Basic English Research Articles

ONLINE TEACHING METHOD OF BASIC ENGLISH STRUCTURE VIA MOODLE SYSTEM

This research focuses on teaching methods used by three teachers of Basic English Structure. This study aims to answering the following research questions: (i) What are the methods of teachers in teaching Basic English Structure using Moodle system; (ii) How do the methods facilitate the teachers to teaching Basic English Structure using the Moodle. This study adopts qualitative research with descriptive approach. Three teachers and three students are interviewed whereas their working on online teaching is observed and then other supporting data are documented. The results of this study identifies that (1) teachers deliver material by three methods intensively (The most frequently-used method is Video Based Learning in speech delivery and Assignment Method for learning evaluation); (2) The role of the teaching methods involves ease of accessing material, long-term storage, time efficiency, and ease of presence list.

The use of authentic material in English classroom teaching: Indonesian New Curriculum

The Indonesian current curriculum is derived as operational curriculum for school initiator (KOSP). In language learning, the KOSP focuses on the competences to use the language with six basic skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing, with addition Watching and presenting. “watching and presenting” skills is to accommodate the receptive skill from the video and productive skill through media content such as YouTube, Instagram, Tik Tok etc. The KOSP uses genre-based approach in language teaching that emphasizes on the contextual applicable use of the language. with four main activities: Building knowledge of the text, Modelling of the text, Joint construction of the text and Independent construction of the text. In addition, this paper explores about the use of authentic material and its advantages in language learning classroom. Furthermore, the paper presented some example about the use of authentic material in implementing KOSP specifically for basic English in Junior and senior high school. The first authentic material is students’ photograph to teach recount text where the students tell about the photograph either in written and oral. The second authentic material is students’ realia to teach descriptive text.

DEVELOPING LEARNING MEDIA BY USING BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR POCKET BOOK

The objective of this research is to develop learning materials for the precise understanding of Basic Grammar in English, in the form of a Pocket Book, specifically designed for eighth-grade students at MTs Bustanul Ulum, Glagah, Lamongan. The research employed a developmental research approach, consisting of ten stages: Need Survey, product design, design validation, design revision, try out 1, product revision, try out 2, product revision, and final product. The developed product underwent review by a supervisor, Media Expert, and Material Expert, and was evaluated by 15 students from MTs Bustanul Ulum. The research instruments included a questionnaire for the Validators, a questionnaire for student feedback, and an interview guide for the teacher to analyze the students' results. The students' responses were analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative methods, with the quantitative analysis used for calculating the results and the qualitative analysis employed for interviews, critiques, and suggestions. The findings indicated that the students required a supportive book for learning English with simple explanations and comprehensibility. The outcome of this study was the creation of a Basic English Grammar Pocket Book. The researcher suggests that this product can be utilized in the learning process for an extended period as it facilitates easy studying and allows students to carry the book everywhere they go.

Pengenalan Dasar-Dasar Bahasa Inggris pada Tingkat Sekolah Dasar di Merauke

Finding students in Merauke who still do not understand the basic English, starting from elementary to university students is common. Considering the urgency of mastering English nowadays, the introduction of English recommended form the early age. The preliminary observation at an elementary school revealed that many students were unfamiliar with English. This is the background for the author to conduct this community service, namely the introducing the basics English to students of elementary schools in Merauke. This activity involved two class of grade 4 and 2 teachers in one of elementary schools in Merauke. The stages in this activity, carrying out interview for teachers, observation, pre-test, teaching, post-test and interview for students. From the results it was found that students had a positive attitude in learning English, such as being active, enthusiastic and interested in learning English during the learning process and be able to understand the material well. No human resources capable of teaching English is the challenge faced by the school.

ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT’ STUDENTS: NEED ANALYSIS IN ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (ESP)

The purpose of this research is to investigate the students need in learning English for specific purposes (ESP) of the students in Business Management Study Program. This research employs descriptive and qualitative approach. The questionnaire and interview are the only instrument used in this research. The questionnaire distributed to the student that has an answer which can be directly selected and the interview aims to collect more information related to the questionnaire. The participants of this study are the fourth semester of business management students in the Politeknik Negeri Manado in the academic year 2022-2023. The total of the business management students are 60 students who were or had completed general Basic English. The result indicate that students’ main purpose in learning English are for study/education and students’ needs of language proficiency skill are speaking. The students’ needs of the English sub-skills materials are related to the job vacancy, listening to the movies/songs/drama/role play, present a business plan for the speaking material and chose business letter/ job application letter for writing material. In the other hand, grammar knowledge and vocabulary mastery also needed by the student.

Pendampingan Komunikasi Bahasa Inggris dalam Pemasaran Hasil UMKM di Dusun Pamulung, Kabupaten Sumbawa

This program aims to provide experience, information and new knowledge related to the use of basic English during marketing results by the Gita Tambora Tourism Ambassador UMKM sector group, in Dusun Pamulung. The institutions participating in the community service activities are the Kencana Beach Cottages Travel Agency, the Postgraduate School of the Sumbawa University of Technology (UTS), the Sumbawa Islamic College (STAIS), and the UMKM Group Gita Tambora Tourism Ambassador with assistance for a certain period. The activity was carried out 5 February 2023, 24 February 2023 and 10 March 2023. There were five stages, namely; 1) survey activities; 2) interviewing; 3) setting up the sales area; 4) providing basic English communication; and 5) getting ready to serve guests. The results of these activities are: 1) travel agencies gain the trust of the tourism market; 2) Lecturers and students can implement their knowledge and experience; and 3) MSME groups can increase new knowledge regarding how to communicate using basic English with foreign guests. In addition, it will be increasing the economic value from sales suvenirs they sell.

CAMPUR KODE DAN ALIH KODE PADA PEMBELAJARAN BASIC ENGLISH BAGI MAHASISWA/I DI LABUAN BAJO

This research aims to describe the application of code-mixing and code-switching as one of English learning methods in Politeknik eLBajo Commodus, particularly in Basic English Class. The method of this research is field observation during the time of Basic English. Several example speeches which contain code-mixing and code-switching during the class are used as the data. The data is then analyzed by the theory to find out the contexts and types of code-mixing and code-switching that happened in the Basic English Class. The result shows that code-mixing is used in some contexts, such as in welcome greeting, small talk before the class starts, to open the lecture, while giving the lecture, and interact with each other in the class. All those are outer code-mixing. As for code-switching, there are situational and metaphoris code-switching, and both in insertion and alternation. The code-switching is used when the students still use bahasa Indonesia more often. When there are students that do not understand the questions, and as a translation from bahasa Indonesia, if needed, code-switching is applied. This research shows that the code-mixing and code-switching can be used as English teaching method and the lecturer must control the use itself so that English is still being the main language in the English class.

PELATIHAN BAHASA INGGRIS DASAR DENGAN METODE LEARNING BY DOING BAGI ANAK NELAYAN DI PESISIR PANTAI SIRE, LOMBOK UTARA - NTB

This community service program aims to equip basic English for fisherman’s children at Sire coast, North Lombok – West Nusa Tenggara Province. This training held for ten weeks, twice a week with time allocation 60 minutes for every session. Topics in this training consists of introducing language functions such as greeting, asking permission, asking direction, apologizing, requesting, explaining something or someone and offering something. Participants consists of 16 (sixteen) fisherman’s children which lived near Sire coast. This program used learning by doing mehod which covering orientation, discussion, demonstration, feedback and repetition. Learning by doing method aroused the children motivation to learn English by direct experiences not only demonstrating or telling. Data collected from tests ( orally - writtenly) and interview. Participants performance measured by using criterion referenced tests, based on the result of the evaluation which covered three language function showed that there are 12 participants (75%) got A (80 – 100) and only 4 participants (25%) got B (65 – 79). It means that there are no participants got score under minimum criterion (65). The result of the program indicated that there is an improvement at their English performance significantly, we can concluded that the implementation of learning by doing method in learning English effective

The Design and Implementation of Blended Learning Teaching Grammar for English Education Students

Teaching grammar was considered very important to the ability to use language. Learning more about grammar will help students produce better sentences while speaking and writing. For this reason, this article introduces different ways of teaching grammar. This research aimed to analyze the design and implementation of Blended Learning in Basic English Grammar classes. This research used mixed methods. The subject in this research was the students from the 1st semester English department of the University of Mataram and the lecturer who taught Basic English Grammar using Blended Learning. The data were collected through observation, questionnaire, interview, and documentation. The results of this study showed that the design of Blended Learning using ICARE as a model of learning in Basic English Grammar for 1st-semester students is great. The students give positive and negative responses toward the use of blended learning. Furthermore, the student’s achievement in Basic English Grammar showed a positive impact. Where the student’s average score on the mid-test was (67.36%). While on the final test was (75.49%). To sum up, implementing blended learning is successful and positively impacts student’s achievement in Basic English Grammar.

Basic level English as foreign language teachers' experience about English medium instruction

Basic level English as foreign language teachers' experience about English medium instruction

Examining the Relationship Among Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction, Self-Efficacy, and English Achievement of Vocational High School Students in Emergency Remote Teaching

In the context of Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT), this study is conducted to investigate how learning from home impacts Vocational High School students and how their success in English is linked to their well-being, particularly their satisfaction with fundamental psychological needs. To ensure the robustness of the study, questionnaires assessing Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction, Self-efficacy, and socio-economic factors underwent validation through AMOS software. Notable differences in achievement across eight majors were examined using a one-way ANOVA. The connections among socio-economic factors (such as gender, parental background, and gadget availability), Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction, Self-efficacy, and students' achievement were delved into through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The findings reveal that all student factors, with the exception of Self-efficacy, exerted a significant impact on achievement. It is noteworthy that Self-efficacy exhibited a negative impact, while the presence of gadget availability had the most pronounced positive effect. Interconnections among all these factors were also observed. In summary, the study highlights the influence of various factors, such as socio-economic background and psychological well-being, on the English achievement of Vocational High School students during ERT in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The encouragement of students to focus on their well-being, consideration of their family background, and ensuring access to gadgets are deemed critical for achieving better English scores. Future studies can delve deeper using qualitative data and different analysis methods. The inclusion of perspectives from teachers, principals, or parents, coupled with the utilization of standardized English tests, could provide a more comprehensive understanding.

Drama-in-Education, Multimedia Technology and Childhood Language Curriculum: The University Staff School (USS) Benin City, Edo State Experience

The continuous evolutions in information and communication technologies (ICTs) fields and the quest for educators to improve service delivery have opened new channels and opportunities to enhance teaching and educational methods. On one hand, these may improve the abilities of educators to present information in interactive and mediaenhanced formats, relative to traditional methods. This may help pupils or learners by offering them the information in channels and methods that can be easier to understand, deal with and retrieve. On the other hand, offering those alternative methods can be helpful, particularly for children and pupils in rural areas where they can have virtual or remote instructors. This article investigated the impact of utilizing multimedia technologies on enhancing, or not, the effectiveness of teaching pupils at early stages in the University Staff School (USS) in Benin City (using Primary V class arms). The study is anchored in the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning that upholds three main assumptions: there are two separate channels (auditory and visual) for processing information; there is limited channel capacity; and that learning is an active process of filtering, selecting, organizing, and integrating information. The Brainwave Video Anthology – a collection of English language packed with English alphabets, words and sound ‘pronunciation’ was retrieved from YouTube to test students’ ability to understand English letters, words and pronunciation “language skills.” Two groups were selected from the school; based on their class distribution, where one group was taught the subject in basic English using the multimedia technology (YouTube video) developed for this purpose and the second class was taught the same subject using traditional methods of teaching (i.e., direct pupils-to-child instruction, board, etc.). Results showed that in teaching language skills at this age, using programmes or multimedia-enhanced methods of teaching can be effective in getting pupils’ attention, especially when cartoon characters are used. Hence, the study recommended the introduction and use of multimedia alongside the already existing dramain- education (D-I-E) in the early childhood curriculum in Nigerian schools.

The Strategies in Learning English Language Used By Civil Engineering Students of Sintuwu Maroso University

The Strategy is used by the students in learning English to help them achieve the objective of language learning. Learning English language was involved in learning reading skill, writing skill, listening skill and speaking skill. Students has their own strategy in learning. Each students used their strategy depend on their pation. The used of strategy in language learning is needed to study. The objective of this research is to describe the English Language Learning Strategy used by Civil Engineering students in New Normal Era. The subject of the research was 82 students of Civil Engineering Students that follow the Basic English Subject in Sintuwu Maroso University Poso. Survey resarch is used in This research as the method. The data was colleceted by questionnaire. The result of the research obtained in Learning English Language Used By students Civil Engineering of Sintuwu Maroso University used many learning strategies in learning English. Those learning strategies were Cognitive, memory, social, and compensation strategies

Teaching Basic English in Higher Education: Effective EFL teaching through students’ lens.

This study is quantitative-descriptive that applying a questionnaire to explore undergraduate students’ expectations and preferences in EFL teaching-learning activities. A convenience sample of 120 first-year university undergraduates at the start of their university life was used. They were enrolled in an Economic students degree course at an Indonesian university. The questionnaire focused on students' experiences and perceptions concerning teaching and learning strategies, students’ growth skills, the quality of English lecturers, and the students’ suggestions toward the Teaching-Learning Process. The data collected were calculated as percentages and discussed. The majority of the students preferred projects as effective teaching-learning strategies. Grammar was considered the most growth skill. Furthermore, good teaching skills and knowledgeable were reckoned as the most favorable qualities of an English teacher. They recommended more fun activities, fewer assignments, seek for other fun activities, and using online applications.

ELT in Literature: Using Poetry in Enhancing Students’ Speaking Performance

ELT in literature is one form of teaching integration, which is considered effective way for learner motivation, and a positive atmosphere in learning language. This research presents the study of teaching integration by using poetry as a medium for enhancing students’ speaking performance. This aims to analyze how the students' performance in English speaking by using poem in literature. The qualitative descriptive method is employed towards research samples from 15 groups students at the Prose and Poetry coursework. Data collection techniques were taken by observing closely towards students' conversation activities by using poetry, which are further analyzed by using Hughes' speaking rubrics, such as fluency, details or understanding, vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. The results obtained that the use of poetry as a medium for conversation activity impacts on students' speaking performance, particularly vocabulary, pronunciation, and fluency. In short, this finding is a very interesting way, which can be widely offered in ELT program, such as basic English.

Characteristics, treatment and care of pregnant women living with hepatitis B in England: findings from a national audit.

Around 0.4% of pregnant women in England have chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and need services to prevent vertical transmission. In this national audit, sociodemographic, clinical and laboratory information was requested from all maternity units in England for hepatitis B surface antigen-positive women initiating antenatal care in 2014. We describe these women's characteristics and indicators of access to/uptake of healthcare. Of 2542 pregnancies in 2538 women, median maternal age was 31 [IQR 27, 35] years, 94% (1986/2109) were non-UK born (25% (228/923) having arrived into the UK <2 years previously) and 32% (794/2473) had ⩾2 previous live births. In 39%, English levels were basic/less than basic. Antenatal care was initiated at median 11.3 [IQR 9.6, 14] gestation weeks, and 'late' (⩾20 weeks) in 10% (251/2491). In 70% (1783/2533) of pregnancies, HBV had been previously diagnosed and 11.8% (288/2450) had ⩾1 marker of higher infectivity. Missed specialist appointments were reported in 18% (426/2339). Late antenatal care and/or missed specialist appointments were more common in pregnancies among women lacking basic English, arriving in the UK ⩽2 years previously, newly HBV diagnosed, aged <25 years and/or with ⩾2 previous live births. We show overlapping groups of pregnant women with chronic HBV vulnerable to delayed or incomplete care.

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS’ NEEDS BETWEEN EFFICIENCY AND PROFICIENCY: TOURIST AGENTS AS A CASE STUDY

Nowadays, the fact of learning English becomes an urgent linguistic need that all the professionals and mid-professionals in the domain of tourism are striving to accomplish due to the requirements of their jobs in the light of the pace of life that they witnessing and which tends towards promptness and rapidity in everything. The conducted survey that was adopted in this investigation shows to what extent the majority of the informants prefer to learn basic English in a short span of time instead of learning it proficiently in a long period of time, which means that they prefer to sacrifice proficiency for the sake of time. Hence, our query is related to the quality of the learned product and whether it satisfies the learners’ needs in terms of acceleration in the absence of any comprehensive model of language learning in a teaching context or not. This new comprehensive model should combine two extremely significant elements, the factor of time and the factor of proficiency in such a way as to take the full advantage of the notion of time in terms of learning and the use of the resources and energy adequately.

Pelatihan Bahasa Inggris Dasar Bagi Karang Taruna di Kecamatan Sintoga Kabupaten Padang Pariaman

The tourism industry is currently growing rapidly. The tourism village program, which is currently being promoted by the government, encourages young people who are members of youth organizations to be able to promote tourist attractions in their villages. In a tourism village program, ideally young people among village cadets serve as guides, guides and even determine the success of this program. Youth in Karang taruna need to have basic English for Tourism in order to be able to describe and promote the tourism of the village to tourists who visit later. However, the facts found in the field that there are still many Karang taruna members who are unable to communicate English. They are not at all familiar with English. Based on that phenomenon, this activity aims to help introducing and maximizing basic English learning for Karang Taruna members in the Sintoga District, Padang Pariaman. The target to be achieved is that the Karang Taruna members of the youth group understand the basics of English and can properly promote tourist attractions in their village. The method used in this community service is a communicative approach method, by training Karang Taruna members to be able to communicate in English contextually. The results of this training show that the enthusiasm of the Karang Taruna members to learn and improve their English skills. Their responds are positive.Next, it is hoped that this program can be continued regularly in the future

Socio-affective strategies for reducing foreign language anxiety levels in university students

The main objective of the research is to analyse the impact it has the use of socio-affective strategies employed by university students to gain confidence and reduce foreign language anxiety when performing monologues. The participants of the study were students of Basic English of a language centre from a southeast Mexican university. Some authors argue that success in learning a foreign language depends on students’ attitude towards it. Such attitude implies high levels of motivation and low levels of anxiety. Therefore, in order to enhance students’ language performance teachers should employ classroom activities that lower students’ Foreign Language Anxiety levels. The methodological design adopted an action research approach. The stages of the action research were developed since the beginning of the English Basic lessons. Then, it was designed the intervention by applying socio-affective strategies and monologues. The outcomes were that English Basic students reduced their levels of Foreign Language Anxiety.

English Adventure: Strategi Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris untuk Sekolah Dasar di Desa Botubarani

English languange learning in children who have not mastered basic English on Botubarani village is needed, because the village is an Internasional tourism village. This study aimed tofind out the achievement of English learning strategy based English Adventure implementation of students English skills development on SD Negeri Kabila Bone. This study used language acquisition theory then using observation and descriptive analysis method to describe the phenomena occur in the classroom. After 8 intensive meetings, the students looked more motivated to learn, they could recognized, wrote, and memorized English vocabularies they heard in the film, also could answer the questions correctly.