Despite the importance of reading competence in their career, EFL students’ reading performances are still considered insufficient. Concerning the issues, this study aims to know the correlation between influential factors of reading (1) attitude; (2) metacognitive awareness of reading strategies; and (3) reading competence of the first year...

In teaching and learning reading, teachers have been using various teaching strategies, teaching methods, and learning approaches, but perhaps they do not know which teaching strategy is suitable for students’ learning. To know which teaching strategy is suitable for students’ learning, teachers need to know the students' preferences in...

Using the first language in the classroom is a subject that has many opinions,especially in countries where English is not the mother tongue. This also appliesto pre-service teachers during their teaching practice. This study investigates howpre-service teachers' perception of translanguaging shapes their students'participation in the...

<p>Adryan. <strong>EXPLORING PRE-SERVICE TEACHER’S IDENTITY DURING TEACHING PRACTICUM USING XU’S THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK.</strong> Thesis, Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Universitas Sebelas Maret, April 2023<br>The objectives of this study are (1) to investigate...

This research aims to investigate 1) teachers’ perception of students’ participation in English class, 2) challenges and difficulties encountered by the teachers in maintaining students’ participation, and 3) teachers' strategies in maintaining students’ participation. This research implemented a descriptive case study as the research...

This research involved seven pre-service teachers currently undergoing teaching practice at secondary schools and vocational schools in Surakarta. The objective of this study was to investigate: 1) Pre-service teachers' perceptions of the use of self-assessment in enhancing their speaking skills. 2) The outcomes of implementing self-assessment...

This research was aimed to investigate the pre-service teachers’ (PSTs) perception of peer feedback in Microteaching classes as feedback receivers and givers, and the impact of PSTs’ perception of peer feedback on PSTs’ pedagogical competence. This research employed a narrative inquiry paradigm in gathering the data from the participants...

Ease of communication across countries become common nowadays, representation of cultural elements in textbook may increase students’ intercultural communication skill. This research aims to investigate: (1) the representation of cultural elements, and (2) the representation of cultural types in the EFL textbook. This study implemented a...

Learning a new language cannot be separated from the vocabulary. Vocabulary can be defined in many ways. Knowing vocabulary in English is also very important in the process of learning English because if we comprehend the vocabulary, we can easily use the words we want to convey. The researcher is interested in conducting research about autonomous...

One of the impacts of technology development is the spread of digitallearning. Informal Digital Learning of English is considered to be effective in EFLlearners’ pronunciation practice. Several applications are suitable for pronunciationlearning, especially YouTube. The aim of this research is to know how listening toand viewing YouTube videos...