{"title":"The Use of Gesture to Overcome Misunderstanding in Teaching English","authors":"Rica Umrina Lubis","doi":"10.56874/jeel.v3i2.915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56874/jeel.v3i2.915","url":null,"abstract":"Gesture is a type of non-verbal communication that is very influential in teaching and learning activities and interactions between teachers and students. It is not only can convey the speakers’ intention more specifically and adequately, clarify the teaching instruction, encourage the students’ interest, maximize English teaching’s goal but also can help improve the students’ skill in speaking, writing, reading and listening . This study aims to improve students' speaking, writing, reading, listening and interest in English lessons through the use of gestures at SMA Negeri 1 Batang Natal.The method used was descriptive qualitative. The subjects were 2 teachers and 25 students of 11th grade of SMA Negeri 1 Batang Natal The research instruments used were interviews and observations. The results of this study suggests that the use of movement has positive and negative sides for students. The positive side is that the teacher must be able to use the right movements according to the needs of their students. Creating a comfortable atmosphere and considering the most effective method so that students are activated in participating the lessons. While negative side was using too many movements or being too serious when teaching would not create a comfortable classroom atmosphere. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":56238,"journal":{"name":"JEELS Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies","volume":"115 4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79460449","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":"USING GOOGLE JAMBOARD TO TEACH WRITING SKILL","authors":"Marwah Marwah","doi":"10.56874/jeel.v3i2.914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56874/jeel.v3i2.914","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explains about how to use Google Jamboard as a digital media to teach English language with the subject of writing skill. This paper does not use a research methodology because the content of this paper is an explanation of the Google Jamboard, identification of the tools and their use in the Jamboard, and also strategies for displaying the Jamboard when carrying out the learning process both virtual meeting and face to face in the classroom. Google Jamboard is one of digital board where the writer can write, drew and created their ideas with use some tools in Jamboard application. Through Google Jamboard, teacher will find it easier to collect, correct, and save student’s writing project because in one link all students can write or edit the Jamboard file. So, this is very effective to use as a digital learning media, especially learning English in the form of writing skills lessons.","PeriodicalId":56238,"journal":{"name":"JEELS Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88479742","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}
Mark Dave Gatera, Fernando Gallarde, Lorenzo Buscato, Paul John Villaries
{"title":"A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF SPED ENGLISH TEACHERS IN BARMM REGION","authors":"Mark Dave Gatera, Fernando Gallarde, Lorenzo Buscato, Paul John Villaries","doi":"10.56874/jeel.v3i2.834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56874/jeel.v3i2.834","url":null,"abstract":"This research was conducted in the parameters of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Philippines. In order to determine the lived experiences of the special education teachers in the region, the study used a qualitative research design and a phenomenological approach. The participants of this study were five special education teachers, and the researcher used a semi-structured in-deep-interview in this study. On the other hand, findings revealed that the special education teachers experiences during distance learning were extremely challenging, five themes emerged on the challenges encountered in teaching special education learners; these were mixed disabilities in one classroom, lack of comprehension, poor parental educational attainment, tantrum challenging behavior, and inadequate funding and government support. There were four themes emerged on the coping strategies in addressing the challenges encountered in teaching English language to the special education learners. These were home visitation, K to 12 curriculum integration, educational mainstreaming, and individualized educational plan. The researchers came to the conclusion that teaching English to special education students is difficult, especially in this time of pandemic; it necessitates a significant amount of effort especially that the teacher is dealing with different disabilities in one classroom.","PeriodicalId":56238,"journal":{"name":"JEELS Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135146429","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":"Contextualizing EFL Learners’ Proficiency in Using English Collocations","authors":"R. Sipayung, Erikson Saragih","doi":"10.30762/jeels.v10i1.700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30762/jeels.v10i1.700","url":null,"abstract":"Proficiency in using a foreign language cannot be separated from mastery of collocation in the target language. Although several previous studies have explored collocations in various forms of oral communication; however, few studies have investigated the context of collocation use and proficiency in collocation use by EFL learners. This study aims to describe the English collocation competence and collocational mistakes of Indonesian (EFL) students. A total number of 50 students from an English education department in Medan, Indonesia, served as the subjects. The research instrument was a 50-item Simple Completion Test that the researchers created themselves. It assessed students' understanding of four different lexical collocations: pure idioms, figurative idioms, free combinations, and restricted collocations. The findings showed that pure idioms were the most difficult for these students, while free combinations posed the fewest number of a challenge. Student performance on restricted collocations and figurative idioms were roughly equal. The student's inconsistent responses often showed a lack of proficiency with English collocations. It is concluded that poor first language transfer is to blame for the collocational errors made by EFL learners. The greatest way to get more proficient at using collocation while avoiding errors that have been identified thus far is to utilize it as frequently as feasible in English.","PeriodicalId":56238,"journal":{"name":"JEELS Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84733565","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 Intercultural Capability on Indonesian Teachers of English: A Narrative Study","authors":"Lazuar Azmi Zulferdi, Nudia Imarotul Husna","doi":"10.30762/jeels.v9i2.544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30762/jeels.v9i2.544","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a study on the development of Indonesian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ intercultural capability in an overseas study program and its impacts on classroom English Language teaching practices. By using narrative inquiry as a research methodology, this study draws on the stories of two Indonesian EFL teachers’ experiences of intercultural learning during the master's degree program overseas. Data were gathered through semi-structured individual interviews with Indonesian EFL teachers who have completed Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) studies in Australia. Findings show that communication and cultural disequilibrium in an overseas study program plays a crucial role in the development of EFL teachers’ intercultural capability to enable them to develop their attributes from ethnocentrism to ethnorelativism. The findings also reveal that although the teachers become interculturally capable, the overseas study program does not necessarily contribute to their oral English skill development. As a further result, this study reveals that the development of the teachers’ intercultural capability affects their subsequent classroom English teaching practices in a way that they begin to employ dialogical communication and interaction by reflecting on their past experiences.","PeriodicalId":56238,"journal":{"name":"JEELS Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies","volume":"90 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76447170","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":"Attitudes and Support Strategies of Parents to Promote English-Indonesian Bilingualism in Children","authors":"Ika Apriani Fata, Chairina Nasir, Najwa Alifah","doi":"10.30762/jeels.v9i2.532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30762/jeels.v9i2.532","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this study was to look into parents' attitudes toward encouraging English-Indonesian bilingualism in their children, as well as their support strategies for doing so. This study used a mixed-method approach to collect both quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data was collected using a questionnaire, while the qualitative data was collected during the interviews using open-ended questions. Twenty mothers who raise bilingual (English-Indonesian) children took part in the study. The researcher collected data using a questionnaire and an interview. The majority of parents prefer English-Indonesian bilingualism for their children, according to the findings of this study. By being actively involved in their children's language development, parents always make efforts to maintain their children's bilingual skills. The support systems that parents provide for their children, as well as the degree of support provided in English language learning, appear to differ. To make the learning process effective and successful, parents focus on their children's interests while developing Indonesian-English skills for them.","PeriodicalId":56238,"journal":{"name":"JEELS Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88319099","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}
Evi Dewi Zakiya, Reni Kusumaningputri, Dewianti Khazanah
{"title":"“It’s not Easy to Speak English”: International Students’ Language Anxiety in Academic Intercultural Communication Practices","authors":"Evi Dewi Zakiya, Reni Kusumaningputri, Dewianti Khazanah","doi":"10.30762/jeels.v9i2.534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30762/jeels.v9i2.534","url":null,"abstract":"During the past few years, an increasing number of international students from Thailand have come to Indonesian campuses to pursue their undergraduate degree in the departments they selected, including in the department of English. What is it like to learn to speak English as international students in the context of English as a foreign language? As they come from a country where English is taught and learnt as a foreign language, what challenges they face in relation to speaking? The study reported the anxiety experiences of five international students from Thailand as they engaged in English use and learning situations in Indonesia. Drawing on a narrative inquiry method, the results revealed that self-esteem, social environment, fear of making mistakes, the formal classroom environment, social status and self-identity, cultural differences, presentation in the classroom, and the university admission system were reasons for their language anxiety. The study also offers insights into how international students who learn English in Indonesia can be better supported during their stay in Indonesia as a host country.","PeriodicalId":56238,"journal":{"name":"JEELS Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75076162","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":"Need Analysis of Dyslexia Students in English Reading Comprehension Instructions","authors":"Margaret Stevani, Karisma Erikson Tarigan","doi":"10.30762/jeels.v9i2.520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30762/jeels.v9i2.520","url":null,"abstract":"The challenges of learning English as a foreign language presented issue for dyslexia students who had deficiencies in reading comprehension involving information processing, concentration, and sensory motor skills. The aims of this research were to describe the dyslexia students’ needs in English reading comprehension. The sample consisted of 117 dyslexia students aged 13-16 years old from Karya Murni Special Needs School and Ananda Karsa Mandiri School, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The data were in the form of descriptive qualitative research which was taken from interview, questionnaire, and test. The results of this research proved the analysis of: (1) the physical, emotional, and social characteristics of dyslexia students, (2) the characteristics of dyslexia students’ learning style and testing reading comprehension test, (3) the need analysis for dyslexia students in teaching method in the classroom, (4) the need analysis of dyslexia students in reading comprehension, (5) the factors why dyslexia students had difficulty in English as a foreign language, and (6) the factors why dyslexia students had difficulty in English reading comprehension. With needs analysis, it was expected the identification of necessities, lacks, and wants could be formulated properly as a basis to prepare English reading teaching materials.","PeriodicalId":56238,"journal":{"name":"JEELS Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81654418","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 EFL Novice Teacher’s Identity Construction: A Narrative Inquiry of Senior High School Teacher","authors":"Faisal Abdul Rahman, Eri Kurniawan","doi":"10.30762/jeels.v9i2.485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30762/jeels.v9i2.485","url":null,"abstract":"This study used narrative inquiry to reveal the identity construction process performed by an Indonesian EFL novice teacher through her personal experiences in a senior high school context that is still rarely explored. The interview results revealed that the teacher developed Johnston's framework based on the following three aspects of the teacher's identity: teacher-student relationship, professionalism, and religious beliefs. The results showed that the novice teacher always prioritized academic assistance for students in teacher-student relationships. In terms of professionalism, she saw it as service-oriented. Thus, she always strived to be a better teacher to her students. She also instilled religious values in her English classes. She believed instilling positive values could help socially responsible individuals. It is suggested that future research would use a solid and clear framework regarding the novice teacher's identity construction to make the research process more organized and extend some informative inputs in narrative inquiry research.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":56238,"journal":{"name":"JEELS Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73579847","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":"Evaluating the Effectiveness of Intensive English Course in Islamic Higher Education","authors":"A. S. B. Ningrum, Toyyibah","doi":"10.30762/jeels.v9i2.565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30762/jeels.v9i2.565","url":null,"abstract":"In the English Education department of the State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Kediri, there is a course so-called an Intensive English Course (IEC) program offered at the first semester. This course is designed as a preparatory program to prepare the students who come from various English proficiency backgrounds. This research is intended to evaluate the effectiveness of the IEC program. Employing a mixed-method approach, interviews, questionnaires, pre-test and post-test were administered to four Intensive English Course lecturers and 126 students. The findings of this study revealed that the program is effective as it is able to improve students’ performance, and the course material, teaching methods, and assessment conducted are appropriate. The interesting point to note is that, despite the fact that everything is well-prepared and the program has the potential to significantly improve the students' abilities, the improvement is still below par.","PeriodicalId":56238,"journal":{"name":"JEELS Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78334837","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}