Enhancing Efl Learners’ Speaking Skills Through the Audio-Lingual Method

The Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka or Emancipated Learning-Independent Campus, hereinafter called MBKM, was launched by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology in 2020. In consequence, several higher education institutions may implement the MBKM curriculum. This study attempts to explore EFL students’ expectations towards eight programs of the MBKM. This study utilized qualitative descriptive, and the data were obtained through open-ended questions. Furthermore, 33 students in the sixth semester of the English Language Education Study Program (ELESP) participated as the respondents. The data were analyzed descriptively by describing the students’ expectations towards the MBKM programs in their study program. The findings revealed that they have high expectations for each program of MBKM, for instance, the Internship program provides a real-life experience, and clear job descriptions for students from different majors. The next program, the Teaching Assistance provides students opportunities to teach in the class and improve their teaching skills. Meanwhile, the Research activities enhance students’ critical thinking skills, problem-solving, article publication, and knowledge of research methods. Furthermore, the Humanity project enhances students’ social sensitivity to community issues. The Entrepreneur program facilitates students in the business sector and reduces unemployment in Indonesia. The Independent project enhances students’ innovative ideas and increases students’ bargaining power at both national and international levels. The last program, the Community service facilitates students to identify communities’ problems, and develop the village. The implication of the MBKM curriculum will positively contributed to the successful of the best practice of the aforementioned programs in each higher institution in the near future.

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The MBKM Programs in The Higher Education Settings: EFL Students’ Expectations

Alamsyah,

Karim

2024

“…Teaching is a challenging career because teachers must meet a number of requirements, including pedagogical knowledge, subject matter knowledge, organization and communication skills, and socio-affective abilities (Putra et al,2022). There is a lot of pedagogical knowledge that has to be mastered by the teacher, one of which is teaching strategy.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Teaching Strategies to Control Unconducive Class in The Ron Clark Story

Hakim

Ahmadi

Lail

et al. 2023

Although there are many teaching strategies that teachers can use, the majority of teachers employ the same strategies regardless of the students' varying needs and abilities in the classroom. Analyzing teaching strategies can be done in a variety of settings, including a real-life situation like a classroom or institution, as well as through literary works. One of the literary works is a movie for instance, the motivational movie titled The Ron Clark Story. The researcher selected descriptive qualitative research as the research design to support this study. The purpose of the study is to describe the teaching strategies used by Ron Clark to control the unconducive class and analyze the disruptive behavior dealt with by Ron Clark. The research showed that, according to Korpershoek et al.'s theory of teaching strategies, Ron Clark's method of teaching in the movie was made up of two teaching strategies. Both preventive and reactive strategies are available. Additionally, Ron Clark preferred the reactive strategy, which appeared 10 times, to the preventive strategy, which appeared 9 times. Then, in accordance with Cangelosi’s theory, Ron Carlk also addressed both violent and nonviolent disruption. non-violent disruption accounted for 7 scenes of the most disruptive conduct, whereas violent disruption accounted for 6.

“…Additionally, when we speak, we create language, and that text should have a purpose. According to (Ashari Putra et al, 2022), speaking is regarded as one of the most crucial talents to master. The system can be separated into spoken and writing abilities based on the four language skills.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing Teaching Materials based on Digital Visual Literacy

Faridha

Adisiswanto

Rahma

2023

The aims of this study were to: (1) provide teaching materials for students of State Administration, FISIP, and UMSJ in the form of English language modules; and (2) determine the feasibility of teaching materials in the form of English language modules. Research and Development (R&D) research designs, or research that is utilized to create specific goods and evaluate their viability. This research is a research development project (Research and Development). The four-D (4D) development model is the basis for the research design, which has four key stages: (1) define; (2) design; (3) develop, and (4) deploy. In this study, questionnaires and focus group discussions (FGD) were used to collect data. In learning, having access to educational resources is very important. This is because this teaching material contains information about English for Special Purposes courses offered by the State Administration Study Program, FISIP, and UMSJ. Based on preliminary observations made in the speaking class of semester 1 students of the State Administration Study Program at Moch Sroedji University, several deficiencies were found in terms of teaching English speaking: (1) the lecturer's speaking teaching method was less varied (2) the lecturer did not use appropriate media/techniques the theme to be discussed in the speaking course; and (3) learning to speak seems monotonous and boring. Increasing literacy through digital visual literacy is one way to work around this. This ability can be developed with the help of visual media literacy. Researchers adapted the model (Gall, 2003) in this study, which includes needs analysis, product development, expert validation, revision, and testing and modification. At the needs analysis stage, researchers conducted interviews with lecturers and students. Based on the results of the needs analysis, they need literacy and strategies to help them improve their speaking skills.