scholarly journals The Correlation Between Creativity, Cohesive Devices Mastery, and Writing Skill

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Intan Choerun Nisa ◽  
Abdul Asib ◽  
Ngadiso Ngadiso
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Cohesive Devices ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Correlational Method ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

<em>This study is aimed to determine the correlation between: (1) creativity and writing skill, (2) cohesive devices mastery and writing skill, and (3) creativity, cohesive devices mastery simultaneously, and writing skill. The study used correlational method and was conducted in 28 students of the first semester of English Education of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret University in the academic year of 2014/2015 that was chosen by using cluster random sampling. In collecting the data, the researcher used tests: writing test, creativity test, and cohesive devices mastery test. The techniques which were used for analyzing the data were Regression and Correlation both simple and multiple. The results of analyzing data show that (1) there is a positive correlation between creativity and writing skill (</em> <em> = 0.80179); (2) there is a positive correlation between cohesive devices mastery and writing skill (</em> <em> =0.856); and (3) there is a positive correlation between creativity and cohesive devices mastery simultaneously, and writing skill (R= 0.88201).</em>

scholarly journals A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN EXTROVERSION PERSONALITY, VOCABULARY MASTERY, AND SPEAKING SKILL

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Shelia Anjarani ◽  
Abdul Asib ◽  
Hefy Sulistyawati
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Academic Year

<p>The article is aimed at investigating the correlation between extroversion personality and vocabulary mastery toward speaking skill of the fourth semester students of English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Sebelas Maret University in the academic year of 2012/2013; both partially and simultaneously. The method of this study is correlational research. The population of the study is all of the fourth semester students while the sample is 30 students taken by simple random sampling technique. The technique used to analyze the data are simple, multiple correlation, and regression by using microsoft excel. The results of the study show that there is a positive correlation between extroversion personality and vocabulary mastery toward speaking skill both partially and simultaneously. The positive correlation indicates that extroversion personality and vocabulary mastery tend to go up or to go down together with speaking skill.</p>

scholarly journals A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN STUDENT’S ENGLISH INTEREST, VOCABULARY MASTERY, AND STUDENT’S ACHIEVEMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Sulaiman Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Multiple Correlation ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
English Achievement ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

<p>The study is aimed to reveal the correlation between student’s English interest, vocabulary mastery toward student’s English achievement of the second-semester Students of Islamic Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of IAIN Pontianak in the academic year of 2017/2018. This study used a test, a questionnaire, and documentation to collect the data. The population of the study is all of the second-semester students while the sample is 50 students taken by cluster random sampling technique. The techniques used to analyze the data are simple and multiple correlation and regression by using SPSS 23. The results of the study show that there is a positive correlation between student’s English interest, and vocabulary mastery toward student’s English achievement. The positive correlation indicates that English interest, and vocabulary mastery line together with student’s English achievement.<br />keywords: correlation, english interest, vocabulary mastery english achievement</p>

scholarly journals LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGY AND STUDENTS� WRITING SKILL ACHIEVEMENT: A CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Fitri Nurdianingsih
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
English Education ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
Language Learning Strategy ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Academic Year

Since writing is fundamental in learning to think and express one�s thoughts in ways that reach others, the ability to use language coherently and powerfully and to wrtite in ways that connect with others across cultural boundaries and within communities is essential to active citizenship and to success in almost any profession. The problem of the study was to know whether or not there was a significant correlation between students� learning strategy and their writing skill achievement of the second semester students at IKIP PGRI Bojonegoro. This research was a correlational research. The instruments used in this research were writing test and learning strategy questionnnaire. Then, the correlation of the data was calculated by using Pearson Product Moment Formula. The result showed that there is a correlation between students� learning strategy and their writing skill achievement of the second semester students at English Education Department of IKIP PGRI Bojonegoro in academic year 2016/2017.� �Keywords: Learning strategy; writing skill; achievement; correlational research.

scholarly journals EFL College Students’ Skill in Using Collocations in Writing Essays

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-11
Author(s):  
Dewi Nopita
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
English Education ◽  
Natural Order ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Efl College Students ◽  
Academic Year

Collocation is a natural order of words in which one word should be attached to another in a particular context. For students who learn English as a foreign language (EFL students), using collocations has been recognized to become a problem. This article is going to describe EFL college students’ skill in using collocations in writing essays. 42 students from the same class were selected. They were the 4th semester students of English Education Study Program at Teacher Training and Education Faculty of UMRAH who took Essay Writing course in the academic year 2019/ 2020. The students were given a take-home assignment to write essays. Then, the essays were analyzed to find out the students’ skill in using collocations. It was found that in using collocation in writing essays, 5 students had excellent skill, 14 students had good skill, and 23 students had low skill. The incorrect use of collocations consisted of lexical and grammatical collocations. Finally, it is hoped that these findings could be a useful input for future Essay Writing course.

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.

A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN READING HABIT, VOCABULARY MASTERY, AND TRANSLATION ABILITY

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Widya Setyaningsih ◽  
Sujoko Sujoko ◽  
Teguh Sarosa
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Correlational Study ◽  
Reading Habit ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Regression Correlation

This study aims finding out whether there is a correlation between (1) students’ reading habit and translation ability; (2) students’ vocabulary mastery and translation ability; and (3) students’ reading habit and vocabulary mastery toward translation ability. The study is conducted from May to June 2013 at English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret University, and the population is all of sixth semester students. The sample is 34 students taken by cluster random sampling technique. The method used in this study is descriptive research method, with category of correlational study. The instruments in collecting the data are questionnaire and test. The techniques which are used to analyze the data are Simple Correlation and Multiple Regression Correlation. The result of the data analysis shows that in the level of significance a = 0.05 (1) there is a positive correlation between students’ reading habit and translation ability (r-./ = 0.448 &gt; rt  = 0.339) and it is about 20.07%; (2) there is a positive correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and translation ability (r-0/ = 0.467 &gt; rt = 0.339) and it is about 21.81%; and (3) there is positive correlation between students’ reading habit, vocabulary mastery, and translation ability (R/.0 = 0.24 and Fo = 6.26 &gt; Ft = 3.32) and it is about 28.76%.

scholarly journals The Correlation Between Students’ Creativity And Their Writing Skill At Ma Nw Peseng

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agus Salim ◽  
Tawali Tawali ◽  
Sudirman Sudirman ◽  
Wari’ah Wari’ah
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Verbal Creativity ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Sample Technique ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

This research was aimed to find out the correlation between students’ creativity and their writing skill. The kind of this research was simple correlational study (quantitative approach). The population of this research was 77 of the second grade students of MA NW Peseng. The sample of this research was 21 consist of one class. The sample technique that used in this research was cluster random sampling technique by using lottery. The intruments that was used in this research were tests, that were verbal creativity test and writing test. Then the technique that used in analyzing the data was Pearson Product Moment formula. From the research, the r of xy score was higher than r-table (0.829>0.456) in 5% and 1% level of significance. Based on the result of this research, it could be concluded that there was a significant correlation between students’ creativity and their writing skill meant Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and Null hypothesis (H0) was rejected.     

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Dialogue Journals in Improving the Skill in Writing Narrative Texts

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Mukti
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Composition Profile ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Dialogue Journals ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Dialogue Journal ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Weekly Journal ◽  
Academic Year

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of dialogue journals technique in improving students’ skill in writing narrative texts. The subjects were the year-12 of IPA students of MAN 3 Malang in the academic year 2008-2009. This study involved two intact groups of students. The experimental group was given weekly journal writing, while the control group followed the regular writing. At the end of the treatment, a writing test on narrative was assigned and the students’ works were scored using ESL Composition Profile. The result of analysis using ANCOVA indicated that not all of the mean score of writing components of the two groups were significantly different. However, the mean score of holistic aspects was significantly different. Besides, students’ responses showed a positive evaluation on the implementation of dialogue journals technique. ABSTRAK Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk meneliti keefektifan teknik dialogue journal dalam meningkatkan keterampilan siswa menulis teks naratif. Subyek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas XII IPA MAN 3 Malang tahun pelajaran 2008-2009. Penelitian ini melibatkan dua kelompok siswa. Kelompok eksperimen diminta untuk menulis dan mengumpulkan  jurnal tiap pekan sementara kelompok control tetap mengikuti pelajaran menulis seperti biasa. Pada akhir perlakuan, kedua kelompok siswa diminta menulis teks naratif yang kemudian dinilai menggunakan ESL Composition Profile. Setelah dianalisa menggunakan ANCOVA,  hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa tidak semua nilai rerata dari tiap komponen menulis kedua kelompok berbeda secara signifikan. Akan tetapi, nilai rerata aspek secara keseluruhan berbeda secara signifikan. Disamping itu, siswa menanggapi positif terhadap penggunaan teknik dialogue journal. How to Cite: Mukti, A. (2016). The Effectiveness of Dialogue Journals in Improving  the Skill in Writing Narrative Texts. IJEE (Indonesian Journal of English Education), 3(1), 1-14 doi:10.15408/ijee.v3i1.4064 Permalink/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/ijee.v3i1.4064

scholarly journals The Contributon of Students’ Motivation and Sentence Stucture Toward Writing Skill

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Andhika Oktafatria Prasetya ◽  
Muh. Asrori ◽  
Dewi Sri Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression ◽  
Sentence Structure ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Objective Tests ◽  
Correlational Method ◽  
Essay Test ◽  
Effective Contribution

This research aimed to find out the correlation between: (1) students‟<strong> </strong>motivation and writing skill; (2) sentence structure and writing skill; and (3) students‟ motivation and sentence structures simultaneously to writing skill. This study used a correlational method with cluster random sample of 39 students of the eleventh grade of SMK N in Surakarta. The researcher used questionnaire, objective tests and essay test as the instruments to collect the data. Single and Multiple Linear Regression and Correlation were used to analyze the data. The research findings show that: (1) there is positive correlation between students‟ motivation and writing skill, in which students‟ motivation brings 17.63% effective contribution to writing skill; (2) there is positive correlation between sentence structure and writing skill, in which sentence structure brings 57.05% effective contribution to writing skill; and (3 ) there is positive correlation between students‟ motivation and sentence structures simultaneously to writing skill, in which students‟ motivation and sentence structure simultaneously bring 74.68 % contribution to writing skill.

scholarly journals Correlation Between Cohesive Devices Mastery and Learning Motivation Toward Reading Comprehension

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Arining Tyas Utomo ◽  
Muh. Asrori ◽  
Hefy Sulistyawati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Mastery Learning ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Cohesive Devices ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

<p>The aims of the research are to investigate whether there is a positive correlation between (1) cohesive devices mastery and reading comprehension; (2) learning motivation and reading comprehension; (3) cohesive devices mastery, learning motivation simultaneously toward reading comprehension. The method used in this research is correlation. The study was conducted at a senior high school in Sukoharjo. The population of the research consists of 253 students. The sample is 34 students taken by cluster random sampling. The instruments in collecting the data are questionnaire and objective test. The technique of analyzing the data are simple and multiple linear regression and correlation. The result of the research shows that there is a positive correlation between (1) cohesive devices mastery and reading comprehension; (2) learning motivation and reading comprehension; (3) cohesive devices mastery, learning motivation simultaneously toward reading comprehension. Based on the research result, it can be concluded that cohesive devices mastery and learning motivation give contribution in the improvement of reading comprehension.</p>

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