scholarly journals The Use of Hopscotch Game in Teaching Speaking to the First Grade Students of English Department of IKIP PGRI Madiun in the Academic Year of 2013/2014

Author(s):  
Fitra Pinandhita

<p>Hopscotch Game is one of the media in teaching speaking. It is purposed to help the students more interested in teaching-learning process. The objectives of this research are to describe: 1) the procedure of using hopscotch game in teaching speaking, 2) the advantages of using hopscotch game in teaching speaking, 3) the disadvantage of using hopscotch game in teaching speaking.</p><p> </p><p>This research was done at IKIP PGRI Madiun from September-December</p><p>2013. The subject of the study was the students of 1A of English Department of IKIP  PGRI  Madiun  consisting  of  30  students,  it  uses  descriptive  qualitative method for data analysis. The researcher did some steps such as pre activity, whilst activity, and post activity. In collecting the data, the researcher applied several techniques including observation, interview, and documentation.</p><p> </p><p>The result of the research shows that: 1) there are some procedures of using hopscotch, 2) hopscotch game makes students have fun in speaking class, and it can be a media to motivate students in the teaching-learning process. 3) the disadvantage of  hopscotch game is spending much time.</p><p> </p>Based on the result of this research, some suggestions are presented to the lecturer, and the students. The lecturer is expected to apply various kinds of approach or method such as hopscotch game in teaching speaking in order to make the teaching learning process more interesting and fun. The students are expected to practice speaking English actively without being afraid of making mistakes, because the lecturer will rectify and help them to be better in speaking English.

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuli Anita ◽  
Dias Andris Susanto

The objectives of the study are1) To know the teaching on reading comprehension at the eight grade of SMP PGRI 01 Semarang in academic year 2016/2017, 2) To know the problems faced by the teacher in teaching learning process of reading comprehension, and 3) To know the solutions of the problem faced in teaching learning process. This research uses qualitative method. The subject of this research was three teachers of class VIII A, VIII F, and VIII G. The instruments used in this research were observation sheet and interview, so the data use was collected through observation and interview. The result of the research showed that 1) the first teacher was first participant implementing reading stage in teaching and learning process. In first participant teaching, the researcher found the problem, it was the difficulty in implementing teaching reading. The solution first participant was make strategy to make student fun. 2) the second teacher was second participant. There was only one interaction, that was the teacher explained the materials then the students kept silent, or the students read something then the teachers listened to them. 3) the third teacher was third participant. The problem it was boredom, and the solution was making question and answer for them. Teachers concluded that reading comprehension is very effective but it can not to be the key in teaching and learning process. From the data which is obtained from documentation and observation inteaching English, the objectives of English teaching can be viewed from kinds of strategy and tecnique in teaching and learning process. Suggestion are 1) for teachers, it is better for them to use Team Games Tournament to teach the students in reading comprehension, 2) for students have to study harder and try to read English more and more, and 3) for the reader to be able to get more information and experiences in the purpose of developing and improving their knowledge, especially in reading comprehensio


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 539
Author(s):  
Neng Aprilia Purnama ◽  
Neng Sri Rahayu ◽  
Rasi Yugafiati

Motivation is one of the most significant things in learning process. Without motivation, the purposes of learning is tough to be achieved. When learners have it in learning process, they will more understand with the materials, especially English. The goal of this study is to know how students’ motivation in learning English of eight grade at MTs Mathla’ul Anwar Sukaguna. This study used descriptive qualitative method. The data was carried out by using a questionnaire of students’ motivation which have ten items adapted from Clement, Dornyei, & Noels (1994) and used an interview which have five questions‎. The data were processed in the percentage and descriptive explanation. The main findings described that the learners are entirety highly motivated. Based on this study’s findings, students of eighth grade at MTs Mathla’ul Anwar have that motivation, it is based on the outcome of questionnaire and interview. From the output of questionnaire, most of students choose the agree statements. It means that students has an savor in learning English. Furthermore, the yield of interview expressed that students have highly interesting in learning English. But in this case, the teacher have to be more creative in using the media, strategy, or delivered material in teaching learning activity to improve students’ motivation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Nurul AIn

Students’ personality is one of the factors that have an influence on students’ achievement. Beside good achievement, the good personality of the students is one of the goals of the learning process. The use of biography in the teaching-learning process can help the teacher to know the students’ personalities. The objectives of this research are: (1) to find out the outstanding characters of biography the students read; and (2) to explore the influences of the biography on the students’ personality. The method used for the research was descriptive qualitative research. The subject of the research was the fifth semester of English department students in the academic year of 2016/2017. The data of this research were collected through closed and opened questionnaires. The data of this research were analyzed through data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The findings of the research revealed two major points consisting of (1) eight outstanding characters ranging over the rates the students found by reading biography; and (2) the influences of biography to the students’ personality to be better. To sum up, the English lecturers who teach English prose are supposed to use biography as the main media because through biography the students can learn various characters of famous figures to be successful. In addition, biography can influence the students’ personalities to have more positive behavior.


Author(s):  
Irma Lely Lumban Gaol And Johan Sinulingga

This study is concerned with the improving student’s vocabulary achievement in writing descriptive text through Make a Match Method. The objective of this study was to discover whether the use of Make a Match Method could significantly improve students’ vocabulary achievement in writing descriptive text. This study was conducted by applying Classroom Action Research which was carried out in two cycles in six meetings. The subject of this study was students of SMA Negeri 1 Pollung which consisted of 34 students. The instruments for collecting data were descriptive writing test, observation sheet, questionnaire sheet, and diary notes. The techniques for data analysis were quantitative and qualitative. It was found that teaching-learning process ran well. Students were active, enthusiastic and interested on writing descriptive text. The result of this study showed that the use of Make a Match Method significantly improved student’s vocabulary achievement in writing descriptive text.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-269
Author(s):  
Pramudita Budiastuti ◽  
Moh. Khairudin ◽  
M.N.A Azman

Interactive learning media facilitate students to be understand and comprehend certain contents of engineering subjects. Therefore, this study aimed to develop e-instructional multimedia for students in the subject of basic electronics and electricity using adobe flash CS 5.5. This subject was selected to support the teaching-learning process at the Vocational Secondary Schools. There were five stages during the development of the learning media, including (1) analysis, (2) design, (3) development, (4) implementation, and (5) evaluation (ADDIE). Furthermore, 30 students in total were selected to test the media practicability. The results revealed that this multimedia is acceptable based on five criteria: creativity, affectivity, efficiency, interestingly, and interactivity with the scores of 76.8, 76.8, 71.5, 77.4, and 74.4 respectively. This study suggested the implementation of the e-instructional multimedia for further understanding its empirical application.    


PHEDHERAL ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Aldial Suryantopo ◽  
Waluyo Waluyo

<p>The purpose of the study was to improve the learning results of bump pass basic motion of mini volleyball game toward the fifth grade students of SD Djamaatul Ichwan Surakarta in the academic year of 2017/2018.<br />This research was a classroom action research (CAR). It was conducted in two cycles where each cycle consists of four stages namely as planning, action implementation, observation, and reflection. There were 29 students from the fifth grade of SD Djama’atul Ichwan as the subject of the research. The sources of the research were taken from the students, the researcher, and the teacher as a collaborator. In collecting the data, the researcher conducted tests and observation. Triangulation data was used to check the validity of the test. The data analysis used in this research was descriptive qualitative technique based on the analysis of the qualitative percantage.<br />According to the pre-cycle result, it was found that only 9 students who were completed or only about 31.03% and there were 20 students who were not completed or about 68.97%. In the cycle I, it was obtained that the learning results of the students who were completed as many of 14 students (48,28%) and there were 15 students who were not completed (51,72%) where the affective average was (75,86%), the psychomotor was (31,03%), and the cognitive was (79,31%). In the cycle II, it was found that the learning results of students who were completed as many of 23 students or about 79.31% and there were 6 students who were not complete or about 20,69% where the affective average was (93.10%), the psychomotor was (72.41%) and the cognitive was (79.31%). According to the analysis of cycle I and cycle II, it showed the significant improvement and in accordance to the target achievements.<br />Based on the results, it could be concluded that: modified ball in learning process could increase the learning results of bump pass basic motion in mini volleyball game toward the fifth grade students of SD Djamaatul Ichwan Surakarta in the academic year of 2017/2018.</p>


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-70
Author(s):  
Sastika Seli ◽  
Bahya Alfitri

The research aims to describe the functions of humor used in an American comedy movie The Boss. The subject of the research was American comedy movie The Boss. Descriptive qualitative method was used to conduct the research. Data collection was done through library research and documentation. Data analysis was done through identification, coding, classification and description. The researcher found several findings. Supported by Meyers theory of joke, there are 6 functions of jokes found in the movie such as to insult someone, to express anger, to tease someone, to relieve tension, to get attention, and to amuse others. The dominant function was differentiation particularly to insult and to express anger 21 times, the second was clarification particularly to relieve tension humorous lines and amuse others 15 times, the third was enforcement particularly to tease 18 times, and the last was identification particularly to relieve tension and to get attention 27 times. These functions were also analyzed and discriminated by different setting and participant based on formality and participants distance. According to the analysis, most jokes occurred in informal situation with intimate relationship among the participants and functioned to tease someone and to relieve tension. This finding also proves that American humor is expressed with more slapstick and vulgarity as the characteristic of American humor used in daily communication. Keywords: sociolinguistics, humor, American humor, American comedy movie, The Boss movie


Author(s):  
Dinda Fatariq Andika Lubis And Lidiman S.M. Sinaga

This study attempts to improve students’ speaking achievement through think-pair-share technique by conducting action research method. The subject of this study was XI-IPA 1’s students which consisted of 36. This study was conducted in two cycles and each cycle consisted of three meetings. The instruments for collecting data were quantitative (speaking test) and qualitative data (diary notes and observation sheet). Based on the data analysis from each activity, there is a significant achievement in cycle I and cycle II. In the speaking test, the students’ score kept improving in every test, the mean of the students’ score in cycle I was 66.11 and cycle II was 73.27. Based on diary notes and observation sheet, it was found that teaching learning process ran well. The result of the research showed that by applying think-pair-share technique in teaching English, especially in speaking is effective to improve the students’ speaking achievement.


Author(s):  
Beatriz Corchuelo Martínez-Azúa

University education is currently the object of numerous changes related to the implementation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). One of them involves placing the student at the core of the teaching-learning process through the use of active methodologies. During the academic year 2018/2019, with this objective in mind, Gamification was introduced in the subject of Microeconomics as an innovative teaching experience. This was carried out through the use of Kahoot. At the end of the course, the experience was evaluated through an online questionnaire combined with the analysis of the academic results. In general, the innovative experience was positive for the students because it increased their motivation and participation in the classroom, and improved the learning process. The experience also positively affected final results of the participating students.


JURNAL ELINK ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Muhammad Farhan Rafi

The study aims to investigate the implementation of  the technique of Reader’s Theatre in the teaching learning process of speaking class at STKIP PGRI Jombang specially at subject of Speaking for Daily Communication. Since The objective of Speaking class is to improve and develop student’s speaking skill fluently, correctly and accurately, the technique of Reader’s Theatre is offered to help students to speak English very well. Students can speak with correct vocabulary, proper pronunciation and good grammar. The subject of the research is students of English department 2017 A and B. The research method isconducted by  describing all activities on speaking for daily communication by using Reader’s Theatre. To collect the data, the researcher uses the instrument by observing the condition of the class during the technique of reader’s theatre applied. The result of the research states that Reader’s Theatre can give a possitive activity to students involved in Speaking class. Students can have a good response toward the Reader’s Theatre technique. Key words: Reader’s theatre, Speaking class


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