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Background. Researchers and teaching practitioners are working on formulating instructional approaches that suit the students’ interests by incorporating the latest technology. The flipped classroom model emerges as an alternative to extend the classroom interaction, create a different atmosphere, and accommodate a meaningful and collaborative interaction in the class. Purpose. This paper aims to present a systematic review of past studies focusing on the implementation of the flipped classroom for EFL/ESL instruction in higher education. Methods. A total of 29 articles were selected using specific criteria comprising year and types of publication, contexts, and the determined quality standard. The collected articles were then analyzed to reveal the research components including the research designs, participants, and instructional tools. Results. This study presents a discussion of the practical instructional benefits of the flipped classroom model and the possible barriers. Implications. Furthermore, from this discussion, this study formulated pedagogical and research implications for possible directions in future studies.

This community service aimed at training teachers of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto in developing lesson plans which are based on the curriculum 2013. During the training, teachers were not only presented the structure of lesson plans yet they got explanation about teaching practices based on the curriculum 2013. They involved the concept of scientific approach and students-centered learning. It is expected that this activity can assist teachers in developing lesson plans and constructing teaching activities based on the applied curriculum.

Mistakes and errors in pronunciation will affect meaning distribution of certain words. In other words, one might have different interpretation for a certain message because of mispronunciation. In communication using English, pronunciation issues are mostly triggered by irregularity of letters' pronunciation in which the sounds might be different from the letters. It surely becomes a hindrance in classroom English learning. The use of Oxford dictionary employing phonetiks symbols can be an alternative to overcome mispronunciation problems. Different from common Indonesian-English dictionary, its contents are entirely presented in English. It offers certain challenges to students. Besides, students must also be able to read phonetiks symbols in order to pronounce words appropriately. This Community Service is aimed at introducing oxford dictionary as well as training students to read phonetiks symbols which are the reference in pronouncing English words correctly. During the workshop, students showed a great enthusiasm and all activities ran well. It is expected that form that point forward, students will be used to using Oxford dictionary and mispronunciation problems can be avoided. Keywords: Phonetics symbols, Oxford Dictionary, PronunciationAbstrak: Kesalahan dalam pengucapan kata akan berdampak tidak tersampaikannya makna dari suatu pesan. Dengan kata lain, seseorang mungkin akan memiliki interpretasi yang berbeda terhadap pesan yang disampaikan dikarenakan pengucapan kata yang tidak sesuai. Dalam komunikasi bahasa Inggris, permasalahan pengucapan yang sering muncul adalah adanya ketidakteraturan pengucapan huruf dimana apa yang diucapkan seringkali tidak sesuai dengan apa yang tertulis. Hal ini tentu saja menjadi kendala dalam pembelajaran bahasa Inggris di sekolah. Penggunaan kamus Oxford bisa menjadi salah satu pilihan untuk mengatasi permasalahan pengucapan kata dengan yang dialami siswa. Berbeda dengan kamus yang sering dipakai pleh siswa, kamus Oxford berisi konten yang seluruhnya dalam bahasa Inggris. Hal ini memberikan tantangan tersendiri kepada siswa. Selain itu, siswa juga harus mengenal simbol phonetik jika ingin mampu mengucapakan kata yang ada di dalamnya secara akurat. Kegiatan IbM ini ditujukan untuk memperkenalkan kamus Oxford serta melatih siswa untuk belajar membaca simbol phonetik yang merupakan acuan dalam pengucapan kata yang tepat dalam Bahasa Inggris. Selama kegiatan pelatihan, siswa menunjukkan antusiasme yang baik dan kegiatan pelatihan dapat berjalan dengan lancar. Diharapkan kedepannya siswa akan menjadi lebih terbiasa dalam menggunakan kamus oxford dan kesalahan pengucapan kata dapat dihindari.