scholarly journals Using Picture Series to Enhance Students’ Speaking Fluency

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Harta Diba Agdhila ◽  
Sujoko Sujoko ◽  
Endang Setyaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Classroom Situation ◽  
Data Coding ◽  
English Class ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Teaching Learning

<p>The objectives of the research are: (1) to find out whether or not picture series can improve students’ speaking fluency; (2) to describe the classroom situation when picture series is applied in teaching speaking. The subject of the research is the students of class X.8 of Senior High School. The research data were collected through observation, interview, field notes, document analysis, photographs, and tests including pre-test and post test. The qualitative data were analyzed by assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building interpretation, and reporting the outcomes. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were analyzed by comparing the mean scores of the pre-test and the post test. The research findings show that Picture Series could improve: (1) students’ speaking fluency and (2) classroom situation of English class. The improvement of students’ speaking fluency can be seen from students’ mean score increased from 60.81 in pre-test into 73.78 in post-test 1 and it improves to 82.97 in post-test 2. The description of classroom situation includes :(a) The students looked very interested and enthusiastic to join the speaking class and (b) the students were more active during teaching learning process.</p>

scholarly journals Improving Students’ Speaking Skill Using Tgt (Teams-Game-Tournament)

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Fajriya ◽  
Abdul Asib ◽  
Gunarso Susilohadi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Academic Year

This article is aimed at reporting the research findings of using TGT (Teams-Game-Tournament) to improve the students’ speaking skill. The subject of this research is the eighth grade of SMP N 1 Kartasura in the academic year of 2013/2014 which consisted of 32 students. The research method used is action research. Each cycle consists of four essential moments: planning, implementing the action, observing, and reflecting. The data are collected through observation, interview, field notes, questionnaire, and tests (pre-test ad post-test). The qualitative data were analyzed by reducing the data, displaying the data, and drawing conclusion/verifying. While the quantitative data were analyzed through descriptive statistics by calculating and then comparing the mean scores of pre-test and post-test. The research findings prove that using TGT can improve the students’ speaking skill. The students’ mean score increases from pre-test of 4.4 to post-test 1 of 5.9, and post-test 2 of 6.8.<strong> </strong>Using TGT can improve the effectiveness of speaking activity in teaching and learning process as well. The students got more opportunities to practice speaking because the speaking activities were not dominated by the talkative students only.

Improving Speaking Skill Using Movie Discussion

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Ika Zahrotun Naafiah ◽  
Ngadiso Ngadiso ◽  
Hefy Sulistyawati
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Classroom Situation ◽  
Data Coding ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research

<p>This article discusses a classroom action research using movie<strong> </strong>discussion to improve students‟ speaking skill and find out the situation in class when movie discussion is being conducted in class. The method used in the research is classroom action research conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consisted of four meetings including post test. The procedure of the research consists of identifying the problems, planning the action, implementing the action, observing or monitoring the action, reflecting the result of the observation, and revising the plan for the following steps. Documents, photographs, field notes, interviews, observation, and tests were used to collect the data. The qualitative data are analyzed by assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building interpretations, and reporting the outcomes. The quantitative data are analyzed by comparing the mean scores of pre test and post test. The result of this research shows that movie discussion can improve students‟ speaking skill and classroom situation.</p>

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL BY USING COMIC STRIPS

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rahajeng Gienovita Anggraeni ◽  
Martono Martono ◽  
Ahmad Dahlan Rais
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Climate ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Comic Strips ◽  
Data Coding ◽  
English Class ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
The Mean

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>This research aims at identifying how the use of Comic Strips can improve students’ writing skill on narrative text; and describing the class climate when Comic Strips are implemented in the writing class. The method used in this research is a collaborative action research which was conducted in two cycles at the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 5 Surakarta from April 15th to May 8th, in which in the first cycle there were 3 meetings and in the second cycle there were 2 meetings. Each cycle consisted of four steps: planning, implementing, evaluation, and reflection. The research data were collected by using observation, questionnaire, interviews, field notes, photographs, and tests. The qualitative data were analyzed through assembling the data, coding, comparing, building interpretations, and reporting the outcomes. The quantitative data were analyzed by comparing the mean scores of the pre-test and the post-tests. The research findings show that Comic Strips could improve students’ writing skill and classroom climate of English class. The mean score had the improvement from pretest to the post-test 2, from 64.05 to 79.93.</span></p></div></div></div>

IMPROVING STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT BY APPLYING SPORE STRATEGY

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Putri Febrini Sianturi
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
The Third ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning

This study aims to discover the improvement of the students’ achievement in writing narrative text by applying Spore Strategy. The objective of this study is to find out whether the Spore strategy can improve students’ achievement in writing narrative text or not. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class XI IPA 2 of SMA Negeri 6 Medan which consists of 34 students. This study applied quantitative and qualitative data. The data of this study were obtained quantitatively through writing test which show that the students score kept improving in every test and qualitatively based on diary notes, observation sheet and interview sheet which show that teaching learning process ran well, the students were active, enthusiastic, and interested in writing. In the first test, the mean score was 56.8. In the second test, the mean score was 67.2, and in the third test the mean score was 81.2.The research findings indicated that Spore Strategy significantly improved students’ achievement in writing narrative text.   Keywords: Writing, Spore Strategy, Test, Data, Classroom Action Research.

scholarly journals Improving Students’ Speaking Achievement by Using Storytelling Technique

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 179-184
Author(s):  
Novalina Sembiring ◽  
Fiber Y.A. Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Junior High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Speaking Test ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Academic Year

This study was aimed to improve the students’ speaking achievement by using storytelling technique. The subject of the study was the eight grade students of Public Junior High School 22 Medan in academic year 2018/2019. This study was conducted by applying Classrom Action Research (CAR), which had been conducted in two cycles and each cycle consisted of three meetings. The instruments of collecting data were quantitative data (speaking test) and qualitative data (observation checklist and field notes). The result of the test shows that the mean score of pre test is 40, formative test is 46.34, and post test is 62.89. The percentage of the students’ means score improve from pre test to post test 57.2%. The result of observation checklist and field notes showed that the students were interested in teaching and learning English especially speaking skill by using storytelling technique. These indicated that there was a significant improvement of the students’ speaking achievement by using storytelling technique.

scholarly journals Improving Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Through the Keyword Technique At The Tenth Grade of SMAN 2 Tulang Bawang Tengah

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
Eva Nurchurifiani ◽  
Rizki Novia Nissa ◽  
Febriyanti Febriyanti
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Mastery Criterion ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Academic Year

The aim of this research was to improve students’ vocabulary mastery of the tenth grade through the use of Keyword technique. This research is categorized as classroom action research. The subject of this research was the tenth grade students of SMAN 2 Tulang Bawang Tengah in the academic year of 2021/2022. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and quantitative data analyses. This research was conducted in two cycles where each cycle consisted of three meetings. Based on the analysis of the research findings, the students’ vocabulary mastery was improved by using Keyword technique based on the quantitative and qualitative data. From quantitative data, the result showed that the mean score of each cycle was increased from post-test of cycle 1 to cycle 2. The mean score of cycle 1 was 62.07, there were 13 students or 46.43% who passed Minimum Mastery Criterion, while in cycle 2 was 77.93, there were 21 students or 75% who passed Minimum Mastery Criterion. Moreover, this improvement can also be seen from qualitative data, such as the results of students’ observation sheet from cycle 1 to cycle 2. The mean score of cycle 1 was 6.41, while in cycle 2 was 7.31. The improvement of students’ learning activity from cycle 1 to cycle 2 was 0.90. It showed that the students seemed to be more motivated and  confidence in learning vocabulary. Therefore, it can be concluded that the implementation of the Keyword technique can improve students’ learning activities and vocabulary mastery.

scholarly journals Dyadic Essays: Enhancing Students’ Paragraph Coherence in Imaginative Writing

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Avinta Ika Nurrahma
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Test Result

This research aims to find out what improvement dyadic essay technique results in solving the problem of paragraph coherence of students’ imaginative writing. To describe how dyadic essay motivates students in doing teaching learning activity of imaginative writing in classroom. The approach used in this research is a classroom action research. The action research was conducted in two cycles, there were 4 meetings in each cycle. In collecting the data, the researcher used observation, questionnaires, interviews, and field notes as the qualitative data, and test for the quantitative data. The researcher also analyzed the mean score of each test to find out the improvements of students’ paragraph coherence in imaginative writing after the action was conducted. The mean scores of the test result are 67.42 for the pre-test, 78.09 for the post-test in cycle 1, and 86,18 for the post-test in cycle 2. The students were motivated in doing teaching-learning of imaginative writing in classroom. It was proven that the students felt enthusiastic in reading text and watching video and the students’ activeness during the teaching learning process.

scholarly journals Improving Students’ Reading Competence through DRTA ( Directed Reading Thinking Activity) Technique

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Pamadya Vitasmoro
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Reading Competence ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean

The objectives of the research are to know whether DRTA technique can improve students’ reading competence or not, to know what are the students’ response to the DRTA technique and to evaluate the strengths and weakness of the DRTA technique when it is applied in teaching reading. The research was conducted in D-IV Midwifery Program of Health Sciences Faculty of Kadiri University August to November 2015. The subject of the research is the students of D-IV Midwifery students of Health Sciences Faculty of Kadiri University. The method of research is classroom action research and conducted in three cycles. Each cycle consists of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. In collecting the data, the researcher collected both qualitative and quantitative data. To obtain the quantitative data the researcher administered the result of pre test and post tense. In finding the qualitative data, the researcher and collaborative teacher observed directly the teaching in the classroom, interviewed the teacher and students, did questionnaire and also used photograph. The quantitative data were analyzed using the mean score. Questionnaire data collected usually answer respondents frequency of items alternatives by Likert Scale and score scale for observation.  The research findings show that DRTA technique is an appropriate technique which can improve student’s reading competence. First, DRTA can activate the students’ background knowledge related to the topic. Second, various activities in DRTA technique can enhance students’ confidence and motivation to have reading competence. Third, DRTA technique can guide the students to comprehend an overall description about the text. The improvement of reading competence can be seen from the result of pre- test which has the mean score 56.17, post test 1 is 67.11, post test 2 is 72.62 and post test 3 is 76.15. Some recommendations are made based on the research findings: (1) for English lecturer to use DRTA technique as one of alternative way of improving student’s reading competence (2) for the students to eliminate their fear of making mistakes in giving ideas and comprehending the passage Keywords : Reading Competence, DRTA Technique

scholarly journals Improving The Students’ Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text by Using SQ3R

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Ahmad Heriyanto ◽  
Siswantoro Siswantoro ◽  
Teguh Sarosa
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Classroom Situation ◽  
Data Coding ◽  
Implicit Information ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Mean

The objectives of this classroom action research are to identify: (1)<strong> </strong>whether SQ3R method can improve the students‟ reading comprehension; (2) the classroom situation of using SQ3R method in teaching and learning process. The research data were collected by using techniques of interview, observation, questionnaire and tests. The qualitative data were analyzed by assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building interpretations, and reporting the outcomes. The quantitative data were analyzed by comparing the mean score of pre-test and post-test. The research findings show that SQ3R method can improve the students‟ reading comprehension and the classroom situation. It can improve the students‟ reading comprehension in five aspects including finding main idea, explicit and implicit information, reference of pronoun, and identifying the meaning of word. The classroom situation shows that the students are more active in teaching and learning process. They pay more attention to the teachers‟ explanation; look conducive and enthusiastic in reading class.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH THINK PAIR SHARE

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hotria Manik ◽  
Elia Masa Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
The Third ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Writing Tests

This study attempts to improve students’ writing achievement in recount text through Think-Pair-Share Strategy. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class VIII-1 SMPN 1 Pematangsiantar. The number of the students was 32 students, consisted of 5 males and twenty seven females. The research was conducted in two cycles and consisted of six meetings. The instruments for collecting data were writing tests as the quantitative data and diary notes, observation sheet, interview sheet and questionnaire sheet as qualitative data. Based on the writing score, students’ scores kept improving in every test. In analyzing the data, the mean of the students’ score for the first test as a pre-test was 57.84, for the second test as a post test I was 73.56, for the third test as a post test II was 77.56. Based on diary notes, observation sheet and questionnaire sheet, it was found that students were actively involved in writing process. The result of the research showed that Think-Pair-Share Strategy can improve students’ achievement in writing recount text.   Keywords: Think Pair Share, Writing, Recount text, Action research

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