Using Dictation Techniques to Improve the Eighth-Grade Students’ Listening Comprehension Achievement at SMPN 35 Surabaya

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-69
Author(s):  
Laely Vitriyati
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Listening Test ◽  
Teaching Language ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Test Result

Dictation is an ancient technique in teaching language becoming one of interesting ways to improve the students’ listening comprehension proposed by Davis & Rinvolucri (1988). This study was aimed to solve the students’ listening comprehension achievement by using dictation techniques as a technique in teaching listening at SMPN 35 Surabaya in the academic year 2020/2021. Classroom Action Research (CAR) was applied in this study in two cycles. In this classroom action research, the technique was divided into note taking and partial dictation. The primary data about students listening achievement were gained from the listening test. Meanwhile, the supporting data were gathered from observation and documentation. The results on students’ activity showed the use of text dictation techniques could improve the eighth-grade students’ activity in listening. Furthermore, In the first cycle of the test’ result, the teaching listening activity was not so good as what was expected. On the average, the percentage of the students’ involvement in the process of teaching listening was only 45% in the first meeting and 50% in the second meeting. But, in the second cycle the percentage of students’ involvement in the process of teaching listening increased from 77% in the first meeting to 80% in the second meeting. This improvement happened because of some revision, they were; choosing the text with familiar story for the students, reading the text more clearly, turning up the volume, and using more gestures in teaching listening technique

scholarly journals Improving the Eighth Grade Students’ Listening Comprehension Achievement by using Dictation Techniques

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-216
Author(s):  
Abd. Syakur
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Listening Test ◽  
Teaching Language ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Test Result

Dictation is an ancient technique in teaching language becoming one of interesting ways to improve the students’ listening comprehension proposed by Davis and Involucres (1988). This study was aimed to solve the students’ listening comprehension achievement by using dictation techniques as a technique in teaching listening at SMP Al-falah Surabaya in the academic year 2019/2020. Classroom Action Research (CAR) was applied in this study in two cycles. In this classroom action research, the technique was divided into note taking and partial dictation/cloze dictation. The primary data about students listening achievement were gained from the listening test. Meanwhile, the supporting data were gathered from observation and documentation. The results on students’ activity showed the use of text dictation techniques could improve the eighth-grade students’ activity in listening. Furthermore, In the first cycle of the test’ result, the teaching listening activity was not so good as what was expected. On the average, the percentage of the students’ involvement in the process of teaching listening was only 45% in the first meeting and 50% in the second meeting. But, in the second cycle the percentage of students’ involvement in the process of teaching listening increased from 77% in the first meeting to 80% in the second meeting. This improvement happened because of some revision, they were; choosing the text with familiar story for the students, reading the text more clearly, turning up the volume, and using more gestures in teaching listening technique.

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL BY USING STIRRED WORD AND S

EDUPEDIA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Aisiyah Furqoni Rizki ◽  
Bambang Harmanto ◽  
Niken Reti Indriastuti
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Minimum Standard ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Passing Grade

Stirred Word and Sentences is a strategy that used to improve students’ writing skill for eighth grade students of MTs. Ma’arif Sukosari. The purpose of this research was to find out how the improvement of students’ writing skill by using Stirred Word and Sentences for the eighth grade students of MTs. Ma’arif Sukosari in academic year 2017/2018. The subject of this research was students of the eighth grade class VIII B in MTs. Ma’arif Sukosari which consisted of 15 students. This research was conducted Classroom Action Research (CAR) that consisted of two cycles, in each cycle consisted of two meetings and four stages, there were: planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The researcher used three instruments in this research, there were: Observation Checklist, Questionnaire and Test. Based on the result of this research, the implementation of Stirred Word and Sentences could improve students’ writing skill at the eighth grade students of MTs. Ma’arif Sukosari in academic year 2017/2018. It was seen from the result of Observation Checklist was 55 % in cycle I up to 85 % in cycle II, it meant the students was active. The questionnaire’s result showed that the students were interested in this method. It can be seen from total of questionnaire I was 66.7 % and the questionnaire II was 91.1 %. The students’ percentage who reached minimum standard of passing grade in cycle I was 53.3 % and in cycle II was 100 %, it meant this research was successful. 

IMPROVING SPEAKING SKILL OF SMP BUDI UTAMA KEROBOKAN STUDENTS THROUGH INSIDE OUTSIDE CIRCLE WITH VIDEO

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-130
Author(s):  
Anak Agung Putu Arsana ◽  
I Gusti Agung Putri Wirastuti ◽  
Tesalonika Alexanderina Serowero
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Passing Grade

The study of this research was to figure out the improvement of speaking skill of the eighth grade students of SMP Budi UtamaKerobokan in academic year 2019/2020 through inside outside circle with video. The subjects were the eighth grade students of SMP Budi UtamaKerobokan in academic year 2019/2020. The passing grade of the eight grade students is 77. The design was classroom action research that carried out through inside outside circle with video technique in two cycles, on each cycle consisted of two sessions. The obtained data were collected by administering the instruments to the subjects, then qualitatively from the questionnaire. The result in each cycle showed that the pre-test was 65.5, than there was significant improvement in post-test 1 was 74.8, and last on post-test 2 was 82.7. It means that 75% of the subjects pass the passing grade. The result of the questionnaire showed that 99% of the students agree with implementation of this technique. In short, the present classroom action research showed that speaking skill of the eighth grade students of SMP Budi UtamaKerobokan in academic year 2019/2020 can be improved through inside outside circle with video.

scholarly journals IMPROVING LISTENING SKILL OF STUDENTS USING METACOGNITIVE INSTRUCTION

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-268
Author(s):  
Ida Nurhidayah ◽  
Nadiah Ma’mun
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
English Education ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Metacognitive Instruction ◽  
Listening Skill ◽  
Listening Ability ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Test Result

This study is aimed to describe the implementation of metacognitive instruction and to improve students’ listening ability on TOEFL listening comprehension section by using metacognitive instruction at the second semester students of English Education Department of Walisongo State Islamic University Semarang in the academic year of 2015/2016 and to know the enhancement of students’ listening ability on TOEFL listening comprehension section after being taught using metacognitive instruction. The design of this study is classroom action research that was conducted in two cycles with four activities in each cycle, they are planning, acting, observing, reflecting. Pre-cycle was also done before this study was conducted. The result of this study showed that using metacognitive instruction could improve students’ listening ability on TOEFL listening comprehension section. This was proved by the enhancement of students’ test result that improved in every cycle. The result of the study also showed that metacognitive instruction could improve the students’ listening ability on TOEFL listening comprehension section.

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION OF RECOUNT TEXT BY USING THINK-PAIR-SHARE (TPS) TECHNIQUE

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 247
Author(s):  
Radhita Vidya ◽  
Annisa Nuraini
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
The Third ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research

The aims of this research is to improve reading comprehension of the eighth-grade students using think-pair-share technique. The researchers applying this technique is to make students actively learn in classthrough pair discussions and sharing information with their friends. The researchers used a classroom action research (CAR) method, this research has been carried out in three cycles to achieve students improvement in reading comprehension. The mean scores of students in the first cycle is 57.60, in the second cycle is 64.67, and in  the third cycle is 77.20. The mean scores of the three cycles prove that the think-pair-share technique has succeeded in improving students' reading comprehension of recount text. Keywords: Think-Pair-Share, Reading comprehension ,Recount text.

scholarly journals The Descriptive Study on Students’ Reading Comprehension in Scanning Recount Text of The Eighth Grade Students at SMP N 1 Glagah in The 2013/2014 Academic Year

LUNAR ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 48-58
Author(s):  
Subayil Subayil
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
First Language ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Teaching Of Reading ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
Academic Year

Reading is a multileveled and interactive process in which readers contruct a meaningful representation of text using their schemata. While it has been known for some time that both content and formal schemata are necessary for complete understanding of written texts in a reader’s first language (L1), and has been suspected to be true in the reader’s second language (L2). The purpose of this thesis is twofold. The first, to give a brief overview of some of the literature that deals with scanning as the alternative technique to teach reading comprehension. The second goal, to disscuss the implemetation of scaaning in the reading class. This classroom action research was intended to comprehend students’ reading in scanning recount text at SMPN 1 Glagah in the 2013/2014 academic year. It was conducted at the eighth year students. The respondent oh this research was consisted of 54 students who cocsisted of each class of the eighth grade. This respondents were chosen becouse they were as example of sample to establish the technique had goal or not. Involving the English teacher's preparation, the instructional activities conducted by the teachers, the material or technique used in the teaching of reading comprehension, the evaluation reading comprehension, and other factors that students succeed in the reading comprehension. The instruments of collecting data used test and documentation. The reading comprehension focused in recount text which used scanning technique. The reading comprehension test was used to get primary data about the students’ reading comprehension of English passages. In the implementation to find the value of reading comprehension by scanning techinique for the first time was providing related question reading test of recount text. It was done to determine the value students reading comprehension by using that technique mentioned above. So that, it will be known later on how to comprehend reading text. In the evaluation, the researcher got the test score from the respondent or students. Based on the result, it be concluded that the reading comprehension by scaanning technique had side-effect to improve the reading ability students and help the students of the eighth grade at SMPN 1 Glagah who they got some reading test which focused in recount text.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE STUDENT’S READING SKILL TROUGH SQ3R TECHNIQUE IN MTS AL-KHAIRIYAH

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Titi Widiawati ◽  
Ida Nuraida ◽  
Sisca Wulansari Saputri
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Positive Response ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Academic Year

Abstract. The objectives of this research is to figure out whether or not the implementation of SQ3R technique can improve reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of Mts Al-Khairiyah in academic year 2018/2019. Therefore, to achieve the objective, the writer conducted a action research. This research was conducted in two cycles where each cycle had 2 sessions. The data were analyzed by comparing the result of pre-test and post-test. The result post- test showed the significant improvement. This research furthermore showed that most of the subjects gave positive response that SQ3R technique was successfully applied in improving the subjects’ reading comprehension. In conclusion, the present classroom action study proved that SQ3R technique could improve reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of Mts Al-Khairiyah in academic year 2018/2019.

THE STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN LISTENING

JURNAL SPHOTA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
I Gusti Agung Vony Purnama
Keyword(s):  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Listening Test ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Test Result

This study aims to find out the effect of the listening supports on the students’ listening performance. The students under concern were the second-semester students taking the English II subject at STIKOM Bali. The data source in this study is a primary data, which has been got directly from one class of listening comprehension in semester II year in 2017. This class was chosen since the students of this class have already learned the listening comprehension for seven meetings. Theory of listening comprehension was used in this research. There were 34 students’ listening test results analyzed by using the qualitative method in collecting data. This research used a descriptive research in describing the result. The finding shows that the percentage of students’ performance in Listening Comprehension I which used the two listening supports prior the test was 55.2%, this was higher than the percentage of the students’ performance in Listening Comprehension II which did not use the two listening supports only 48.5%. It can be concluded that the two listening supports prior the listening test affect the students listening test result.

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH COOPERATIVE SCRIPT AT SMP NEGERI 21 MEDAN

2020 ◽  
pp. 79-92
Author(s):  
Novi Indah Yanta Br PeranginAngin ◽  
Linus Rumapea ◽  
Fiber Yunan Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Reading Process ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Academic Year

This study is intended to answer the problem in what way does the cooperative script improvement of students’ Reading Comprehension to the Eighth Grade Students’ of SMP Negeri Medan Jaya in the academic year 2016/2017. This study is classroom action research. The tools of data collection used observation, interview and test. On the first cycle the researcher used cooperative script to improve the students’ ability in comprehending on information of descriptive text about animal. The result of this research showed that the students ability in comprehending a descriptive text improved after applied the cooperative script. With this activity, students had more practice in reading. Besides, during the reading process students were active in asked and answered questions, this method also guide students to summarize the information of the passage. Consequently, the method successfully improved the students’ ability in reading comprehension of descriptive text. 

scholarly journals Enhancing Vocabulary Among EFL Young Learners Through Picture-Word Inductive Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Beny Hamdani
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
Fifth Grade Students ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Test Result

AbstractThis paper critically aims to enhance English vocabularies among EFL young learners of the fifth grade students through picture-word inductive model at elementary school Zainul Hasan Genggong Probolinggo in the academic year of 2019-2020. The research problem is How is the effective picture-word inductive model to enhance vocabulary among young learners of elemantary school Zainul Hasan Genggong Probolinggo? The type of the research is classroom action research. It was conducted in two cycles. The subjects of the research were 20 students of fifth grade. The data were collected from the test, interview, documentation and observation. The result showed that the students had increased their English vocabulary mastery which can be seen from the test result provided by the researcher. This is the evident from the test result that overall there was an increase in the English vocabulary mastery of 5 grade students as much as 50.70 % in the first cycle and 85.54 % in the second cycle. Meanwhile, the observation result showed that the students seemed more enthusiastic during the learning process.  In reference to the actions conducted in two cycles, the use of the picture-word inductive model enhances the students’ vocabulary by practicing words into sentences and more attention on mechanical aspects such as spelling and pronunciation. Keywords : Young Learners, Vocabulary Mastery, Picture-word inductive model.

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