This study aims to analyze students' English needs in an ESP course. English for specific purposes has become a significant aspect in the learning process in Indonesian tertiary context. The significant of occupation requirement globally and the emergence of mastering certain skills for certain jobs drives the need of English for specific area. Referring to this concern, General English is considered no longer suitable and it should be specified into several subjects based on certain purposes. In this case, ESP gives chances for students and teacher to define the target or the outcomes based on their purposes by considering their needs. Thus, conducting need analysis is the first, most significant part to be conducted in ESP course. Conducted in a private university in Indonesia, this study employed descriptive qualitative approach that used questionnaire and focus group discussion to collect the data. This study is a representation of
Language learning strategy is one of the influential aspects for students' success in learning a language. Basically, language learning strategies are closely related to students taking language-related department. However, students from non-English Department also have the indication of using the strategies since English is one of the subjects taught in the curriculum. Thus this study aims to (1) identify what strategies are used by non-English Department students in Listening class and (2) describes to how the use of strategies influence students listening achievement. This study is a qualitative descriptive study with second-semester students from Governmental Science Department as the research subject. A questionnaire, observation, and documentation are used to collect the data. After analyzing the data, it was found that some strategies are used by non-English department students in their Listening subject, namely memory strategies, cognitive strategies, compensation strategies, metacognitive strategies, affective strategies, and social strategies. Moreover, the students use those strategies in moderate level. Thus, a comparison between the level of strategies use and students' listening scores is made to describe to what extends the use of strategies influence students' achievements.
This research aimed at examining the effect of Constructive and Analyzing Model on learners'grammar mastery and writing ability at the university EFL context. The study also attempted to seek the light on how they perceived about the implementation of the model in learning grammar integrated with writing activities. A quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest non-equivalent control group design was employed, involving 49 university learners. Cloze-grammar tests and questionnaire were used to collect the data. Before administered, the instruments were tried out PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences 1897 in a pilot class to establish validity and reliability. The experiment group was engaged in CAM activities following five major phases, such as text observation, form/function and discourse connection, grammar exploration, peer and reflective feedback, and comprehension check and clarification, meanwhile the control group received no treatment and was taught by using an ordinary method. The independent sample t-test was performed using SPSS 25 to investigate the difference of grammar mean score between these two groups in terms of S-V agreement and tenses. The results revealed that the Sig. (2-tailed) values of the experiment group and the control group were .015 and .586 respectively, and the significance value between the groups was .039. The findings showed that there was a significant difference on the grammar score between the experimental group and the control group. It revealed CAM could assist learners not only to understand grammar lesson more easily but also to make a use of their grammatical knowledge in writing more accurately. Furthermore, most of the participants perceived positively towards the implementation of CAM in learning grammar. Since the implementation of CAM is effective in grammar class, ELT practitioners are suggested to apply this model on other skills in different areas.
Plagiarism among academicians has been a popular issue in Indonesia for the last five years. Some people argue that plagiarism occurs due to pressure of work to get certain level of academic degree. Another opinion claims that it is due to incapability of writing an academic paper. Plagiarism is definitely unacceptable and not tolerated in any context. Writing an academic paper is is about producing a masterpiece. An academic writing should be given a high appreciation to boost positive motivation for academicians to write and publish their research papers. A lot of efforts have been conducted by institutions to avoid plagiarism, such as giving academic writing lectures and citation training, and checking papers using plagiarism checker tools. However, plagiarism still has its popularity among academicians including students and lecturers. For this reason, it is interested to study how those academicians perceive
The purpose of this research was to develop an EFL course book for the first semester learners at the Islamic junior high school in Indonesia. The material development includes some procedures of need analysis, material development, expert validation, material revision, try-out and final revision. Based on the results of questionnaires distributed to 106-second graders, the interviews done to the teachers and field notes taken from a document of the syllabus, this research revealed that most of the students and English teachers require English instructional materials embracing religious and general knowledge. After validated by the experts and tried-out to the students, this research finally produced English materials that were supplemented by a teacher‟s guide, student‟s worksheets and a CD containing listening materials.
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