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The Use of Scientific-Based Approach in ELT Class to Improve Students’ Achievement and Classroom Interaction Haerazi Haerazi; Rully May Vikasari; Zukhairatunniswah Prayati
Register Journal Vol 12, No 2 (2019): REGISTER JOURNAL
Publisher : IAIN Salatiga

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ABSTRACTThis study investigated the use of the scientific-based approach in the ELT class to solve students' learning problems. Those problems are students' difficulties to complete their learning tasks, lack of vocabularies to complete reading tasks, lack of grammatical competence, afraid of proposing questions, afraid of speaking, and difficulties to complete the listening tasks. These caused students to have low achievement and inactive classroom interaction. The study was aimed at improving students' achievement and classroom interaction of 8th-grade students of SMPN 4 Praya, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. This study was classroom action research. The procedure of actions included two steps, namely the reconnaissance and the action. The reconnaissance presented the students' learning problems and the action consisted of four stages, namely planning, implementing, evaluating, and reflecting. The research instruments of this study used observation sheets, a questionnaire, and a test. The collected data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The result of this study showed that the use of the scientific-based approach was able to improve students' achievement and classroom interaction. The students' average score was 82.76. Each student' score was higher than the minimum passing grade (70). Meanwhile, the interaction classroom was active. It was supported by significant changes. Those changes were that students become more cooperative, active, and optimistic to complete reading tasks, listening tasks, speaking activities, and writing assignments in the form of group discussion. Keywords: Scientific-Based Approach, Achievement, Classroom Interaction  
Implementasi Program Mini-Seminar Bahasa Inggris Bidang Kesehatan Untuk Program Studi Kesehatan Masyarakat Undikma Mataram Kamarudin Kamarudin; Haerazi Haerazi; Sugianto Sugianto; Fathurrahman Imran; Tawali Tawali
Jurnal Pengabdian UNDIKMA Vol 1, No 2 (2020): November
Publisher : Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika (UNDIKMA)

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The implementation of Mini-Seminar of English language for health at social health major of UNDIKMA Mataram aims to improve students’ English language knowledge, capability in Social Health Program of Undikma, especially English for social health both theoretically and practically. This program involved the students of social health in Undikma Mataram. The presenters or the mentors of this program were the English lecturers, and the students majoring in social health who are still active as students as the participants. The program took place in Mandalika University of Education (UNDIKMA), Mataram. The program implemented the method included planning, acting, observing in which through giving the material presentation focusing on some materials such as; English for health, eight parts of speech, modal auxiliaries, mini conversation practice realizing the materials given. The result of the implemented program revealed the high enthusiasm and interest to participate actively within the process of the program given start from the first till the end. The students also gained the increase improvement regarding the capability of using English language expression for social health, vocabulary items, and self-confident. The students also expected the same program may be re-conducted since they showed a high appreciation to the program given in terms of presentation, and guiding within the practice, so that they can enrich and improve their English language communication skill especially English for social health.
ISLAMIC CULTURAL NOTES IN ELT INSTRUCTION IN THE ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOLS OF HARAMAIN NAHDLATUL WATHAN NARMADA, WEST NUSA TENGGARA Lalu Ari Irawan; Haerazi Haerazi
Akademika : Jurnal Pemikiran Islam Vol 25 No 2 (2020)
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Metro

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Islamic contents and English were taught at Islamic Boarding School (IBS) Haramain Nahdlatul Wathan (NW) Narmada. English is taught as a general subject and compulsory subject as well. An English community (Language Asrama) is established by Kiai. It is aimed at practicing speaking English and exercising public speaking skills. IBS Haramain NW Narmada includes one of the IBSs in Indonesia in which it reflected Islamic values, cultures, and indoctrination in its teaching and learning. The pieces of evidence showed that this institution taught English for students (Santri) as a tool to gain global information around the world. Dealing with the ELT classrooms, IBS Haramian NW Narmada employed some learning strategies reflecting Islamic cultures and values such as syawir, Lalar, Hafal (memorizing), and Setoran (deposit). The strong emphasis on Arabic and English in daily communication addresses the immersion language program. It is a method applied to teach foreign languages. Based on the application, the IBS Haramain NW Narmada applied a total immersion program, in which Arabic and English are the target languages.
Promoting Intercultural Competences and Communication Skills through English Textbooks within Multilingual Education: Intercultural Language Learning; English Textbooks Haerazi Haerazi; Jayrome Lleva Nunez
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): November
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (LITPAM)

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In intercultural and transcultural communication contexts within multilingual education, English learners should be able to communicate and interact with other people who have different linguistic and cultural background. For this reason, intercultural contents should be incorporated in EFL textbooks to promote learners’ intercultural competences and communication skills. The contents are designed with containing not only Anglo-American and British cultural dimensions but also learners’ home and foreign cultures. It is to prepare learners to become global citizens. The principal aim of this study is to investigate how teachers apply English textbooks to promote learners’ intercultural competences and intercultural communicative skills within multilingual education. This article argues that intercultural representations incorporated in EFL textbooks are used as useful resources for helping learners develop their intercultural competences and communication skills. also, the ways teachers carry out their teaching in the classes are measured. The results of this study show that the teachers employ EFL textbooks effectively with utilizing potential teaching materials containing cultural values to promote learners’ intercultural competences and communicative skills within multilingual education. This study also suggests that English teachers needs reinforcement in multilingual education.
Students’ Abilities and Difficulties in Comprehending English Reading Texts at Secondary Schools; An Effect of Phonemic Awareness Edi Firman; Haerazi Haerazi; Sadaf Dehghani
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): November
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (LITPAM)

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Reading comprehension in the EFL context requires abilities not only linguistic competences but also reading strategies. The timely acquisition of this competence has a crucial effect for language learners. Unfortunately, most language learners in all level have low skills and high difficulties to acquire reading skills. This study aims to explore students’ abilities and difficulties in comprehending English reading texts as secondary level. This study is categorized as qualitative study consisting of three main data gathering methods: semi-structured interviews, classroom observations, and group discussions. The data collected then are analyzed in stages, namely data condensation, data display, and data conclusion. Based on the result of analysis, this study showed that students have low reading achievement at secondary level. The low achievement is affected by some reading difficulties such as low reading exercises, unwilling to read out loud, low reading skills, low vocabulary, low phonemic awareness, low reading strategies, and low grammatical competence. For further studies, reading exercises and phonemic awareness in reading activities should be paid intention with giving students with various reading texts to train them comprehend EFL texts.
Exploring the Use of Various Board Games to Enhance Speaking Skills Viewed from Students’ Phonology Awareness: Speaking Skills; Phonology Awareness; Games Heri Hidayatullah; Haerazi Haerazi
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): November
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (LITPAM)

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Speaking skill is classified as a productive skill after writing skills. It is related to communicative performance dealing with phonetic, fluency, accuracy, pronunciation, grammatical competence, intonation, and vocabulary mastery. Besides, students’ phonology knowledge is crucial in understanding speakers’ utterances in speaking activities. Therefore, students’ phonology awareness in speaking classes determine the students are success or not in having speaking skills. This study aims to elaborate the use of speaking board games to improve students’ speaking skills viewed from phonology awareness. To attain the research aims, this study employed classroom action research. The problems are focused on students’ speaking skills in relation to phonology awareness. The research data are classified into qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were gained using interview and observation sheets, while the quantitative data were collected using speaking tests. Based on the research findings, this study can be concluded that the use of speaking board games in teaching speaking classes which was combined with other various materials was able to improve students’ confidence and critical thinking skills to speak. It helped students practice their fluency, practice their accuracy, and gave smooth correction to the grammatical errors being made. Providing students with various speaking practices, the use of board games also facilitated students to improve their pronunciation inside and outside classes, vocabulary, and engage them to learn the English daily expressions in various topics.
English Teachers’ Feedback on Students’ Writing Work in the New Normal Era: Teachers' Feedback; Writing Skills Khaerul Fadli; Lalu Ari Irawan; Haerazi Haerazi
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): November
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (LITPAM)

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Feedback is information from the teacher to the students regarding to the students’ error in learning process, and the purpose of feedback given by the teacher could improve students’ abilities in learning. In learning writing, feedback from the teacher is needed by the students to improve their writing skills. Writing is a complex process, arranging several words into a sentence and arranging several sentences into a paragraph is not an easy thing to do. In addition, in writing a sentence, the correct words are needed so that the reader can easily understand the intent written by the author. Thus, this study aims to find out what types of feedback given by the teacher to students in this new normal era, and what types of feedback can improve students' writing skills. This research used qualitative descriptive research. For data collection, researcher used the interview notes, study document, and observation. This study took two English teachers and eight students. In this study, the researcher interviewed English teachers and students regarding the feedback the teacher gave during this new normal era. The researcher found that the teachers used two types of feedback i.e. oral and written feedback in correcting students' writing assignments. In addition, the researcher found that all students experienced improvement after they were given feedback by the teacher. Most students’ perception about feedback given by the teachers, oral feedback is very effective and can improve their writing quality.
Teaching English Using Two Stay Two Stray in Improving Students' English Speaking Skills Integrated with Foreign Language Anxiety Jupri Jupri; Mismardiana; Muslim; Haerazi Haerazi
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022): May
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (LITPAM)

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This research investigated the teaching of English by using Two Stay Two Stray to improve the students’ speaking skill in the 10th-grade students of vocational schools, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. The participants of this research were 28 students. The research utilized a classroom action research. The research covered two cycles and each cycle consisted of four steps they were; planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The research consisted of two cycles, and each cycle applied three parts, such as; pre-test, treatment, and post-test. The data collected were qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were gained through observation and documentation. Meanwhile, the quantitative data was collected from the test. The researcher used SPSS 16.00 to analyze the quantitative data. The researcher found a significant improvement in students’ speaking skills after giving treatment using Two Stay Two Stray in cycle I and II. The improvement of using Two Stay Two Stray in improving the students’ speaking skill was significant. It can be seen from cycle I up to the cycle II. The result of the cycle I showed that the mean of post-test is higher than the the pre-test. The mean of the post-test was 66.14 and pre-test are 60.50. In cycle II, the mean of the post-test is higher than the mean of the pre-test. The mean score of post-test was 76.28 and pre-test are 66.14. The researcher concluded that using Two Stay Two Stray improved the 10th grade students’ speaking skill at vocational schools, West Nusa Tenggara Province.
Exploring English Teachers’ Perception on the Teaching of Using Story Telling Viewed from Phonology Awareness to Improve Students’ Speaking Skills amid Covid-19 Pandemic M. Sopian Assauri Assauri; Haerazi Haerazi; K. Dedy Sandiarsa; Issra Pramoolsook
Journal of Language and Literature Studies Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): November
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (LITPAM)

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Storytelling is a learning strategy of communication that occur a date earlier in writing history to teach lessons. It gives the fundamental structure of how learners create information out of their everyday lives. In practice, the students’ brain is tied to manage and organize information through story and that every relationship experience is recorded in their mind as an informative story. Storytelling is one of the technique that helps the students master English, especially in speaking skills. Therefore, this study is aimed at exploring English teachers’ perception on the teaching of storytelling viewed from phonology awareness to improve students’ speaking skills. To achieve the research aims, researchers employed descriptive qualitative study. Descriptive qualitative study is used to investigate natural condition of teachers’ perception of using storytelling viewed from phonology awareness in improving students’ speaking skills. The instruments are divided into two, observation sheets and interview guidelines. To support the research instrument, researchers use mobile phones. It is needed for recording the conversation both visual and audio. Based on the data analysis, Storytelling helps students to focus on story structure by paying more attention to vocabulary and grammar. When this happens, positive feedback is given by the teacher to improve students' communication methods and use the right English vocabulary with good pronunciation. Storytelling can not only improve students' speaking skills but can also help students acquire a lot of vocabulary and phonology awareness. It can be concluded that English teachers felt that the story-telling technique can improve students' speaking skills in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic because teachers are supported by some applications such as: Google-meets, Zoom, and school Moodle.
Mobile-Assisted Flipped Learning Integrated with Metacognitive Skills in the Teaching of Speaking and Listening Skills Haerazi Haerazi
Journal of English Education and Teaching Vol. 7 No. 3 (2023): Journal of English Education and Teaching
Publisher : UNIB Press

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33369/jeet.7.3.632-651

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The integration of mobile technology within the framework of flipped learning provides a viable and efficient means of fostering learners' speaking and listening skills. Through the flipped classroom, learners are better prepared for in-class interactions, as they have already acquired foundational knowledge and exposure to authentic language use. Therefore, this study aims to find out the efficacy of mobile-assisted flipped learning integrated with metacognitive skills in the teaching of speaking and listening skills in Mandalika University of Education. This study is designed in experimental design which is non-equivalent control group design. In this design, participants are not randomly assigned to the intervention or control group, resulting in inherent differences between the groups that may influence the outcomes. The instruments employed the speaking, listening, and metacognitive tests. The collected data are analyzed in descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Based on the data analysis, the conclusion of this study showed that the integration of mobile-assisted flipped learning had a positive impact on learners' speaking and listening proficiency. Learners actively engaged in preparing their learning activities, both during out-of-class and in-class sessions. The incorporation of mobile technology and the flipped learning approach empowered learners to take ownership of their learning, enabling them to access instructional materials outside the traditional classroom setting and actively participate in in-class interactions. These findings highlight the potential of mobile-assisted flipped learning as an effective pedagogical approach in enhancing learners' speaking and listening skills, while also promoting learner autonomy and engagement in the learning process.