Analysis of readability of reading texts on English national examination on junior high school

This research aims to find out whether texts in the English National Examination at Junior High School. Conform with students' readability level or not. This research is research that uses quantitative methods. It aims to investigate the readability of the texts used in the English national examination texts for junior high school students. Subjects are 8 texts used in the English national examination texts. The instrument used to collect data is the Flesch Reading Ease readability formula. The results of the study it was found that the reading text on the National Examination test was not suitable for junior high school students. Based on the readability formula for the eight reading texts, there are 4 texts in the very easy category, in the easy category there is 1 text, in the quite difficult category there is 1 and there are only 2 reading texts that are suitable for students who are included in the standard category and are fairly easy. For those interested in studying readability, besides Flesch reading ease formula. The writer hopes this research can give more information for further research. The author expected to pay attention to producing better texts which suitable with the level of the students’ readability as the good text can help students to get a high score.

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Masih Pentingkah UN bagi Siswa? Is UN Still Important for Students?

Indonesian Journal of Educational Assesment ◽

10.26499/ijea.v2i1.20 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 65

Author(s):

Suci Paramitha Lestari ◽

NFN Safari

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Junior High School ◽

Junior High ◽

Junior High School Students ◽

School Students ◽

Test Analysis ◽

Student Opinions ◽

National Examination ◽

Mathematics And Science

The main purpose of this study is to answer the following question. Is there any influence of junior high school student’s opinion on the importance of the National Examination against the 2018 National Examination results because currently the National Examination is no longer a determinant of graduation? The population of this study was junior high school students participated in the National Examination in 2018. The data in this study were in the form of test scores and students’ answers to questionnaires in 34 provinces throughout Indonesia. Filling out questionnaires was carried out voluntarily on the last day of the National Examination, so the number of respondents filling out the questionnaire was 3.224.331 from 37.859 junior high school students. The number of respondents is the sample in this study. Based on the results of the t-test analysis obtained as follows. The influence of student opinions stating that the UN is important and not important to the 2018 UN results even though the UN is not a determinant of graduation is proven. This means that there is a significant influence (P <0,000) of the student's opinions towards the 2018 National Examination results for subjects: Indonesian, English, Mathematics, and Science, (Sig. 0,000). Most of the SMP / MTs students amount to 199.222 (90.7%) stated that the National Examination was important, while students who stated that the UN was not important were 20.340 (9.3%) students. The conclusion is that there is an influence of the junior high school students’ opinion about the importance of the National Examination towards the 2018 UN results even though the National Examination is not a determinant of graduation.

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Fast Training Right on the National Examination question for Junior High School

ABDIMAS TALENTA: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat ◽

10.32734/abdimastalenta.v4i2.3545 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 125-128

Author(s):

Lailin Hijriani Elin ◽

Justin Eduardo Simarmata ◽

Meiva Marthaulina Lestari Siahaan ◽

Ferdinandus Mone ◽

Eduardus Beo Seso Delvion ◽

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Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Junior High School ◽

Junior High ◽

Junior High School Students ◽

School Students ◽

National Examination ◽

Field Assessment ◽

Examination Question ◽

Implementation Stage

Community service activity aimed to provide an understanding of mathematical concepts consists of tips and tricks to solve exam questions for junior high school students. Furthermore, the background of the implementation of this training is to get students used to solve non-routine problems found during national examination, particularly in mathematics subject. This community service was carried out from October to November 2019 with 15 participants. This activity consists of three stages starting with the field assessment, the implementation stage and the last is final stage. In the field assessment stage, the servant determines the trainees to work national examination questions quickly and accurately that is specifically for junior high school students and determine where training will be held. The second stage is the implementation stage for exposuring to rapid strategies in administering national examination, question and answer, and national examination simulation. The final stage is the evaluation stage that is an implementation evaluation of theactivities that have been arranged based on each task that has been given .Based on the training activity that have been carried out it can be concluded that the training activity adds the knowledge and skills of students in working mathematics national examination questions. In addition, this training motivates students to be more active in learning mathematics and to be more mature in preparing for the upcoming national examination. Keyword: training, national examination questions, junior high school students.

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An Analysis on Readability of English Reading Texts With Automated Computer Tool

JOURNAL OF ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC ◽

10.25299/jshmic.2019.vol6(1).2675 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 81-91

Author(s):

Yulianto Yulianto

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Junior High School ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Junior High ◽

Dominant Role ◽

Junior High School Students ◽

School Students ◽

English Reading ◽

Reading Texts

Selecting appropriate textbook to the students is important because textbook have dominant role in the success of foreign language teaching and learning. The purpose this article is to analyze the readability level of English reading texts with automated computer tools. There are eight reading texts that will be analyzed in this qualitative study. The data and source of data of this research were adopted from an English textbook entitled Pathway to English 2 Textbook for the Eighth Grade of Junior High School Students Published by Erlangga. The results reveal that only 1 text was appropriate for seven or eight grade of Junior High School students. There were 6 texts appropriate elementary students. And there was 1 text suitable for Senior High School students.

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Hasil UN SMP 2018 Ditinjau dari Latar Belakang Pekerjaan Orang Tua Siswa

Indonesian Journal of Educational Assesment ◽

10.26499/ijea.v2i1.16 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 17

Author(s):

NFN Safari

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Junior High School ◽

Junior High ◽

Junior High School Students ◽

School Students ◽

Average Value ◽

National Examination ◽

Occupational Background ◽

Bahasa Indonesia

The main purpose of this study is to answer the following question. Is there any influence on the parents' work background of the 2018 SMP national exam (UN) results? The population of this study is junior high school students who are studying in 2018, while the sample is junior high school students in grade 9. The reason for selecting samples is students who are attending the National Examination in 2018. The data in this study take the form of test scores and questionnaires answered by junior high students in 34 analysis of one-way variance, the following results are obtained. Based on the national average value, the work provinces in all over Indonesia, namely 3224331 students from 37859 SMP. Based on the results of the of parents of junior high school students participating in the 2018 UN influences the 2018 National Examination results is proven. This means that there is a significant effect (P <0,000) of parents' work background on 2018 UN results for subjects: Indonesian, English, Mathematics, and Sciences, both on father's work, mother's work, or both together ( Sig. 0,000). The father's occupational background is more dominant in Indonesian and Mathematics subjects (lodging factors 0.467 and -0.218) than maternal occupational backgrounds (lodging factors are 1.261 and 0.195). The maternal occupational background is more dominant in English and Science subjects (lodging factor 0.244 and -0,054) than father's occupational background (lodging factors are 0,280 and 0,066) The conclusion is that the background of the work of parents of junior high school students has a significant influence on 2018 UN results.abstrakTujuan utama studi ini adalah menjawab pertanyaan berikut. Apakah terdapat pengaruh latar belakang pekerjaan orang tua siswa terhadap hasil ujian nasional (UN) SMP 2018? Populasi penelitian ini adalah siswa SMP yang sedang belajar pada tahun 2018, sedangkan sampelnya adalah siswa SMP kelas 9. Alasan pemilihan sampel adalah siswa yang sedang mengikuti UN tahun 2018. Data dalam penelitian ini berbentuk skor tes dan kuesioner yang dijawab siswa SMP di 34 provinsi di seluruh Indonesia, yaitu 3224331 siswa dari 37859 SMP. Berdasarkan hasil analisis varian satu jalur diperoleh hasil seperti berikut. Berdasarkan nilai rata-rata nasional, pekerjaan orang tua siswa SMP peserta UN 2018 berpengaruh terhadap hasil UN 2018 adalah terbukti. Artinya terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan (P<0,000) latar belakang pekerjaan orang tua siswa terhadap hasil UN 2018 untuk mata pelajaran: Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Inggris, Matematika, dan IPA, baik pada pekerjaan ayah, pekerjaan ibu, maupun keduanya secara bersama-sama (Sig. 0,000). latar belakang pekerjaan ayah lebih dominan pada mata pelajaran Bahasa Indonesia dan Matematika (loding faktornya 0,467 dan -0,218) daripada latar belakang pekerjaan ibu (loding faktornya 1,261 dan 0,195. Latar belakang pekerjaan ibu lebih dominan pada mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris dan IPA (loding faktornya 0,244 dan -0,054) daripada latar belakang pekerjaan ayah (loding faktornya 0,280 dan 0,066). Kesimpulannya adalah bahwa latang belakang pekerjaan orang tua siswa SMP sangat berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap hasil UN 2018.

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