Melati Sri Utami
Sebelas Maret University

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PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH TEACHER PERCEPTION ABOUT HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS (HOTS) IN THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNING Desy Nur Fakhomah; Melati Sri Utami
IJIET (International Journal of Indonesian Education and Teaching) Vol 3, No 1 (2019): January 2019
Publisher : Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ijiet.v3i1.1676

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In Indonesia, the consciousness of the significance of HOTs becomes an educational purpose. This study aims to investigate what teachers perception and the difficulty in implementing HOTS in 21st century of English language teaching. This research adopted a sequential explanatory mixed methods design (Creswell, 2014). It is regarded as explanatory because the initial quantitative data results are explained with the qualitative data. There were 5 participants in total who have volunteered for this study. They are the Pre-service English Teacher of Professional Teacher Program from different universities using randomized sampling. This study indicated that the participants have a high perception in implementing HOTs in the classroom. However, the participants face some difficulties in its implementation, such as time management and students ability.DOI: doi.org/10.24071/ijiet.2019.030104
ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE INTEGRATED ISLAMIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SDIT) Melati Sri Utami; Endang Fauziati; Dewi Rochsatiningsih
TLEMC (Teaching and Learning English in Multicultural Contexts) Vol 3, No 2 (2019): Teaching and Learning English in Multicultural Contexts
Publisher : Siliwangi University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37058/tlemc.v3i2.1270

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The global trend to include English program in the early years of primary education in recent years has given ascend to the need for experienced teachers who was teaching English to young learners. There are kind of instructional materials for teaching English to the young learners. However, not all of instructional materials can be used effectively and appropriately in the classroom especially in an integrated Islamic school which is adopted and combined both government curriculum and integrated Islamic curriculum. Therefore, this research aims in investigating kind of instructional materials that generally used by the English teacher and the impacts of using instructional materials toward the learning environment. Further, the researcher also described the challenges of English teachers in adopting the instructional materials at integrated Islamic elementary school. To reach the aims, a descriptive qualitative study design is conducted towards the participants: seven English teachers from different integrated Islamic elementary schools in Central Java. The research employed questionnaire and interview to obtain the deeper data. The findings of the research are expected to provide an overview for English teacher in choosing the appropriate instructional materials with any considerations since they can motivate the young learners in learning English as a foreign language especially at the integrated Islamic elementary school.