The Influence of Student Background Characteristics on Proficiency in English as a Foreign Language: Indonesian Context

Rintaningrum, Ratna; Aldous, Carol R.; Keeves, John P.

doi:10.12962/j24433527.v10i2.3068

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“…All have English as their native tongue. Ratna Rintaningrum (2015) [31] . Also, learning English boosts IQ; why is this so?…”

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Learning of English and its importance in India during 2st century

Sirohi

2023

Int. J. Res. Engl.

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In India, the English language use increasing among the citizens. Due to the significance of English in daily life-from business and technology, education are all progressing? The usage of English is currently is desperately needed and the capacity to write, talk, listen, and read English is very important. All these are few examples of the useful soft skills that may be produced when learning English utilizing an efficient approach. Soft skills in English language are very crucial in the workplace worldwide. This demonstrates how crucial English usage is today in India. The English is a sweet language and works as a tool that allows people to communicate with one another and to reach an understanding. The language spoken by the majority of people in world is English and it is important for nation development.

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“…All have English as their native tongue. Ratna Rintaningrum (2015) [31] . Also, learning English boosts IQ; why is this so?…”

Section: Why Learn English Nowadaysmentioning

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Learning of English and its importance in India during 2st century

Sirohi

2023

Int. J. Res. Engl.

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“…Table 2 shows that the participant with the profession of lecturer provides a variety of ideas and activities to her child. In addition to providing facilities such as literacy tools at home, encyclopaedia, for learning English, the participant provide her child activities that are so detail, structured, and very complex (Docking, 1990;Ratna Rintaningrum et al, 2017). Even this participant does activities that other participants do not.…”

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Home-Based Practical Parents Involvement in Assisting Children Learn English

Rintaningrum

Mahfud

Trisyanti

et al. 2022

J. Obs. J. Pendidik. Anak Usia Dini

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Increasingly, English is becoming a popular language for young learners. In order to support the learning of English at early age, the involvement of parents is highly important. It is because schools are not the only determinant for success, but parents also have a very huge responsibility to their children education. Nowadays, the role of parents in education in general, and in the learning of English in particular is being questioned. The aim of the study is to analyse home-based parental involvement in assisting their children learn English. A face to face interview was conducted to parents with different gender, level of education, and professions. There are about 6 participants involved in the study. The study shows that parents with different professions provide a variety of ways on how they help their children learn English at home. Educational background and professions of the parents play an important role on how parents provide assistances to their children. Parents with higher level of education are more likely to provide more systematically and more various assistance to their children. The study is expected to encourage schools and parents to work more collaboratively in improving their children with better performance.

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“…As Darvin and Norton (2017) argues, if learners invest in a language, they do so with the understanding that they would acquire a wider range of symbolic and material resources, which would increase the value of their cultural capital and social power.Therefore, from the statement above we could illustrate that students affordance in their language learning investment was influenced by the benefits provided to theirs. It understood that the background and context of students learning were related to the outcome of the individual's learning investment (Rintaningrum et al, 2017). Thus, with the purpose explained before, this paper addressed the following research question: 1) what were the factors of students' investment in learning English during online learning?…”

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The Factors of Students’ Investment in Learning English During Online Learning at One of SMPN in Musi Rawas

Anggraini

Eryansyah

Silvhiany

2023

ERJEE

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Most of the students decided to invest in learning English was because of the perceived capital that provided them with benefits for their academics as well as their future careers. This study used a qualitative narrative inquiry by using interviews and documentation instruments. This study was included the interviewed with seven participants of ninth grader at one of SMPN in Musi Rawas. This study was aimed to investigate the factors affecting the students’ investment in learning English at one of SMPN in Musi Rawas invested in learning English during online learning. The students invested in learning English was because of From the interviews, the results of this study was indicated that: (1) the most dominant factors affecting the ninth students invested in learning English was family support, the second dominant factor was better English achievement, and the last dominant factor was past experience. This study findings confirmed that the seven students had been put some efforts in their investment in learning English in order to acquire their goals in the present and also future. Then, they also wanted to improve their English language skill. Furthermore, this study may help the students understand about the importance of learning English in the present and also in the future.

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The Influence of Student Background Characteristics on Proficiency in English as a Foreign Language: Indonesian Context

Abstract: In order to explain differences in English proficiency level, one

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

Learning of English and its importance in India during 2st century

Learning of English and its importance in India during 2st century

Home-Based Practical Parents Involvement in Assisting Children Learn English

The Factors of Students’ Investment in Learning English During Online Learning at One of SMPN in Musi Rawas

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