Students' perception on utilizing podcast in learning speaking skill

This research aimed to find out students’ perception of utilizing podcasts in learning speaking skills. The researchers used a qualitative approach and basic interpretative design to explore students’ perceptions. Three students were involved in this study. They are first-grade students of the vocational high school in the academic year 2019/2020. The data was gathered from the reflective journal and semi-structured interview. To obtain the data, the researchers analyzed it by thematic analysis. Results of this research, researchers classified three aspects that are the instruction in the podcast, the benefits of the podcast, and the use of podcast. The findings illustrated that students had a positive perception of the utilization of podcasts in learning speaking. Students perceive that podcast is interesting media because it has many contents or topics that they can listen and practice their speaking skill whenever they want. They also agree that podcast is beneficial for speaking achievement, for example, students can increase their vocabularies and word pronunciation.

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PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF TIPE NHT SEBAGAI UPAYA DALAM MENINGKATKAN AKTIVITAS DAN PRESTASI BELAJAR SISWA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN INTEGRAL TAK TENTU

Jurnal Santiaji Pendidikan (JSP) ◽

10.36733/jsp.v5i2.445 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 195-203

Author(s):

Made Dharma Atmaja

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Student Learning ◽

Mathematics Learning ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Learning Activities ◽

Average Score ◽

Percentage Increase ◽

Vocational High School ◽

Average Value ◽

Academic Year

Based on observations in class XI of Saraswati 2 Denpasar Vocational High School, several obstacles were found when learning took place, including (1) student involvement in learning was still lacking, (2) students were less prepared to take part in learning, (3) lack of collaboration between students in completing assignment, (4) students have not been able to conclude the material being studied. In accordance with the file taken through interviews with the mathematics teacher of class XI of Saraswati 2 Denpasar Vocational High School, information the achievement of mathematics learning is categorized as low, because it has not reached the minimum completeness criteria that have been established of Saraswati 2 Denpasar Vocational High School. This study uses a qualitative approach and this type of research is a classroom action study (CAR). This research was carried out for up to two cycles. The percentage increase in the average score of student learning activities from cycle I to cycle II is 43.31% and the percentage increase in the average value of student learning achievement, learning completeness, and absorption from cycle I to cycle II are respectively: 8, 31%; 31.99%; and 8.31%. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that the activities and student achievement in integral learning are not necessarily algebraic functions through the application of NHT type cooperative learning model in class XI students of Saraswati 2 Denpasar Vocational High School 2014/2015 of the academic year has increased.

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Exposing ESP Teacher’s and Students’ Perception about Teaching Speaking for Tourism Program

DINAMIKA ILMU ◽

10.21093/di.v18i1.945 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 37-49

Author(s):

Khoirunnisa Khoirunnisa ◽

Suparno Suparno ◽

Slamet Supriyadi

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Learning Process ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Learning Material ◽

English Teacher ◽

Vocational High School ◽

Male And Female ◽

Speaking Skill ◽

Shed Light

This study was framed in English for Spesific Purposes to look into the teacher’s and students’ perception about teaching speaking for Tourism Program. To this end, ten male and female Tourism students and their English teacher in one of private Vocational High School in Surakarta were purposively selected as the participants in this study. They were invited to take part in semi-structured interview. The findings showed that English for Tourism emphasizes more in building students’ speaking skill. All participants shared their positive perceptions toward teaching speaking for Tourism Program. The students perceived that speaking was very crucial for them since it gave such impact to their future career. Nevertheless, there were several difficulties students faced in the learning process including grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, content. There were also some challenges such as lack of confidence, low motivation and limited learning material. However, both teacher and students were actively involved in overcoming those barriers. This study shed light on the importance of collaboration between teacher and students. It is suggested that they should work closely to improve the quality of ESP program.

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Pengaruh Intensitas Belajar Dan Modal Sosial Terhadap Hasil Belajar Mata Pelajaran Administrasi Transaksi Pemasaran di SMK Negeri 2 Pariaman

Jurnal Ecogen ◽

10.24036/jmpe.v2i4.7856 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 788

Author(s):

Syawirda Syawirda ◽

Yulhendri Yulhendri

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Social Capital ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Multiple Regression ◽

Random Sampling ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Research Use ◽

Vocational High School ◽

Result Show ◽

Academic Year

The research aims to determine the effect of learning intensity and social capital to result of learning of students at state vocational high school 2 of Pariaman in academic year 2019/2020. The population in this research was all students of class XI until XII. The sample use are 107 with proportional random sampling technique. The analytical method used is multiple regression analysis using the SPSS version 20 program. This research use asosiatif method with deskriptive analysis. The data is analyted by using multiple regression. The result show that 1) There were a learning intensity and social capital to results of learning of students (F sig = 0,000 < dari 0,05). 2) There was a effect between learning intensity to result of learning (sig = 0,001< 0,05). 3) There was a effect between social capital to result of learning (sig = 0,000< 0,05). Keywords: intensity of learning, social capital, result of learning

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THE EFFECT OF APPLYING DEMONSTRATION METHOD ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN SPEAKING SKILL AT THE THIRD GRADE OF SMK PAB 3 MEDAN ESTATE

10.24114/reg.v4i2.2100 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Meryanti Napitupulu And Anni Holila Pulungan

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Control Group ◽

Vocational High School ◽

Control Groups ◽

Speaking Test ◽

The Third ◽

Speaking Skill ◽

The Subject ◽

And Control ◽

Experimental Group

This study was conducted as an attempt to discover the effect of applying Demonstration Method on students’ achievement in speaking skill. It was an experimental research. The subject was students of Grade XII, Vocational High School (Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan: SMK), which consisted of 79 students. The research was divided into two groups: experimental and control groups. The instrument used to collect the data was speaking test. To obtain the reliability of the test, the writer applied Kuder Richardson 21 formula. The result of the reliability was 0.7, and it was found that the test was reliable. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The analysis showed that the scores of the students in the experimental group were significantly higher than the scores of the students in the control group at the level of significant m = 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 77, t-observed value 8.9 > t-table value 1.99. The findings indicate that using Demonstration Method significantly affected the students’ achievement in speaking skill. So, English teachers are suggested to use Demonstration Method in order to improve students’ achievement in speaking skill.

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Students' Speaking Anxiety in EFL Classroom

PROJECT (Professional Journal of English Education) ◽

10.22460/project.v2i4.p581-587 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 581

Author(s):

Asysyfa Asysyfa ◽

Ayu Maulidia Handyani ◽

Siska Rizkiani

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Foreign Language ◽

First Grade ◽

Vocational High School ◽

Speaking Anxiety ◽

Causal Factors ◽

Left Behind ◽

Language Classroom ◽

Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety ◽

Research Questions

This study investigated the students’ speaking anxiety in the first grade of vocational high school. It emphasized on the level, the causal factors and the strategy to reduce the anxiety. It applied descriptive qualitative to answer the research questions. The data were obtained through questionnaire and interview. The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) questionnaires and interview were administered to 30 students. It was revealed that [a1] the factors that make students feel anxious in speaking in English were lack of preparation, afraid of left behind in understanding the material or what the teacher talks about, afraid of making mistakes, afraid of being laughed by his/her friends, unconfident to spell, pronounce and select the words in English. It was also found that there were eight students in level Relaxed, twelve students in level Mildly Anxious, and ten students in level Anxious. Last, the strategies that students should do to reduce their anxiety are do more preparation before speaking, try to be more confident in saying English words, and pronunciation practice. Keywords: Speaking, Speaking anxiety, EFL Classroom. [a1]It was revealed that

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Persepsi Guru terhadap Pembelajaran Berbasis Proyek di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan

Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan ◽

10.17509/jpp.v21i2.36972 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Ratih Apri Sari ◽

Bachrudin Musthafa ◽

Fazri Nur Yusuf

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High Schools ◽

Learning Process ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Project Based Learning ◽

Vocational High School ◽

Learning Models ◽

High School English ◽

Model Project

AbstrakPembelajaran berbasis proyek merupakan salah satu model pembelajaran yang direkomendasikan untuk digunakan dalam pembelajaran menurut kurikulum 2013. Pelaksanaan proses pembelajaran di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) memiliki karakteristik yang berbeda dengan pelaksanaan pembelajaran di Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA). Guru SMK harus mampu mengembangkan model pembelajaran yang dapat menghasilkan aspek keterampilan kerja. Salah satu masalah paling kritis dalam proses belajar mengajar Bahasa Inggris di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan adalah keengganan dan kreativitas guru yang kurang untuk menemukan cara agar pembelajaran lebih kreatif dan menyenangkan. Untuk mengetahui sejauh mana pemahaman siswa tentang suatu materi yang telah diajarkan dalam proses belajar mengajar, guru harus memberikan tugas kepada siswa. Penugasan dapat dilakukan dengan model Pembelajaran Berbasis Proyek (PjBL). Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana persepsi guru tentang pembelajaran berbasis proyek. Penelitian ini dilakukan dalam desain deskriptif kualitatif yang melibatkan tiga guru Bahasa Inggris SMK di Kabupaten Indragiri Hilir, Provinsi Riau sebagai responden. Penelitian ini menggunakan wawancara semi terstruktur sebagai instrumen pengumpulan data. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa guru memiliki persepsi positif terhadap pembelajaran berbasis proyek. Dapat ditarik kesimpulan bahwa pembelajaran berbasis proyek perlu dilakukan oleh guru di kelas Bahasa Inggris sebagai salah satu model dalam proses belajar mengajar karena berfokus pada siswa.Kata Kunci: Pembelajaran Berbasis Proyek, Persepsi Guru, dan Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan. AbstractProject-based learning is one of the recommended learning models to be used in learning according to the 2013 curriculum. The implementation of the learning process in Vocational High Schools have different characteristics from the implementation of learning in Senior High Schools. Vocational high school teachers must be able to develop learning models that can produce aspects of work skills. One of the most critical problems in teaching and learning English at Vocational High School is teachers’ unwillingness and less creativity to find ways to make learning more creative and fun. To find out what extent students understand about the material that has been taught in the teaching and learning process, the teachers must give assignments to the students. The assignments can be done with the model Project-Based Learning. The aim of this study was to investigate how teachers’ perception about project-based learning. This research conducted in descriptive qualitative design which involved three vocational high school English teachers in Indragiri Hilir Regency, Riau Province as respondents. This research used semi-structured interview as an instrument to collect the data. The result of the analysis showed that teachers have positive perception toward project-based learning. The conclusion can be drawn that project-based learning was needed to do by the teachers in EFL classroom as one of the models in teaching and learning process because its focus on student-centered.Keywords: Project-Based Learning, Teachers’ Perception, and Vocational High School.How to cite (APA Style): Sari, R., Musthafa,B., Yusuf, F.N. (2021). Persepsi Guru terhadap Pembelajaran Berbasis Proyek di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan. Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan, 21 (2), 2021. 1-11. doi: https://10.17509/jpp.v21i2.36972

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Self-Assessment in Exploring EFL Students’ Speaking Skill

AL-TA LIM ◽

10.15548/jt.v27i2.613 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 208-214

Author(s):

Alek Alek ◽

Abdul Gafur Marzuki ◽

Muhammad Farkhan ◽

Rahma Deni

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Use Of Self ◽

Vocational High School ◽

Oral Performance ◽

School Students ◽

Self Assessment ◽

Efl Students ◽

Speaking Skill

Self-assessment is one of alternative ways to evaluate students’ speaking talent in English. Through this evaluation, students are allowed to discover, know, and develop their speaking skill. Nonetheless, this sort of project was probably not common in Indonesia. Thus, this study was aimed to know students’ perception of using self-assessment for assessing their oral performance at Link and Match vocational high school. The information of this study was gathered by means of questionnaire which consists of 5 questions about the use of self-assessment. In this qualitative study, the data had been analyzed descriptively. There have been 30 vocational high school students who stand in Multimedia Major as the participant of this study. The results of this study indicated that most of the students thought that self-assessment very helpful for them because it allowed them to know their functionality and develop it to achieve the course goal specifically the speaking course objective. However, some students though that self-assessment was considerably useful since the teacher not often use this assignment and the students not take pleasure in whereas attempting to assess themselves. Self-assessment is very useful in exploring and assessing students speaking skill.

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Students’ positive responses toward homework given by English teachers at vocational high school

Journal of English Language and Pedagogy ◽

10.36597/jelp.v2i1.3780 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 19

Author(s):

Kris Astuti

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Research Finding ◽

English Teachers ◽

Learning Material ◽

Vocational High School ◽

Self Confidence ◽

New Knowledge ◽

The Subject ◽

Main Components ◽

Academic Year

This study aims to find out and describe the students’ positive responses toward homework given by English teachers at grade twelve in SMK Negeri 3 Purworejo in the academic year of 2014/2015. The subject of the research is students of SMK Negeri 3 Purworejo grade twelve in the academic year of 2014/2015. The approach is qualitative naturalistic and the data were taken using open questionnaire. The research finding reveals 21 final categories. From those 21 final categories, there are four main components which are important to be explored further. Those four components are students, homework materials, teachers, and facilities. The positive responses toward homework coming from the students are satisfaction and happiness if they can do it without cheating. They are challenged in doing the homework and get new knowledge. Doing the listening homework trains students to concentrate. They better understand the learning material, develop their self-confidence, and express their ideas and opinions. For homework materials, the students’ positive responses are dominated by the material that students have already learned and have not learned yet. The positive responses based on teachers are the English teachers have to discuss and give scores of the homework. Regarding facilities, the students consider that the school’s facilities should be various and complete to help them do the homework.

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KEMAMPUAN GURU DALAM MERENCANAKAN, MELAKSANAKAN DAN MENILAI PENGAJARAN DONGENG DI SMP PILOTING PROJECT KURIKULUM 2013 KOTA CIMAHI

LOKABASA ◽

10.17509/jlb.v7i2.9172 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 192

Author(s):

Susi Budiwati

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Junior High School ◽

Learning Process ◽

Junior High ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Learning Materials ◽

Language Teacher ◽

Academic Year ◽

Descriptive Method

Penelitian ini membahas kemampuan guru bahasa Sunda di SMP Piloting Project Kurikulum 2013 dalam merencanakan, melaksanakan dan menilai kemampuan mendongeng berdasarkan Kurikulum 2013 pada tahun pelajaran 2015-2016. Latar belakang penelitian ini adalah (1) perkembangan Kurikulum 2013 yang sangat dinamis dan; (2) pedoman pelaksanaannya yang terus berubah, sehingga muncul pertanyaan apakah perubahan ini sampai kepada guru bahasa Sunda. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui kemampuan guru dalam merencanakan, melaksanakan, dan menilai pembelajaran khususnya materi dongeng berdasarkan Kurikulum 2013. Metode penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Populasi sekaligus sampel penelitian ini adalah guru bahasa Sunda kelas VII, dengan teknik observasi dan study dokumenter. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah lembar observasi. Kesimpulan dari hasil penelitian ini adalah: (1) guru bahasa Sunda mampu merencanakan pengajaran dongeng berdasarkan Kurikulum 2013; (2) dalam proses pembelajarannya perlu ditingkatkan dan; (3) guru bahasa Sunda mampu menilai pengajaran dongeng berdasarkan Kurikulum 2013. ABSTRACTThis article discusses the ability of Sundanese teachers in junior high school Piloting Project Curriculum 2013 in planning, implementing, and assessing the ability of storytelling based on Curriculum 2013 in the academic year 2015-2016. The backgrounds of this study were (1) the development of Curriculum 2013, which is very dynamic and; (2) the implementation guidance that is constantly changing, so the question arises whether this change reaches the teachers. The purpose of this study is to determine the ability of teachers to plan, implement, and assess fairytale learning materials based on curriculum 2013. This research employed descriptive method with qualitative approach. The population and sample is Sundanese language teacher of Grade VII. It used observation and documentary study. The instrument was the observation sheet. The conclusion of this study are that (1) the Sundanese teacher is able to plan teaching fairytale based on Curriculum 2013; (2) the learning process needs to be improved; and (3) the Sundanese teacher is able to assess fairytale learning based on the Curriculum 2013.

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Penanaman Nilai Kejujuran Saat Ujian Nasioal di SMK Nurul Iman Palembang

BELAJEA Jurnal Pendidikan Islam ◽

10.29240/bjpi.v3i1.386 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 23

Author(s):

Disti Liana

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Field Research ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Vocational High School ◽

National Examination ◽

Take The Best ◽

Analysis Technique ◽

Time To Learn ◽

Home And School ◽

Education Process

Almost every year education in Indonesia is always shrouded in problems especially when national exam will be held. Problems that arise like cramming, compressing National Exam subjects by leaving other lessons, forming successful teams, and giving sanctions to Schools that fail the National Exam, and others. Supposedly, the National Exam is the answer in our efforts to realize an honest and achieving education process. This study aims to determine how the teacher's efforts in inculcating the value of honesty during the National Examination at Vocational High School Nurul Iman Palembang. This research is a field research with qualitative approach. To obtain data in this research, researcher use some methods in collecting data that are observation, interview and documentation. Data analysis technique used is descriptive technique. The result of the research is the cultivation of honesty value during the National Exam in Vocational High School Nurul Iman Palembang, among others: First, appealed and advised the students to study hard at home and school and take the best time to learn. Second, hold impromptu evaluation. Third, cultivating faith in God confesses that there is no god but Allah, always remember Allah wherever located so afraid to commit sins or errors intentionally even if not known by others. Fourth, explain the honest benefits of the National Examination.

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