This research is aimed to investigate (1) Teachers’ strategies for fostering HOTS in teaching reading during the pandemic and (2) Teachers’ challenges in fostering HOTS during the pandemic. This research applied a narrative inquiry as the research method. The participants are two EFL teachers from public and private junior high schools who...

Nowadays, video games may be used for more than just entertainment; they can also be used for educational purposes or to relieve tension from regular tasks. It is also said that video games are excellent for communication and vocabulary learning. One type of games that can be combined with a conversation in English teaching materials is a kind of...

Textbooks are an essential learning resource to provide crucial material mastery in schools. Reading plays an important role in conveying the material in the textbook, yet students often struggle to interpret the idea or meaning from the texts. To determine whether the students understand the reading material, it is necessary to check their...

Teaching practicum is a necessary part for pre-service teachers in developing teaching skills that affect future careers. Therefore, pre-service teachers' well-being is of interest to study. The study aims to investigate social relationship experiences of an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) pre-service teacher's well-being during...

The objectives of this study were: (1) To explore which experiences during a student exchange program increase intercultural competence; (2) To explain the development of the student's perception of intercultural competence among culturally different peers while participating student exchange program. The subject of the study was an Indonesian...

This study examined the EFL teacher’s beliefs and classroom practice on oral corrective feedback regarding the number, type, and timing of oral corrective feedback. This study applied a case study as the research method. This study took place in one of the high schools in Surakarta. The participant of the study is an EFL teacher. The researcher...

The objectives of this study are: (1) To explore teachers’ beliefs in teaching writing during online learning; (2) To explore the factors that influence their beliefs in teaching writing during online learning; and (3) To explore how teachers’ beliefs are implemented in teaching writing during online learning.This research was conducted at a...

Pre-service teacher education (PTE) programs require their students to get real teaching experience in a school or a college, where they learn how to interact with actual learners. Teaching practicum can result in positive and negative feelings that are beneficial or threaten a pre-service teacher's well-being. This study examined the...

The objectives of this study are: (1) To explore what kind of intergroup motivation would emerge in the vocabulary knowledge from MMORPG experienced by EFL learners. (2) To explore the impacts of vocabulary knowledge from MMORPG related to the willingness to communicate using English concerning intergroup motivation. The study was conducted at one...

The objectives of this study are: (1) to identify at what level of EFL pre-service teachers’ intercultural awareness (ICA) who participated in the short-term study abroad program; (2) to explore EFL pre-service teachers’ teaching experiences implementing ICA in the Indonesian EFL classrooms after participating in the short-term study abroad...