scholarly journals Classroom Assessment for EFL Learning to Speak at Junior high School

AL-TA LIM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-144
Author(s):  
Luli Sari Yustina ◽  
Besral Besral ◽  
Hasnawati Hasnawati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Classroom Assessment ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Formal System ◽  
Oral Assessment ◽  
Speaking Assessment ◽  
Speaking Skills

The present study investigated the current practice of EFL Classroom assessment focusing on speaking skills in Junior High School. Speaking Assessment is a tool used to evaluate students’ oral skills in the formal system by the English teachers. The investigation of classroom speaking assessment in this school was based on its effectiveness in light of alternative assessment tool and pedagogical values. By using ADDIE model, we constructed an oral assessment in accordance with the needs and levels of students as well as components on the oral assessment. There were five commons models such as Oral Interview, Role Play, Guessing Games, Story Telling and Oral Report that are communicative, relevant, continues, simple and various forms. These models can be used to assess students’ speaking skills regardless of time and place as its validity and practicality tests appeared to be high (93.75 and 87.5).  It can be concluded that these assessment models are applicable for teachers to assess students’ speaking skill. The paper further elaborates discussion on the utilizing of students’ ability, progress, and their learning process. In short, it is a high time for the teachers to apply these models in the classroom.

scholarly journals Pictorial Metaplan as a Teaching aid to Improve Speaking Skills in Junior High School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-218
Author(s):  
Deswandito Dwi Saptanto ◽  
Tri Arie Bowo ◽  
Ratih Laily Nurjanah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Aid ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Conventional Methods ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Speaking Skills

This study focuses on improving students’ abilities in learning English with the support of Pictorial Metaplan as a teaching aid. The use of this Metaplan aims to improve speaking skills in formal and non-formal contexts. This pictorial Metaplan is a realia in the form of an illustrated carpet with a theme Getting Direction. Pictorial Metaplan focuses on the topic Getting Direction and applied directly to 15 students in the 8th grade of junior high school. The implementation of the use of the Pictorial Metaplan begins with distributing questionnaires and implementing Pre- Test and Post-Test, then direct implementation of using Pictorial Metaplan combined with Total Physical Response (TPR) method. The treatment for students was carried out by dividing two class groups, the control group, and the experimental group. The control group used conventional methods, without using learning aids, while the second group used the Pictorial Metaplan as a teaching aid. Based on the results of Pre-Test and Post-Test show an increase in the results of the values before and after implementing the Pictorial Metaplan. Thus it can be concluded that learning in the experimental group using Pictorial Metaplan is more effective than learning using conventional methods.

scholarly journals Teachers’ classroom assessment and grading practices

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 00052
Author(s):  
Ida Ayu Made Sri Widiastuti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Classroom Assessment ◽  
Junior High ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Grading Practices ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Junior High School Teachers

This study was conducted to investigate the teachers’ classroom assessment and grading practices in Junior high schools in Bali. The participants of this study were professional junior high school teachers who were randomly selected as the sample of this study. In depth interviews and classroom observations were intensively conducted to the participants to collect the required data for the purpose of the present study. This study revealed that junior high school teachers made use of formative and summative assessment and employed several ways of grading practices. There were several factors affecting their classroom assessment and grading practices consisting of internal factors and external factors. The most prominent internal factor was the teacher's philosophy of teaching and learning and the main external factors were recognized as mandated statewide learning factors and high stakes tests, government polices, and parents. The findings indicated that junior high school teachers constantly make an effort to establish a reasonable balance between their teaching philosophy and the classroom environment reality. Thus it is recommended that junior high school teachers should review their assessment and grading practices and employ more appropriate assessment and grading practices.

scholarly journals Metode Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab di Sekolah Menengah Pertama

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (02) ◽  
pp. 274-287
Author(s):  
Agus Sya'roni
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Direct Methods ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Everyday Language ◽  
Translation Methods ◽  
Holy Book ◽  
Speaking Skills

As Muslims, we should be familiar with Arabic. As we know, the beginning of the emergence of Islam came from the Arab Nation, even the holy book of Muslims is in Arabic. However, it is not the reason for us not to be able to master Arabic. Even make it as our everyday language. Arabic skills are speaking skills, able to listen well to be able to write and pronounce well too. Various attempts were made by the school to implement various Arabic learning methods. However, often learning Arabic, especially in junior high school, is deemed inadequate. There are many obstacles that are felt by educators, such as lack of awareness to learn Arabic, considering Arabic as a difficult language, and using inappropriate methods in their learning process. For these reasons, the author wants to make a simple effort with this simple writing to place a method that is in accordance with the timeliness of learning Arabic so that it is easily practiced by educators and easily accepted by students which expected that more awareness to use Arabic as every day language. An observation of the three methods to be analyzed, namely, qowaid and translation methods, direct methods, and eclectic methods.

scholarly journals METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES IN TEACHING SPEAKING AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Idris
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
Metacognitive Strategy ◽  
School Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Speaking Skills

This research aimed to find out the student ability in speaking at students at Junior High School 2 Panca Rijang and this study is the result of a report from a case study on the effect of metacognitive teaching on speaking ability of low-ranking junior high school students, the metacognitive strategy influences students' speaking achievement, namely by conducting a pre-test in one group and the design of the post-test was conducted to support the findings in the results of learning speaking after training. In design, observation and qualitative questionnaires were conducted to see the process of students in learning speaking procedural knowledge of metacognition in speaking. This research applying metacognitive strategies that are developed as a way of learning. Subject, selected by simple random sampling, are 20 first grade junior high schools, Comparison of pre-test and post-test scores will show metacognitive strategy can help students who are less skilled improve their speaking skills. The results show the view that metacognitive strategy can help students with speaking skills who are less skilled improve their speaking skills, but from the overall results there still appear to be some limitations for those who are skilled with minimal results.

scholarly journals The Development Process of Higher Order Thinking Skills Based Poetry Text Assessment Tools on VIII Grade Students of Junior High School Brigjend Katamso II Medan

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-328
Author(s):  
Erlina Sihombing ◽  
Mutsyuhito Solin ◽  
M. Oky Fardian Gafari
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills

This study is aimed describe the process of developing higher order thinking skills based poetry text assessment tools. Students need to be trained in their thinking skills by giving students the type of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) that can be used to improve students' thinking skills. This research was conducted in Junior High School Brigjend Katamso II Medan. The result shows that Preliminary studies were research and gathering preliminary information, namely needs analysis. The needs analysis in this research development began by distributing questionnaires to the needs of eighth grade students of Junior High School Brigjen Katamso II Medan, amounted to 35 students and 2 Indonesian language teachers of Junior High School Brigjen Katamso II Medan. The results of the needs analysis were as follows: That 100% of the teachers stated that they knew the assessment tools and 70% knew the steps in preparing the assessment tools. However, only 0% of teachers test their assessment tools before use so that 100% of teachers need a valid, effective and practical assessment tool.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF ROLE PLAY FOR ENGLISH STUDENTS SPEAKING IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 11 SUKODADI

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Firda Fadhila Aini ◽  
Khoirul Anwar ◽  
Candra Hadi Asmara
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Speaking Skills

Role play is a method of acting out particular ways of behaving or pretending to be other people who deal with new situations.  Role play is very important in teaching speaking because it gives students an opportunity to practice communicating in different social contexts and in different social roles. The purpose of this study is to find out the significant effect on students fluency in speaking skills taught by using Role Play for students in Junior High School. The researcher used an experimental design in which there are two classes; one of the experiment group and the control group that each has 20 students. The data is collected through quantitative methods. The quantitative data is obtained from the result of the pre-test and post-test students speaking skills. Before implement Role Play, students had to take pre-test to identify their speaking ability. One group practice a dialogue in pair use Role Play strategy about greeting, leave taking, thanking and apologizing expressions. Other group was asked to practice a dialogue used drilling strategy. Both groups were tested for their oral production and competence. After the presentation, the post-test was used to find out whether there was a significant effect using Role Play in speaking ability. The implementation of Role Play and Drilling showed that students who are though used Role Play in teaching speaking can improve their speaking skill especially in fluency.

English Teachers Classroom Assessment Practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Saefurrohman Saefurrohman ◽  
Elvira S. Balinas
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Classroom Assessment ◽  
Junior High ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
High School English

The new language assessment policies in the Philippines and in Indonesia have impact on English teachers’ assessment practices. Classroom assessment; as mandated in the current curriculum of both countries swifts from sources of information to the inseparable process of teaching and learning. This study describes Filipino and Indonesian high school English teachers’ classroom assessment practices in ELL classes.This study was conducted using a mix method design with 48 Filipino and Indonesian junior high school English teachers as respondents who completed the questionnaire on classroom assessment practices. Twelve respondents participated in an interview and observation to further clarify their practices on classroom assessment. The study found that both Filipino and Indonesian junior high school English teachers used assessment for learning as the main purpose of assessment. The majority of Filipino Junior High school English teachers prepared and made their own assessment, while Indonesian junior high school English teachers used items from published textbooks as their primary sources for constructing assessment items. Both Filipino and Indonesian junior high school English teachers used written comments as their primary method for providing feedback. Total score test and a letter grade were the highest percentage methods for providing a final report for both Filipino and Indonesian junior high school English teachers.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Discussion Techniques on First Grade Students' Speaking Skills Junior High School

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
Nur Wahyuni ◽  
Mulya Yusnarti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
First Grade ◽  
T Test ◽  
Speaking Skills

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektivitas teknik diskusi terhadap keterampilan berbicara siswa pada siswa kelas I MT.s Darul Falah Duman tahun ajaran 2018/2019. Metode penelitian yang diterapkan adalah penelitian eksperimental (metode kuantitatif). Objek penelitian ini adalah siswa MT.s Darul Falah Duman tahun ajaran 2018/2019. Sampel penelitian adalah 36 siswa yang terdiri dari dua kelas. Teknik sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah teknik pengambilan sampel melalui cara lotere. Teknik yang digunakan untuk analisis data adalah rumus tes. Dari data penelitian didapatkan nilai t-test siswa (7.606) dan t-tabel (2.042) dari (df) 36. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa penggunaan metode grammar translation berpengaruh positif terhadap keterampilan berbicara siswa kelas satu MT.s Darul Falah Duman tahun ajaran 2018/2019.

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