scholarly journals The Way To Overcome Students’ Hesitation In Speaking English At The 10 Th Grade of Senior High School In Bekasi

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
Grediana Rumlus
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
School Students ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
International Language ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Language Needs ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
Group Member

English as an international language needs to be used in daily communication so that speakers are accustomed to using it. But the facts show that many people, especially class X students at one of the high schools in Bekasi, find it difficult to speak English for fear of being wrong. So this paper aims to find out the causes of difficulties for students to speak English. The author conducted research in 2 classes with 60 students. The first step is to hold a group discussion using an English textbook in the two classes. The second stage uses the control class and the experimental class. The control class still uses English textbooks as discussion material, while the control class watches 2 films in English and each group tells the contents of the film according to their understanding. Each group member in the experimental class tells the contents of the film very actively and enthusiastically, while the control class only talk by the group leader. The observations showed that audiovisual and learning techniques with stories were very significant in the experimental class students. It can be proven by the activity of each group member speaking. It was concluded that audiovisual and simple learning techniques were very enjoyable and increased the speaking activity in one of high school students at grade X in Bekasi. Keywords: Habit, watching/listening, fun

scholarly journals The Way To Overcome Students’ Hesitation In Speaking English At The 10 Th Grade Of Senior High School In Bekasi

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-63
Author(s):  
Grediana Rumlus
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
School Students ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
International Language ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Language Needs ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
Group Member

English as an international language needs to be used in daily communication so that speakers are accustomed to using it. But the facts show that many people, especially class X students at one of the high schools in Bekasi, find it difficult to speak English for fear of being wrong. So this paper aims to find out the causes of difficulties for students to speak English. The author conducted research in 2 classes with 60 students. The first step is to hold a group discussion using an English textbook in the two classes. The second stage uses the control class and the experimental class. The control class still uses English textbooks as discussion material, while the control class watches 2 films in English and each group tells the contents of the film according to their understanding. Each group member in the experimental class tells the contents of the film very actively and enthusiastically, while the control class only talk by the group leader. The observations showed that audiovisual and learning techniques with stories were very significant in the experimental class students. It can be proven by the activity of each group member speaking. It was concluded that audiovisual and simple learning techniques were very enjoyable and increased the speaking activity in one of high school students at grade X in Bekasi.

scholarly journals JIGSAW II: An Effective Strategy to Develop Reading Comprehension Among School Children

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (S1-Dec2020) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
Sindhu Thamban
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
School Students ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Significant Difference

The Jigsaw II, one form of Cooperative learning techniques is an efficient strategy to use in a language classroom. The basic activities include 1) Reading with team members 2) Expert group discussion 3) Team members report 4) Test 5) Team recognition. The jigsaw II strategy is easyto implement and works well with a wide range of students.Previous researches related to Jigsaw II shows that it is more powerful and effective and appropriate in situations where learning is from text based materials. Reviews related to the strategy shows that no researches have been carried out to develop the reading comprehension of the high school students, particularly in the Indian context. Hence through this paper an attempt has been made by the researcher to check the effectiveness of Jigsaw II in developing the reading comprehension of High school students.The study statistically revealed that there is significant difference in the reading comprehension achievement of the students who were taught by using the traditional method and to those taught by using the Jigsaw II strategy. In accordance with the qualitative and quantitative findings attained it was found that Jigsaw II was found to be more effective than the traditional teaching method in developing the reading comprehension of high school students.

scholarly journals Perancangan Aplikasi Penyedia Informasi Perguruan Tinggi Bagi Pelajar SMA/ Sederajat dengan Metode Participatory Design

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
William Reynaldo ◽  
Marihot Nainggolan ◽  
Clara Theresia
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
School Students ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Design Alternatives ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Last Stage

Continuing study to higher education is an important thing for most of high school students,  but there are still obstacles related to the information availability of higher education for high school students. These constraints can be divided into 3 categories, namely limited university information, limited department information, and limited registration information. Currently, there are university information apps, however those applications have not been able to overcome the three categories of obstacles faced. Thus, an design for application that can handle these problems. In this research, a design for application for information about higher education providers was conducted. The application design consists of 4 stages, started by determining needs using the focus group discussion method which involved 9 respondents and produced 23 needs. The second stage, determining design alternatives using the participatory design workshop method involving 8 respondents and producing 4 design alternatives, and selecting an alternative design involving 19 respondents. The third stage is making a high-fidelity prototype with the help of Adobe XD software. In the last stage, evaluation and improvement are carried out by considering the factors of usefulness, effectiveness, efficiency, learnability, and satisfaction. The result of this research is a design of  application that provide information about university that meets aspects of functionality and usability. Those aspects including the usefulness factor 81.79%, the effectiveness factor 82.14%, the efficiency factor 82.14%, the learnability factor 71.43%, and the satisfaction factor 79.64%. Based on these results, this application able to use and meets user needs.

THE READABILITY OF READING TEXTS IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FOR GRADE VIII STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 KABANJAHE 2016/2017

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rinaldi Masda Syahputra And Johan Sinulingga
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
10Th Grade ◽  
8Th Grade ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
Readability Formula ◽  
Reading Texts

This research analyzed the readability of reading texts taken from English textbooks for grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Kabanjahe of 2016/2017 entitled English in Focus published by Pusat Perbukuan Departemen Pendidikan Nasional. Being important a textbook as the most used in sources of a class, textbook should be readable and appropriate for the students especially for the reading texts inside it. The goal of this research was to find out how is the readability of those reading texts in the textbook.To describe and investigate the readability, this research used a readability formula measurement called SMOG Grading Formula which is found by G. Harry Mc. Laughlin. The source of the data were 20 reading texts taken randomly from English in Focus textbook.The major findings of the study showed that the readability of 20 reading texts were in the variety level for students within 5th elementary school to the 10th grade high school students level, and it found that 13 of 20 reading texts or about 65% of the data are appropriate for the 8th grade students who are the user of the book. Meanwhile, this research also found reading texts which are not appropriate for the students. There are 3 reading texts are too easy and 4 are too difficult for them. So, 35% reading texts in the data is not appropriate for 8th grade students.

LEXICAL AMBIGUITY IN READING ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXTS FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Putri Sembiring And Sortha Silitonga
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Lexical Ambiguity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
Ambiguous Words ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
Senior High School Students

The objectives of this study were to find out the types of lexical ambiguity and the most dominant type of lexical ambiguity used in analytical exposition texts in English Today 2 and Advanced Learning English 2 textbooks. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The research was mainly focused on the four types of lexical ambiguity proposed by Saeed, such as homonymy, polysemy, synonymy and antonymy. In carrying out this study, the data were taken from analytical exposition texts in reading materials and exercise material from the two English textbooks which contained of ambiguous words. The result of the study indicated the numbers of lexical ambiguity were 46 words within homonymy (34,8%), polysemy (28,2%), synonymy (19,6%), and antonymy (17,4%).

scholarly journals PROBLEM-BASED GROUP DISCUSSION: AN EFFECTIVE ELT TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ TRANSACTIONAL SPEAKING SKILLS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-258
Author(s):  
Kaharuddin Kaharuddin ◽  
Ananda Rahmadana
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Test Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Speaking Skills

In this millennial era, English speaking skills are very necessary for young learners, especially for Vocational High Schools students. However, few teachers still have difficulties in choosing the right technique to teach the speaking skills. Consequently, students feel that speaking is the hardest skill in English. This paper is aimed at discussing how to improve the students’ transactional speaking skills (group discussion) using problem-based group discussion technique at Vocational High School 5 Gowa. A quantitative research design was used to carry out this study with support from the data collection instrument i.e. speaking video test (group discussion). The design of this study conducted using a quasi-experimental with nonequivalent control group design. Twenty (20) students in two classes i.e. ten students for the experimental class and ten students for the controlled class of the intermediate level were purposively selected to participate in this study. The results of this study showed that the problem-based group discussion technique is able to improve students’ transactional speaking skills. It was proved by the result of the statistical analysis of the level significance P = 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) = 9 indicated that the t-test values of the students’ transactional speaking skills (3.498) was higher than the t-table value (2.262). The outcome of this research indicates that this technique is effectively able to improve the students’ transactional speaking skills in exchanging information, taking a part in formal discussions and even learning to work in real-life situations

scholarly journals NUTRITION AMBASSADOR COMPETITION AS A METHOD TO IMPROVE NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

ICCD ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-122
Author(s):  
Febry Harissa Surbakti ◽  
Khoirul Anwar ◽  
Aviani Harvika ◽  
Megah Stefani ◽  
Hardinsyah Hardinsyah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Local Health ◽  
School Students ◽  
District Office ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Nutrition Problem ◽  
Access To Food

Indonesia, a developing country, is still facing nutrition problems caused by lack of access to food and nutrition knowledge. Adolescents play an important role in a long term preventing of nutrition problem. Competition and award are ways of increasing adolescent interest and motivation in gaining nutrition knowledge. Therefore, the purpose of this empowerment program is to improve nutrition capacity og high school students (HSS) through a nutrition ambassador competition and award. The selection of nutrition ambassador candidates is carried out through written selection for 2nd grade HSS in 5 high schools (HS) in each selected city oN 8 cities of Indonesia. Five best couples from each HS then follow a second stage written selection at city level. Finally, the five best couple nominated from the second stage were then interviewed to determine the best three couple as nutrition ambassadors for every city. The result showed about 200 HSS involved as the candidates: and they read the balance nutrition guidebook from ministry of health as an online compulsory reading book which was uploaded in the web of PERGIZI PANGAN Indonesia. The mean nutrition knowledge score of the NA was 65.4 ± 12.9 which categorized as moderate level. This activity was appreciated by school principals and by local health district office heads. The nutrition ambassadors helped local health office to educate nutrition to HSS in each city. Now with the assistance from PERGIZI PANGAN Indonesia, they are sharing nutrition information and experience via WhatsApp Group. This implies that nutrition ambassador competition and award could be developed to improve nutrition capacity of HSS.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF LEARNING TEACHNIQUES AND SELF CONFIDENCE TOWARD TO STUDENTS' SPEAKING SKILL IN INDONESIANDISCUSSION (EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE 17TH NATIONAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PALEMBANG)

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-93
Author(s):  
Sri Wahyu Indrawati ◽  
Emzir Emzir ◽  
Ninuk Lustyantie
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Mapping Technique ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Value Of Learning

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of learning techniques and self confidence of students' speaking skills in Indonesian discussion. This research was conducted on the students of the 107th class of the 17th National Senior High School Palembang in 2017 by using factorial experimental design technique 2 x 2. Type of research conducted is experiment technique analysis which was used Analysis of variance (ANAVA) two ways at level of significance 0,05.The results of this study indicated that mind mapping techniques were more effective than problem-based learning techniques, and then there was an interaction effect betweenStudents' speaking skill in Indonesian discussions by using mind mapping technique and students learning by using problem-based techniques, probability values ​​M_learning (0.795) Ë‚0.05. The mean value of learning with mind mapping technique is greater than the average value of learning with problem-based technique (84.89) Ë‚ (80.89).           

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