The pandemic of COVID-19 has forced the Indonesian government through its Ministry of Education and Culture to implement policies moving conventional classroom to online classroom. The current study is a collective case study consisting of analysis of survey on students' perceptions of their online learning during the pandemic. Sixty-six students of English Language Education Study Program at Pamane Talino College of Education (STKIP Pamane Talino) were involved. Their perception s of their online classroom that were recorded through a survey. The recorded perceptions are in terms of students' participation, accessibility, material and assignment delivery, and the use of e-learning platforms. The results were then summarized into tables and narrative descriptions. The study identified three major obstacles in conducting online learning in English Language Education Study Program at STKIP Pamane Talino: the first is availability and sustainability of internet connection, the second is accessibility of the teaching media, and the last is the compatibility of tools to access the media. The result of the current study suggests that accessibility is still the major factor influencing the success of online learning. Online learning for English Language Education Study Program at STKIP Pamane Talino, and potentially Indonesia in general, requires some more friendly platforms so that students' participation can be increased. This is especially for students who reside in rural areas with limited internet connections and other support systems.
Difficulties in Learning English in EFL context are always interesting. Analysing it from the view of external and internal factors is the major interest of this case study. Describing the findings qualitatively is the purpose of this study. The subject in this research was the eleventh graders at SMAN 2 Sengah Temila in Landak Regency. There were 76 students participated in this study. The sources of the data were gathered from the classroom teacher, the students, and the portfolios. Data collection techniques in this research were: open-ended questionnaire, in-depth interview, and observation. Meanwhile, data analysis techniques used interactive analysis.This study finds the internal and the external factors affect the learning difficulties. The indicators on internal factors show (a) health conditions has no significant effect on learning difficulty, (b) the students’ interest and motivation affect the learning difficulty because no variation on the teaching method bored the students, (c) bad habits in studying evoke the learning difficulties. The indicators on external factors find (a) the teacher has a significant role to expand learning difficulties especially on the use of teaching method and media, (b) the classroom environment has no significant effect in learning difficulties since it is a conservative one.
This study is a research and development under the issue of developing English textbook oriented to HOTS-Based Critical thinking for Junior High School Students especially for the seventh grade students in Ngabang, Landak, West Kalimantan. It is based on the evidence that the English teachers find difficulty in finding HOTS-based English textbook as one of the teaching tools. This issue is supported by the result of textbook evaluation. It reveals that most of the existing English textbooks used by the teachers still emphasizing on remembering and understanding level. These preliminary data led the researchers to develop HOTS-Based Critical Reading Textbook for the seventh grade students. The objectives of this study are to describe the materials needed by both teachers and students and to develop “Critical English”, the English textbook with HOTS and critical reading as the basis. In developing “Critical English” textbook, the researchers employed 7 stages of Research and Development study suggested by Borg and Gall (1983) namely need analysis, textbook evaluation, designing product specification, developing the product, expert validation, revision, try-out, and finalization. This study involved 2 English teachers and 20 (twenty) students of the seventh grade at SMP Negeri 2 Ngabang. The data were obtained through questionnaire, interview, classroom observation, expert judgment sheet, documents analysis, and focus group discussion. Then, the gathered data were analysed using a descriptive qualitative method. The research findings reveal that “Critical English” textbook facilitate the teachers to build the students’ critical thinking and the materials provided in the textbook trigger the students to develop their creativity and critical thinking so that the teaching and learning process can be more active and interesting.
Kegiatan pengabdian pada masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk membantu para guru menapaki industri 4.0. Kemampuan penggunaan komputer menjadi sangat penting baik untuk peningkatan kemampuan diri, pengajaran maupun admnistrasi sekolah. Peserta pelatihan komputer dasar ini adalah guru-guru Sekolah Luar Biasa se-kabupaten Landak sebanyak 20 orang. Target dari pelatihan ini adalah mereka mampu menguasai tiga program komputer dasar yaitu: Power Point, Prezi, dan Microsoft Excel dengan versi terbaru. Ketiga program tersebut dipilih untuk diajarkan karena program- program tersebutlah yang paling sering digunakan dalam pengajaran maupun presentasi (PowerPoint & Prezi) dan administrasi sekolah (Microsoft Excel). Hasil observasi awal yang dilakukan peneliti menemukan bahwa kemampuan penggunaan komputer para guru masih rendah. Meskipun begitu mereka sangat antusias dengan program ini. Motivasi mereka belajar komputer sangat tinggi. Peningkatan kemampuan penggunaan komputer terlihat jelas dari praktek mereka mendesain presentasi di PowerPoint dan Prezi. Peningkatan yang paling signifikan adalah penggunaan Microsoft Excel untuk administrasi sekolah. Sebagai contoh, selama ini mereka menghitung rata-rata nilai siswa secara manual dengan kalkulator dan hp walaupun mereka mengetik di Excel. Sekarang mereka sudah bisa mengunakan sheet dan menyeting rumus otomatis didalamnya.
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