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 A Research on the Influence of Scaffolding Teaching on Junior High School Students’ English Reading Ability

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
YANG Dan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Teaching Experiment ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Reading Interest

This research tries to apply the scaffolding teaching mode in English reading teaching, with the purpose of enhancing students’ interest in reading and improving their reading levels. This study explores whether scaffolding teaching can enhance students’ reading interest and thus improve junior high school students’ English reading ability. After a 3-month-long teaching experiment, through the comparison and analysis of questionnaires and English reading scores, it is found out that scaffolding teaching is beneficial to enhance students’ reading interest and improve students’ reading level.

scholarly journals Junior high school students’ difficulties of English language learning in the speaking and listening section

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
Alan Jaelani ◽  
Olivia Widad Zabidi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning English

This study aims to determine students' problems in learning English, especially in terms of speaking and listening. Basically, the teaching and learning process will run smoothly if students feel comfortable with the learning activities; therefore, this research provides some appropriate suggestions for teachers in overcoming difficulties faced by students. The respondents of this study were junior high school students. This study used a questionnaire as an instrument to determine the extent of students' skills in English. This study also conducted data analysis by analyzing the importance of English in students' views, the difficulties encountered in learning English, and also the teacher's teaching strategies desired by students. The results of this study indicate that most students have some difficulties in speaking due to lack of confidence and skills such as pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. Likewise, the difficulty in listening is caused by students’ lack of vocabulary that leads to the difficulty in understanding conversations in English. To overcome this problem, teachers need to have strategies such as identification, diagnosis, prognosis, and assistance or therapy. This research can facilitate the teachers in knowing complaints about English language difficulties experienced by the students.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE USAGE OF WHATSAPP AS A LEARNING APPLICATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 317
Author(s):  
Rinda Nuningtyas ◽  
Bambang Widi Pratolo ◽  
Arina Athiyallah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages

During the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a very significant change in student teaching and learning methods.The government policy requires that almost all activities including learning activities at school be eliminated and replaced with online schools. One of the most used applications for learning in this pandemic era is WhatsApp. The general objective of this research is to conduct a comparative study on the use of the WhatsApp application as a learning application during the Covid-19 pandemic in elementary and junior high school students in English. While the specific purpose of this research is to find out the strengths and weaknesses as well as the constraints of using WhatsApp as a learning application. The research method used is through field observations using qualitative descriptive methods and also interview techniques to several elementary and junior high school students in the research environment. This is interesting to research further based on direct observations of researchers on the use of WhatsApp on school students directly. This study assumes that the advantages and disadvantages of the learning process using WhatsApp will be found for both elementary school students and junior high school students. That elementary school finds difficulty in using WhatsApp for learning. Because some of the elementary students are still not fluent in reading. Junior high school learners assume that learning by WhatsApp is efficient but still not comparable to face-to-face meetings. The research implications are as follows:  that the students would be able to learn easily by using WhatsApp as a learning application. The teacher Would find another method that enhances the understanding of the students besides using WhatsApp by necessity.

scholarly journals ENGLISH READING MOTIVATION, STRATEGIES, ATTITUDE, AND INTEREST OF STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-140
Author(s):  
Machdalena Vianty ◽  
Amrullah Amrullah ◽  
Fiftinova Fiftinova
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Reading Motivation ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Reading Attitude ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Reading Interest

Abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate English reading motivation, reading strategy, reading attitude and reading interest of junior high school students (Year 7, 8 and 9) in Palembang. The sample of this study was three-hundred students selected randomly from ten schools. In accordance with quantitative research design, English reading motivation, reading strategy, reading attitude and reading interest questionnaires were used as the instruments to collect the data which were statistically analyzed. The findings of this study showed that the students demonstrated a high level of English reading motivation; specifically, their instrumental motivation for reading was higher than the integrative one. Next, there was a high use of reading strategies, with Problem-Solving reading strategy as the highly used ones. The finding also revealed that the students demonstrated a positive reading attitude and their reading interest showed their reading preference was adventure stories. Keywords: English reading motivation, reading strategies, reading attitude, reading interest, self-efficacy, junior high school students

scholarly journals MATHEMATICAL QUESTIONING ABILITY OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-215
Author(s):  
Xiangjie Zhang ◽  
Hailun Fu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Student Questions

This study aims to investigate students' mathematical questioning ability in junior high school students.  The new phase of curriculum reform in China requires cultivating students 'innovative enthusiasm and practical abilities to some extent, the development of students' innovative abilities, which are prominently manifested in student inquiry learning. One of which is students' ability to ask questions. This research uses quantitative methods. Data collection was carried out using a questionnaire. A questionnaire to 80 junior high school students studied mathematics, and the reasons for the learning questions were analyzed. Data were taken in 2018 and 2019. Describe the motivation and resilience of junior high school students' math questioning abilities. They are trying to find ways to effectively improve junior high school students' math questioning skills. This study indicates that the frequency of asking students is still low, students still believe that the teacher is always right and never deny that the teacher teaches what is wrong. In further research, further research can be carried out on how to increase the frequency of student questions in teaching and learning activities

scholarly journals DEVELOPING THE WRITING PARAGRAPH THROUGH QUICKWRITING FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT SMP SWASTA PAHLAWAN NASIONAL

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasya Lia Aldilla Sitorus Pane ◽  
Sumarsih Sumarsih ◽  
Tiarnita Maria Sarjani Br. Siregar
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teaching Learning

This study deals with developing the writing paragraph through quickwriting for junior high school at smp swasta pahlawan nasional. The objectives of this study were to find out to improve the students’ ability in writing paragraph of grade VIII students by using quickwriting strategy. Data data of the research was taken from the secondary grade of Junior High School Students at SMP Swasta Pahlawan Nasional Medan, which is taken from one class, contain 33 student. The data in this research collected by using interview and questionnaire. The interview and questionnaire will be given to collect the students’ need, problem and interesting in learning English, particularly in writing and using quick writing in teaching and learning.  In the teaching-learning process the teacher should prepare before conducting the lesson. The first is classroom procedures in teaching-learning process. Classroom procedures used by English teacher are opening, quickwriting, main activities (exploration-elaboration-confirmation), closing. There are some problems faced in the teaching-learning process. The problems faced are problem in developing idea, organizing idea, difficulties in vocabulary, tenses, and grammar, different capability of the students, and limited time. The consequently, the teacher should give solutions to cope the problems faced in teaching-learning process. So, the teacher should be creative to minimize the problem faced in teaching-learning process in order to make the students enjoy with the materials and develop student’s ability. Keywords : writing paragraph, quickwriting

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