10 research outputs found

    Why muslim students plagiarize in writing English texts

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    Reasons for copy-pasting someone else’s works has attracted attention from many sides that copy-pasting activities, or more popular with term plagiarism, have been considered as a threat for academic life. It also happens at the case of muslim students, in which Islam teaches the students to be honest and not to steal from others. For understanding why it happens, this exploration is conducted. The students of English Department of IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon have to write many of their assignments in English. The result of my observations, the quality of the students’ writing is not good enough. One of the cases found is the copy-paste works, or plagiarism. Using interviews instrument, I try to figure out why students of English Department of IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon. There are at least three reasons behind why students act plagiarism; ignorance on the quotation and citation rules, poor writing skills, and the need of instant writing result. This paper tries to explore these reasons.

    Teaching English as A Foreign Language at Madrasah Ibtidaiyyah: Facts and Challenges

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    The mastery of English as a tool of communication among nations, cultures, and people around the globe is an undeniable fact. This is just like an unstoppable virus spreading worldwide. It is rather difficult to emerge new languages to stop or even just to slow down the wide use of English. Islam world also needs to follow this by equipping its people with English as a communication tool. As Arabic is used for the communication inside Islam, English is needed to communicate Islam to other people around the earth both to Muslims or Non-Muslims. Teaching English has become an increasingly significant element in Islamic education. For this, the issue of teaching English at madrasah is an important concern for practitioners in the area of TEFL in Islamic institutions. This paper will explore the writer’s ten-year experience in teaching English at a madrasah ibtidaiyyah in Cirebon, West Java-Indonesia. The conditions that will be pictured are the culture, the students, the teaching and learning process, and the outcome of the current practices in madrasah ibtidaiyyah, mainly in the area of TEFL. Then, all these conditions will be contrasted to up to date research findings and theories so that the facts and the challenges can be clearly seen. This will also be seen from the perspective of current curriculum in Indonesia, namely curriculum 2013, which bears contradictions with the presence of it. In fact, the curriculum 2013 eliminates English as a subject learned at primary school level. What madrasah ibtidaiyyah will do in the next coming years can direct the expected outcome of the teaching of English at this level. Kinds of program that can be designed to empower the state of English mastery are an essential case to discuss. This all facts and challenges can provide insights so that people working in and with madrasah ibtidaiyyah understand and are ready to face the global communication era

    The Implementation of Lesson Study in English Language Learning: A Case Study

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    Lesson Study as a growing interest in the education world has attracted educators, experts, and professionals in the area to make use of it in improving the lessons—it also happens in Indonesia. Originally applied in the teaching of mathematics in Japan, now it turns to be used in other fields, and English is one of them. This paper highlights the guideline on Lesson Study and pictures its application in a private senior high school in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The adaptation of Lesson Study is interesting since Japan and Indonesia have different cultural background. How Lesson Study is usually implemented in Japan and the US and how it is applied in Indonesia will be seen here. As this is a case study, it will only focus on a school and the result should not be used to generalize Lesson Study applications in Indonesia. Interview and observation were instruments used in this study. The interview was used to gain information on how Lesson Study was normally conducted and observation (and the researchers’ involvements) was used to see the real implementation of Lesson Study. What happened during the implementation of Lesson Study and during the teaching and learning process become a great attention here

    The Utilization of Digital Technologies in Learning Speaking Skills: Students’ Problems and Strategies at Islamic School

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    Effective communication through speaking is a crucial element in today's globalized world. As technology continues to advance, it is essential to incorporate digital tools to enhance and teach speaking skills. An analysis was conducted to investigate the challenges encountered by students while learning English speaking skills through the utilization of digital technologies at an Islamic High School. The study employed a case study methodology with questionnaires and in-depth interviews as data-gathering techniques. The outcomes of this research focused on the student's learning process of English speaking skills, the obstacles they encounter, and the strategies employed to optimize the use of digital technology in acquiring those skills. The demand for curriculum updates and teacher training may contribute to this trend. Urgent changes are needed in English learning to emphasize broader skill development instead of memorizing vocabulary and grammar. Educational institutions should consider these findings and improve English language instruction accordingly

    The process of 21st-century English learning at an international primary school in Cirebon

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    In the 21st century of the fourth industrial revolution, global access and disruptive technology need to develop learners to acquire 21st-century skills that rely on communications, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking teaching strategy, learning process, classroom management, and assessment of paramount importance. The content analysis used the qualitative narrative. The findings allowed students to survive and function with the rapidly evolved, global, and complex world, whilst teachers and other education practitioners were suggested to reform and reconsider the instructional practices including, among others learning materials used in the classroom that aligned with the current situation by involving 2 English teachers and 17 students. Hence, this study investigated characteristics of the 21st-century for EFL Learning, the strategies used by English teachers in teaching English, and the process of students learning in the 21st   century at the international level

    Pre-Service Teachers’ Experiences at Teaching Practicum

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    For many years, the teaching and learning English (as a foreign language) in Indonesia has been considered unfruitful for students’ low ability in using the language in communication. For many times, government (as the leader of schools) and campus (as teacher producer) do not sit together to discuss this problem. This results to gaps between school and campus. I am interested in seeing this problem by viewing gaps occur in the process of campus preparing qualified English teachers. This paper will tell the result of my interviews with pre-service teachers about their experiences at teaching practicum program

    Pre-Service Teachers' Experience at Teaching Practicum

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    For many years, the teaching and learning English (as a foreign language) in Indonesia has been considered unfruitful for students’ low ability in using the language in communication. For many times, government (as the leader of schools) and campus (as teacher producer) do not sit together to discuss this problem. This results to gaps between school and campus. I am interested in seeing this problem by viewing gaps occur in the process of campus preparing qualified English teachers. This paper will tell the result of my interviews with pre-service teachers about their experiences at teaching practicum program.&nbsp

    Understanding the teaching of listening and speaking : understanding students needs/ Nashruddin

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    CRITICAL LITERATURE REVIEW IN TEFL RESEARCH: TOWARDS INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY

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    The fact that English as a second language is perceived to be failed has been a source of criticism for stagnating research in English Language Teaching (ELT). One explanation is that the essence of human learning language has not been taken into account. Furthermore, the tendency that single model of theory applications narrow the subject of research in ELT, using linguistic theories to develop language capacity. Brain study, such as neuroscience, seems to be neglected for considerations that it is irrelevant with language learning. This article identifies possibilities of using a new approach for developing the area of TEFL. As this is literature review, the report is to argue that critical literature review may be useful for initial stage studies, crossing the boundaries of what is called a relevant or irrelevant field, and to identify possible steps in doing critical literature review

    Developing Module to Teach and Learn Writing Self-Introducing at Senior High School

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    The importance of modules is developed in the learning process because the module can facilitate students in independent and face-to-face learning. The objective of this research was to find out the characteristics of teaching and learning module and to describe how module as learning media can support the development. This research using qualitative method with research design is Research and Development (D&R). The data collection techniques used in this research are interviews and questionnaires. The data analysis technique used for the interview the questionnaires are data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification. The steps of this research are need analysis, research planning, and develop a preliminary from of product. This research found that the characteristics of teaching and learning module based on aspects of module, teaching, learning, writing, self-introduction, and senior high school (adolescent). The form of the teaching and learning module is in accordance with product specifications based on respondents anwers and product is validated by an expert
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