scholarly journals Cohesion in 20th Century American Short Stories Compiled By Jean A. McConochie, and Its Contribution to Teach Reading in Senior High School

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Hening Laksani ◽  
Martono, Martono, ◽  
Endang Setyaningsih
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Short Stories ◽  
Language Use ◽  
English Education ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Lexical Cohesion ◽  
Cohesive Devices ◽  
American Short Stories

<p>Five types of cohesive devices are identified by Halliday and Hasan (1976), namely, reference, substitution, ellipsis, conjunction and lexical cohesion. Each of the five types is about the formal links within sentences. This qualitative research method describes the kind of cohesive devices employed in 20<sup>th</sup> Century American Short Stories and discusses its implication for developing teaching material for reading skill in Senior High School. The result of the study shows that cohesive devices mostly appeared in the short stories are lexical cohesion followed by references, conjunction, ellipsis and then substitution. The contribution of this research to English education is the cohesive devices can be used as a lesson material for teaching reading both as the example of language use in order to familiarize  about the use of pronouns, conjunctions and dictions, also it can be used to show the way to substitute or omit a word meaningfully and as the task students need to accomplish.</p><p> </p>

scholarly journals The Correlation Between Studeerest And Structure nts’ Learning IntMastery and Students’ Reading Skill

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 353
Author(s):  
Septian Tri Wijayanti Fatimah ◽  
Muh. Asrori ◽  
Ngadiso Ngadiso
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Correlational Study ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Learning Interest ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

<p>The objective of this research is to find out whether there is a correlation between (1) students‟ learning interest and students‟ reading skill; (2) students‟ structure mastery and students‟ reading skill; and (3) students‟ learning interest, students‟ structure mastery simultaneously, and students‟ reading skill. This correlational study involved 36 students at one of state senior high school in Sukoharjo. The technique of choosing the sample was cluster random sampling. Data were collected through questionnaire and test. Single and Multiple Regresssion and Correlation were used to analyze the data. The result of the data analysis shows that: (1) there is a positive correlation between students‟ learning interest and students‟ reading skill; (2) there is a positive correlation between students‟ structure mastery and students‟ reading skill; and (3) there is a positive correlation between students‟ learning interest, students‟ structure mastery simultaneously, and students‟ reading skill. It means that students‟ learning interest and students‟ structure mastery cannot be neglected in teaching reading skill.</p>

scholarly journals The Contribution of Lexical Cohesion to the Text Cohesion in EFL Students’ Expository Texts

ELT in Focus ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Hanif Nurcholish Adiantika
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Expository Texts ◽  
West Java ◽  
Lexical Cohesion ◽  
The Core ◽  
Cohesive Devices ◽  
Twelfth Grade ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Text Cohesion

This study aims to investigate the use of lexical cohesion in students’ expository texts. It reveals thetypes of lexical cohesion employed by the students in their expository texts and the contribution oflexical cohesion to the text’ cohesion. This study employs qualitative research by using a case studydesign. Nine students of twelfth grade in a public senior high school in Kuningan regent, West Java,are chosen as the participants. The data in this study include the documents of students’ expositorytexts. The data are analyzed by using the concept of cohesive devices proposed by Halliday andHasan (1976). The findings show that there are two lexical cohesions identified in nine students’expository texts i.e. reiteration (covering i.e. antonymy, repetition, synonymy, meronymy, andhyponymy) and collocation. This study also indicates that lexical cohesion contribute to the processof keeping track of the participants and engaging the readers to the core argument of the text.Moreover, it can be stated that the contribution of lexical cohesion towards students’ expositorytexts is considered low. Therefore, there must be an encouragement for the students to use properlexical cohesion to make their text more cohesive.

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS OF COHERENCE AND COHESION ON THE STUDENTS’ DESCRIPTIVE WRITING AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN CIREBON

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 312
Author(s):  
Siti Wahyuni ◽  
Oom Rohmah Syamsudin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Lexical Cohesion ◽  
Thematic Progression ◽  
Descriptive Writing ◽  
Coherence Level

<p><strong>Abstract</strong>: This study aimed to find out the usage of coherence and cohesion on the Students’ Descriptive Texts, especially in ten grader students at state senior high school in Cirebon. This study adopted thematic progression analysis to explore coherence in the students’ Descriptive text. This study was a qualitative study that used content analysis. The technique of collecting data was documentation from 46 students writing descriptive texts. The procedures were firstly collecting data, analyzing data, presenting data, and concluding the result of the study. Based on the analyzed data,1) 46 students’ writing descriptive text had grown the writing as the series of the stage in the descriptive text, using Identification and Description. Then, in analyzing coherence 2) 76% students got the coherence level is good, there are 19% in Fair, there are 2% in Less and 3% in Poor and in analyzing cohesion 3) there are 1052 cohesion markers that consist of 852 findings markers of grammatical cohesion (596 findings markers reference and 256 markers conjunction) and 200 markers of lexical cohesion (200 markers repetition).<br /><strong>Keywords</strong>: series of stage, coherence, cohesion</p>

scholarly journals The implementation of pictures media to improve paragraph writing skill

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Siti Sulastri
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Tenth Graders ◽  
Cohesive Devices ◽  
Effective Media ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Academic Year

The main objectives of the research are: (1) to identify whether pictures can improve students’ paragraph writing skill for the tenth graders of Senior High School in SMAN 1 Magetan; (2) to identify the students’s motivation when the pictures are used to teach paragraph writing skill for the tenth graders of Senior High School in SMAN 1 Magetan in academic year 2018/2019. The Research was carried out at SMAN 1 Magetan, East Java, in second semester from January 2019 to May 2019. The subjects of the research are 34 students of grade X. MIPA -1 consisting of 14 boys and 20 girls. The data were obtained from several techniques: test, observation, interview, questioners, and document analysis. To analyze the qualitative data, I used interactive model; while to analyze quantitative data, I applied a descriptive statistics. It is done by comparing the mean of pre-test and post-test. There are some findings of the research which include: pictures can improve students’ paragraph writing skill for the tenth graders of Senior High School in SMAN 1 Magetan. The improvements of paragraph writing skill comprise: (1) writing topic sentence; (2) writing supporting sentences; and (3) using correct grammar and cohesive devices (conjunctions). In addition, the students’ motivation is better when the pictures are used to teach paragraph writing skill for the tenth graders of Senior High School in SMAN 1 Magetan. Based on the result of the research, it can be concluded that applying pictures as media can improve students’ paragraph writing. Therefore, it is recommended that the teachers can use pictures as an effective media to improve the students’ paragraph writing skill.

scholarly journals Utilizing Cooperative Learning in Islamic College Students’ Classroom

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-139
Author(s):  
Abdul Gafur Marzuki
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
English Education ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Minimum Criteria

ABSTRACT The research aims at utilizing cooperative learning in teaching reading skill for Islamic college students. The research was classroom action research which was conducted in two cycles where each cycle consisted of planning, implementation, observation and reflection. The subject were taken from PAI 5 which contained 30 students. The data of this research were obtained from the test, observation checklist, and field notes. The findings of research showed that cooperative learning was effective in developing students’ reading skill. The findings revealed that there were nineteen students who achieved the minimum criteria of achievement in cycle 1, which percentage was 63.3%. In cycle 2, it was found that there were twenty five students who achieved the minimum criteria of achievement, which percentage increased to 83.3%. Both of the classical and individual achievements have met the criteria of success. Besides, students were active in joining classroom activities and completing their classroom tasks. Therefore, it can be concluded that the cooperative learning was effective to develop the students’ reading skill. ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memanfaatkan pembelajaran kooperatif dalam pembelajaran keterampilan membaca mahasiswa di perguruan tinggi Islam. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas yang dilakukan dalam dua siklus dimana setiap siklus terdiri dari perencanaan, pelaksanaan, observasi dan refleksi. Subjek penelitian diambil dari kelas PAI 5 yang terdiri dari 30 mahasiswa. Data penelitian ini diperoleh dari hasil tes, lembar observasi, dan catatan lapangan. Temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pembelajaran kooperatif efektif dalam mengembangkan keterampilan membaca mahasiswa. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa ada sembilan belas mahasiswa yang mencapai kriteria pencapaian minimal pada siklus 1, dengan persentase 63,3%. Pada siklus 2, ditemukan bahwa ada dua puluh lima mahasiswa yang mencapai kriteria pencapaian minimum dengan persentase 83,3%. Persentase klasik dan individual telah memenuhi kriteria keberhasilan. Selain itu, mahasiswa aktif mengikuti kegiatan kelas dan menyelesaikan tugas kelas mereka. Oleh karena itu, dapat disimpulkan bahwa pembelajaran kooperatif efektif untuk mengembangkan keterampilan membaca mahasiswa. How to Cite: Marzuki, A., G. (2016). Utilizing Cooperative Learning in Islamic College Students’ Classroom. IJEE (Indonesian Journal of English Education), 3(2), 123-139 doi:10.15408/ijee.v3i2.5528. Permalink/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/ijee.v3i2.5528 

scholarly journals THE USE OF SELF-REFLECTIVE STRATEGIES IN TEACHING READING FOR STUDENTS OF VOCATIONAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT SMKN 1 LAMONGAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Diah Astuty ◽  
Abdullah Farih ◽  
Akhzaroh Wahidah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Use Of Self ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Reflective Strategies ◽  
The Given ◽  
Institutional Finance

This study aims to describe the use of self-reflective strategies in teaching reading at a vocational senior high school. Self-reflective strategies used in enhancing the students of vocational senior high school to reflect their comprehension on the given reading materials. This activity was considered effective in order to practice and drill the students’ critical thinking. The strategies should be implemented repeatedly to make the students more skillfully creating their comprehension on the given reading materials by integrating the keywords extracted from the given reading materials. This study was implemented in experimental design at two classes of Institutional Finance Accounting department (Akuntansi Keuangan Lembaga/AKL) class Xth. The experimental class was class Xth AKL1 that it consisted of 35 students. The control class was class Xth AKL2 consisted of 34 students. Class Xth AKL1 was chosen as the experimental class based on the class’ mean of the pretest that it was 2 points lower than class Xth AKL2. The () of the pretest score from class Xth AKL1 was 76. The of the post-test score from the experimental class was 86. The N-Gain score after having treatment from class Xth AKL1 was 70.7 in percentage. It can be assumed that this strategy was adequately effective to apply to the students on the reading subject reflecting their reading comprehension and therefore, the students could adjust the strategies to achieve their profound reading comprehension.

scholarly journals The Use of Substitution and Its Contribution to the Text Cohesion in Students’ Expository Texts

ELT in Focus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-51
Author(s):  
Hanif Nurcholish Adiantika ◽  
Astri Dwi Floranti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Study Design ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Expository Texts ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Cohesive Devices ◽  
Twelfth Grade ◽  
Text Cohesion

The present study intends to investigate the use of substitution in students’ expository texts. It covers the types of substitution used by the students in their expository texts and the contribution of substitution to the texts’ cohesion. This study uses qualitative research through case study design. The participants in this study are nine students of twelfth grade in a public senior high school in Kuningan. The data in the present study are the documents of students’ expository texts. The data are analyzed by using the frameworks of cohesive devices proposed by Halliday and Hasan (1976). The findings indicate that there is only one substitution found in this study namely nominal substitution. The present study also delineates that the use of substitution contributes to the process of avoiding repetition and text redundancy. Furthermore, it can be concluded that the use and the contribution of substitution in students’ expository texts are still considered low. Thus, the encouragement is very necessary for the students to use appropriate substitution to make their texts more cohesive.

scholarly journals Social Problems in Short Stories entitled Mata Yang Enak Dipandang by Ahmad Tohari and its Relevance in Senior High School

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-145
Author(s):  
Agus Yuliyanto ◽  
Suyitno Suyitno ◽  
Muhammad Rohmadi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Short Stories ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Sociology Of Literature ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Discourse Understanding

This research was based on the view that literature is basically a reflection of society. So in this study, researchers used the approach to the sociology of literature. This paper aimed to describe (1) short story becomes one of the literary works that are used as teaching material in schools, (2) the aspect of characrter education based on the collection of short stories entitled Mata Yang Enak Dipandang by Ahmad Tohari, and (3) social problems collection of short stories entitled Mata Yang Enak Dipandang. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive explaining the data that has been found in research. The main data sources in this study the quotations contained in the novel and the results of interviews with literary experts and learning experts. The results of this study is the main characters in this short story are varied and its can be utilized in the study of literary appreciation for Class XI in Senior high school semester with the standard literary discourse understanding competence through reading poetry and short stories in the aspects of reading and basic competence that is analyzing the intrinsic elements of a short story linkages with everyday life

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF FISHBOWL STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 18 SUNGGAL IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/ 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
Nurlela ◽  
Efrini Panjaitan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multiple Choice Tests ◽  
Choice Tests ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

This study aimed to find out whether using Fishbowl Strategy effects students’ reading skill of the 2019/2020 eleventh grade students At Muhammadiyah 18 Sunggal Senior High School. In this study, the writer used Fishbowl Strategy as the independent variable (X) and students’ reading skill as the dependent variable (Y), with the hypothesis: using Fishbowl Strategy significantly affects students’ reading skill of the 2019/2020 eleventh grade students of Muhammadiyah 18 Sunggal Senior High School. The population of this study was the 2019/2020 eleventh grade students of Muhammadiyah 18 Sunggal Senior High School which consisted of 76 students. The sample was taken by using cluster random sampling that consists of 76 students. Then, the sample was divided into two groups, the group taught by using Fishbowl Strategy was as the experimental group and the group taught without Fishbowl Strategy was as the control group. The writer used multiple choice tests as the instrument of collecting data. The data was analyzed by using t-test formula. Based on the data analysis, it was found that the value of t-observed (t0) was higher than the value of t-table, (tobserved = 4.75 > ttable = 1.666). Therefore, the hypothesis proposed by the writer was accepted. In the other words, using Fishbowl Strategy significantly affects the students’ reading skill of the 2019/2020 eleventh grade students At Muhammadiyah 18 Sunggal Senior High School.

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MALL IN ENGLISH LEARNING: A CASE IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32
Author(s):  
Adhitias Dewi Helda Ningrum ◽  
Farouk Imam Arrasyid
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Teachers And Students

Abstract: In this 21st century era therm of Mobile Assisted Language Learning becomes a part of teaching and learning activity in English Education. Mobile Assisted Language learning offers various benefits to both teachers and students. Though, it offers various benefits, in practice it is still debatable thing. Thus, this research was tried to investigate students’ perception towards the implementation of MALL in their learning process. The research was taken at Senior High School in SMAN 1 Dukupuntang. This current study use descriptive qualitative method, and the data were collected through open-ended questionnaires and interview to get the relevant data. The present research shows that students tend to have good perception on the implementation of MALL in English Learning. In using MALL, students use several applications and software to help them study about English Language both inside and outside the classroom. By using MALL, students feel that it was more enjoyable and able to get the information quickly. This research also shows the challenges that faced by the students when they use MALL in English Learning activity. In conclusion, this research shows that students’ have positive perception towards MALL in English Learning.

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