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Leveraging Skype-based Webinars as an English Language Learning Platform Arini Nurul Hidayati; Tenia Ramalia; Fuad Abdullah
AL-ISHLAH: Jurnal Pendidikan Vol 13, No 1 (2021): AL-ISHLAH: JURNAL PENDIDIKAN
Publisher : STAI Hubbulwathan Duri

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (698.137 KB) | DOI: 10.35445/alishlah.v13i1.420

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This present study reports 30 students' first learning experiences when using Skype in an English Language Teaching (ELT) webinar series. Since numbers of ELT webinars have been flourishing throughout the corona pandemic situation in 2020, the utilization of diverse online platforms to facilitate the events has also been growing. Skype, an online application released in 2003, was not widely used by the participants in this study as their synchronous virtual English Language Learning (ELL) platform. As a result, many of them were not familiar with this application. Underpinning Gibbs' reflective framework, this qualitative scrutiny documented the encountered shortcomings and advantages written in the participants' journal. This study's findings revealed that the Skype-based webinar provides opportunities to stimulate the students' learning motivation, broadens their insights, and offers enjoyable learning circumstances. Despite the opportunities, there were also some drawbacks concerning the lack of intelligibility which generates learning anxiety and technical issues concerning signal stability.
Discovering Students’ Cognitive Perspective on the Use of Cooperative Learning in EFL Classroom Nida Fauziah; Nita Sari Narulita Dewi; Arini Nurul Hidayati; Fuad Abdullah
Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Vol 11, No 1 (2022): Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa
Publisher : IKIP PGRI Pontianak

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31571/bahasa.v11i1.3753

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This study aims to explore the students' cognitive perspectives when learning English in the classroom using the cooperative learning method. Cooperative learning is a learning method in which students with different learning abilities are conditioned to work together in a group to achieve the same learning goals. Johnson et al. (2013) added that in cooperative learning students can work together and maximize their learning. The data collection technique used in this study was semi-structured interviews conducted on three students as participants in this study. The data was processed qualitatively using thematic analysis. The findings of this study indicated positive cognitive perception obtained from students' learning experiences, namely, the discovery of partners that become supportive system in learning development and also the improvement of self-accountability in learning English.
ENGLISH SPEAKING ANXIETY AMONG INDONESIAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS: IN SEARCH OF CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS Arini Nurul Hidayati; Fuad Abdullah; Agis Andriani; Dewi Rosmala; Novi Nurvianti
Getsempena English Education Journal Vol. 9 No. 1 (2022)
Publisher : English Education Department

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46244/geej.v9i1.1746

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In the last few decades, foreign language speaking anxiety (hereafter, FLSA) has been a debatable investigative issue among linguists and TESOL practitioners. One of the most salient factors is it generates an incapacitating impact for speakers to communicate orally in English as a foreign language. However, delving learning activities as a cause of FLSA and its solutions, notably in Indonesian secondary school level remains scarce. To fill the void, this study scrutinized the specific learning activities causing learners’ FLSA in the classroom and the solutions to resolve them. Three junior high school learners were recruited as the participants. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed thematically (Braun & Clarke, 2006). On the one hand, the findings outlined that the students suffered from FLSA when they engaged in questions and answer session of the classroom English language learning activities and speaking performance activities. On the other hand, the solutions of such FLSA encompassed focusing on the learning process and ignoring the disruptive behaviour of their classmates. Pedagogically, creating a less anxious atmosphere of learning English speaking practices enables students to successfully acquire English language skills (e.g., speaking) and adapt to appropriate social and academic milieu.