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Combination of photos, definitions, and fill-in-the-blank tasks in Quizlet: a concern about learning academic vocabulary in online listening classes Quizlet中图片、定义和填空任务的结合:对在线听力课程中学术词汇学习的关注

Journal on English as a Foreign Language Pub Date : 2023-02-02 DOI: 10.23971/jefl.v13i1.5239

Tien Thinh Vu, Diem Bich Huyen Bui

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The role of self-regulated learning on foreign vocabulary learning: a multi-case study 自主学习在外语词汇学习中的作用:多案例研究

Journal on English as a Foreign Language Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.23971/jefl.v13i1.5238

Baihaqi Zakaria Muslim, M. Mahbub

{"title":"The role of self-regulated learning on foreign vocabulary learning: a multi-case study","authors":"Baihaqi Zakaria Muslim, M. Mahbub","doi":"10.23971/jefl.v13i1.5238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23971/jefl.v13i1.5238","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, a considerable body of empirical research has acknowledged the role of self-regulated learning (henceforth SRL) in the domain of English as a foreign language (EFL). However, the study investigating the role and mechanism of SRL in vocabulary learning is still in scarcity particularly in Indonesian contexts. To address this noticeable gap, this multi-case study aims to explore the role of SRL on vocabulary learning strategies use and mechanism from the experience of undergraduate EFL learners. After signing the informed of consent form sheets, two undergraduate students from two different countries (Indonesia and Egypt) voluntarily participate in this study. By employing a series of semi-structured interviews and conducting narrative thematic analysis (Braun Clarke, 2006), the findings showcase that both participants employ a myriad of vocabulary learning strategies such as rehearsal, elaboration, and social strategy. Additionally, the empirical evidence indicates that they have higher level of motivation and persistence to maintain vocabulary-learning activity. The findings suggest the important practical implications for teachers, learners, and institution. This article also discusses limitations and recommendations.","PeriodicalId":31243,"journal":{"name":"Journal on English as a Foreign Language","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42255185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring students’ perspectives on using live streaming on Facebook as project-based learning in Indonesian EFL classes 探讨学生对在印尼EFL课堂上使用Facebook直播作为项目学习的看法

Journal on English as a Foreign Language Pub Date : 2023-01-05 DOI: 10.23971/jefl.v13i1.4571

Faidah Yusuf, Ameer Ali

{"title":"Exploring students’ perspectives on using live streaming on Facebook as project-based learning in Indonesian EFL classes","authors":"Faidah Yusuf, Ameer Ali","doi":"10.23971/jefl.v13i1.4571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23971/jefl.v13i1.4571","url":null,"abstract":"Students' self-confidence in speaking English remains low. Many students are still embarrassed to speak English since teachers use outdated teaching methods. This study aims to explore students' perspectives on using live-streaming projects on the Facebook group in EFL classes. This study involved forty English Department students at a university in Makassar, Indonesia. They engaged in the live streaming project-based learning (PBL) using the Facebook group in language learning in English classes. Four participants from the four groups consisting of ten participants were selected through random sampling and agreed to participate in a semi-structured interview. The qualitative data obtained from the interview were analyzed through a thematic analysis. Results show that live streaming on the Facebook group as PBL facilitated and increased the students’ learning autonomy, technology skill, self-regulated learning, and English-speaking confidence in EFL classes. The findings suggest the practical implications of PBL in the live streaming project using the Facebook group on online educational activity, particularly in EFL classes, for enhancing students’ learning autonomy, technology skill, self-regulated learning, and confidence in speaking English.","PeriodicalId":31243,"journal":{"name":"Journal on English as a Foreign Language","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43967220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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“I can’t search on Google for answers”: validity evidence of a developed computer-based assessment application “我无法在谷歌上搜索答案”：开发的基于计算机的评估应用程序的有效性证据

Journal on English as a Foreign Language Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.23971/jefl.v13i1.4496

Elok Putri Nimasari, Rohfin Andria Gestanti, Khoiru Nurfitri

{"title":"“I can’t search on Google for answers”: validity evidence of a developed computer-based assessment application","authors":"Elok Putri Nimasari, Rohfin Andria Gestanti, Khoiru Nurfitri","doi":"10.23971/jefl.v13i1.4496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23971/jefl.v13i1.4496","url":null,"abstract":"While learning management systems have been increasingly used as innovative ways to teach students in the post-COVID-19 pandemic, academic dishonesty is still in crisis. The open-access facility has the potential intervention in academic dishonesty. This study reported validity evidence of a developed computer-based assessment application to combat academic dishonesty: 1) measuring the development of high-order-thinking-skill (HOTS) test items; 2) examining the test item's validity integrated into the application; and 3) reporting the program analysis of the anti-cheating application for English for Specific Purposes (ESP) class assessment. This mixed-method study used focus group discussion and reading tests to collect the data. Pearson product-moment and black box analysis were used to measure test-item validity and application. The quantitative result revealed that test items were developed according to authentic journal texts and HOTS question characteristics and were statistically proven valid and reliable. Simplifying the authentic text empirically enabled EFL students to have an easier ESP reading comprehension complexity level. The black box analysis showed that the auto-lock screen feature prevented suspicious cheating access. This study contributed to extending practical and theoretical research on technology-enhanced language learning (TELL) by providing an innovative anti-cheating technology application.","PeriodicalId":31243,"journal":{"name":"Journal on English as a Foreign Language","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43964819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring EFL students’ motivation in essay writing through writing beliefs, self-efficacy, and attitudes: a case from Papua, Indonesia 从写作信念、自我效能感和态度探究EFL学生的作文动机——以印度尼西亚巴布亚为例

Journal on English as a Foreign Language Pub Date : 2022-12-25 DOI: 10.23971/jefl.v13i1.4561

Abel Yohanis Romrome, C. Mbato

{"title":"Exploring EFL students’ motivation in essay writing through writing beliefs, self-efficacy, and attitudes: a case from Papua, Indonesia","authors":"Abel Yohanis Romrome, C. Mbato","doi":"10.23971/jefl.v13i1.4561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23971/jefl.v13i1.4561","url":null,"abstract":"Although writing motivation has been widely investigated, limited research has focused on the three elements of internal motivation: writing beliefs, self-efficacy, and attitudes, let alone in the Papuan context. This study explored 32 Papuan EFL undergraduate students' internal motivation in essay writing through a purposive sampling technique. This research adopted a mixed method of quantitative and qualitative data. In collecting the quantitative data, a questionnaire was distributed through the Google Forms platform and analyzed using SPSS 26.0. Meanwhile, semi-structured interviews were conducted to gain qualitative data and analyzed by reading the data transcription and listening to the data recording three times to gain more valid information about the students' internal motivation in writing. The findings revealed that most EFL students had realized the importance of writing (WB1; M=3.63). Some students also demonstrated self-efficacy as writers (SE1; M=3.67), while others still felt anxious during writing (SE4; 3.60). Furthermore, some participants had created a positive attitude toward writing, whereas others did not. This research offers pedagogical implications for the lecturers and educators to promote the importance of writing to their students, encourage them to increase their self-efficacy as writers, and create positive attitudes toward writing.","PeriodicalId":31243,"journal":{"name":"Journal on English as a Foreign Language","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48183939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Google Books Corpus and designing English for specific purposes materials 谷歌图书语料库和设计英语专用材料

Journal on English as a Foreign Language Pub Date : 2022-08-21 DOI: 10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4254

Munassir Alhamami

{"title":"Google Books Corpus and designing English for specific purposes materials","authors":"Munassir Alhamami","doi":"10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4254","url":null,"abstract":"Designing language-learning materials that target the needs of specific groups of students can be a challenge because students' needs vary. There is a research gap in identifying learning materials that meet the needs of a specific group of students. The study objective is to utilize open educational resources to design English for specific purposes (ESP) materials. The study implements a corpus linguistics method by using the Google Books Corpus (GBC) to develop language-learning materials for engineering students. The application analyzed the corpora by frequency that was the default analysis procedure in GBC. The findings show the procedures to create English grammar materials for engineering students and engineers who need to improve their knowledge about the commonly used grammar structures in engineering texts. The results of analyzing GBC present five chapters: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions that are commonly used in engineering texts using authentic examples. The findings demonstrate the importance of corpus technologies such as GBC in language learning classrooms. The implication is that language educators should utilize open educational resources such as GBC to provide students with learning materials that have authentic examples, commonly used words, and widely used grammar structures in the students' academic majors.","PeriodicalId":31243,"journal":{"name":"Journal on English as a Foreign Language","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46340316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Short stories as an innovative EFL teaching technique to improve Pakistani elementary students’ English vocabulary 短篇小说作为一种创新的英语教学手段来提高巴基斯坦小学生的英语词汇量

Journal on English as a Foreign Language Pub Date : 2022-08-20 DOI: 10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4060

M. Bhatti, Asif Iqbal, Zahida Rafique, Shaista Noreen, Faiqa Tabassum

{"title":"Short stories as an innovative EFL teaching technique to improve Pakistani elementary students’ English vocabulary","authors":"M. Bhatti, Asif Iqbal, Zahida Rafique, Shaista Noreen, Faiqa Tabassum","doi":"10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4060","url":null,"abstract":"Short stories are becoming very popular around the globe. Learning vocabulary, a crucial component of learning a foreign language, is at the heart of teaching a language and is important for language learners. The researchers believe that vocabulary plays a crucial part in learning any language. Therefore, it is crucial to look at the best strategies for enhancing vocabulary learning. With the aim of effectively utilizing short stories to improve vocabulary at the primary level, the current study was created to raise awareness among elementary-level teachers about how they might develop the English vocabulary of their students. The study was experimental with a pretest-posttest design. Sixty students were randomly selected from an elementary school in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Twenty-five close-ended questions (MCQs) type questions for pre-test and post-test and the English reading assessment survey (ERAS) questionnaire were used to collect data, and the data were analyzed by using SPSS. The results show that most students spoke about three things: the value of short stories in vocabulary learning, their interest in reading short stories, and their approval of using short stories. The study implies that primary school English teachers should use short stories to increase their students' vocabulary.","PeriodicalId":31243,"journal":{"name":"Journal on English as a Foreign Language","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44551280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Experiencing problems in data collection by undergraduate EFL students as novice researchers 作为新手研究者的本科生在数据收集中遇到的问题

Journal on English as a Foreign Language Pub Date : 2022-08-07 DOI: 10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4111

Faisal Mustafa, Merina Devira, Heribertus Apriadi, Bonjovi Hassan Hajan

{"title":"Experiencing problems in data collection by undergraduate EFL students as novice researchers","authors":"Faisal Mustafa, Merina Devira, Heribertus Apriadi, Bonjovi Hassan Hajan","doi":"10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4111","url":null,"abstract":"Data collection is a research process determining the validity and reliability of a study, and novice researchers have been found to experience many problems in this process. However, little study addressed the problem in data collection among these researchers. Therefore, this study was conducted to uncover problems experienced by English as a Foreign Language (EFL) undergraduate students without any previous experience in data collection. Seventeen undergraduate EFL students were assigned to collect data using a two-item questionnaire, which involved communicating with research participants before sending the questionnaire to the participants. After the data collection, they were requested to write a brief report explaining their communication with the participants and the problems they experienced. The reports written by the students were treated as the data for this research and were subjected to qualitative analysis to understand the problems they faced in the data collection. The results show that students experienced some problems in collecting the data, i.e., lack of responses, late responses, a negative response, and uncompleted questionnaires. The results of the study suggest that potential problems in data collection should be introduced to undergraduate EFL students before they conduct their undergraduate research.","PeriodicalId":31243,"journal":{"name":"Journal on English as a Foreign Language","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49463839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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An investigation into L1 interference in Lao EFL students’ writing and translation for curriculum and teaching improvement 母语干扰老挝语学生写作和翻译的课程与教学研究

Journal on English as a Foreign Language Pub Date : 2022-08-06 DOI: 10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4105

Khamphone Duangpaserth, Yommala Meunviseth, Sonexay Chanboualapha

{"title":"An investigation into L1 interference in Lao EFL students’ writing and translation for curriculum and teaching improvement","authors":"Khamphone Duangpaserth, Yommala Meunviseth, Sonexay Chanboualapha","doi":"10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4105","url":null,"abstract":"L1 interference in Lao students’ English writing and translation is widely believed to be a source of errors, but it has not been taken into account. As a result, students’ English becomes interlanguage which is considered as an error. This research aimed at investigating the students’ errors in English writing and translation. To collect data, writing and translation tests were administered to 213 (= 30%) EFL university students in the Department of English Language (DEL) in a university in Vientiane Capital, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The data were annually analyzed, categorized and counted up participants making errors in percentage. It took approximately six months to finish analyzing errors in 213 English paragraphs and 213 translation-test papers. Both grammatical and lexical errors in sentence level were found due to direct translation word for word from Lao into English. It was also found the percentage of participants making errors in writing and translation was not much different. The results could be used in the curriculum and teaching improvement.","PeriodicalId":31243,"journal":{"name":"Journal on English as a Foreign Language","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45740840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Self-determined learning in EFL classroom: a trajectory for the future research 英语课堂自主学习:未来研究的轨迹

Journal on English as a Foreign Language Pub Date : 2022-08-04 DOI: 10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4068

Deni Sapta Nugraha, N. Lustyantie, U. Chaeruman

{"title":"Self-determined learning in EFL classroom: a trajectory for the future research","authors":"Deni Sapta Nugraha, N. Lustyantie, U. Chaeruman","doi":"10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23971/jefl.v12i2.4068","url":null,"abstract":"The development of technology has rapidly affected the growth complexity of the 21st century's work environment which also influences educational environment. Thus, approaches in teaching and learning such as self-determined learning has been considered relevant to enhance the quality of learning. Researchers and educators have been pursuing to accomodate the praxis of self-determined learning. The purpose of the study was to uncover research trends and try to bridge the gap of future research of self-determined learning (SDL) in the English as a foreign language (EFL) context. Using meta-synthesis, 13 selected articles were examined drawn from a single database from the last five years between 2017 and 2021. The articles were systematically selected through several criteria using the query \"Self-determined Learning+AND+EFL\" in the Sopus database. They contributed to the growing interest related to research and practice of heutagogy or SDL. Results showed that research areas of SDL had been widely investigated in different levels of students; primary (23%), secondary (23%), and university (54%). In addition, a few research studies were conducted to examine students' language skills and language components (listening and vocabulary) (15%). It implicated that many EFL research area could be investigated from different levels and focus in the future. ","PeriodicalId":31243,"journal":{"name":"Journal on English as a Foreign Language","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41550711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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