scholarly journals An Analysis of Junior High School Students’ Skill in Creating Written Compositions: A Research Report

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 169-180
Author(s):  
Maciej Kaczmarczyk
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Research Report ◽  
School Students ◽  
Text Organization ◽  
Written Compositions

This article is a report based on a qualitative study on the skills needed for junior high school students to produce written compositions in the context of creating a short message. This kind of research has been made necessary by the implementation of an obligatory exam for junior high school graduates, including a writing part in which there are some requirements to be met in order to obtain a positive grade. Although the recent educational reforms mean that junior high schools will no longer exist, this research is useful in the diagnosis of the writing skills of Polish teenagers that will be going into high school. The results have shown that the students had no major problems with such requirements as text organization, punctuation rules and with keeping to the word limit for a given written composition. On the other hand, however, the students showed the need for improvement in formal aspects of the written English language such as grammar, vocabulary accuracy and spelling and transition signals. Additionally, the meeting of requirements mentioning and developing three elements should be practiced more. For the purpose of the study, an analysis sheet has been implemented but no hypotheses have been put forth. The research group included 33 written compositions.

scholarly journals Junior high school students’ difficulties of English language learning in the speaking and listening section

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
Alan Jaelani ◽  
Olivia Widad Zabidi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning English

This study aims to determine students' problems in learning English, especially in terms of speaking and listening. Basically, the teaching and learning process will run smoothly if students feel comfortable with the learning activities; therefore, this research provides some appropriate suggestions for teachers in overcoming difficulties faced by students. The respondents of this study were junior high school students. This study used a questionnaire as an instrument to determine the extent of students' skills in English. This study also conducted data analysis by analyzing the importance of English in students' views, the difficulties encountered in learning English, and also the teacher's teaching strategies desired by students. The results of this study indicate that most students have some difficulties in speaking due to lack of confidence and skills such as pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. Likewise, the difficulty in listening is caused by students’ lack of vocabulary that leads to the difficulty in understanding conversations in English. To overcome this problem, teachers need to have strategies such as identification, diagnosis, prognosis, and assistance or therapy. This research can facilitate the teachers in knowing complaints about English language difficulties experienced by the students.

scholarly journals Indonesian Interference on English Language in VIII Grade Junior High School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 00060
Author(s):  
Km Tri Sutrisna Agustia
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Observational Research ◽  
School Students ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
Subject Pronoun

This study aims to determine the type of Indonesian interference found in English language among class VIII SMPK 2 Harapan Untal-Untal students. This research is done by analyzing the result of simple text translation done by the students of class VIII SMPK 2 Harapan Untal-Untal, then from the translation result will be analyzed what kind of interference that appeared. Methods of data collection in this study using observational research methods and literature. The data that have been collected in the form of simple translations from the students will be analyzed descriptively using related theories to find out what kind of interference found in the analysis. Further, in relating to interference, it will find a way out to reduce and even eliminate Indonesian interference itself. The results to be achieved in this research is recognize the level of Indonesian language interference in the use of English among the junior high school students, then find the practical efforts to be done so that interference does not increased. So, the use and English understanding can be done as much as possible. The finding of the paper found that 6 interference such as grammar structure, subject pronoun, adjectives, auxiliaries, preposition and word order.

Analysis on Reading and Writing Section of Test Items in 2009/2010 English National Final Examination (UAN) for Junior High School Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Musarokah Siti ◽  
Dwi Anggani Linggar Bharati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Final Examination ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cognitive Domains ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Test Items

ABSTRACT This paper attempts to analyze the test items in the English National Final Examination (UAN) for Junior High School Students in the academic year 2009/2010. This study aims at analyzing the compatibility of the test items of package A in reading and writing section of English National Final Examination for Junior High School Students with the standard of graduate competence and the cognitive domains used in the test. The data were collected by using documentary method, while in analyzing the data the writers focused on matching the compatibility of the test items with the Standard of Graduate Competence and identifying the cognitive domain used. From the analysis, it was found that the test items of package A in reading and writing section of English National Final Examination 2009/2010 were in line with the Standard of Graduate Competence (SKL) arranged by the government. The cognitive domains in reading section mostly used level of comprehension. The cognitive domains in writing section used the application and the synthesis level. ?é?á Key words: analysis, test items, national final examination

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