The Use of Round Table Technique to Improve Students’ Writing Skill

The objective of this article is to report a study on how Round Table Technique is implemented effectively so that it can improve students’ writing skill. This study was an action research. The subject of the research was class X-7 students of SMA Negeri Kebakkramat in the academic year 2013/2014. The data were collected through observation, interview, diary, and test. The findings of the research show that when Round Table technique was used effectively, the teaching and learning process was described as: active learning, learner – centered, and the activities were taking turns to jot down phrases and group discussion. In order to implement Round Table technique effectively, there were some points to ponder to suit the students’ condition and need as follows: (1) determining students’ group, (2) classroom management, and (3) the adaptation to Round Table technique.

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Analysis of Students Response Toward the Implementation of Round Table Technique in Writing for General Communication Course

Jurnal Pendidikan Edutama ◽

10.30734/jpe.v8i1.1378 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 51

Author(s):

Aseptiana Parmawati ◽

Iman Santoso ◽

Yana Yana

Keyword(s):

Teaching And Learning ◽

Round Table ◽

Learning Activity ◽

Motivation To Learn ◽

Communication Course ◽

High Motivation ◽

The Subject ◽

Academic Year ◽

Purposive Sample ◽

General Communication

AbstrakWriting is also a productive talent which is meant for communication to deliver messages in the shapesvof letters and symbols. In the course of writing for general communication, students are expected to be able to write using several genre of text. Round Table is one of teaching technique which is implemented by cooperative learning approach. The specific purpose of this study is to prove the students responses toward Round Table techniques in improving writing skills in the Writing for General Communication course. This research used a descriptive qualitative. The research conducted in the second semester students at IKIP Siliwangi in the academic year of 2019/2020. Purposive sample is the technique that the researchers taken. The subject of this research consist of 48 students. Questionnaire grid used as instrument in this research. After analyzing the data descriptively, the results show that all of the students were actively involved during the teaching and learning activity. They have a high motivation to learn. The students understand the material easier. The learning process is interesting and not boring. They are motivated to get good achievement because they feel more valued in expressing opinions when learning. Keyword: Response, Writing, Round Table Technique AbstrakMenulis merupakan keterampilan produktif yang dimaksudkan untuk berkomunikasi guna menyampaikan pesan dalam bentuk huruf dan simbol. Dalam mata kuliah Writing for General Communication, siswa diharapkan dapat menulis menggunakan beberapa jenis teks. Round Table adalah salah satu teknik pengajaran yang dapat diimplementasikan dengan pendekatan pembelajaran yang bersifat kooperatif. Tujuan khusus dari penelitian ini adalah untuk dapat mengetahui bagaiman tanggapan mahasiswa terhadap penggunaan teknik Round Table dalam meningkatkan keterampilan menulis dalam mata kuliah Writing for General Communication. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada mahasiswa semester kedua di IKIP Siliwangi pada tahun akademik 2019/2020. Purposive sample adalah teknik pengambilan sampek yang digunakan oleh peneliti. Subjek penelitian ini terdiri dari 48 siswa. Kuisioner digunakan sebagai instrumen dalam penelitian ini. Setelah menganalisis data secara deskriptif, hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa semua siswa terlibat aktif selama kegiatan belajar mengajar. Mereka memiliki motivasi belajar yang tinggi. Siswa lebih mudah memahami materi. Proses pembelajarannya menarik dan tidak membosankan. Mereka termotivasi untuk mendapatkan prestasi yang baik karena mereka merasa lebih dihargai dalam mengekspresikan pendapat saat belajar Kata kunci: Respon, Menulis, Teknik Round Table

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PENINGKATAN KETERAMPILAN MENULIS KARANGAN NARASI MELALUI MEDIA GAMBAR SERI PADA SISWA KELAS III SEMESTER 2 SDN 1 WANASABA TAHUN PELAJARAN 2015/2016

MABASAN ◽

10.26499/mab.v11i1.64 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 45-62

Author(s):

NFN Muharipin

Keyword(s):

Student Achievement ◽

Learning Process ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Class Iii ◽

Writing Skill ◽

The Subject ◽

Academic Year ◽

Bahasa Indonesia ◽

Learning And Achievement

The study aimed at finding out the improvement of students’ writing skill in class III, Semester II SDN 1 Wanasaba, academic year 2015/2016. The subject of the study is Students of class III with a total of 23 students comprised of 10 males and 13 females. The study applies two cycles. Each cycle consists of four steps, namely are planning, application, observing/evaluating, and reflecting. The method used is observation, questioner/test, and documentation. Observation conducted to observe the execution process being conducted. Questioner/test is used to find out the result of learning and achievement. Documentation is for supplement material for teaching and learning process. The result of the study shows that the achievement of Students in class III, Semester II SDN 1 wanasaba, academic year 2015/2016 in learning bahasa Indonesia on writing a simple essay based on the serial pictures using correct words and sentences choice considering spelling, capital letters, and punctuation before the application phase is very low. It is showed by the achievement of 26%. After the application of using serial pictures, the student’ achievement are better. It is showed in cycle 1, the result increases to 70% with good category. In cycle 2, the result increases to 100% with very good category.

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Improving Students’ Reading Ability of Descriptive Text by using Small Group Discussion

Jurnal Tinta ◽

10.35897/jurnaltinta.v2i1.247 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 1-20

Author(s):

Lisematul Faizeh ◽

Hanif Maulaniam Sholah

Keyword(s):

Small Group ◽

Learning Process ◽

Reading Ability ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Group Discussion ◽

Reading Test ◽

Small Group Discussion ◽

Teaching Reading ◽

The Subject ◽

Academic Year

In this research, the researcher applied Small Group Discussion to overcome the problems that were faced by the students. This research was conducted in order to improve students’ reading ability in descriptive text through Small Group Discussion at the seventh grades of MA Al-Hisi Ringinsari Sumbermanjing Wetan 2016-2017. In conducting this research, the researcher used Classroom Action Research (CAR) as the method of research. The researcher conducted this research in two cycles. Each cycle consisted of three meetings. The researcher used Small Group Discussion to create comfortable atmosphere during teaching and learning process of reading, and more importantly to improve the students’ reading ability especially on reading descriptive text. The subject of this research was the students of seventh grade at MA Al-Hisi Ringinsari Sumbermanjing Wetan 2016-2017 on academic year especially VII IPA class. The instruments to collect the data were interview, observation checklist, and reading test. The result of the research showed that by using Small Group Discussion in teaching reading descriptive text. The researcher could improve the student’s reading ability especially descriptive text. Their responses showed that they were interested to learn reading subject because they felt easier to read using Small Group Discussion.

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IMPROVE THE INTERETATION OF STUDY SUBJECTS PANCASILA AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION BY APPLYING KONSTEXTUAL LEARNING MODEL BERBASIS A TASK IN CLASS INFORMATICS XI SMK BINA ECLECTUS ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016

EDUKASI ◽

10.33387/j.edu.v13i2.53 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Hasanudin S. Usman

Keyword(s):

Teaching And Learning ◽

Learning Model ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Motivation To Learn ◽

Test Results ◽

Applied Learning ◽

Know How ◽

Design Activities ◽

The Subject ◽

Academic Year

The purpose of this research is to know how to incerease the students’ learning achievement that has been applied learning contextual task-based learning model and to know the influence of contextual learning in the task-based teaching model to improve achievemen and motivation to learn the material pe civis lesson. This research is an action research by theree rounds. Each round consists of four phases. Design activities are observation, and revesion. The subject of the research is XI grade students of Bina Informatika Ternate accademic year 2015/2016. Data obtained in the form of a formative test results, observation sheet teaching and learning activities. The results of the research showed that students’ achivement increased from round I to III that the round 1, (70.00 % ), (92,50 %) 3 cycles, conclusions of this research is the method of cooperatif learning can be a positive influence on students motivation and achievement in material udaya politics in Indonesia. It means that this model can be used as one of the alternative learning for Pkn. Kata kunci: PKn, cooperative learning method

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STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION TO SPEAK IN A GROUP DISCUSSION

Journal of English Education Program ◽

10.26418/jeep.v1i1.40025 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Fajar Maulana ◽

Ikhsanudin Ikhsanudin ◽

Luwandi Suhartono

Keyword(s):

Teaching And Learning ◽

English Education ◽

Group Discussion ◽

Target Language ◽

Study Program ◽

Class A ◽

Qualitative Survey ◽

Teaching And Learning Environment ◽

Integrative Motivation ◽

Academic Year

This research was done to know the factors’ influencing students’ motivation to speak in a group discussion. This research is qualitative survey, in which the subjects are the Third-Semester Students of English Education Study Program of Tanjungpura University in Academic Year 2018/2019. The subjects of this research were 25 students in class A. The data were collected through observation and survey. Based on the data the students are motivated enough in speaking class and the motivation are relatively high across the students but most of the students faced several speaking problems such as afraid of making mistakes, lack of confidence, and lack of motivation. In summary, the factors that influenced the students’ motivation to speak in a group discussion are the students' interest to the materials of learning, the students’ interest to the culture of the target language, and lastly the reinforced that the students receive inside/outside the teaching and learning process. All of the factors are related to types of motivation, such as, intrinsic, extrinsic, instrumental, and integrative motivation. The writer claimed that knowing and understand sorts of motivation is essential with the intention of making a better teaching and learning environment

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Speech Acts Analysis on Teaching and Learning Process Used by the Teacher in MAN 2 Mataram in Academic Year 2016-2017

Linguistics and Elt Journal ◽

10.31764/leltj.v9i1.736 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 46

Author(s):

Yulia Isnaini

Keyword(s):

Learning Process ◽

Speech Acts ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Speech Act ◽

Video Recording ◽

Video Camera ◽

Coding System ◽

Perlocutionary Act ◽

Academic Year ◽

Research Show

This study was aimed at finding out Speech Acts Analysis on Teaching andLearning Process used by the Teacher in MAN 2 Mataram in Academic year 2016/2017. The method of this research is qualitative research The data of this research were the utterances performed by the Teachers of MAN 2 Mataram. The research instrument was the researcher himself. Participant is the subject from which the data obtained (Arikunto, 2010: 172)The Researcher’s participant actively classification speech act by the Teachers on teaching and learning process.T he instrument of data by using video camera and observation. To analyze the data Based on Louis (2005:181). This study used observation and video recording as an instrument of data collection, the researcher applied coding system. In this research, there are two validity principles applied by the researcher. The results of the research show that there are three classifications of speech act performed by the Teachers in the aching and learning process . The results of the research show that there are three classification of speech act performed by the Teachers in the aching and learning process. they are 4 data of locutionary act , 30 data of Illucotionary act, 7 data of Perlocutionary act . So the total of data were 41 data of speech act are used By the Teachers in MAN 2 Mataram.

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Analisis Penggunaan Cerita Rakyat Bengkulu Dalam pembelajaran Retorika/Komunikasi Massa

ESTETIK Jurnal Bahasa Indonesia ◽

10.29240/estetik.v1i1.513 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 85

Author(s):

Rio Kurniawan ◽

Didi Yulistyo

Keyword(s):

Teaching And Learning ◽

Research Subject ◽

Study Program ◽

Positive Direction ◽

Student Activities ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

Class A ◽

Study Results ◽

The Subject ◽

Academic Year

The purpose of this study is to trace the extent of the use of Bengkulen folklore in the process of teaching and learning rhetorical subject. The study is a descriptive research which tries to portray the exercise of teaching rhetorical subject in which Bengkulen folklore is included. This study applies qualitative approach. The research subject deals with the fifth semester students of class A from the study program of Indonesian Language Teaching (FKIP) of Bengkulu University in the academic year of 2016-2017. The study results in that student activities change into positive direction in learning by folklore. The application of folklore to the students can improve their skill in rhetoric or public communication. It can be seen from the grades they achieve and the extent of their finishing the subject. Based on the data analyzed, the result shows that there 21 students who receive grade up 70 and their fulfillment in learning reaches 90, 84%.

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‘Learning ENT’ by YouTube videos: perceptions of third professional MBBS students

International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery ◽

10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20202211 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (6) ◽

pp. 1120

Author(s):

Ajeet Kumar Khilnani ◽

Rekha Thaddanee ◽

Gurudas Khilnani

Keyword(s):

Teaching And Learning ◽

Smart Phones ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Perceptions Of Students ◽

Subject Specific ◽

The Subject ◽

Youtube Videos ◽

Teaching Learning ◽

A Prospective Study ◽

Academic Year

Background: Advancement in technology has revolutionized the concept of teaching and learning medicine. YouTube is a popular and easily accessible tool to teach medical subjects. This study was done to evaluate the students’ perception of YouTube learning in ENT.Methods: This was a prospective study where a subject specific YouTube channel, ‘Learning ENT’, created by 1st author, was used to upload videos on selected topics in ENT for third professional MBBS part-1 students (n=145). Students were instructed to access the said videos from time to time throughout the year. At the end of the academic year the perceptions of students were taken and analyzed. Results: 124 students responded to the online questionnaire. 123 (99.2%) watched YouTube videos on their smart phones. 70 students (56.5%) accessed the YouTube videos for ENT topics very often. 122 (98.4%) students felt that these videos made them understand the topics better. Similarly, 115 (92.7%) students felt that these videos enhanced their interest in the subject. 114 (91.9%) students felt that these videos were more beneficial for practical topics in ENT. 61 students (49.2%) perceived that the duration of videos should be 5-10 minutes. Almost equal number (47.6%) students felt that 10-15 minutes duration is appropriate. 79 students (63.7%) perceived that watching videos made the topic easy to understand and also interesting. 71 students (57.2 %) felt that there were no limitations of the said channel.Conclusions: When integrated with other teaching learning methods, YouTube can be an effective tool to facilitate ENT learning.

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Improving Students’ Writing Skill in Writing Paragraph through an Outline Technique

Curricula ◽

10.22216/jcc.2018.v3i3.3429 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Sukarta Kartawijaya

Keyword(s):

Action Research ◽

Learning Process ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Teaching Writing ◽

Writing Test ◽

Writing Skill ◽

The Mean ◽

Classroom Action Research ◽

Academic Year

This research was classroom action research. Classroom action research was a research that was conducted by a teacher in order to find out solutions of any problems found during teaching and learning process. In this research, it was done to explain whether by using an outline technique could improve the students’ writing paragraph and also to investigate some factors that influenced the students in writing descriptive paragraph. This research was done at grade VIII B of SMP Negeri 6 Sungai Penuh in academic year 2017/2018. From the result of the test in this research, the result was increased in cycle and two. In cycle one, the mean score was 58.25% and it increased to 76.87%, it increased 18.63% point. It meant that teaching writing through outline improved the students’ writing skill. The improvements were also improved on the result of each sub-indicators of writing test between cycle 1 and 2.

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Improving Coherence of The Students’ Sentences by Applying Thematic Progression And Personal Blog In The Sentence-Based Writing Class

10.18326/rgt.v5i2.244 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 55

Author(s):

Arif Suryo Priyatmojo

Keyword(s):

Academic Writing ◽

Learning Process ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Positive Contribution ◽

Thematic Progression ◽

Writing Class ◽

Post Test ◽

The Subject ◽

Group 2 ◽

Progression Patterns

This study was aimed at describing what kinds of thematic progression patterns mostly employed by the students, describing how to apply thematic progression theory and personal blog in the sentence-based writing class, and finding out whether the use of thematic progression theory and personal blog give positive significances to coherence of the students’ sentences. This is an action research study employing two cycles. The subject of the study was 24 students of group 2, in a class of sentence-based writing (SBW), and the object of the study was students’ sentences created by the students in the teaching and learning process (TLP). The result of the study shows that thematic progression patterns moslty employed by the students are constant theme pattern followed by zig zag and multiple theme patterns. In TLP, the materials were devided and given to the students in two cycles. The first cycle focused on introducing the thematic progression theory and its kinds of patterns. Then, in the next cycle the students focused on sharing ideas with other classmates via individual blogs. Based on the result of the study, teaching SBW using thematic progression theory gives its positive significance by varied patterns used by the students. It can be seen from the analysis of the students’ sentences from pretest, paragraf 1, paragraf 2, paragraf 3 and posttest. The students also give positive responses upon its teaching and learning process using thematic progression and personal blogs based on the pre and post test questionnaire data. It is hoped that the result of the study gives positive contribution to the students in preparing them to write in bigger contexts - paragraph-based writing, genre-based writng and academic writing in the next coming semesters. Keywords: Thematic Progression; Theme-Rheme; Thematization; Personal Blog

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