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INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa
Core Subject : Education, Social,
The focus of INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa is to provide a platform for researchers, educators, and practitioners to share innovative research and practical insights within the realm of language teaching and literature. The journal particularly emphasizes studies that explore effective teaching methodologies, language acquisition, curriculum design, and the integration of technology in language education. In addition, it welcomes research on applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics, as they relate to language teaching practices. The scope of the journal also includes a focus on literary analysis, interpretation, and criticism, especially how literature can be incorporated into the classroom to foster critical thinking and cultural understanding. Specific topics of interest range from the teaching of literature in multicultural settings, literary pedagogy, and comparative literature to the role of literature in language development and intercultural competence. The journal seeks contributions that address contemporary challenges and propose creative solutions within these areas, aiming to bridge theory and practice in language education and literary studies.
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Exploring EFL Students’ Preferences in Extensive Reading Azkia, Irena Azka; Srisudarso, Mansyur; Sumarta, Sumarta
INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Pendidikan Muhammadiyah Sorong

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In the context of teaching language, a suitable teaching approach in the classroom affects teaching reading to language learners to be successful. The extensive reading can be used as an alternative approach to teach reading which provides many advantages for language learners specially to foster their reading skills. Many researchers have been conducted the extensive reading study, however, the majority of existing studies about the solution to teach language using extensive reading does not appear to be helpful to find students’ preference from the component of extensive reading. Therefore, this present qualitative study attempts to explore students’ preferences in the component of extensive reading. The findings present that the highest students' preference from the component of extensive reading is easy reading. Meanwhile, the smallest students’ preference from the component of extensive reading is about teacher orientation & guide. A future researcher is suggested to study extensive reading in other aspects besides exploring students' preference to increase the quality of next extensive reading implication to be better.
Using Communicative Games to Improve Students’ Speaking Skill at SMPN 2 LAMASI AD, Fibri Indira Lisanty; DM, Jumriani
INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Vol. 8 No. 1 (2021): INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa
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This research aims to determine the effectiveness of communicative games that can improve students’ speaking skills in class VIII at SMPN 2 Lamasi. The method that is applied in this research is a pre-experimental design. The population in this research is the seventh-grade students of SMPN 2 Lamasi, and the total sample is 15 students. The research uses a cluster random sampling technique in determining the sample. The instrument of this research is speaking. The results of this research indicated that after using the communicative games to improve students' speaking skills of SMPN 2 La masi increases. This shows that there are significant differences between student scores in pre-tests and post-test. The mean score of the students’ pre-test is 37.47 and 81.47 in the post-test. So, there is significant different between the result of pre-test and post-test after the treatment. Therefore, the researcher concludes that communicative games is effective in teaching speaking at eight grade of SMPN 2 Lamasi.
An Investigating Students’ Perception on Asynchronous Online Language Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Study Prasojo, Zakie Mahri; Srisudarso, Mansyur
INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa
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The aims of this study are to investigate the perceptions of two vocational high school students majoring Animation and Accounting about asynchronous online learning during pandemic and how they overcome the challenges faced. This study used qualitative exploratory research design by conducting observation, interview and documentation to get rich data of the subject under focus. Moreover, the researcher used thematic analysis to analyse the data collected by following six steps proposed by Braun et al. (2019). The findings showed that asynchronous online learning strategies seemed to not fit the participants. The students more preferred learning that is conducted synchronously which for some students is perceived as a burden as they have to deal with the problem of internet data. Other findings also indicated that students who still had problem with material given were likely to have discussion with other students as an effort to overcome one of the challenges faced.
A Pre-service English Teacher’s Emotional Experiences within Teaching Practicum during COVID-19 Pandemic Rahmawati, Egi; Miftakh, Fauzi; Al-Baekani, Abdul Kodir
INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa
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Research has revealed that pre-service teachers at the start of the practicum frequently experience excitement and nervousness, shock and embarrassment once they begin teaching, and guilt and regret somewhere at completion of the practicum (Zhu, 2017). Based on this problem, the study aims to explore the emotions of a male EFL pre-service teacher when undergoing English teaching practicum during COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesian academic settings and the strategies used to cope with such emotional challenges. The data were derived from interviews and diary entries and were then transcribed, arranged based on needs, and analyzed thematically using the “Emotional Geography” framework (Hargreaves, 2001a) which focusing on five emotional dimensions: physical, moral, socio-cultural, professional and political. Research findings indicate that during teaching practicum activities affected by COVID-19, the participant experienced such negative feelings such as nervousness, fear, anxiety, shock, confusion, clueless, stress, overwhelmed Ness, and powerless. However, the pre-service teacher also felt positive feelings such as compassion, happiness, relaxedness, calmness, gratitude and enjoyment after building close bonds with the community members. By this study, the researchers hope to provide broader insights and practical benefits for teachers and pre-service English teachers’ development in which they can take advantage of current research results to find out what feelings might be faced in implementing English teaching practicum and what strategies can be developed and implemented to overcome these emotional problems.
EFL Students’ Perception of Speaking Course through Debating Process during the Pandemic Lestari, Sri Ayu Indah; Ahmad, Yousef Bani; Sumarta, Sumarta
INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa
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Speaking is one of four crucial skills in English language learning. The pupils communicate and share their thoughts by language in their everyday life. They use language to make an order, to communicate with others, to express their emotions, thoughts and ideas. Speaking is one of the subjects in an English Education Department, the researcher inspired to evaluate whether the debating method increase the student’s speaking skill or not, especially during the outbreak of the corona virus. As the impact of this virus matter, education is one of some fields got impacted, so schools and universities are closed for more than a year. The new way of teaching learning could be a challenge for both students and instructors. Moreover, there is a need to know on how the students’ perception toward the teaching learning process via video conference, was it feel the same. However, this paper investigates the EFL students’ perception of speaking courses through the debating process during the pandemic. This study employing qualitative narrative inquiry. The data gathered from some the experiences of three Indonesian EFL students in university. The author was done collected the data conducted a semi-structured interview using a call through messages application. The study found that the participants’ perceptions toward speaking course conducted via video conference encourage their critical thinking, their team-work, students’ social skill and their interest towards the subject. It seems that the debate technique is impacted the students positively by promoting their critical thinking, social skill, team work and students’ satisfaction towards the subject.
Exploring EFL Students’ Reading Engagement in KWL Strategy Damaranti, Anisyafa Firda Dwi; Saefullah, Hilmansyah; Ridwan, Iwan
INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa
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This research attempted to explore how the KWL strategy facilitates EFL students' reading engagement. The participants of this research were three students of an Islamic Senior High School. Using a case study design, the researcher describes EFL students' reading engagement by observing and engaging them in in-depth interviews. For gaining the data, the researchers used semi-structured interviews and the students' artefacts of the KWL tables. The interview session was conducted through WhatsApp audio-recording as a preferred interview media by the participants. The result of the research found that the KWL strategy gives positive engagement and self-assessment to EFL students with several stages. Other researchers are suggested to conduct further research on similar topics related to reading engagement in EFL students. Several research possibilities will expand this research. First, future researchers can complete this study by looking at the students' needs in the classroom. The results of this study revealed that students have difficulty with vocabulary.
Pre-service English Teacher Experience of Using Video-based Descriptive Text Writing During Teaching Practicum: A Narrative Analysis Faisal, Danang Muhammad; Miftkah, Fauzi
INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa
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This research aims to find pre-service teacher experience of implementing Video-based Descriptive text during teaching practicum. One insider participant was involved in this research to find his view and perception about the use of video. To process data from participants in the form of self-reflective journals, qualitative methods and thematic analysis are used. This study also presented several other findings, such as emotional and technical problems, social experience, and pedagogical experience. According to this study, when using video-based to teach descriptive writing, participants must put in extra effort, such as making the video interactive and engaging enough for students to watch. Furthermore, the use of video-based has been shown to provide participants with flexibility. One disadvantage of this method is that the teaching process in this way is quite ineffective.
EFL Students’ Strategy in Reading English Text in Perspective Automatic Information Processing (AIP) Fatmawati, Resyi; Ahmad, Yousef Bani; Sumarta, Sumarta
INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa
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Currently, students are asked to be able to understand literacy in reading. However, to understand literacy, of course, it has to go through the right strategy especially to beginner reader students. The purpose of this study is to determine the strategy of students in reading English text through perspective from automatic information processing (AIP) in reading. The method for this study used interviews and observations of one participant conducted in the second-level high school. This study also uses descriptive case study as research design. This study shows 5 things that should be reviewed in reading English text, namely attention, decoding, comprehension, switching in reading and automaticity. However, the five things found in this study are still rarely noticed. Therefore, this study also aims to allow educators and students to know what steps to do as a strategy to be able to read and understand the text of reading in English especially for beginner reader.
Gender Representation in The English Textbook for Grade Ninth in Indonesia 'Aini, Wafda; Yanto, Elih Sutisna; Fitriyana, Wahyudin
INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa
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This study aims to examine how different genders are represented in Indonesia's grade eight English textbooks. The primary goal of this research is to ascertain the various gender representations and how language and images are used in the English textbook "Think Globally Act Locally." The study employs Fairclough's (1989) Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) frameworks, specifically the description, interpretation, and explanation. Analyses are divided into five categories: Authors' genders, character genders, issues centered on men or women pictures and visibility, and linguistic traits. Additionally, the images have been subjected to a critical image analysis using the Critical Image Analysis program. The investigation's findings reveal that gender prejudice or stereotypes persist in the English textbooks used in Indonesian schools, despite the government's efforts to promote equality and fairness in education through the country's educational policy. Lastly, the study offers some pedagogical implications and recommendations for resolving gender inequality in the educational materials used in English classrooms.
Students’ Perception on Learning Vocabulary through WhatsApp Group Media During Covid-19 Pandemic Yuskandini, Tyas Aina; Wahyuna, Yuna Tresna; Sumarta, Sumarta
INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa
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Social networking apps have emerged as potentially useful new tools for improving second language vocabulary acquisition. The current research compares the growth of academic vocabulary knowledge in English. The purpose of this study is to compare the perspectives or views of the Department of English Education at Singaperbangsa Karawang University (UNSIKA). Online learning conducted during the Covid-19 Pandemic students using WhatsApp group media to traditional vocabulary instruction methods. The qualitative research method used in this study is a descriptive design with an explanation of the form of narrative related to the views of students in online learning during the pandemic. Data was collected through interviews specially semi structure interview based on interview guideline and data analysis by involving three students in the online learning process. The findings provide information about the learning process as well as the advantages and disadvantages of WhatsApp media. The interview results show that students in general have a positive attitude toward learning vocabulary through WhatsApp group media. However, technological limitations, unfamiliar presentation, and learning activities may prevent students from participating in a WhatsApp media lesson.