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Indonesian EFL Learners’ Reading Motivation

Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 09:47
Motivation in reading is very important for engaging learners in reading activity which can affect better reading comprehension. However, without motivation in reading can affect the worst reading comprehension. Therefore, motivation in reading needs to be constructed first by the teachers. This study examined whether intrinsic and extrinsic reading motivation different among students and reading motivation in general. This study used a descriptive quantitative approach with a survey design.
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How to Select Participants in My Research Study?:Sampling in Quasi-Experiment Research

Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 09:44
Samplingmethod selection is very important in a research study to answer the research questionsand to generalize the results to target population. This article presents the steps of selecting participants in my research study in investigating the effect of contextual teaching and learning on reading motivation and reading comprehension at state Islamic intitute of Kerinci. The cluster sampling is usedas a method of selecting the participants of the study.
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Unveiling Indonesian Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceived Competencies and Readiness for Online English Language Teaching: A Mixed Methods Study

Submitted by Daflizar on Thu, 05/04/2023 - 14:45
There has been a great deal of research into teacher readiness for online language teaching conducted in many parts of the world. However, scarce inquiry on this topic has been published in the Indonesian context. The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to investigate Indonesian EFL pre-service teachers’ perceptions of their technological, pedagogical, and evaluation skills in online language teaching, and (2) to explore their perceptions of online English language teaching. The study employed a mixed methods research approach.

Indonesian EFL Students’ Difficulties in Recognizing English Letters

Submitted by Daflizar on Thu, 05/04/2023 - 06:31
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the difficulties of Indonesian undergraduate students in recognizing English letters at one public Islamic higher education institution in Jambi Province, Indonesia as the basis for designing pronunciation teaching strategies for English lecturers. Using a qualitative methodology that attempts to investigate and understand human issues in a particular group (Harrison et al., 2017), 4 participants were interviewed. through semi-structured interview questions.

Measuring TEFL Students’ Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety: A Rasch Analysis Approach

Submitted by Daflizar on Wed, 05/03/2023 - 22:46
This study sought to measures the foreign language classroom anxiety of the English Department students of a university in Indonesia and to compare the anxiety across independent demographic variables of gender and length of study at the department. The literature shows that foreign language learning anxiety affects one’s achievements in learning a foreign language. Data were collected through administration of the adapted version of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale to 96 students selected through stratified random sampling technique.

THE EFL RURAL STUDENTS' EXSPERIENCES IN COPING WITTH ONLINE LEARNING DURING THE COVID - 19 PANDEMIC

Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/03/2023 - 09:41
This study aims to explore the learning experiences of the Indonesian rural students during the Covid-19 pandemic which had transitioned to online learning and solutions. A phenomenological approach was used as a research methodology using semi-structured interviews for the data collection. This study was conducted in one Islamic higher education with seven participants. The data were analyzed through thematic analysis by comparing each participant's interview result in the form of research themes.

THE EFFECT OF CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING ON READING MOTIVATION

Submitted by nuzmi on Sun, 04/09/2023 - 08:38
This study is an investigation the effect of Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) approach on developing English second semester students’ eight reading motivation dimension. The study aimed to compare conventional and CTL group eight reading motivation dimension achievement and gain before and after receiving different treatment of the study. The study employed in quasi experimental research. The cluster random sampling technique was used in choosing the participants of the study.

PROBLEMS IN IDENTIFYING ENGLISH SINGLE CONSONANTS SILENT LETTERS: EXPERIENCE OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF STATE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE OF KERINCI

Submitted by nuzmi on Sun, 04/09/2023 - 08:02
Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of eighteen students of English department of state Islamic institute of kerinci in producing single consonants silent letters of plosive /t/ and /d/ and liquid /l / in the middle of words, plosive /k/, and glide /w/ in the initial through surveys and semi-structured in-depth interviews.

MEASURING TEFL STUDENTS’ FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM ANXIETY: A RASCH ANALYSIS APPROACH

Submitted by admin on Tue, 10/04/2022 - 11:21
This study sought to measures the foreign language classroom anxiety of the English Department students of a university in Indonesia and to compare the anxiety across independent demographic variables of gender and length of study at the department. The literature shows that foreign language learning anxiety affects one’s achievements in learning a foreign language. Data were collected through administration of the adapted version of Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale to 96 students selected through stratified random sampling technique.