ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
ESP Material for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries School in Indonesia
Author: Tahang, Heriyanti
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English for Special Purposes,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Student Needs,Marine Education,Animal Husbandry,Foreign Countries,Vocational Education,Student Attitudes,Language Skills

Identifying English for specific purposes material for particular students is the process of selecting, adjusting, and evaluating English material based on the unique needs of students. Need analysis is needed to identify ESP learning material. This research aimed to identify the students' needs based on goals, necessities, wants, and lacks in learning the English language in Maritime Affairs and Fisheries School using the mixed method with sequential explanatory strategy. Through the purposive sampling, thirty students of the department of fisheries product processing technology at Sekolah Usaha Perikanan Menengah (SUPM) Negeri Sorong became the participants for this research. The recent research used a mixed-method design through a sequential explanatory strategy. Data collection instruments were Guttman scale questionnaires and Focus Group Discussion (FGD. Questionnaires were given to students to determine the goals, necessities, want, and lack of students. The research conducted the FGD to have a more in-depth explanation gathered from the questionnaires' answers. The results showed that ESP material needed by the students of the fisheries product processing technology department was English learning material related to fisheries product processing technology used when having a job. Students were expected to learn ESP topics such as the captain duties, shipping, fisheries, operating machinery, fisheries conversations, cook term, and other English materials correlated with the department of fisheries product processing technology. Therefore, the recent study implied that the teacher must provide ESP material suited to the students' major other than general English to meet the student's need for future work.
Students&apos; Metacognitive Awareness and Its Impact on Writing Skill
Author: Ramadhanti, Dina
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Metacognition,Correlation,Writing Skills,Writing Assignments,Undergraduate Students,Indonesian,Literature,Questionnaires,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries

One of the factors that can affect the ability to write explanatory text is metacognitive awareness. By using the descriptive method, the students' level of metacognitive awareness was explained, and by using the correlational method the effect of metacognitive awareness towards explanatory text writing ability was explained. The results showed that as many as 25 students had a high level of awareness while 38 others had a moderate level of awareness. The relationship between metacognitive awareness variables and the ability to write explanatory text is significant and very strong seen from the range of correlation values, namely 0.812. Metacognitive awareness affects the ability to write explanatory text by 66% and the remaining 44% is influenced by other factors. This shows that metacognitive awareness has an important role in writing. Students must always increase their metacognitive awareness. Efforts that can be made to raise students' metacognitive awareness are that lecturers carry out writing learning with a cognitive process approach to increase metacognitive knowledge and apply metacognitive strategies so that students have metacognitive skills to complete writing assignments.
Integrating Linguistics Theories in Developing Foreign Language Teaching Material (German Grammar Textbook for Indonesian Learners)
Author: R., Mantasiah
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Linguistic Theory,Material Development,Student Motivation,Comparative Analysis,German,Textbooks,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,Outcomes of Education,Teaching Methods,Undergraduate Students,Measures (Individuals),Videoconferencing,Error Analysis (Language),Contrastive Linguistics

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of German grammar textbook using linguistic approaches in increasing students' academic motivation, learning outcome, and linguistic understanding. This German grammar textbook is composed for Indonesian learners. This study employed experimental approach by involving two experimental groups without control group. The total research participants were 45 Indonesian students in the second semester of the German language education department divided into two classes. There were three variables observed in this study. Students' learning outcome was measured by a grammar test developed by the researchers, while students' academic motivation was measured using a scale developed by Vallerand et al. (1992) consisting of 28 items that had been translated into Indonesian and tested by Natalya &amp; Purwanto (2018). Students' linguistic understanding was measured using the linguistic understanding scale developed by Hasmawati (2021). The treatment was conducted in six meetings in which each meeting took place for two hours using Zoom video conference platform. Data were analyzed using a descriptive statistic, a correlation test, and a paired sample t-test using the SPSS-26 application. The study found that the integration of linguistic approach, error analysis and contrastive analysis, in composing a grammar textbook of a foreign language is more likely to positively affect students' academic motivation, learning outcome, and linguistic understanding.
The Inhibition and Communication Approaches of Local Languages Learning among Millennials
Author: Hidayat, Dasrun
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Second Language Instruction,Second Language Learning,Native Language,Language Usage,Language Maintenance,Global Approach,Age Groups,Language Attitudes,Teaching Methods,Native Language Instruction,Language Skill Attrition,Indonesian Languages,Family Relationship,Educational Environment,Local Government,Language Planning,Language of Instruction,Foreign Countries,Malayo Polynesian Languages,Cultural Activities,College Students

Local languages which are also referred as mother tongue should be attached to every child as individual. The re-orientation of language due to global influences should not mean forgetting the local language. Globalization and traditions can run simultaneously so that millennial generations are not only proficient in foreign languages, but also understand in using their local languages. This is a communication and culture research. The purpose of this study was to determine the millennials assumptions about local languages and the teaching approaches needed. An integrated teaching approach is needed so that it can restore the millennials' interest and confidence in speaking their local languages. This research used a descriptive qualitative method with interview techniques, involving millennial generation from Jakarta, West Java and Lampung Provinces. The results of the study show that some of the millennials can speak their local languages but not as active speakers. There are two major obstacles that prevent the millennials to speak their local languages, namely internal and external factors. Internal factor that prevents them from speaking their local languages is family, and the external factors include peers, environment and technology. To encourage the use of local language, the government has issued Regional Regulations (PERDA) so that local languages can be used by daily life such as in schools. In addition, equality communication model can be used in teaching local languages, that include seriousness, openness, acceptance, and flexible teaching This approach is supported by binding local government regulations that require the use of local languages in a variety of contexts, including the language of instruction in education.
Writing in a Foreign Language: The Rhetorical and Argument Styles in Research Article Drafts by Nonnative Speakers of English in Linguistics and Language Education
Author: Arsyad, Safnil
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Writing (Composition),Research Reports,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,English for Academic Purposes,College Faculty,Applied Linguistics,Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,Writing for Publication,Periodicals,Faculty Publishing,Language Styles,Discourse Analysis,Computational Linguistics,Literary Genres

Unlike for lecturers in Engineering, Medicine, Computer Science, and Agriculture and Biology Sciences, for Indonesian lecturers in Social Sciences and Humanities including in Linguistics and Language Education (henceforth LLE), publishing research articles in reputable or indexed international journals is very difficult. The possible cause of the difficulty is their unfamiliarity with the correct and appropriate use of rhetorical style in their articles as expected by international journal readers. This study is aimed at investigating the rhetorical of research article (RA) drafts written in English by Indonesian lecturers in Applied Linguistic and English Language Education in five different universities in Indonesia (i.e., Bengkulu University, Padang State University, Atmajaya Catholic University, Mataram University, and Makassar State University). A corpus of 20 English RA drafts was analyzed on their rhetorical and linguistic quality using a genre-based method. The results show that the majority of the RA drafts have addressed important moves in each section of the articles but in terms of the argument quality still needs improvement. This implies that the Indonesian university lecturers in LLE need to be familiar with and able to argue well in their article drafts as it is expected by international readers.
A Phenomenological Diagnosis of the Product-Based Instruction in EFL&apos;s Writing Class: Barriers and Strategies to Tackle
Author: Rungwaraphong, Piyawan
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grammar,English (Second Language),Foreign Countries,Barriers,Vignettes,Phenomenology,Teaching Methods,Writing Instruction,Business English,Business Communication,Undergraduate Students,Student Attitudes,Formative Evaluation,Feedback (Response),Visual Aids,Faculty Development,College Faculty,Reading Skills,Writing Evaluation,Inferences,Teaching Skills,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction

This paper presents a phenomenological diagnosis of the implementation of ProDuct-based Instruction (PDI) in EFL's writing class in Thailand contexts. PDI is a new instructional method for teaching business English writing. Its key is in the products that are tangible and appeal to human senses; the product's tangibility serves as a scaffold to help students generate ideas and stimulate analysis and interrogations. The study focused on the first phase of PDI, in which students were required to learn inductively, and was conducted to explore barriers that both the learners and the instructors encounter while learning inductively in the researcher's PDI approach, and to discover possible solutions to tackle with those barriers. Participants were 3 Thai lecturers of English writing and 60 Thai students from three government universities in Thailand. Data was collected through vignettes, participant observations, and students' written texts. Results indicate three major barriers of implementing inductive phase of PDI in Thailand contexts, which include: students' English reading and grammar skills; students' inference skill; and teachers' inductive teaching expertise. The study suggests solutions to tackle these barriers, which include creating a guided graphic organizer, providing formative assessment and feedback for the students, and organizing a PDI training for the teachers who want to adopt PDI in their profession.
Cultural Discourse in Reading Texts of Indonesian Language Proficiency Test
Author: Wahyuni, Dessy
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cultural Awareness,Indonesian,Language Tests,Language Proficiency,Foreign Countries,Foreign Students,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Native Speakers,Cultural Pluralism,Reading Tests,Discourse Analysis,Knowledge Level

Foreign students studying in Indonesia are enhancing from year to year. As students who do not use their first language in communicating, both in learning and in social relationships, their ability to speak Indonesian requires to be tested. It is essential in order to ensure the continuity of the learning that will be passed. Consequently, the government owing to the Language Development and Cultivation Agency has established an Indonesian Language Proficiency Test (UKBI [Uji Kemahiran Berbahasa Indonesia]), which is a standardization test for proficiency in the language of Indonesian speakers, both native and foreign speakers. Despite being a tool to measure Indonesian language skills, UKBI also has the prospect to be utilized as a medium to encourage the diversity of Indonesian cultures. This effort is considered important to preserve and maintain the identity of the nation from the world's point of view, particularly against the speed of globalization. By observing various cultural elements in the three &quot;reading texts&quot; at UKBI by way of critical discourse analysis, it can be perceived that the three texts have the opportunity to defend the Indonesian language and culture. Furthermore, due to the test results of 30 foreign students in UKBI in Indonesia, foreign students' understanding and knowledge of the diversity of Indonesian languages and cultures were revealed.
Online Learning via Microsoft TEAMS during the COVID-19 Pandemic as Perceived by Kuwaiti EFL Learners
Author: AlAdwani, Amel
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Videoconferencing,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,English (Second Language),Computer Software,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Distance Education,Educational Change,Pandemics,COVID-19,Majors (Students),Academic Achievement,Computer Mediated Communication,Interaction,Correlation,Teaching Methods,Student Evaluation,Course Evaluation,College Students

COVID-19 pandemic made a sudden shift of all ages to online learning and distance learning instructions. However, there is a paucity of research to address the possible impacts of the pedagogical shift integrated into new online platforms on learning, interaction, and assessment, especially in higher education settings from the vantage point of EFL students. Framed in a descriptive quantitative study, the main objective of this study includes two folds: a) to identify the possible effects of online learning via Microsoft TEAMS platform during the COVID-19 pandemic on assessment, interaction, and learning English as a foreign language from EFL students' perception and b) to reveal the possible significant correlation between learning, interaction and online assessment via Microsoft TEAMs. Data were collected using a developed questionnaire consisting of 30 items focusing on three dimensions: interaction, learning, and assessment among 440 EFL students whose major was English at the College of Basic Education in Kuwait. At the significance level of 0.01, the results revealed the effect of online learning via Microsoft TEAMS during the COVID-19 pandemic on learning of English skills, students' interaction and achievement assessment as perceived by the EFL students in the English Language Department in the CBE was rather high, moderate and moderate and moderate respectively. There is a strong/high statistically significant correlation between Interaction and Assessing (r = 0.538), interaction and Learning (r = 0.747). There is a statistically significant moderate correlation between Assessing and Learning (r = 0.467). This study is of some pedagogical and assessment ramifications for EFL contexts in the pandemic era.
Students with Special Educational Needs: Explaining Their Social Integration and Self-Concept
Author: Khusheim, Salwa M.
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Students with Disabilities,Inclusion,Social Development,Teacher Attitudes,Elementary School Teachers,Foreign Countries,Self Concept,Elementary School Students,Educational Attainment,Teaching Experience,Teacher Characteristics

Social integration of special need students is viewed as a necessary phenomenon for the skills' development which adds quality to their lives and provides them with satisfaction. This study explores the perception and attitude of the teachers towards social integration as a general school policy. A total of 150 individuals were selected from the integrated primary schools in KSA. Survey approach was employed to collect data using a close-ended questionnaire which was then statistically analysed. The results revealed that there is a positive impact of the social integration upon the special needs students. A statistically significant difference was found among participants based on their experience, education, and age. Moreover, there was significant difference in the attitudes of participants with Diploma in Education qualifications and Bachelor in Education qualifications towards integration. The study concluded that the implementation of the integrated school as general policy should be considered and an effective teacher training curriculum with special needs courses should be introduced.
Effectiveness of Video Modeling in Teaching Computer Skills to Students with Intellectual Disabilities
Author: Özler, Naime Günes
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Students with Disabilities,Intellectual Disability,Late Adolescents,Instructional Effectiveness,Video Technology,Modeling (Psychology),Skill Development,Technological Literacy,Grade 11,Special Education,High School Students

The purpose of this study is to determine whether video modeling is effective in teaching computer skills to students with intellectual disabilities. The study was designed with the multiple probe design across subjects, one of the single-subject research designs. The study was conducted with three female students with intellectual disabilities, who were 17-19 years old. Graphical analysis was used to analyze the data. The results show that video modeling was effective for them to acquire and retain skills for preparing a résumé, printing it out, and emailing it. However, the students had difficulties generalizing some of the skills on different computers and printers. It can be said that the reason for this originates from different designs of technological tools. In line with this, it is thought that removing the accessibility barrier in technological equipment will increase availability. The video modeling motivated students to learn computer skills. The participants reported that they could use these skills to do homework, apply for a job, and communicate with friends.
Academic Inbreeding: A Risk or Benefit for Universities?
Author: Balyer, Aydin
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Faculty,Teacher Recruitment,Teacher Selection,College Graduates,Educational Benefits,Risk,Faculty Recruitment

Academic inbreeding is a recruitment practice for universities of hiring their own graduates as future academicians. Despite its benefits, it may have damaging effects on the academy. From this point of view, this qualitative research investigated whether academic inbreeding brings benefits to universities or poses risks. It was also purposed to determine how academicians define academic inbreeding and experience it in their daily practices. To this end, twenty academicians were interviewed, and the data were analyzed with content analysis technique. Results revealed that while few academicians underlined its benefits, most academicians manifested its risks and negative experiences. Thus, it is recommended that mobility among academic staff should be encouraged.
Chinese Students in American High Schools
Author: Cheung, Chun Hei
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Decision Making,Foreign Students,High School Students,Study Abroad,Educational Experience,Research Reports,Foreign Countries,Barriers,College Entrance Examinations,Cultural Differences,Social Integration,Critical Thinking,Stress Variables,Anxiety,Academic Aspiration,Competition,Reading Comprehension,Parent Aspiration,College Admission,English (Second Language),Language Tests,Second Language Learning

There are numerous scholarly articles that focus on Chinese Students' decisions to go overseas and challenges they face in American High Schools. These research generates a holistic view on the subject., with many of them agreeing each other. Yet, despite many scholarly articles discussing this topic, I find few of these studies originate from students who have lived through the experience of having left China to study abroad in the US themselves. This essay will explore and investigate the experience of Chinese students in US high schools through a combination of personal experience and scholarly articles. Some of the results go in accordance with the scholarly articles, while some deviate away from the findings.
Comparing Two Distinct Miliary Samples on Traumatic Events, Positive Coping Styles and Post Traumatic Growth
Author: Blau, Gary
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Trauma,Coping,Veterans,Military Personnel,Religion,Correlation,Individual Development,War,Individual Characteristics,Stress Variables

This study collected complete data traumatic event-related information, positive coping styles, and post traumatic growth variables from two different United States (US) military veteran samples: non-combat military veterans (n = 54) and combat military veterans (n = 84). Although both samples represent military veterans, only one sample experienced actual combat, i.e., active fighting in a war against an enemy. All data were collected via online survey. Demographically, both samples were predominately White male, with a four-year college degree being the highest education level frequency. The average participant age was 29 years and there was no significant mean age difference between the samples. In addition, there were no significant sample differences in the total number of traumatic events experienced or time since the most powerful traumatic event was experienced. The purposes of this study were to: (1) test if four positive coping strategies were related to Post Traumatic Growth (PTG), and (2) to determine if there were differences in the use of these four coping strategies or experienced PTG for non-combat versus combat military veterans. The four positive coping styles were measured, instrumental support, emotional support, religion, and acceptance. For the combined sample, two coping styles, instrumental support and religion were each significant positively related to post traumatic growth (PTG). Significant sample differences were found on instrumental support and religion such that the non-combat veterans perceived higher mean levels on both coping styles versus the combat veterans. No sample difference was found for PTG. Future research directions and study limitations are discussed.