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Journal : English Language in Focus (ELIF)

A Need Analysis on the Instructional Material Development of Speaking Skills for Secretarial Students Didik Hariyadi Raharjo; Anis setiyanti; Fenti Sofiani
English Language in Focus (ELIF) Vol 3, No 2 (2021): English Language in Focus (ELIF)
Publisher : English Department, Faculty of Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24853/elif.3.2.127-134

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A professional secretary should be proficient in English communication, particularly in productive skills such as speaking and writing, to complete all of his duties. The research was aimed to determine the needs of the secretarial students in terms of speaking skills to meet the need for professional secretaries in today's business and industrial field. From March to August 2020, 30 secretarial students and 5 professional secretaries from Jakarta participated in this qualitative study. The research’s data was the students' needs that could be divided into target needs (necessities, lacks, wants) and learning needs based on Hutchinson and Waters's theory. The data was collected through observation, interviews, and questionnaires. The findings of the study indicated that the students should master the speaking skill needed to complete the secretarial tasks such a handling phone calls, facing a job interview, describing a product, making an appointment, making a hotel reservation, making a press release, running a business meeting, giving a presentation, winning a negotiation and many more. However, the students encountered a variety of speaking obstacles, including limited vocabulary and incorrect grammar. Furthermore, the students wanted to get a lot of interesting interactive materials that were wrapped in dialogues or monologues activities when learning to speak.
Introducing English in Preschool Through Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) Anis Setiyanti
English Language in Focus (ELIF) Vol 3, No 2 (2021): English Language in Focus (ELIF)
Publisher : English Department, Faculty of Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24853/elif.3.2.159-168

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This research is aimed to provide a detailed understanding of the implementation of Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) in English teaching at TK Islam Amalina South Tangerang. A qualitative analysis using the ethnography approach was used in the study. The data were gathered through observation, interview, and document review. Research indicates that the objective of the teaching and the method of teaching activities are both consistent with DAP best practices. However, some are not in agreement with the DAP. Furthermore, the topic of discussion was inconsistency. According to the findings of the study, the English teaching at TK Islam Amalina should (1) integrate the child development, subject matters, and language skills, (2) engage children in learning through play, and (3) involve children in learning by doing.
Observation and Improvement to Undergraduate Student Activities in English Skill Using Mobile-Assisted Language Learning Anis Setiyanti; Abd. Basit; Suharsiwi Suharsiwi
English Language in Focus (ELIF) Vol 4, No 2 (2022): English Language in Focus (ELIF)
Publisher : English Department, Faculty of Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24853/elif.4.2.137-148

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Language plays an important role in social life because it is more than just a series of sounds that can be empirically digested, but it is also rich in meaning. In Indonesia, English is one of the subjects taught in universities. Speaking activity is a communicative event that includes the use of both verbal and nonverbal language to convey meaning. Speaking is the process of constructing and sharing meaning through the use of verbal and nonverbal symbols in various contexts. The method of data collection and interpretation used by researchers in this study is guided by the model proposed by Kemmis and McTaggart, which includes planning for a change (planning a change), actions and observations of the process and the consequences of the process (acting and observing the process and the consequences of the charge), and reflecting on the processes.  The implementation of the first cycle or cycle I, which has implemented learning using the Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) method, students are able to describe something when speaking English with the material provided by the researcher. After the action was given in the first cycle, the results showed that, in general, the average score of students' scores had increased but had not yet reached the minimum target score that was defined at the beginning of the study, which was 75 percent of the total score obtained by students.