JET (Journal of English Teaching)

University Students’ Perceptions on Note-Taking and Its Impact on Academic Performance

Nakhon Kitjaroonchai — 2025-02-15

This study investigated university students’ perceptions of note-taking and its potential impact on academic performance, as well as the factors influencing their note-taking decisions. The participants included 150 students, comprising 75 Thai and 75 non-Thai students enrolled at Asia-Pacific International University, Thailand, during the second semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. The research instrument was a survey questionnaire featuring a five-point Likert scale and an open-ended question to assess students' perceptions of the relationship between note-taking and academic performance, along with the factors affecting their note-taking decisions. The results indicated a widespread belief in the effectiveness of note-taking among participants, suggesting a consensus on its positive role in academic achievement. Additionally, the open-ended responses revealed perceived benefits of note-taking for memory enhancement, improved comprehension, academic achievement, and content simplification. This study highlights the need for further exploration of the nuanced factors influencing student academic success.

EFL Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions of their Experience in Using Short Stories in a Bichronous E-learning Environment

Parlindungan Pardede — 2025-02-15

Short stories and e-learning are two effective tools for EFL learning and teaching due to their potential to promote language, communication, cultural understanding, and thinking skills and to facilitate enjoyable, interesting, and encouraging learning. Yet, studies exploring students' experience in using literature and EFL e-learning environments are still meager. This study aimed at exploring the perceptions of eight EFL pre-service teachers at Universitas Kristen Indonesia. Jakarta of their experience in using short stories in an EFL e-learning environment. To elucidate their voices of their experiences, data collected employing FGDs and semi-structured interviews was analyzed using the content analysis technique. The results revealed that the majority of the participants had a positive perception of using short stories to learn English in a bichronous (combination of synchronous and asynchronous) e-learning environment. They viewed that short stories use through a bichronous e-learning platform in the course effectively developed their language skills, honed their research skills, made learning convenient and interesting, and broadened their knowledge and cultural understanding. Many of them were even encouraged to keep on reading online short stories for pleasure. Thus, short stories can be an effective tool for enhancing the performance of EFL learners studying through bichronous e-learning.

Exploring Master's Students’ Self-Efficacy in Speaking English During Hybrid Learning

Yohanes Bagas Nur Setiawan — 2025-02-14

In the post-pandemic situation, where hybrid learning has become prevalent, effective communication between lecturers and students is very important. Self-efficacy is a crucial factor that affects their communication or speaking in class. Nowadays, research on students’ self-efficacy in speaking has received considerable attention among researchers. However, Self-efficacy in hybrid learning, particularly with a focus on master’s students, remains an underexplored area of research. To fill in the gaps, the researchers aim to know what factors and challenges influence students’ self-efficacy in speaking during hybrid learning. The participants were six English Education Master’s students at Sanata Dharma University. Guided by Bandura’s Social Cognitive and Self-Regulation Theories, this research employed a descriptive qualitative method. Data was collected through in-depth interviews and observations and analyzed using thematic analysis via QDA Miner Lite. The steps consist of transcribing, coding, grouping, and then interpreting the data. The findings showed that some factors that influence students' self-efficacy in speaking are motivation, learning, social environment, and role models. On the other hand, factors that inhibit students' self-efficacy in speaking, namely speaking anxiety, low confidence level, and low content mastery. The research limitations include six participants from specific study programs, limiting generalizability to other contexts or institutions.

The Integration of AI in English for Nursing Instructions: A Systematic Literature Review

Atika Puspasari — 2025-02-16

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in English for Nursing instruction has become increasingly important as healthcare becomes more technologically driven and globally connected. This systematic review analyzes 28 studies published between 2022-2024 to examine the current state of AI implementation in nursing ESP education. The findings reveal three distinct categories of technological integration: basic digital tools (54%), intermediate AI integration (32%), and advanced AI applications (14%). While the analysis shows promising benefits in personalized learning and authentic communication practice, significant challenges persist in infrastructure, teacher expertise, and resource allocation. The review identifies a notable gap between available AI technologies and their practical classroom implementation, with 82% of studies reporting infrastructure limitations. These findings suggest that while AI integration shows great potential for transforming nursing ESP education, substantial work remains to bridge the gap between technological capabilities and practical implementation.

Translating Causative Have and Get: A Comparative Study between Google Translate Translation and Human Translation

Daniel Sbastian — 2025-02-19

Technological advances have made the ability to translate no longer exclusively belong to humans. Today, machine translation has turned into a tool with superior performance to convert text between languages without the need for human intervention. One of the translation research foci is the studies of causative translation, especially from English to several other languages. Yet, it might be interesting to compare the translation of that topic by human and machine translation. This study investigates the comparison of Google Translate and humans in terms of causative translation from English into Indonesian. The data were obtained from six English novels and their translations in Indonesian. To analyze the data, 100 clauses with causative have and get were selected from English novels and translated by Google Translate into Indonesian. The result showed that the translation and strategies used between Google Translate of causative have and get had similarity with human translation in relation to causative-to-causative translation. Through the investigation, the result is expected to be beneficial for further studies in the translation of causative have and get related to their translations into Indonesian analytic or morphological causative. Furthermore, the result of strategies compared is expected to be beneficial to the translation study regarding machine and human translation in causative, especially from English into Indonesian.