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This study aims to explore students' perceptions of creating digital video projects as a tool for teaching and improving speaking abilities. A descriptive qualitative research design was applied, involving 50 students enrolled in the Intermediate English course during the second semester of the Machine Automotive Study Programme at Politeknik Negeri Jember. Data collection techniques included questionnaires distributed via Google Forms, consisting of multiple-choice and open-ended questions, complemented by semi-structured interviews to gain deeper insights. The focus was on understanding how students perceive the effectiveness of digital video projects in enhancing their speaking skills and overall language learning experience. The findings revealed that most students had a positive attitude toward creating digital video projects, stating that such activities significantly enhanced their confidence, fluency, and pronunciation in English. Many participants emphasized that digital video projects encouraged them to practice speaking repeatedly, which contributed to reducing anxiety and improving their performance. The study also found a clear connection between students' intrinsic motivation to improve their speaking skills and the perceived benefits of completing digital video tasks. Additionally, students highlighted the creative aspect of video-making, which fostered collaboration, critical thinking, and self-expression. The role of the lecturer was identified as crucial in guiding students throughout the project, particularly in overcoming technical and linguistic challenges. The study concludes that integrating digital video projects into speaking lessons not only improves speaking ability but also motivates learners to take active participation in language learning.

This research was about students’ perception of lecturers’ teaching performance at the English Department of FKIP Mataram University Academic Year 2020/2021. This research aims to discover the ideal teaching performances perceived by the students at the English Department of FKIP Mataram University. The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative design. The samples of this study totaled 70 students taken from the fifth, seventh, and ninth semesters. This research used a questionnaire as means of collecting the data. The researcher used a descriptive quantitative method for analyzing and presenting the data gathered from the questionnaire. The result from this research showed that the students at the English Department of FKIP Mataram University gave a significant amount of response in lecturers’ inventiveness (71.4%), lecturers’ preparedness (65.7%), lecturer’ classroom management (62.9%), and lecturers’ clarity of scoring rubric (54.4%). In addition, this study also discovers that the students at the English Department of FKIP Mataram University expected their lecturers to have a vast knowledge of the material subject, be friendly toward the students, have knowledge and ability in I.T. Lastly, the lecturers should be more understanding toward the students. The students in this study responded positively to the lecturers' teaching performance, which impacts their learning motivation and academic results.

This study aimed to analyze the effect of leadership, job satisfaction, and self-efficacy. The method of this research was a quantitative survey method. We collected the data from a sample of the college of economic lecturers numbered 34 people using the research instrument of questionnaires. Analysis of the questionnaire used a 5-points Likert scale and a multiple linear regressions test. Research findings reported a significant influence on the leadership perception, job satisfaction, and self-efficacy of the lecturers' performing partially and simultaneously. This study contributed to head building participatory and communicative leadership in improving the planning, execution, and evaluation of learning to get the expected teaching competence. We suggest that higher education leaders always pay attention to the needs of their subordinates. Create a pleasant work atmosphere that can improve positive self-efficacy and job satisfaction.