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ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching
ISSN : 23033037     EISSN : 25032291     DOI : -
ELT Worldwide is a Journal of English Language Teaching published by the English Language Education Graduate Program of the State University of Makassar, Indonesia. This journal publishes research articles of English Language Education practices around the world. The editors welcome experts and researchers of ELT from all over the world to share their inventions here for free.
Articles 300 Documents
Correlation of Students’ Vocabulary Mastery and Reading Comprehension at the Second grade of SMP Negeri 1 Kolaka bimas reskiawan; hariadi syam
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 6, No 1 (2019)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (908.689 KB) | DOI: 10.26858/eltww.v6i1.10471

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The aim of this research was to find out the correlation between the students’ vocabulary mastery and the students’ reading comprehension at the second Grade of SMPN 1Kolaka. The population of this research was all the second grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Kolaka which consist of 206 students. The sample of this research is 26 students, it is class VIII B. The instruments in this research were two kinds of test, they were vocabulary test and reading comprehension test, each test consisted of 20 multiple choice. All the data gained in this research was analyzed by using the formulation of Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. According to the result of the analysis and statistical calculate, it found that rxy was 0.705 and rt was 0.404 with the degree of freedom (df=N-nr) was 24. By comparing the values of rxy and rt, the result was rxy was bigger than rt, in other words rcount was higher than r table. It means that there was correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension and coefficient correlation was high, in this case the alternative hypothesis is accepted.Based on the finding from this research, it could be concluded that vocabulary mastery helps the students to comprehend the text. To solve the problem in comprehending the text in which students should have sufficient vocabulary that can help them in doing their in reading test.
Investigating EFL Students’ Perception of English Vocabulary Acquisition Through Online Gaming Lusy Angraeni; Chuzaimah Chuzaimah; Fadli Nasir
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 6, No 2 (2019)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (893.802 KB) | DOI: 10.26858/eltww.v6i2.13328

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This study focuses on university students’ opinion about secondary vocabulary acquisition through an online game. This study employs a descriptive quantitative method using questionnaire to gather the data. The whole population in this study was the fourth semester students of Akadami Bahasa Asing UMI. The samples were students who frequently play online game specifically Player Unknown’s Battleground (pubg), from class C1 until C4. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling technique. This research was conducted by distributing questionnaires to students who were respondents, after which they were input and analyzed through the SPSS program. The findings revealed that based on the 12 items that were given, the most chosen by students was item 2 and 8, students who understood the meaning of new vocabularies when playing games and students who made a new vocabulary list and wrote the translation in Indonesian were the opinions most chosen by students with an occasional scale of 60%.
Graduate Students’ Perceptions on their Self-Efficacy in Writing Academic Papers kristian florensio wijaya; Concilianus Laos Mbato
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7, No 1 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26858/eltww.v7i1.13010

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ABSTRACTIt is notable to note here that self-efficacy needs to be ingrained strongly within graduate students to show a higher enthusiasm, efforts, and persistence in accomplishing various demanding academic writing projects. Tangibly, there are still many graduate students who lack motivation and confidence when doing academic writings. As a result, their attitudes toward writing turn into negative actions crippling their self-efficacy. This study aimed to investigate graduate students’ perceived self-efficacy in academic writings. One research problem was formulated in this study namely, how do English Education Master Students maintain their self-efficacy to accomplish their academic writings? This study employed a mixed-method harnessing classroom survey and interview questions to gather data from English Education Master Students engaging in academic writings, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta. Findings from this study revealed that graduate students are able to produce more qualified academic writing products when they are motivated continuously by their lecturer. Keywords: self-efficacy, perceptions, academic writings, graduate students, mixed method       
Describing Pictures in Improving the Students’ Ability in Writing Hariadi Syam; Rais Abin
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 6, No 1 (2019)
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This Research was designed to improve the students’ ability in writing by Describing pictures.The problem of the research was “can describing pictures improve students’ ability in writing?”.  There were many kinds of strategies that could be used in teaching writing, but in this research, the researcher applied only describing pictures, and writing activities focusing on the kinds of activities. The design of this research was Collaborative Classroom Action Research (CAR). Based on the analytical scoring rubric showed that from 63 in the first cycle and got increased to 73 in the second cycle. In the first cycle there were 13 Students of 30 students could reach the minimum score or only 43 % students were success. While in the last cycle there were 27 Students of 30 students could reach even greater that the minimum score or 90% students were success.Based on the conclusion of this research the researcher suggests some points. Firstly, describing pictures could be employed to improve the students’ ability in writing. Secondly, it was suggested that the English teacher could apply describing pictures as one of the alternative techniques that could be used in the teaching of English to all skills especially writing.
A Study on the Correlation between Motivation and Students’ Speaking Performance at an Indonesian Vocational High school Context Ratnawati Ratnawati; Sumirna Sumirna; Hikma Nurul Isma
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 6, No 2 (2019)
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This study aims to find out vocational high school students’ speaking performance in correlation with their motivation to learning English. This study employs a quantitative research method using questionnaire to gather the data. The whole population in this study was the first grade of SMK Negeri 6 Makassar which consists of three classes numbering 86 students. The samples were students from class b which consists of 25 students. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling technique. This study was conducted by distributing questionnaires to students who were respondents and test, after which they were input and analyzed through the SPSS program. The findings revealed that the correlation between motivation and speaking performance for vocational high school students indicated that it was strong enough or categorized as medium correlation. Furthermore, the findings showed that the motivated students usually feel more comfortable in their learning providing the students to speak up confidently wherever they are even although English is considered as a foreign language.
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ANXIETY IN SPEAKING ENGLISH AT MAN I KOLAKA Rohima Nur Aziza Al Hakim; Hariadi Syam
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 6, No 2 (2019)
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ABSTRACTThis research was aimed to investigate; (1) the factors of students’ anxiety in speaking English; and (2) the strategies used by the students in overcoming their anxiety in speaking English at the first grade of MAN I Kolaka. This research used a mix method namely quantitative and qualitative. In conducting the research, the researcher collected the data by using questionnaire and interview. The participant of this research were 30 students of class X IPA 1. The result of this research showed that the factors of students’ anxiety in speaking English of MAN 1 Kolaka were communicative apprehension, with mean value (3,82) test anxiety with mean value (3,4) fear of negative evaluation with mean value ( 3,67). The result of interviewed showed that there were five strategies that students used to overcome their anxiety in speaking English such as: preparation, relaxation, positive thinking, peer seeking and resignation.
The Teachers' Pedagogic Competence in Teaching English through Online and Offline Setting Nur Fadila Faidal; Rafi'ah - Nur; Suriani Suriani
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7, No 1 (2020)
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Nowadays, a new trend in the teaching and learning process emerges along with the development of technology. This study aims at exploring the pedagogical competence of English teachers at SMPN 8 Satap Maiwa. It also aims at finding out the students' perceptions of their teachers' pedagogical competence. There were three kinds of instruments in this study. They were observation, interview, and a questionnaire. Based on the interviews, the results showed that the teachers enjoyed teaching in the classroom, and they were interested in conducting online instruction even sometimes found problems in doing the process. Based on the questionnaire, the researcher found students perceived their teachers as quite good instructors in the classroom. Finally, the researchers suggested to the teachers that they should always intend to improve their competence by applying some new methods to make students better understand the materials.
Students’ Speaking Problem at the Fourth Semester of English Study Program in Sembilanbelas November Kolaka Andas, Netty Huzniati
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7, No 1 (2020)
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ABSTRACTThe objectives of this research were to find out the students’ speaking problemsat the fourth semester of English Study Program in Sembilanbelas November University and factors affecting them. This research employed case study with qualitative approach. There were 26 participants at class A of the fourth semester in English Study Program. Those participants were selected through purposive sampling technique. To gain the data interview, observation sheet, and students’ transcript report were used. The result showed that there were four problems that were experienced  by students at the class A fourth semester first was inhibition, when speaking the students tend to be worried about making mistake, getting criticism from others, and shyness. The second was lack of ideas; the students tend to be silent participants in speaking due to lack of vocabulary and grammar. The third was low or uneven participation in speaking. Here, only few students participate the speaking activities while other remaining silent. And the last was students got difficulty to speak because of the influencing of mother-tongue use. There were two factors affecting the students’ speaking ability such as internal and external factors.  The internal factors here the students have low motivation in speaking while the external factors were the students’ condition in the classroom  
Investigating Anxiety in an Indonesian EFL Speaking Classroom RAIS ABIN; Hariadi Syam
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 6, No 2 (2019)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (799.042 KB) | DOI: 10.26858/eltww.v6i2.10467

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Abstract.  This research aimed to explore the kinds of anxiety experienced by the students in learning speaking, and to examine the causes of the anxiety in learning speaking. This research employed descriptive qualitative method. The subjects of this research were 36 students consisting 19 females and 17 males selected to be research participants through conveniently selected sampling. The data of this research were collected by online questionnaire, and interview. The obtained data were analyzed in three major phases namely data reduction, data display, and conclusion. The result of the research revealed three kinds of anxiety experienced by the students in learning speaking namely trait anxiety, situational-specific anxiety, and state anxiety. Furthermore, the causes of speaking anxiety were communication apprehension, test anxiety, and fear of negative evaluation.
The Effect of Total Physical Response Technique Toward the Students’ Speaking Ability at the First Grade Students’ of SMA Negeri 2 Kolaka Lina Anisah
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 6, No 2 (2019)
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The research presents about the effect of total physical response technique toward the students’ speaking ability at the first grade  of SMA Negeri 2 Kolaka. It  was  based  on  the  research  question”  Is  there  any  effect  of  total  physical response technique toward the students’ speaking ability at the first grade students at SMA Negeri 2 Kolaka?’. The objective of this research was find out the data and information whether there is an effect of total physical response technique toward the students’ speaking ability at the first grade of SMA Negeri 2 Kolaka. The design of this research was pre-experimental design which one group pretest and posttest design. The subject of this research was class X3  of SMA Negeri 2 Kolaka consisted 22 students based on purposive sampling. The research consist of   two variable, they are independent variable and dependent variable. The independent variable was Total Physical Response while the dependent variable was the students’ speaking ability. The instrument of the research was oral test which is recommended by Ur (1996). The data were analyzed by using inferential and descriptive statistic. The inferential statistic was used to examine the hypothesis, while the descriptive statistics was used to describe the students’ characteristics score such as mean score,  frequency,  minimun  and  maximun  score  in  both  pretest  and  posttest session. Based on findings in this research, it can be confirmed that the students’ mean score of post-test (3,9) is higher than pre-test (2,25). Standar deviation of post-test (0,541 ) was smaller than the the standard deviation of pre-test (0,668), and the value of tcount (11,2) was bigger than ttable  (2,080) at the significant level 0,05 and degree of freedom = 21, it means that H0  was rejected and H1  was accepted. It can be concluded that there is an effect of total physical response technique toward the students’ speaking ability at the first grade of SMA Negeri 2 Kolaka.

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