scholarly journals UTILIZING QUESTIONING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ COMPREHENSION SKILLS ON EXPOSITORY TEXTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Heri Hidayatullah
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Expository Text ◽  
Expository Texts ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Teaching Learning

This collaborative classroom action research (CAR) which was assembled in two cycles aimed at describing the implementation of questioning technique in improving the students’ comprehension skills on expository text.  The procedures of instruction involve four steps namely (1) explaining and brainstorming; (2) grouping and discussing; (3) leading; and (4) concluding and presenting. The finding which supported by data on the teaching-learning process shows that the percentage of the students who get greater than or equal to 20 point at the first test is 59.5 % and 80 % in the second test. Accordingly, with 70 % of the participants get 20 point in the set-up criteria of success, it concluded that such technique is still outstanding in improving the students’ comprehension skills on expository texts type.

IMPROVING GRADE V STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH FLASH CARDS

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabatini Sitorus And Masitowarni Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Flash Cards ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Vocabulary Achievement

This study attempts to increase students’ vocabulary achievement by using flash cards. The objective of the study is to investigate whether the using of flash card can improve students’ vocabulary achievement. This study conduct by applying Classroom Action Research which was carried out in two cycles in six meetings. The subject of this study of SD Negeri 174559 Siraituruk, Porsea which consisted of 34 students. For collecting data, the instruments used were quantitative (vocabulary test) and qualitative data (interview sheet, observation sheet, and diary notes. Based on the data, it was found that the mean of the second cycle (80, 44) is higher than the mean of first cycle (64, 85) and pre-test (44, 41).  Based on interview sheet, observation sheet and diary notes, it was found thee students were more active and more enthusiastic during the teaching learning process in the second cycle than the first one. It was concluded that teaching vocabulary by using  flash cards can improve the students’ vocabulary achievement.

IMPROVING STUDENT’S VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT IN WITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH MAKE A MATCH METHOD

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irma Lely Lumban Gaol And Johan Sinulingga
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Match Method ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Descriptive Writing ◽  
Vocabulary Achievement

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.

scholarly journals Using Teaching Proficiency Through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) in Teaching English for Young Learners

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Arini Octaviani ◽  
Vega Hesmatantya
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Kindergarten Students ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Qualitative Design ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning

This study was conducted in order to find out how to improve students’ skills in retelling at kindergarten students of JAC School Surabaya. It described the implementation of Using Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) in teaching learning process and reported students’ retelling story ability. This research used Classroom Action Research (CAR) which is conducted to solve the students’ during story telling time and students’ ability in retelling story. The study uses Burns theory. This Classroom Action Research has four steps in one cycle. Those are planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The writer used a descriptive qualitative design to gain the information concerning process of TPRS method. There are three steps of TPRS teaching method. Those are Established the Meaning, Tell a class story and Read. There was an activity called circling in tell a class story step According to the data, the students made an improvement of retelling story use their own language from the first to the second cycle. The average of students score in retelling story rubric of the first cycle was 2 as described as fair category. While the second cycle average of retelling story rubric was 4 and categorized as excellent. The data was the result of direct observation. The analysis was done by describing the implementation of using TPRS in learning process in the classroom.

scholarly journals ENHANCING STUDENTS’ ENGLISH ABILITY BY USING REALIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Rengganis Siwi Amumpuni ◽  
Brigitta Septarini Rahmasari
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Media ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning

Abstract: The aim of the research is to know the strenghts and weaknesses of using realia. The reseacher used classroom action research. The research was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consisted of four steps. They are planning, acting, observation, and reflecting. In collecting the data, the researcher used test, interview, and observation. In analyzing the data, the researcher used statistic descriptive. The research implementations showed that there was an improvement in students’ speaking ability after Realia implemented in the teaching and learning process, and the students showed better achievement in speaking ability. The strengths were the students become active in classroom, enthusiastic, excited and motivated in the class. The students give more attention to the lesson and they were attracted to do the exercise during teaching learning process. The students more focused to the lesson during the activity in teaching learning process. The activities of Realia is attracted the students’ motivation and interested to the students. The researcher found that that Realia make the class becomes conducive. Meanwhile the weaknesses of using realia are the student had a difficulties to speak something caused of the limited vocabularies and confused how to pronounce the word in English and it spends much time to prepare the media. Keywords :Realia, English ability, Enthusiastic Abstrak: Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kekuatan dan kelemahan menggunakan realia. Peneliti menggunakan penelitian tindakan kelas. Penelitian ini dilakukan dalam dua siklus. Setiap siklus terdiri dari empat langkah yaitu perencanaan, tindakan, observasi, dan refleksi. Dalam mengumpulkan data, peneliti menggunakan tes, wawancara, dan observasi. Dalam menganalisis data, peneliti menggunakan statistik deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan kemampuan berbicara siswa setelah Realia diimplementasikan dalam proses belajar mengajar, dan siswa menunjukkan prestasi yang lebih baik dalam kemampuan berbicara. Kekuatan menggunakan realia adalah siswa menjadi aktif di kelas, antusias, bersemangat dan termotivasi di kelas. Para siswa lebih memperhatikan pelajaran dan mereka tertarik untuk melakukan latihan selama proses belajar mengajar. Para siswa lebih fokus pada pelajaran selama kegiatan belajar mengajar. Kegiatan Realia menarik motivasi siswa dan tertarik kepada siswa. Peneliti menemukan bahwa Realia membuat kelas menjadi kondusif. Sementara itu, kelemahan menggunakan realia adalah siswa memiliki kosakata yang terbatas dan kesulitan dalam pengucapan bahasa Inggris dan menghabiskan banyak waktu untuk mempersiapkan media.Kata Kunci: Realia, Kemampuan Bahasa Inggris, Antusias

scholarly journals Improving Students’ Vocabulary and Activeness Using Mind Mapping: A Classroom Action Research of 1st Semester Students of Law Faculty Semarang University

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefani Dewi Rosaria ◽  
Devy Angga Gunantar ◽  
Hetty Catur Ellyawati
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Law Faculty ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning

The objective of this research is to improve students’ vocabulary and activity during teaching-learning process using mind mapping as a teaching method. This is a classroom action research conducted at Semarang University and the sample is taken from the first semester students of law faculty. This classroom action research applies two cycles. Each cycle includes planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The result showed that through mind mapping students can master English vocabulary easily especially English vocabulary for law, their test score improved, and they became active enough in participating in class such as asking and answering question, delivering opinion, and completing task.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING PROCEDURAL PARAGRAPH THROUGH DEMONSTRATION METHOD

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda And Lince Sihombing
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning

This study concerns with improving grade VIII students’ achievement in writingprocedural Paragraph through demonstration method. This research wasconducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the study was gradeVIII students of SMP N 2 Babalan which consisted of 35 students. Theinstruments for collecting data were primary data (writing test) and secondarydata (interview sheet, observation sheet and questionnaire sheet). Based onwriting scores, students’ score kept improving in every evaluation. In the test I themean was 64,91, in the test II the mean was 74,57 . Based on interview, observation,and questionnaire sheet, it was found that teaching-learning process ran well.Students were active, creative to give their idea, enthusiastic, and interested inwriting. The finding of the research showed that applying demonstration methodsignificantly improved students’ writing achievement.

scholarly journals English Conversation Teaching by Pair-work Technique for the First Year English Majored Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-296
Author(s):  
Muhammad Dalimunte
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
First Year ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Pair Work ◽  
Work Technique

This study discusses about English conversation teaching by pair-work technique for the firts year English majored students. This study uses Classroom Action Research. It can be used to know the improvement of teachers’ activity and students’ ability after a particular technique applied. The research findings denoted that pair-work technique can attract the students’ motivation to take part in language teaching and improve their ability at speaking, It can seen from the improvement of students’ activities from cycle one to cycle two  (82,5 % of the students took part in the teaching -learning process or at  level 3,3 ,good category to 91,25% or at the level 3,65, good category in cycle two, and the improvement of their scores  was 7 students (21,9%) got score 70 up in pre cycle, 29 students  (90,6 %) in cycle one and 32 students (100%)  in cycle two. It can be stated that the pair-work technique is appropriate to apply in teaching speaking.

scholarly journals Improving Students’ Vocabulary and Activeness Using Mind Mapping: A Classroom Action Research of 1st Semester Students of Law Faculty Semarang University

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefani Dewi Rosaria ◽  
Devy Angga Gunantar ◽  
Hetty Catur Ellyawati
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Law Faculty ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning

The objective of this research is to improve students’ vocabulary and activity during teaching-learning process using mind mapping as a teaching method. This is a classroom action research conducted at Semarang University and the sample is taken from the first semester students of law faculty. This classroom action research applies two cycles. Each cycle includes planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The result showed that through mind mapping students can master English vocabulary easily especially English vocabulary for law, their test score improved, and they became active enough in participating in class such as asking and answering question, delivering opinion, and completing task.

scholarly journals Project-Based Learning: Enhancing EFL Students’ Speaking Skill through Vlog

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 1077
Author(s):  
Wienda Febriyanti Nugroho ◽  
Mirjam Anugerahwati
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Vocational Students ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Grammatical Accuracy ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning

<p class="Abstrak"><strong>Abstract:</strong> The purpose of this classroom action research is to enhance the students’ speaking skill using Project-Based Learning through Vlog and looking at their speaking performance in the teaching learning process using PBL through Vlog. Eleven students of vocational students in Indonesia were taken as research subject exposed to the treatment of PBL through Vlog in one cycle. The result of this study showed that after the students were taught by using PBL through Vlog, the eleven students successfully met the criteria of success. The use of PBL through Vlog enhanced the students’ fluency, grammatical accuracy, pronunciation, vocabulary, and content.</p><strong>Abstrak:</strong> Tujuan dari penelitian tindakan kelas ini adalah keterampilan berbicara menggunakan Project-Based Learning melalui pembelajaran dan proses belajar mengajar menggunakan PBL melalui Vlogs. Sebelas siswa siswa kejuruan di Indonesia diambil sebagai subjek penelitian untuk pengobatan PBL melalui Vlog dalam satu siklus. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa siswa terpenuhi oleh kriteria kesuksesan. Penggunaan PBL melalui Vlog meningkatkan kelancaran siswa, akurasi tata bahasa, pengucapan, kosa kata, dan konten.

scholarly journals PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN MENCERITAKAN KEMBALI ISI CERITA MELALUI ALAT PERAGA GAMBAR SERI DI TK NEGERI PEMBINA KABUPATEN SRAGEN

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-200
Author(s):  
Yustina Laurentius Sri Mulatsih ◽  
Suharno Suharno ◽  
Sri Anitah
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Narrative Skill ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Kindergarten Student ◽  
Passing Grade

Retelling story is the simplest part of narrative skill in early-aged children. This study aims to understand the learning process to improve skill of retelling story of kindergarten school using series picture in TK Negeri Pembina Kabupaten Sragen. This study is a classroom action research consisted of two cycles and directly conducted in teaching process by teacher. In this study the teaching learning process adopted storytelling technique using media of series picture which students can listen and try to use picture at the same time.  By those ways, students are supposed to be able to retell a story they have listened to as a response and an improvement of language development aspect. The data gathered in this study is analyzed using descriptive quantitative method by comparing the pre-condition to with results from cycle I and cycle II. The finding shows that in cycle I indicating an improvement of passing grade criteria from pre condition which is 15,38% to 30,77% at the end of the cycle I and after treatment which student actively try to retell the criteria move to 69,23% at the end of cycle II.  It proven that series picture is effective to improve retelling skill of kindergarten student.   Keyword : storytelling, series picture, retelling skill     Menceritakan kembali merupakan bagian paling sederhana dari keterampilan bercerita anak usia dini. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui proses pembelajaran dalam rangka meningkatkan keterampilan anak dalam menceritakan kembali isi cerita yang telah diceritakan dengan menggunakan gambar seri di TK Negeri Pembina Kabupaten Sragen. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas yang terdiri dari dua siklus dan dilakukan secara langsung dalam proses kegiatan pembelajaran yang dilakukan oleh guru. Dalam penelitian ini, proses pembelajaran dilakukan dengan menggunakan teknik bercerita dengan menggunakan alat peraga buku cerita gambar seri dimana anak-anak dapat mendengarkan dan mencoba menggunakan gambar di saat bersamaan. Dengan mendengarkan dan melihat guru bercerita, diharapkan mampu mencertakan kembali isi cerita sebagai bentuk respon dan pengembangan kemampuan berbahasa. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis dengan menggunakan metode analisis deskriptif kuantitatif dengan membandingkan kondisi awal siswa serta hasil dari siklus I dan siklus II. Hasil penelitian ini adalah pada siklus pertama terjadi peningkatan dari kondisi awal yang hanya memiliki ketuntasan 15,38% menjadi 30,77% pada akhir siklus I kemudian setelah diberikan perlakuan dimana siswa aktif mencoba bercerita bergantian ketuntasan meningkat lagi menjadi 69, 23% pada akhir siklus II. Hal ini membuktikan bahwa gambar seri dianggap efektif meningkatkan kemampuan anak didik dalam menceritakan kembali isi cerita yang telah diceritakan guru.   Kata kunci: bercerita, gambar seri, kemampuan menceritakan kembali.  

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