scholarly journals THE CORRELATION BETWEEN CRITICAL THINKING AND WRITING ACHIEVEMENT AT THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN STKIP PGRI SUMBAR REGISTERED 2018/2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

Horizon ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-182
Author(s):  
Siziah Siziah
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
English Education ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
Education Department ◽  
The Third ◽  
Academic Year

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh ketertarikan peneliti untuk mengetahui adanya hubungan antara berpikir kritis dan pencapaian menulis mahasiswa STKIP PGRI Sumbar. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui seberapa eratkah hubungan antara berpikir kritis dan pencapaian menulis mahasiswa STKIP PGRI Sumbar. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan metode correlation. Peneliti menggunakan determining sample size sebagai cara untuk pengambilan sampel dalam penelitian ini. Dalam penelitian ini peneliti mengambil 4 lokal mahasiswa program studi pendidikan bahasa inggris tahun akademik 2018 sebagai sampel dari penelitian ini. Karena keterbatasan data dan sulit menemukan data dikarenakan hal-hal tertentu , peneliti mengambil 2 kelas sebagai sampel dalam penelitian ini, yaitu kelas 2018 A dan kelas 2018 B. Peneliti menggunakan tes dan dukumen sebagai instrumen untuk penelitian ini. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa adanya hubungan antara berpikir kritis dan pencapaian menulisnya sebesar rxy = 0,635 dengan tingkat hubungan yang menengah. Kemudian peneliti juga menemukan hasil penelitian thitung 4,360 dimana lebih besar dari ttable = 0,3610. Ini menunjukkan bahwa H1 untuk penelitian ini diterima dan H0 ditolak. Dengan demikian bisa disimpulkan bahwa berpikir kritis memiliki hubungan dengan pencapaian menulis mahasiswa di STKIP PGRI Sumbar meskipun dalam tingkat yang menengah. 

scholarly journals The Effect of A Process Approach Using Report Writing Frame on Students’ Writing Achievement

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-64
Author(s):  
Khoiriyatul Hariro
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Education ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Report Writing ◽  
The Third ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Quasi Experimental

This study is aimed at investigating the effect of process approach using Report Writing Frame on students’ writing achievement. The design of this study was quasi-experimental design. The subjects of this study were the third-semester students of Academic Writing class of English Education Department of Brawijaya University of Malang. The result of t-test showed that the students who were taught using Report Writing Frame have better writing achievement than those who were taught without using Report Writing Frame. Besides, from the five categories or aspects which were scored; organization, content, grammar, vocabulary, and mechanic, it indicated that the students who were taught using Report Writing Frame had more significant improvement in term organization, content, and vocabulary.

scholarly journals Fostering Students’ Pronunciation of /ð/ and /θ/ Sounds by Utilising Tongue Twister

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 88-92
Author(s):  
Andi Muhammad Bayu ◽  
Mutakhirani Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
English Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
T Test ◽  
Statistic Analysis ◽  
Education Department ◽  
The Third ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Tongue Twister ◽  
Academic Year

The objective of this research is to find out whether or not the improvement of the students’ pronunciation skill of /ð/ and /θ/ sounds, the population of the research was the third semester of English Education Department  of Universitas Muhammadiyah  Bulukumba in academic year of 2018/2019 consist of 2 classes they were English 18A and B, the sample chosen by using purposive sampling technique where the sample was English 18A and the total number of the sample were 21 students. This research was conducted by using Pre-Experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test. The result of this research shows that T-test value was 14,89 and t-table value was 1,703. Based on the statistic analysis results it was found that T-value was higher than T-table. It can be concluded that application of tongue twister improves the students’ pronunciation skill of  /ð/ and /θ/ sounds.

Getting EFL Learners to Speak: Obstacles and Solutions

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Eulis Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Education ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
English Competence ◽  
Academic Year

This research investigates how process of speaking instruction takes place at IAIN SMH Banten. There are three main issues in the research problems: the process of teaching speaking, obstacles found in the teaching and learning process, and what efforts do they make to solve the obstacles in speaking. The process of teaching speaking discusses materials, preparation, procedures or steps in teaching speaking while obstacles and solutions discuss the speaking barriers that the students faced in speaking class and how they minimize the barriers. By applying descriptive qualitative research design to students of fourth semester in academic year 2014/2015, the result shows that the focus of speaking instruction at the fourth semester of English education department of IAIN SMH Banten seemed to let the students speak, without any language skills discussion as the feedback. At the same time, during the process of speaking instruction there are some problems faced by students. The first is  problem of limited English Competence dealt with students poor of vocabulary and the second is problems of psychological factors.

scholarly journals ERROR ANALYSIS IN PRONUNCIATION MADE BY THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS AT IKIP BUDI UTOMO MALANG

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-34
Author(s):  
Marzuki Marzuki
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
English Department ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Speech Sounds ◽  
Education Department ◽  
The Third ◽  
Phonetic Features ◽  
English Students

This research investigates and analyses pronunciation errors made by the students of English Education Department at IKIP Budi Utomo Malang. Errors in students’ pronunciation are  crucial problems among foreign language teacher, especially English teacher. This research aims at investigating and finally finding out pronunciation errors made by the English students of S-1. The subjects of the study are the S-1 English students in academic period 2019/2020 that total 40 students who took dictation course in the third semester. The data of the study are a group of students’ pronunciation or speech sounds. Based on the description above, there are two important problems proposed in terms of kinds of pronunciation errors and causes of pronunciation errors. Of the data analysis carried out, it is found out that kinds and causes of pronunciation errors which are classified into significant and non-significant errors. There are four causes of pronunciation errors, namely (1) some differences of speech sounds between English and Indonesian; (2) the same phonetic features which have the different distribution between English and Indonesian; (3) interference of native language; and (4) lack of practices and exposures in English pronunciation.

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 CORRELATION BETWEEN CHATTING ONLINE AND STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 707
Author(s):  
Essa Widya Pangestika ◽  
Sri Nariah
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Correlation Method ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Spearman Rank ◽  
Low Correlation ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Academic Year

The aim of this research is to figure out the correlation between chatting online and students’ speaking achievement. The method of this research was correlation method. The researchers used this research because they wanted to find out the degree of relationship students chatting online and their speaking skill achievement in English Education Department of IKIP Siliwangi in the academic year 2015. The data were gathered from the questionnaires and speaking tests, then were analyzed by Spearman Rank in SPSS V.23. The result showed that the score of Spearman Rank test is 0.299. It was defined that there is low correlation between two variables. In other words, there was no significance correlation between students chatting online and their speaking achievement. 

scholarly journals The influence of e-portfolio toward the process and the quality of students' translation

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 202
Author(s):  
Maya Rahmawati ◽  
Putri Kamalia Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
English Education ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
The Third ◽  
Translation Practice ◽  
Post Test

<p>This study is aimed at gaining an understanding of the influence of e-portfolio on the process and quality of translation (acceptability, accuracy, and readability) of students and how e-portfolio affects the process and quality of student translations. The method used in this research is sequential explanatory design. The subjects of this study are the third-year students of English Education Department at Universitas Singaperbangsa Karawang (UNSIKA) Indonesia who took translation practice course. The quantitative data are taken from the pre-test and post-test results. The qualitative data are gained from questionnaire and interview. After analysis, it is found that e-portfolio influenced the students’ translation ability where the value is Sig. = 0.001 &lt; α = 0.05. It was discovered that 82% students achieved higher score in acceptability. Meanwhile, 62% students achieved higher score in accuracy, and only 56% students achieved higher score in readability. In terms of translation process, e-portfolio helps students track their progress, give and receive feedback from various participants, as well as have virtual room to sort their works which are easily accessible.</p>

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF FRONTLOADING STRATEGY TOWARD STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Mukminatus Zuhriyah
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
English Education ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
English Department ◽  
Education Department ◽  
English Departments ◽  
Academic Year

All English departments provide the listening courses that must be studied by their students. In fact, the students often find difficulties in understanding the listening texts so that their listening comprehension becomes low. This condition also happens to the students of English department of UNHASY. One of the causes of it is the teaching strategy for listening which is not appropriate. Therefore, the researcher implemented frontloading strategy for teaching listening in this study. The purpose of this study was to know whether or not frontloading strategy influenced the students’ listening comprehension. The research method used was quasi experiment with the design of pretest posttest nonequivalent control group. The population and the sample of the research were the two classes of the second semester students of English education department of UNHASY in the academic year of 2018/2019. After the implementation of frontloading strategy in experimental class and direst listening in control class, the students’ post listening comprehensions were compared by using independent sample t-test whose result was that sig. (2-tailed) (0.004) was lower than 0.05. In short, it is concluded that frontloading strategy influences students’ listening comprehension.

scholarly journals USING VIDEO BLOG IN TEACHING SPEAKING

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Muhammad Jahid Marzuki ◽  
Sitti Nurpahmi
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
English Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Speaking Test ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Final Score ◽  
Speaking Performance ◽  
Academic Year

The objective of the research is to find out whether or not video blog can improve the speaking ability of the students of English Education Department of FTK UINAM in academic year 2017/2018.  The researcher applied pre-experimental method, with one group pretest and posttest design which employed speaking test to find out the students’ speaking performance in terms of accuracy. The sample consisted of 20 students used purposive sampling technique taken from the population of the second semester students of Sulawesi Flight. The result of the data analysis indicated that there was significant difference of students’ speaking performance before and after being trained through video blog. It is proved by result of statistical analysis of the level significance 0.05 with degree of freedom (df) =  N-1 = 20-1 = 19 which indicated that t-test value of final score I speaking ability (13.309) was greater than t-table (2.093). Therefore, video blog can improve speaking performance of the students.

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