The non-English major lecturers speak English: The barriers encountered by adult learners
This study was aimed at investigating the difficulties and problems faced by non-English major lecturers when they were taking a part in English discussion. This study was a qualitative descriptive research involving 10 non-English major lecturers who took a part in a twice-a-week discussion so-call...
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Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Palangka Raya
2018-03-01
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| description | This study was aimed at investigating the difficulties and problems faced by non-English major lecturers when they were taking a part in English discussion. This study was a qualitative descriptive research involving 10 non-English major lecturers who took a part in a twice-a-week discussion so-called English Corner. To collect the data, in-depth interview and observation were used. The collected data were analyzed by using Miles and Huberman’s interactive data analysis data model consisting of data reduction, data display and data verifying. The result of the study showed that those barriers could be classified into three problems namely socio-cultural, linguistic and interpersonal problems. The found barriers were expected to be a consideration to find out the solution to make the betterment of English learning among lecturers with the non-English background of study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-583cc7f72a26405390e90edeeb7c21632022-12-22T03:23:01ZengInstitut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Palangka RayaJournal on English as a Foreign Language2088-16572502-66152018-03-0181395610.23971/jefl.v8i1.584518The non-English major lecturers speak English: The barriers encountered by adult learnersAhmad Madkur0IAIN Metro LampungThis study was aimed at investigating the difficulties and problems faced by non-English major lecturers when they were taking a part in English discussion. This study was a qualitative descriptive research involving 10 non-English major lecturers who took a part in a twice-a-week discussion so-called English Corner. To collect the data, in-depth interview and observation were used. The collected data were analyzed by using Miles and Huberman’s interactive data analysis data model consisting of data reduction, data display and data verifying. The result of the study showed that those barriers could be classified into three problems namely socio-cultural, linguistic and interpersonal problems. The found barriers were expected to be a consideration to find out the solution to make the betterment of English learning among lecturers with the non-English background of study.https://e-journal.iain-palangkaraya.ac.id/index.php/jefl/article/view/584adult learnersenglish speakinglearning barriersspeaking skillnon-english major lecturer |
| spellingShingle | Ahmad Madkur The non-English major lecturers speak English: The barriers encountered by adult learners Journal on English as a Foreign Language adult learners english speaking learning barriers speaking skill non-english major lecturer |
| title | The non-English major lecturers speak English: The barriers encountered by adult learners |
| title_full | The non-English major lecturers speak English: The barriers encountered by adult learners |
| title_fullStr | The non-English major lecturers speak English: The barriers encountered by adult learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | The non-English major lecturers speak English: The barriers encountered by adult learners |
| title_short | The non-English major lecturers speak English: The barriers encountered by adult learners |
| title_sort | non english major lecturers speak english the barriers encountered by adult learners |
| topic | adult learners english speaking learning barriers speaking skill non-english major lecturer |
| url | https://e-journal.iain-palangkaraya.ac.id/index.php/jefl/article/view/584 |
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