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Balancing Teacher–Led And Student–Led Activities When Teaching Foreign Languages to Students at Uzbekistan’s State Conservatory

This paper will look at the issue of implementing new work methods in English classes at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan. Recently, there has been a lot of debate on whether to switch to a student–centered method or stick with the traditional model, in which the teacher entirely controls the process. There has been the need to employ innovative ways for motivating students and monitoring learning activities in the process of learning foreign languages in the digital educational environment. The paper argues that most students, regardless of their level, prefer cooperative learning and value teacher assistance. The forms of education that students select are determined by their attitude toward the learning process. The combined learning process allows language learners to cooperate with their teacher and fellow students, resulting in changes in the connection between teachers and students in which students’ personal interests and professional aspirations are taken into account. In the case of teaching conservatory students, it was discovered that student–centered training was less beneficial for those of students that just starting to learn English language as well as for the students at an intermediate level, but showed good results for the students approaching a more advanced level of understanding.

Optimization of Multicultural Islamic Education in Building Student Character

This study aims to reveal Multicultural Islamic Education in building student character in terms of personal character, human character and national character which is systemized in a boarding school education for four years.

The research used qualitative-phenomenological approach at the Al-Hikam Student Islamic Boarding School, Malang Indonesia. Data collection by using in-depth interviews, observations and documents involving all students, several ustadz councils and caregivers which is taken purposively.

The results of this study indicate that after taking boarding school education, students have personal characteristics of independence, humility, honesty and love of knowledge. Human characters such as mutual cooperation, respect for the opinions of others, deliberation and love. National characters such as tolerance, equality, justice and non-violence.