THE USE OF THEMATIC PROGRESSION TO IMPROVE THE COHERENCE OF THE STUDENTS?óÔé¼Ôäó WRITINGS

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Mulatsih
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
English Department ◽  
Know How ◽  
Thematic Progression ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Department Faculty ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Progression Patterns

Abstract To produce good writings, the students need to know how to organize Theme and Rheme in their writings to make their writings coherent. This organization of Theme and Rheme is known as Thematic Progression. This classroom action research was conducted to know whether Thematic Progression really improved the coherence of the students?óÔé¼Ôäó writings. The population in this research consisted of 104 second semester students taking Paragraph-Based Writing course in 2008-2009 academic year at English Department, Faculty of Languages and Letters, Dian Nuswantoro University. They were given a treatment about Thematic Progression. After receiving this treatment, they were asked to write English paragraphs using certain paragraph development, and the results were evaluated. The cycle was iterated for three times. The sample of this research was taken randomly using purposive random sampling. Forty?é?á students were taken as the sample, especially those who had the complete marks for the whole cycles. The result showed the significant improvement on the coherence on the students?óÔé¼Ôäó writings?é?á indicated by the increased mean scores in every cycle. The thematic progression pattern the students mostly employed in developing their paragraphs is theme reiteration. The second preferred is zig-zag pattern, while multiple pattern was rarely employed in their writings. Key words: Coherence, Rheme, Students?óÔé¼Ôäó writings, Thematic Progression patterns, Theme.

scholarly journals ENHANCING WRITING ABILITY THROUGH IDEA LISTING TECHNIQUE

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Zaini Miftah
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
English Department ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
The Third ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Academic Year

The study is aimed at developing the Idea Listing Technique (ILT) to enhance the students‟ writing ability. The Classroom Action Research was applied in this study. The subjects of the study were 31 students, the students taking the course of Writing II, of the third semester of English Department of one State Islamic College at Palangka Raya, Indonesia, in the 2012/2013 academic year. The findings show that the implementation of ILT can enhance the students‟ ability in writing expository paragraph. It is indicated by the enhancements of the percentage of the students achieving the score greater than or equal to C (60-69), and of the percentage of their involvement in the writing activities during the implementation of ILT in Cycle I and II. Thus, the enhancement of the students‟ ability in writing expository paragraph can be reached but it should follow the appropriate procedures of the implementation of ILT having been developed.Keywords: Idea Listing Technique, Writing Ability, Paragraph Writing, Expository Paragraph

scholarly journals ABCD REQUIREMENTS OF LESSON OBJECTIVES MADE BY THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF UNLAM FOR PRAKTEK PENGENALAN LAPANGAN (PPL) I COURSE

Vidya Karya ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvina Arapah
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Lesson Plans ◽  
English Department ◽  
Audience Behavior ◽  
Lesson Objective ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Behavior Condition

Abstract: Writing a lesson objective is still a challenging task for the English Department students of Lambung Mangkurat University when they do their micro teaching practice in Praktek Pengenalan Lapangan (PPL) I Course. The formulated lesson objectives have to include the ABCD elements -Audience/Actor, Behavior, Condition, Degree- which require distinct characteristics for each. The study examines the lesson objectives of the lesson plans made by the English Department students of Lambung Mangkurat University for PPL I Course in the Academic Year of 2010/2011. There are 91 lesson plans were collected, and there are 91 lesson objectives investigated. The findings discuss the formulation of ABCD requirements in the lesson objectives. It is recommended that the students’ English proficiency must be enhanced because the formulation of a good lesson objective is closely related with the ability to produce grammatically correct sentence. Key words: Lesson Objectives, Audience, Behavior, Condition, Degree Abstrak: Menulis tujuan pembelajaran masih merupakan tugas yang menantang bagi mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Lambung Mangkurat ketika mereka melakukan praktek pembelajaran mikro dalam Mata Kuliah Praktek Pengenalan Lapangan (PPL) I. Tujuan pembelajaran yang dirumuskan harus mencakup unsur-unsur ABCD -Audiens/Aktor, Perilaku, Kondisi, Taraf- yang membutuhkan karakteristik berbeda untuk masing-masing unsur. Studi ini meneliti tujuan pembelajaran dari Rencana Pembelajaran (RP) yang dibuat oleh mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Lambung Mangkurat untuk Mata Kuliah PPL I Course di Tahun Akademik 2010/2011. Ada 91 rencana pembelajaran dikumpulkan, dan ada 91 tujuan pembelajaran yang diteliti. Temuan membahas perumusan dari syarat ABCD di tujuan pembelajaran. Disarankan bahwa kemampuan bahasa Inggris siswa harus ditingkatkan karena perumusan tujuan pembelajaran yang baik terkait erat dengan kemampuan untuk menghasilkan kalimat dengan tata bahasa yang benar. Kata kunci: Tujuan Pembelajaran, Audiens/Aktor, Perilaku, Kondisi, Taraf

scholarly journals UPAYA MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN BERBAHASA ANAK MELALUI METODE BERCERITA DENGAN MEDIA BONEKA TANGAN PADA KELOMPOK B DI RA AL MUTA’ALLIMIN METESEH TAHUN AJARAN 2017/2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suwartiningsih Suwartiningsih ◽  
Purwadi Purwadi ◽  
Ratna Wahyu Pusari
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Story Telling ◽  
Academic Year

Masalah dalam penelitian ini tentang upaya meningkatkan kemampuan berbahasa anak melalui metode bercerita dengan media boneka tangan kelompok B RA AL-Muta’allimin Meteseh Tahun Ajaran 2017/2018. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan kemampuanberbahasa anak melalui metode bercerita dengan media boneka tangan.Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian tindakan kelas dan pengumpulan databerupa perencanaan, pelaksanaan, observasi, dan refleksi. Penelitian ini dilakukan di RA Al Muta’allimin Meteseh.Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkanbahwa kemampuan berbahasa anak dapat ditingkatkan melalui metode bercerita dengan media boneka tangan. Kata kunci : kemampuan berbahasa, metode bercerita, media boneka tangan. Abstract The problems of the research are effort of improving ability childrens’ languange through story telling with puppet’s hand in group of RA Al-Muta’allimin Meteseh in the academic year 2017/2018. The objectives of the research is to find out  ability children language through story telling with puppet hand media. The kind of this research was action research. The setting of the research was RA Al Muta’allimin Meteseh, the conclusion of the research was the ability of children language can improve by story telling with hand puppet’s media.  Key words : language’s ability, story telling method, hand puppet’s media 

scholarly journals Effect of Foreign Language Anxiety on Gender and Academic Achievement among Yemeni University EFL Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Norizan Abdul Razak ◽  
Amr Abdullatif Yassin ◽  
Tengku Nor Rizan Bt Tengku Mohamad Maasum
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Foreign Language Anxiety ◽  
English Department ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Department Faculty

This study aimed to investigate the gender differences in terms of anxiety among Yemeni university EFL learners. It also aimed to investigate the correlation between the level of anxiety and the academic achievement of the students. The participants of this study were 155 students chosen from the population through stratified random sampling. The participants are selected from English Department, Faculty of Arts, Ibb University, Yemen. The data was collected by using a questionnaire adopted from Yassin (2015), and the data was analysed by using 22nd version of the SPSS. The data of the first question was analysed by using T-test and the result of the analysis showed that the females experienced higher level of anxiety than male students, but the difference between both groups is not significant. The second question was analysed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and the result showed that there is not significant correlation between the level of anxiety and the academic achievement of the students.

scholarly journals THE APPLICATION OF SEMINAR PAPER TECHNIC IN WRITING COURSE IN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT IN FACULTY OF ADAB AND HUMANITY UIN SUNAN AMPEL SURABAYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Abu Fanani
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
English Department ◽  
Is Success ◽  
Main Indicator ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Humanities Faculty ◽  
Classroom Action Research

There three points in this research. These are the proses of the use of paper seminar technic on writing class of English Department, the result of the use of paper seminar technic on writing class of English Department and obstacle of the use of paper seminar technic on writing class of English Department Art and Humanities Faculty, State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya. This research method is Classroom Action Research. There are two cycles of this research. The enhancement appeared from the first cycle to the second cycle. It can be seen from the main indicator that shows the improvement. There are some variables that are used but only two variables that are not increase, these are prewriting and drafting.  So it can be said that this research is success. While the obstacle of this research are the weakness of students competence of English especially writing skill and the infrastructures that are not support.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN TEKNIK THINK PAIR SHARE UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN MEMBACA PADA MATA KULIAH READING COMPREHENSION

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Titik Hardewi Yani ◽  
Sesmiyanti Sesmiyanti
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
English Department ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Field Note ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
English Program ◽  
Academic Year

This research problem comes from low of students’ score of reading comprehension at English program academic year 2012/2013. It could be seen from some students failed in reading comprehension I. In order to researcher would do classroom action research by applying Think Pair Share technique to improve students reading comprehension on reading II. Purpose of this research were to describe applying Think Pair Share technique on reading comprehension of English program and knowing how can Think Pair Share improve students’ reading comprehension. In collecting data, researcher used qualitative data that consist of observation sheet, field note, and interview. In quantitative data, she used tasks and tests. In making note about what happened in this research, she helped by collaborator who teach reading comprehension too in English Department. This classroom action research consisted of two cycles; each of cycles consisted of four meeting. Three meeting did treatments, and one meeting for test. Related to finding of this research, Think Pair Share technique could improve reading comprehension. In addition, the factor that influence students’ learning by applying this technique were interesting technique, interesting topic of learning material then lecturer guiding on students in understanding learning material. The improvement of students’ learning could be proved on students’ score in each cycles. Mean score students’ reading comprehension for the first cycle was 63.8, then second cycle was 73.3. This research can be concluded that classroom action research by applying Think Pair Share technique could improve students’ reading comprehension on Reading II course at English program STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN NUMBERED HEADS TOGETHER (NHT) DALAM UPAYA UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEAKTIFAN DAN HASIL BELAJAR MAHASISWA PRODI PENDIDIKAN IPA UST YOGYAKARTA TAHUN AKADEMIK

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tias Ernawati
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Know How ◽  
Natural Science Education ◽  
Academic Year

Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui model pembelajaran NHT dapat meningkatkan keaktifan dan prestasi belajar mahasiswa Prodi Pendidikan IPA tahun ajaran 2013/2014. Jenis penelitian adalah penelitian tindakan kelas yang terdiri dari dua siklus. Masing-masing siklus berisi perencanaan, pelaksanaan, observasi dan refleksi. Instrumen penelitian antara lain lembar observasi dosen, lembar observasi siswa, tes hasil belajar dan angket keaktifan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terjadi peningkatan keaktifan. Pada diskusi siklus I ada 52,5% siswa aktif dan pada diskusi terakhir siklus II ada 90,8% siswa aktif. Rata-rata hasil belajar siswa meningkat 15,3 poin, dari 63,2 menjadi 78,5. Kata kunci: model NHT, keaktifan, hasil belajar Abstract: This research has been done to know how NHT as a model of study could increase activity and achievement the students of natural science education department on 2013/2014 of academic year. This was a class action research. This research consisted of two cycles. Each cycles was consist of planning, doing, observing and reflecting. The instruments of this research were lecture-observing papers, students-observing papers, evaluating papers and statements papers. The result showed increasing of students’ activity. At first discussion on first cycles, there were 52.5% active students, at last discussion on second cycles there were 90.8% active students. The average of students’ achievement has increased 15.3 points, i.e. from 63.2 to 78.5. Keywords: NHT’s model, activity, achievement

scholarly journals Problem-Based Learning to Improve Students’ Grammar Competence

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Mukminatus Zuhriyah
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
English Department ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Mastery Criteria ◽  
Academic Year

Grammar becomes one of the subjects studied in all Indonesian English Department. It is because grammar has the important role in all English skills. Grammar makes those four English skills meaningful. Somebody can be said as a master of English when he or she also masters grammar. Unfortunately, learning grammar is not as easy as what we think. It needs the effective method that can make the learners motivated and active in learning as well as in applying the grammar in the real life. Problem-based learning applied in this research is one of the alternatives that can help the learners learn grammar easily. This research was a collaborative action research whose general purpose to know whether or not Problem-based learning could improve the students’ grammar competence. Meanwhile, the specific purposes were to know the lecturer’s activities, the students’ activities, and the students’ responses when problem-based learning was implemented in grammar class. Nine students of the fifth semester of English department of education faculty of Hasyim Asy’ari University (UNHASY) Tebuireng Jombang in the academic year of 2016/2017 became the subjects of this research. The data got was from the observation notes and the grammar test. There was an improvement on students’ grammar competence from cycle one to cycle two. It was proven by their mean score from 66.7 in cycle one to 72.8 in cycle two. Meanwhile, the percentage of students passing the minimum mastery criteria was from 44.4 in cycle one and 88.9 in cycle two. So that it can be concluded that problem-based learning could improve students’ grammar competence. 

scholarly journals Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension By Using Think-Aloud Strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Lilis Sholihah ◽  
Jusika Sari
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Think Aloud ◽  
Is Success ◽  
Know How ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Academic Year

The problems of this research is the students are difficult to find the information from the text. The objective of this class action research are: (1) to know how far Think-aloud strategy can improve the students’ reading comprehension and; (2) to know how the process of teaching reading by using Think-Aloud Strategy at eleventh grade of SMK Kartikatama Metro in academic year 2017/2018. The method of this research is clasroom action research that consist of two cycles. The subject of this research is the students of Accounting Class eleventh grade of SMK Kartikatama Metro that consist of 30 students. The research instruments in this research are observation, interview sheets, and test. The result of the data analysis in this research are pre-test until post-test 2 that the average of pre-test was 60.93. Then, the implementation of think-aloud strategy in teaching, there is an increase of 3.65 become 64.58. Then, in the cycle 2 the average of students’ score is 80.17. Based on the teaching and learning activities, pre-test until post-test 2 are increased. From the cycle 2, It is about 80 % of the students can achieve the minimum passing criteria (KKM), so this research is success. The conclusion is the implementation of  think-aloud strategy can improve students' reading comprehension.

scholarly journals The Contribution of Reading Strategy and Self Efficacy to the Reading Comprehension of College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Pritantina Yuni Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Reading Strategy ◽  
English Department ◽  
Know How ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
The Subject

This research is aimed to know how strong the contribution of readingstrategy and self-efficacy to students’ reading comprehension. Quantitativeapproach with correlational research design used in this research. Correlationalresearch design is chosen to find out the contribution of independent to thedependent variable. The population of English Department of Faculty of TeacherTraining and Education of UNISKA Kediri consisting of 240 students werechosen as the subject of research and 150 of them were selected as the sample.Simple random sampling using lottery was used as the method of taking sample.The data was gotten by applying three instruments, questionnaire for readingstrategy and self-efficacy, especially for self-regulated learning of reading subject,and also reading comprehension test. Then regression formula was used to analysethe contribution of reading strategies and self-efficacy to reading comprehensionof the students.The result states the reading strategy and self-efficacy significantlycontribute to the students’ reading comprehension.

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