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"ABSTRACTThis educational practice report outlines the rationale for creating an original English oral communication skills course that combines the study of literature with formal debate. It includes a detailed breakdown of the regular class procedures used to prepare students for a weekly practice debate and also an overview of the course structure, showing how students acquire the skills and confidence to debate persuasively in front of an audience of their peers by the end of the course. The paper concludes with an overview of the English language skills as well as other academic competencies such as critical thinking and argumentative skills that the course aims to develop in students."

"This study is an attempt to address the issue of how Extensive Reading (ER) as a supplementary reading approach is able to encourage students critical literacy. Further how ER influences students perception of critical literacy related to students viewpoint of the texts is examined throughly. ER in this study was employed as a supplementary reading activity where students ere engaged to read in a large number of materials on a wide range of topics and they had freedom to select the reading material based on its relevance to their interests, knowledge, and experience (Day & Bamford, 2002). Relating the characteristics of ER, it seemed to us that students understanding of the text through ER activity should be scrutinized as one important aspect in English language teaching (ELT). in order to get more comprehensive picture, questionnaires were distributed to 38 students in the class. Yet, only 3 (three) students were willing to return the questionnaire and to be interviewed based on their answers in the quasionnaire. The findings revealed that ER is evidenced to motivate students to approach texts critically, challenge taken knowledge, relate the text to world's issues, improve their awareness of how to see and understand human beings, and question the intention of the texts from distinct viewpoints."

"Siswa EFL sering mengalami kesulitan dalam memahami teks bahasa Inggris. Kasus ini dialami oleh siswa kelas enam di sebuah sekolah swasta di Bogor. Concept Mapping adalah alat yang dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan pemahaman membaca siswa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memahami apakah Concept Mapping dapat digunakan sebagai alat pembelajaran untuk siswa kelas enam untuk meningkatkan pemahaman bacaan mereka. Penelitian ini juga bertujuan untuk menyelidiki persepsi siswa terhadap penggunaan Concept Mapping. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif dan kualitatif yang menggunakan desain penelitian tindakan kelas. Data untuk penelitian dikumpulkan dalam tiga siklus selama sembilan minggu yang melibatkan kelas 17 siswa EFL kelas enam SD. Pada setiap siklus, siswa menggunakan Concept Mapping dengan strategi scaffolding yang berbeda. Pengumpulan data dilakukan menggunakan catatan lapangan, lembar pengamatan, tes pemahaman membaca, kuesionner, dan wawancara. Data dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan analisis interpretif. Penelitian ini menunjukkan penggunaan Concept Mapping dengan strategi scaffolding tertentu dapat meningkatkan pemahaman membaca siswa. Semakin banyak dan konsisten scaffolding yang diberikan, semakin meningkat pemahaman membaca siswa. Siswa juga merespon secara positif terhadap penggunaan concept mapping.

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AbstractEFL students often have difficulties in comprehending English texts. Such case is experienced by a class of sixth grade students in a private school in Bogor. Concept mapping is a tool that can be used to improve students rsquo reading comprehension. This study aims to understand whether Concept Mapping can be utilized as a learning tool for sixth graders to improve their reading comprehension. It also aims to investigate students rsquo perceptions toward the use of Concept Mapping. This is a quantitative and qualitative study that uses a classroom action research design. Data for the study was collected in three cycles for nine weeks involving a class of 17 sixth grade EFL students. Field notes, observation sheets, reading comprehension tests, questionnaires and interview questions are used as research instruments to collect data. The data are analyzed using descriptive statistics and interpretive analysis. Based on the results of the reading comprehension tests, the study finds that students made a slight improvement in comprehending texts. Moreover, the test scores mean shows that there is a progress after the implementation of Concept Mapping, which means these young students are able to utilize it. They also respond positively toward the use of Concept Mapping. However, they require a certain scaffolding strategy to use it."

"Motivasi siswa saat mereka mempelajari bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing merupakan komponen penting yang dapat dipengaruhi berbagai faktor. Dengan menggunakan metode campuran kuantitatif dan kualitatif serta dimensi motivasi dan sikap yang dikembangkan oleh Dörnyei, Csizér, and Németh (2006) sebagai kerangka teori, penelitian ini berusaha untuk melihat bagaimana implementasi pembelajaran daring mempengaruhi motivasi mahasiswa yang mengambil kelas bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing di sebuah universitas negeri di Indonesia. Untuk meneliti pengaruh implementasi pembelajaran daring terhadap penggunaan wadah pembelajaran daring dan motivasi mahasiswa, pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui kuesioner dan wawancara daring. Selaras dengan penelitian Wright (2017) yang membandingkan persepsi siswa terhadap pembelajaran daring dan luring, hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pembelajaran daring mempengaruhi sikap mahasiswa terhadap bahasa Inggris dan kepercayaan diri linguistik mereka secara negatif. Namun, bertentangan dengan penelitian Wu, Yen, dan Marek (2011), penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa mahasiswa merasakan tingkat kecemasan yang lebih rendah saat melakukan sesi sinkronus daring tanpa kamera.

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Students’ motivation, which is an essential aspect in an EFL (English as a foreign language) classroom, is affected by several factors. Employing a mixed method using Dörnyei, Csizér, and Németh’s attitudinal and motivational dimensions (2006) as its framework, this research attempts to discover how the implementation of online learning impacts the motivation of EFL students in a public university in Indonesia. To find out how the implementation of online learning impacts the use of online learning platforms and students’ motivation, data were collected using an online questionnaire and virtual interviews. Supporting the findings of previous literature comparing the students’ perception of in-class and online instruction in a blended learning setting (Wright, 2017), the results of this research demonstrate that online learning has influenced students’ attitude towards the English language and their linguistic confidence negatively. However, a lower level of self-consciousness during off-camera synchronous sessions was reported to contribute to the declining level of anxiety during online learning, which may contrast a finding of a previous study on students’ motivation and confidence during video conference classroom activities (Wu, et al., 2011)."

"The integration of technology into the EFL teaching and learning has become very important since technology can present real life English communication with its complexitites into the classroom. This integration has challenged EFL educators to be digitally literate in using technology to support English teaching and learning context. However, problems dealing with technology context in EFL classroom setting such as inaccessible high technology tool, unstable electricity source and unreliable data connection sometimes occur and therefore limit the teaching and learning experience. This paper aims to explore the way of coping with limited technology comtexts by carefully selecting and then integrating three most familiar technical tools to the EFL classroom activity namely Facebook, mobile phone, and computer, and by manipulating its features to construct the students' learning experiences in both actual and virtual learning environment. "

"Penggunaan strategi membaca, utamanya metacognitive reading strategies, dianggap penting untuk membantu pemahaman bacaan pada mahasiswa yang tidak berbahasa Inggris atau English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah melihat apakah reading self-efficacy dapat memediasi hubungan antara reading motivation dan metacognitive reading strategies. Partisipan dalam penelitian ini 215 orang, merupakan mahasiswa S1 aktif, bahasa Inggris bukan bahasa ibu dan tidak menggunakan bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa sehari-hari. Penelitian bersifat kuantitatif dengan alat ukur Reading Self-Efficacy Questionnaire untuk mengukur reading selfe-fficacy, Motivation for Reading Questionnaire untuk mengukur reading motivation, dan Metacognitive Reading Strategies Questionnaire untuk mengukur metacognitive reading strategies partisipan. Analisis Hayes menunjukkan sebanyak 38,2%varians dari reading self-efficacy dipengaruhi oleh reading motivation dan sebanyak 14,8% varians dari metacognitive reading strategies dipengaruhi oleh Reading motivation. Reading self-efficacy secara parsial memediasi hubungan antara reading motivation dan metacognitive reading strategies. Saran yang dapat diberikan untuk penelitian selanjutnya adalah memperluas sampel mahasiswa sebagai partisipan dan memperhatikan variabel lain yang mungkin menjadi covariate, seperti jenis kelamin.

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The use of reading strategies, especially metacognitive reading strategies, is considered important to help reading comprehension for students who do not speak English or English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The purpose of this study was to see whether reading self-efficacy could mediate the relationship between reading motivation and metacognitive reading strategies. Participants in this study are 215 undergraduate students whose native language is not English and do not use English as their daily language. This is a quantitative research using Reading Self-Efficacy Questionnaire to measure reading self-efficacy, the Motivation Questionnaire to measure reading motivation, and the Metacognitive Reading Strategy Questionnaire to measure participants' metacognitive reading strategies. Hayes analysis shows that 38.2% of the variance of reading self-efficacy is influenced by reading motivation and 14.8% of the variance of metacognitive reading strategies is influenced by reading motivation. It was found that reading self-efficacy partially mediates the relationship between reading motivation and metacognitive reading strategies. Suggestions that can be given for further research is to expand the sample of students as participants and pay attention to other variables that may be covariates, such as gender."

"Di jenjang pendidikan perguruan tinggi, kemampuan membaca dalam bahasa Inggris dianggap sebagai kemampuan penting dalam belajar. Bagi mahasiswa English as a Foreign Language (EFL), diperlukan suatu cara untuk meningkatkan kemampuan membaca dalam bahasa Inggris. Salah satu diantaranya adalah dengan menggunakan strategi metakognitif dalam membaca. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat apakah terdapat hubungan antara motivasi dan sikap membaca bacaan berbahasa Inggris dengan penggunaan strategi metakognitif. Partisipan penelitian terdiri atas 215 orang mahasiswa aktif semester tiga yang dalam kesehariannya tidak menggunakan bahasa Inggris. Penelitian bersifat kuantitatif dan alat ukur yang digunakan meliputi Metacognitive Reading Strategies Questionnaire (MRSQ), Motivation for Reading Questionnaire (MRQ), serta Reading Attitudes (RA). Hasil perhitungan regresi linear berganda menunjukkan bahwa terdapat 11.4% varians strategi metakognitif dalam membaca yang dapat dijelaskan oleh motivasi dan sikap membaca dan hanya variabel motivasi membaca yang secara signifikan berhubungan dengan penggunaan strategi metakognitif dalam membaca. Disarankan bagi tenaga pengajar untuk memperhatikan pentingnya peranan motivasi membaca pada mahasiswa dan untuk memfasilitasi adaptasi terhadap kegiatan membaca dalam bahasa Inggris yang dilakukan oleh mahasiswa.

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At a higher education level, students’ ability to read in English is considered an important skill in learning. For English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students, a way is needed to improve their English reading skills. One of the ways is to use metacognitive reading strategies. This study aims to see whether there is a relationship between english reading motivation and attitude with the use of metacognitive reading strategies in English reading. Research participants consisted of 215 active third semester students who do not use English in their daily life. This research is quantitative and the measuring tools used include the Metacognitive Reading Strategies Questionnaire (MRSQ), Motivation for Reading Questionnaire (MRQ), and Reading Attitudes (RA). The results of multiple linear regression calculations show that there is 11.4% variance of metacognitive strategies in reading which can be explained by motivation and reading attitudes and only reading motivation is significantly related to the use of metacognitive reading strategies. It is recommended for teachers to pay attention to the important role of reading motivation in students and to facilitate the adaptation to English reading activities carried out by students."