A critical component in teaching English, especially for students learning English as a foreign language is writing skill. Despite its importance, writing remains one of the most challenging language skills for EFL learners, especially while writing a descriptive text. Students find difficulties in writing, one of which is due to generating the ideas and appropriate digital learning media. Appl…
In English learning, speaking is one of the skills students must master. However, in practice, students still face difficulties; some students have limitations, such as lacking fluency, low self-confidence, and even difficulty developing ideas in descriptive texts. Consequently, this highlighted the need for an alternative strategy and appropriate medium to address the problems experienced by s…
Writing narrative text is often challenging for EFL learners, frequently leading to difficulties in organizing ideas, structuring sentences, and maintaining learning motivation. To overcome these challenges, innovative teaching strategies integrated with interactive digital tools are highly needed. Therefore, the main objectives of this research were to evaluate whether the implementation of th…
Reading comprehension is an essential skill that junior high school students must develop in English language learning, as it involves reading, understanding, interpreting, and constructing meaning from written texts. Preliminary observations at SMP Negeri 2 Mertoyudan indicate that many seventh-grade students struggle to comprehend descriptive texts, particularly in identifying main ideas, int…
This study employed a content analysis method to analyze the inflectional morphemes found in recount texts in the Grade IX English textbook entitled “English for Nusantara”. The study aimed to identify the types and functions of inflectional morphemes occurring in the selected recount texts. Data were collected through documentation and analyzed using the interactive model proposed by Miles…
Reading comprehension is an important skill for mastering English, as it serves as a foundation for comprehending information effectively. Achieving such comprehension is recognizing letters and words and mastering the ability to construct meaning. However, students, especially those eight graders at SMPN 1 Tegalrejo, frequently encounter problems in reading comprehension that hinder their acad…
This study aimed to investigate the correlation between vocabulary mastery and listening comprehension among fourth-semester students enrolled in the Academic Listening class at Universitas Tidar. This research was encouraged by the observation that many EFL learners struggle with listening comprehension due to limited vocabulary, which hinders their ability to recognize words, identify main id…
The shift towards student-centered learning in Indonesian higher education has highlighted Project-Based Learning (PjBL), in which students produce authentic outputs such as textbooks. In the Department of English Education of Universitas Tidar, sixth-semester students undertake a final book project for the Intercultural Communication course as a PjBL assignment. However, although this project …
Speech acts constitute an essential aspect of pragmatic competence because they enable language users to perform communicative functions through utterances. In English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning, students are expected not only to produce grammatically accurate sentences but also to communicate appropriately in different social contexts. Nevertheless, many students still encounter diff…
Writing is one of the essential language skills that students need to master. However, many students still face difficulties in writing descriptive texts due to limited vocabulary, lack of ideas, and low motivation. Therefore, an appropriate teaching model is needed to improve students’ motivation and writing skills. One of the learning models that can be applied is the Cooperative Integrated…