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Mostly learners and even teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) are still not able to speak grammatically and fluently just because they lack of the Indonesian language proficiency and comprehension. This research was done to investigate how the Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) can assist the teachers and learners of EFL in improving their English proficiency and comprehension. The data were analyzed by applying Miles’ and Huberman’s framework; data reduction, data display, and drawing then verifying conclusion. The findings showed some positive and negative representative perceptions of the teachers dealing with the roles of the Indonesian in the teaching and learning EFL. The second findings showed and explored the roles of the Indonesian in the teaching and learning EFL. There were five roles by which the Indonesian contribute to such as Functional Equation, Competence Indicator, Linguistic Mediator, Communicative Language Paradigm, and Situational Language Use. The third findings explored the aspects in which the Indonesian had the roles to play in assisting the teaching and learning the EFL such as aspect of the Linguistic Item, aspect of Semantics, and aspect of Pragmatics. There were three other findings in this research that were explored and labeled as Linguistic Competence vs Linguistic Cognition, Cultural Behavior-Based Language, and First Language Interest. Keywords: first language, role of Bahasa Indonesia, SLA, teaching EFL, teachers’ perception

2022

Article history: Received: Jan 13, 2022 Revised: Feb 09, 2022 Accepted: Feb 16, 2022 This study aims to investigate whether or not the learning strategy using YouTube videos from the Shaw English Online Channel is effective on students' speaking skills in asking questions and giving opinions. This research was conducted at Islamic Senior High School 2 North Bengkulu. The method applied in this research was quantitative with a quasi-experimental design. The total sample used for this study was 70 students consisting of 35 students from the eleventh grade of natural sciences class 1 (experimental class) and 35 students from the class eleventh grade of natural sciences class 2 (control class). The instrument in this study was an online oral test and the data was the students' pretest and post-test scores which were calculated and analyzed using SPSS 26 software. Then, the results obtained were used to determine whether there was an effect given by variable x to variable v. In c...

1st Yogyakarta International Conference on Educational Management/Administration and Pedagogy, 2017

Nowadays, English is widely spread for communication in the world. It is also considered as the first formal language for international communities. The importance of English as a global language is also felt by a lot of countries, in this case, Indonesia. As a part of ASEAN Economic Community, Indonesian people should be able to use English since it becomes the medium of communication in almost aspects of life namely finance, mass media, health, education and others. However, Indonesia still encounters challenges particularly in rural regions in the eastern part of this country. The challenges are related to the lack of English competence due to some factors. This study will reveal possible factors affecting Eastern Indonesian students' lack of English competence based on situational analysis of some categories such as: students' competence, English Language Teaching (ELT) management and ELT resources. Those ideas will be presented based on the research of one-year college students whose origin is from Eastern Indonesia such as: Ambon, Maluku, Papua, etc. The data gathered is analyzed qualitatively in a form of substantial categories description. Finally, the result shows that English education in Eastern Indonesia need to be maximized in the area of student' competence, teachers' management skill and the use of resources.

In this article we will investigate how the Indonesian language affects English language learning. Both the negative and positive influences of the Indonesian language as a mother tongue through the linguistic point of view will be our main focus. Many fascinating facts happen with Indonesian native speakers when they try to learn English. English language learners from any background would find it useful about the unique side of Indonesian language which brings the advantages and disadvantages during learning process. The grammatical influences and the impact that it could raise in learning foreign language will take a part in this article. Furthermore, the structure of Indonesian and English languages, and what they have in common, including letters of alphabet, identical words and how they are formed in sentences will be evaluated in another section. Additionally, the historical background between Indonesia and Britain that unintentionally make a significant influence in the language itself will be explained briefly. To sum up, this article mainly deals with the negative and positive influences of Indonesian language while learning English as a foreign language. Keywords: Mother tongue, Indonesian Language, learning English as a foreign language, negative and positive influences of first languages

2015

Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Local Wisdom, INCOLWIS 2019, August 29-30, 2019, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia, 2019

The position of English is that of a Second Language in Malaysia and a Foreign Language in Indonesia. But the objective is the same that is to enable the learners to communicate effectively and efficiently in social and professional situations. Learners' beliefs and learners' strategies are also part of the learning processes. Strategies are ways of managing the complex information that the learners are receiving about the target language. This study aims to find out (i) the learners' beliefs on the importance of English (ii) what the learners will do (strategies) to manage their own learning. 100 respondents participated in the study. They responded to open ended questions. The results show that there are similarities and differences in the ways the Malaysian and Indonesian learners perceived the importance of English. They also have similarities and differences in their strategies to manage their own learning to achieve their goals. As a conclusion, even though the two countries adopted different language policy, the learners of English as a Second and Foreign Language have their own enthusiasms and they make judgements about how to learn the language effectively and they have the awareness of what language learning is like.

2014

This study deals with learner language known as interlanguage; in particular, this tries to investigate its nature. For this purpose, an empirical study was conducted, using Indonesian senior high school learners learning English as the research subjects. This study used error analysis as methodological framework. The data were in the form of interlanguage errors collected from the learners' free compositions prior and after an error treatment. The data were analyzed qualitatively. The research indicates that Error treatment was proved to have significant contribution to the destabilization process; that is to say, it helped the learners' interlanguage errors change their nature: at a certain period of learning, some particular errors should appear as inevitable part of learning process; as a result of error treatment they change their nature. It was observed that the change of state of interlanguage errors was stimulated by several classroom aspects, namely: input, feedback...