EFL Learners’ Attitude toward Two Major English Varieties:  From Perplexity to Prejudice

Herlina, Rina; Faridah, Didih

doi:10.52690/jadila.v2i1.174

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“…First, put PR in the students' memory until they get used to it. This is very important for the teacher to initially introduce PR to some phonetic systems which are not familiar in the Indonesian language, such as the sound of /v/, /f/, /ʃ/, /ð/ in this and either, /θ/ in /think/ (Herlina & Faridah, 2021). Sound/v/ and /f/ are available in the Indonesian phonetic system but most Indonesian students assimilate them with the sound /p/.…”

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Bottom-Up Approach of Teacher’s Best Practice to Avoid Student’s Perplexity in Listening

Herlina

2023

TLEMC journal

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This best practice aims to find out teachers’ practice on the bottom-up approach in teaching listening to EFL students at the higher education level, to find out students’ perplexity on listening, and to find out students’ responses on the bottom-up approach in teaching listening. The bottom-up approach has been practiced due to students’ perplexity in figuring out some linguistic features such as short and long vowels, word linking, diverse English accents, diction, and many others which are not available in EFL students’ native language. Thus, the students frequently have perplexity in those aspects. This perplexity occurs due to linguistic features in English are being far different from the ones in the Indonesian language. This qualitative research employed one English teacher who is particularly in charge of teaching listening and ten freshman students. The finding revealed that a bottom-up approach to the freshman classes is given until they get used to it so that they can get well-prepared to have a top-down approach to listening and students’ responses indicate that they no longer have perplexity about listening to English native speakers. The conclusion showed that before teaching listening with a top-down approach, a bottom-up approach would be initially practiced. The Bottom-Up approach has been applied to prevent EFL students from perplexity in listening and they will be ready to face other techniques such as listening for gist, specific information, and detail. Keywords: bottom-up approach, teaching listening, EFL students’ perplexity

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Bottom-Up Approach of Teacher’s Best Practice to Avoid Student’s Perplexity in Listening

Herlina

2023

TLEMC journal

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“…However, when the students are future teachers of EFL or ESL, this mild obstacle becomes larger. In order to avoid and prevent any perplexity among EFL learners, it is important to use teaching materials in accordance with the specific variety whether it is British or American (Herlina & Faridah, 2021). It is by no means acceptable to have a language teacher who is unable or unwilling to follow only one language variety in their teaching lessons.…”

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British English Versus American English Preference by University Students of Efl

Koceva,

Kostadinova,

Tabutova

2023

IJET

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For decades English has been considered a global language used as not only a native language, but as an official language, a second language in many countries and taught as a foreign language worldwide. Herein, English includes numerous varieties, regional and local dialects, professional speech, slangs, jargons etc. The variety of English is an important feature for learners of EFL, especially for future teachers of English. The constant exposure to different types of English through television, movies, online content etc. might hinder the fluency of EFL learners. Therefore, EFL teachers need to help their students and prevent any ambiguities due to the differences between American and British English. In this research, we have analysed the preference of students between British English and American English vocabulary. The analysis includes 60 first year students of English language and literature from the University “Goce Delcev” in North Macedonia and the South-West University in the Republic of Bulgaria. The results provide an insight on both the knowledge and linguistic preference of students between the two standardized English varieties and enable teachers, university professors and English coursebooks authors to determine their approach in class and help students master fluency.

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EFL Learners’ Attitude toward Two Major English Varieties: From Perplexity to Prejudice

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Bottom-Up Approach of Teacher’s Best Practice to Avoid Student’s Perplexity in Listening

Bottom-Up Approach of Teacher’s Best Practice to Avoid Student’s Perplexity in Listening

British English Versus American English Preference by University Students of Efl

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