scholarly journals Practicing English through Lesser Strategy by Teaching Reducing Apprehension

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Apraza Pino Abda ◽  
Hervina Asty
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Writing Class

Lesser strategy is a strategy that helps students manage their thinking or ideas when they want to write some paragraphs in writing process. Not only manage students’ ideas but also explore students’ ideas in making longer writing based on their thinking. Thus, this strategy also guides students how to make list based on students’ thinking before they start writing. It is hoped that after the readers read this paper, the readers are able to use this strategy in the classroom, especially in writing class. Lesser strategy gives concrete procedures of constructing an essay. That is why the writer would like to give some suggestions for English teacher, and also candidates of teacher. For English teacher, it is very useful to introduce and to apply lesser strategy in teaching writing at Senior High School because this strategy can help English teacher and also the students to understand the main point of an essay in order to help the students are able to write by using the lesser strategy’s steps, because it has simple steps that is easy to be implicated for all the students in writing class.

scholarly journals EXPLORING CARTOON STORY MAKER APPLICATION AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neng Tari Aulianisa
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Instructional Media

This research investigated the implementation of cartoon story maker application as an instructional media in writing narrative text class, then to find out the strengths and weaknesses of cartoon story maker application as an instructional media in writing narrative text, and to find out the students’ response in writing narrative text by using cartoon story maker application as an instructional media. This study was conducted at a senior high school in Cianjur. The qualitative method was the research designed in this study. Therefore, observation, questionnaire, and interview were employed as the data collection in this research. The findings showed that cartoon story maker application creates fun learning and enjoyable learning for students and had a good atmosphere in the classroom, several strengths and weaknesses of cartoon story maker application. Besides the researcher also described their responses in writing narrative text by using cartoon story maker application. Cartoon story maker gives good impact for students, most of students give positives responses. It is supported by the fact that they enjoyed their writing process using cartoon story maker. To sum up, since the implementation of cartoon story maker has positive responses from the students and able to help them, this instructional media can be implemented in teaching writing narrative text in senior high school.

THE EFFECT OF APPLYING THINK-TALK-WRITE STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Indah Pratiwi And Lince Sihombing
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
T Test ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Control Group ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Written Test ◽  
Experimental Group

This study is an attempt to discover the effect of applying Think-Talk-Write strategy on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. The objective of this study were to find out whether applying Think-Talk-Write strategy affect the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. This study was an experimental research. In conducting the research, the writer used 60 students of Al-Fattah Senior High School Medan as the sample. The 60 students were taken from two classes and they were divided into two groups namely the experimental group who was taught by using Think-Talk-Write strategy and the control group who was taught without Think-Talk-Write strategy. The data of the test were collected by administering written test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The result of the analysis shows that the value of t-observed is higher than the value of t-table (2,3> 2,00 (α = 0.05)) with the degree of freedom (df) = N-2 = 58. It means that there is significant effect of applying Think-Talk-Write strategy on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. So the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. The conclusion is that applying Think-Talk-Write strategy can encourage and increase the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. Therefore, it is suggested that English teacher should try to apply this strategy.

scholarly journals Senior High School EFL Teacher and Students’ Use of Classroom Language

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Isna Rafika Dewi ◽  
Choiril Anwar
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Single Element ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Science Class ◽  
Error Evaluation ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Field Note ◽  
Classroom Language

This research was about the analysis of EFL teacher and students in using classroom language. The aim of this study was to find the errors in using classroom language. A descriptive research was used in this research. The samples of this research were an English teacher and science class students of a state senior high school. The researchers collected the data by using field note and voice recording. Then, the data findings were analyzed in using four steps. They are: identifying error, describing error, explaining error, and error evaluation. While data collection techniques were coding, revision, final coding, and result. From the result of the research, the researchers concluded that the errors found from respondents could be classified as local errors. It implies that those errors only affect a single element of sentence, but do not prevent a message from being hard.

scholarly journals Instagram as Media in Teaching Writing Recount Text for Senior High School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul - Basith
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
School Students ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Senior High School Students

Social media is web-based application that allows users to communicate, collaborate, and share resources with other people. Both being easy to access and easy to use make social media become an effective way to communicate and exchange ideas. Students can use social media to keep up with their friends, to stay up-to-date with news and current events, to fill up spare time, to find entertaining content, and to share opinions. The use of social media becomes famous for the students nowadays. Thus, the popularity of the social media among students can be used as a tool in language teaching. One of the famous social media is Instagram. Instagram is a social network that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them publicly or privately on the application, as well as through a variety of other social network. Through Instagram the students can post their photos or videos that can be commented by viewers. By using Instagram, teachers are offered great opportunity to develop classroom activities creatively. This paper will give an overview of the use of Instagram in teaching writing recount text in senior high school students.

scholarly journals The Effect of Learning Model Multimedia-Based toward The Students’ English Ability at Senior High School of Kolaka Regency

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Kadaruddin Kadaruddin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Test Result

This research was design to know the effect of learning model multimedia-based toward the students’ English ablility at senior high school of Kolaka Regency. The question of the research was “Is there an effect of learning model multimedia-based toward the students’ English ablility at senior high school of Kolaka Regency? The objective of the research was to find out the data whether the learning model multimedia-based has an effect toward the students’ English ablility at senior high school of Kolaka Regency. The significant of the research was expected the model can be used as reference learning model to improve the students’ English ablility.<strong> </strong>The design of the research was pre-experimental design. The research was conducted at the first-class students of Senior High School 1 Wundulako in Kolaka District. The data were collected by using English test which given at the pre-test and the post-test.<strong> </strong>In analysed the students’ test result, which the mean score of pre-test was 33,8806 and the mean score of post-test was 69,4058, while the t-table 18,55&gt;2,042 t-test. Its mean that the learning model multimedia-based has an effect toward the students’ English ablility. Refering to the findings and discussions of the research, it can be concluded that the learning model multimedia-based has an effect toward the students’ English ablility at senior high school of Kolaka Regency. It was based on the mean score in pre-test and post-test.Based on the conclusion of the research, the researcher suggests to the teacher, especially English teacher in Kolaka Regency to use learning model multimedia-based in teaching and learning process to improve the students’ English ability.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING PICTURE SERIES AS A MEDIA FOR TEACHING WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT AT THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS OF PAHLAWAN NASIONAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratnaeza Syahputra Nst. ◽  
Sumarsih Sumarsih ◽  
Rafika Dewi Nasution
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
State University ◽  
The Third ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Procedure Text

The aim of this study is to develop Picture Series as a media for teaching writing procedure text at the third year students of Pahlawan Nasional Junior High School. The researcher used Research and Development (R &D) method through ten steps: observing, evaluating need analysis, developing first media, validating with experts, revising it, testing in small group, revising, testing in large group, revising, producing final product. The subjects of this research were 30 students from IX-1 class, and 34 students from IX-2 class. The instrument of collecting data was using questionnaires. The data were analyzed by descriptive text technique. The result of the product from two validators – an English lecturer from State University of Medan and an English teacher from Pahlawan Nasional Junior High School, was in scale of 4 which was in good quality. And the result from all of the students was in scale of 4 which was in good quality too. It means that the developed product/Picture Series is eligible to be used for teaching writing procedure text for the third year students in Pahlawan Nasional Junior High School. Keywords: Research and Development (R & D), writing procedure text, picture series

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN SPEAKING ENGLISH

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mas Darul Ihsan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Physical Reality ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Learning And Teaching

As the English teacher in the classroom, there will be some problems or conditions need to be accomplished. Teacher will see some of the students are very motivated, motivated or even feeling ignored in studying English. The learners who have contacted with English will find that some features are quite easy and extremely difficult. One of the more complicated problems of second or foreign languages learning and  teaching has been to define and apply the construct of motivation in the classroom. Motivation is a concept without physical reality, we cannot see motivation; we see effort, interest, attitude and desire. For speaking, it is important first to give competence and then performance. Competence is more likely to the extent a communicator is motivated to be so. Motivation is the extent to which a communicator is drawn towards or pushed away from communicating competently in a given context then performed. This is a descriptive  quantitative research. The data obtained from the questionnaire distributed and analyzed to get the result.  The date taken from the students of Muhammadiyah 1 Senior High School Gresik in Easy-Speaking course. The researcher wanted to know the students’ motivation in practicing speaking English in Easy-Speaking course. The results show that1) the learners effort in practicing speaking English is 56.1 %. 2) The learners’ interest in practicing speaking English is 49.7 %. 3) The learners’ attitude towards practicing speaking English is 59.9 %. 4) The learners’ desire in practicing speaking English is 71.43 %. Then, some suggestions are made: 1) Using media is very important both to increase the learners’ motivation and to give a big opportunity to learners to explore their idea. 2) Giving more variations techniques in teaching and learning process in order do not monotonous. 3) Giving prizes, encouraging and giving extra points for learners who can express their idea by speaking English well. 4) Creating favorable atmosphere in the classroom.

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN WRITING CLASS USING OF CANVA: STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Yulinda Utami ◽  
Dewi Suriyani Djamdjuri
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Writing Classes ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Approach

This study aims to investigate students’ perception of using canva in writing class. This study used a qualitative descriptive approach and the research adapted questionnaire and also an interview to collect the data with ten students’ at Senior High School Bingin Teluk. The results of this study indicate that the use of Canva in the writing class has a positive impact on the participants. The positive impact is that Canva can increase students' motivation in writing classes, Canva can improve students' abilities in writing classes and Canva can also help students in writing classes. not only the positive impact that students have, but also obstacles in using Canva such as students having to have more time to design programs using Canva, and Canva has a premium account that we should pay for and there are some pictures which will appear and be provided without watermark.

scholarly journals Development of Materials Teaching with Writing Text Drama Based on Problems In 9th of grade Student of Methodist High School 12 Medan

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-397
Author(s):  
Aprina Sirait ◽  
Wisman Hadi ◽  
Biner Ambarita
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Posttest Score ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Grade Student ◽  
A Value ◽  
Teachers And Students

The aim of this study to development of materials teaching writing text drama based on problems that happened in 9th of grade Students of Methodist Medan.  The reason for choosing this school student at Methodist Senior High School 12 Medan was because it had all the supporting aspects so that the research could run well. This study was conducted on July2019. The result is students who scored 65-74 were 2 with a percentage of 7%, at 55-64 there were 1 2 people with a percentage of 40 % and at 0-54 as many as 16 people with a percentage of 53%. In the posttest score increased better learning outcomes around 85-100 scores by 2 with a percentage of 7 %, 75-84 scores by 2 2 with a percentage of 73 %, a value of 65-74 by 6 with a percentage of 20 % . So, the final results of the needs analysis showed that 100% of teachers and students of Medan Methodist 12 High School needed a companion module in learning Indonesian.

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