scholarly journals DEVELOPING ENGLISH WRITING MATERIALS OF DESCRIPTIVETEXT FOR TENTH GRADE STUDENT BASED ON PROJECT BASED LEARNING AT SMA SWASTA MARISI MEDAN

Author(s):  
Winda Sundari ◽  
Rahmad Husein ◽  
Rika Rika

This research aimed to find out the target and learning needs of Grade X SMA SWASTA MARISI MEDAN. Moreover, it had a goal to develop English materials for learning writing skills. This is a research and development (R&D) study. The subjects of this research were 25 students of Grade X SMA SWASTA MARISI MEDAN. The need analysis data were collected by using questionnaires and an interview. Then, the results of questionnaires were calculated through percentage. Thus, the highest percentage was considered as the needs of students. Meanwhile, the results of expert judgment were analyzed in the form of descriptive statistics. Three units of materials were developed in this research. Each unit consists of introduction, main lesson and reinforcement. These materials used Project-Based  Learning as the approach in learning writing skill. The units covered some tasks as identify the generic structure, write a short paragraph and complete the sentences. Mostly, the themes used represented students’ knowledge about the popular places and person around them. According to the results of the expert judgment, the materials were very relevant to be used for Grade X SMA SWASTA MARISI MEDAN.    Keywords: learning writing, writing, descriptive text

Author(s):  
Devi Fitriani Samsul Bahri And Amrin Saragih

This study deals with the developing writing descriptive text for students of vocational school. The objective of the study is to develop the English writing materials to cope with the students’ needs for grade X students of Tourism Program in SMKN 1 Sidikalang for better materials which are appropriate with the students’ need of tourism program. The research was conducted by using Research and Development (R&D) method. The subject of the research was 2017/2018 students of tenth grade of class X UPW 1 at SMKN 1 Sidikalang. The number of the students was 35 students. The data of this study was collected based on the questionnaire analysis, the interview analysis, the experts judgment and selective writing text. Need analysis questionnaire was calculated by using percentage to get the information of students’ need before developing writing text materials particularly descriptive text. Expert judgment data was calculated by using criteria interval of expert judgment to know validity of writing materials which has been developed. The writing materials were in the form of writing text and writing skills which consisted of thirteen tasks. After the data analyzed, it was found that the expert’s judgment result was 4.5which had a very good criteria interval. The result of the research finds that the developed writing materials are relevant which cope with the students’ need and appropriate to be used in teaching and learning.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 360-368
Author(s):  
Phoumchay Vongvilay ◽  
Dwi Kartika ◽  
Malikatul Laila

This research aims to identify the students’ prospective professional need in learning English writing skills, to identify the style of learning that students preferred in learning English writing skills, and to reveal the incompetent that students need to improve in writing. This study required stratification that minimizes sampling errors to zero level. In this study, the 140 students from the second grade were chosen to be the participant. The questionnaire was used to be instruments to get the responses from the students about the learning needs. This study found that students need writing sentences correctly in learning English writing. The style of learning that students needed to learn English writing skills was in a small group more than group work. The topic that students preferred in learning is the topic about health as their background school is health, nursing, and pharmacy program. Students actually needed to learn English by themselves. The idea expansion was incompetent that students need to improve in writing. It is hoped that all these needs analyzed can be taken into attentiveness in increasing an ESP course for students.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-81
Author(s):  
Entoh Tohani

Penelitian ini bertujuan meningkatkan kompetensi pengembangan program pendidikan nonformal bagi mahasiswa melalui pembelajaran berbasis proyek sehingga mahasiswa dapat dengan mudah memahami dan memiliki keterampilan mengembangkan program pendidikan nonformal secara bermakna. Kompetensi pengembangan program pendidikan nonformal dalam perkuliahan dipandang sulit dikuasai mahasiswa karena kompetensi ini bersifat multidisplin, memerlukan kemampuan berfikir sistematis dan membutuhkan banyak pengalaman. Penelitian tindakan kelas ini dilakukan pada mahasiswa semester 5 yang menempuh Mata Kuliah Inovasi dan Pengembangan Program PNF tahun ajaran 2018/2019. Pengumpuan data dilakukan secara kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Data yang terkumpul selanjutnya dianalisis dengan teknik analisis kuantitatif deskriptif dan teknik analisis data kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan proses pembelajaran ini memberikan manfaat positif yang ditandai dengan proses pembelajaran menjadi lebih dinamis dan terjadi perubahan perilaku positif mahasiswa sesuai dengan tujuan pembelajaran yang diharapkan. Oleh karena itu, dipandang perlu pembelajaran berbasis proyek yang inovatif perlu dikembangkan pada rumpun ilmu pendidikan nonformal lainnya dan perkuliahan lainnnya disertai dengan penyediaan kemitraan dan dukungan sumber daya yang memadai.Improving the Competence of Developing the Nonformal Education Program for Students Through Project-Based TeachingThis study aims to improve competencies of the development of the nonformal education program to students through project-based learning so that they can easily understand and have the skills significantly.  The competencies are viewed as difficult for students to master because it is multidisciplinary, requires the ability to think systematically, and needs a lot of experiences. This research is classroom action research that is conducted on 5th-semester students taking the substance of the Innovation and Development of PNF Program in the academic year 2018/2019. Data were collected qualitatively and quantitatively and then analyzed using analysis data technique both qualitatively and quantitatively. The results showed that the learning process provided positive benefits in which it was more dynamic and there was a change in student's positive behavior in accordance with the expected learning objectives. Therefore, it is necessary that innovative project-based learning needs to be developed in other non-formal education courses and accompanied by the provision of partnerships and adequate resource support.


2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Nilam Ulami Siregar ◽  
I Wayan Dirgeyasa ◽  
Rahmad Husein

The research was aimed to identify the target needs and learning needs of the tenth grade student of Beauty Study program at SMK Pariwisata Imelda Medan and to develop English speaking material through CTL for Beauty Study Program. This research was implemented by conducting Research and Development (R n D) study by Borg and Gall. There are four steps were done namely: (1) need analysis; (2) developing material; (3) evaluating and (final revision).  The target clients of this research were 34 people which consisted of (a) 30 students of Tenth grade of Beauty Program chosen by total random sampling technique; (b) English lectures; (c) English teacher; and (d) stakeholder. There were 3 types of technique for collecting the data applied in this research, they were questionnaire which used to gain the need analysis and validate the material, documentation consisted of the existing material, and interview to support the data gained from the previous techniques. The data of the research was analyzed descriptively. The result of this research were (1) the students needed the English speaking material which contains the material relating to their filed expertise and supported by innovative and creative learning process, and (2) the English speaking material developed through CTL is a set of English speaking material which consisted of 6 units.  Keywords: R and D, Speaking Material, Beauty Study, CTL


Author(s):  
Anisyah And Rafika Dewi Nasution

This research is aimed to develop song as media in writing descriptive text basedon the students’ needs and curriculum 2006 for the tenth grade students of SMA N2 Kisaran. There is one problem formulated in this research, How is song mediadeveloped in writing descriptive text to the tenth grade students of SMA N 2Kisaran. In order to answer the problem, the researcher conducted Research andDevelopment (R & D) method. The subject of this research was 2016/2017students of the tenth grade of SMA N 2 Kisaran. The number of the students was35 students. The data of this study was collected by using need analysisquestionnaire and expert judgment. Need analysis questionnaire was calculated byusing percentage to get the information of students’ need before developing songmedia. Expert judgment data were calculated by using score average of criteriainterval of expert judgment to know the validity of song media which has beendeveloped. After the data analyzed, it was found that the experts’ judgment resultwas 3.65 which had a good criteria interval.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Widya Tri Utomo ◽  
Danang Prasetyo

The objectives of this study are: 1) to improve the quality of student learning in semester 1 of Ambarrukmo Tourism College Yogyakarta through the Project Based Learning method. 2) to improve the writing skills of semester 1 students report at Ambarrukmo Tourism College Yogyakarta through the Project Based Learning method. This research is a classroom action research conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consists of four stages: (1) planning, (2) implementation phase, (3) observation phase, and (4) analysis and reflection phase. Data collection techniques include interviews, observation, tests, and document analysis. Data were analyzed using comparative and critical descriptive analysis techniques. in the first cycle the number of students who reached 76 was 51% and the average value was 72.3. In the second cycle, after the test writing report the first semester students who passed the study reached 98%. Learning increased by 57%. The average value achieved in the second cycle increased to 83.4. This is an increase of 11.1. The results showed that the application of the Project Based Learning method could improve the quality of learning and report writing skills through the Project Based Learning method in the first semester students of Yogyakarta Ambarrukmo College of Tourism.


Author(s):  
Tri Mulyaningsih ◽  
Yohanes Gatot Sutapa Yuliana

This research used a descriptive method to explore the needs of tenth grade students in learning English writing. In order to achieve this purpose, classroom observation, questionnaire, and interview were conducted to collect the data. In addition, several related documents such as 2013 curriculum, syllabus, the current English textbook used were analyzed. The results showed that the students are in intermediate level. Moreover, they had difficulties to write in correct grammar. Furthermore, there was also a need to provide the topics related to art and culture and daily life in the language material. Malay culture became the choice of the students to be the theme of their learning material. Moreover, the learning material needed to be completed with the teacher’s book which could give guidance to the teacher about the instruction or method that could be used in the classroom. Finally, the findings would be used as the base for developing the English writing material.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S3) ◽  
pp. 1666-1677
Author(s):  
Harpen H. P Silitonga ◽  
Parlindungan Sitorus ◽  
Saurma K. Tarihoran ◽  
Galina Sitinjak ◽  
Nurhayati Sitorus

This research finds from need analysis that covers students background, goal, necessities, lacks, wants and learning needs, a new design of English writing materials is vitally needed. The developed writing materials are validated by two experts; teacher and lecturer. Teacher scored 87.3 and lecturer scored 79.3. This score of validation means the English writing material developed by scientific approach are suitable for learning process for early post covid pandemic.


Author(s):  
Fajriyani Erisafitri

Translation is a language competence which combines reading and writing skills. It is worth the learning, especially for English department students. Through learning translation, the students are able to not only enhance their translation skill, but also prepare for the challenges of finding jobs after they graduate. One of the useful translation topics to be learned is business. Based on those reasons, this study was intended to create a business translation material for English education department students at University of Muhammadiyah Gresik. This study employed Research and Development design and Asmara’s ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate) model. 21 senior students of English language education department at University of Muhammadiyah Gresik who have passed translation course were involved in the study. The need analysis data were gathered through questionnaire. The result of the questionnaire was considered in creating the material, which is developed following Harmer’s ESA (Engage, Study, Activate) approach. The need analysis results reveal that the students need the material which focuses on enhancing translation skills and enriching vocabulary as well as provides basic information about business letters as the topic of the material. From the result of expert validation and questionnaire after try-out, some adjustments are made to the material. The adjustments are presenting more explanation of business letters material, adding more vocabularies, giving some pictures, and providing conclusion at the end of each chapter. To conclude, the students need the material which focuses on not only skills enhancement, but also vocabulary enrichment. This study involved students who have passed translation course, expected to use their experience in translation learning to be considered in creating the material. Based on the results, the recommendations are given to English language education department students, translation lecturers, and future researchers to use both the data of the results and the product of this study effectively.


Author(s):  
Feby Maulida Nasution And Indra Hartoyo

The objectives of this study are to investigate the relevant English writing materials for the first grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Binjai and to develop the relevant English writing materials through contextualization for the first grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Binjai. This research was conducted based on educational research and development (R&D) through three steps: 1) evaluation and need analysis, 2) course design, and 3) materials validation. The subjects of this study were the first grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Binjai and the English teacher at SMA Negeri 1 Binjai. The instruments in this study were questionnaire and the question sheet. Questionnaire was administered to the students, meanwhile the question sheet was used while interviewing the English teacher. The data which were gathered from the evaluation and need analysis were analyzed in the descriptive analysis, and the result of the expert judgment about the quality of the developed materials used quantitative descriptive analysis. The result of this study was a coursebook of writing materials based on contextualization. The contextualized materials consisted of three chapters which were related to the students’ real experience. The first chapter was my lovely people, the second chapter was my amazing city and the third chapter was the memorable moments in my life. Based on the experts’ judgment result, the score of the developed materials was 90 which belong to excellent category, since the range was (80-100).


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