Implementing inclusive education, the process of providing all learners with equal educational opportunities, is a major challenge for many educational systems worldwide, for it requires changes to values, system, and practices. In the teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL) in university, teachers are expected to be able to select, transform, or augment Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and Differentiated Instruction (DI) as a framework to guarantee accessibility of all learner types to the learning environment by employing specific educational design guidelines, to fit their leaners', notably for the blinds. Data on what has led EFL teachers to join the reform of the teaching instruction and how they tackle problems during implementation cannot be located. Thus, the aim of this qualitative study is to uncover reasons for EFL teachers to participate in and what they did to facilitate the instruction wide effort to practice inclusive education, as well as challenges encountered. Key findings included implementing university policy as prime reasons for practicing inclusive education, utilizing UDL and DI as the key to successful implementation for instructional teaching, and inadequate resources and teacher training as the main challenges. Recommendations consists of providing disability-specific pre- and in- service training programs for teachers and making arrangements of sufficient educational materials and assessment based on UDL and DI towards EFL instructions.

Anak tunarungu sebagian besar, menggunakan bahasa isyarat sebagai bahasa pertama mereka. Di sisi lain, mereka diharuskan mampu menulis dengan baik dan benar untuk mampu berkomunikasi dalam proses pembelajaran, baik komunikasi dengan guru maupun sesama teman. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui keterampilan anak-anak tunarungu di tataran paragraf, khususnya dalam menulis narasi. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 37 siswa kelas 2 sampai kelas 6 SDLB YPTB Malang. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif dengan menggunakan dua instrumen: (1) film bisu The Pear Story ‘kisah buah pir’ yang digunakan untuk memancing subjek untuk menarasikan apa yang telah dilihat, dan menuliskan film tersebut dalam bentuk paragraf narasi, (2) narrative scoring guidelines ‘panduan penilaian narasi’ yang mengukur keterampilan narasi pada tingkat mikro struktur meliputi kohesi naratif, kohesi referensial, penggunaan konjungsi, pembentukan kata-kata gramatikal, dan piranti-piranti naratif. Harapannya hasil penelitian ini mampu mengungkap ketimpangan penelitian yang masih belum tergali dan mampu memberikan kontribusi dalam peningkatan literasi siswa Tuli.

During the emergency remote learning, the role of the Learning Management System is significant to support the teaching and learning process. Many universities utilized the Moodle based LMS to assist students and teachers in the teaching and learning process including Universitas Brawijaya that used Virtual Learning Management (VLM). VLM is highly suggested to be used by the lecturers since it can be accessed free as supported by the University, nonetheless, students claimed that the use of VLM is sometimes problematic. To address the students’ voice toward the use of VLM, this research aims to describe the students' attitude towards the use of VLM as an online learning platform. In this research using quantitative methods with a survey design. Instrument used in this study were questionnaires. The questionnaires were adapted according to the works of Srichanyachon (2014), Munasinghe & Wijewardana (2016), and Putri & Sari (2020). There are 100 students participating in this study consisting of 79 female students and 21 male students. The data was analyzed descriptively. This study has similar results to other studies where the use of platforms such as LMS in the COVID 19 era is indispensable and makes it a very effective platform to use. The result of this students’ attitude was a positive attitude with a mean score of 3.58.

This research aims to find out the correlation between English phoneme identification skills and word processing. It applies the quantitative approach with correlation design. The participants are 100 of 3rd- semester students in English Language Education Program. The correlational result reveals that it has correlation with .382 degrees in phoneme identification skill toward blending skill with the significance level .000, and .359 degrees in phoneme identification skill toward segmentation skill with the significance level .000. Then, the correlation result of English phoneme identification skill toward word processing is .462 degree with its significance .000. By the result, awareness to identify phoneme by initial, medial, and final sound correlates to the blending and segmenting skills which influence the comprehension of word. The more the students are able to identify phoneme based on its sound, the more the students will be able to blend and segment phoneme. Lastly, the ability to identify English phonemes is proven to be a skill that supports EFL learners on their productive and receptive skills. Then being able to identify its phonemes will assist on recognizing and processing English words appropriately so that English language teaching can be associated with the use of phoneme-based instruction on its teaching process. Highlights : Ability to identify English phonemes is proven to be a skill that supports EFL learners on their English productive and receptive skills. English phoneme identification skill contributes to blending and segmentation skill since phonemic awareness provides both decoding and encoding skill.

Along with the rapid development of technology, local wisdom tends to run into marginalization so that it is completely lost (Choesin, 2002 cited in Rasna&Tantra, 2017). The local wisdom should be able to become a milestone in the community in order to preserve the cultural heritage and the natural resources. Meanwhile, a transformation towards sustainability is urgently needed for our planet, and every other living thing on it including the resources it provides. Therefore, this study aims at exploring the local wisdoms that still exist and develops at several springs in Singosari Malang. Locations were chosen based on the profile of the springs which still have good management based on the local wisdom that are passed on through generations. The springs include Sumber Biruand Sumber Nagan in Gunungrejo village, Singosari District Malang. The research approach used is ethnographic research. Interviews, focused discussions, and documentation were the techniques used to collect the data. The result is descriptively presented in a form of a history of the springs which is retold in the form of short story.