English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language, and Education
English Teaching Journal: A Journal of English Literature, Language, and Education (ETJ) is published by Universitas PGRI Madiun and organized by the Department of English Teaching, the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education.
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<![CDATA[What rain today?": low students’ questioning skills and The premature use of grammar ]]>
<![CDATA[Isnawati, Uzlifatul Masruroh]]>;
<![CDATA[Rahayu, Nanik Sri]]>
<![CDATA[ English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education Vol 12, No 1 (2024) ]]>
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DOI: 10.25273/etj.v12i1.20714
<![CDATA[This study aims at highlighting students’ ability in formulating questions words in English. This study is intended to make sure that students are able to express question words which enable them to communicate well in English. Therefore, a set of questions were administered and analyzed to identify the student’s ability in developing question words. The study employed 40 student’s English department at the 3rd semester at the odd semester 2022 in Universitas Islam Lamongan. Meanwhile, there were 5 categories of questions asked to the students involving auxiliary verb or yes/no questions. The results showed there were 14 and 11 students answering correctly for auxiliary ‘do’ there were 5 and 6 students correctly answered for question words using auxiliary ‘does. Additionally, there were no correct answer regarding the question using the verb’ rain’. The premature use of grammar and the insufficient knowledge on students’ literacy on the use of question words are identified as the major cause of the students’ difficulty in formulating good questions respectively. Further, there is also the effect of first language interference as well as the insufficient cognitive aspect on related vocabulary use. ]]>
<![CDATA[Learning Strategies in Grammar Class by EFL Successful Students at a Pesantren-Based University ]]>
<![CDATA[Nuraini, Eka Indah]]>;
<![CDATA[Dipta, Dinar]]>;
<![CDATA[Virgiyanti, Diska Fatima]]>;
<![CDATA[Fachriza, Aries]]>;
<![CDATA[Aniesa, Aniesa]]>
<![CDATA[ English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education Vol 11, No 2 (2023) ]]>
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DOI: 10.25273/etj.v11i2.18174
<![CDATA[Along with the widespread discussion about student-centered learning, learning strategies are believed to be tools in helping students master their target language and grasp information properly. However, most students have no idea dealing with the learning strategies they have implemented. Therefore, this study aimed at discovering the practice of learning strategies in English grammar class by five successful students of the English Department at a Pesantren-based university. A qualitative case study was utilized in this investigation. The data were acquired from five successful students in their first years in learning English Grammar by collecting questionnaires and conducting in-depth interviews. In analyzing the data, the researchers used four techniques, namely data reduction, data display, generating conclusions, and verification. From the findings, successful students practiced almost all Oxford’s strategies. It meant that successful students practiced various strategies to catch up with their learning goals. In addition, the most commonly adopted strategy by the successful students was metacognitive.]]>
<![CDATA[Students' Perception on The Use of Pear Deck on English Learning ]]>
<![CDATA[Qiamulail, Nisa Qonita]]>;
<![CDATA[Sujannah, Wahyu Diny]]>
<![CDATA[ English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education Vol 12, No 1 (2024) ]]>
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DOI: 10.25273/etj.v12i1.19844
<![CDATA[Teachers need to encourage passive students to be more active during the teaching and learning process. One of the platforms that can be used to address this issue is Pear Deck due to its anonymous feature. This survey research was conducted to examine students' perceptions on the use of Pear Deck to learn English. The participants were 41 third-grade students in one of the junior high schools in Malang who had used Pear Deck in English learning in the class. The data were collected through a five-point Likert scale questionnaire. The findings revealed that the students perceived Pear Deck to be easily operated and beneficial to facilitate their English learning. Additionally, this platform also made them enjoy the process of learning English in the class, so they wanted to use it again for further learning. Therefore, it is recommended that English teachers start using Pear Deck as the teaching platform and optimize the use of Pear Deck’s interactive slides to attract students' interest in learning English. Moreover, it is also suggested that future researchers examine teachers' perceptions on the use of Pear Deck as an interactive learning tool in teaching English]]>
<![CDATA[BTS Fan’s Register in BTS Official Instagram Account ]]>
<![CDATA[Yustisiana, Rr. Arielia]]>;
<![CDATA[Cahyanti, Elok Purnama]]>
<![CDATA[ English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education Vol 11, No 2 (2023) ]]>
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DOI: 10.25273/etj.v11i2.18133
<![CDATA[BTS stands for Bangtan Boys which is Bangtan Sonyeondan in Korean. It is a famous Korean boyband. Because of their worldwide fame, they have many fans from all around the world. With their different languages, the fans as known as ARMY accidentally produced register. There were certain words and phrases produced when they wrote comments in the comment section of BTS’ official Instagram account. BTS became one of the most popular boy groups in the world. Their Instagram account was followed by 69.8 million people in the world so that there are many registers were created through the comment section and it became interesting. The research aimed to find out the types of registers, linguistic forms of registers, and meaning of registers used by BTS fans on BTS's official Instagram account. The qualitative descriptive research method is used because it was appropriate to describe the register phenomenon with a common meaning and particular meaning. The finding showed that the register is divided into six types including BTS' Agency, BTS’ Nickname, BTS’ Show, BTS’ Song, BTS’ Tagline, and K-Pop Nickname. The most dominant type of register is BTS’ Nickname because their fans created many nicknames for BTS’ members. The type that is not frequently found is BTS’ Agency because BTS only works in two agencies. The dominant linguistic form found in the research was compounding because the unique culture of BTS makes BTS fans use various terms in compounding form. On the contrary, the verb is rarely found because verbs are only used to create taglines. Depending on the context, BTS fan registers have different meanings.]]>
<![CDATA[The effect of educational games on students’ speaking skills ]]>
<![CDATA[Mareta, Selly]]>;
<![CDATA[Arifin, Samsul]]>;
<![CDATA[Sari, Dwi Rosita]]>
<![CDATA[ English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education Vol 12, No 1 (2024) ]]>
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DOI: 10.25273/etj.v12i1.20773
<![CDATA[Speaking skills are essential for students in junior high school as they learn English as a second language. The ability to speak in English not only improves academic performance but also prepares students for future academic and professional endeavors. A supportive and deep learning environment and innovative teaching methodologies can help students overcome these obstacles and build confidence in their English ability over time, like an educational game. This research aims to determine the effect of student speaking skills in educational games such as guessing games. This research was conducted in one of the state junior high schools in Madiun. Two classes, namely control and experiment, consisting of 25 students, are compared. The control class is taught using an educational method, and the experimental class uses educational games called guessing games. The researcher used a random sampling technique and quantitative research to analyze the data with the t-test. The result of this research is that educational games' guessing games affect students who are taught with guessing games; the students who are taught with guessing games have a better score than those taught with conventional technique. The teacher should make an innovative learning process with guessing games to increase student speaking skills.]]>
<![CDATA[Teachers’ Challenges in Conducting Online Teaching ]]>
<![CDATA[Virgiyanti, Diska Fatima]]>;
<![CDATA[Nuraini, Eka Indah]]>;
<![CDATA[Fachriza, Aries]]>;
<![CDATA[Dipta, Dinar]]>;
<![CDATA['Aina Parahida, Tsaltsa Nakita]]>
<![CDATA[ English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education Vol 11, No 2 (2023) ]]>
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DOI: 10.25273/etj.v11i2.18126
<![CDATA[The spread of COVID-19 pandemic impacted to many factors, one of them is the education sector. For about 2 years, teaching and learning in all levels was done using an online system. As a result, school parties implemented new rules to support the education system during a pandemic. After Covid-19 is over, it appears that in the digital age, online learning has merged with other teaching and learning activities. This study sought to identify and characterize the difficulties teachers had when delivering online instruction and the methods they used to overcome those difficulties. For collecting the data, the researcher applied questionnaires and interviews as the research instruments. Then, the questionnaire's findings showed that teachers experienced difficulties in teaching online, including the use of technology, facilities, students’ motivation, and others.]]>
<![CDATA[Exploring Pronunciation Errors Produced by Indonesian Hospital Administration Students in Ordering Hospital Supplies ]]>
<![CDATA[Ulinuha, Atik]]>;
<![CDATA[Hidayati, Yeni Nurmala]]>;
<![CDATA[Susilowati, Palupi]]>
<![CDATA[ English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education Vol 12, No 1 (2024) ]]>
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DOI: 10.25273/etj.v12i1.19969
<![CDATA[For hospital administration, clear and accurate communication is essential, especially when ordering hospital supplies. Pronunciation errors committed by hospital administration students can cause misunderstandings that have far-reaching harmful effects. By examining students’ pronunciation errors, the qualitative study was presented in this study. Data were collected from video conversations in ordering medical supplies in hospital settings, analyzed for errors, and written in the phonetic transcription. According to the findings, respondents made errors in substitution (87%), omission (10%), and insertion (3%). Meanwhile, 47% of the errors were caused by discrepancies in the sound systems between L1 and L2, 37% by mother tongue interference, and 16% by inconsistent vowel usage. This study should be helpful to the hospital administration students to make them aware of the significance of proper pronunciation.]]>
<![CDATA[Does the EFL Textbook for Islamic Senior High School Reflect Islamic Values? A Critical Discourse Analysis ]]>
<![CDATA[Basya, Dihliza]]>;
<![CDATA[Afandi, Ahmad Fauzi]]>;
<![CDATA[Hosim, Mohamad]]>
<![CDATA[ English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education Vol 11, No 2 (2023) ]]>
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DOI: 10.25273/etj.v11i2.18209
<![CDATA[In Indonesia, the government endorses EFL textbooks for schools, including Islamic Senior High Schools. However, as there is no specific textbook provided that aligns with the religious values needed in these schools, there is potential for a mismatch between the English material taught and the intended educational goals for Islamic Senior High Schools. For this reason, the present critical discourse study aims to investigate the representation of Islamic values in the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture-endorsed EFL textbook for Islamic Senior High Schools. The study examines the textbook's content and evaluates the extent to which it reflects Islamic values according to Indonesian cultural and religious norms. Through the analysis by adopting Martin & White’s (2005) language appraisal theory, Kress & Van Leeuwen’s (2020) visual grammar theory, this research seeks to identify any gaps and areas for improvement in the representation of Islamic values in the EFL textbook. This study will contribute to inform the development of EFL textbooks that align with cultural and religious values. Further studies on Islamic values among Indonesian ELT textbooks used in most Islamic schools are deemed necessary to promote more understanding about Islamic principles applied in ELT context.Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis, EFL Textbook, Islamic Values]]>
<![CDATA[The effect of pair work to student’s ability on writing recount text for junior high school students ]]>
<![CDATA[Tamami, Aulia Ihktiar]]>;
<![CDATA[Styati, Erlik Widiyani]]>;
<![CDATA[Kurniawan, Arri]]>
<![CDATA[ English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education Vol 12, No 1 (2024) ]]>
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DOI: 10.25273/etj.v12i1.20774
<![CDATA[The research aim at investigating the effect of pair work to students ability in writing recount for junior high school students. The quasi-experimental research used in this study. The participants were the students of MTsN Kota Madiun. The researchers used writing test to collect the data. In analyzing the data, the researchers use independent t-test. The result shows that there is a significant difference in writing skills of students taught using pair work and conventional teaching between the experimental class and the control class. Students who are taught using pair work gain higher scored than students who are taught using conventional teaching. The results obtained that the significance value of equal variances is assumed to be 0.001, it could be concluded that it is smaller than 0.05 (0.001 < 0.05). This means that pair work method brings many benefits for students to write their writing skills.]]>
<![CDATA[English and Nature: An Ecocritical Study Through English Narrative Text ]]>
<![CDATA[Widyaiswara, Tiara]]>;
<![CDATA[Luthfiyati, Dian]]>;
<![CDATA[Nurman, Moh.]]>;
<![CDATA[Nadhiah, Sirli]]>
<![CDATA[ English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education Vol. 12 No. 2 (2024) ]]>
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DOI: 10.25273/etj.v12i2.20825
<![CDATA[The urgency of this research is due to the problems being faced by Indonesia regarding the destruction of nature and the lack of human awareness of the relationship between humans and nature, which is an important factor behind the destruction of nature that is happening today. The author uses eco-ELT theory as an approach that integrates environmental issues into English language learning. The subject of this study is narrative text in the English textbook "English for Nusantara" for junior high school grade 9. This study requires the creation and implementation of an English textbook that employs the Eco-ELT approach and qualitative methods. According to the findings of this study, natural disasters, shelter, animals, and the earth can all be used to depict the environment. The English textbook "English for Nusantara" contains materials relevant to the Eco-ELT program, which is aligned with five types of interventions: material, experiential, cognitive, and emotional, all of which conceptualize the relationship between humans and nature.]]>
