scholarly journals English Language Writing Centres in Japanese Universities: What do Students Really Need?

2010 ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Jim McKinley
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Attitudes Toward Writing ◽  
The Us ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Students Attitudes

The installation of English language writing centres in Japanese universities is a relatively recent event—the first ones established with funding from the Ministry of Education in 2004. Because of the EFL writing context, setting up a writing centre requires consideration of students’ needs and cultural expectations of writing and writing centres. In general, writing centres that have been established in Japanese universities follow a structure similar to those in the US. This raises the question as to whether or not this is appropriate for the particular needs of EFL students and the obstacles they face. For this study, in order to explore students’ attitudes toward writing centres and the role they play in writing education, interview data was collected from students of English composition in two different departments at a university in Japan well known for its English language education: the English department, which does not have a writing centre, and the liberal arts department, which has one of the first writing centres established in Japan.

scholarly journals The impact of bullying on EFL students’ academic achievement at state Islamic universities in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Safrul Muluk ◽  
Habiburrahim Habiburrahim ◽  
Syarifah Dahliana ◽  
Saiful Akmal
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Social Life ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Triggering Factors ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Classroom Bullying ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Issues and incidents of bullying may take place, regardless of time and place, notwithstanding at Islamic education institutions. This study is aimed at finding out types of bullying and their triggering factors taking place in the university classroom; examining steps taken by lecturers to anticipate and prevent classroom bullying; and analyzing the impact of bullying on EFL students’ academic achievement. This mixed-methods study involved 546 students and 30 lecturers of the English Language Education Department at three state Islamic universities in Indonesia; Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah in Jakarta, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga in Yogyakarta, and Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry in Banda Aceh. Both surveys and interviews were employed to collect the required data. The findings elucidate that physical, social, verbal, and racial are among the most common emergent bullying incidents the students experienced. Revealing the triggering factors of bullying, the data show that competition in academic and social life, differences in thoughts and appearances, lack of understanding of bullying meaning, and lack of regulation are pointed as the source of bullying. The findings also indicate that bullying influences students’ academic achievement; bullying incidents have driven their victims into four pathetic conditions: less confident, stressed, anxious, and passive. Some steps are applied by the lecturer to prevent and handle bullying; they are: providing classroom regulation, being a counselor for students, enforcing the regulation, and massive socialization.

scholarly journals EXPLORING EFL STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS IN LISTENING TO ENGLISH NEWS BROADCASTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-352
Author(s):  
Zulfikar Zulfikar ◽  
Cut Tarri Aulia ◽  
Saiful Akmal
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Speech Rate ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Grammatical Structure ◽  
Inference Making ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
News Broadcasts ◽  
Efl Students

Listening is central for language learning and for daily communication. However, in foreign language learning, students still encounter problems in understanding listening materials. This present study is aimed to reveal the students’ problems in listening English news broadcasts. The subjects of this study were two classrooms at the Department of English Language Education at an acknowledged university in Banda Aceh. The samples were made of 50 students in their third semester. This study employed a quantitative analysis approach. A close-ended questionnaire was used as the instruments in collecting the data. The findings showed that the difficulties faced by the students in listening to English news broadcast were mainly caused by unfamiliar topics, unfamiliar vocabulary, different accents, fast speech rate, unintelligible pronunciation, difficulty in inference making, excessively long passages, complicated grammatical structure, as well as complex ideas.

scholarly journals Rethinking Global Jinzai Policy: Exploring University Students’ Attitudes

2020 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Beni Kudo ◽  
Giancarla Unser-Schutz
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Private University ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Students Attitudes

Discussions on English education policies often focus on their reception by teachers. However, this can overlook what students think about policy, and students’ support of policies may be crucial to their success. This is especially relevant to English education at universities, given the autonomy that university students have. To understand what students think about policies, a survey on certain aspects of Japanese educational policies and English language education was conducted at a private university. The survey focused on students’ attitudes towards guroubaru jinzai or global workers, a buzzword in Japanese EFL policies. Overall, students reported interest in becoming global workers, but they did not feel that this was realistic for themselves. This suggests that to gain the support necessary from students for their own cultivation as global workers in line with current EFL policies, it may be necessary to show the relevance to their own lives, from their own perspectives. 文科省の英語教育におけるポリシーの１つは「グローバル人材育成」であるが、大学英語教育では、学習に対する学生の主体的な意識や態度が重要である。中堅大学の学生を対象とした調査の結果、彼らは「国際的に活躍することが現代社会で求められている」と認識している一方、「そのような人材になることは自分にとって現実的ではない」と考えていることが分かった。理由の１つは「英語に対する自信のなさ」であるが、同時に「英語学習」には興味を持つ学生も多かった。「グローバル人材の必要性の認識」と「英語学習に対する興味」を利用することで、中堅大学の学生にとっても文科省のポリシーの実現が可能であると考えられる。

scholarly journals LEARNING AMID CRISIS: EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON ONLINE LEARNING DURING COVID-19 OUTBREAK

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Kasyfur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Virtual Classes ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Instructor Characteristics

This paper investigated tertiary EFL students’ overall perception of the use of fully online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. By administering a survey to 125 students of the English Language Education Program in a State Islamic University in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, using 26 items of a questionnaire with a five-point Likert scale, this study unravelled students’ responses in terms of three constructs including Perceived Usefulness (PU), Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU) and Perceived Instructor Characteristics (PIC). The findings suggested that in terms of PU, even though the data mostly demonstrated neutral responses for most of the questionnaire items, the students tended to perceive online learning as to provide flexible time for their learning and foster their autonomy/independence and confidence. However, the students tended to perceive online learning as less facilitating for their understanding of subjects. In terms of PEOU, the responses reflected the students’ readiness to employ online learning as the data suggested that they possessed both the technology and the knowledge to use it. However, they tended to encounter problems when operating the technology, especially concerning the internet connection. On the other hand, these students perceived instructor characteristics as mostly positive. Therefore, online learning seemed to have not been designed to engage all students, yet seemed to be an inevitable option during the outbreak as the report from the interviews demonstrated that F2F classes were still preferred over online learning. Finally, these findings imply the need for redesigning online learning to better engage students in virtual classes.

scholarly journals THE IMPLEMENTATION OF “WRITING IN PAIRS” BASED ON STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION

JURNAL BASIS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Lailatul Husna
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Language Education ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
To Come

Writing skills is one of four skills that a student learns in language. Writing is a language skill with the last sequence studied by the learner. Writing in pairs is a strategy which is applied in writing. The aims of writing in pairs in learning are students and their partners can work together to get unite ideas owned by each student. This study was conducted to see how the use of writing in pairs strategy in learning writing that viewed from students perception whose results can be used as a reference for improvement in learning writing skills. The data were taken from the Essay Writing class in the English Language Education Study Program of FKIP Bung Hatta University by giving questionnaires to the students after they have studied three times of writing learning experience with writing in pairs strategy or pair work. The results showed that students were happy with the paired work strategy in writing activities. Working in pairs, learners find that it is easier to come up with an idea so that the boring writing activity is turning into a more fun activity.

scholarly journals The English Reading Habits of English Language Education Undergraduate Students at English Department

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 707-716
Author(s):  
Windha Aestetika Wulandari ◽  
Utari Praba Astuti ◽  
Furaidah
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Language Education ◽  
English Department ◽  
Reading Practice ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Good Reading ◽  
Students Attitudes

Abstract: Good reading habits help comprehension and logic because they can empower to absorb material analytically, critically, and reflectively. However, the technique for encouraging an interest in reading, particularly in schools and universities, has not obtained the best outcomes. In this case, family, community, and educational institutions simultaneously play a significant role in promoting English Foreign Language students' enthusiasm for reading. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine how ELE undergraduate students reading habits in English Department, Universitas Negeri Malang. This type of research used descriptive qualitative. The data collection technique used was a questionnaire form and distributed via Google form. The questionnaire discussed students' attitudes towards reading, purpose of reading, reading frequency, and reading preferences. The results showed that most of the ELE undergraduate students have high reading habit. However, students’ reading habits still need to be improved. It is shown that the students like reading as an indispensable part of their lives because of the reading treatment they get from an early stage of age. It makes them have a positive attitude towards reading, they also have a purpose for reading, and increase their reading preferences. Furthermore, they also need to increase their frequency of reading practice and the number of books read. Keywords: reading habits, English Language Education (ELE), English Department Abstrak: Kebiasaan membaca yang baik dapat membantu pemahaman dan logika karena dapat memudahkan untuk menerima materi secara analitis, kritis, dan reflektif. Namun, teknik yang digunakan untuk mendorong minat membaca, khususnya di sekolah dan universitas, masih belum mendapatkan hasil yang terbaik. Dalam hal ini, keluarga, masyarakat, dan lembaga pendidikan secara bersamaan memiliki peran penting dalam mendorong minat membaca Bahasa Inggris siswa. Oleh karena itu, tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana kebiasaan membaca mahasiswa Jurusan Bahasa Inggris Universitas Negeri Malang. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah kuesioner dan disebarluaskan melalui google form. Kuesioner tersebut membahas sikap siswa terhadap membaca, tujuan membaca, frekuensi membaca, dan preferensi membaca. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar mahasiswa juusan pendidikan Bahasa Inggris memiliki kebiasaan membaca yang tinggi. Namun, kebiasaan membaca siswa masih perlu ditingkatkan lagi. Terlihat bahwa siswa menyukai membaca, karena sebagai bagian yang tak terpisahkan dari kehidupan karena mereka telah dilatih membaca sejak usia dini. Oleh karena itu, mereka memiliki sikap positif terhadap membaca, mereka juga memiliki tujuan untuk membaca, dan meningkatkan preferensi membaca mereka. Selain itu, mereka juga perlu meningkatkan frekuensi latihan membaca dan jumlah buku yang dibaca. Kata kunci: kebiasaan membaca, Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Jurusan Sastra Inggris

scholarly journals INDONESIAN EFL STUDENTS’ ANXIETY IN SPEECH PRODUCTION: POSSIBLE CAUSES AND REMEDY

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Christina Lhaksmita Anandari
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Speech Production ◽  
English Language ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Conduct Problem ◽  
Language Anxiety ◽  
Foreign Language Anxiety ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Efl Students

This research examined what causes speech-production-related foreign-language anxiety among Indonesian students majoring in English Language Education. Furthermore, it also looks into whether and how selfreflective activities are able to help these students reduce their anxiety. The data were gathered from a qualitative research conducted on a group of Indonesian students taking a Public Speaking course at Sanata Dharma University. The subjects were given two types of questionnaires to explore the possible causes of their anxiety and their reflection on the process of learning the public speaking skills. The research results show three causes of foreign language anxiety: fear, shyness, and discomfort. The results also demonstrate that self-reflections helped the students deal with foreign language anxiety because they helped the students identify their strengths and weaknesses,conduct problem solving, and increase confidence.

scholarly journals Students’ Perceptions on English Fun Fair as an Implementation of Project-Based Learning in Speaking for Social Purposes Classes

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Ardela Indri Apriliani ◽  
Listyani Listyani
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Private University ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Implementation Models ◽  
Speaking Skills

English Fun Fair is one of the implementation models in Project-Based Learning (PBL) which involves learning through various tasks and collaborative learning. Particularly, the project was implemented in Speaking for Social Purposes classes at an English Language Education Program, at a private university in Central Java, Indonesia. The study aimed to investigate students' perceptions of the influence of English Fun Fair which consisted of the benefits and challenges of the project. The participants of the study were fifty (50) students from 2016, 2017, and 2018 Academic Year who had taken Speaking for Social Purposes course and had done English Fun Fair. To gain data more deeply, the researchers used a qualitative method. The instruments used were open-ended questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. In the questionnaires, the participants answered some questions related to this study. After that, as a follow-up of the answers in the questionnaires, the researcher did interviews. Besides that, the data showed that improving speaking skills was the most dominant benefit mentioned by the participants. However, problems in speaking skills also became a challenge which they experienced a lot. Expectantly, the findings from this study can give views for EFL teachers about the benefits of this project and for EFL students can develop their speaking and other skills.

scholarly journals ATTITUDES OF EFL STUDENTS REGARDING LEARNER AUTONOMY IN ENGLISH VOCABULARY ACQUISITION

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
I Putu Andre Suhardiana
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Education Department ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Learning English

Practical English communication for EFL students is wholly based on their vocabulary. However, learner autonomy (LA) is critical for EFL students’ vocabulary acquisition. The purpose of this research is to find out the viewpoints of students regarding LA when it comes to acquiring English vocabulary. There were 100 students from the college majoring in English Language Education Department completed the closed questionnaire, and 7 students participated in semistructured interviews. The research established that while participants intellectually recognized the relevance of LA in learning English vocabulary, they demonstrated a lack of interest in LA in learning English vocabulary on an emotional and behavioral level. These findings may help explain how to improve English teaching and learning, particularly English vocabulary teaching, in the context of other comparable EFL and research.

scholarly journals DELVING INTO ENGLISH AS A FOREGIN LANGUAGE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THESIS WRITING REFERENCING SYSTEM

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-318
Author(s):  
Ni Luh Putu Rastiti Era Agustini ◽  
Made Hery Santosa ◽  
Luh Diah Surya Adnyani
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Microsoft Word ◽  
Score Analysis ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Thesis Writing ◽  
The Ideal

This research aimed to investigate undergraduate EFL students’ perception towards the use of Microsoft Word Referenceson students’ thesis and factors that influence the perception. This research used a sequential mixed method. There were 25 students from 7th semester of English Language Education, Ganesha University of Education, involved in this research.The research instruments were questionnaire and interview. The results from the questionnaires were analyzed usingmean score ideal (Mi) and standard deviation ideal (SDi), and data from the interviews were analyzed using interactivemodel analysis by Miles and Huberman. From the ideal mean score analysis, the mean score of undergraduate EFLstudents’ perception towards the use of Microsoft Word References on students’ thesis was 41.84, which was categorizedas average. This means Microsoft Word References can be used in managing citation and reference in thesis writing.Moreover, the interview result shows 11 factors that influence undergraduate EFL students’ perception towards the use ofMicrosoft Word References on students’ thesis, namely attitudes, motives, interests, expectations, novelty, motion, size,background, proximity, and time. The factors build two trends, positive and negative perceptions.

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