Analysing Teacher’s Difficulties in Teaching Listening Comprehension

This study aimed to investigate the teacher’s difficulties in teaching listening at MAN 1 Palembang. This study used a qualitative research. One of the qualitative research designs applied in this study was case study design. The participant of this study was one of English teachers at MAN 1 Palembang. The participant of this study was taken from one of the four English teachers at MAN 1 Palembang by using criterion sampling strategy. The data were collected through interview. The data were analyzed and presented descriptively. there are six steps commonly used in analyzing qualitative data, as follows; (1) the researcher have to be familiar with entire body of data (2) generate codes, (3) search for themes (4) review themes (5) define and name themes, and (6) produce the report. The results of this study showed that the difficulties faced by the teacher’s in teaching listening at MAN 1 Palembang were related to as follows: (a) the students' psychological factor; (b) students’ background knowledge; (c) students’ attitude; (d) lack of students’ vocabulary; (e) teaching aids or media; (f) the material; and (g) method of teaching listening comprehension.

English Teacher’s Questioning Strategy in EFL Classroom Interaction

This study investigated the types of English teacher’s questioning strategy and Students’ perceptions towards the use of teacher questioning strategy in EFL classroom interaction. This study was conducted at SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Palembang with five students as the participants taken from the twelfthgrade nature science students by using purposeful convenience sampling. In collecting data, the researcher used one-on-one interviews through open-ended questions. The interviews conducted in the class XII IPA 1. The result of this study that those were three types of English teacher’s questioning strategy, they were (1) procedural, convergent, and (3) divergent, and the students’ perceptions toward questioning strategy, they were (1) English reading activity, (2) English speaking activity, (3) English writing activity, and (4) English listening activity. This study indicated that those were the students’ perceptions towards the types of teacher’s questioning strategy that used in EFL classroom interaction at SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Palembang.

The Correlation between Self-Confidence of the Undergraduate EFL Students and Their Speaking Achievement

The aims of this study were to investigate whether there is a correlation between Self-Confidence with EFL students’ speaking achievement. The participants of this study were the Undergraduate EFL Students of UIN Raden Fatah Palembang. purpose. The participants that were chosen can meet certain criteria from this study. In this study, the student’s self-confidence and their speaking achievement are correlated. Therefore, in order to know the students’ speaking achievement, a group of students who had already taken the informal speaking courses from the population were considered as the sample. Nonetheless, most of the third semester students have already finished the informal speaking class on last semester and they are on the next level of speaking class on this semester. Quantitative method was used in this study. The data gained from self-confidence questionnaire and the list of students’ speaking achievement was analyzed by using SPSS. The result of the study showed that there is no significant correlation and there is no significance influence between self-confidence of the undergraduate EFL students with their speaking achievement. The researchers of this study recommends other researchers to make sure the respondents are in well condition such as feeling comfortable while taking the data. Furthermore, it is recommended that other researchers to do and to extend more variables in order to reveal any aspects that can support and enhance the quality of researches in speaking skill.

An Analysis on Forms and Functions of Code-Switching and Code-Mixing Used in Drama Performance

The study was conducted in order to describe the forms and the functions of code-switching and code-mixing in drama performance of ALE of the students of ICP batch 2017. The study was descriptive qualitative research. The data are collected by observation and documentation in the drama performance in Art and Language Exhibition ‘Prahara Ing Argabelah’. The finding shows that 24 unit analysis of code-switching found 6 used tag-switching, 15 used inter-sentential switching, and 3 used intra-sentential switching. Furthermore, 27 unit analysis of code-mixing performed 21 intra-sentential code mixing, 5 intra-lexical code mixing, and 1 involving a change of pronunciation. Then, from 24 unit analysis of code-switching, the researcher found six functions in the drama conversation. There are 6 addressee specifications, 2 repetitions, 7 interjections, 1 message qualification, 2 personalization and objectivizations, and 6 facilities of expression. Moreover, the researcher just found 3 functions from 27 unit analysis of code-mixing. There are 1 repetition, 2 message qualifications, and 24 facilities of expression.

The Influence of Storytelling on EFL Students Motivation in Speaking Practice in SMPN 03 Bengkulu Tengah

Based on the explanation of the theory by Gardner the state is motivation comes from within a person as a driving force to achieve goals for more advanced change. This study aims to determine how enthusiastic student's Eighth grade in the SMPN 03 Bengkulu Tengah are in learning English, especially speaking English. Researchers used a quasi-experimental research method, namely a control group posttest only design which showed a significant difference between 74, 92%, and 61.96% of the experimental class in the control class. From this hypothesis, the researcher obtained a comparison of the experimental class in the treatment using the storytelling method of 4.34% and the control class with the narrative picture method of 3.58%. So the researcher can conclude that there is a significant difference between the two methods with or without the use of treatment compared to the motivation to learn English in class VIII students at SMPN 03 Bengkulu Tengah.

Improving Students’ Critical Thinking Ability in Exposition Text Through E-Writing

The high increase of electronic media supported by internet resulted in accessing all information easily. Concurrently, the requirement of thinking critically intrigued all parties to be involved in the internet environment. This research aimed at investigating whether or not there were significant mean differences of critical thinking ability in writing exposition text between students who were taught by using E-writing method and those who were given traditional method of writing. The study employed quantitative paradigm design with the type of quasi experimental and involved students which was selected purposively and formed into experimental group and control group. The primary data was the result of pre-test and post-test in the form of essays which were scored by the Holistic Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric (HTCR) developed by Facione & Facione (2011). Based on the result of pre-test and post-test, NGain was analyzed through Man Whitney test to find out the significant mean different of students’ critical thinking ability. After being analyzed by using SPSS 23, the Mann Whitney test came up with the accepted hypotheses i.e., there were significant mean differences of critical thinking ability between experiment group and control group, with mean of NGain score for experimental group was higher than control group had. The statistical output of Mann Whitney test obtained implied that students’ critical thinking ability were influenced by E-writing method. The result of the study convinced that E-writing contributed greater improvement in students’ critical thinking ability than the traditional method did. The finding of present study provided evidence for the effectiveness of E-writing in increasing the students’ ability in thinking critically in writing exposition text.

The Students’ Strategies in Developing Their Ideas in Writing Essay

This research aimed to find out the students strategies in developing their ideas in writing essay in at fourth semester in IAIN Curup who have best score in writing essay. This research is a descriptive research which is presented in qualitative way. The researcher have two research questions, the research question are: the first what are the students’ strategies in developing their ideas in writing essay. The second what are the students’ problem in developing their ideas in writing essay. Subject of the research was 10 students at fourth semester on 2019-2020 academic years of English Study Program at IAIN Curup. The instrument of the research was used interview. In analysis data, first researcher identified and check data that be collected. After that, researcher describes all the data. Next the researcher classified the data of the students which is used the strategy or not.

Code Mixing Analysis on Teacher’s and Students Classroom Interaction of Ice Breaking Session

In English learning process forces teacher and students mix language, especially when teacher give instructions to students in ice breaking session. Limited vocabulary and limited expression makes students use two language in deliver their opinion. In this study, the writer addressed three research questions; 1) what types of code-mixing are used by the teacher and students in classroom interaction of ice breaking session?; 2) what are the functions of code mixing used the teacher and students in classroom interaction of ice breaking session?; 3) what are teacher’s perspectives on using code mixing in the classroom interaction of ice breaking session?. The purpose of this study was to find out the types, functions and teacher’s perspective in using code mixing in classroom interaction. This research used recording and interview to collect the data. The results of this study showed that insertion was realized in 51 (30.4%) clauses, alternation was realized in 33 (19.6%) clauses, and congruent lexicalization was realized in 1 (0.6%) clause. Moreover, the writer found quotation, addressee specification, repetition, interjection, message qualification, and personalization & objectification, the last function is facility of expression. The perceptions of teacher in using code mixing are helping the students in comprehending the material and easing to catch the topic, enhancing learning such introducing new words, helping students to express themselves better, and helping to avoid misunderstandings.

Word Level, Above Level, Grammatical Level, Textual, Pragmatics Level Non-Equivalence: Problem and Strategy

This study is aimed at elaborating the non-equivalences in the word level, above level, grammatical level, textual level, pragmatics level in translation process. This study employed the two research questions i.e. what are the types non equivalences emerge in the translation process? and what are the problems and strategy used by the translator that emerge in translation process?. Covering these questions, this study used descriptive qualitative approach by using the library research to gain some references of types of non-equivalences, problems, and strategy used in the object of the study. The result revealed various types of non-equivalences and problems emerge from the translation process and some strategies also used by the translator to cover the problematic issues on the non-equivalence in translation process.

Teaching Media “Powtoon” to Assist Students’ Writing Narrative Text

This research explores teaching media “Powtoon” to assist students’ writing narrative text. This research aims to investigate strategies used by the teacher in using media “Powtoon” to assist students’ writing narrative text and to know how the students perceive about the use of media “Powtoon”. It was argued that the use of media “Powtoon” would provide students with powerful tool to use in the classroom. Bowman (2013) arguessthat “Powtoon offers teachers more creativity and flexibility in students instruction to help introduce, develop, and reinforce key education concept”. So, this strategy is appropriate for the teacher to invite students’ motivation and participation in learning English especially in assessing writing skill. A qualitative descriptive research was used in this research, and this research was conducted at the tenth grade of Vocational School in Karawang, and took an English teacher who teaches writing class and 18 students as samples which were chosen purposively as the sample of the study. The data were collected by using classroom observation, and interview. The result from this study showed a positive perception through strategies which were used by the teacher and help the students in improving their self confidence in practicing writing. Beside that, the students’ spelling, grammar, content and vocabulary improved because the students feel free in conveying and expressing their idea and some sentences in writing the script of the story helped them in arranging the sentences to make a good sentences. Therefore, the researcher analyzed the students’ interview. The data were displayed in four questions.The dominant answer of the students’ interview indicates that they enjoyed and motivated in following teacher’s instruction in every stages of learning process. Based on these research findings, it is recommended that the teacher can use media Powtoon in teaching writing narrative text to Vocational School students. Furthermore, this strategy was not only increasing students’ writing skill, but also increase students’ technology skill through the use of media Powtoon and classroom interaction strategies. In addition, this study also suggests that English teacher to use media Powtoon