JELT (Jambi-English Language Teaching)

THE EVALUATION OF A VIDEO-BASED TEXTBOOK FOR LISTENING FOR GENERAL PURPOSES SUBJECT

Hustarna Hustarna — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0700

Textbooks are essential in education. They are used as learning tools to facilitate the teaching and learning process. Before deciding what textbooks will be used or whether the textbook is still appropriate, it is essential to evaluate it. This present study aims at evaluating a video-based textbook for Listening for General Purposes. The research used a content or document analysis approach, which belongs to a descriptive qualitative study (Ary et al., 2010). The instrument was a rubric containing criteria for good textbooks. The data were analyzed qualitatively based on the criteria of designing good textbooks. The finding shows that the textbook is good in terms of language and practicality. The textbook is very practical for lecturers who teach the listening subject in that it gives very clear steps for the lecturers on how to teach each unit of the book. On the other hand, the textbook and videos used still have some weaknesses. They relate to the appropriateness of the contents of the textbook and videos used with the curriculum and students' language level and the quality of the layout. The layout is just like a module. In addition, the quality of some audio and visuals is still bad. Many videos still have subtitles that do not match with the objective of using the videos, namely, to improve students' listening ability.

AN ANALYSIS OF TRANSLATION STRATEGIES USED IN TRANSLATING FIGURES OF SPEECH IN THE COMPANION PIECE "HOTEL VALHALLA: GUIDE TO THE NORSE WORLDS"

Ricky Ilham Kurniawan — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0700

This study aims to analyze the translation strategies and translation acceptability of the figurative language that are frequently used in the â€œHotel Valhallaâ€ companion book. Due to cultural differences between English and Indonesian languages, literal rendition of these figurative language may not be available and the translator may need to implement strategies to achieve equivalent expressions. The researcher employed a qualitative research approach involving data collection. Based on the result of the study, the researcher identified ninety figures of speech from the book with the following translation strategies: Translation by implementing less-expressive words in a similar figurative language with similar meaning, translation by cultural substitution in a similar figurative language with similar meaning, translation by a paraphrase with related words in a similar figurative language with similar meaning, translation by loaning words in a similar figurative language with similar meaning, translation by implementing similar figurative language with similar meaning, translation by cultural substitution in a different figurative language with similar meaning, translation by a paraphrase with unrelated words in a different figurative language with similar meaning, translation by omission, translation by a paraphrase with unrelated words, and translation by a paraphrase with related words. For the translation acceptability, seventy translations were considered ideally acceptable, sixteen translations were considered less acceptable, and four translations were considered unacceptable. This study indicated that the translator implemented ten translation strategies to translate the figures of speech from the companion piece with most of the translations considered ideally acceptable.

EFL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTSâ€™ DIFFICULTIES IN WRITING LITERATURE REVIEW OF THEIR THESIS

Yovan Dina — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0700

Writing a thesis is difficult for undergraduate students, especially in the writing literature review section. In the English study program at Jambi University, the students faced some difficulties in writing their literature reviews. Hence, this study aims to investigate EFL undergraduate studentsâ€™ difficulties in writing the literature review of their thesis. There were two questions addressed. The first is why writing a literature review difficult for many English department students. The second is how do students overcome the difficulties in writing a literature review of their thesis. The method and design used in this research were descriptive qualitative. In-depth interviews were chosen as the instrument to collect the data. There were 8 participants of the academic years 2016 and 2017 who had been adjusted to the criteria. Based on the discussion, the students have difficulties writing a literature review such as selecting relevant references, restricted access to journals and textbooks, the language of the references was difficult to understand, lack of ability in writing a literature review, and lack of supervisor comment. However, the students have their own ways to overcome those problems.

ENGLISH STUDENTSâ€™ DIFFICULTIES IN COMPLETING READING TOEFL SECTION AT EIGHT SEMESTER AT UNIVERSITAS JAMBI

Ratu Gairah Isma Gustin — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0700

This study aims to determine whether TOEFL reading skills are more difficult for English study program of students at Universitas Jambi, based on TOEFL reading skills given to students in the eighth semester at Universitas Jambi , and whether TOEFL reading skills are difficult for English Study Program students at Universitas Jambi. The data of this study were collected using mixed method, quantitative design with a survey study and qualitative design with a descriptive study approach involved 23 participants. The participants in this study were eight semester students at English study program in Universitas Jambi. This study used the data collection TOEFL reading test,TOEFL reading score, and interview. TOEFL reading test was used for describing studentsâ€™ difficulty. Interview was used for investigating whether the studentsâ€™ experience the difficulties or not. The TOEFL reading test and an interview were main instruments in this study. TOEFL reading score was a supplementary instrument that can assist the researcher in selecting the students who needed a low grade to be questioned. Firstly, the studentsâ€™ experience the difficulty in reading section of TOEFL test such as lack of accuracy in reading, availability of time during test, and lack of vocabulary. Secondly, the result of this study showed that the ordering of difficulty items in TOEFL reading skills encompasses responding of transition questions (0.9), finding topic/main idea (0.21), finding specific information (0.21), and finding stated details (0.26).

NURSING STUDENTSâ€™ ALUMNI NEEDS IN STUDYING ENGLISH AT SMK KESEHATAN DHARMA ANANDA BUNGO

Fitriyani Fitriyani, Yulhenli Thabran, Nunung Fajaryani — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0700

Abstract

SMK Kesehatan Dharma Ananda is the only health vocational school in Bungo Regency. It has two majors, namely Pharmacy major and nursing major. Learning English at Vocational High School uses the same curriculum as Senior High School, namely K13. The English Materials they learned were general English, for example learning about general vocabulary; the topic not specific to their major; and others. The purpose of this research was to investigate the needs of nursing students alumni at SMK Kesehatan Dharma Ananda Bungo Regency in learning English. This study used a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. A questionnaire and interview were conducted to gather the data. 15 Alumni students of nursing at SMK Kesehatan Dharma Ananda Bungo participated in this research. 6 out of 15 students were also interviewed to clarify needs. The findings of this research showed that the nursing students at SMK Kesehatan Dharma Ananda Bungo needed English material according to their major. Their needs in learning English are to read, write, speak, and listen in English well in the field of nursing. The results of the research showed that the needs of the nursing students alumni at SMK Kesehatan Dharma Ananda Bungo is learning materials related for nursing students but unfortunately, the students are still provided with general English learning materials.

Keywords: Needs, Nursing Students, ESP, Vocational High School, Learning English

EFL PRE-SERVICE TEACHERSâ€™ PERCEPTION IN TEACHING ENGLISH PROCESS DURING KAMPUS MENGAJAR PROGRAM

Rizka Ananda Bin Ladi, Robi Soma — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0700

Kampus Mengajar program as one of Merdeka Belajar-Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) programs initiated by the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia in 2020 is one of the programs that aims to provide opportunities for students to learn and develop themselves through activities outside the classroom. Therefore, this study aims to explore the perception of EFL Pre-service Teachersâ€™ Perception in Teaching English Process during Kampus Mengajar Program. By using a qualitative descriptive method, five Pre-service teachers of the English Education study program at University of Jambi were interviewed as alumni of Kampus Mengajar program batch 4. The data were analyzed by using data reduction, data display and verification developed by Miles and Huberman (1994). The results of this study, there were also many problems faced by the participants such as lack of experience in teaching, lack of facilities for teaching, difficulties with studentsâ€™ abilities in learning English, and difficulties with the school location. Despite that, there were also some strategies used by the participants to overcome those problems such as maximizing preparations for teaching English process, have backup plan for the facilities, learnt to know studentsâ€™ needs, and leaving early if the school is far away.