Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics  

Amir Mahshanian,Mohammadtaghi Shahnazari

Given the importance of testing, in general, and scoring writing tasks in particular, the negative effect of fatigue on human raters is important to investigate. This study aimed to (1) explore the relationship between fatigue and scoring composition task... see more

Anis Handayani,Nur Arifah Drajati,N. Ngadiso

This study reports the use of engagement in high-rated and low-rated EFL undergraduate students’ argumentative essays. The engagement here refers to one of the aspects in interacting with the readers, which is called metadiscourse (Hyland, 2005a). The dat... see more

Atik Umamah,Bambang Yudi Cahyono

This research is carried out to investigate Indonesian EFL students’ use of self-regulated writing (SRW) strategies and to identify the SRW strategies applied, particularly by proficient students in writing. The research involved 45 students who have pass... see more

B. Basikin

The externally driven motivation for a teacher professional development (PD) program is considered less favorable in achieving the desired outcomes than the internally-driven one. When the PD involves a large number of participants, not achieving the outc... see more

Chuzaimah Dahlan Diem,Umar Abdullah

Greater disparities and inadequacies of English proficiency (EP) may influence the educational process for EFL teachers of different cultural backgrounds. This study aims at describing the condition of 104 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ EP ... see more

Didi Suherdi,Eri Kurniawan,Arif Husein Lubis

The quality of findings and discussion (F&D) section in a research article is crucial to elucidate the results of a particular inquiry and to situate the significance of the results in the body of knowledge through publications in scientific journals. Pre... see more

Hadi Rahimpour,Seyed Mohammad Reza Amirian,Seyed Mohammad Reza Adel,Gholam Reza Zareian

Language teacher immunity, recently put forth by Hiver and Dornyei (2015), refers to “a robust armoring system that emerges in response to high-intensity threats and allows teachers to maintain professional equilibrium and instructional effectiveness” (Hi... see more

H. Halimah,S. Sumiyadi,Yeti Mulyati,Vismaia S. Damaianti

This paper presents experimental results about the use of the Critical Literacy Approach (CLA) in literary appreciation using Indonesian short stories. The purpose of the study is to find better teaching strategies to improve students’ critical thinking s... see more

Ignatius Tri Endarto

The fact that English has been embraced globally by most countries as a second language has prompted its adoption in various media, such as television and newspaper. As a language is adopted by a community of non-native speakers, a new variety of it tends... see more

Kadek Ratih Dwi Oktarini

Assessment is one type of action in interaction. It is very common, as it can appear in any conversation and context. The term assessment broadly covers any evaluative action in interaction. The simplest form of assessment contains an assessable (entity o... see more

Krich Rajprasit

In the globalized era, the interaction between people from different cultures increases dramatically. This affects the way the English language is used, and how the language is taught at all levels of education. Regarding this, English language teachers a... see more

Kurniawan Yudhi Nugroho,Zulfa Sakhiyya,Mursid Saleh,Januarius Mujiyanto,Dwi Rukmini

This paper investigates the implementation of constructivist learning, as it was practiced by five EFL teachers at a vocational high school in Indonesia. We offer a ‘mentoring program’ for teachers to support each other and provide resources that are bott... see more

Lizette Drusila Flores Delgado,Irlanda Olave Moreno,Ana Cecilia Villarreal Ballesteros

Research shows that mentoring EFL pre-service teachers during the practicum element of teacher-training courses allow them to get experience and to develop, improve, and put into practice their teaching skills. This professional practice can impact the de... see more

Lulu Laela Amalia,Utami Widiati,Yazid Basthomi,Bambang Yudi Cahyono

As an important part of teacher professional development, a reflective practice started to flourish in the 1980s. Along with it, many scholars have researched reflective practice in various fields, one of which is English Language Teaching. The present st... see more

Marcia Jane Ganasan,Nordin Abd. Razak,Marlina Jamal

Reading literacy is often understood as a basic skill, and it is gaining recognition as the most functional means to educational attainment and individual development. It not only sets a benchmark but also reveals students’ strengths and weaknesses throug... see more

M. Misnadin

It has been suggested that Madurese has eight surface vowels [a, ?, ?, ?, ?, i, ?, u], but there have been disagreements with regard to the number of its vowel phonemes. The disagreements arise partly because some scholars base their analyses of Madurese ... see more

Mohammad Azannee Saad,Mohd Jan Jariah,Ridwan Wahid

Children with a history of cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) can experience a range of difficulties such as sound articulation errors and reduced psychosocial functioning. This causes interaction with them to contain more frequent communication breakdowns th... see more

Nida Boonma,Rosukhon Swatevacharkul

The objectives of this study were to examine the effect of the autonomous learning process (ALP) on learner autonomy of undergraduate students in English public speaking class and its effect size; and  to explore how learner autonomy is revealed thro... see more

Nita Novianti,Angela Thomas,Vinh To

The practice of critical literacy in EFL contexts answers the need for EFL pedagogy that considers the complex social and political dimensions of foreign language learning. Many teachers are still discouraged from practicing critical literacy due to the m... see more

Sri Setyarini,Bachrudin Musthafa,Ahmad Bukhori Muslim

Preserving Indonesian as a national identity and institutional readiness to perform the national curriculum 2013 instruction has become a critical factor in the exclusion of English as a compulsory subject at the elementary school level. This leaves rooms... see more

Sulistya Ningrum,Peter Crosthwaite

This study identifies and compares the gender-preferential language features present in the argumentative writing of L1 Indonesian and Indonesian L2 English learners. The data is comprised of 80 English argumentative essays sampled from the International ... see more

Teuku Zulfikar,N. Nidawati,Siti Khasinah,Indah Mayangsari

This study aims to explore student-teachers’ perceptions of the benefits of micro-teaching class they have attended to their teaching internship. It also seeks to identify the most and the least likely aspects of teaching which have been sufficiently cove... see more

Urip Sulistiyo,S. Supiani,Ahmad Kailani,Reni Puspitasari Dwi Lestariyana

Situated in character-based education, the Indonesian Government mandates all teachers to incorporate moral values into school subjects. Teaching English to young learners (TEYL) is no exception. Little empirical evidence reports how school textbooks (e.g... see more

Verónica García-Castro

There is evidence that L1 and L2 lexical engagement of novel items occurs in adulthood. However, previous studies have not addressed the effects of individual differences on that engagement. Hence, it is unknown how individual differences may influence se... see more

Yueh Yea Lo,Juliana Othman,Jia Wei Lim

Metadiscourse refers to linguistic items, which functions to establish a connection with imagined readers of a text (Hyland, 2004). The use of metadiscourse has received much attention in various contexts, yet, little works are focusing on disciplinary me... see more