Integrating Character Education in the English Teaching at Islamic Junior High Schools in Indonesia

Abstract

The rapid development of digital technology with its likely disruptive impacts on students’ morality and character necessitates teachers to reorient their roles. Teachers need to be skillful in incorporating moral messages and character education in their teaching supported by suitable learning resources. The current research is conducted to fulfill the needs of the English teachers in Islamic junior secondary schools in Indonesia for supplementary materials that can support the integration of Islamic moral messages and values in the teaching of English. These needs were identified from data collected through questionnaires, FGDs, and interviews. The supplementary materials, which were designed based on the needs analysis, underwent expert validation and a pilot study. The final version of the materials consists of ready-to-use-worksheets and teacher's guide and is named the Islamic Life Resource Pack (ILRP).

Pre-Service English Teachers' Readiness to Develop Digitalized Authentic Materials With Islamic Values

“…Vice versa, If the difficulties and obstacles are not anticipated, This will make learning English with values confusing and complicated in students' impression. Fundamentally, this is technically related, where it can be avoided by having teaching preparation to integrate Islamic values into ELT (Khaidir & Suud, 2020;Khairiah & Nurzannah, 2020;Milal et al, 2020). This preparation can be done only by the teacher as a determinant of the direction and setting of learning.…”

“…Emphasis on practical material can also be found in existing research. In this study, a finished product has been prepared that is ready to be used as material in learning English with the integration of Islamic values (Milal et al, 2020). However, no studies tried to uncover what pre-service English teachers thought in their preparation for developing digitalized authentic materials with Islamic values.…”

Pelatihan Bahasa Inggris Menggunakan Birkenbhil Method Untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Receptive Skill Siswa Kelas VII SMP IT Insan Kamil Sidoarjo, Jawa Timur

“…Faktor terakhir yang juga berpengaruh signifikan berdasarkan wawancara dengan tutor dan koordinator assessmen sekolah yaitu juga ada pengaruh internal motivation dari peserta didik laki-laki yang lebih antusias untuk speak-up dengan percaya diri yang tinggi dibanding peserta didik perempuan yang selalu terpantai pada penilaian kedisiplinan pekanan yang meliputi aspek DIJUSTAPE (disiplin, jujur, tangguh, peduli, dan smart), amaliyah harian, dan monitoring kegiatan selama 24 jam oleh orang tua, guru, tutor, pengajar, wali kelas, dan native speaker untuk character building (Milal, Rohmah, Kusumajanti, Basthomi, Sholihah, dan Susilowati, 2020). Hasil ini sesuai dengan teori yang disebutkan oleh Cahyono dan Rahayu (2020) bahwa internal motivation pembelajar pada SLA adalah faktor utama dari external social factor terhadap keberhasilan dan fluency peserta didik dalam menguasai receptive skill in EFL learning secara khusus dengan birkhenbhil method (Ovcarov, 2019 ), dan productive skill secara umum sebagai langkah lanjutan pembelajaran.…”

Overcoming plagiarism through habituation on appreciating each human work: Balinese culture implementation of Tri Hita Karana on learning in higher education

“…Through the use of technology, learning could be conducted using all platforms, such as Lacborad, Moodle, Webex, Canvas, etc. Learning using technology makes learning resources not only come from teachers but also everything on the internet (Gómez-García, Hossein-Mohand, Trujillo-Torres, & Hossein-Mohand, 2020;Milal et al, 2020;Oktavianto & Persada, 2021). Therefore, every person in the world of education can access information from various re sources on the internet easily.…”