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DEVELOPING LEARNERS’ AUTONOMY THROUGH LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGY TRAINING AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF BRAWIJAYA Syariful Muttaqin; Istiqomah Wulandari; Yuni Astuti
Leksika: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra dan Pengajarannya Vol 6, No 2 (2012)
Publisher : University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30595/lks.v6i2.132

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Second language acquisition has become a big issue in recent years and it leads to the study of transfer. As there are many problems faced by the lecturers deal with the students’ pronunciation, then this paper is aimed at revealing and describing the errors in pronouncing English sounds made by the English learners because of the negative transfer from their first language (L1). Mix method was used in this study, it began with the qualitative one and then to know the percentage of each data, quantitative one was applied. The data were got from the recording of speaking activities and interview and then it was transcribed into broad transcription. This study does not include the narrow transcription, therefore no suprasegmental features found in this paper. The results of this study revealed that most of the students made some errors in pronouncing English sounds which they cannot found in their first language such as the sound /æ/, /∫/, /θ/, /ð/, and /ʒ /. The result is hoped to be able to give some input to the English teacher and lecturer on the common errors made by the students in pronouncing English sounds and lead them to improve their teaching methods in order to help their students in pronouncing new sounds found in the target language. Keywords: Error, language transfer
TOWARDS COMMUNICATIVE CALL: IDEAS AND STRATEGIES FOR ITS PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION Syariful Muttaqin
Leksika: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra dan Pengajarannya Vol 4, No 1 (2010)
Publisher : University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30595/lks.v4i1.2227

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This article presents some practical applications of computer in English language teaching and learning. As computer now is getting more accessible, it should be well utilized for enhancing students’ English skills. In addition, a lot of computer language laboratories have been set up in some schools. However, some of the facilities are useless because less preparation, low usability of the facility, and lack of maintenance so that the sustainability of the computer program at schools is very weak. This article explores what computer can do to help students learn English better and what teachers, students, and administrator have to do in order to achieve the English teaching and learning objectives.