Project Based Learning (PBL) is highly important to be suited to the student’s needs as a guide in writing research proposals. The objectives of the study were to (1) describe the PBL design based on the students’ needs, (2) identify the problems encountered during the project writing, (3) describe the scaffolding utilized, and (4) analyze the effect of PBL implementation on the quality of students’ research proposal. The research used mixed methods in the form of a research and development design using the ADDIE model (which consists of steps of analyzing needs, designing the product of PBL, developing, and implementing it, and conducting evaluation).  The participants were 20 respondents during the needs analysis, two lecturers, and three intact classes of 69 students during PBL implementation. Data were collected through questionnaires, interviews, a document study, and an experiment. A needs analysis was conducted using the Organizational Element Model (OEM), from which the PBL was developed. The data were analyzed using qualitative and quantitative analyses. The findings revealed that the PBL designed based on students’ needs has characteristics such as it is in the form of a framework and has systematic stages of teaching, being technology friendly, and being supported with various scaffoldings. The problems encountered concerned both grammar and content. The implementation of the PBL framework was found to have a significant effect on students’ research proposal writing in Research Method Course and develop their independence and learning autonomy.

The success of learning cannot be separated from the level of self-directed learning (SDL) of the students. Therefore, this study aims at describing the level of EFL learners’ self-directed learning and exploring the main factors which affect their SDL levels. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative research. The participants are the fourth-semester students of the English Education Program in higher education in Lombok. The data were collected by using two sets of questionnaires: a close-ended questionnaire and an open-ended questionnaire. The data were analyzed with a thematic analysis method. The findings showed that 60% of students are at moderate level, 33% high, and 1% in low level. Two main factors which affect students’ SDL levels are teacher-student interaction and intrinsic motivation.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji domain linguistik dan kualitas item alat penilaian sumatif yang digunakan untuk ujian akhir di SMA dan MA, dua jenis sekolah yang berbeda dengan penyedia yang berbeda. Ini adalah penelitian kualitatif yang berfokus pada analisis pada serangkaian tes buatan guru (TMT) di kedua jenis sekolah sebagai data primer dan respons guru bahasa Inggris sebagai data sekunder. TMT untuk kedua jenis sekolah diberikan kepada semua siswa di SMA dan MA di Lombok Timur, di mana penelitian ini dilakukan. Hasil analisis data menunjukkan bahwa (1) TMT dirancang oleh sebuah tim, diusulkan oleh pejabat pemerintah terkait institusi, urusan pendidikan dan budaya untuk SMA dan kementerian agama untuk MA; (2) dua TMT yang berbeda dikembangkan berdasarkan prinsip-prinsip desain pilihan ganda; (3) menilai pemahaman reading adalah item dominan dalam pertanyaan pilihan ganda tes SMA dan MA; (4) proporsi menilai keterampilan bahasa lainnya dan elemen linguistik dalam pertanyaan pilihan ganda tidak dirumuskan secara sistematis, yang menyebabkan perbedaan yang signifikan antara tes guru SMA dan MA.

Kegiatan workshop “Penentuan dan Perumusan Kompetensi Dasar, Tujuan Pembelajaran dan Indikator Ketercapaian Kompetensi dalam K-13 versi Revisi” telah dilaksanakan pada tanggal 14 September 2019 di Pondok Pesantren Haramain Putra Narmada pukul 08:00 – 16:00 WITA. Kegiatan tersebut diikuti oleh 31 orang guru. Kegiatan worshop ini dilaksanakan dengan menerapkan metode pelatihan dan pendampingan. Hasil kegiatan berupa: a) Terlaksana dengan lancar dan sesuai rencana, bahkan peserta melampui target; b) Mendapat respon yang sangat tinggi dari masyarakat luas; c) Mereka memeroleh manfaat yang tidak ternilai dari kegiatan ini; d) Timbulnya semangat yang tinggi dari peserta untuk lebih dalam memahami dan lebih intensif menyusun perangkat pembelajaran, terutama RPP K-13 Versi Revisi; e) Mereka sangat antusias mengikuti seluruh rangkaian kegiatan, bahkan mereka mengusulkan agar kegiatan berlanjut terus. Kegiatan ini berlangsung dengan lancar dan sukses; f) Seluruh peserta secara aktif mengikuti kegiatan serius dan memperlihatkan hasil yang sangat baik. Keberhasilan ini berkat kerja sama semua pihak, termasuk dukungan dari FKIP Universitas Mataram dan program pascasarjana Universitas Mataram; g) Tampak ada keinginan yang kuat dari peserta untuk terus melanjutkan kegiatan serupa dalam waktu yang lebih lama lagi. Tidak ditemukan hambatan yang berarti karena pihak pondok sangat kooperatif dan menyediakan fasilitas yang cukup memadai. Untuk jangka pendek, perlu kegiatan pendampingan yang berlanjut dan lebih intensif, dan untuk jangka panjang diperlukan kerja sama yang lebih intensif antara FKIP dan khususnya PSMP Bahasa Inggris Universitas Mataram dengan stake holders dan sekolah dalam berbagai kegiatan.

The shift to online learning milieu due to the Covid-19 pandemic has brought some impact in the practices or teaching learning including the nature of writing corrective feedback (WCF) that should also be migrated to online platforms. Although much research has been conducted on the effectiveness of WCF, less has explored student and teacher preferences and perceptions of online corrective feedback through various platforms in student thesis writing in response to this abrupt learning transformation. Lensing from a case study, we recruited two English teachers and fifteen learners non-randomly with a purposive sampling technique. This study used closed-ended questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. In analyzing the data, the researchers used the formulation of Sudijono (2006) for a closed-ended questionnaire and adapted the steps formulated by Creswell (2003) to analysis the interview data. The result showed that there were differences in preferences and perceptions between teachers and learners regarding the use of different types of WCF: direct and indirect feedback. The teachers prefer to use both types of feedback: direct and indirect feedback. Meanwhile, learners preferred direct corrective feedback. Thus, some pedagogical contribution is also discussed, accordingly.