THE DIFFICULTIES FACED BY THE STUDENTS IN ANSWERING THE WRITTEN EXPRESSION SECTION OF THE TOEFL TEST

TOEFL test is one of the requirements for the students of English Study Program FKIP UNRI to finish their study at S1 Degree. Based on the researcher’s observation, most of the students did not pass the TOEFL Test. The students followed the test for several times till they reached the passing grade. It seemed that the students got difficulties in answering the TOEFL Test. So, in this research the researcher focused on analyzing the students’ difficulties in answering the Written Expression section of the TOEFL test. The aims of this research were to identify the categories of items in the Written Expression section of the TOEFL test which were difficult for the third-year students of English Study Program FKIP-UNRI . and to identify which categories of items that were easy for the students. This research was a quantitative research. The researcher analyzed the categories of items tested in TOEFL test, especially in the Written Expression section. There were 12 categories of items tested in the Written Expression section of the TOEFL test based on Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test by Deborah Phillips (2000: 144-221). The categories consisted of subject-verb agreement, parallel structure, comparative and superlative, the use of the verbs, the forms of the verbs, passive verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs, articles, prepositions and usages The result of the research showed that there were 10 categories of items that were difficult for the students. The categories were parallel structures, comparatives and superlatives, the use of the verbs, passive verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs, articles, prepositions and usages. While the categories of items which were considered easy for the students were subject-verb agreement and the forms of the verbs. So, in general, the students got difficulties in answering the Written Expression section of the TOEFL test.

SPEAKING SKILL IN USING COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNING (CLL)

The researcher applied Community Language Learning (CLL) in teaching speaking skill. The purpose of this research was to identify the effect of using Community Language Learning (CLL) Method towards speaking skill students who received the class instruction by using CLL than students who do not receive method at the second semester students of ABA Persada Bunda in Pekanbaru. The design of the research was experimental design with the total number of population are 25 students from the second semester students of ABA Persada Bunda in Pekanbaru. Instrument in this research was an oral test speaking by report. Data were analyzed using t-test. The result of the test showed that the average score of students’ pre test was 68,50 and then the average of students post test was 74,58. The results of this research found that the alternative hypothesis was accepted and rejected a hypothesis null. It can be seen from the t-test (0.000) significant at the level of 0.05. The result of N-Gain of experimental class was 0,31. It meant that the significant of strategy that used in experimental class was Middle because the average of N-Gain was 0.31. From the above explanation, the researcher concluded that Community Language Learning (CLL) Method effective for teaching speaking skill at the second semester students of ABA Persada Bunda in Pekanbaru.

WRITTEN ANALYSIS ON LOCAL FACEBOOK HOUSING ADVERTISEMENT

This study explores a written analysis on Facebook closed group housing advertisements of Central Michigan University (CMU) by formulating generic structure as well as identifying the language features. The generic structure is formulated by applying Swales’ moves and steps, while language features (tenses, pronouns, and lexical items) were analyzed by using AntConc software (Anthony, 2014). Generic structures show consistent moves and steps, while analysis on language features reveals that the advertisements are mostly composed in present tense, the pronoun “you” justifies the readers as the audience (30 appearances), and “looking” is the language feature of the set intention. Furthermore, the analysis on generic structures indicates that there are three moves which are consistently employed by the author: set intention with two steps (number and desired occupants), description of the place with three steps (location, cost, and selling points), and invitation to respond with two steps (imperatives and means to communicate). In addition, it is found that each posting is relatively brief with an average of only 96.5 words, 7.7 sentences, and 1.7 sentence fragments. Fragments make up 22% of total 77 sentences. Although this study has clearly generated valuable findings related to generic structure and language feature, it is still potential to be developed and applied in academic writing setting.

THE EFFECT OF USING BIO-POEM STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY IN DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

The aim of this research was to find out whether there was any significant effect of using bio-poem strategy on students’ ability in writing descriptive paragraph at Mts Darul Falah Salo Kampar Regency. This research was Experimental Research. The design was quasi-experimental research. The writer formulated the problems that would be answered by using the quantitative research. The subject of the research was the second year students of MTs Darul Falah Salo Kampar Regency academic year 2016/2017. The object of this research was bio poem strategy and their writing ability on descriptive paragraph. The writer took two classes: experimental and control. Experiment class was with 17 students, and control class was with also 17 students. To analyze the data, the writer adopted independent sample T-test formula by using SPSS 20 version. After analyzing the data, the writer found that the students’ writing ability was taught by using bio-poem strategy at MTs Darul Falah Salo was categorized into good level. The students’ writing ability was taught without using bio-poem strategy at MTs Darul Falah Salo was categorized into less level. Writer found that Ha: sig. (2 tailed)<0.05. From the research finding it can be concluded that teaching writing by using bio-poem strategy gave large effect on students’ writing ability in descriptive paragraph at MTs Darul Falah Salo Kampar Regency.

THE EFFECT OF USING PUPPET SHOW STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

This was aimed at investigating the effect of using Puppet Show strategy on students reading comprehension of narrative texts. The design of this research was quasi experimental design. The population and sample participated was the eighth grade students at Islamic Junior High School Al-Muttaqin Pekanbaru. The number of sampling was selected by using cluster random sampling technique. The technique of analyzing data used was independent sample-T-test and effect size. The result of data analysis showed that there is a significant difference on students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts taught without and by using the Puppet Show Strategy, in which the Sig (2-tailed) 0.000 had less value than 0.05. Thus, Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. Furthermore, there is a significant effect of using the Puppet Show strategy on the students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts of the eighth grade at Islamic Junior High School Al-Muttaqin Pekanbaru, in which the result of eta squared 0.285 was bigger than 0.21, thus, it was categorized into “modest effect”. This research concluded that teaching reading comprehension by using Puppet Show strategy to the eighth grade students of Islamic Junior High School Al-Muttaqin Pekanbaru was better than students who were taught without using Puppet Show strategy, thus, this research recommended other researchers to conduct the better research by developing the other kinds of puppet as the media in teaching learning processes.

THE EFFECT OF USING SELF-EXPLANATION READING TRAINING (SERT) STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of using self-explanation reading training (sert) strategy on students’ reading comprehension. This research applied a Quasi-experimental research. There were 44 students as sample from 153 students of eleventh grade at MA Darul Hikmah Pekanbaru by using cluster random sampling technique. This researcher used multiple choice test. T-test was used to analyze the data. This research used an independent t-test formula by using SPSS 16 version. Based on the analysis of T-test Formula, Ha is accepted because the sig. value is 0.000<0.05. The research was conclude that there is significant difference of using Self-Explanation Reading Training (SERT) Strategy on reading comprehension in report text of the eleventh grade students at MA Darul Hikmah Pekanbaru.

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE THEORY FOR EFL DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS OF NON–FEE PAYMENT SCHOOL

After more than thirty five years, multiple intelligence theory of Howard Gardner is still used to help teaching and learning process in the classroom. Teachers can guide students to maximize their English language learning by optimizing their potential intelligences. Though so, discussion on multiple intelligence toward disadvantaged students is not adequate enough. This paper will figure out the usefulness of the Multiple intelligence theory to facilitate the disadvantaged students in learning English language in the classroom especially who learn at non - fee paying school. Hopefully that this paper benefits for teachers who teach disadvantaged students, those who are working to improve the quality of education for disadvantaged students, and give a useful light to student teacher’s knowledge about the unique circumstances of disadvantaged students.

THE INFLUENCE OF TECHNOLOGY ON ARTICLES IN TRAVEL WEBSITES

As one of the oldest genres, travel writing genre has evolved in many shapes and formats. Technology plays a great role in creating another subgenre with some differences from the printed formats. The generic features of travel writing on the internet are relatively simple in using words, only putting the key information of the described places and events, and most of the judgments are subjective evaluation. Yet, online articles provide more room for pictures that give benefits to the authors (to express their judgments), the readers (to create the image of the descriptive texts), as well as to the website traffics (for image is another tool to inquire and attract internet users). The technology also heavily influences the usage of further links and the second person pronoun “you.”

A CASE STUDY OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SUCCESSFUL SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Every case of second language learning is different, but they are often influenced by systematic factors. What causes a learner to succeed or fail? In this case study, the language learning experiences of a single nonnative English speaker who successfully acquired English sheds light on the interplay between several of these aspects. An interview with a single adult subject reveals that for this particular individual, a high aptitude, as well as identity and personality characteristics that aligned with an openness to experience and learning in general, were more effective than factors of motivation. While identifying how and why a single individual may be successful or unsuccessful might not be generalizable to all learners, it can serve as a tool in helping to understand differences in L2 learning success.

A GENRE-BASED TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF EXPERT ONLINE REVIEWS OF ELECTRIC GUITAR FUZZ PEDALS

This study uses genre analysis to analyze contemporary online text. Through an analysis of the linguistic features of text from a highly specialized discourse community, perceived expert online reviews of electric guitar fuzz pedals, findings from this study provide insight into the relevance of online reviews. Although there is a layman quality to the actual production of the textual online reviews, genre analysis reveals hybridized genres, authorial power within occluded genre chains, subconscious marketing techniques, and manipulation of perceived expert online reviews. Findings from this study indicate that online reviews have complex occluded genre chains, which are not readily obvious when the reviews are read only for entertainment purposes. This research has real world applications as relationships between textual generic qualities of online reviews and consumer spending habits are now easily acquired from online data-mining techniques to assist in targeting online consumers’ habits and to increase sales. Online reviews are now what consumers use to assist in shopping. Control of reviews translates to control of consumers’ shopping habits.