Claim Missing Document
Check
Articles

Found 2 Documents
Search
Journal : Edu-Ling: Journal of English Education and Linguistics

EFL TEACHERS’ REASONS, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS OF USING GOOGLE CLASSROOM IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN BENGKULU Desi Suryani; Wisma Yunita; Alamsyah Harahap
Edu-Ling: Journal of English Education and Linguistics Vol. 4 No. 2 (2021): July
Publisher : English Education Study Program Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32663/edu-ling.v4i2.1982

Abstract

Google Classroom is an essential online platform promoting teaching and learning process during Covid-19 pandemic. The research aims to investigate the English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ reasons, problems and analyse their solutions to overcome the problems of using Google Classroom in English teaching and learning process. This research employed a qualitative method. Five EFL teachers were selected as the participant of study. They were selected based on the purposive sampling technique and taken from Senior High Schools in Bengkulu Province. The findings demonstrate that the problems of using Google Classroom are the teachers should prepare the material lesson well and they were expected to be more creative and innovative in making learning media. However, the lack of internet quota and connection made the students got difficulty to receive the learning material or submit assignments. They were also got difficulty to ask directly to the teacher if they did not understand the lesson. In turn, to overcome the problems in teaching and learning English process by using Google Classroom, the teachers participated in training related to the use of Google Classroom for teaching and learning English. In preparing learning media, the teachers provided the material in many forms such as video, voice notes, PDF, or text reading. Furthermore, the teachers invited the students to ask directly by chatting personally or calling by video conference. They also made a lesson video or gave a link of an explanational material video and invited the students to give them feedback on the lesson.
A COMPARATIVE RESEARCH ON META-DISCOURSE MARKERS USED IN INTRODUCTION SECTION ON LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ARTICLES OF ENGLISH EDUCATION Hairiyanto M.Pd; Alamsyah Harahap; Dedi Sofyan
Edu-Ling: Journal of English Education and Linguistics Vol. 4 No. 1 (2020): December
Publisher : English Education Study Program Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32663/edu-ling.v4i1.1719

Abstract

This research aims to identify the meta-discourse feature mostly used and the difference between interactive and interactional categorize among Local, National and International Journals. This research was a corpora analysis employed journal articles as the object of the research. Data were collected purposive random sampling with a total of sampling were 30 articles taken three journals. The data is a cropped introduction section to be made a Microsoft file and processed by using the AntConce Application. Data were analyzed using a qualitative method by focusing on the use of the meta-discourse feature and different interactive and interactional categorized by Hyland’s (2005). The results show that: 1) The meta-discourse feature that is mostly used in each journal is interactive. The interactive has the same tendency used among Local, National and International journals. 2) The transition categorizes the most frequent in the Local, National and International Journal. 3) The meta-discourse feature that is least used was found in the Asian EFL Journal, the frame markers that are least used were found in Joall journals, and the endophoric that is the least used was found in Joall journals. 4) There are significant differences in the use of interactive and interactional in each journal. So it can be concluded that each writer has known and used meta-discourse in writing articles, the use of meta-discourse is not influenced by the level of journals, both Local, National and International Journal, but is influenced by the writer competence in expressing his thoughts, and the culture of the author's environment. Besides, the articles published in each journal are influenced by the editor of the journal itself.