JEEL (JOURNAL OF ENGLISH EDUCATION AND LITERATURE)

Integrating Local Indonesian Folklore into English Language Education

Arwin Ramli, Zainatul Shuhaida Abdull Rahman — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This study explored the impact of integrating local Indonesian folklore into English language education on student engagement. By incorporating traditional stories, proverbs, and cultural elements from Indonesian folklore, educators can create more engaging and meaningful learning experiences. The study highlights several benefits of this approach, including enhanced cultural relevance, increased student interest, and improved language skills. Additionally, it addresses the challenges faced in resource availability and teacher preparedness, proposing strategies such as selecting appropriate stories, creating supplementary materials, and providing teacher training. The findings suggest that using folklore stories in language lessons can significantly increase student motivation and participation, making the learning process more enjoyable and effective. By fostering a deeper appreciation of cultural heritage, this approach not only enriches the educational experience but also promotes cultural awareness and sensitivity among students. The paper concludes that leveraging the cultural richness and engaging nature of folklore can lead to more holistic and impactful language learning outcomes. Through effective integration of folklore, educators can bridge the gap between cultural identity and language education, creating a supportive and dynamic learning environment.

Kahoot as an online assessment for English: Students’ perspectives (Case Study at SMPN 4 Kota Serang)

Rina Fitriana, Fadilla Oktaviana — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The aim of this study is to analyze the use of Kahoot as an online assessment for English from the students’ perspectives. The method used in this study is qualitative research, and the data obtained by observation, interview, and document analysis. The research done for 2 weeks, during May 2023. The informants involved in this study are three students and one teacher teaching English in SMPN 4 Kota Serang. The result of this research shows that all informants welcomed the use of Kahoot as an assessment tool. They stated that by using Kahoot, the assessment would be more interesting, fun, less stressful, and increase the competitiveness between them so that in general Kahoot is better than traditional assessment tools.

Fun and collaborative learning to increase students’ confidence in writing

Rosdiana Rosdiana, Nunung Nurhayati, Arief Styo Nugroho — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The aim of this research was to find out the implementation of fun collaborative learning to increase the second year of junior high school students’ confidence in writing. Classroom Action Research (CAR) with two cycles was deployed. The findings revealed that all criteria of success were achieved in the second cycle. It is shown that there is 90% of students were confident to write. In addition, 80% of students are getting involved actively during teaching learning process of writing class and the implementation of fun and collaborative writing is in good level. The fun and collaborative learning is proven to be effective when certain media and game are added.

The correlation between students’ motivation and their foreign language anxiety among EFL learners

Laila Dillah, Berita Mambarasi Nehe, Puji Siswanto — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

There have been many studies identified several variables associated with FLA. The present research aims exploring the correlation between students’ Motivation and their Foreign Language Anxiety among EFL learners. The subjects were 34 students of Eight grade students SMPN 3 Cikulur 2022/2023. The instruments used to collect the data were the following first Foreign Language, FLCAS (Foreign Language Anxiety Scale) by Horwitz and Cope, 1986. Second Standard Determination Theory (SDT) by Noels, 2000. For measuring which aimed to investigate students’ motivation was used to rate their motivation to learn. Through the results that found there is a low negative correlation between students’ motivation and their foreign language anxiety. From that higher students’ motivation, the lower the foreign language anxiety, likewise conversely the lower motivation the higher foreign language anxiety.

The impact of the use social media on EFL student

Nanda Amelia, Habib Cahyono, Obay Jambari, Samsu Bahri — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of using social media Tiktok on EFL students. The subjects in this study are class XII students of SMKN 1 Rangkasbitung in the 2023 academic year that consists of 30 students. This research uses a quantitative approach as a research design. The instrument used is a questionnaire. Google Docs and WhatsApp messages with Google Docs attachments were used by researchers to disseminate questionnaires to the sample. This study uses an interval scale and data collection uses a questionnaire with a Likert scale type. The final results of the questionnaire which consists of 27 questions resulted in an overall score of 70.80% and were categorized as Agree. Tiktok can be a useful tool for learning to speak English, especially for EFL students who have limited partners to practice, lack of confidence, and a comfortable environment.