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Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal
ISSN : 23388927     EISSN : 26572443     DOI : https://doi.org/10.30651
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal (e-ISSN 2657-2443 and p-ISSN: 2338-8927) is a journal of English Language Teaching (ELT), linguistics, and literature published in April and September by English Education Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surabaya. This journal is committed to investigate and scrutinize present issues of ELT, linguistics and literature. Contributions in the forms of research-based and literature-review studies written by national and international scholars and researchers are welcomed. High quality of studies presenting the State of the Art (SOTA) and originality is preferable.
Articles 133 Documents
Social Media Utilization for Self-Regulated English Learning during COVID-19 Outbreaks Maulina Maulina; Rahmat Nasrullah; Risman Wanci
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 10 No 1 (2022): April
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (404.129 KB) | DOI: 10.30651/tell.v10i1.12599

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It is quite challenging at this moment for undergraduate students to study from home (SFH) during the COVID-19 outbreaks. Social distancing practices applied during the coronavirus outbreaks to most of the public settings, including at academic activities at university. Fortunately, there have been many platforms of social media provided and accessed easily in this digital era. This current study aimed at investigating and understanding higher education students’ perspectives on social media in learning English independently in the COVID-19 outbreak. Researchers used an online survey as the main research instrument to gather data from 147 potential students to be the respondents to fill out the survey from three universities in the Sulawesi region, Indonesia. The result showed that 81% of respondents used WhatsApp as the medium to study autonomously at home during the pandemic. Besides, YouTube (77.6%), Instagram (57.8%), Facebook (29.3%), and Twitter (24.5%) also became the additional choices. They used those friendly-users and cheap accessed social media platforms to watch and to listen to English videos (79.6%) also to have the written chats in English with friends and teachers (67.3%) as well as to have the audio and video calling in English (36.1%). Further, during the pandemic, respondents improve their speaking skills (37.4%), listening skills (29.3%), reading skills (17%), and writing skills (16.3%) through social media. Even though the world is distracted, university students in this region keep their motivation to learn English from home autonomously.
Reflective Practice in Teacher Education: A Look into Past and Present Theories, and Some Pertinent Issues Nur Rizky Alfiany Suaib
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 10 No 1 (2022): April
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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Many educators regard the practice of pedagogical reflection as a prime motivator in the professional growth of teachers. This idea has spurred the realization of the practice of reflection since the early stages of the university's teacher education program. Several scholars have developed their ideas regarding excellent practices in reflection throughout the years. They presented methodologies, concepts, and ways to construct the course of reflection from non-reflective to critical reflective by identifying the reflective thought process and underpinning the degrees of reflection. These ideas would also allow educators to create evaluations for reflective practice. However, this sound theoretical framework is frequently riddled with flaws that linger to the present time, particularly about the extent to which such activity will provide noteworthy growth for teachers, as well as the legitimacy of its reflexivity itself. This paper tries to revisit the origin of the concept, the development, and pinpoint the persistent issues. This, hopefully, would enable us to seek the deeper insight into the dynamics of reflective practice in teacher education program.
Formal Education in Indonesia and Egypt: Comparison of Challenges in Teaching English on Secondary Level Dewi Nurpitriyani; Ibrahim El Sayed Abdel Moneim Attia Salama; Ratu Erlinda Kurniatillah; Nida Husna; Itje Chodijah; Didin Nuruddin Hidayat
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 10 No 1 (2022): April
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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This research aims to compare the challenges in teaching English between Indonesia and Egypt. This study is restricted to the secondary level for formal education in both countries. The study is also investigated the teacher’s problems for formal education in Indonesia and Egypt and what are the challenges that the English teachers may face while teaching in both countries. The research used the comparative method of studying to evaluate and compare the challenges and causes for common problems in formal education in teaching English in both countries. Data were collected in two different ways; the questionnaire and interview. There were 30 English teachers as respondents in this research who teach in several cities in Indonesia and Egypt. The result of the study revealed that several similar challenges found in English teaching both in Indonesia and Egypt, such as students‘ lack participations, numbers of students in a classroom, teachers‘ competency in the curriculum implementation, and teachers‘ management skill. This study uncovered ways to overcome these challenges such as joining seminars to enlighten teachers‘ competences, dividing students into smaller groups, asking them one by one to share their thought, applying the classroom in the beginning of the class, and giving remedials to the ones who need extra attention.
Student’s Speaking Problems in Online Learning: A Systematic Research Review Musleh Fajri; Rohmani Nur Indah
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 10, No 2 (2022): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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This study used a systematic review, namely the research process by identifying previous research. Furthermore, this research applies a systematic analysis method that identifies the literature available on Google Scholar. This method has been used to produce original research as well as help researchers to critically analyze, evaluate and synthesize complex ideas. The five phases of systematic literature review are: 1) Framing questions for review 2) Relevant work 3) Assessing study quality 4) Summarizing the evidence 5) Interpret findings. From the results of the review a description it can be understood that there are student problems; they first have difficulty in terms of grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation. However, they also have problems in their psychology in learning speaking. Regarding online learning reviews, online learning is one of the alternative solutions for the learning process, including for students and teachers, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although it raises some problems, for teachers and students, all parties must be ready to implement it. So that online learning has positive and negative impacts.
Project-Based Learning for English Diploma Program Students: Implementation and Challenges in Online Learning Indah Puspitasari; Kristianto Setiawan
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 10, No 2 (2022): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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The central goals of this study are to see the implementation of Project-Based Learning for English diploma program students, to see the students' perceptions toward the implementation of project-based learning, and to see the challenges of its implementation in online learning. The research method is a descriptive qualitative method that used Stoller and Simpson theories to analyze the implementation of Project-based Learning in online learning. The results of this study show that 77.1% of respondents are satisfied with the implementation of project-based learning. They also obtained 82.07, which means the students are able to achieve the learning outcome very well. There are some challenges in implementing project-based learning in the pandemic era. They needed autonomous learning methods, especially in mastering language skills, knowledge, and IT skills. However, to achieve learning outcomes and to solve the problems, the students independently discussed and worked together in their group to finish their project. The effect of this process, students are more independent, critical, communicative, and creative in working on the project. Based on the positive findings, project-based learning becomes one of the alternative methods for assisting English diploma program students in acquiring 4Cs.
Katara’s Authenticity in Avatar: The Last Airbender Klarissa Yohanna; Pratiwi Retnaningdyah
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 10, No 2 (2022): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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Authenticity is an important quality every individual should have as it reflects self-understanding and healthy functioning. However, due to the societal norms, such as gender stereotypes, the idea of being authentic has become a challenge. Oftentimes, when it comes to gender stereotypes, women get the short end of the stick—underestimated, ignored, and sexualized. The uprising feminism movement indeed makes a great impact of how women are viewed, but the media is still lacking of authentic representation of female character who isn’t trying to fit into a certain role. Avatar: The Last Airbender is able to provide that through Katara character despite it being a children’s TV series. Using the theory by Kernis and Goldman, this paper explores the four multicomponents of authenticity—awareness, unbiased processing, behaviour, relational orientation—which are all possessed by Katara; furthermore, proving her authenticity. This paper argues that Katara is able to maintain her authenticity by acting in accordance with her internal values, particularly in terms of equality and justice. In so doing, she manages to fight sexism and empower the oppressed.
The Multiple Violation of Maxim in Doctor Strange in The Multiverse Film Muhammad Agung Nugroho; Zainal Ariffin
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 10, No 2 (2022): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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This study aims to describe the multiple violations of maxims based on the cooperative principle at the utterances in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness film and the intended meanings in it. This type of study is a qualitative descriptive research. The data consisted of twenty utterances in the film that reflected the violation of maxims based on the cooperative principle. Data collection was carried out by observation which consisted of several stages, namely identifying and marking the violation of maxims in the speech in the film, grouping each data based on the type of violation of the maxims, then coding the data. Data analysis was carried out by describing the context in each utterance and then analyzing it using Cutting's maxim violation theory. The result shows that the speakers violating four multiple maxims (quantity, quality, relation, and manner) totally 11 data or 55%, three maxims ((quantity, relation, manner), (quantity, quality, manner), (quantity, quality, relation)) totally 7 data or 35%, two maxims (quantity and quality) totally 1 data or 5 %, and one maxim (quality) totally 1 data or 5%. The meaning of violation by the speaker is intended to avoid the conflict, to intimidate someone, and to create a lie.
Using Subject Positioning Theory to Investigate Reading Engagement among University Students Salmah Anisah Abu Hassan; Norkhairi bin Ahmad
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 10, No 2 (2022): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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This study sets out to investigate the magnitude of reading engagement by technical engineering undergraduates. Purposive samples in the form of six bachelor’s degree students were chosen based on the observed active roles as class representatives and as active learners in the English course that they have previously taken. Two chapters from a compulsory textbook of a mandatory course from the undergraduates’ programme called Innovation Management were chosen to explore their subject positioning and reading engagement aspect. The undergraduates were requested to activey read, interact and scribble  notes if necessary during reading while their engagement via think aloud protocol were recorded. The recordings were transcribed and analysed for evidence of subject positioning  and knowledge processing with inter rater and expert verifications on the identified themes. The findings show that the uundergraduates actively undertake subject positioning to align and disalign with subject matter materials and information put forth by the author of the textbook as evidence of moderate to active reading engagement and knowledge processing. Input from previous reading, general knowldge, current experience and previous work experience intertwine in functioning as sources of the subject positioning and knowledge processing during the reading engagements. The findings are significant in raising awareness among educators on the need to cultivate active reading engagement and to devise training for undergraduates on strategies for active reading engagement. These recommended efforts from this study will yield great benefits for undergraduates in their learning curve at the academia. 
An Observational Study of Teacher’s Gestures in EFL Classroom Aulia Urrohimah; Ista Maharsi
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 10, No 2 (2022): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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Verbal utterances and nonverbal utterances are acknowledged to be semantically and pragmatically coexpressive. Previous theories reveal that gestures are useful for teacher’s conceptual planning of messages and student’s comprehension and learning motivation. This study is carried out using an observational study and aimed to give insight into the use of gestures by EFL teacher during the teaching in the language classroom. An Islamic senior high school EFL teacher with a bilingual classroom become the participant of this study. A video recording is put on the back of the classroom aimed to capture the teacher’s gestures and the teacher and the students’ interaction, an audio recording is placed on the teacher’s front table, and the researcher is on the corner of the classroom to observe the teaching process synchronously. The data collected were transcribed then analysed using AS-Unit for recognizing the English utterances and the categorization of gestures was adopted from Wang and Loewen (2016). The finding elaboratively describes the use of gestures (i.e., iconics, metaphorics, deictics, beats, head movements, affect displays, kinetographs, and emblems) produced by the teacher in her classroom utterances. The finding shows that the gestures take a big part in supporting the teacher as speaker in teacher’s complex lexical retrieval. Also, the visual of the use gestures is provided. Therefore, the result of this study serves as a teaching reflection and can be employed as a model to provide language learning comprehensible input in the language classroom.
Applying Quizziz in Online English Learning: How It Improves Intrinsic Motivation Aisha Tallita Ramadhan Predyasmara; Vega Hesmatantya; Waode Hamsia
Tell : Teaching of English Language and Literature Journal Vol 10, No 2 (2022): September
Publisher : English Department FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya Indonesia

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increase students' intrinsic motivation in learning English and find out how students respond to the use of Quizizz in teaching English during Covid 19. The researcher used Classroom Action Research (CAR) as the research design. The researcher analyzed qualitative and quantitative data, which came from observation, questionnaires, and interviews conducted in the last cycle to know the improvement of students' intrinsic motivation and responses. This study showed that Quizizz live lessons can increase students' intrinsic motivation in learning English. This was proven by the mean score acquired from the student's intrinsic motivation inventory questionnaire, which was 3.28 in the pre-cycle. This score improved to 3.63 in cycle 1 and even higher in cycle 2, which is 4.60. The qualitative data, based on finding the students' responses to Quizzes, showed that most students were interested in and enjoyed learning English through the Quizziz platform Quizziz platform is improving students' intrinsic motivation in learning English online classes in the Pandemic Era.