{"title":"Utilizing Test Item Analysis to Portray the Quality of English Final Test","authors":"Nuri Ati Ningsih, Woro Widowati","doi":"10.25273/etj.v9i2.10867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25273/etj.v9i2.10867","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims at describing the quality of the item test by analyzing the difficulty level, discriminating index, and distractor effectiveness of English final test item. The researchers use a descriptive quantitative as the research design. The population and sample of the study is the student’s answer sheets of the tenth grade of SMK PGRI Wonoasri. There are 22 student’s answer sheet as the primary data. The researchers use documentation technique and test kits of the English final test as the instrument. The data is analyzed by using classical theory measurement and item analysis’ formula. The result shows: (1) the level of difficulty which categorized as difficult is 35% (40 items), medium is 47% (19 items), and easy is 18% (7 items); (2) discrimination index that recommended for being rejected is 15% (6 items), accepted 38% (15 items), and not accepted is 47% (19 items); (3) distractor effectiveness which has functioning distractors as very good is 20% (8 items), good is 43% (17 items), fair 27% (11 items), and less good is 10% (4 items). In short, the quality and acceptance of test items of English final is medium or fair. So, there are still a lot of items need to be revised.","PeriodicalId":438174,"journal":{"name":"English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131824091","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":"Syntactic Word Order between Indonesian and English: Building a Concept through Contrastive Analysis in Academic Writing","authors":"Mochamad Imron Azami, Fitri Awaliyatush Sholihah","doi":"10.25273/etj.v9i2.10349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25273/etj.v9i2.10349","url":null,"abstract":"This study focuses more on syntactic word order through identify the language structure of simple sentence both Indonesian and English in argumentative essay made by English education department students at University of Islam Malang and analyze it by contrastive analysis (CA). The significance of this research is to cover the students’ difficulties in academic writing process by using contrastive analysis and to identify the highlight point of the structure differences between Bahasa Indonesia (L1) and English (L2). The researcher used qualitative method by collecting 10 students’ argumentative essay both in Indonesia and in English. The results show that the common pattern occurs in the students’ argumentative essay is SVO and the other patterns are S-V(Aux)-O, NP-S-V-O, Conj-S-V-O, S-V-O-V, S-S-V-O and Conj-NP-S-V-O. While in Indonesian are Subjek-Predikat (SV), Subjek-Predikat-Objek (SVO), Subjek-Predikat-Pelengkap (SVC), Subjek-Predikat-Objek-Pelengkap (SVOC), Subjek-Predikat-Objek-Keterangan (SVOA (Adverb)), Subjek-Predikat-Keterangan (SVA), Keterangan-Predikat-Subjek(AVS), and Subjek-Predikat-Keterangan-Pelengkap (SVAC). Students tended to write the argumentative essay in English inapropiately to the theory of simple sentence structure. While in Indonesian arguementative essay, they wrote properly based on the possible pattern of simple sentence in Indonesian.","PeriodicalId":438174,"journal":{"name":"English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126074619","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":"Exploring Online Classroom Interaction Pattern: Students’ Perception of Online Classroom","authors":"Fajar Kresno Alwiyono, A. Munir, S. Anam","doi":"10.25273/etj.v9i2.8848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25273/etj.v9i2.8848","url":null,"abstract":"In this Covid-19 Pandemic situation, the teaching and learning process has different modes. Recently, teaching and learning have been done by online mode. In Indonesia, most of the teacher uses WhatsApp application as their main platform to be a bridge for teaching and learning. However, the teacher needs to use the other platform to assist the students especially in learning English. This research tried to investigate the online classroom interaction and the students’ perception toward online classroom interaction. Classroom interaction became a vital thing for the students in developing their English skills. This research used a qualitative method for interpreting the data. The findings showed that the IRF strategy was used by the teacher. Furthermore, teacher–whole classroom, and teacher–student interaction also happened in the finding of the research. Moreover, the students here had a good perception of online classroom interaction. Yet, they felt that offline meeting was also important. Hence, the students hoped that it could be done balance between online and offline classroom. Besides that, even the students claimed that they prefer online classroom, yet there were some challenges that students faced such as insufficient internet data, unstable signals, and crowded written platform.","PeriodicalId":438174,"journal":{"name":"English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129825870","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":"DERIVATIONAL AFFIXATION ON THE STUDENT’S RECOUNT TEXT","authors":"Nunur Hasanah, Indra Perdana, Wardani Dwi Wihastyanang","doi":"10.25273/etj.v9i2.10609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25273/etj.v9i2.10609","url":null,"abstract":"Language is important in our life, especially for communication. Talking about language was certainly lead to the discussion of linguistic, such as morphology. In the morphology there is derivational and inflectional affixation. This thesis focused on analyzing derivational affixation applied in the students’ writing task to find out types of derivational affixation used by the students’ and how is derivational affixation processes in these types. Derivation is the ability to derive new words forms that important to become competence users of English. The researcher interested to analyze derivational affixation in writing skills which is a complicated skill with complete language component to be mastered, such as vocabulary. The researcher chooses writing text from the students because it is interesting to study whether the students’ writing text contain derivational affixation even though they have not received about the material formally. So, the object of this research is writing task produced by the XII-Bahasa students’ at MAN 2 Jombang conducted from the instruction to make a recount text shared through google form. This thesis using qualitative content analysis method. The result of this thesis analyzed according to the theory of Katamba (2006) and Booij (2007), then it shows that the researcher found two types of derivational affixation applied, namely prefixes and suffixes. This research support theory of Katamba (2006) stated that infixes rarely use in English. Then, types of derivational affixation applied on the students’ writing task categorized into their process of derive new words. Prefixes found consist of two kinds in derivational affixation process those are nominal affixation and adjectival affixation. Then, all kinds of derivational affixation process found in suffixes those are nominal affixation, verbal affixation, adjectival affixation and adverbial affixation. To conclude there is many types of derivational affixation applied in the student’s recount text.","PeriodicalId":438174,"journal":{"name":"English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122421344","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":"ENHANCING INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGY IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE FOR INDONESIAN LEARNERS","authors":"M. Yamin, O. Purwati","doi":"10.25273/etj.v9i2.10117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25273/etj.v9i2.10117","url":null,"abstract":"English at present is not viewed as a foreign language concerning global needs that should be learned and understood by students with isolation. Therefore, English undergoes shifting from foreign into international language or English as International Language (EIL). This paper describes the importance of EIL teaching to Indonesian students through innovative pedagogy as an effort to speed their English competence in written and spoken. At present theories and research studies dealing with EIL and innovative pedagogies are presented. All confirm that it is time to teach EIL to make the students having their identity although they use English. In EIL, students respect the local identity while learning English. Innovative pedagogy is the instruction strategy to make the students interactive and interested in English. Hence, the teachers’ role in teaching English through innovative pedagogy is required. Teachers should use the students’ environment as teaching material with global knowledge.","PeriodicalId":438174,"journal":{"name":"English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133754321","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":"Promoting Philosophy for Children (P4C) in teaching Reading","authors":"R. Safriyani, Ali Mustofa","doi":"10.25273/etj.v9i2.10948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25273/etj.v9i2.10948","url":null,"abstract":"Philosophy for Children is an educational approach that emphasizes philosophical inquiry as a central component of the learning process. Critical thinking is cultivated through the use of reasoned moves to construct arguments. This study aims to look into how fairy tales can teach students about philosophy while also teaching them to read. This qualitative study is based on a case study at one of Surabaya's primary schools. As part of the research, two teachers participated. The data was gathered through interviews and document analysis. The findings showed that the students in the study used their own experiences to speculate and hypothesize about the activities of fictional characters. Implications and suggestions were also made","PeriodicalId":438174,"journal":{"name":"English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130865467","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":"Teacher multimodal feedback: Investigating students’ preferences and voices","authors":"Teguh Sulistyo, Agus Sholeh, Nara Sari","doi":"10.25273/etj.v9i2.10759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25273/etj.v9i2.10759","url":null,"abstract":"<table width=\"593\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td valign=\"top\" width=\"387\"><p>This present study highlights the implementation of teacher multimodal feedback provision in speaking classes, especially students’ preferences and voices after obtaining teacher feedback. Teacher multimodal feedback was implemented in one semester (14 weeks) in two speaking classes with 36 students majoring English Language Department of a university in Malang, Indonesia. A questionnaire using a 4 Likert scale and an open-ended option was distributed to all respondents, and an in-depth interview was conducted with ten of them where five students represented each class. The data which were analyzed quantitatively indicate that students have different preferences in receiving teacher feedback, and they believe that teacher multimodal feedback is beneficial to improve their L2 oral productions. Direct feedback is the type they like most, but interruption is the mode of feedback they hate most. Some indications also suggest that teachers need to construct positive teacher-student social relationships in the classrooms. Some implications are also discussed.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>","PeriodicalId":438174,"journal":{"name":"English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132195631","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":"Integrating Local Contents into Junior High School Student's English Learning Material","authors":"Y. Hidayati, Y. Basuki","doi":"10.25273/etj.v9i2.9218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25273/etj.v9i2.9218","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed at developing English local content material for seventh grade students of junior high school in SMPN 1 Trenggalek. Trenggalek local values were integrated into particular topics being addressed in the form of a textbook based on the 2013 curriculum. The data were gained through interview, observation and questionnaire. The result revealed that the locally – based developed material was successful to fulfill Trenggalek local content. For teacher, it was applied easily to achieve contextual learning and promote students’ interests. For students, it motivated them and their interest in learning English better and improved their ability to talk about their own area and environment.","PeriodicalId":438174,"journal":{"name":"English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126003860","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":"“Killing an arab” by The Cure: is this a racism?","authors":"Rizqi Husaini, Rida Fahas","doi":"10.25273/etj.v9i2.10907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25273/etj.v9i2.10907","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to find out about everything that is in the song \"Killing an Arab\" which was popularized by The Cure. The research uses a qualitative approach that focuses on analyzing the content of the song. The data was obtained from documentation and observations of several articles both related to the song and articles about the phenomenon of racism. The result of the research is this song has a meaning that is difficult to interpret. Whether or not this song is racist depends on the perspective of each listener in interpreting this lag. The Cure's objection that this song does not contain racism clearly refutes everything that develops in society. But still for the racism in this song will never go away. Because everyone's perspective is different in interpreting this song.","PeriodicalId":438174,"journal":{"name":"English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127431458","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}
D. Heriyawati, Lulus Irawati, Angellia C.L.T Haliwala
{"title":"THE USE OF KWL (KNOW, WANT, LEARNED) STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION","authors":"D. Heriyawati, Lulus Irawati, Angellia C.L.T Haliwala","doi":"10.25273/etj.v9i2.11093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25273/etj.v9i2.11093","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims at investigating the effectiveness of KWL (Know, Want, and Learned) strategy on the students’ reading comprehension. Quasi-experimental design was used in the study. The populationtaken was the seventh grade students of SMP PGRI 6 Malang. There were 54 students belonging to class VII C as the experimental group and VII A as the control group. Both pre and post tests were executed to obtain the data. The primary data were gained by comparing the result of post-test from the experimental group and that of the control group. The result of post-test exhibits that the sig. (2 tailed) or p- value is 0.000 lower than 0.05 (the level of significance). It means that the students who are taught by using KWL strategy have better reading comprehension than those who are not. The results of questionnaire show that the students give very good responses related to the implementation of KWL strategy. Overall, the results imply that the students’ reading comprehension can be effectively increased by using KWL strategy.","PeriodicalId":438174,"journal":{"name":"English Teaching Journal : A Journal of English Literature, Language and Education","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133976909","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}