, translation, English Language Teaching, Linguistics and Literature. It provides teachers, linguists, and other relevant researchers throughout the world with the opportunity for the exchange and dissemination of theoretical and practice-oriented papers dealing with advances in English Teaching, Linguistics and Literature.
Articles 64 Documents
The Influence of English Ability and Educational Methods on the Military Vehicles Operationalization for Cadets in the Army and Military Academy at Cavalry Educational Center, Padalarang, Indonesia Rishanti, Fauziyah Aulia
Journal of English as A Foreign Language Teaching and Research Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): September Volume
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (1211.897 KB) | DOI: 10.31098/jefltr.v1i2.689

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English skills are needed in the military field which always faces dynamic conditions. This research was intended to determine the relationship between English ability and educational methods used by military cadets at the Pusat Pendidikan Kavaleri on their ability to operate military vehicles. The method used is a quantitative method with population were all Army Secapa cadets and the Indonesian Army Military Academy who were currently studying at the Cavalry Education Center (Pusdik Kav) in Padalarang, West Java Province, Indonesia. Data collection technique used was observational technique, which was to examine directly by using a questionnaire and interview. The result of this research is that there is a significant relationship between the English Ability and the Educational method on military vehicles operationalization. In other words, if the English Ability and the Educational method is increased, the military vehicles operationalization for the Indonesian Army will be greater. In addition, the findings of this research are useful for military cadets and institution itself.
Intercultural Communication in the Perspective of Gender Aridah, Aridah
Journal of English as A Foreign Language Teaching and Research Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): September Volume
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Intercultural communication is usually viewed as the communication which takes place between two or more people from different cultural backgrounds. These different cultural backgrounds are commonly understood as different languages and nationalities. However, intercultural communication is not limited to these backgrounds. It can also be viewed as communication across gender. This article aims to provide a conceptual study which reviews some ideas regarding intercultural communication in the view of gender. It discusses the ideas proposed by some scholars in communications concerning how men and women communicate differently because they are considered members of different cultures, that is, the culture of men and the culture of women. The discussion focuses on the differences between men and women in terms of communication styles, communication attitudes, and linguistic strategies. Some potential misunderstandings which occur between men and women are also presented as a result of those differences.
Teachers, Parents and Educationalists' Perceptions towards Introducing English at Early Stage in Libyan Schools: An Explanatory Study Mohammed Ramadan
Journal of English as A Foreign Language Teaching and Research Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022): March Volume
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This study has sought to explore the teachers, parents, and educationalists' understudy perceptions towards the introduction of English language at an early stage in Libyan schools and their possible reasons for supporting/opposing this idea. For this purpose the study employed a quantitative research design with a close- ended questionnaire in order to obtain the essential data for the study. Data was then analyzed manually and the main findings indicated that the study's participants generally agree with the idea of introducing English at an early stage because they believe that teaching English at such stage can a) make pupils very proficient in English, b) develop pupils' cognitive abilities, c) lead pupils to a better academic performance in their education; d) increase pupils motivation for learning in the future. On the other hand, those who opposed introducing English did so because they thought it may a) negatively influence the pupils’ acquisition of their mother language, Arabic; b) increase the burden on pupils; c) invade pupils’ native culture. Keywords: perception, early stage, introducing English, Libyan schools
Language Learning Strategies, Gender, and Motivation in Foreign Language Context Yuniah Budiarti
Journal of English as A Foreign Language Teaching and Research Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022): March Volume
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How the students deal with their learning strategies has been investigated in the last few decades. The main points in this article focused on the profile of learning strategies used by the students of SMA N 16 Samarinda in the academic year 2020/ 2021 from the tenth to twelfth grade in learning English as a foreign language, gender, and motivation types. This study is quantitative research. The data was taken from two main questionnaires: SILL and motivation questionnaire. In analyzing the data, SPSS version 26 was used in this study. The number of participants was 99 students that consisting of 41 males and 58 females. The finding in this study found that the participants mostly used metacognitive strategies in their language learning and cognitive strategies were the least used. There was no significant difference between LLS usage with gender. Students’ intrinsic and intrinsic motivation play a significant role in their interest in learning English as a foreign language.
Implementing Self-created Media in Online Teaching by English Pre-service Teacher of English Language Education at Mulawarman University Widia Anggraeny Suharno
Journal of English as A Foreign Language Teaching and Research Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022): March Volume
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English pre-service teachers at Mulawarman University had to implement instructional media in online teaching practice. As a result, the researcher was keen on researching the pre-service teacher's experience, difficulties, and the way the-preservice teacher overcame the difficulties in implementing self-created media in online teaching practice. The purposes of this study were (1) To explore the way English pre-service teacher implemented self-created media in online teaching practice; (2) To know difficulties faced by English pre-service teacher in online teaching practice; (3) To examine the way English pre-service teacher overcame the difficulties in online teaching practice. The design of the study was a qualitative research approach. The research participant was the seventh semester of English pre-service teacher at Mulawarman University. In collecting data, the researcher used interview, document, and observation. In analyzing the data, the researcher used Miles, Huberman, & Saldaña’s flow model of analysis that consists of data collection, data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. This study showed that the pre-service teacher had to design the lesson plan, design the instructional video, use Google Meet as the platform for synchronous meeting, and implement the lesson plan in online teaching, which included pre-teaching, whilst-teaching, and post-teaching. The difficulties were related to a technical problem and a pedagogical problem. To overcome the difficulties, the pre-service teacher summarized the material during the online meeting and gave it to the students who could not join the class.
Collaborative Learning for Enhancing Student Academic Achievement in Online Grammar Class: an Experimental Study Setya Ariani; Nita Maya Valiantien
Journal of English as A Foreign Language Teaching and Research Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022): March Volume
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Collaborative learning is an activity to work in small groups or teams that allows students to develop mutual cooperation in learning. This study aims to highlight the effectiveness of collaborative learning in improving student academic achievement. It was carried out with a quantitative method and the pretest-posttest experimental design was applied. There were sixty students participated in this study. To assess students’ achievement, online grammar pretest and posttest were distributed. In addition, collaborative learning questionnaire was administered to elicit students’ responses towards collaborative learning. Based on paired-samples t test result, it was found that the pretest and posttest mean scores were significantly different (t(59) = -5.977, p < .05).  This indicated that there was a higher mean score of posttest after the implementation of collaborative activities. Most students responded that collaborative learning activities improved academic performance and team work helped them to receive input from their peers as well as provide better result in completing the tasks than working individually.  It is recommended that various collaborative activities should be designed to motivate university students in learning grammar.
Modernism and Postmodernism Concepts in Education: Its Impact on EFL Students’ Autonomy and Implication for EFL Teachers Vahid Norouzi Larsari; Radka Wildová
Journal of English as A Foreign Language Teaching and Research Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022): March Volume
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Promoting learner autonomy is considered as a vital concern to EFL learners, so far much attempt, and related to develop learner autonomy in various concepts. The present study aimed at examining the effect of Postmodernism and Modernism concepts on EFL learners. This study carried out in the course of study at high school in Iran. Accordingly, 60 learners, between 16 and 17 years old, randomly chosen from a larger participants of 80 EFL learners with respect to their achievement on Oxford Placement Test (OPT), attending high school in Iran. The selected participants has been assigned into two groups (i.e., postmodernism and modernism concepts, respectively). Each group involved 30 participants. Control group (n=30) usual teaching through modernism concepts, whereas experimental group (n=30) is exposed to postmodernism concepts. Over the course of this present study, the data was gathered through a pre-test, and post-test of learner autonomy questionnaire. The t-test statistical procedure utilized to the research question. The findings of the result showed that postmodernism concepts significantly performed better than the modernism concepts group in the learner autonomy. The results of this study showed that all those who are engaged in language teaching and learning can process to possess a better perspective into developing efficient instructions.
Teaching Activities in An EFL Class for Refugees at Immigration Detention Center In Balikpapan-Indonesia Rorenta Tobing
Journal of English as A Foreign Language Teaching and Research Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): September Volume
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This research was designed to study teaching activities for speaking in an EFL refugee class at Immigration Detention Center in Balikpapan. The purpose of this study was to investigate the speaking activities that the teacher conducted, as well as how the teacher worked those activities and the challenges that appeared when the teacher performed teaching activities for teaching speaking. The research was done in Immigration Detention Centre, Lamaru, Balikpapan, in December 2019. The research sample in this study was one teacher of an EFL class of refugees in IDC Balikpapan. The study was based on qualitative case study research. Data were collected by using two instruments, classroom observation, and interview. The result indicated that various activities were conducted by the English teacher for teaching speaking in this class. It showed that the teacher taught ten exercises: discussion, roleplay, brainstorming, storytelling, interview, picture describing, game, presentation, field trip, and cooking activity. The teacher used the real-life situation as the topics for speaking activities in EFL class, applied pair or group learning, motivated the learners, used students centered method to encourage learners to be free to talk, and made only principal corrections when the learners were doing speaking activities. The challenges that the teacher faced while applying speaking activities in this EFL class learning process include language barriers, different educational backgrounds and life experiences, the psychological condition of the learners, and uncomfortable classroom situations. A professional teacher's certificate and training must be needed for teaching EFL refugee classes. So, it is necessary to create a particular course or class for learning to teach EFL classes for refugees in the English Education programs. EFL teacher of refugees is not only teaching language. The teacher is a facilitator, a guide, and a motivator to the EFL learners.
Evaluating of EFL Online Learning on Islamic Higher Education During Pandemic Era Muhammad Nafi Annury; Adrovvy Jonathan; Musthofa Musthofa
Journal of English as A Foreign Language Teaching and Research Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022): March Volume
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The outbreak of Covid-19 brings a new paradigm of conducting the teaching-learning process literally. There is a shifting learning activity from traditional into the recent one. Online learning becomes common sense while doing all the activities supporting the learning process. This recent case study aimed to explore the EFL adult learners’ perceptions and experiences while in online learning classes during the pandemic era. This recent qualitative case study examined the perceptions and experiences of EFL adult learners during their two-year participation in online classes. This qualitative case study was based on Maslow’s theoretical framework. There were a hundred students of EFL at UIN Walisongo Semarang as the participants of this study. They were asked to respond to their perceptions and experiences while conducting online learning via Google form. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data, and template analysis was used to document the students' experiences taking part in the research. The researchers employed SPSS 21 to analyze the data taken from the questionnaire. It shows that 6% of participants disagreed with implementing online learning. On the other hand, 10.5% of participants strongly agreed with online learning conducted during the pandemic era. At last, there were 34.3% who responded that they neither agreed nor disagreed in online learning classes.
Perception in Krashen's Monitor Utilization and the Learners' English-Speaking Performance Lovely Jean C. Caratiquit; Kevin D. Caratiquit; Mark John M. Tamanu
Journal of English as A Foreign Language Teaching and Research Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): September Volume
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Speaking of oral communication has frequently been labeled unfavorable to people because it requires confidence and courage. Thus, it appears to be one of the most challenging learning skills, requiring practice and exposure. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between Senior High School learners' level of performance in spoken discourse and their dominant monitor performance. The study employed a descriptive-correlational research design with 156 respondents selected through stratified random sampling. Recognizing and understanding Senior High School students' monitor performance was expected to motivate teachers to address the root cause of the problem, resulting in more proficient and communicative second language use. The findings disclosed that monitoring performance is crucial in determining the level of performance of learners in spoken discourse. A firm grasp of the English language, including its grammar and vocabulary components, effective discourse management, pronunciation, and interactive communication, are critical components in developing learners' speaking abilities. Additionally, this study revealed that those enrolled in the academic track are proficient at communicating, which explains why most are labeled optimal monitor users. In this regard, they use their information appropriately to strike a balance between self-correction and fluency, ensuring that error repair does not become a barrier to communication. Future recommendations were also discussed in this paper.