IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature
IDEAS Journal is published twice a year in the months of June and December (P-ISSN 2338-4778 and E-ISSN 2548-4192); it presents articles on English language teaching and learning, linguistics, and literature. The contents include analyses, studies and application of theories, research report, material development, and reviews.
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Exploring Students' Perception on Learning Pronunciation through Podcast-Assisted in EFL Classroom
Sunita Aprilia Dewi;
Yousef Bani Ahmad
IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature Vol 9, No 2 (2021): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Litera
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri Palopo
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DOI: 10.24256/ideas.v9i2.1992
In this millenial era, the use of learning media as a crucial things to use for gain the students ability based on the learning goals. Podcast is one of the helper tools in English language skills, especially to increasing students’ pronunciation in EFL classroom because of the audio provide a speech of English Native Speaker. Pronunciation is the part of speaking ability which to master by the other people for make a good relation with another person in around the world, because of English is the unifier language. A narrative inquiry design was conducted for obtain the data, observation with interview are necessary. Three students in differents cognitive categories are participated in this researchat one of the Islamic High School in Karawang. Further podcast-assisted learning give the better atmosphere for the students in EFL class, also including motivation factor. As the conclusion all of the students perceive that podcast media is the preeminent and engrossment tools for learning pronunciation.
Need Analysis of Listening Skills in the EFL Class at Sulawesi Barat University
Putu Wahyu Sudewi
IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature Vol 9, No 2 (2021): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Litera
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DOI: 10.24256/ideas.v9i2.2344
Listening is clearly the weakest skill of EFL students who encounter different kinds of listening problems. This research analyzed student needs analysis of listening skills in EFL learners at Sulawesi Barat University. This study was conducted to identify students' listening obstacle and identify their needs analysis. The questionnaire was conducted to answer the following questions. (1) What are the barriers to the development of students' listening skills? And (2) what are the needs of students regarding listening? 124 EFL students from six different classes were voluntarily selected for the study. The data was gathered by questionnaire. The results of the study showed several reasons that hinder a student's hearing were speaking fast, speaking quietly, different accents and pronunciation, and a group of people talking at the same time. Students' needs for listening comprehension are as follows: students need to recognize English lecturers, students need to learn how to take effective notes and ask for repetition or explanations, students need to recognize long explanations and instructions in English, different accents and pronunciations need to be recognized and students need to increase their vocabulary.
Interest and Enthusiasm in Learning English as a foreign Language in a Senior High School in Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia and How Both Relate to English Achievement
Hukama Rizky Yusriyah;
Eryansyah Eryansyah;
Dedi Kurniawan
IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature Vol 9, No 2 (2021): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Litera
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DOI: 10.24256/ideas.v9i2.1919
Interest and enthusiasm are internal factors known to an extent to have an influence toward learning in general. This study aims at checking these three variables relationship: interest, enthusiasm, and English achievement. It was conducted in Sungai Liat Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia, in a state senior high school which provided 70 students to be the sample of this study from the population of 183 students in the school. The instruments used were: Interest and Enthusiasm Questionnaire and Students’ English score documentation. The data collected using the questionnaire were divided into two parts: interest and enthusiasm. Both data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient to see the association of interest toward enthusiasm. Furthermore, data from each one of the two variables and combined data from both variables were also analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient to find out how both variables as relate toward English achievement. The results show that interest in learning English had a strong significant association toward enthusiasm (r(70)=.77, p=0.00). Furthermore, both interest and enthusiasm had a significant association toward English achievement (respectively: r(70)=.40, p=0.001; r(70)=.24, p=0.046). Moreover, the combination of both interest and enthusiasm also showed a strong association toward English achievement (r(70)=.343, p=0.004). This study also provided some implications and recommendations for further research.
Grammatical Cohesions in Inaugural Speeches of Barrack Obama and Donald Trump
Good Sumbayak Lingga;
Nurlela Majrul;
Alemina Br Perangin-angin
IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature Vol 9, No 2 (2021): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Litera
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DOI: 10.24256/ideas.v9i2.2329
The purpose of this thesis is to look at the different forms of grammatical cohesions and why they were used in Barack Obama's and Donald Trump's inaugural addresses. This thesis employs a descriptive qualitative technique to describe the study's issues in Barrack Obama's and Donald Trump's inaugural addresses. Based on Halliday and Hasan's theory, the data are collected using library research techniques and grouped into the categories of grammatical cohesions as well as the reasons for employing them. After examining both Barrack Obama's and Donald Trump's inaugural speeches, it can be determined that Barrack Obama's inaugural speech has three types of grammatical cohesions while Donald Trump's inaugural speech has four types of grammatical cohesions. In both speeches, such categories are used to connect two things' meanings, to replace one item with another, to delete an item, and to relate the previous or following material.
Teachers’ Teaching Creativity at Language Development Center of IAIN Padangsidimpuan
Sokhira LindaVinde Rambe;
Sri Minda;
Khoiriyah Shofiah;
Khairani Khairani
IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature Vol 9, No 2 (2021): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Litera
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DOI: 10.24256/ideas.v9i2.2297
Teachers’ teaching creativity could facilitate effective learning and influence students’ learning motivation. It also creates the classroom not only just teaching, giving knowledge, and transferring information, but it also can give interest and extra experiences for students. The aim of this study was to investigate how teachers implemented their teaching creativity in EFL context. Then, this study was in a form of qualitative research applying descriptive method in analyzing the data. Five qualified English teachers at Language Development Center of State Institute for Islamic Studies Padangsidimpuan were purposively chosen as participants of the research. In addition, observation and interview were conducted to collect the data related to the implementation of teachers’ creativity in teaching English, and descriptive data analysis was used in analyzing them. Finally, related to the finding, this study conveyed that teachers’ teaching creativity was resulted from teachers’ sharing session and teaching observation. Then, teaching creativity were seen from several aspects; teachers often applied various “ice breaker” activity, they always implemented games in teaching, the teachers also could develop meaningful and contextual material, and they could make use limited media becoming useful and interesting.
Strengthening Students’ Motivation and Confidence to Achieve Learning Goals in Blended Learning Method
Athiyah S.S. Salwa;
Sry Ratna Dewi
IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature Vol 9, No 2 (2021): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Litera
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DOI: 10.24256/ideas.v9i2.2288
Pandemic outbreak today has changed any sectors including education, from their normal state into the condition we never expected before. From primary to higher education, the institutions are forced to change teaching and learning models into virtual since the Government tries to stop the spread of the virus by prohibiting face-to-face classes. Online learning has come like tsunami trends as the outbreak rose. It also happened in some vocational schools where students live in the dormitory. Initially, they conducted offline classes, but they were transferred to go home as the virus spread. In one semester, they faced two models of learning, online and offline. Based on this situation, this article aims to disseminate the effectiveness of blended-learning models to improve students' motivation and confidence in speaking class by using the material to build their high-order thinking skills. The method of this study is combined between experimental and descriptive qualitative, by which the result of the study and analysis will be described in numbers and words.
Using Narrative to Improve Students’ English Reading Skill in School Literacy Movement
Viska Violita;
Ouda Teda Ena
IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature Vol 9, No 2 (2021): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Litera
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DOI: 10.24256/ideas.v9i2.1961
The objective of this research is to design a set of instructional reading material for the school literacy movement. The reading material developed is expected to support school literacy movement and to improve students’ English reading skill. The reading material designed is based on narrative. Narrative is a sequence of series of events that is fictional and nonfictional that aims to entertain the readers at once to educate the readers about attitudes and behavior through moral values that are contained in the story (Abbot, 2008). The developed material consists of three chapters. These chapters are designed based on the three kinds of narrative text, there are romance, legend, and adventure. Each chapter consists of four parts, namely preparing for the journey, starting the journey, exploring the journey, and finishing the journey. Preparing for the journey part is aimed to activate students’ prior knowledge about the learning topic and to help the students understand the learning material before the students do school literacy movement activity. Starting the journey and exploring the journey parts are designed to develop students’ reading skills and to improve students’ English. Finishing the journey part is aimed to help the students draw the conclusion and master the learning material better. The writers used the research and development method in conducting the study and designing the reading material. Then, the instruments of this research were open-ended questionnaires, close-ended questionnaires, and interview. The English reading material had been evaluated and deemed as very good after the revision. The reading material and the reading tasks are appropriate for school literacy movement activity. By mean of this research, it is expected that the instructional reading material will be beneficial to support the school literacy movement.
An Analysis of Modalities of the Book “How Children Succeed” by Paul Tough
Gunawati Gho;
Arsen Nahum Pasaribu
IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature Vol 9, No 2 (2021): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Litera
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DOI: 10.24256/ideas.v9i2.2222
The study of education book contents has grown in numbers in the last decades. However, the research on the use of modality in the content book is relatively unexplored. Therefore, this research aimed to analyze the content of the book “How Children Succeed” by Paul Tough to find out the types and degree of modalities used. It also shows the most appeared modal used in each chapter and in the book itself. This research was conducted by using the theory of modality by Halliday (2014) in the Systemic Functional Linguistics. The process of data analysis was manually applied without the help of software. Researcher’s concern is how the book is being presented in the area of semantic by the choice of modalities made by the author. The study reveals that the 4 types of modalities are being used which are the probability, usuality, obligation and inclination with all the three degrees of values appeared except for the low degree of inclination. It also revealed the degree of confidence of the author by the choices of modal used in the book. The implication of this study is the book author should pay more attention to the aspect of modality in the education books they write.
The Online Learning in Covid 19 Pandemic Era: College Student Obstacle
Juwita Crestiani M
IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature Vol 9, No 2 (2021): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Litera
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DOI: 10.24256/ideas.v9i2.2387
The impact of Covid-19 on the world of education is very large and is felt by various parties, especially teachers, school principals, students and also parents. Teaching and learning activities through online are very new activities, given that online learning activities are learning activities by utilizing electronics and the internet in the delivery of learning materials. This research deals with the college student obstacle of the seventh semester at Palopo Cokroaminoto University during the online learning in Covid 19 Pandemic Era. The subject of this research was the college student obstacle of the seventh semester at Palopo Cokroaminoto University in academic year 2021. The total number of subject was 15 students. The researcher used the random sampling. The instrument in this research is interview and analyzed by qualitative. Based on the findings and discussion in the previous chapter, the researcher concludes that the college student obstacle of the seventh semester at Palopo Cokroaminoto University during the online learning in Covid 19 Pandemic Era are bad network, quota data, and unsupported facilities such as hp, good electric current.
Children's Response towards Extensive Reading
Hermini Hermini
IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature Vol 9, No 2 (2021): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Litera
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DOI: 10.24256/ideas.v9i2.2388
The research aimed to find the children’s responses toward Extensive Reading. It is quantitative research. The sample was six children of an elementary schools around literacy corner which taken by random sampling. The instrument was questionnaire. The result shows that the children’ responses toward extensive reading was 88.5 which was categorized into positive. The children’s responses are mostly positive based on characters of extensive reading but it does not fit to goal of reading and linguistic competence. The responses toward goal of reading related to searching new information was 67 which is categorized into less positive and their responses toward linguistic competence related to finding new vocabulary was 50 which was categorized into negative. Children read for enjoyment so they do not focus on linguistic competence related to gaining new vocabulary and goals of reading related to searching new information. As conclusion, the children’s responses toward extensive reading was positive and practice guide of reading and teacher’s assistance are needed in promoting extensive reading for children to build reading habit.