scholarly journals What Makes High-Achiever Students Hard to Improve Their Speaking Skill?

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Dini Kurnia Irmawati
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Average Score ◽  
English Department ◽  
State University ◽  
High Achiever ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
English Usage ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Preliminary Study

Speaking problems do not only happen to low achiever students. High-achiever students with high average score (above 90) also still have speaking problems. This makes the researcher find it important to investigate what factors that make them still get difficulties in speaking. This research is a descriptive study. The subjects include 9 high-achiever students majoring in English Department that have been selected from University of Brawijaya, State University of Malang, and Kanjuruhan University.  The data have been collected by using questionnaire, interview guide, and observation sheet. The findings show that the most hampering factor in relation to teaching and learning activities is too many assignments given. Next, in terms of teaching and learning materials, the highest hampering factor is the level of difficulty of the materials which are too high. Also, the most hampering factor related to lecturers’ personalities is that the lecturer is too serious in handling the class. Moreover, lack of English usage is the next highest hampering factor about the use of English as a medium of instruction in class. Also, lack of feedback given to high-achiever students is the most hampering factor of their speaking skill.  The findings indicate that preliminary study and need analysis are needed in order to help lecturers teach high-achiever students more effectively which can result in helping them overcome their speaking problems and improve their speaking skill.

scholarly journals Designing appropriate English learning materials for Nautical Department at Politeknik Ilmu Pelayaran Semarang

LEKSIKA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
F Fatimah ◽  
Irma Shinta Dewi ◽  
Sri Purwantini
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Expert Consultation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
The Subject

This research  is aimed to find out the target and learning needs of Nautical students at PIP Semarang and designing the appropriate material for Nautical students at PIP Semarang. This is a Research and Development project. The steps of doing this research are (1) need analysis (2) make syllabus (3) designing materials (4) expert consultation (5) try out material (6) evaluation. The subject of this research is the third-semester students of Nautical department at PIP Semarang. The instruments used are questionnaires for need analysis, interview guide and observation sheets. The data were analyzed by using descriptive quantitative and qualitative. The results of the research recommend three  units namely (1) Initial Call (2) Message Marker and (3) On Board Communication Phrases which are developed with communicative approach. The research gives contribution to the teaching and learning English at Nautical Department of Politeknik Ilmu Pelayaran Semarang.

scholarly journals Fun Writing Using WebQuest

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wardani Dwi Wihastyanang
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Ninth Graders ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Report Text ◽  
The Web

<em>This study intended to describe how the process of teaching and learning using WebQuest can develop the ninth graders’ writing ability of report text. The subjects included the 15 ninth graders. The students were taught to be able to write report texts by using WebQuest after they visit the web addresses given in the two cycles of classroom action research. Their writing ability achievement and the information on students’ interaction during the teaching and learning process were attained by overseeing writing products at the end of each cycle and by using observation checklists and field notes. The result indicated that WebQuest was successful in developing the students’ writing ability of report texts. The comparison of the students’ scores in the preliminary study and in Cycle 2 was significantly developed. In preliminary study, the students’ average score was 50.8. While in the cycle two, the students’ score was 76.8.</em>

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 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING PECHA KUCHA TECHNIQUE TO PROMOTE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Eva Faliyanti ◽  
Devi May Ratih
Keyword(s):  
Average Score ◽  
Control Group ◽  
English Department ◽  
Oral Test ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
And Control ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Better Than

The aimed of this research is to test the effectiveness of using Pecha Kucha Technique in students’ speaking performance at fourth semester of English Department in Muhammadiyah University of Metro. Pecha Kucha is a presentation form of 20 pictures for 20 seconds and it is also called 20x20 presentations.The entire presentation always lasts for exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds. The research method used in this research is an experimental research. The subjects of this research are the students at fourth semester of English Department in Muhammadiyah University of Metro academic year 2020. There are 21 students of control group and 21 students of experimental group. The research instrument used to collect the data in this research is an oral test. From the two classes, the experimental and control group, the measurement shows that increasing line of the speaking ability of the experimental group is higher than the control group. The result of pre-test score shows that the average score of the experimental group and the control group are 52.38 and 56.19. From the score of both groups, the result shows that the control group is better than experimental group. Then, the result of the post test of the experimental group is higher than control group; the average scores are 70,71 for experimental group and 62.38 for control group. It can be concluded that there is significant influence of using Pecha Kucha Technique in students’ speaking skill.

scholarly journals English for Tour Guide: A Need Analysis of a Contextual-Based Language Teaching

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 00012
Author(s):  
Ni Made Ratminingsih ◽  
Made Suardana ◽  
Anak Agung Ngurah Yudha Martin
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Research Data ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Tour Guides ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
English Speaking

This paper reports the results of need analysis of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for local tour guides in two villages in Buleleng regency. This research is a descriptive qualitative study involving 56 tour guides, in which 30 were based in Ambengan village and 26 others were posted in Sambangan village. There were three instruments applied to obtain the research data such as observation sheet, questionnaire, and interview guide. Findings from the observation showed that the two villages had waterfalls and terraced rice fields as the main potencies. Additionally, the questionnaire specifying the target need showed that both groups had low speaking skill (56.05%) even the rest of them (43.95%) understood English, but was not able to speak English at all. Furthermore, they all required oral English, speaking (69%) and listening (24.5%). Seen from learning need, they demanded conversation (90.5%) as the most important learning experience. The results from interview proved that 92.5% local guides had no academic background in English. From those findings, it can be summed up that they need contextual-based English learning to accomplish their jobs in a more professional way through non formal education.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the teaching and learning in listening subject

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
Nurlaila Husain
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
English Department ◽  
State University ◽  
Department Of State ◽  
Teaching Of Listening ◽  
Practice Of Teaching

This research aims to benchmark the practice of teaching listening subject being conducted in the English Department at State University of Gorontalo against the best practices which have been based on research and sound knowledge in the world of English language. The teaching of listening is now influenced by the rise of communicative language teaching which views language teaching as giving communicative competence to learners, not only grammatical competence as the earlier view held. The participant of the research is the third-semester of the English Department in the academic year of 2019. This present study is conducted to evaluate the teaching of listening skills in the English Department at Gorontalo State University. Evaluation in this study is to benchmark the current practice of teaching listening in the English Department of State University of Gorontaloto the research-based practice. Research finding suggests that the teaching of listening to the English Department students partly has followed methodologies proposed by Richards and Goh (2008). This study shows that in general the practice of the teaching of listening at the English Department of State University of Gorontalois based on research-based methodologies. However, there are some points that need to be improved. Since the result of the study has addressed only some of the issues in the teaching of listening, therefore, future research on other issues of listening teaching needs to be done.

scholarly journals TEACHERS� ELICITATION: INVITING STUDENTS TO SPEAK

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bustami Usman ◽  
Nour Ayouni ◽  
Iskandar Abdul Samad ◽  
Siti Sarah Fitriani
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
English Department ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
State University ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Frequent Type ◽  
Video Recorder ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Field Notes

This study describes the implementation of teachers� elicitation in speaking class of English Department of Ar-raniry Islamic State University. It attempts to investigate types of elicitation used by the lecturers in speaking class and the most frequent type. The participants of this study were five lecturers of speaking classes and hence ten teaching sessions were video-recorded and transcribed in order to analyze lecturers� utterance that indicates teachers� elicitation. Quantitative and qualitative method were employed where the data were obtained from observation and interview by means of video recorder, field-notes, observation sheet and interview guide. Technique of data analysis was followed Miles�s & Huberman�s (1992) model including data reduction, data display, and conclusion. The results of this study revealed six types of elicitations; elicit:inform, elicit:confirm, elicit:agree, elicit:commit, elicit:repeat, and elicit:clarify were used by the lecturers in teaching speaking. It is also found elicit:inform was the most frequent type of elicitation used which reached 72.23%. This indicates that the lecturers frequently used elicitation to invite students to speak.

scholarly journals Improving the Speaking Skill by Vlog As Learning Media for Teaching Long Functional Text For Eighth Grade Students at SMPN 17 Medan

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-371
Author(s):  
Khairunnisa Br. Batubara ◽  
Christine Helena Natali
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
D Model ◽  
Gathering Data

This research was aimed to develop Video Blog as media of speaking in teaching long functional text for eighth grade students at SMPN 17 Medan. This research applied Research and Development (R&D) model proposed by Gall, Gall and Borg (2003) through six procedures: gathering data and information, conducting need analysis, designing, expert validating, revising, and producing final product. The subjects of this research were 30 students of eighth grade of SMPN 17 Medan. The instruments of collecting data were the teacher’s lesson plan, teacher’s interview and students’ questionnaires result. The data were analyzed by using descriptive analysis. The product has been validated by two experts. The assessment from the first expert was 4,5 or 91,3% while the assessment from the second expert was 4,6 or 93%.  Based on the experts’ judgment result, the research showed that: The Video Blogs were eligible and valid as learning media in teaching and learning speaking long functional text for eighth grade students at SMPN 17 Medan. Furthermore, the video blogs give many benefits for students, such as to improve their speaking, make them enjoy and easier to speak long functional text. It means that the vlog media development was appropriate for the eighth grade students of SMPN 17 Medan.

scholarly journals Integrating Education Character Into Reading Materials In Tarbiyah And Teachers’ Training Faculty Of Iain Ponorogo

Kodifikasia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 247
Author(s):  
Nurul Khasanah
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
English Department ◽  
Florida State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Analysis Design ◽  
Teachers Training

This research and development (RnD) aimed at developing reading materials in basic reading course for second semester students of English Department of IAIN Ponorogo. This study used ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) model proposed by Florida State University. To collect the data, questionnaire, observation sheets, interview, and test applied. The need analysis conducted by distributing questionnaire to the students and delivering interview to the head of the English Department. The result of need analysis indicates that the students and the head of English department are agreed to integrate character education into reading materials. The education character that are integrated in the reading materials are religiosity, honesty, tolerance, discipline, creativity, curiosity, and fond of reading.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTING WRITING PROCESS APPROACH WITH PICTURES TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF THE EIGHTH GRADES IN WRITING RECOUNTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 254
Author(s):  
Muhammad Lukman Syafii
Keyword(s):  
Junior High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Eighth Graders ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Writing Process Approach

Writing skill has an important role in the English teaching program in Islamic Junior High School. However, the ability of the eighth-graders of this school in writing is still dissatisfactory. The students feel still difficulties how to start writing and they don’t have an idea to write. This research is intended to progress the writing skill of the eighth graders by implementing a writing process approach with pictures. This strategy is chosen since it can lead the students to generate their ideas into a useful composition. The findings in the preliminary study show that the students need to learn how to start their writing and they do not have ideas to write. Only 8 of 31 students achieve the average score of writing skill equal to or above 70. To get the purpose, the researcher conducted action research following four steps: planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. The subject of the study were 31 students of the eighth grade. The findings show that implementing a writing process approach with pictures has progressed the writing skill of students. In cycle one, the students’ average score was 15 of 31 failed and 16 of 31 students passed or got the score equal or greater than 70. In cycle two, the average score for the final product was 6 of 31 students failed and 25 of 31 students passed or got the score equal or greater than 70. Also, the findings of students revealed that the students’ participation was active and motivated using pictures in the teaching and learning activities. Based on the results, it can be summarized that implementing a writing process approach with pictures is very beneficial not only in progressing the students’ writing skill but also in motivating the students in the learning activities.Keywords: using pictures, writing skill, recount text

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