LEXICAL DENSITY OF READING TEXTS IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Desi Ariska And Isli Iriani Indiah Pane
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Lexical Items ◽  
Lexical Density ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
Report Text ◽  
Reading Texts

This study deals with lexical density of English reading texts in the textbook of junior high school. The objectives of the study are to find out the lexical density of reading texts of English in Focus textbook, the text which has the highest lexical density in the reading texts, and the reason of the text which has the highest lexical density in reading texts. This study was conducted by descriptive qualitative method. The data of this research were the English reading texts of English in Focus textbook for ninth grade students of junior high school published by National Education Department. The result of the analysis showed that: (1) The lexical density of procedure texts are 5.90, 5.08, 5.5, and 4.69, report texts are 5.92, 4.22, 4.06, and 3.64 and narration texts are 2.92 and 2.90. The score showed that the lexical density of eleven reading texts on English in Focus textbook for ninth grade of junior high school is categorized medium based on the Halliday’s theory. It means that the texts are not difficult, easy to understand and suitable for ninth grade students of junior high school. (2) The highest lexical density of the reading texts is report text entitled “The Chinese Influence in Indonesian Visual Art” (5.92) because of the higher number of lexical items than grammatical items, few clauses and more vocabularies of words. (3) Report text has the highest lexical density because of the high proportion of lexical items in the text and it also because of the generic structure, language features and the style of writing report text.

LEXICAL DENSITY AND GRAMMATICAL INTRICACY OF READING MATERIALS IN ENGLISH IN FOCUS TEXTBOOK FOR FIRST GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amna Apriany Delima Batubara And Sumarsih
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
First Grade ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Lexical Items ◽  
Lexical Density ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Reading Texts

This study aims to find out the lexical density and grammatical intricacy of English reading texts in the textbook for the 1st grade of junior hih school to measure the difficulty of the text. The objectives of the study are to find out the lexical density and grammtical intricacy which formed in the reading texts of English in Focus Textbookwhich has the highest both of lexical density and grammatical intricacy. This study was conducted by descriptive method with qualitative research. The data of this research were the English reading texts of English in Focus Textbook for First Junior High School. The data were text analyzed by using Halliday’s theory. The result of this study; 1).Lexical density formed of the texts was high based on Halliday’s theory that the texts had more lexical item than grammatical item, Text 1 was 57.31%, Text 2 was 70.83%, Text 3 was 68.75%, Text 4 was 61.36%, Text 5 was 58.82%, Text 6 was 60.86%, Text 7 was 69.23%, Text 8 was 71.42%. Grammatical Intricacy formed of the texts was high based on Halliday’s theory that the texts had more complex clauses than simple clause, Text 1 was 7, Text 2 was 4, Text 3 was 2.16, Text 4 was 2, Text 5 was 1.08, Text 6 was 1.75, Text 7 was 2, Text 8 was 2. 2).Lexical density influences the difficulty of reading texts if it has higher proportion of lexical items than grammatical items. While grammaticcal intricacy also influences the difficulty of reading texts if it has higher proportion of complex clauses in comparison with simple clauses. 3).The length of the sentence did not influence the grammatical intricacy of the texts but the more complex clauses and content carrying lexical items could make the reader difficult to process the texts.

scholarly journals LEXICAL DENSITY AND READABILITY IN ENGLISH FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL VIII TEXTBOOK

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurwahidah Ramadhani Waruwu ◽  
Johan Sinulingga ◽  
Yeni Erlita
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Readability Score ◽  
Flesch Reading Ease ◽  
Standard Level ◽  
8Th Grade ◽  
Lexical Items ◽  
Lexical Density ◽  
Reading Texts

This study aimed to analyze and describe the lexical density and readability in English for Junior High School VIII textbook. It was conducted by using descriptive qualitative research. The textbook was published by Mediatama. It is used for the eighth grade of students in junior high school. The researcher used seven reading texts as the data. The lexical density was tested by using Ure’s formula and the readability was tested by using Flesch Reading Ease Formula. The result showed that the lexical density of the reading texts in English for Junior High School VIII textbook is above 40% which indicates that it has high lexical density. Lexical items (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs) play important role to influence the density of a text. The more lexical items in a text, the higher lexical density percentage will be and it also affects the readability of the reading texts. Then, the result also showed that the average readability score is 66 which falls into standard level. It indicates that the reading texts are readable for 8th grade students of junior high school but they still need teacher’s assistance to comprehend the texts. Keywords: Lexical Density, Readability, Flesch Reading Ease Formula.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Penerapan Pembelajaran Berorientasi Aktivitas Siswa Dan Motivasi Belajar Terhadap Prestasi Belajar Siswa Kelas IX SMP Negeri 3 Kabupaten Pamekasan

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Tiwuk Sutanti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
Positive Effect

This research related to Implementation of instruction based students’ activities and Students’ learning Motivation toward students’ learning achievementt of Ninth Grade Students State Junior High School 3 Pamekasan regency . The students’ learning achievementt is influenced by Implementation of instruction based students’ activities. Additionally it is influenced by Students’ learning Motivation. Good and regularly Implementation of instruction based students’ activities brings a positive effect on the students’ learning achievement and a high learning motivation in teaching will increase the students achievement.            The purpose of this research is (1) to describe  Implementation of instruction based students’ activities toward students’ learning achievement. (2) to describe the significant influence of the Students’ learning Motivation toward students’ learning achievement . (3) to describe the significant influence of Implementation of instruction based students’ activities and Students’ learning Motivation simultaniously toward students’ learning achievement.            The design of this research is descriptive quantitative. The subject of the research is Ninth Grade Students of State Junior High School 3 Pamekasan. The data collecting technique is by giving some questionnaires. Data analyzing technique used patial and multi-regression computerized SPSS 17.00 program for windows. The Result and the discussion as follows:  a) There is a significant influence on the Implementation of instruction based students’ activities  (X1) toward students’ learning achievement is about 0,312. b) There is a significant influence on the Students’ learning Motivation (X2) toward students’ learning achievement is about 0,062 by the significanct level 0,000, on t-account, that means smaller than 0,05. It can be concluded that X1 and X2 are very significant. c) There is a significant influence on the Implementation of instruction based students’ activities and Students’ learning Motivation simultaneously toward students’ learning achievement is about 17,617 by the significanct level 0,000, on F-account, that means smaller than 0,05. It can be concluded that X1 and X2 are very significant toward Y.

scholarly journals Desain Pembelajaran Refleksi dan Translasi Berkonteks Klenteng Sam Poo Kong Semarang

Jurnal Elemen ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-393
Author(s):  
Aidha Aprilia Puji Lestari ◽  
◽  
Aryo Andri Nugroho ◽  
Farida Nursyahidah ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Teaching Experiment ◽  
Learning Trajectory ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
Reflection Formula

Reflection and translation material are critical to be mastered by students in learning transformation material. However, reflection and translation material are still difficult for students to understand. Therefore, this study aims to develop a learning trajectory that will assist ninth-grade students of Junior High School in grasping the notion of reflection and translation in the context of the Sam Poo Kong Temple in Semarang. The research used the design research method, which consisted of three stages: the preliminary design, the design experiment (pilot experiment and teaching experiment), and retrospective analysis. The PMRI approach was used to develop learning activities in this research. This study involved 32 ninth-grade students at a junior high school in Semarang city. The results of this study is a learning trajectory that includes a series of learning processes in four activities. These are observing the Sam Poo Kong Semarang video and analyzing the properties of reflection, finding the reflection formula, analyzing the properties of translation, discovering the translation formula, and solving contextual problems related to reflection and translation. The activities conducted can enable students to develop a better understanding of material reflection and translation. The research's findings indicate that using the Sam Poo Kong Semarang temple context can equip ninth-grade students to comprehend the concept of material reflection and translation. Additionally, the outcome of this study offers additional local wisdom options that can be used as a context in mathematics.

scholarly journals Correlations between learning strategy and the ninth grade students’ reading comprehension in junior high school

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 424
Author(s):  
Marini Candrawati ◽  
Baginda Simaibang ◽  
Mulyadi Mulyadi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Correlational Study ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Ninth Grade Students

This study is limited to the investigation of the correlation between students’ learning strategy, and reading comprehensionof the ninth grade students at State Junior High School 01 Buay Rawan, OKU Selatan. There were 85 students who has been selected as the sample of the research. The writer used correlational study and formula to see the correlation between two variable stated. Correlation about Students’ Learning Strategies (X<sub>2</sub>) and Reading Comprehension (Y) for 0.028. Sig. Value 0.797 was higher than Alpha value 0.05 (0.797 &gt;0,2146), H<sub>o</sub> was accepted and H<sub>a</sub> was rejected. In other words, there was no a positive correlation between Students’ Learning Strategies (X<sub>2</sub>) and Reading Comprehension(Y). It can be stated that Students Learning Strategies (X) simultaneously have no significant correlated the reading comprehension(Y).

scholarly journals An Analysis on Readability of English Reading Texts With Automated Computer Tool

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-91
Author(s):  
Yulianto Yulianto
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Reading Texts

Selecting appropriate textbook to the students is important because textbook have dominant role in the success of foreign language teaching and learning. The purpose this article is to analyze the readability level of English reading texts with automated computer tools. There are eight reading texts that will be analyzed in this qualitative study.  The data and source of data of this research were adopted from an English textbook entitled Pathway to English 2 Textbook for the Eighth Grade of Junior High School Students Published by Erlangga. The results reveal that only 1 text was appropriate for seven or eight grade of Junior High School students. There were 6 texts appropriate elementary students. And there was 1 text suitable for Senior High School students.

scholarly journals THE USE THINK PAIR SHARE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT THE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ERA IBANG MEDAN

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-129
Author(s):  
Evi Kristin Mahdalena ◽  
Rosa Maria Simamora ◽  
Fiber Yun A Ginting
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Action Observation ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Ninth Grade Students

This research is conducted in order to improve students’ reading comprehension in the easiest way through using think pair share of the ninth grade students of Junior High School Era Ibang Medan, and it also help the English teacher of the ninth grade students of Junior High School Era Ibang Medan to managed activities in classroom.In conducting this research, the researcher used Classroom Action Research (CAR) as the method of research. This research consisted of two cycles and each cycle consisted of four steps, they were planning, action, observation and reflecting. Each cycle was conducted in three meetings, so the researcher conducted this researcher in six meetings for one month and two weeks. The data were in the form of qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data was analyze the learning teaching process. The quantitative data was to count the students’ score in pre-test and post-test.The result of this research shows that using think pair share of the ninth grade students of Junior High School Era Ibang Medan could improve their reading skills. The students’ responses showed that they were interested in learning reading through think pair share. Morever, the students’ achievements in pre-test and post-test showed a significant improvement. The students’ average score in pre-test was 53,19%, while in the formative test in cycle I, the students’ average score is 60,03, and in the post-test cycle II, the students’ average score is 76. That means the think pair share can improve the students’ reading skill.

scholarly journals Grammatical Cohesive Devices in Reading Text: A Discourse Analysis of English Test for Junior High School

JET ADI BUANA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Dwi Jayanti ◽  
Didin Nuruddin Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Final Examination ◽  
Cohesive Devices ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Report Text ◽  
Reading Texts

Reading text, besides being used as teaching media, is also used in an assessment measurement. However, in reality, many students have difficulty understanding the reading text due to several factors such as the text is too long, incohesive between words, and even incoherent between paragraphs. To avoid these factors, important to analyze the use of cohesive devices in reading texts. The present study aimed to investigate grammatical cohesive devices in the reading text of the English National Final Examination test for Junior High School in the 2017-2018 academic year in Indonesia. The current research attempted to: (1) find out the kind of grammatical cohesion devices that were applied in sixteen reading texts of the English National Final Examination test, (2) explore the use of reference, substitution, ellipses, and conjunction to describe the cohesiveness that was applied in sixteen of the reading texts, consisting of a short functional, narrative, descriptive, recount and report text. The reading texts were analyzed using Halliday and Hasan’s (1976) theory related to grammatical cohesion devices. The steps of data analysis were through the process of collecting, counting, categorizing, and assessing the grammatical cohesion devices. The findings revealed that 621 grammatical cohesion devices were used in the English National Final Examination reading text. Further, the findings explained that 67.47% of grammatical cohesion device was the reference (419), 5.15% was the substitution (32), 2.58% was the ellipses (16), 24.80% was the conjunction (154). The findings also indicated that the limited use of grammatical cohesion devices in the present study showed a lack of a variety of grammatical cohesion in terms of form and variation devices. Although the reading text of the English Final Examination was somewhat cohesive, some areas still need improvement. Implications for teachers and educators are to give more attention to the coherence of the reading text.  A  cohesive reading text will provide an understanding of both the form and content of the text. For reading text scriptwriters, they must pay attention to grammatical cohesion devices so it becomes more varied and not monotonous. Besides, students need to be given material related to cohesion because knowledge of cohesion is very useful in the mastery of their language, especially in reading and writing skills.

The Effectiveness of Using Crossword Puzzles Media on Mufradat Learning Materials in Arabic Lessons at Islamic Junior High School (MTS West Sumba)

Teknodika ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Hamzah Hamzah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
Success Percentage ◽  
Crossword Puzzles

<em><span>This study aims to determine the effectiveness of crossword puzzles media on </span></em><span>mufradat</span><em><span> or vocabulary material in Arabic subjects at MTS Negeri [state Islamic junior high school] West Sumba in 2019. The research method used in this study was descriptive quantitative. In this study, the population was MTS N West Sumba students in 2019, while the sampling was 30 MTS N West Sumba students, consisting of ten seventh-grade students, ten eighth-grade students, and ten ninth-grade students. The data in this study were collected through observation and questionnaires. The use of crossword puzzles in </span></em><span>mufradat</span><em><span> learning materials in Arabic subjects at MTS N West Barat in 2019 had been carried out in a very effective category, with a success percentage of 97.24%.</span></em>

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