{"title":"INVESTIGATING CONTENT-BASED READING INSTRUCTION IN PROMOTING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION: A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH","authors":"N. Khusniyah, A. Wadi","doi":"10.33603/rill.v3i2.3206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/rill.v3i2.3206","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed at describing how content-based reading instruction on students’ reading comprehension. The method used in this current research was a classroom action research. The participants were taken from an EFL classroom of a private madrasah in Narmada. Process of collecting data was taken using test and observation. Teacher and students’ worksheets were the qualitative data collection instrument to assess the reading instruction process. Meanwhile, the test used TOEFL to measure students’ reading comprehension. The research findings show that reading instruction achieved 71.42% in Cycle I and 94.46% in Cycle II. The students’ learning outcome shows 38.89% (Cycle I), and 83.34% (Cycle II). It means that there is a significant improvement of the reading comprehension from cycle I to cycle II. In addition, the students were active, enthusiastic, and participated in reading instruction using CBI.","PeriodicalId":33592,"journal":{"name":"Research and Innovation in Language Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46657096","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}
Dita Septiana, Nurhadianti Nurhadianti, Dinar Purwati, D. Murwantono
{"title":"USING CONVERSATION WEBSITES FOR IMPROVING INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE AND MAINTAIN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN EDUCATION 4.0","authors":"Dita Septiana, Nurhadianti Nurhadianti, Dinar Purwati, D. Murwantono","doi":"10.33603/rill.v3i2.3015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/rill.v3i2.3015","url":null,"abstract":"The reality of education 4.0 is undeniably true of contemporary higher education systems. This is demonstrated by technological developments and online-based developments. This phenomenon is a challenge of any kind, particularly for students to adapt to the creation of learning processes. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to explore the students ' improvements in their communication exchange skills and establish interpersonal relationship skills through the use of conversation exchange websites. There were six females and four males of students that has been using conversation exchange from some countries taken as participants. This survey was carried out using the video call feature in the Application tool. The semi-structured interview was used to obtain information from students on the specific theme of fun and easy conversation exchange in foreign language communication as a part of the educational challenge 4.0. By using the structural analysis, ten students have fully agreed to the use of a conversation exchange website to improve foreign language communication skills. All males and females were 90% willing to use the conversation exchange website as a measure of the effects of the use of conversation exchange through semi-structured interviews with three questions. The results show that the students ' attitudes have been welcomed by the conversation exchange website to enhance their communication skills in foreign languages. Therefore, the use of conversation exchange should be widely introduced to increase the ability to communicate in a foreign language.","PeriodicalId":33592,"journal":{"name":"Research and Innovation in Language Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41519393","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}
{"title":"ENGAGING STUDENTS IN A FLIPPED CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION: JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRAMMAR PROGRAM","authors":"E. Yanto, G. Triyani, Hikmah Pravitasari","doi":"10.33603/rill.v3i2.3468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/rill.v3i2.3468","url":null,"abstract":"The importance of grammar pedagogy in learning and teaching of foreign language has been the focus of discussion for many years which has resulted in a variety of views on grammar and grammar teaching and different teaching approach as well depend on various perspectives and contexts of language learning. The present study reports students’ perception on flipped classroom mode in learning English grammar. Drawing on classroom action research through reflective journal, photo elicitation and interviews data. Qualitative findings show that: All of the students enjoyed watching the video materials and had an interest in using them for learning grammar; (2) the use of the flipped classroom mode in learning grammar made students’ independent and active in learning grammar; (3) flipped classroom engaged them in learning grammar in different discourse contexts; (4) flipped classroom mode motivated students in learning grammar. The findings of this study may be useful to other researchers who are interested in EFL teaching innovation or teachers who seek effective grammar teaching method.","PeriodicalId":33592,"journal":{"name":"Research and Innovation in Language Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41809428","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}
{"title":"STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON PEER CORRECTION IN ACADEMIC ENGLISH WRITING: A CASE STUDY IN A HIGHER EDUCATION","authors":"Chasna Tsuroyya","doi":"10.33603/rill.v3i2.3108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/rill.v3i2.3108","url":null,"abstract":"Peer correction has taken an important role in language teaching and learning as in contribution to motivate the performance of L2 learners in writing classroom. Peer correction encourages the development of autonomous learning due to teachers' review that took over-dependence thus lowered the students' initiative. However, the previous studies show that many teachers are still doubting the effectiveness of peer correction because of students' lack of knowledge and unable to assist other students. The current study investigated the writing performance of English L2 learners who either provided or received written peer correction in the context of academic writing tasks. Twenty participants enrolled and attended writing class in English Education Department in a state university in Surakarta. They were given a rubric to both reviews other students' writing tasks and receive peer feedback. In collecting data, questionnaires were collected after the writing projects. Results show the use of peer correction increased their writing motivation, self-regulated reflection, bidirectional communication, and deeper critical thinking. Thus, this study provide a clear finding of the efficiency of peer correction in improving students' academic writing and can be useful to be implemented in writing class for English learners","PeriodicalId":33592,"journal":{"name":"Research and Innovation in Language Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42333299","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}
A. Anggraeni, Cynantia Rachmijati, Dewi Listia Apriliyanti
{"title":"VLOG : A TOOL FOR STUDENTS’ SPEAKING PRACTICE ENHANCEMENT","authors":"A. Anggraeni, Cynantia Rachmijati, Dewi Listia Apriliyanti","doi":"10.33603/rill.v3i1.2775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/rill.v3i1.2775","url":null,"abstract":"Vlog, stands for video-blogging, is quite popular in the internet. Vlog also can be used as a learning tool especially for speaking skills. Therefore this research focuses on speaking skill via vlog to see the improvement of students’ speaking skill. The method of this research was mixed methods. The research subjects were 13 vlogs made by students on the topic of spot tourism. The 13 vlogs were by assessed using the rubric developed by Dan Rooney (1998). The result found out that using vlog deemed to be improving students’ speaking skill especially in the area of vocabulary, fluency, pronunciation and intonation. However the most common mistakes found are the way they delivered the introduction, how to form conclusions and the last is the grammatical structure. The findings of the research conclude that the application of vlog to improve students’ speaking skill found to be successful with a positive perception from students as learning tool.","PeriodicalId":33592,"journal":{"name":"Research and Innovation in Language Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42824707","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}
Suci Noer Wulan Sari, Niken Anastasia Kusuma Wardani
{"title":"DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY ENGLISH TEACHERS IN TEACHING VOCABULARIES","authors":"Suci Noer Wulan Sari, Niken Anastasia Kusuma Wardani","doi":"10.33603/rill.v2i3.1301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/rill.v2i3.1301","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims at identifying some difficulties encountered by English teachers in teaching vocabulary and finding out the solutions. The design used was qualitative descriptive using a semi-structured interview as the instrument. The study showed that common difficulties encountered in teaching vocabulary are students’ and teachers’ limited knowledge of the words, techniques, time constraint, and word selection. To overcome those difficulties, teachers may employ some techniques in teaching vocabulary such as using translation in L1, picture, real objects, gestures, guessing from the context, drilling, repetition, and using dictionary. Thus, it can be concluded that difficulties in teaching vocabulary lead English teachers to some ways they can take to overcome them. For future studies, it is suggested to employ observation to see the practice of vocabulary teaching and find out what the actual difficulties are encountered. Moreover, interview to students might be carried out to see their own difficulties in learning vocabulary.Keywords: English teaching, vocabulary, difficulties, techniques","PeriodicalId":33592,"journal":{"name":"Research and Innovation in Language Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42213036","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}
{"title":"ENRICHING ENGLISH VOCABULARIES USING MOVIE SCRIPT IN READING CLASS","authors":"N. Khusniyah, L. Hakim","doi":"10.33603/rill.v2i3.2108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/rill.v2i3.2108","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to get more in-depth implementation of movie scripts to increase vocabulary in reading classes. Vocabulary has a important role in understanding the contents of the reading text. The research method uses action research. So that, data analysis techniques use qualitative and quantitative data analysis techniques. The sample is taken as many as 25 students. The process of collecting data uses tests, observations, and interviews. The results showed that the vocabulary of students before and after using movie scripts was different. The average score of the student vocabulary test in the reading class showed a significant difference. The average of pre-test result is 56.2 and the post-test is 81.87","PeriodicalId":33592,"journal":{"name":"Research and Innovation in Language Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45750014","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}
{"title":"IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH JIGSAW","authors":"U. Ubaedillah","doi":"10.33603/rill.v2i3.2127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/rill.v2i3.2127","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to find out the improvement of students’ speaking ability through Jigsaw method of the Management Study Program students of the second semester in the academic year 2018/2019 at Muhadi Setiabudi University taught by and without using Jigsaw. The data of the current study were gathered at multiple points of time before and after the end of the experiment to determine the improvement of student’s speking ability through Jigsaw speaking skills. In practical terms, the sample’s speaking ability were first examined through an English oral test prior to and after some Jigsaw instructional activities were provided. The data were analyzed using basic and inferential statistical methods including mean scores, standard deviations, paired sample t-test, and effect size. The findings showed a remarkable development in the students’ speaking skills through Jigsaw method. The writer holds an experimental research to apply Jigsaw in teaching English speaking. The population is the second semester students of Muhadi Setiabudi University in the academic year 2018/2019 and the sample are two groups of students placed in experiment and control groups. Using oral test as the instrument, the writer collected the data of the students’ speaking ability. The report of the research concludes that Jigsaw improved the English speaking ability of the second semester students in the academic year 2018/2019. By doing small discussion of Jigsaw method it can motivate to develop the student’s braveries to use their knowledge and their experience to solve a problem without other’s opinion. There may be different of view so the students can give different opinion. Beside that the students are also able to give real opinion orally.Keywords: Teaching Method, Improving Students’ Speaking Ability, Jigsaw","PeriodicalId":33592,"journal":{"name":"Research and Innovation in Language Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42641558","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}
{"title":"EMPLOYING JIGSAW IN ENGLISH ACADEMIC WRITING: AN ACTION RESEARCH IN AN EFL CLASS IN INDONESIA","authors":"Rifari Baron","doi":"10.33603/rill.v2i3.2138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/rill.v2i3.2138","url":null,"abstract":"The aims of the study were to get increasing of students’ English academic writing ability through the jigsaw technique. It is done in the English Education Program Study of Postgraduate Program Universitas Indraprasta PGRI Jakarta. In this study has emphasized teamwork learning. The research approach is mixed research using action research method. The process of collecting data used test, observation, documentation, interviews, and daily note. The technique of data analysis used qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis. The sample of the study is 20 students. The result of the study shown that the average score of the student English academic writing test is different. The average of the test in cycle 1 is 51.1, cycle 2 is 51,2 and cycle 3 is 79,6.Keywords: Academic Writing, English, Jigsaw Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendapatkan peningkatan kemampuan menulis akademik bahasa Inggris menggunakan teknik Jigsaw. Penelitian dilakukan di Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris pada Program Pascasarjana Universitas Indraprasta PGRI Jakarta. Penelitian ini menitiberatkan pada pembelajaran kerja tim. Pendekatan penelitian adalah penelitian campuran menggunakan metode penelitian tindakan. Proses mengumpulkan data menggunakan tes, observasi, dokumentasi, wawancara dan catatan harian. Teknik analisis data terdiri dari analisis data kualitatif dan analisis data kuantitatif. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 20 mahasiswa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan perbedaan nilai tes menulis akademik bahasa Inggris. Nilai rata-rata tes pada siklus 1 sebesar 51.1, siklus 2 sebear 51,1 dan siklus 3 sebesar 79,6..Kata Kunci: Menulis Akademik, Bahasa Inggris, JIgsaw","PeriodicalId":33592,"journal":{"name":"Research and Innovation in Language Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47161770","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}
Sariani Sariani, Yaningsih Yaningsih, W. Haslina, Mutia El Khairat
{"title":"LANGUAGE LEARNING DESIGN FOR PRONUNCIATION INSTRUCTION: LISTEN-AND-READ METHOD","authors":"Sariani Sariani, Yaningsih Yaningsih, W. Haslina, Mutia El Khairat","doi":"10.33603/rill.v2i3.2140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33603/rill.v2i3.2140","url":null,"abstract":"Regardless fewer studies have been conducted in pronunciation teaching, pronunciation has a significant role in language learning to make the meaningful communication occured, as pronouncing word in different ways will cause different in meaning of the word. Therefore, this article concentrated on the innovative language learning design particularly in pronunciation instruction in an EFL setting, in order to improve the students’ phonemes of English, and their listening skill as well. This was a classroom research based on observation carried out in a class consisted of 26 students with basic proficiency level. The observation was conducted once a week in a 2x50 minutes teaching time, for 16 meetings. The last 25 minutes learning time was set for pronunciation. The procedure consisted of three activities: brainstorming words, applying the ‘listen-and-read’ method, and carrying out evaluation. The findings indicated that there was a significant improvement on students’ ability in recognizing the sound of the language, and at the same time improving their pronunciation on being intelligible and comprehensible","PeriodicalId":33592,"journal":{"name":"Research and Innovation in Language Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45524470","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}