IMPROVING STUDENT’S VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH “MAKE A MATCH METHOD”

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ade Iriyani And Sortha Silitonga
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Match Method ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Teacher Use ◽  
Vocabulary Achievement

The objective of the study is to find out if the students’ vocabulary achievement improved through Make a Match Method. The research of this study was conducted by using action research. The subjects of this study were the second year students of MTs Swasta Al-Badar Tanjungbalai class VIII consisted of 31 students. The research was conducted in two cycles and every cycle consisted of three meetings. Quantitative and qualitative instruments were used to gather the data. Quantitative data was taken from the students’ score in vocabulary mastery, while qualitative data was taken from diary notes, observation sheets and questionnaire sheets. Based on the data, the students’ scores got improvement in every cycle. In test I, the mean of the students’ score was 59 while test II, the mean of the students’ score was 70.5 and in test III the mean of the students’ score was 77.3. It was found that the teaching vocabulary through Make a Match Method improve the students’ vocabulary Achievement. It is suggested that English teacher use Make a Match Method as one of alternatives method in teaching vocabulary.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH THINK PAIR SHARE

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hotria Manik ◽  
Elia Masa Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
The Third ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Writing Tests

This study attempts to improve students’ writing achievement in recount text through Think-Pair-Share Strategy. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class VIII-1 SMPN 1 Pematangsiantar. The number of the students was 32 students, consisted of 5 males and twenty seven females. The research was conducted in two cycles and consisted of six meetings. The instruments for collecting data were writing tests as the quantitative data and diary notes, observation sheet, interview sheet and questionnaire sheet as qualitative data. Based on the writing score, students’ scores kept improving in every test. In analyzing the data, the mean of the students’ score for the first test as a pre-test was 57.84, for the second test as a post test I was 73.56, for the third test as a post test II was 77.56. Based on diary notes, observation sheet and questionnaire sheet, it was found that students were actively involved in writing process. The result of the research showed that Think-Pair-Share Strategy can improve students’ achievement in writing recount text.   Keywords: Think Pair Share, Writing, Recount text, Action research

IMPROVING STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN VOCABULARY THROUGH LUSTERING TECHNIQUE

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisda Yuniati Tumanggor And Zainuddin
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Clustering Technique ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Vocabulary Score

This study attempts to improve students’ vocabulary achievement through Clustering Technique. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class VIII-B SMP Katolik Trisakti 2 Medan that consisted of 32 students. The research was conducted in two cycles and each cycle consisted of three meetings. The instruments for collecting data were vocabulary tests for quantitative data and diary notes, observation sheet and questionnaire sheet for qualitative data. Students’ score kept improving in every test. In the first cycle test, the mean of vocabulary score was 64.68. And in the second cycle test, the mean of vocabulary score was 79.85. Based on diary notes, observation sheet and questionnaire sheet, teaching and learning process had done effectively showed the improvement. Every student was studied actively. And from the research can be concluded that Clustering Technique can improve students’ achievement in vocabulary.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH QUESTIONING TECHNIQUE

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Saskia Rahma And Meisuri
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Writing Tests

This study concerned with the improvement of students’ achievement in writing descriptive text by applying Questioning technique. The objective of this study was to discover whether questioning technique could significantly improve students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. It was conducted by using classroom action research which was carried out in two cycles in six meetings. The subject of the research was class VIII-1 SMP Negeri 2 Lima Puluh. The number of the students was 30. The instruments for collecting data were writing tests as the quantitative data and diary notes, observation sheet, questionnaire sheet as qualitative data. Based on the students’ writing test, the students’ score was improved in every test. In the first test, the mean score was 59.86. In the second test, the mean score was 67.80. In the last test, the mean score of the students was 74.63. In the line with the data, it was showed that questioning technique significantly improved students’ achievement in writing descriptive text.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN SPEAKING THROUGH BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUE

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Defriyanti Ziraluo And Lince Sihombing
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Speaking Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Orientation Test ◽  
Test Result

The objective of this study is to find out whether Brainstorming Technique can improve students’ Achievement in speaking. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this research was the second year students of SMA Swasta Katolik Budi Murni 3 Medan. The research was conducted in two cycles. The first cycle was three meetings and the second cycle was two meetings. The instruments for collecting data used speaking test for quantitative data and used diary notes, questionnaires sheet, interview and observation sheet for qualitative data. Based on the speaking test result, the students’ score kept improving in every test. In orientation test, the mean score was 47,8. In the test of cycle 1 the mean score was 59,2 and the mean score in the test of cycle 2 was 70,1. In line with the data, it was found that the Brainstorming technique can improve students’ speaking achievement.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT IN READING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH ANAGRAM TECHNIQUE

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maimunah And Bachtiar
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Orientation Test ◽  
Vocabulary Achievement

This study concerns with improving students vocabulary achievement in reading recount text through anagram technique. The objective was to investigate improvement of students’ achievement in vocabulary by applying anagram technique. This research was conducted by using action research method. The subject of the study was grade VIII students of SMP SWASTA PEMBANGUNAN GALANG totalling to 29 students. They were taught vocabulary by anagram technique. The instruments for collecting data were quantitative data and qualitative data (observation sheet and questionnaire sheet). Based on the test score of quantitative data, students’ score kept improving in every evaluation. In the orientation test the mean was 43, 2, in the cycle I test the mean was 55, 6. In the cycle II test the mean was 67.2. The percentage of orientation test was 10, 34%, cycle I test was 24, 13% and cycle II test was 86, 20%. The finding of the research showed that applying anagram technique significantly improved students’ vocabulary achievement. The qualitative data show that the students were more interested and motivated on vocabulary achievement through anagram. It is suggested that teachers should apply anagram technique as one of methods to improve students’ achievement in vocabulary.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXTS THROUGH WORD WEBBING TECHNIQUE

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diah Fauzi Ningtyas ◽  
Lidiman Sinaga
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Action Observation ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Text Word ◽  
Procedure Text ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Planning Action

This study concerns on improving students’ achievement in writing procedure texts through word webbing technique. The research was conducted by using Classroom Action Research (CAR). The population was the 2012-2013 nine grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Batang Kuis. The number of students was 36, consisting of 21 females and 15 males. The procedure of the research was administrated into two cycles where each cycle consisted of three meetings. Each meeting included four steps namely: planning, action, observation, and reflection. There were two kinds of data collected during the study, qualitative and quantitative data. The instrument for collecting the quantitative data was the writing of procedure texts test while the qualitative data were gathered by using interview, diary notes and observation sheet. Based on the data analysis, the mean of students’ score in Test I was 53,47, for the Test II was 63,05, and for the Test III was 75 The qualitative data showed that the students were interested in the applying of Word webbing Technique. The conclusion is that Word Webbing Technique in writing Procedure Texts improves the students’ achievement in writing procedure texts. Keywords: Students’ achievement, writing, procedure text, word webbing

Improving the Students’ Achievement in Reading Comprehension by Using Inquiry Technique

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gigin Sappena Ginting ◽  
Siti Aisah Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Reading Process ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Comprehension Score ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Comprehension Tests ◽  
Orientation Test

This study attemps to imorove the students’ achivement in reading comprehension through inquiry technique. The study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subjects of the research were the 45 students of Grade XI SMA Negeri 1 Bahorok. It was conducted in two Cycles and consisted of six meetings.The instruments for colecting data used Reading Comprehension tests for quantitative data and Diary Notes, Interview Sheet, and Observation Sheet for qualitative data. Based on the Reading Comprehension score, students score in pre test, kept improving in every test. Based on Diary Notes, Observation sheet and Interview Sheet, it was found that the students were actualy involved in reading process. The results of the reasearch showed that Inquiry Technique can improve the students’ achivement in Reading Comprehension. In orientation test the mean of the students’ score was 53, the mean of the students’ score in Cycle I was 62.07, and the mean of the students’ score in Cycle II was 71.6. Based on the Observation Sheet, Diary Notes, and Interview Sheet, it was found that the teaching-learning process run well. The conclusion is that Inquiry Technique improved the students’ reading Coprehension and it is suggested to the English teacher to apply Inquiry Technique in Reading Comprehension. Keywords : Improving, students’ achievement, Inquiry Technique

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN SPEAKING THROUGH TWO STAY TWO STRAY STRATEGY

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dita Masyitah Sianipar And Sumarsih
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Speaking Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Way

This study deals with the way to improve students’ achievement in speaking particularly through Two Stay Two Stray Strategy. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of of the research was class X-AP SMK Swasta Harapan Danau Sijabut in Asahan Regency that consisted of 34 students. The research was conducted in two cycles consisted of three meetings in each cycle. The instruments of collecting data for quantitative data used Speaking Test and instrument for analysis of qualitative data used observation, interview and questionnaire sheet. Based on the speaking test score, students’ score kept improving in every test. In the test I the mean was 61,47, in the test II the mean was 67,41 and the test III the mean was 78,52. Based on observation sheet and questionnaire sheet, it was found that teaching learning process run well and lively. Students were active and interest in speaking. The using of Two Stay Two Stray Strategy is significantly improved students’ achievement in speaking.

IMPROVING GRADE V STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH FLASH CARDS

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabatini Sitorus And Masitowarni Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Flash Cards ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Vocabulary Achievement

This study attempts to increase students’ vocabulary achievement by using flash cards. The objective of the study is to investigate whether the using of flash card can improve students’ vocabulary achievement. This study conduct by applying Classroom Action Research which was carried out in two cycles in six meetings. The subject of this study of SD Negeri 174559 Siraituruk, Porsea which consisted of 34 students. For collecting data, the instruments used were quantitative (vocabulary test) and qualitative data (interview sheet, observation sheet, and diary notes. Based on the data, it was found that the mean of the second cycle (80, 44) is higher than the mean of first cycle (64, 85) and pre-test (44, 41).  Based on interview sheet, observation sheet and diary notes, it was found thee students were more active and more enthusiastic during the teaching learning process in the second cycle than the first one. It was concluded that teaching vocabulary by using  flash cards can improve the students’ vocabulary achievement.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO WRITE DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS THROUGH FOUR SQUARE WRITING METHOD

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Ilmiah Ilmiah ◽  
Supardin Supardin ◽  
Hasnawati Latief ◽  
Muhammad Basri Dalle
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Action Observation ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Four Square ◽  
Planning Action

Writing is a difficult skill for the students at SMPN 26 Makassar. It could be seen from the result of a diagnostic test which showed the ability of the second year students of SMPN 26 Makassar in writing paragraphs was still poor. The students were unable to express their ideas well in making descriptive texts. The research used Classroom Action Research that consisted of planning, action, observation, and reflection. It conducted in two cycles in which each cycle comprised four meetings. The subjects of this research were 28 students of the second year students of SMPN 26 Makassar.The findings indicated that the students’ ability to write descriptive text in cycle 1 has not reached the score target because the mean score of the students was 66.52 that classified as “fairly good” whereas, In cycle 2 the students’ mean score was 75.26. It indicated that the score target has been reached and classified as “Good”. Therefore, the researcher suggested the English teacher apply Four Square Writing Method as one of the alternative ways of teaching writing subject in the classroom especially in teaching the descriptive text.

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