Introduction: The advent of artificial intelligence in education has brought forward tools like ChatGPT, which can potentially enhance students' academic writing abilities. However, there is limited empirical evidence examining its effectiveness and students' perceptions of its utility in academic contexts. Purpose: This study aimed to measure the effect of using ChatGPT on students' academic writing abilities and to investigate students’ perceived experiences regarding the use of ChatGPT in their writing process. Method: An explanatory mixed-method design was employed, incorporating a quantitative experiment followed by a qualitative investigation. The quantitative phase involved 102 fifth-semester students from an English education department at a university in Indonesia. These students were randomized into clusters based on their proximate writing test scores, resulting in two homogenous classes of 25 students each. These classes were then assigned to either an experimental group, which received 14 sessions using ChatGPT as a learning tool for academic writing, or a control group, which received 14 sessions using non-generative tools. Pre-tests and post-tests were administered to both groups. The qualitative phase involved interviews with 10 selected students from the experimental group to explore their perceived experiences with ChatGPT. Results: The pre-test scores indicated homogeneity between the experimental and control groups, with scores of 57.15 and 56.35 respectively. After the intervention, the post-test scores revealed significant improvement in the experimental group, with an average score of 81.11 compared to 60.30 in the control group. Statistical analysis demonstrated a significant disparity between the two groups (p-value = 0.0000 < 0.05 for the experimental group and p-value = 0.067 > 0.05 for the control group), suggesting that the use of ChatGPT significantly enhanced students' academic writing abilities. The qualitative findings supported these results, with students reporting that ChatGPT facilitated idea generation, organization, and construction in their writing process. Conclusion: The study concludes that ChatGPT significantly improves students' academic writing abilities, as evidenced by both quantitative and qualitative data. The tool's capacity to assist in the formulation and organization of ideas presents substantial potential for its use in academic research and writing. Given these findings, ChatGPT could be a valuable addition to the educational toolkit for enhancing academic writing skills.

This study aims to identify students’ speaking skills in the English Department at UIN Datokarama Palu that could be developed through group discussion techniques. It was designed as collaborative classroom action research and divided into two cycles. Data came from class observation, field notes, a questionnaire, and a speaking test over six meetings of speaking lessons on the second term of the semester. The research included 22 students. The researcher identified the students’ speaking skill development based on the criteria of success established. The findings showed that 11 students (50%) acquired it, and 11 students (50%) fizzled in the first cycle. The researcher continued to the next cycle since the students’ speaking achievement did not meet the criteria of success yet. Some improvements were made in order to cover the drawbacks in the first cycle, such as rearranging the members of the group and emphasizing teaching on the use of 'opened-ended questions’. There were 18 students (81.8%) who acquired it, and just 4 students (18.2%) fizzled in the second cycle. Besides, all students felt challenged to participate in group discussions. However, their participation varied greatly among the individual students. An interesting implication of this research was that students’ speaking skills could be developed through group discussion techniques.

For several decades, the expanding usage of English as an international language has resulted in a growth in its users all over the world, including in Indonesia. As a result, the bilingual education program becomes a medium for promoting English in society. This case study investigated the implementation of a bilingual class program at an Islamic elementary school in Indonesia, namely in Banten province. The participants of the study included a bilingual teacher, the school principal, the vice-principal for student affairs, and the vice-principal for curriculum division. Interviews, classroom observations, and documentation were utilized to collect the data. Meanwhile, the Miles and Huberman data analysis technique was employed to analyze the data, which consisted of data reduction, data display, and conclusion. The results elaborated on some aspects related to the practice of bilingual class programs in this school namely: the aspect of school administration, the aspect of human resources, the aspect of teaching and learning activities, and the aspect of program evaluation. The findings also revealed that the school adopted partial immersion as the bilingual program model.

The research aims at utilizing cooperative learning in teaching reading skill for Islamic college students. The research was classroom action research which was conducted in two cycles where each cycle consisted of planning, implementation, observation and reflection. The subject were taken from PAI 5 which contained 30 students. The data of this research were obtained from the test, observation checklist, and field notes. The findings of research showed that cooperative learning was effective in developing students’ reading skill. The findings revealed that there were nineteen students who achieved the minimum criteria of achievement in cycle 1, which percentage was 63.3%. In cycle 2, it was found that there were twenty five students who achieved the minimum criteria of achievement, which percentage increased to 83.3%. Both of the classical and individual achievements have met the criteria of success. Besides, students were active in joining classroom activities and completing their classroom tasks. Therefore, it can be concluded that the cooperative learning was effective to develop the students’ reading skill. ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memanfaatkan pembelajaran kooperatif dalam pembelajaran keterampilan membaca mahasiswa di perguruan tinggi Islam. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas yang dilakukan dalam dua siklus dimana setiap siklus terdiri dari perencanaan, pelaksanaan, observasi dan refleksi. Subjek penelitian diambil dari kelas PAI 5 yang terdiri dari 30 mahasiswa. Data penelitian ini diperoleh dari hasil tes, lembar observasi, dan catatan lapangan. Temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pembelajaran kooperatif efektif dalam mengembangkan keterampilan membaca mahasiswa. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa ada sembilan belas mahasiswa yang mencapai kriteria pencapaian minimal pada siklus 1, dengan persentase 63,3%. Pada siklus 2, ditemukan bahwa ada dua puluh lima mahasiswa yang mencapai kriteria pencapaian minimum dengan persentase 83,3%. Persentase klasik dan individual telah memenuhi kriteria keberhasilan. Selain itu, mahasiswa aktif mengikuti kegiatan kelas dan menyelesaikan tugas kelas mereka. Oleh karena itu, dapat disimpulkan bahwa pembelajaran kooperatif efektif untuk mengembangkan keterampilan membaca mahasiswa. How to Cite: Marzuki, A., G. (2016). Utilizing Cooperative Learning in Islamic College Students’ Classroom. IJEE (Indonesian Journal of English Education), 3(2), 123-139 doi:10.15408/ijee.v3i2.5528. Permalink/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/ijee.v3i2.5528

The objective of this study is to know the effectiveness of recorded English dialogues in developing the students understanding of English word stress for Islamic Education students. The study employed the classroom action research design. The subject of this study was undergraduate EFL students at the Islamic Education Department in 2018/2019 academic year. The data were collected through four research instruments: observation checklist, questionnaire, field notes, and test. The result of study shows that teaching English word stress through the utilizing recorded English dialogue performed by the researcher is effective to develop students understanding of English word stress. The primary criteria to judge that the students have development are that from the score they gained from two phases of test. In the first test, the students’ development reached 56.25%. Meanwhile, in the second test, students’ development attained 81.25%. Since learning achievement is calculated based on the number of students who get the target score, so it can be stated that the learning achievement has been attained.  Â