Teaching English seems to discredit literary works status as learning media, even though it has the inherent vigor to increase critical literacy. This is the fundamental case this research envisages to explore how literature as a bridge for critical literacy in the perspective of EFL pre-service teachers. Theoretically, this research is based on the concepts of literature, literacy, critical thinking, and EFL pre-service teachers. This research is a qualitative research. The approach used is a case study. The data in this study are responses or statements taken from several English education students who are EFL pre-service teachers. Data were taken from a discussion forum with 3 pre-service teachers as subjects. They are 7th semester students of English Language Education study program from 3 private universities in Surabaya. The technique of data is forum group discussion. The technique of data analysis is content analysis. From the analysis of the data, it results that the EFL pre-service teachers think that literary works are crucial to take portion because it can enhance the level of critical literacy through critical thinking, creativity, and open-mindedness.
Study of language games has widely spread based on the teachers’ experience in facing students’ difficulties in speaking English. Colorless speaking activities, fear of making mistakes, and inadequate of mastering vocabularies are some of the causes. Be a creative and innovative teacher is needed to encourage the students to be more active, confident, and enjoy in the class. Game is believed as one of shortcut that used by the teachers which can attract students’ attention. Well-chosen game is invaluable to help the teacher in speaking class. This study aims to describe the steps and the implementation of adapted game. Also, investigate the students’ perception of adapted game in the EFL speaking classroom. This single descriptive case study was conducted at one of English private courses in Sidoarjo where eighteen Senior High School students in Intermediate level participated as subjects. Interview and class observation were done to eighteen Intermediate students to know their responses regarding to the new adapted game. The finding demonstrated that chess-like game has a great potential to encourage the students’ willingness to speak. The students started to talk, feel relax and provoke a lot likewise all along speaking class had alive atmosphere. This study is not only able to illustrate the positive impacts of using adapted game but also add teacher references in adapting various kinds of passive game in their daily live to active game for speaking.
The aim of this research was to find out the roles of songs in teaching listening at Senior High School. Teachers can use some media that are suitable with the condition of the class and students. For that reason, song is one of media that is familiar for students. Descriptive qualitative was the approach of this research. The data were derived from interview, observation and documentation. The interview were conducted by 7 participants consisting of 6 students and 1 teacher. The subject of this research was the twelve grade students of one of Senior High School in Surabaya. This study found 3 roles and 5 benefits of songs in teaching listening at Senior High School. The result of roles are 1) song is a cozy medium to teach listening. 2) song is used to entertain students in listening class. 3) song is used to motivate students to learn English in the classroom. Besides, the result of benefits are 1) the students can learn vocabulary and meaning. 2) the students can learn pronunciation. 3) the students can train their listening skill. 4) the students can enjoy the listening class. 5) the students became active and confident in the class. In conclusion, songs became one of good media in teaching listening because the students can feel comfortable, happy, and do not feel bored when they are in listening session. To all intens and purposes, there is a need to be conducted with having many participants for further research both different school or level. This is to get rich of the data in order to have more concrete data. Keywords: Roles of song, listening media
PowerPoint adalah media yang bisa dimanfaatkan oleh guru PAUD dalam pembelajaran menyimak. Keterampilan menyimak sangat penting untuk anak usia dini karena keterampilan tersebutlah yang pertama kali muncul dan harus dikuasi. Tetapi faktanya guru PAUD di lingkungan KKN-PPM Kelurahan Wiyung-Surabaya belum paham benar pemanfaatan PowerPoint untuk keterampilan menyimak. Oleh karena itu, tujuan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah supaya guru PAUD dapat memanfaatkan PowerPoint untuk pembelajaran menyimak. Metode penjelasan dan pendampingan dilakukan saat pelatihan. Metode penjelasan dilakukan dengan memberikan ceramah secara daring kepada guru PAUD. Sedangkan metode pendampingan dilakukan dengan memberikan arahan cara membuat materi atau kuis menggunakan PowerPoint untuk keterampilan menyimak. Penggunaan PowerPoint sebagai media pembelajaran keterampilan menyimak mempermudah guru PAUD untuk menyiapkan materi dan kuis. Dari hasil praktek, para guru PAUD telah berkontribusi untuk menjadikan pembelajaran menyimak daring yang mudah dan menyenangkan untuk siswa.
Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan beberapa strategi yang bisa diimplementasikan oleh para guru dalam mempublikasikan karya ilmiah hasil Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK) di jurnal ilmiah. Artikel ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif dengan metode pelaksanaan berupa bimbingan teknis. Data diperoleh dari observasi selama pelaksanaan kegiatan pelatihan, bimbingan teknis serta dokumen hasil karya tulis ilmiah yang disusun dan dikumpulkan oleh para guru sebagai peserta yang tergabung dalam MGMP Bahasa Inggris tingkat SMPN di wilayah Surabaya. Melalui metode Bimbingan Teknis, strategi yang dilakukan berfokus pada penguatan sistematika penulisan artikel sesuai dengan kaidah ilmiah. Peserta bimbingan teknis meliputi guru-guru Bahasa Inggris tingkat SMP yang tergabung dalam Musyawarah Guru Mata Pelajaran (MGPM) wilayah kota Surabaya. Dari hasil Bimbingan Teknis yang telah dilakukan, beberapa guru mampu menulis karya ilmiah dengan sistematika sesuai kaidah ilmiah. Meskipun demikian, masih diperlukan perbaikan serta revisi terhadap karya ilmiah yang ditulis oleh para guru. Selain itu, dibutuhkan pula peningkatan bimbingan secara intensif sehingga jumlah guru yang menulis artikel ilmiah yang siap dipublikasikan semakin bertambah banyak.
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