Revolutionary Industry 4.0 demands the advanced of technology supports not only in evolutionary level of information and communication, but also in education. Seeking to promote interest of English in higher level of education, this study aims to find out students’ experiences in utilizing Blog to learn English especially writing activity. some researchers have About 15 of Non-English first-grade undergraduate students focusing on Mathematics Education Department will participate in this study. By conducting qualitative research method, questionnaires to 15 students are given to gain the data. The data from questionnaires then be interpreted for the experiences in utilizing blog in English writing activity. The result reveals that blog gave the students a place to share their ideas, exchange ideas, and improve their English as well as their writing ability. Utilizing blog in writing activity also gave them more knowledge about ICT especially in bloging. The findings also lead to some points for the teacher to consider before they utilize blog in writing activity. First, it is about time allocation and second is about involvement of larger number of students. The finding also suggest the teacher to provide longer time in doing blog project and big class is needed to have more meaningful interaction in the blog itself.
This study investigated students' perceptions, students' attitudes, and students' main reasons for supporting first language use in the EFL classroom. A qualitative approach with a holistic-single case study design was applied, and the instruments were a Questionnaire and interview session. The participants were 22 students of grade XI from the Social Program at the MAN 1 Indramayu. The participants answered questions administered through 29 questionnaire statements and eight interview questions. The result showed that (1) the students rarely speak English during English learning in the EFL classroom, (2) The students strongly agree if the teacher uses First Language (L1) when explaining something complicated, like grammar or unfamiliar vocabulary. (3) The students' main reason that the students did not understand and still have doubts about some vocabulary. The interview result indicated that first Language (L1) is still needed in the EFL classroom.
Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk menyelidiki persepsi siswa sekolah menengah kejuruan dalam menggunakan kamus elektronik beserta kelebihan dan kekurangannya. Studi kasus tunggal holistik digunakan sebagai metode penelitian. Kuisioner dan wawancara digunakan untuk mendapatkan data dari 19 siswa sekolah menengah kejuruan swasta di Indramayu, Jawa Barat. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa kebanyakan siswa kejuruan menggunakan Google Translate dan U-Dictionary untuk membantu mereka belajar bahasa Inggris. Sedangkan persepsi siswa tentang kamus electronic adalah 63% siswa setuju bahwa kamus elektronik dapat membuat mereka memahami pentingnya belajar bahasa Inggris. 37% siswa mengatakan bahwa kamus elektronik dapat meningkatkan efisiensi belajar bahasa Inggris, memotivasi dan meningkatkan bahasa Inggris mereka. 79% siswa setuju bahwa kelebihan kamus elektronik adalah memiliki input kata yang cukup, mudah digunakan, sistem penerjemahan cepat, dan memiliki terjemahan suara, sedangkan kelemahannya hanya berkutat masalah koneksi internet dan kesalahan penerjemahan
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