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A Correlational Study Between Listening Comprehension And Students’ Listening Preference Purnamasari, Purnamasari; Sailan, Zalili; Sartiah, Sartiah
Journal of Language Education and Educational Technology (JLEET) Vol 1, No 1 (2016): Journal of Language Education and Educational Technology
Publisher : Halu Oleo University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (532.934 KB) | DOI: 10.33772/jleet.v1i1.6661

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This study investigated the correlation between listening comprehension and students’ listening preference at the first year of English Study Program of Halu Oleo University. It aimed of finding out the correlation of listening comprehension and listening preference in between and the correlation between listening preference and students’ gender. Samples were 44 students drawn using a random sampling technique. Instrument of the study were multiple choices tests of IELTS and TOEFL consisting of 20 items each of them, which was used to measure students’ listening comprehension, and a questionnaire featuring 14 items to gauge students’ listening preference towards British and American English. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistic and correlation analysis. Results showed that listening comprehension has a positive correlation toward listening preference and there is no correlation between students’ listening preference and their gender because both male and female have high score in TOEFL test and they prefer American to British English. Since the study did not investigating the most influence factor of listening comprehension, the researcher recommended that future researchers to investigate the factor.
The Future Of Blog In The Efl Writing Classroom Mariani, Mariani; Hanna, Hanna; Sartiah, Sartiah
Journal of Language Education and Educational Technology (JLEET) Vol 1, No 1 (2016): Journal of Language Education and Educational Technology
Publisher : Halu Oleo University

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Little investigation has been conducted in the field of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) regarding writing experiences through blogs. Drawing upon Vygotsky’s constructivist theory in language learning, this study was set out to investigate the effect utilizing web blog as a teaching media on students’ writing competence. Thirty-one fourth semester students of English Literature study program in the Faculty of Cultural Studies, Halu Oleo University who took Creative Writing subject in the academic year 2015/2016 participated in the research. Data of this research were obtained from students’ results of pre- and post-test, as well as pre-post in-depth interview which was conducted to find out students’ perception towards the use of web blogs in their learning. The research analyzed both quantitative and qualitative data, the former to investigate the extent to which the use of web blog has been effective, and the latter to gauge students’ perceptions of the teaching media under investigation. Two research questions were posed: (1) Is there any significant effect of utilizing web blog on the students’ competence in writing narrative essay? (2) How do students’ perceptions of using blogs influence their experiences in their English writing?. The researcher run a paired sample t-test with 2 tailed t-test using the SPSS 16 to test proposed hypothesis. To reveal students’ perception, descriptive data were transformed into words. Analysis of the data obtained resulted in the followings: pre-test score (M=76.38; SD = 8.77), post-test score (M=86.29; SD=7.78), Df= 30, t-table = 1,697 and t-test = 10.686. Result of paired sample t-test showed that t-test ≥ t-table at sig α ≤ 0.05 or  H₀ was rejected and H₁ was accepted. These results indicated a significant different on students’ writing competence before and after treatment. It can therefore be concluded that utilizing web blog as media for teaching writing is effective not only in improving student’s writing competence, but also in creating positive learning environment
Qualitative Meta-Analysis: The Effectiveness Of Video Games In Second Language Acquisition Soeprianto Wibowo, La Ode Andi; Hana, Haerun; Sartiah, Sartiah
Journal of Language Education and Educational Technology (JLEET) Vol 3, No 1 (2018): Journal of Language Education and Educational Technology
Publisher : Halu Oleo University

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The use of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in improving the capacity of language learners both for children and adults has been proved for the last decades. Each year new media has been designed to balance the development of technology especially in language educational aspect. The use of video games as the media in educational aspect has been started in 1970 and since then it keeps growing. Recent years, the appearing of video games in language learning and acquisition has been monitored. Though there was research that revealed some bad effects of video games for children, it was only applied for children that have no control over their game playing time. Also, it is not wise to look at negative effect of video games while we do not concern of its’ good effect. The objective of this study is to explore the effectiveness of the research that used video games as its media to improve the language proficiency and skill of the participants. By listing out the characteristic of each subject of research, it is then analyzed based on what ways the video games affected the language proficiency of the participants and the effectiveness of the video games used in the research. Then, it is concluded to the facilitative features of the video games toward language acquisition based on the result of analysis. In the end, the limitations of the study are listed and also recommendations for future studies related to the use of video games in language learning and acquisition are presented.