Assessment Strategy to Rectify EFL Students’ Performance: A Need Analysis

The objective of this research is to investigates the assessment strategies that required to be implemented, and are favorable for the learners in order to rectify EFL students’ performance regards to their language performance. This study conducted based on the presumption that teachers merely consider students’ preference on how they want to be assessed. A need analysis is administered to meet the objective of the research. The result indicates that learners mostly prefer to have corrective feedback from the teacher during the teaching and learning activities, meanwhile performance task and quiz assessment are preferred by learners as their assessment strategies instead of summative assessment. Nevertheless in spite of that, KWL assessment strategy is also recommended for the teaching and learning of English

The Effectiveness of Mobile Collaborative Learning on Students’ Writing Performance by Implementing Magnet Summary Strategy

The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of using Mobile Collaborative Learning (MCL) and Magnet Summary Strategy (MSS) on students’ writing performance and their perceptions towards these strategies. This study utilized a pre-test and post-test control group quasi-experimental design. The results of the paired sample t-test revealed a statistically significant difference between the average pre-test score of 45.8000, indicating a lower level of knowledge among participants before the intervention, and the average post-test score of 68.2800, indicating a substantial improvement in knowledge following the interventions. The intervention used MCL and MSS to help students summarize and organize information, which resulted in improved writing performance. moreover, the significance level of 2-tailed test was less than 5% demonstrating that the difference in the pre-test and post-test scores was statistically meaningful. Thus, it is improbable that the variance in scores happened merely by chance, indicating that the intervention had considerable impact on the participants’ knowledge. The results also showed that the implementation of MCL and MSS helped students to improve their social skills. They appreciated the opportunity to collaborate and communicate with their peers, which helped them to develop their interpersonal skills and learn from each other. Moreover, the implementation of MCL and MSS resulted in a sense of group success when working on group activities, which contributed to a positive learning experience. Overall, the study suggests that using MCL and MSS can be an effective approach to improve students’ writing performance and their social skills

WHATSAPP USE ON READING COMPREHENSION: EXPLORING THE IMPACT AMONG EFL LEARNERS

The study aimed to explore the impact of WhatsApp use on reading comprehension among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in Indonesia. Results from the questionnaire showed that a majority of the participants used WhatsApp for reading activities often or very often, with new articles, fiction or literature, and non-fiction books being the most common types of reading materials accessed. The majority of EFL learners spent 1-2 hours on WhatsApp for reading activities, and cited convenience and accessibility as the main reasons for using the platform. The results also showed a significant number of EFL learners believed that using WhatsApp had improved their reading comprehension skills, although some participants did not find it to be an effective tool. The most commonly cited advantage of using WhatsApp for reading activities was convenience and accessibility, followed by engagement with peers and opportunities for discussion and exchange of ideas. Meanwhile, the most commonly cited disadvantage was distraction from other conversation or notifications, limited access to a wide range of reading materials, and lack of interaction with the teacher or tutor. The results also indicated that the majority of EFL learners improved their reading comprehension skills over time when using WhatsApp for reading activities, with a focus on reading texts or materials, participating in group discussions, and completing reading comprehension exercises. The study results provide valuable insights into the impact of WhatsApp use on reading comprehension among EFL learners and could help identify areas for improvement in utilizing the platform for reading activities

Revealing the concept of life and death in ancient oral discourse of indonesian indigenous tribe: a conceptual metaphor analysis

This research aims to reveal the concept of life and death found in the ancient oral discourse of one of the Indonesian indigenous tribe which is known as Pasang ri Kajang by employing the conceptual metaphor analysis (CMA) and the conceptual metaphor theory (CMT). This research is a qualitative research which uses several techniques of data collection such as semi – structured interviews, field notes, recording, and note taking. In analysing the data, this research adminstered conceptual metaphor techniques of data analysis which adopted the three stages mentioned in CMA namely data identification, data interpretation, and data explanation. The present results reveal that simplicity (kamase – masea) is a life style or cultural behaviours undertaken by Kajang people in carrying out their life in humble ways. This is the way of Kajang people apply their ancestors’ ideology to live in simplicity or humble way. This research also reveals that Kajang people engages rituals daily. For them, rituals are inseparably related to everyday life, and they have their own system of categorization for rituals. Moreover, it reveals that death is described as a journey that only a good death (good soul) will travel to the hereafter, since they believe only good soul will be rewarded with eternal life (Karakkang) and extraordinary wealth (Kalumannyang kaluppepeang) in hereafter (ahera). The research concludes the conceptualization of life and death as found in Pasang ri Kajang are LIFE IS KAMASE – MASEA, LIFE IS RITUALS and DEATH IS A JOURNEY

The Application of English Songs in Teaching Conditional Sentences through Google Classroom

This current research investigated the effectiveness of application English songs in teaching conditional sentences through google classroom as a variety of teaching among students to gain interest and motivation. An experimental approach with a pre-test and post-test was exploited. The data was collected through multiple choices test of conditional sentences. A small group of students as the experimental group (N= 32), and another small group as the control group (N=32). A questionnaire was also administered to measure students’ perceptions toward Google classroom in learning conditional sentences through English songs. The finding indicated that there was differences in mean score of experiment and control group although in medium level. Meanwhile, students’ perception towards implementation of GC bring positive effect to the students’ motivation in learning conditional sentences through English songs. Overall, the research presents discerning implication to the body of research on teaching conditional sentences

A conceptual metaphor study in Pasang ri Kajang to reveal the cognition, ideologies, and socio-culture of kajang people

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Exploring Tiktok's Impact on Enhancing Speaking Skills in Language Learning: A Classroom Action Research

TikTok is one of the media used in the speaking study. Many benefits can be obtained in the TikTok application, especially to improve speaking abilities. This research aims to know the use of TikTok in language learning to improve students' speaking skills and identify the effect of applying TikTok as a learning platform. This study aims to shed light on the role of TikTok in enhancing students' speaking abilities. The method used is quantitative method with Classroom Action Research. CAR is carried out in TKR at SMK Wijaya Putra Surabaya. This study's results demonstrated the effectiveness of using TikTok in improving students' speaking skills. Implementing TikTok resulted in a significant increase in students' post-test scores compared to their pre-test scores. It indicates that TikTok positively influenced students' motivation and performance in speaking English. Throughout the research, students showed a positive attitude towards using TikTok as a learning tool. They enjoyed the new experiences and found the interactive nature of TikTok engaging. The evidence from this study supports the notion that TikTok effectively enhances students' speaking skills, as seen in the considerable improvement in their scores and positive attitude during the tests

LEARNERS’ ENGAGEMENT WITH TEACHER WCF OR LEARNERS’ ENGAGEMENT WITH PEER WCF? LEARNERS’ PERSPECTIVES.

Written corrective feedback (WCF) is defined as some responses related to learners’ linguistic errors in written and used by teachers to help learners for improving their writing’s accuracy. It is necessary to understand regarding learners’ engagement with corrective feedback. By understanding learners’ engagement with written corrective feedback, teacher can determine the appropriate type of written corrective feedback which used as effective strategy in improving learners’ writing ability. This study aims to reveal learners’ perspectives on their engagement with written corrective feedback and learners’ engagement with peer written corrective feedback (WCF). This quantitative research obtained the data through questionnaires. These questionnaires aim to measure both learners’ engagement with teacher written corrective feedback and learners’ engagement with peer written corrective feedback. The results of the study indicate that learners are more engage and agree with teacher WCF practice (mean 35.5), rather than engagement with peer WCF practice (mean 30.8) since teacher WCF had greater positive impact for learners’ writing rather than peer WCF. This researches conclude that learners believe that teacher WCF more useful to locate their errors. Meanwhile, related to peer WCF, learners engage in affective by feeling happy, enthusiastic, and interested in receiving and reading peer WCF

Socioculturally-Based Experience of EFL Learners: A Case Study in Kampung Inggris Pare Kediri

In sociocultural perspective, by participating in communities of practice and their exposure to target language, learners are able to acquire languages. It enables many educators to design ESL settings for motivating their learners. As the impact, many researchers investigated sociocultural expansion in language acquisition and learning including the role of mediation in real classroom activities. Kampung Inggris Pare is a well-known English learners’ Community that has been Vygotskian for a long time. Having more than 100 English courses and 20.000 learners, it serves EFL learners in ESL settings. Even though the investigations in Kampung Inggris Pare do not reach the mediation that occurs in social interaction outside the class. Applying a case study approach in this qualitative research, the researcher investigated social interaction between EFL learners and out-class society to capture how the out-class social interactions influence learning experience of EFL learners in Kampung Inggris Pare. Focus group discussion and semi-structured interview virtually engaged 5 respondents who came from different provinces and graduated from English courses in Kampung Inggris Pare. Then, the researcher used cross-case theme analysis that required reassembling the data based on logical connection among the themes. Findings of this study led to four dimensions of out-class society interaction in Kampung Inggris Pare including learner-roommate, learner-roomlady, learner-seller, and learner-transportation provider. Findings also highlight that the environment setting in Kampung Inggris Pare in which learners interacted within those dimensions could influence learners’ English achievement, namely linguistic knowledge such as vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.Keywords: socio cultural, experience, Kampung Inggris Par