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A SURVEY OF THE ENGLISH READING HABITS OF EFL STUDENTS IN INDONESIA Erna Iftanti
TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English Vol 23, No 2 (2012)
Publisher : TEFLIN

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This article investigated the English reading habits of Indonesian students of EFL. The data were collected through a questionnaire survey and interview validation. The questionnaires were distributed to 546 EFL college students in East Java. Based on the statistical analysis of the data, it is concluded that although the students have read English since elementary school, they do not indicate to have good English reading habits. Only few of them are identified to have good English reading habits as suggested by their eagerness to regularly spend time reading various types of English texts and their high motivation to read English for pleasure. The EFL students read English for some purposes, i.e. for school assignments, for pleasure, and for knowledge and English skills improvement. Their positive belief about reading does not motivate them to read English for pleasure; rather, it is school assignments that appear to be their biggest motivation.

CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING: THE BRIDGE TO MINIMIZE AMERICAN CULTURE SHOCK Iftanti, Erna
Research Collections Book Collections 2013
Publisher : Research Collections

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In the name of Allah the Most Beneficent and the MostMercifulPraise be to Allah SWT for His blessing and love which enable the writer to have power and time to finish this book.The writer would like to address her greatest gratitude and thanks to her beloved husband and children for their support and understanding in developing this book entitled Cross Cul- tural Understanding: the Bridge to Minimize American Culture Shock.This book has three main chapters. The first chapter is theConcept of Cross Cultural Understanding, the second chapter is The Bridge to Minimize Cross Cultural Understanding, and the last chapter is American Culture Shock.Many people who go abroad encounter features in their host culture that they may find disturbing. Reaction to these alien aspects of the new culture can dampen the entire experience in the country, resulting in various kinds of negative reactions. To adapt positively and effectively to the host culture, it is neces- sary to overcome the negative responses.Therefore, this book is hopefully able to help people to overcome the negative responses to cross cultural understand- ing and especially to minimize the possibility of experiencing American culture shock.Finally, criticisms and suggestions is very valuable to im- prove this paper

IMPROVING STUDENTSâ WRITING SKILLS THROUGH WRITING JOURNAL ARTICLES Iftanti, Erna
Lingua Scientia Vol 8, No 1 (2016)
Publisher : Pusat Pengembangan Bahasa

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In Indonesian context, writing is considered as painful activity indicating that oral culture is much better than writing one. The studentsâ works are sufficiently kept in the libraries, although to publish those is much more worthy. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the studentsâ writing skills through a meaningful way namely writing journal article. This review article is therefore intended to discuss ways of improving studentsâ writing skills through writing journal article. The result of consulting different existing related literature can be concluded that the ability of writing can be variously defined based on the pedagogical objectives and approach. Meanwhile, the skill of writing journal article is classified as one of the writing skills derived from Process/Cognitive approach. Amongst the underlying ways to publish the studentsâ manuscripts is by taking a look at the structure of a journal article, the writing guide and the writing style of a journal publication to which the manuscript is intended to publish. By implementing the above mentioned tips of writing a journal article, the EFL students will not only improve their writing skills but make their works much worthy as well. In a nutshell, in addition to publish the studentsâ works, to write journal article is essential to improve their writing skills.Key words: writing skills, writing journal articles, pedagogical approach of writing

Research Trends of EFL Students in English Education Program: A 2005-2015 Survey Iftanti, Erna; Shofiya, Arina
Dinamika Ilmu Dinamika Ilmu Vol 17 No 1, June 2017
Publisher : IAIN Samarinda

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One of the purposes of English Education Program of State Islamic Institute of Tulungagung, Indonesia, is to lead the graduates to do research on linguistics and language teaching and to write a thesis accordingly. However, the preliminary study shows that there is some repeatedly done research of the same topics, because the students commonly spend their time copying and pasting or modifying their seniorsâ previous studies during writing the research proposals. If the advisors are not punctual in advising their advisees, it is possible to do some unintentional plagiarism which furthers block the contribution toward the body of knowledge in English language and education. Therefore, this article is intended to describe research trends of EFL students in English education. This descriptive study done through a questionnaire survey to 450 out of 849 studentsâ theses reveals that during the last eleven year, TEFL is the most popular research topic, because it is their mainstream topic. Still, they include other topics than TEFL which are mostly researched by using Descriptive (Qualitative). However, the studentsâ theses also indicate the development of implementing various research methods i.e. Quantitative, Classroom Action Research, and Research & Development. Moreover, although it is revealed that the research has already indicated the appropriateness of research objective with its title and research background, the EFL studentsâ theses need some improvement on writing research gap, reviewing related literature and previous studies, and on drawing conclusion and stating suggestion and research contribution as well. This study is then useful as the basis to make a research road map and important to avoid plagiarism and set a thorough research contribution to the body of knowledge on TEFL in Indonesia. Â Â Â

Assessment Model Implemented in Learning Gallery to Teach Cross Cultural Understanding for EFL Learners Iftanti, Erna
Dinamika Ilmu Dinamika Ilmu Vol 18 No 1, June 2018
Publisher : IAIN Samarinda

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In response to one of the demands for EFL learners to have cross cultural competence mainly on cultures of English speaking countries, this article describes assessment model implemented in Learning Gallery technique to teach Cross Cultural Understanding. Learning Gallery as one of the innovative ways of teaching content courses with an abundant coverage of materials proves to be able to help learners to be competent in some topics of cultures. This fact has been proved by implementing assessment model, namely Student-Self Test and Teacher-Made Test. The result of this study reveals that such an assessment model brings about improving the studentsâ cross cultural competence and leads them to be more independent learners. Moreover, through a reflective interview given at the end of the course, they claim that by developing their own test and doing their peerâs made test, they are experienced in test development in addition to be better prepared for the test. Accordingly, this study gives a meaningful insight for EFL lecturers teaching content courses to implement Learning Gallery technique with such an assessment model in order to help the EFL learners to be autonomously independent learners and competent in their own subjects learnt.Â

Investigating Inspiring English Lecturers in a Faith-Based Educational Institution: EFL Learnersâ Perception Iftanti, Erna
Dinamika Ilmu Dinamika Ilmu Vol 15 No 2, December 2015
Publisher : IAIN Samarinda

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This article describes English as Foreign Language (EFL) learnersâ perception on an inspiring English lecturer. This study was done through a survey to 230 EFL learners of State Islamic Institute of Tulungagung, a small district in East Java- Indonesia, in order to get underlying basis of making a decision on learning policies for the sake of creating inspiring English teachers who are influential toward the success of English teaching and learning process. The instrument- Strategy Inventory for Studentsâ Perception on Inspiring English Lecturers (SISPIEL)- was developed in accordance to reviewing some related research articles about an inspiring teacher. The study reveals that to be an inspiring English lecturer, one should posses three skills namely attitudinal skills which are divided into three areas i.e. intellectual, emotional and spiritual, in addition to teaching technique strategies and skills of changing studentsâ learning style. Finally, the results of this study offers pedagogical considerations which are mainly useful for those running teacher training education program and those who are concerned in English education as well as suggestions for future research

IMPROVING STUDENTSâ WRITING SKILLS THROUGH WRITING JOURNAL ARTICLES Iftanti, Erna
Jurnal Bahasa Lingua Scientia Vol 8, No 1 (2016)
Publisher : Pusat Pengembangan Bahasa IAIN Tulungagung

In Indonesian context, writing is considered as painful activity indicating that oral culture is much better than writing one. The studentsâ works are sufficiently kept in the libraries, although to publish those is much more worthy. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the studentsâ writing skills through a meaningful way namely writing journal article. This review article is therefore intended to discuss ways of improving studentsâ writing skills through writing journal article. The result of consulting different existing related literature can be concluded that the ability of writing can be variously defined based on the pedagogical objectives and approach. Meanwhile, the skill of writing journal article is classified as one of the writing skills derived from Process/Cognitive approach. Amongst the underlying ways to publish the studentsâ manuscripts is by taking a look at the structure of a journal article, the writing guide and the writing style of a journal publication to which the manuscript is intended to publish. By implementing the above mentioned tips of writing a journal article, the EFL students will not only improve their writing skills but make their works much worthy as well. In a nutshell, in addition to publish the studentsâ works, to write journal article is essential to improve their writing skills.

TEXT-BASED LEARNING (TBL) TO ACTIVATE ADULT EFL LEARNERS IN LEARNING ENGLISH: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY Iftanti, Erna
Jurnal Bahasa Lingua Scientia Vol 9, No 1 (2017)
Publisher : Pusat Pengembangan Bahasa IAIN Tulungagung

In response to the fact that college students complain on their unsuccessful story of their EFL learning experience such as the limited number of vocabulary, English Grammar confusion, low competence of English language skills, this article explores an alternative effective way of helping them to improve their English through Text-Based Learning (TBL) model. This article is then intended to narrate the implementation of TBL to teach English for college students of non English Department of Post Graduate Program of State Islamic Institute of Tulungagung, Indonesia. The result of implementing this teaching model proves to be able to not only stimulate joyful learning atmosphere but to attract the studentsâ active participation during the EFL instructional process as well. This further brings about their better practical understanding on English language skills as their expectation. Therefore, for English lecturers, this model is pedagogically good to be implemented in their English instructional practices.

EFL Studentsâ Responses on The Implementation of Extensive Reading Program to Build Love of Reading in English Iftanti, Erna; Shofiya, Arina
Jurnal Bahasa Lingua Scientia Vol 10, No 1 (2018)
Publisher : Pusat Pengembangan Bahasa IAIN Tulungagung

People agree that reading is essential skill to get any knowledge in order to get the success of life either academically or socially. Reading needs to be embedded and nurtured because it is not a born skill. Still, the fact shows that EFL students in Indonesian context have not established good habits in reading English, as also experienced by EFL students in IAIN Tulungagung who are also categorized as reluctant readers due to their lack of vocabulary knowledge and number. Many studies on Extensive Reading (ER) indicate its positive impact on nurturing good habits of EFL reading in English. Accordingly implementing Extensive Reading Program to help them build love of reading is necessary. This article is then intended to dig up their responses on the implementation of ER program to the establishment of their love of reading. This research objective was achieved by distributing Reading Log during implementing Guided Extensive Reading Program (GERPro), distributing Questionnaire, and conducting interview to those involved in this ER program. The result of this research reveals that the EFL students joining this ER program claim that for those who do not establish good habits in reading English, ER proved to be able to embed their awareness of love of reading in English, and for those who already built reading love in their mother tongue-Indonesian language, their reading love in both Indonesian language and English gets increased. In addition, this GERPro contributes to the establishment of EFL studentsâ love of online reading. In short, this research result can be pedagogically implemented by EFL teachers who would like to help their students nurturing good reading habits in English. However, for those who are moody, this GERPro does not work well. Consequently, the next researcher needs to conduct a research on how to work with moody EFL students so that their reading habits can be well established.

Developing Joyful Story Sheets (JoSS): an Effort to Build Character for EYL Learners in Indonesia through Reading JoSS Iftanti, Erna; Madayani, Nany Soengkono
Dinamika Ilmu: Jurnal Pendidikan Dinamika Ilmu Vol 19 No 1, June 2019
Publisher : IAIN Samarinda

In response to character education stated in Indonesian Curriculum 2013, to build characters for students of early ages is significant. This can be built through establishing reading habits and building character education to young learners living in urban and suburban areas simultaneously. However, there is lack attention paid to those living in suburban areas. Thus, this research is intended to provide them with some appropriate character-based reading materials. In order that they enjoy reading, the reading materials should be joyful and arouse imagining. This research employs Research and Development (Borg and Gall, 1983 & Ari, et.al., 1985) with the data were collected through doing need analysis by means of distributing questionnaire to EYL in suburban areas in East Java Indonesia, interviewing EYL teachers and parents having children at elementary schools. The results of the data collecetd in Need Analysis were used to develop the product. This R and D produced collection of Joyful Story Sheets (JoSS) for EYL of the 3rd, the 4th, the 5th, and the 6th graders with each grade consists of 40 joyful story sheets written based on some characters, i.e. hard working, independence, discipline, honesty, and tolerance. The research reveals that the product of this research-namely JoSS- is proved to inspire the studentsâ€™ moral values, to build love of reading, and to encourage learning English. This research result is pedagogically implemented not only as a means of character education but as supplementary materials for reading class as well. To prove its effectiveness, it is suggested for further researchers to experimentally investigate.

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