THE EFFECT OF E-CALF ON THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT SD LAB UNDIKSHA

e-CALF is an acronym for Electronic-Contextual, Attractive, Logic, and Fun - an electronic game developed as a learning medium to facilitate students' reading comprehension. This study aims to determine the effect of e-CALF on the reading comprehension of grade 5 elementary school students at SD Undiksha Lab. This study applies a post-test only control group as a design. The population of this study was the 5th grade students of Undiksha Elementary School. Selected 12 students from class 5A as an experimental group and 12 people from class 5B as a control group. Data were collected using a post-test instrument in the form of multiple choice. From the results of the SPSS analysis, the results showed that the average reading comprehension of the experimental group students was higher than the average reading comprehension of the control group students.

THE EFFECT OF WORD WALL MEDIA ON WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 SERIRIT IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019

This study aimed at investigating the effect of using word wall media on writing achievement of the seventh grade students of SMP N 1 Seririt. The research design was Quasi Experimental of Post-Test Only Control Group design taking the seventh grade students of SMP N 1 Seririt. On the other hand, VII D as the control group was treated by using conventional media without word wall. The result of data analysis shows that there is a significant effect on students’ writing achievement between students from the experimental group and those from the control group (t= 8.826, df= 62, p < 0.05). Moreover, the result of effect size in this study was 0.56 which indicates that word wall media give a strong influence on students’ writing achievement. Referring to those results, it can be concluded that writing activities by using word wall media can give significant effect on students’ writing achievement.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF USING A ROLE PLAY AND A SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION TOWARDS THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT AT SMP NEGERI 1 BANJAR

This study aimed at investigating if there was difference in speaking achievement between students who were taught using role play and those taught using small group discussion. This study used quasi-experimental research design with post-test only control group design. Samples of this study were VII H and VII G. VII H as experimental group and VII G as control group. The samples were taken by random sampling technique. The instrument for collecting data was performance speaking test. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and inferential analysis. Result showed that mean score of experimental group was 78.53, while mean score of control group was 73.12. Hypothesis testing showed that the value of sig. (2-tailed) was 0.001. Since the value of sig (0.001) < 0.05, the value of tobserved exceeded the value of tcritical value. In conclusion, there was a difference in speaking achievement between the two methods.

THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ SATISFACTIONS ON THE ENGLISH TEACHER PROFESSIONALISM IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT SMP NEGERI 8 SINGARAJA IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019

This research aimed to know the eighth grade students’ satisfaction on the English teacher professionalism in teaching English as Foreign Language at SMP Negeri 8 Singaraja in academic year 2018/2019. The object of this research was English teacher professionalism. The subject of this research was 151 eighth grade students’ satisfaction at SMP Negeri 8 Singaraja. The data of this research were obtained by using questionnaire and interview question sheet to the students. This research was used mixed-method approach because the writer combines both quantitative and qualitative method in analyzing the data. This result indicate that average score from reliability,responsiveness,empathy,guarantee and physical evidence which get an average score of 3.9, 3.89, 4.1, 4.1, and 4.1 that means all of variables are in the satisfying level. Finally, it can be concluded that students are showing positive respond against english teacher professionalism in English learning

EFFECT OF QUIZIZZ TOWARDS THE ELEVENTH-GRADE ENGLISH STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN MOBILE LEARNING CONTEXT

The research’s aim was to investigate the effect of Quizizz towards the eleventh grade students’ English study. A quasi-experimental utilizing a post-test only control group was employed for data gathering. Research’s population included eleventh-grade students in SMA Negeri 4 Singaraja. The sample was 37 students of XI IPS 1 as the experimental group who were treated through Quizizz and 36 students of XI IPS 2 as the control group who were treated through conventional teaching strategy. The method of data collection employed multiple choice test. The result showed scores of experimental group (M=83.08, p value=0.018) and control group (M=80.77, p value= 0.018). Mean score of experimental group was higher than the control group (83.08>80.77) and the p value was 0.018 or less than 0.05. The small effect was supported by result specification of reading comprehension text dominated by literal recognition aspects. In conclusion, Quizizz affected students reading comprehension.

THE ANALYSIS OF THE TYPES OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGY USED BY THE TEACHER IN TEACHING THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP LAB UNIVERSITAS PENDIDIKAN GANESHA

This study aimed at describing the types of communication strategy used by the teacher of SMP LAB Singaraja in teaching seventh grade students, the most frequent types of communication strategy used and the teacher’s reasons in using those strategies. This study was designed as a descriptive qualitative. The sample of this study was a teacher in SMP Lab Singaraja who teaches the seventh grade students in that school. The data was collected by field recording, interview, and observation sheet. The result of this study shows that comprehension check was the most frequent strategy used in the learning process with total occurrence of 7 times, followed by language switching 5 times, approximation 4 times, paralanguage 3 times, topic avoidance 2 times and then both clarification request and circumlocution occurred 1 time.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF KNOW-WANT-LEARN (K-W-L) STRATEGY IN TEACHING READING AT ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMA NEGERI 3 SINGARAJA

This study aimed at describing the implementation of K-W-L (Know-Want-Learn) strategy used by one of the English teachers in SMA Negeri 3, Singaraja. In this study, the subjects of the study were the students of SMA Negeri 3 Singaraja especially the eleventh grade and an English teacher. The present study employed qualitative design. The methods of data collection were classroom observation and questionnaire. The findings showed that there were 3 stages of the implementation of K-W-L (Know-Want-Learn) strategy namely pre-teaching, whilst-teaching and post-teaching. The result of the questionnaire, it means about the brilliant alternative strategy used by teacher, because KWL (Know-Want-Learn) developed some ideas about the text before reading the whole text and focus to find the important points of the text. Before the student starts to read the text, they need to use their prior knowledge and continue to set their want or interest of the text.

IMPEDING FACTORS FACED BY THE ENGLISH TEACHERS IN IMPLEMENTING TECHNOLOGICAL PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE FRAMEWORK IN TEACHING AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN BULELENG SUB-DISTRICT

This study was qualitative research design focused on investigating the impeding factors faced by the English teachers in implementing technological pedagogical content knowledge framework in teaching. This study was investigated the interview using voice recorder (handphone) and took 9 English teachers in order to investigate the impeding factors faced by the teachers in implementing technological pedagogical content knowledge framework. The result of the interview data processed by using four analysis from Miles and Huberman (1994), namely data collection, data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing/verification. The result showed that there were two impeding factors faced by the English teachers at senior high schools in Buleleng sub-district in implementing technological pedagogical content knowledge framework in teaching, they were facilities and students’ attitude. However, those could be solved by the teachers through does not using the facilities together in the same time and make the regulation for the students when implementing technology.

TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION IN USING TECHNOLOGICAL PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE IN TEACHING ENGLISH AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN BULELENG SUB-DISTRICT

This study is aimed at investigating English teachers' perception in using Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework in teaching and learning process at Senior High schools in Buleleng Sub District. This study applied an explanatory sequential mixed method design which used a questionnaire and interview guide as the instruments that had been tested for their validity and reliability. The data from the questionnaires were processed by using a Microsoft Office Excel to calculate the mean score in order to know the qualification level of each the dimension. The results of data analysis showed that most of the teachers had positive perceptions of using TPACK framework in teaching English at senior high schools. It was shown by the position of mean score in the high position of the interval with the mean score was 139.074.

AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS MADE BY THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 2 SUKAWATI IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019

This study aimed at describing the types of errors in seventh grade students’ descriptive texts and identifying causes of errors. There are two research questions in this study, namely: (1) What are types of grammatical errors made by seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Sukawati in writing descriptive texts? and (2) What are the causes of grammatical errors made by seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Sukawati in writing descriptive text?. The data for study were collected by document study, interview method, and recording. The instruments were researcher, writing task, guideline, interview guide, and mobile recorder. The results of this study showed that there were five types of errors found in students’ descriptive writing, namely: omission, addition, misformation, misordering, and spelling. The total number of errors was 541 errors. There were three causes error found in this study, namely: carelessness (40.67%), first language interference (53.42%), and translation (5.91%).