scholarly journals PENINGKATAN PENGUASAAN GRAMATIKA DALAM MENULIS BAHASA5 INGGRIS MELALUI TEKNIK PROBLEM SOLVING Penelitian Tindakan di

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-57
Author(s):  
Rahman Apen
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
English Education ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
State University ◽  
Study Program ◽  
English Sentence ◽  
Instructional Activities ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Pair Work ◽  
Academic Year

This article is aimed at describing the process and the result in improving grammar mastery in writing English of English Education Study Program in State University ofPadang through problem solving technique. The subject of the research was 30 students who took Grammar I subject in even semester of academic year 201112012. The instruments used are: questionnaire.students' portfolio, observers' journals, researcher's journal, pre-test, and post-test. The data were analyzed by using the descriptive statistic in the form of the mean and percentage, and the validity of the data was Checkedby using triangulation technique. The results of the study show that 1) the process in improving grammar mastery in writing English through problem solving technique ran well. 2) Theresultof improvementon the grammar mastery in writing English varied within the three cycles of different instructional activities conducted. The indicators were seen from the pre-to post test results. of each cycle. The results in writing English sentence mastery through classical instructional activities improved from 2,4 (limited to moderate) to 3,6 (moderate to extensive). In group discussion activities the improvement is from 3,36 (moderate to extensive) 3,7 (moderate to extensive). Meanwhile, the improvement is seen from 3,8 (moderate to extensive) to 4,6 (extensive to complete) in pair work instructional activities. Based on the results, the learning processthrough problem solving technique can improve the learning results of grammar mastery in writing English. In other words, the hypothesis of action proposed is accepted.

STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION TO SPEAK IN A GROUP DISCUSSION

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

APPLYING PEER TEACHING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ GRAMMAR ACHIEVEMENT

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-98
Author(s):  
Novalina Sembiring
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
English Education ◽  
Peer Teaching ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Teaching Technique ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Academic Year

This study was aimed to improve the students’ grammar achievement, especially in using conditional sentences by applying peer teaching technique. The subject of the study was the third semester students of English Education Study Program in academic year 2017/ 2018. This study was conducted by applying Classroom 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 (grammar test and questionnaire) and qualitative data (observation checklist and fieldnotes). The results of the test showed that the mean score of pre test was 15, formative test was 35 and post test was 63. The result of observation checklist and fieldnotes showed that the students were interested in teaching and learning conditional sentences by applying peer teaching technique. These indicated that there was a significant improvement of the students’ grammar achievement by applying peer teaching technique.

Students’ Problems in Listening Comprehension at Fourth Semester of English Education Study Program Peradaban University

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Dede Nurdiawati
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
English Education ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
English Text ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Academic Year

The purpose of this study is to obtain descriptive information about the problems and problem solving in learning listening comprehension. The researcher uses descriptive qualitative research and investigates the students’ problems in listening comprehension at the fourth semester and the steps to overcome their problems. There are 23 students at the fourth semester of English Education Study Program Peradaban University in the academic year 2018/2019 as the sample. In collecting the data, the researcher uses questionnaire and interview as the instruments.The researcher finds the most problems faced by the fourth studentsare lack of concentration, native speaker speaking speed, unfamiliar words, and lack of effort to understand each word.The solution offeredto solve those problems are focus and concentrate while listening class, concentrate on what is heard, and write things that are important when listening to material spoken by native speaker; find the meanings of unfamiliar words, look at the dictionary to find out difficult words, check words that are not clearly heard in dictionary, memorize vocabulary, and read English text and listen to English audio; and familiarize the students with the rulers of pronunciation in order to help them hear the different forms of rapid natural speech and ask them to imitate native speakers’ pronunciation. It concludes that learning information about the problems and problem solving at the fourth semester are because of the fact that their learning outcomes are still far from being standard. Therefore, problem solving in listening comprehension learning is expected to minimize the problems faced by students of the fourth semester of English Education Study Program Peradaban University in learning process so that they get satisfying learning outcomes.  

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 Effectiveness of Meaningful Approach in Enhancing Students’ Speaking Skill at German Language Study Program, Faculty of Languages and Literature, State University of Makassar

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 291
Author(s):  
Misnawaty Usman ◽  
Alimuddin Mahmud ◽  
Muhammad Asfah Rahman ◽  
Darman Manda
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
German Language ◽  
State University ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Language Study ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Speaking Skill

This study aims at determining the effectiveness of meaningfulness approach in enhancing students’ speaking skill at German Language Study Program, Faculty of Languages and Literature, State University of Makassar. This study used a Pre - Experimental Design, and applied one group pre-test - post-test design. The population was the fifth semester student years 2011-2012 at the German language education study program with the total sample was 64 students by using total sampling method. Inferential statistics analysis in form of t-test was used to test research hypothesis. The result of this study showed that t = 4,09 is higher than t- table (t table = 1,999) at the significance level 0.05 or 4 , 09 ≥ 1,999 . The result showed that the meaningfulness approach was effective in enhancing students’ speaking skill at German Language Study Program, Faculty of Languages and Literature, State University of Makassar.

scholarly journals The Correlations among Reading Habit, Multiple Intelligences, and Writing Mastery of English Education Study Program Students of Sriwijaya University

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Ayu Lestari ◽  
Sofendi Sofendi ◽  
Ismail Petrus
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Intelligences ◽  
English Education ◽  
Reading Habit ◽  
Reading Attitude ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Academic Year

The objectives of this study were (1) to describe the students’ Reading habit, multiple intelligences, and writing mastery, (2) to find out whether or not there was significant correlation among the students’ Reading habit, multiple intelligences, and writing mastery, and (3) to find out whether or not the students’ Reading habit and multiple intelligences contributed to their writing mastery. In this study, 76 undergraduate EFL students of English Education Study Program of Sriwijaya University in the academic year 2017/2018 were chosen as a samples by means of purposive sampling. This study applied correlational research design. The data were collected by using questionnaires and test, and were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The results showed that (1) most of the students (50%)  were in the average level of reading habit; most of the students (15.7%) had six dominant intelligences; most of the students (57.8%) were in the good level of writing mastery; (2) reading attitude was the only habit which had a negative and significant correlation to the students’ writing mastery (r= -271, p< 0.018); reading attitude also had positive and negative and significant correlation to the students’ ideas  (r= 0.367, p< 0.001) and thesis voice audience (r= -0.236, p=< 0.040); logical intelligence was the only intelligence which had negative and significant correlation to the students’ writing mastery (r= -0.238, p= 0.038); ideas was the only the aspect of writing had a positive  and significant correlation to the students’ logical intelligence (r= 0.267, p= 0.020) and intrapersonal intelligence (r= 0.250, p= 0.029); (3) reading attitude became the best predictor and influenced the students’ writing mastery with 7.3% contribution (R2 = 0.073).

scholarly journals An Analysis on IL Fossilization Phenomenon in Students Writing Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-130
Author(s):  
Nurul Aini Aini ◽  
Muhammad Khoirul Mufid ◽  
Eny Maulita Purnama Sari
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
English Education ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Academic Year

This present study tries to investigate the students’ writing performance to know whether interlanguage fossilization is occurs or not. The primary goal of this research is to give information relating interlanguage fossilization in students’ writing performance of English Education Study Program of IAIN Jurai Siwo Metro. This research is qualitative research. It is used to describe interlanguage fossilization that occurred in students’ writing performance. The writer uses observation, documentation and interview to collect the data. Purposive sampling is the technique for choosing the ten students of the sixth and the eight semester of English Education Study Program of IAIN Jurai Siwo Metro in the Academic Year of 2017/2018. The result of this research shows that there are two types of interlanguage fossilization that are commonly produced by students’ writing performance. They are syntactical fossilization and morphological fossilization. Syntactical fossilization consists of 71, 86% and morphological fossilization consists of 28, 14%.  Moreover, interlanguage fossilization phenomenon in students’ writing performance is caused by the students’ low English proficiency. Therefore, the students should be more active to improve their English ability.  

scholarly journals The Effort to Increase the Students’ Achievement in Poetry Mastery through Semiotic Method

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
I Wy. Dirgeyasa
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Education ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Average Score ◽  
State University ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Academic Year

The obejectives of this research are to know the improvement  of the students’ achievement in poetry mastery and their perception regarding to the semiotic method in teaching and learning poetry in  English Education Department, Languages and Art Faculty of State University of Medan. The research method used is the Classroom Action Research (CAR). The subjects of the research are the fifth semester of 37 students of 2013/2014 academic year. The data are collected by test in order to know the students’ achievment in poetry mastery. The students’ perception toward the implementation of the semiotic method for teaching and learning poetry is collected by questionaire. The data are analyzed by descriptive analysis. The result of research shows that (1) the average score of the students’ achievement of poetry mastery is (71.75) or it increases (11,59) point from pre-test (60.16) and (2) in general, the students’ perception toward the semiotic method for teaching and learning poetry are good and positive.

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING “DESCRIPTIVE TEXT” USING SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION, A CASE STUDY OF X MIPA-7 CLASS OF 11 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SEMARANG IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Yongki Arya Permana ◽  
Erna Setyawati ◽  
Maria Yosephine
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Test Data ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Small Group Discussion ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Academic Year

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan: (1) bagaimana penggunaan Small Group Discussion dapat meningkatkan kemampuan ketrampilan membaca siswa dalam materi descriptive text. (2) Kelebihan menggunakan Small Group Discussion dalam pembelajaran penguasaan ketrampilan membaca. Dalam penelitian tindakan kelas ini dilaksanakan dalam dua siklus pada siswa kelas X MIPA-7 SMA Negeri 11 Semarang. Setiap siklus terdiri dari empat tahapan: perencanaan, pelaksanaan, pengamatan, refleksi. Terdapat dua jenis data: data kualitatif dan data kuantitatif. Data kualitatif diperoleh dengan menggunakan lembar pengamatan, wawancara, dan catatan lapangan. Kemudian, data kuantitatif diperoleh menggunakan tes (pre-test dan post-test). Data kualitatif dianalisis menggunakan 5 tahapan yang disarankan oleh Burns (1999: 157-159) yakni sebagai berikut: menghimpun data, mencatat data, membandingkan data, membangun teori, dan melaporkan hasil penelitian. Data kuantitatif dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan Small Group Discussion dapat meningkatkan kemampuan siswa dalam ketrampilan membaca. Selain itu, Small Group Discussion dapat digunakan untuk mendukung guru dalam pengelolaan kelas. Peneliti juga menemukan kelebihan Small Group Discussion dalam pembelajaran ketrampilan membaca. Small Group Discussion tidak hanya membuat suasana kelas menjadi nyaman dan menarik, akan tetapi juga meningkatkan partisipasi siswa dalam berbagi ide dan bertukar informasi dalam pembelajaran ketrampilan membaca descriptive text.

scholarly journals Implementation of Problem-Based Learning Model to Facilitate the Understanding of Information System Audit Materials

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1278-1286
Author(s):  
Andi Basru Wawo ◽  
Tuti Dharmawati
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Academic Year

This study aims to determine and improve students' understanding of the Information System Audit material using the problem-based learning model. It is hoped that this research can provide benefits for the development of effective learning models to support the formation of the personality and scientific qualities of students and improve the skills of lecturers in developing learning models. This research is a classroom action research with a problem-based learning model. The research subjects are students studying at the Accounting Study Program, Faculty of Economics, Halu Oleo University in the 2018/2019 academic year who take information systems audit courses. The results showed that implementing the problem-based learning model could improve students' understanding of the information system audit material. It can be seen through an increase in students' complete learning from before when the pre-test was 0% in a row; from each cycle, there was an increase until the post-test was 95.6%. Students' interest in inactiveness and collaboration is also good, namely 3.44 (scale 1-4). This study also found that the problem-based learning model improved students' ability to solve problems, think critically, and build their knowledge because information systems audit materials require direct skills and in-depth understanding.

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