Journal on Studies in English Language Teaching (JOSELT)

Grammatical Error on EFL Students’ Argumentative Writings: A Case Study

I Gusti Agung Vony Purnama — 2023-12-04

A study on error analysis is an important way to see the ability of the students in the foreign language learning process, particularly in writing. This is also very meaningful to enrich the method of teaching particularly teaching English as a foreign language. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the grammatical errors in the students’ argumentative writings and to find the most frequent errors made by the students. There were thirteen students of the International Program argumentative writings used as the data in this study. This study is very important because the students will do their final project in the English language. The data were analyzed based on the Surface Strategy Taxonomy which includes omission, addition, misformation, and misorder. The finding shows that all students made grammatical errors in their argumentative writing. The finding showed that there were 13 errors of misformation, 12 errors of omission, 7 errors of addition, and the last was 1 error of misorder. The most frequent error was the error of misformation. This finding is expected to be used as a reference for the teacher in planning the lesson to improve the understanding of the students in argumentative writing.

Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior of English as Foreign Language Students: A Case Study In FLSH, Meknes, Morocco

Hicham Laabidi — 2023-12-04

Morocco's environmental issues are worsening; making it critical to gauge the environmental knowledge, attitudes, and actions of the demographic deemed to carry on their treatment as a means to enhance the conduct of future generations towards the environment. Despite the rising corpus of research in this area, very limited studies addressed students’ environmental awareness, and some overlooked accounting for university students. This study intended to examine students' environmental awareness and how it influences their pro-environmental behavior. The study included 100 students from the School of Arts and Humanities, Meknes. Questionnaires were distributed online to collect data, which subsequently was analyzed using descriptive statistics. According to the study's findings, students' environmental awareness is positive and encouraging. The findings also revealed that a significant proportion of students were uninformed about environmental facts and did not engage in any environmental practices at all; indicating the need for a practical strategy to re-examine and reorient the approach of EE in the Moroccan context in order to ensure that it not only raises learners' environmental awareness but also fosters a sense of responsibility, which is critical in ensuring environmental sustainability.

Dynamics of Students' Learning Motivation in the Process of Learning English in Higher Education

Wayan Maba — 2023-12-04

The key element influencing learning activity is motivation. Learning objectives are difficult to attain without having high motivation to learn. Students that are motivated will be more engaged in their learning, which will push them to understand and use English properly. This research uses a descriptive method to examine students' learning motivation in learning English. This research is a survey by distributing questionnaires, and then the questionnaire results will be analyzed quantitatively and descriptively qualitatively. This research found that students already have good attitudes and interest in learning English, but there is still a need for development to achieve optimal English learning outcomes. Students still often feel afraid to communicate in English because they fear making mistakes in pronunciation, grammar, and using the correct language. This research implies that university lecturers should continually motivate their students to communicate in English and facilitate students with a positive and conducive learning environment.

The Use of Listen-Read-Discuss (LRD) Strategy in Enhancing Students’ Reading Comprehension

I Ketut Warta — 2023-12-04

The objective of the present study was to find out whether the reading comprehension of the students of SMA (SLUA) Saraswati 1 Denpasar could be improved through Listen-Read-Discuss Strategy. The researcher administered three research instruments, namely pre-test, post-tests and questionnaire. The students' means score showed a significant improvement from the pre-test was 63.5 to 73.3 in cycle I and 81.3 in cycle II. Furthermore, to collect the additional data, the researcher administered the questionnaire at the end of cycle II. It showed that the students responded positively which showed the percentage of 46.59% strongly agreed, 52.72% agreed, 0.68% undecided, 0% disagreed and 0% strongly disagreed. Based on the results of this study, it could be concluded that the Listen-Read-Discuss Strategy could improve the students’ reading comprehension of students of SMA (SLUA) Saraswati 1 Denpasar.

Promoting Student’s Literacy Skills by Infusing Technology as Literacy Instruction in Reading and Writing Class

Putu Ayu Paramita Dharmayanti — 2023-12-04

The use of technology in the classroom is crucial to introducing students to the use of technology and enhancing student literacy, particularly digital literacy. The article demonstrates how to incorporate technology into lessons to help kids become more literate. This study was conducted as literature study that has 5 stages to be completed that are formulating the research questions, looking for the literatures, examining the inclusion, assessing the primary research, processing the data, and interpreting the data. Based on the literature study that has been done, SAMR model and TPACK model are appropriate model to infuse technology into literacy classroom. Regarding to literacy classroom, SAMR model focus on the effect of integrating technology into literacy classroom by dividing the integration into some levels, they are Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition. However, TPACK focuses on how technology is integrated in the learning content and also teaching pedagogy.

The Use of Storyjumper in Teaching Descriptive Text Writing to EFL Students

Ni Made Wersi Murtini — 2023-12-04

Writing is one of the four language skills that EFL students must learn. Because writing is utilized in everyday communication, it plays a significant part in communication. The current study was mostly based on early observations of 25 subjects in Semester 1B of the English Language Education Study Program's IEC class, which revealed that the majority of the subjects’ writing skills remained low. Furthermore, the current study sought to determine whether or whether the writing skills of first-semester students in the English Language Education Study Program's 1B class might be improved by the usage of Storyjumper. To attain the goal, the researcher conducted classroom action research in two cycles. Furthermore, the following study instruments were used to collect the necessary data: pre-test, post-test 1, post-test 2, and post-test 3. The data was then examined by comparing the pre-test and post-test results, which revealed significant improvements in the subjects' mean scores from pre-test to post-test. Based on the findings of the research instruments, it is possible to infer that the use of a Storyjumper can improve the writing skills of students in 1B of IEC Class of the English Language Education Study Program.

The Correlation between Self-confidence and English Speaking Achievement

Dewa Ayu Ari Wiryadi Joni — 2023-12-04

The primary objective of this study is to investigate whether there is a significant correlation between self-confidence and speaking achievement of the eighth-grade students of SMPN 3 Mengwi. The subjects were 32 subjects consisting of 16 males and 16 females. The design was the correlational research design. In collecting the data of this research, two instruments which were used such as self-confidence questionnaire consisting of 30 items and monologue speaking test. The data was analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. This study was designed to test the research hypothesis that is there is a positive correlation between self-confidence and speaking achievement. Hypothesis tests are computed using SPSS 25 version for Windows. Referring to the data, the study concluded that there was a positive and significant correlation between the eighth-grade students’ self-confidence in SMPN 3 Mengwi and their performance in speaking