The Impact of Students’ Perception on their Academic Background on Their Learning Motivation

Students’ academic performance is influenced by many factors such as previous academic background and level of motivation. There have been several studies trying to find out the correlation between students’ previous academic background and their learning achievement. However the results are not convincing. Though it is found out that there is correlation between students’ academic background and their learning achievement, the value of correlation is small. There have been also many researches investigating the impact of students’ motivation and their academic gain. However, the correlational study on students’ perception on academic background and their learning motivation is rare undertaking.

Teaching Speaking and The Teacher`s Role for EFL Learner in Emergency Remote Teaching (A Qualitative Study on Non-English Department Students)

Teaching EFL nowadays confronts a technical problem of having non face to face meeting. Amongst the four skills in teaching EFL, speaking still be the trend in language research especially in emergency remote teaching. This study revealed teaching speaking and the teacher`s role for EFL Learner in non-English department class. The data were taken from online interview, self-written and observation. The research was taken on online class of Speech Therapy students which undergo on the online class group. The results showed that teaching speaking using video and voice note as media for teaching and learning successfully made the process occur effectively and meaningfully. The use of video stimulate students’ interest and motivation in learning the materials. Moreover, voice note be an effective media in practicing speaking, giving feedback and discussing. The result contributed to teachers and other researchers for selecting the suitable media in teaching and practicing speaking amidst the emergency remote teaching.

Grammatical Errors Made by Students in Speaking English

This study is aimed to reveal the types of grammatical errors made by students in speaking English in the English department of IAIN Takengon. When speaking, students generally did not realize and understand the classification of errors they were making. Thus, it is deemed necessary to identify, classify, and describe the various grammatical errors as an attempt to build their awareness of using structured and standardized English rules. This research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive method. After analyzing the errors proposed by Dulay, the findings showed that the most common error in students’ grammar is misuse or misplacing of verbs, nouns, conjunctions, pronouns, prepositions, and parts of speech. Based on the error category, students' most common error is omission, followed by overgeneralization, over-regulation, and misordering, completed by other errors such as carelessness. Meanwhile, the causes of grammatical errors were the internal factors; anxiety, limited linguistic resources, and motivation deficiency; the external factors were an unsupportive environment and the stressful teaching and learning process.

"I Feel Less Judged, so I Speak More" Introverted Students' Response on Online Learning Platforms in Speaking Class

As one of the productive skills in English Language, speaking has always been associated with extroverted people. However, during this online learning, introverted students gain autonomy which allows them to express ideas freely. The article used a mixed-method to collect data. The result revealed 70,33% of the total participants were introverted students. In answering the questionnaire, the participants agreed on 6 items and disagreed on 3 items. The article serves as a basis for instructors, academicians, and researchers to provide the most suitable online learning platforms for all types of students.

The Effect of Team Games Tournament on Students' Reading Motivation and Reading Comprehension

The purposes of the research were to find out the effect of Team Game Tournament (TGT) technique on students reading motivation and reading skill. The research design was quasi experimental research with the type was pre-test-posttest non-equivalent group design. Two groups (64 students) of the eighth grade were selected as samples by using cluster sampling. The techniques of data collection were questionnaire and reading comprehension test. There was difference in students reading motivation between control and experimental group. It was indicated by the value of sig. (2 tailed) was 0.016. It meant that TGT technique had a significant effect on students reading motivation. Moreover, it was also found that there was difference in students reading skill between control and experimental group. It could be seen from the value of sig. (2 tailed) was 0.000. Hence, TGT technique affected students reading comprehension. In conclusion, TGT technique had a significant effect on students' reading motivation and reading comprehension.

The Use of Taking Notes on Report Text

Some problems of reading and writing incompetency are suffered by students commonly. It can become more difficult for them to understand what they are reading and writing. Additionally, it can become difficult to gain a deeper accepting of the text, something that requires assimilating competency, experience, and knowledge. This paper attempts to describe the use of taking notes on report text. Taking notes could help secondary level students to simplify the process of reading and writing report text. Students or learner who has decent skill of reading and writing and theory of taking notes will find less difficulties to write down report text as teacher requires. Therefore, teacher should equipped students by academic writing skill particularly about taking notes. Reading a lot and keep on writing are the best way to achieve those abilities. Keywords: reading, writing, taking notes, report text.

Student’s response in online learning process: A case study of English Education students

The purpose of this study was to look at the level of student activity in online lectures. This research method uses descriptive qualitative. In this research, the data source is all online lecture recording one of the colleges in Madiun contained in the online media platform used by the author. The research results found several exciting things that the level of activity of students in the discussion is excellent compared with offline lectures. Several things can affect, such as the level of student confidence, comfort in attending lectures, and enough time to read the material provided can be longer so that they can understand the material provided. So it can be concluded that online lectures are convenient for some things to apply in education.

WEBQUEST: THE TRANSFORMATION AND INNOVATION IN ELT

This paper aims at describing the use of modern technology for language teaching.The idea of webquest in language teaching has had colossal changes in recent decades. Advancements in technology, the prominence of the internet and its simple accessibility in numerous parts of the world has made a suitable device for teacher improvement. Web based media place new requests with respect to language which can advance varieties in language utilized (Halliday, 1990). The core issue of this paper will surely encourage the language teachers to find out the interesting and beneficial method of teaching and learning in the academic English classroom. Thus, the use of webquest in language teaching is one effective tool to promote variations in language teaching. The five main components of Webquest, namelythe introduction, task, process, resources, evaluation, and conclusion are significatlyinnovative teaching and learning strategies in EFL context.

INTRODUCING JAVANESE CULTURE THROUGH SELECTED TEXTS IN EFL CLASS

The paper presents an overview of the research on teaching Javanese culture and describes the association between Javanese culture and English language teaching (ELT) through selected texts. A decisive question occurs in terms of ELT, whether to teach culture along with English. The implementation of selected text is one of the effective ways to encourage students to more appreciate and feel affection for their own culture. Since the native Javanese people obligates to be aware of their own culture. Using Javanese culture text means that the texts learned by the students are part of the Javanese original culture. Dealing with the text, the students will have a handle on the culture profoundly. To answer such an incomprehensible question, this article shows the relation about the connection among literature and studies. This research also discusses a theoretical frame based on the experts’ insights and opinions. To summarize, this research displays various viewpoints in relation to this topic, offers different practical studies, and reaches some valuable conclusions.

Genre Based Approach An Alternative in Teaching Comparison and Contrast Essay

Writing as one of the productive skills is offered as a required course in many English language program at many universities. However, research showed that teaching writing skill faced some challenges. Therefore, this article offered an approach that shed the light. The article discussed a description of what a comparison and contrast essay in general, the definition of Genre Based Approach in teaching writing and the application of GBA in teaching comparison and contrast essay. The article serve as a reference for teachers in teaching comparison and contrast essay for academic writing and other purposes.