Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD) in Enhancing Speaking Performance among English as Second Language (ESL) Learners: A Critical Review

Ibrahim, Izyan Safira; Adnan, Nor Hafizah

doi:10.4236/ce.2019.1012210

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“…It showed 122 (92.4%) respondents who communicated in English when using social media. This was parallel to a finding that participants' willingness to share in English (WTC) was more significant of using social media than their WTC during class time (Chotipaktanasook & Reinders, 2016;Ibrahim & Adnan, 2020). Another finding from Figure 11 concluded that 110 (83.3%) respondents approved using social media to speak to native speakers of English all around the world.…”

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TESL Undergraduates’ Perceptions: Utilizing Social Media to Elevate Speaking Skills

Donny¹,

Adnan²

2022

AWEJ

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Teaching English as a Second Language undergraduates are English teachers in training. Recently, a concern arose when it was found that these undergraduates in Indonesia perceived their speaking skills as the lowest in terms of their mastery. Many studies have been conducted on the use of social media. Still, there is a literature gap in using social media among TESL undergraduates in the Malaysian context. Thus, this study aimed to explore TESL undergraduates’ perceptions of their speaking skill mastery and their perceptions of utilizing social media to enhance their speaking skills. It was significant to investigate how those undergraduates feel about their speaking skill mastery to create self-awareness. By being aware of their belief, they can find ways to keep improving themselves. The main question for the study was to discover respondents’ belief in their speaking mastery level and respondents’ self-confidence in speaking performance. A total of 132 respondents from the National University of Malaysia participated in this research through an online questionnaire conducted on Google Forms. The results showed that the students recorded unsatisfactory perceptions of their speaking skill mastery. The data revealed that social media does help in elevating their speaking skills. The students chose ‘WhatsApp,’ ‘YouTube,’ and ‘TikTok’ as their preferred social media that help their oral communication skills. In addition, limitations and recommendations were explained to better future works in the equivalent or relevant studies.

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TESL Undergraduates’ Perceptions: Utilizing Social Media to Elevate Speaking Skills

Donny¹,

Adnan²

2022

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“…The STAD-type cooperative was developed by Robert Slavin and colleagues from Johns Hopkin University, US (Lubis, 2020;Tiantong & Teemuangsai, 2013). STAD cooperative is the division of small groups based on achievement by emphasizing to practice and learn information (Barus et al, 2020;Ibrahim & Adnan, 2019). The basic idea of the STAD Cooperative is how to motivate students in groups so that they can encourage and help each other in mastering the material presented, and foster an awareness that learning is important, meaningful, and fun (Esminarto et al, 2016).…”

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Innovation integration of Islamic values in learning environmental themes in biology education

Husamah

Suwono

Nur

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This article aims to analyze the innovation of integrating the values of Islamic Values in learning environmental themes in the Biology Education Study Program at Muhammadiyah Higher Education. It is library research with qualitative data based on the secondary data. The source triangulation technique was employed to check the data validity. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive qualitative analysis using VOSviewer software, which are described through the results of behaviour and sentences observed by the researcher. Content analysis was employed as the analysis technique. the results showe 17 formulations of the importance and urgency of Islamic Values and 12 formulations of Islamic Values and their integration in learning environmental themes. This means that Islamic Values need to be integrated into learning environmental themes in the Biology Education Study Program at Muhammadiyah Higher Education along with the learning model. Among the model that can be used is integrative STAD type Cooperative Learning and Project-Based Learning

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“…Instead, it will produce a passive and dependent learner, implying that students should depend on the teachers for information, drill, and practice activities, as well as learn only for examination purposes (Blachowicz & Ogle, 2017). Some improvements are necessary to transform passive and traditional learning activities into an active and engaging learning experience to produce holistic students, not only in language learning and acquisition (Ibrahim & Adnan, 2020). Thus, providing ample opportunities and a conducive learning environment in Malaysia secondary school for students to take autonomous roles in their learning could be done by having collaboration or individual works by themselves, with some guidelines and instructions provided by the instructor or teachers.…”

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“…Although the importance of the English language is generally acknowledged, most Malaysian students show a lack of effort to learn English (Ibrahim & Adnan, 2020). A case study done by Razali (2017) recognized that the poor performers recognized the importance of English for instrumental purposes and took a positive view of its use, standard, and status but did not demonstrate positive attitudes towards language learning.…”

Section: Attitudes and Motivation In Learning English As Second Languagementioning

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“…This statement is nearly unrelated or important to reading, exploring, and reflecting, or discerning new ideas. Students also perceived writing as a product of arbitrary grammar rules instead of a process based on the flow of thoughts and ideas (Ibrahim & Adnan, 2020). Many researchers carried out empirical studies on student writing (Zheng & Yu, 2019).…”

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ESL Students’ Readiness for Self-Directed Learning in Improving English Writing Skills

Adnan¹,

Sayadi²

2021

AWEJ

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Self-directed learning among students, particularly at the upper secondary level, is still underexplored in Malaysia. Further understanding of ESL students’ readiness for self-directed learning in improving English writing skills is crucial to exploit the advantages of this learning method for their benefit. Thus, this study aimed to examine the levels of self-directedness among secondary school students and their readiness to apply self-directed learning in improving English writing skills through a survey design. A total of 50 ESL students in a secondary school responded to two sets of questionnaires that measured different variables in this research. The first questionnaire included a self-rating scale of self-directed learning, which consisted of awareness, learning strategies, learning activities, evaluation, and interpersonal skills. The second questionnaire contained questions about students’ readiness for self-directed learning in improving English writing skills. Sampling was done randomly without considering students’ academic level of English. The findings found that most students possessed a medium level of self-directedness with not much difference with the high-level ones. The study then revealed a positive relationship between students’ level of self-directedness and students’ readiness to incorporate self-directed learning in English writing skills. For instance, students with a high level of self-directedness scored higher in students’ readiness for self-directed learning in improving English writing skills than those with a low level of self-directedness. Future studies should consider self-directed learning strategies to promote lifelong effects of positive attributes towards learning experiences, such as discipline, attention, responsible, and creativity in planning learning objectives.

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Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD) in Enhancing Speaking Performance among English as Second Language (ESL) Learners: A Critical Review

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

TESL Undergraduates’ Perceptions: Utilizing Social Media to Elevate Speaking Skills

TESL Undergraduates’ Perceptions: Utilizing Social Media to Elevate Speaking Skills

Innovation integration of Islamic values in learning environmental themes in biology education

ESL Students’ Readiness for Self-Directed Learning in Improving English Writing Skills

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