scholarly journals THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SMALL GROUP TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING (A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH IN THE SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS OF ISLAMIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIFTAHUL MUBTADIIEN ISLAMIYAH BANYAKAN KEDIRI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

Author(s):  
Pamadya Vitasmoro

<p><em>Speaking is one of the English skills which are taught at school. It means that English can be taught at Elementary school based on the needs of the school. In Elementary school, teacher teaches four language skills such as: listening, speaking, reading and writing to make students to be competence in English by mastering those four skills.</em></p><p><em>The students of Islamic Elementary School Miftahul Mubtadiien Islamiyah Banyakan faced some problems of speaking, such as they are afraid of making mistakes, they are shy of speak with other students, and they are low in speaking ability. </em></p><p><em>This study applied Classroom Action Research. The objectives of this study is to describe how small group can improve students’ English speaking of the </em><em>sixth  grade students </em><em>of Islamic Elementary School Miftahul Mubtadiien Islamiyah Banyakan, Kediri. In the </em><em>sixth grade in which researcher found problem in the class and try to find the solution. </em><em>The students of sixth grade students of Islamic Elementary School Miftahul Mubtadiin Islamiyah Banyakan Kediri. There are 28 students totally. There are divided into male and female. 12 students are male and 16 students are female.</em><em> </em><em>This was conducted in two cycles: the first cycle consists of three meetings and so was the second cycle. </em><em></em></p><em>The result of the research shows that (1) small group could improve students’ speaking ability in term of raising students’ achievement in the case of (a) fluency, (b) accuracy (pronunciation and Intonation) (2) small group can improve class situation, in term of (a) students’ interaction when having and responding teacher’s questions, (b) being active in small group activities, (c) being more attentive to the speaking class, (d) and the absence of students who were late and went out during speaking class, and (e) the unobservable dominancy of the teacher.</em>

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-19
Author(s):  
Eti Eti

Poetry is a literary material in the elementary school. Because poetry is a literary work that is forgotten spontaneously by using imagination as a guide of the mind, then in the presentation of poetry on the students should use a proper way or technique so that students can imagine as done by the author with a strong imagination to poetry. Through Indonesian Learning to Use Technique Cloze Dilition (TCD) in Poetry To Enhance Creativity Learning Imagination Indonesian Lesson In Grade VI SD Negeri No. 27 Fresh River District of Koto XI Tarusan. Research methods that the authors use to achieve the above objectives is a classroom action research Through Learning Indonesian to Increase creativity imanjination. This study is done in sixth grade students at SD Negeri No. 07 Sungai Tawar Kecamatan Koto XI Tarusan Based on the results of the analysis can be concluded that Through Learning Indonesian language showed improving starting from the results of formative tests. This means that Through Learning Indonesian language managed to improve creativity of students' imangination.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 293
Author(s):  
Sarminah Sarminah

The background of this research is the low of science learning result of grade 6 students of SDN 004 TembilahanKota. The purpose of this study is to improve the learning outcomes of science students of grade VI SDN 004Tembilahan Kota with the application of contextual approach. This research was conducted in class VI SDN004 Tembilahan Kota. This research is a Classroom Action Research with two cycles. The subjects of thisresearch are the sixth grade students of SDN 004 Tembilahan Kota lesson year which consist of 30 people with16 men and 14 women. Based on the results of the research from the teacher activity sheets appear to increase ateach meeting. At the first meeting of cycle I 64.3%, the second meeting of cycle I was 67.86%. At the firstmeeting of cycle II 71,43%, and second meeting of cycle II 78,57%. While the student activity also increasesevery meeting. At the first meeting of cycle I 67,86%, second meeting of cycle I 71,43%. At the first meeting ofthe second cycle of 75%, and the second meeting II cycle 78.57%. The learning outcomes in the first cycleincreased by 12.8% from the base score of 67.83% to 76.5%. In the second cycle increased by 17.2% to 79.5%.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Oktarina Puspita Wardani ◽  
Turahmat Turahmat ◽  
Evi Chamalah ◽  
Aida Azizah ◽  
Leli Nisfi Setiana ◽  
...  

AbstrakPendidikan dasar merupakan sekolah yang memiliki peran yang strategis dan fundamental bagi pembangunan bangsa. Sehingga penyelenggaraan pendidikan di sekolah dasar harus diarahkan dan menunjang secara optimal demi mencapai tuuan pendidikan nasional. Peraturan baru yang mengharuskan syarat pernah melakukan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas bagi guru sebagai syarat naik golongan menjadi sebuah kendala yang cukup berat. Hal tersebut dikarenakan guru SD tidak terbiasa menulis atau melakukan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas. Guru harus membuat dalam memenuhi kewajibannya jika ingin naik golongan dan pangkat khususnya dari IV a ke IV b atau dari pangkat Pembina ke Pembina tingkat 1 ke atas. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini ialah menjadikan guru mampu membuat karya tulis ilmiah antara lain PTK agar mampu dimanfaatkan untuk pengembangan profesi. Permasalahan yang dihadapi oleh guru ialah bagaimana mengoptimalkan pembuatan penelitian tindakan kelas guru-guru SD di desa Geneng. Kegiatan pengabdian dilakukan dengan menggunakan pendekatan workshop. Kegiatan menggunakan metode ceramah, diskusi dan latihan. Hasil dari kegiatan ini mencapai target. Capaian tersebut ialah guru mampu menghasilkan penelitian tindakan kelas yang baik. Pelaksanaan pengabdian masyarakat diikuti oleh 25 guru. Ketercapaian target pelaksanaan pengabdian masyarakat diikuti oleh 25 guru dari target 30 guru. Sehingga, ketercapaian peserta 83% atau dapat dinilai baik. Simpulan dalam kegiatan ini ialah ketercapaian target materi yang telah direncanakan pada kegiatan pengabdian ini dapat dinilai baik. Kata kunci: PTK; guru SD; karya tulis ilmiah. AbstractBasic education is a school that has a strategic and fundamental role for nation building. Related to the implementation of education in elementary schools must be aimed at optimally supporting and achieving national education. The new regulation which requires the requirement to carry out Classroom Action Research for teachers as a condition for boarding a class is a considerable obstacle. This is because elementary school teachers are not used to writing or conducting Classroom Action Research. The teacher must make it in fulfilling his obligations if he wants to rise in class and rank especially from IV a to IV b or from the rank of coach to coach level 1 and above. The purpose of this activity is to make teachers able to make scientific papers including PTK so that they can be utilized for professional development. The problem faced by the teacher is how to optimize the making of classroom action research for elementary school teachers in Geneng Village. Service activities are carried out using a Workshop approach. The activity uses lecture, discussion and practice methods. The results of this activity reach the target. The achievement is that the teacher is able to produce good classroom action research. The implementation of community service was followed by 25 teachers. The achievement of the target of implementing community service was followed by 25 teachers from the target of 30 teachers. So, the participants' achievement is 83% or can be considered good. The conclusions in this activity are the achievement of material targets planned for this service activity can be considered good. Keywords: PTK; elementary school teacher; scientific writing


Author(s):  
Faridah Eka Fatmala

The main problem in learning English is the lack of confidence in speaking ability, which hinders one’s mastery of English. This study aims to reveal the efficacy of employing asking and giving response strategy using English songs in improving the speaking ability of sixth graders’ students. This research was conducted using the online classroom action research method with Google Meet as the medium, held in two cycles with two meetings in each cycle. The result of this examination indicates that the strategy of asking and giving response using English songs can improve the English-speaking ability of sixth graders’ students.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Putri Utami ◽  
Christina Ismaniati ◽  
Ali Mustadi

This research applied Small Group Discussion learning model to improve the understanding of concept of KKNI 6th level students to match their expert field. The observations showed that the concept understanding of students was still low. This research was a classroom action research with Kemmis McTaggart cycle model. This classroom action research was conducted over two cycles. Each cycle consisted of two meetings. The subjects of the research were 2A class students of the Elementary School Teacher Education Program in Yogyakarta State University which amounted to 39 students. The data collecting technique in this research was test, while the data analysis technique used descriptive quantitative by finding mean then described. The result of the research showed that the concept understanding of the students in pre-action condition were 55,2 included in low category, then the average of students’ understanding concept increased in the first cycle with score 64,7. In cycle II, the students’ understanding concept increased significantly  with score 77,3. Based on the research, it  can be concluded that the SGD model can  improve the students' concept understanding.


Author(s):  
Finy Fitriani

The purpose of this study was to (1) describe the implementation of Muhadarah student activities in grade VI Islamic Arrisalah Slahung Ponorogo school year 2018/2019, (2) describe the linguistic intelligence of class VI Islamic Arrisalah Slahung Ponorogo students in 2018/2019 academic year in muhadarah activities.This type of research uses field research with a qualitative approach methodology. The study was conducted in grade VI of Arrisalah Slahung Ponorogo Islamic Elementary School with data collection procedures through observation, interviews, and documentation. The main data in the form of the contents of the video of the student Muhadarah that has been transcribed along with photos of the activities of the Muhadarah implementation. The subjects of the study were grade VI students and Arrisalah Islamic elementary school teachers. While the object of research is the linguistic intelligence of female students in grade VI Islamic elementary school Arrisalah Slahung Ponorogo. In this study the informants were the staff of the Arrisalah Islamic Elementary School teacher and the sixth grade guardian of Islamic Arrisalah Elementary School. Based on the results of data analysis, it can be concluded that (1) The implementation of muhadarah begins with the preparation of the text first, then corrects it to the supervisor. After completing the muhadarah activity, the supervisor evaluates and comments related to the performance displayed by the students, then continues by appointing several students who will be on duty for the following week. The assessment results for the six students who have performed the best speech are in the vocabulary and material aspects, with the average score is 4 to 5. While in other aspects there are still those who get a score of 3. (2) Language skills in the speaking aspects of the sixth grade students at SD Islam Arrisalah Slahung Ponorogo, the majority are good, can decipher and arrange words into effective sentence. With the existence of muḥā kegarah excitement held at this school can increase and improve linguistic intelligence/ language skills in aspects of their speech to be even better. The muhadarah activity is not only to improve language skills in speaking but also in writing, because before the children deliver their speeches in front of their class they first write the text and then memorize it.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1475
Author(s):  
Endriani Endriani ◽  
Fefi Yulita

The principal has an obligation to be able to improve the quality of teacher in the learning process at school. Based on the observations, it was found that the number of learning processes carried out by elementary school teachers at schools were not in accordance with the characteristics of elementary school students, so that improvements were needed to improve the skills of these teachers. The purpose of this study was to determine the improvement of teachers’ skills in the learning process at elementary schools through academic supervision activities. This research was a classroom action research that adapted the design of Mc Taggart and Kemmist's classroom action research. This research consisted of stages of planning, implementation, observation and reflection. The findings stated that there was an increase in the implementation skills of the teacher's learning process by getting an average score of 68.46 in cycle 1 and increased to 86.10 in cycle 2. This proved that there was an increase in teachers’ skills in the learning process at elementary schools through academic supervision activities. The implications of this research was that it could be used as a basis by supervisors to be able to improve teachers’ skills in the learning process at elementary schools.


2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1096-2409-20.1. ◽  
Author(s):  
Aida Midgett ◽  
Diana Doumas ◽  
Rhiannon Trull

This study evaluated a brief, bystander bullying intervention for elementary school students. Students in the intervention group reported an increase in knowledge and confidence to act as “defenders.” Students in the intervention group also reported an increase in self-esteem relative to the control group, although this finding was limited to sixth-grade students. The study found no group differences in sense of school belonging. This article discusses implications for school counselors.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Tatat Hartati

In recent days there is a growing interest in the study of creative writing. A number of approaches for teaching creative writing have also been investigated.  However, studies investigating creative writing particularly for primary school students are hardly to find. The aim of the present research is to figure out how conferencing approach is applied to teach poetry writing and to find out the impact of this approach to the students’ writing skills. The study used a classroom action research with 30 sixth-grade students as the participants. To ensure the present approach effectively improves the learning achievement, the study used three cycles of teaching steps, including classical, group, and individual. Various media and sources to support the learning activities were also used. The results of the study show that there is a significant improvement in students’ writing skills, in which the average score of the third cycle was twice higher than that of the first cycle. This suggests that conferencing instruction had been successful in improving students’ writing skills. The process of interaction, both among students and between students and the teachers, were also emphasized. In addition, the teachers gained an experience of assesing poetry writing analytically using four aspects: creative idea, diction, information, and imagination.


2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Zaitun Zaitun

This study is aimed at increasing mastery on the history of teaching values of Abu Bakar and Umar Bin Khattab, the emperor after Nabi Muhammad.  The study uses classroom action research as the design to implement the same age tutor through story telling techniques.  Using two cycles, this study assignes teh sixth grade students of SDN 005 Botang as research subject.  This study discovers that learning actuivities increase and the average score increases from 6,5 to 8.2.  The participations and involvements during the learning process also increase so that the study is finished in the second cycle.  This study proves that using the same-age tutor to teach haracters of Abu Bakar and Umar as kulafaur rasyidin is favorable.            


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