Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning
VISION: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning, published twice a year, this journal, serving as a forum for the study of language teaching learning in Indonesia and other parts of the world within its local and challenging global context, supports focused studies of particular theme and interdisciplinary studies. VISION: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning has become a medium of diffusion and exchange of ideas and research findings, so much so that researchers, writers, and readers from various traditions of learning have interacted in the scholarly manner. This journal warmly welcomes contributions from scholars of related disciplines.
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<![CDATA[The Effect of Photovoice on Speaking Skills at the Secondary School Level ]]>
<![CDATA[Hidayat, Rifqi Aziz]]>;
<![CDATA[Rofiudin, Rofiudin]]>;
<![CDATA[Sulistianingsih, Endang]]>
<![CDATA[ Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning Vol 8, No 2 (2019) ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang ]]>
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<![CDATA[The students need to be fluent in speaking to express their ideas and what they think in their minds also to communicate with others. As a matter of fact, speaking using Bahasa is not a big deal for students since it is their mother tongue, but as they have to speak in English, it becomes a big problem.  They can’t imagine what they want to speak, they are afraid and unconfident if they try to speak English. Therefore the teacher should provide the students' motivation to speak up and use the appropriate method in teaching speaking. Photovoice is a suitable method using a camera for supporting the process of teaching-learning. The purpose of the study is to identify the effect of using Photovoice on speaking skills at the secondary school level. We used a speaking test to complete and process the data. The participants of the study were the students at the secondary level. The outcome of the study revealed that the students who taught using Photovoice had better skills in speaking English than the students who were not taught using Photovoice. Through this method, the students become interested and active during the study. They seemed to enjoy and excited about an exhibition or presentation.]]>
<![CDATA[Developing English Supplementary Materials through Instructional Conversations ]]>
<![CDATA[Nurhidayat, Eka]]>;
<![CDATA[Rofi'i, Agus]]>
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<![CDATA[This study aimed to develop English supplementary materials to meet the needs of nursing students on English learning through Instructional Conversation (IC) method. This research was categorized into research and development. The materials were validated by two experts to come to the final product. This research conducted at the Nursing Study Program involving students of the second semester. The data collected from classroom and checklist observation, questionnaire, an interview. Considering the data collected, the English textbooks available and used in the Nursing Study Program contains English language learning materials that are still common and less specific for students used in the nursing study program. Therefore, English supplementary materials through Instructional Conversation (IC) method should be developed by considering the needs of lecturers and students. English supplementary materials through the Instructional Conversation method were developed by considering several aspects.]]>
<![CDATA[The Use of Codenames Game to Help Students in Learning Vocabulary ]]>
<![CDATA[Octaviana, Inggil Tiara]]>;
<![CDATA[Rahmah, Rayinda Eva]]>;
<![CDATA[Puspitasari, Dewi]]>
<![CDATA[ Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning Vol 8, No 2 (2019) ]]>
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<![CDATA[English department students of IAIN Pekalongan have many shortcomings in memorizing vocabulary. This is evidenced by our observations when students are speaking in front of the class. Sometimes, students are confused about conveying information they want to deliver because they are constrained by a lack of memorization of vocabulary. The situation happens when students must use English in active discussions. So far, the students tend to memorize vocabulary. Besides that, vocabulary books are less effective and less interesting because it only relies on the use of language skills. One way to learn vocabulary in a simple way is through codenames game. This game provides many vocabularies that must be guessed by the players in a team. Then, another player should describe the word to be guessed. So, this research’s questions are how the codenames game is implemented due to learning English in a fun way. By reflecting the question, the purpose of this research is to provide information on the implementation of codenames game which helps English department students of IAIN Pekalongan enrich and build their vocabulary through a fun way using game cards. Based on our observation, the result showed that applying the codenames game could enrich the students’ vocabularies, be an alternative entertainer so that the students do not easily get bored, and strengthen the students’ memory. Thus, it can be concluded that playing codenames game promotes a helping way to enrich and build the students’ vocabulary.]]>
<![CDATA[Vocational Teachers Challenges in Developing Their Professional Competence in Indramayu ]]>
<![CDATA[Prawiro, Indra Yoga]]>
<![CDATA[ Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning Vol 8, No 2 (2019) ]]>
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DOI: 10.21580/vjv9i14436
<![CDATA[As ESP teachers, the teachers are always forced to maintain their knowledge because the development of specific knowledge is changing very fast. The teachers should progressively develop their competence because it will influence the goal of teaching (Latha, 2014). This study focuses on investigating the kinds of challenges that have faced by vocational teachers in developing their professional competence. The research design of this study is a case study. The participants of this study were five vocational teachers who have been teaching in Vocational Schools in Indramayu at least for about two years. The writer used a semi-structured interview to collect the data. The data from the meeting were transcribed and analyzed qualitatively. The result showed that there are three main challenges in developing professional competence. Those challenges are the availability of seminars and workshops in their city, the less support from the institution, and the lack of facilities and infrastructure.]]>
<![CDATA[Interdental Consonant Sound Errors Made by First Semester Students of English Education of Sanata Dharma University ]]>
<![CDATA[Arsanto, Albertus Yordhana]]>;
<![CDATA[Prawinanto, Adityo]]>;
<![CDATA[Bram, Barli]]>
<![CDATA[ Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning Vol 8, No 2 (2019) ]]>
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DOI: 10.21580/vjv8i23816
<![CDATA[This paper investigated factors influencing students’ pronunciation. Pronunciation is one of the important aspects of the learning of English. When mastering English pronunciation, many non-native English speakers have difficulty pronouncing certain words that contain the phonemes not used in their native languages. This paper also reported several aspects that might influence pronunciation. The pronunciation aspect investigated in this research paper was the English interdental consonants [θ] and [ð], which are not available in the Indonesian language sound system. This qualitative research used interviews as a method for collecting primary data. The researchers interviewed twenty participants from the English Language Education Study Program (ELESP) of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, related to the pronunciation of the two interdental consonant sounds. The findings showed that the mother tongue, age, and teacher instruction on target language exposures affected the ELESP students’ (mis)pronunciation. Pedagogical implications of the findings are English teachers can assist their students in overcoming pronunciation challenges involving the two interdental consonants and pronunciation textbook writers should  provide more  pronunciation practices focusing on [θ] and [ð] sounds.]]>
<![CDATA[Academic Words in the English Research Article Abstracts: the Coverage and Frequency ]]>
<![CDATA[Jemadi, Fransiskus]]>;
<![CDATA[Wati, Fatma]]>;
<![CDATA[Iku, Priska Filomena]]>
<![CDATA[ Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning Vol 8, No 2 (2019) ]]>
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<![CDATA[The present study aimed at exploring the abstracts of research articles written by non-native English researchers to uncover the specific characteristics of academic vocabulary employed in the English research articles abstracts.It focuses on frequency and coverage distribution of the words from the Academic Word List (Coxhead, 2000) in the abstracts of research articles. The source of data for this corpus study was gathered from 97 abstracts written by the EFL researchers and published by the Journal Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Missio at STKIP St. Paulus Ruteng from 2015 until 2018. The results of this study revealed that the coverage of K1, the first most frequent 1000 English words, is the most dominant lexical items applied by the researchers. It covered 71.33% of the texts. The representation of lexical items that belong to K2, the second most frequent 1000 English words, covered 5.44% of all the words used by the writers in their abstracts. Moreover, the presence of Academic Word List, which refers to a list of 570 word families that are commonly found in academic texts and Off-list, which refers to the words that do not belong to K1 or K2 because it is related to certain field, has slight difference over all of the texts where the former covers 11.95% and the later covers 11.26%. As far as the findings of the present study are concerned, the room for some improvements on academic words applied in the abstracts need to pay attention.]]>
<![CDATA[Academic Words in the English Research Article Abstracts: the Coverage and Frequency ]]>
<![CDATA[Fransiskus Jemadi]]>;
<![CDATA[Fatma Wati]]>;
<![CDATA[Priska Filomena Iku]]>
<![CDATA[ Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning Vol 8, No 2 (2019) ]]>
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<![CDATA[The present study aimed at exploring the abstracts of research articles written by non-native English researchers to uncover the specific characteristics of academic vocabulary employed in the English research articles abstracts.It focuses on frequency and coverage distribution of the words from the Academic Word List (Coxhead, 2000) in the abstracts of research articles. The source of data for this corpus study was gathered from 97 abstracts written by the EFL researchers and published by the Journal Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Missio at STKIP St. Paulus Ruteng from 2015 until 2018. The results of this study revealed that the coverage of K1, the first most frequent 1000 English words, is the most dominant lexical items applied by the researchers. It covered 71.33% of the texts. The representation of lexical items that belong to K2, the second most frequent 1000 English words, covered 5.44% of all the words used by the writers in their abstracts. Moreover, the presence of Academic Word List, which refers to a list of 570 word families that are commonly found in academic texts and Off-list, which refers to the words that do not belong to K1 or K2 because it is related to certain field, has slight difference over all of the texts where the former covers 11.95% and the later covers 11.26%. As far as the findings of the present study are concerned, the room for some improvements on academic words applied in the abstracts need to pay attention.]]>
<![CDATA[The Effect of Photovoice on Speaking Skills at the Secondary School Level ]]>
<![CDATA[Rifqi Aziz Hidayat]]>;
<![CDATA[Rofiudin Rofiudin]]>;
<![CDATA[Endang Sulistianingsih]]>
<![CDATA[ Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning Vol 8, No 2 (2019) ]]>
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<![CDATA[The students need to be fluent in speaking to express their ideas and what they think in their minds also to communicate with others. As a matter of fact, speaking using Bahasa is not a big deal for students since it is their mother tongue, but as they have to speak in English, it becomes a big problem. They can’t imagine what they want to speak, they are afraid and unconfident if they try to speak English. Therefore the teacher should provide the students' motivation to speak up and use the appropriate method in teaching speaking. Photovoice is a suitable method using a camera for supporting the process of teaching-learning. The purpose of the study is to identify the effect of using Photovoice on speaking skills at the secondary school level. We used a speaking test to complete and process the data. The participants of the study were the students at the secondary level. The outcome of the study revealed that the students who taught using Photovoice had better skills in speaking English than the students who were not taught using Photovoice. Through this method, the students become interested and active during the study. They seemed to enjoy and excited about an exhibition or presentation.]]>
<![CDATA[Developing English Supplementary Materials through Instructional Conversations ]]>
<![CDATA[Eka Nurhidayat]]>;
<![CDATA[Agus Rofi'i]]>
<![CDATA[ Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning Vol 8, No 2 (2019) ]]>
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DOI: 10.21580/vjv8i24431
<![CDATA[This study aimed to develop English supplementary materials to meet the needs of nursing students on English learning through Instructional Conversation (IC) method. This research was categorized into research and development. The materials were validated by two experts to come to the final product. This research conducted at the Nursing Study Program involving students of the second semester. The data collected from classroom and checklist observation, questionnaire, an interview. Considering the data collected, the English textbooks available and used in the Nursing Study Program contains English language learning materials that are still common and less specific for students used in the nursing study program. Therefore, English supplementary materials through Instructional Conversation (IC) method should be developed by considering the needs of lecturers and students. English supplementary materials through the Instructional Conversation method were developed by considering several aspects.]]>
<![CDATA[The Use of Codenames Game to Help Students in Learning Vocabulary ]]>
<![CDATA[Inggil Tiara Octaviana]]>;
<![CDATA[Rayinda Eva Rahmah]]>;
<![CDATA[Dewi Puspitasari]]>
<![CDATA[ Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning Vol 8, No 2 (2019) ]]>
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DOI: 10.21580/vjv8i23770
<![CDATA[English department students of IAIN Pekalongan have many shortcomings in memorizing vocabulary. This is evidenced by our observations when students are speaking in front of the class. Sometimes, students are confused about conveying information they want to deliver because they are constrained by a lack of memorization of vocabulary. The situation happens when students must use English in active discussions. So far, the students tend to memorize vocabulary. Besides that, vocabulary books are less effective and less interesting because it only relies on the use of language skills. One way to learn vocabulary in a simple way is through codenames game. This game provides many vocabularies that must be guessed by the players in a team. Then, another player should describe the word to be guessed. So, this research’s questions are how the codenames game is implemented due to learning English in a fun way. By reflecting the question, the purpose of this research is to provide information on the implementation of codenames game which helps English department students of IAIN Pekalongan enrich and build their vocabulary through a fun way using game cards. Based on our observation, the result showed that applying the codenames game could enrich the students’ vocabularies, be an alternative entertainer so that the students do not easily get bored, and strengthen the students’ memory. Thus, it can be concluded that playing codenames game promotes a helping way to enrich and build the students’ vocabulary.]]>
