This study investigates how English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers at secondary schools in Kecamatan Tambun Utara perceive the role of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) in enhancing their pedagogical competence. The research aims to explore (1) teachers’ perceptions regarding the effectiveness and benefits of PLCs and (2) the specific PLC components that most significantly contri…

The research was about improving student’s speaking skill by using drilling and dialogue practicing through role play. The implementation of the strategies used topic material, about “two return tickets”. English drilling implementation strategies include students imitating, repeating, and focusing on accuracy related to the material. Through those strategies, most of the students still …

This study investigates the pivotal role of teacher talk in influencing students’ motivation and engagement in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. Amid increasing emphasis on learner-centered education, the research aims to explore how various types of teacher communication strategies—such as feedback, questioning, tone, and motivational language—shape student behavior and emo…

Teaching strategy is the combination of used to organize the classroom. Teaching listening and speaking are not easy to do by the EFL teachers. Several EFL teachers’ have different ways in teaching both skills in the classroom. To solve this barrier, teachers carry a big responsibility in their classrooms. EFL Teachers need to encourage students’ participation through preparing an interesti…

Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) are really needed by students to have good critical thinking skills in responding to the era of globalization which continues to develop with its challenges. Considering the importance of critical thinking as one of the skills of the 21st century, the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture has integrated Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) into the curr…

The current study carries out teachers’ perspectives and their evaluations on using online learning platforms such as WhatsApp, Google Classroom, and Google Meet or Zoom. Implementing a qualitative method with a study case as its design, the purposive sampling was chosen to decide participants. The participants were 50 student teachers at their 3rd semester in English Education Departmen…

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menginvestigasi: (1) Pengaruh teacher engagement terhadap kinerja adaptif guru TK se-Kecamatan Cibodas Kota Tangerang. (2) Pengaruh pelatihan profesi guru terhadap kinerja adaptif guru TK se-Kecamatan Cibodas Kota Tangerang. (3) Pengaruh teacher engagement terhadap pelatihan profesi guru TK se-Kecamatan Cibodas Kota Tangerang. Penelitian ini merupakan j…

In this thesis, interviews with junior and senior high school teachers from five different Indonesian provinces were conducted in order to reveal the extent of the EFL teachers' efficacy in promoting HOTS. Enactive mastery experience and the physiological and affective states are both observed to be essential to EFL teachers’ efficacy at promoting HOTS. With respect to the enactive mastery ex…

Since the abolition of the National Examination (UN) in 2020, the Indonesian government has implemented a Minimum Competency Assessment (AKM) that is used as a tool to measure the basic abilities that students must have. Seeing this, teachers have an important role to play in implementing and integrating AKM component-based reading literacy questions that can train students' reading literacy sk…

This research was conducted in order to analyze the vocabulary teaching techniques used by EFL teachers at Primary Schools in Depok; Tunas Iblam Primary School, MI Muhammadiyah 1 Depok, and SDIT Al-Muhajirin Depok. The participants of this research were four EFL teachers. This research used a case study method with the triangulation instruments; classroom observations, teachers’ interviews an…