This research aimed to develop Musi Banyuasin local culture-based narrative texts as reading materials for eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri 6 Babat Supat. The study was conducted to address the lack of culturally relevant English materials and to promote students’ reading comprehension and cultural awareness. The research applied the Development research design proposed by Akker (1999) and…
This study investigates the ecological resilience of English teachers as they navigate institutional and social challenges in a private English course in Palembang, Indonesia. Grounded in Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory, the research examines how teachers maintain their professional commitment and well-being through the interplay between personal, institutional, and social systems. U…
This study investigated the best practices in teaching approaches for English instruction at the elementary school level implemented by alumni of the Pre-Service Teacher Professional Education Program (PPG Prajabatan) of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sriwijaya University, who teach in primary schools in Palembang. Using a qualitative research design, data were collected from th…
This research intends to analyze the effect of students using self-talk and how self-talk practice helps improve students’ speaking fluency. The present qualitative case study was conducted on fourteen third-semester students of the English Education Study Program at Universitas Sriwijaya. The data collection for this study was conducted using three methods: daily self-talk routine observatio…
Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) are increasingly popular and widely played, but their use as an English language learning medium remains under-recognized. This study aims to analyze the role of MMOGs in developing the English language skills of students in the English Language Education Study Program at Sriwijaya University. This study used a qualitative approach with a case study de…
Language is a means of communication, which is essential to human existence. Learning a language produces a range of feelings with both positive and negative implications. These feelings have a crucial role in the acquisition and success of second languages (L2). In many languages, boredom is described as a person-environment interaction between an unstimulating or restrictive circumstance and …
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This study investigated students’ perceptions of using Grammarly as an online grammar checker to improve writing ability at Sriwijaya University. A case study with qualitative method was applied in this study. Semi-structured interview and documentation in the form of writing course grades were conducted to collect data. Seven students of six-semester English Education study program from vari…
This study aims to explore how drama-based activities influence students’ English fluency, confidence, and speaking skills in an English Literature in ELT course. It employs a mixed-method approach, combining quantitative data from questionnaires with qualitative insights from open-ended responses and semi-structured interviews. The participants were sixth-semester English Education students …
ABSTRACT This study describes the perceptions of fourth-semester students in the English Education Study Program at Sriwijaya University regarding the use of Grammarly-AI Writing Assistant in English grammar learning. Using a descriptive quantitative approach, data were collected from 95 students through a Likert-scale questionnaire covering eight dimensions. The results show that the majority …