Junior high school students’ difficulties of English language learning in the speaking and listening section

Jaelani, Alan; Zabidi, Olivia Widad

doi:10.15294/elt.v9i1.38287

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“…Writing skill is the most neglected area in language learning [1,2]. It seems to have more agreement that speaking and listening are the skills most needed when trying to succeed in a foreign language environment [3]. Writing is an ongoing process that needs much practice and attention [4].…”

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The Effect of Portfolio Assessment on Iranian EFL Learners’ Autonomy and Writing Skills

Biglari

Izadpanah

Namaziandost

2021

Education Research International

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The portfolio assessment is a purposeful and systematic collection of students’ work that is intended to show progress over time. The researchers employed the Oxford quick placement test, autonomy questionnaire, and topic-based paragraph writings as the pretest and posttest. The design of the study was quasiexperimental. To this end, researchers chose 120 learners with the convenience sampling method, which were 60 learners at the upper-intermediate and 60 learners at the advanced level. Participants were divided into two homogeneous groups (30 learners) such that there were two groups at the upper-intermediate level and two groups at an advanced level as experimental and control groups. A piloted writing pretest was given to both groups before the treatment. The experimental group had received the treatment of four writing tasks to perform. In order to address the research questions, descriptive statistics and covariant analysis were used. Based on the results achieved from the first research question, portfolio assessment has a positive significant effect on Iranian EFL learners’ autonomy on both upper-intermediate and advanced levels. The results also indicated that portfolio assessment has a positive significant effect on Iranian EFL learners’ writing skills on both upper-intermediate and advanced levels.

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The Effect of Portfolio Assessment on Iranian EFL Learners’ Autonomy and Writing Skills

Biglari

Izadpanah

Namaziandost

2021

Education Research International

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“…But somehow, they feel afraid of their friends, feel shy, and nervous about saying something in English. A study by Jaelani (2020) showcased that most students have some difficulties in speaking due to a lack of confidence and skills such as pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. So that the teachers collaborate with their class teachers to speak English in routine words.…”

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The Portrait of Challenges in Teaching English to Young Learners: A Case Study in an Indonesian Islamic School

Pertiwi

Mustofa

Ubaidillah

et al. 2022

JELTL

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<em>Teaching English to students with no prior knowledge, a different first language, and varied characters is challenging. This research is a case study design that focused on the teachers’ perceptions of teaching English to young learners situated in one of the Islamic schools in Malang, Indonesia. The participants involved were six English teachers at the chosen school. A qualitative approach was employed in this study. Data were generated through interviews. Findings suggest that the participating teachers encountered multiple challenges in their teaching enactment, such as (1) non-English prior knowledge, (2) lack of motivation, (3) negative perceptions of the English language, (4) time constraints for studying English, (5) insufficient teaching and learning devices, (6) messy classroom conditions, and (7) speaking anxiety. With some help from others, teachers’ creativity, and some collaborations with other teachers, the teaching and learning process can run conditionally.</em>

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“…According to Jaelani and Zabidi (2020), most students struggle due to internal factors such as anxiety and fear of incorrect pronunciation. This is, of course, related to external factors such as poor pronunciation, a lack of vocabulary, and a lack of grammar mastery.…”

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Higher Education Students’ Efforts to Overcome Internal Problems in the Academic Speaking Subject

Redjeki,

Nurdayani,

Muhajir

et al. 2023

IMEIJ

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This study aimed to find information about students’ internal problems in the academic speaking subject as well as students’ efforts to overcome the problems. The participants in this study were students who had passed the subject in the 2018 academic year in a private university in Bogor. This study was a qualitative research by using questionnaires and interviews as research instruments to explore information related to the two research questions: 1) what are the students’ internal problems in the academic speaking subject? and 2) what are the students' efforts to overcome the problems? This study discovered four kinds of internal problems, namely: the problems in expressing ideas, applying correct grammar patterns, speaking anxiety, and low motivation. This study also discovered students’ efforts to overcome the problems, including preparing the material to be discussed, practicing speaking up with friends, practicing pronouncing English words correctly, learning grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation from grammar books, dictionary, and English learning applications. The findings of this study are expected to be useful, not only for students to keep doing the efforts in improving their speaking skills, but also for teachers to support students’ efforts to overcome the internal problems in the academic speaking subject

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Junior high school students’ difficulties of English language learning in the speaking and listening section

Cited by 9 publications

References 2 publications

The Effect of Portfolio Assessment on Iranian EFL Learners’ Autonomy and Writing Skills

The Effect of Portfolio Assessment on Iranian EFL Learners’ Autonomy and Writing Skills

The Portrait of Challenges in Teaching English to Young Learners: A Case Study in an Indonesian Islamic School

Higher Education Students’ Efforts to Overcome Internal Problems in the Academic Speaking Subject

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