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Journal : JET (Journal of English Teaching) Adi Buana

“Monolingual or Bilingual Approach?” The Best Approach to Teach Speaking for Beginner Level Sabat, Yuliyanto; Wardhani, Aulia Kususma
JET ADI BUANA Vol 3 No 2 (2018): Volume 03 Number 02 October 2018
Publisher : English Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36456/jet.v3.n2.2018.1721

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Some English teachers argue that the use of monolingual approach or “English Only” gives a lot of exposures to students and some others report it just makes the students reluctant to speak as they understand nothing about the topics being discussed. Considering the important roles of teaching approaches on students’ success to use English, it is very crucial to conduct a research on this topic. This article is an attempt to report which approach students like the most either “English Only” or bilingual approach in learning speaking. Besides, it also reveals the reasons why the students choose one of the teaching approaches. As the researcher teaches speaking for beginner level, he uses his students as the subject to facilitate him to collect the data. He uses qualitative research method by using interview, questionnaire, and classroom observation to collect the data. The result of this research showed that students’ negative perception on the use of English only and positive perception on the use of code switching supported by the result of questionnaire 95.65% participants chose strongly agree for code switching as their preferable teaching approach with the most common reasons on the material comprehension (86.86% strongly agree) and building self- confidence (78.26% strongly agree). Keywords: monolingual approach, bilingual approach, classroom interaction
Students’ Perception towards Written Feedback of Thesis Writing Advisory at STKIP Sidoarjo Sabat, Yuliyanto; Slamet, Joko
JET ADI BUANA Vol 4 No 1 (2019): Volume 4 Number 01 April 2019
Publisher : English Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36456/jet.v4.n1.2019.1885

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This research is aimed to find out the most used type of written feedback and the students’ perceptions towards lecturers’ written feedback on thesis writing advisory at STKIP PGRI Sidoarjo. This study employed descriptive qualitative method. The subjects of this study were the 7th semester students at STKIP PGRI Sidoarjo who were working the thesis writing. The source of data was the students’ writings consisting lecturers’ written feedback (indirect and direct written feedback). The instruments applied were documentation, questionnaire, and interview. The researcher distributed the questionnaires to 20 students and conducted the interview to 5 students to clarify and strengthen the data by seeing the most degree of agreement chosen. The result showed that the most type of written feedback was indirect written feedback consisting 337 items (65.44%). Meanwhile, the direct written feedback was 178 items (34.56%). The students had positive perceptions towards the lecturer’s written feedback. They preferred to get written feedback as it had been clear, useful and helpful for the students. It also could be a motivation and a guidance in the thesis writing. The researcher addresses suggestions to: lecturers to keep using written feedback by giving clear explanations and information; students to evaluate their thesis writing; other researchers to advance the implementation of written feedback; and the institution to considerate providing a new regulation deals with the efficiency of thesis writing advisory