Enhancing Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Through Total Physical Response (TPR) for Elementary School Students

<p>This article is aimed to describe whether Total Physical Response can enhance the students’ vocabulary mastery and the students’ attention during the implementation of Total Physical Response. The Classroom Action Research is adopted as the research design. The data were collected by conducting observation, interview, test and making field notes. The qualitative data were analyzed by Miles and Huberman’s method namely data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were analyzed by using non-independent t-test and simple statistical method. Based on the data collected from 32 students of one elementary school in Surakarta in the academic year of 2017/2018, the findings show that the implementation of Total Physical Response can enhance the students’ vocabulary mastery and there are active students in the classroom during the implementation of Total Physical Response.<strong></strong></p>

A Correlational Study Between Students’ Vocabulary Mastery, Reading Habit and Writing Skill

The aims of the study are to determine the correlation between (1) vocabulary mastery and writing skill; (2) reading habit to writing skill; (3) vocabulary mastery, reading habit, and writing skill. The sample of the research is 26 second grade students of MTs N Jumapolo. In collecting the data, the researcher used questionnaire and test. The questionnaire was used to collect the data of students’ reading habit, while the test was used to collect the data of vocabulary mastery and writing skill. In analyzing the data, the researcher used Simple Correlation and Multiple Correlation Technique. The result of this study show that (1) there is a positive correlation between vocabulary mastery and writing skill ( = 0.74); (2) there is a positive correlation between reading habit and writing skill ( = 0.63); (3) there is a positive correlation between vocabulary mastery, reading habit, and writing skill ( = 0.809).

Enhancing Students’ Learning Motivation in Speaking Using Three-Step Interview

<p>This study is an action research aimed to find out about: (1) the conditions needed for effective implementation of Three-Step Interview in improving students’ learning motivation in speaking; (2) in what degree Three-Step Interview enhances students’ learning motivation in speaking in Class 8A of SMP N 1 Tawangmangu in the academic year 2016/2017. This study is a qualitative research and was carried out from January until June 2017. The result of the study shows that the implementation of three-step interview technique to improve Class 8A students' learning motivation will be effective when certain conditions are fulfilled: a positive classroom climate, a clear instruction of the technique using practiced example, a permission to use both <em>Bahasa Indonesia</em><em> </em> and English in the discussion (bilingual), the use of interesting and familiar topic, a combination of the technique with task-based and classroom activity, a clear explanation of the material learned, and self-formed groupings by the students. The result of the study also shows that the degree of students’ learning motivation in speaking is improved by 5.87%.</p>

The Effectiveness of Using Inductive Method in Teaching English Grammar

This article presents the research results which are: (1) there is a significant difference in grammar mastery between students taught using Inductive Method and students taught using Deductive Method; (2) Inductive Method is more effective than Deductive Method. The research method used in this research is an experimental design. This research was conducted at SMP Negeri in Surakarta in the academic year of 2017/2018. The research population is the eighth-grade students. The samples are class VIII A as the experimental group consisting 28 students and class VIII B as the control group consisting 28 students. The research instrument used to collect the data is a test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The computation of the t-test shows that t observation (t_o) = 2.284 is higher than t table _{(54. 0.05)} = 2.0048. It can be concluded that there is a significant difference in grammar mastery between the students taught using Inductive Method and the students taught using Deductive Method. The mean score of the experimental group is 58.29, while the mean score of the control group is 46.86. It can be concluded that Inductive Method is more effective than Deductive Method to teach English grammar.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH KWL (KNOW, WANT TO KNOW, LEARN) STRATEGY

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>This article is a report of a classroom action research that aimed at finding out how KWL strategy could be implemented effectively in improving the </span><span>students’ </span><span>reading comprehension, to what extent KWL strategy could improve </span><span>the students’ reading comprehension, and how the classroom situation was when </span><span>KWL strategy was implemented in the reading class. The classroom action research was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle comprised planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The qualitative data were collected through observations, questionnaires, and interviews while the quantitative data were obtained through tests. Some findings are obtained in this research. The first finding is that KWL strategy could be implemented effectively because of the </span><span>students’ ability to use their prior knowledge </span><span>and activate their critical thinking to predict the text, all of which caused them to have better performance in comprehending the text. An effective way of implementing KWL strategy could be developed and applied due to a) a clear explanation of KWL steps to the students, b) the use of new and familiar topics, c) the use of visual representations of the assigned text, d) the use of group discussions and individual activities, and </span><span>e) the teacher’s guidance during the teaching and learning process. </span><span>The second finding is that </span><span>the strategy could improve the students’ reading comprehension in </span><span>their skills of finding main ideas, explicit information, implicit information, and word references, and understanding word meanings based on the context. The third finding is that the strategy promoted a better classroom situation.</span></p></div></div></div>

A Comparative Study on Teaching Reading Through Thinking Aloud Pair Problem Solving and Problem Posing Model

<p>This research compared the implementation of Thinking Aloud Pair Problem Solving (TAPPS) and Problem Posing Model (PPM) in teaching and learning process of reading in English Class at the eleventh-grade students of SMA IT Nur Hidayah, Sukoharjo. This research intends to find out (1) whether there is a significant difference of post-test result on reading comprehension between students taught using TAPPS and those taught by using PPM; and (2) whether TAPPS is more effective to teach reading than PPM. The method used in this research is quantitative through the experimental approach in order to analyze the data. The research was conducted in April 2017 until May 2017. The eleventh-grade students of SMA IT Nur Hidayah, Sukoharjo which consists of 148 students were used as the population of the research. The sample consists of 2 classes which for each consists of 24 students. The sample is XI IPA 1 as the experimental group and XI IPA 3 as the control group. The sampling technique is cluster random sampling. The data are collected by conducting a reading test and analyzed by using t-test formula. The result of the research shows that: (1) there is a significant difference in students’ reading comprehension taught using TAPPS and those taught using PPM; and (2) TAPPS is more effective than PPM to teach reading for SMA School? students.</p>

Teacher’s Use of Code Switching And Their Motivation in English Class

<p>This research investigates the use of code-switching by the teacher in English class of SMP Negeri 4 Surakarta in the academic year 2015/2016. The subject of this research is the English teacher and the students of three classes in grade VII. The focus of this research is the teacher's code-switching covering the types, reasons/motivations, and the functions of code-switching. This research uses a qualitative method in the form of case study. Furthermore, the technique of analyzing data used in this research is interactive model consists of data reduction, data display, and conclusion/verification. The data in this research are teachers’ utterances, students’ utterances, and interview statements that are obtained from observation and interview. The implementation of code-switching in SMP Negeri 4 is a common practice since it brings an advantage to English teaching and learning process.</p>

Developing and Using English Teaching Materials in Vocational High School

<p>This article describes a study on the process of developing and using English teaching materials by English teachers in a vocational school. The study was initiated by observing the classroom activities which focused on how teachers used the teaching materials. Beside the observation process, the data also gathered through an interview between the researcher and the two teachers. The result of data analysis showed that the process of developing teaching materials consisted of two major steps; 1) student’s need analysis process and 2) materials adaptation process. Meanwhile, the developed materials such as pictures, videos, course books, and direct listening materials were applied in the arranged discussion activity. It can be sum up that the teachers developed teaching materials by considering student’s needs. The teaching materials were developed by adapting several existed teaching materials. They were then used mostly in the discussion activity and used as a brainstorming for students.</p>

The Implementation of Authentic Assessment in English Language Teaching

<p>This research aims to describe (1) teachers’ perceptions toward authentic assessment; (2) the implementation of authentic assessment; and (3) the effects of authentic assessment to the quality of English Language Teaching (ELT). The research method used in this study is qualitative research method, case study. The data were collected through in-depth interview with the teachers and the students, passive classroom observation, and document analysis toward syllabus, lesson plan, scoring rubric. The data were analyzed by using case study data analysis proposed by Yin (2002) consisting of examining, categorizing, tabulating, testing. The next step used in analysing the data was pattern matching. The findings of the research are: (1)teachers’ perception toward authentic assessment is assessment which can assess the students’ knowledge, skill, and attitude during the teaching and learning process; (2) the implementation of authentic assessment in English language teaching conducted in one of state senior high school in Surakarta includes types of authentic assessment, the steps of developing authentic assessment, documents used in implementing authentic assessment, teachers and students’ roles, teachers obstacles in implementing authentic assessment; (3) the implementation of authentic assessment affects to the quality of English language teaching. It can improve students’ motivation, interest, self-confidence, activeness, enthusiasm in learning English. The implementation of authentic assessment can also improve the students’ English ability and learning result.</p>

Improving Students’ Writing Coherence Through Graphic Organizers

<p>This research is aimed at finding out: 1) To what extent graphic organizers can improve students’ writing coherence; 2) How graphic organizers can be implemented effectively in improving students’ writing coherence. The research method used in this study is classroom action research. The subject of the research was the students of class VIIIB of a state Junior High School, Kebumen which consist of 32 students. In this research, the collected data were analyzed using a qualitative and quantitative technique. The result of the study shows that the students’ mean score of writing coherence on pre-test is 56.35, then it improves in post-test 1 to ­­­­­­­­70.45 and 79.4 in post-test 2. Moreover, the result of the study also shows that graphic organizers can be implemented effectively if the teacher: (1) gives clear explanation and examples of graphic organizers; (2) guides and monitors the students during the process of writing; (3) provides exercise of grammar; and (4) keeps the students motivated in writing. Considering the result of the study, the researcher suggests that an English teacher had better implement graphic organizers in teaching writing in order to help the students improving their writing coherence. <strong><em></em></strong></p>