This study aims to reveal how high school teachers adjust to the demand of utilizing digital literacy skills in two selected areas of the Lombok Island, Indonesia. The study sought to get deep understanding of how high school teachers developed their digital literacy competences and kept up with the demand of online teaching of English during the pandemic time. The study also sought to identify problems pertaining to the utilization of digital literacy in the pandemic time. The study employed a qualitative method with multiple-case design. A purposive Sampling technique was used to determine the key informants for the study. The data were obtained from various sources, which included interviews, observations and document studies. The process of data analysis encompassed data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. This was done through triangulation of data iteratively. The data were then analyzed thematically. The study yields that teachers in the two selected research areas acquired varying degrees of digital literacy competences due to different goal-setting, interests, knowledge and skills. A number of problems pertaining to teachers’ differing competences in digital literacy were identified, i.e. (1) lack of internet access (2) the absence of professional development, (3) and institutional support system. All of these problems were intertwined in nature. The study concludes that a professional development program needs to be devised for the participants to improve their performance and competence in utilizing digital literacy.

This study aims to explore, reconstruct and produce bilingual reading texts stemming from the folklores that contain the local wisdoms of the people of Sumbawa District, West Nusa Tenggara. The design used for this study is research and development which is oriented to the production of supplemental bilingual reading texts to support the implementation of Curriculum 2013. The data were collected from various sources: (a) in-depth interviews with key informants who inherit oral tradition stories, (b) available documents of folklores and (c) critical notes from fellow teachers and lecturers about the prototype products produced. All data sources were analyzed descriptively, qualitatively by using data triangulation technique. Data analysis included data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion and verification. The study revealed two major themes: (1) tangible cultural products and intangible cultural products. Under these themes, five categories of folklores containing the values of local wisdom that became the sources of character education within the Sumbawa ethnic group, i.e. (1) family education, (2) societal collective practices, (3) folktales, (4) myths and (5) superstitions. Analysis of each of these categories was discussed in the paper. Upon completion of the study, these products of folklores would be rewritten in both Indonesian and English to supplement the present available student book with a variety of local-based bilingual texts.

ABSTRAKPenilaian Kinerja (PK) Guru dalam kenaikan jabatan dan kepangkatan meliputi kegiatan pembelajaran (KBM), pendidikan, pelatihan, pengembangan keprofesian berkelanjutan (PKB), serta kegiatan penunjang lainnya (Permennagpan R&B No. 16/2009). Salah satu kendala utama guru dalam kenaikan pangkat terletak pada kurangnya pemenuhan unsur PKB yang meliputi pengembangan diri, publikasi ilmiah, dan karya inovatif. Kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (PKM) ini bertujuan untuk (1) meningkatkan kompetensi khalayak sasaran guru-guru yang tergabung dalam MGMP Bahasa Inggris dalam Publikasi Ilmiah (PI) dam (2) meningkatkan produktivitas khalayak sasaran guru-guru Bahasa Inggris SMK Kota Mataram dalam menghasilkan Publikasi Ilmiah. Kegiatan dilaksanakan pada bulah Agustus – Novermber 2021 dan diikuti oleh 20 orang guru Bahasa Inggris SMK Kota Mataram dan 2 orang mahasiswa Bahasa Inggris dan difasilitasi oleh 4 orang Tim dari PS Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FKIP Unram. Kegiatan dibagi dalam 3 tahapan, yaitu (i) pembelajaran online melalui Google Classroom, (2) workshop 1 berupa pengembangan proposal; (iii) kerja mandiri dan pendampingan pengembangan proposal, dan (iv) workshop 2 berupa presentasi dan diskusi proposal secara berkelompok. Dari serangkaian kegiatan yang dilakukan, kegiatan PKM ini telah terlaksana sesuai dengan perencanaan. Khalayak sasaran telah memiliki bekal kemampuan pengembangan proposal PTK dan telah menghasilkan 5 proposal PTK secara berkelompok. Untuk menghasilkan produk PTK, kegiatan pendampingan ini akan berlanjut pada tahun 2022. ABSTRACT Teacher Performance Assessment in functional and rank promotion includes learning activities, education, training, continuous professional development, and other supporting activities (Permennagpan R&B No. 16/2009). One of the main obstacles for teachers in promotion lies in the lack of fulfillment of elements of continuous professional development that include self-development, scientific publications, and innovative works. This Community Service program aims to increase the competence of teachers as members of the English MGMP in Scientific Publications as well as to increase the productivity of the English teachers of SMK in Mataram City in producing scientific publications. The program was carried out in August to November 2021 and was attended by 20 English Vocational School teachers of Mataram City and 2 English department students and was facilitated by 4 teams from the English Education Program of FKIP University of Mataram. The activities were divided into 3 stages that included: (i) online learning through Google Classroom, (ii) workshop 1 for proposal development; (iii) independent work and assistance in developing the proposals, and (iv) workshop 2 for presentations and discussion of proposals in groups. The results show that all activities carried out in the program are according to the expected outcomes. Participants have shown the ability to develop and produce 5 CAR proposals in groups. To produce CAR final products i.e. published journal articles, the follow-up activities are scheduled to be continued in 2022.

TOEFL test is one type of English testing system to measure test takers’ proficiency in English grammar and structures as well as academic skills such as listening and reading. Within Indonesian higher education context, postgraduate English department students are required to have a minimum TOEFL score of 500 in order to be able to pass the thesis exam or to graduate. As English is a foreign language to students, having a high TOEFL score would be challenging for them.  This study aims to identify and describe the difficulties faced by students of a postgraduate English department in a government university in West Nusa Tenggara.  This study employed a survey research design. Questionnaires and interviews were used for the data collection. Quantitative and qualitative analysis were used as the basis of data analysis.  Sixteen (16) students in their first semester in the academic year 2022/2023 were involved as the participants of the study. The findings revealed that the students have difficulty in all three sections: listening, structure and reading. In listening they found difficulties in several aspects including negative expressions, idiomatic expressions and long conversations. In structure, their problems were in terms of having lack of grammar understanding such as parallel structure, subject-verb agreement, and error recognition. In reading, the students were still struggling with unknown vocabulary, implicit meaning, and time management. This study suggests that students should develop strategies to be successful in The TOEFL test.

This is a descriptive study aiming at investigating resilience among university teachers, especially in dealing with changes in education policies during the covid-19 pandemic. The participants of this research were lecturers at the English education study program at a state university in West Nusa Tenggara Province. The data were obtained through an online questionnaire which was distributed to all potential respondents. Among 39 teaching staff, 26 of them completed and returned the form. Based on the data analysis it was found that most of the teachers (86.6%) are classified as having high and very high resilience, only 13.4% having moderate resilience, and none as low nor very low resilience. Based on gender, the level of resilience for both male and female lecturers is within the same level of high resilience with the female having a slightly higher rate than the male by 59.5 and 63 (within the range of 17-85). There is an interesting finding on how resilience relates to the length of tenure. Based on this final category, it was found that length of tenure negatively correlates with the level of resilience with tenure group of 1-6 years, 7-21 years and 21 years and above having 63.7, 61.7, and 56 respectively, although on average all groups are still categorized as having high resilience. The majority of these university professors also perceive the changing education policy as something inevitable. With regards to how they expect to be assisted to better adapt to the changes and maintain their resilience, for any new policies there should be clear planning of the policy, proven working well (not a trial-and-error policy), early socialization, adequate training and coaching, and evaluation on the effectiveness of policies being implemented.