English Learning Media Research Articles

DEVELOPING MEDIA BASED ON POWTOON IN TEACHING WRITING RECOUNT TEXT FOR GRADE VIII STUDENTS IN SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 1 MEDAN

The study was aimed to develop media based on PowToon in teaching writing recount text for grade VIII students in SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Medan. This study was conducted by using Research and Development (R & D) design through six stages; gathering information and data, analyzing data, designing materials, validating by experts, revising, and final product. The subject of the study was Grade VIII of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Medan. The data were gathered by administering interview to English teacher and distributing questionnaire to 30 respondents to get the students’ needs. The interview and questionnaire result prove that the students’ needs English learning media which can motivate the students to understand about the recount writing. The product has been validated by experts. The result of the product was videos that contain audio-visual media to be used in mastering the recount text writing. The result of experts’ validation showed that the media was an appropriate media to be used in teaching writing recount text by getting the average percentage of 95% categorized as excellent.Keywords: PowToon, Recount Text, Research and Development (R&D)

DEVELOPING WORD WALL AS MEDIA IN TEACHING WRITING SKILLS ON DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP YPI AMIR HAMZAH MEDAN

The study was aimed to to develop learning media in Writing Descriptive Text for Grade VII of Junior High School Students. This study was conducted by using Research and Development (R&D) design through six stages; gathering information and data, analyzing data, designing materials, validating by experts, revising, and final product. The subject of the study was Grade VII of SMP Ypi Amir Hamzah Medan. The instruments of data collection were gathered by administring interview and distributing questionnaire. The study conducted interview to the English teacher and distributing questionnaire to 25 respondents to get the students’ needs. The interview and questionnaire results proved that the students need English learning media which can motivate the students to understand about writing descriptive text. The product had been validated by the experts namely English lecturer and English teacher. The product result was Word Wall which is modifying House based on destination of North Sumatera. The result of experts’ validation showed that the media was an appropriate media to be used on writing descriptive text by getting the average percentage 92% categorized excellent.Keywords: Writing, Descriptive Text, Word Wall, Research and Development

The Role of Social Media in Learning English as a Second Language: A Study Based on the Students of National Apprentice & Industrial Training Authority (NAITA), Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

The Role of Social Media in Learning English as a Second Language: A Study Based on the Students of National Apprentice & Industrial Training Authority (NAITA), Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FUN FISHING TO TEACH SPEAKING FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

To produce competitive students that ready to face the trend of language learning in English as a foreign language, especially speaking skills, teachers should be ready to develop good planning in the teaching process. It can be in the form of strategies that can motivate students in the learning process. Moreover, in teaching elementary school students, teachers should be more creative to encourage students’ motivation in speaking by using attractive teaching media which involves physical activity because young learners usually only have a short attention span. By using teaching media, students will learn a language in such attractive and fun ways. Thus, the researchers want to see the use of Fun Fishing in teaching speaking at one of the Elementary Schools in Lampung to encourage students in learning English. This research used a qualitative method since it disclosed how to implement Fun Fishing media in an Elementary School in Lampung. As a result, the students were divided into four groups consisted of 2-3 members and learned English which involved physical activity. To sum up, using this media in learning English can motivate students to speak in English and make teaching and learning become more fun because they did physical activity.

CARTOON STORY MAKER AS THE DEVELOPED LEARNING MEDIA IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

The aim of this study was to develop learning media in Writing Descriptive Text. This study was conducted at junior high school level students by applying six stages; gathering information and data, analyzing data, designing materials, validating by experts, revising, and final product.. The data were gathered by administering interview to English teacher and distributing questionnaire to 30 respondents to get the students’ needs. The interview and questionnaire results prove that the students needs English learning media which can motivate the students to understand about the descriptive writing. The product has been validated by experts. The result of the product was videos that contain audio-visual media to be used in mastering the descriptive text writing. Keywords: Cartoon Story Maker,Learning Media, Descriptive Text .

APLIKASI GAME MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA INGGRIS PADA ANAK - ANAK SDN MELAYU 2 BANJARMASIN MENGGUNAKAN ADOBE FLASH CS6

This study is aimed to create an English learning media game application as an interesting alternative learning system in order to increase English knowledge and children's interest in learning. It is also to presents the English learning media game application quickly and precisely to the students of SDN Melayu 2 Banjarmasin. The research method used is Applied Research which also used primary data sources and secondary data. Data collection techniques used were interviews, observation, and literature. As for the system development method, the author used the Waterfall method by analyzing the system, functional and non-functional requirements and PIECES analysis by using the Adobe Flash CS6 application program to make English learning media for students. The results of this study are the formation of learning media game applications so that learning for users could make changes in mindset, have a learning spirit and increase the interest of students in learning and are more relevant. The installation could also be accessed easily just by using a computer device.

Learning English in Third Grade through Powtoon

Nowadays, the English teachers in elementary school still use conventional media in teaching English. Based on the phenomena, the researcher developed a media with the aimed to develop Powtoon animation based-video for teaching third-grade students of elementary school. The data of this research were collected through interview, syllabus analysis, students’ questionnaire, and document recording. ADDIE model by Romiszowski was developed as the procedure of this research. The result of this research was PowToon animation based-video can be used to teach English for third-grade students of elementary school. From the students’ questionnaire, it found that the animation video could attract the students’ attention and it also motivated the students during the teaching and learning process. The media was categorized as good media by conducting expert judgment rubric. So, PowToon animation-based video could be used as an alternative media in learning English.

Pengenalan Flashcard sebagai Media untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Bahasa Inggris

Learning abilities so that they can stimulate or encourage the learning process to be more interesting. flashcard is a media that helps in remembering and reviewing learning materials such as: definitions or terms, symbols, spelling of foreign languages, formulas, and others. The purpose of this Community Service activity is to introduce the use of Flashcards in learning English specifically to improve the understanding of the English vocabulary of students and students at SATAP SMPN 2 Kepuh, Kec. Pincincang. Community service activities by providing socialization of the application of flashcard media in learning English in order to improve the students' cognitive abilities and stimulate students to think creatively have been carried out properly. With good cooperation between the implementation team and partners, this community service activity will run as expected. With this service, teachers are expected to be able to implement flashcard media in English, as well as students can understand so that they can improve their cognitive abilities in learning English.

Rancang Bangun Game Edukasi Media Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris Menggunakan Pemodelan Finite State Machine

Bahasa Inggris merupakan bahasa internasional, dan di Indonesia juga bisa menjadi bahasa sehari-hari di dalam masyarakat. Hal tersebut menjadikan pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris sangat penting untuk dikenalkan semenjak kecil. Fokus dari penelitian ini adalah mengembangkan sebuah media pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris yang dapat menarik minat belajar anak. Bentuk dari media pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris berbasis game, karena seorang anak akan lebih tertarik jika media pembelajaran penuh dengan warna, bentuk dan karakter. Perancangan dari game ini memanfaatkan Finite State Machine yang merupakan sebuah pemodelan untuk membangun tingkah laku dari non player character (NPC). Di dalam media pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris ini, NPC menggambarkan karakter musuh sehingga game semakin menarik untuk dimainkan oleh anak – anak. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah sebuah game yang dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai salah satu media untuk pengayaan materi, dalam proses belajar mengajar yang bertumpu pada perkembangan teknologi informasi. Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris berbasis pada game juga dapat menarik minat anak, hingga dapat meningkatkan nilai rata – rata sebesar 81.9, dibandingkan saat belajar Bahasa Inggris secara konvensional yang rata – rata memperoleh nilai sebesar 67.1

Students' Perception of English Learning through YouTube Application

As one of the most popular social media in this modern era, YouTube is also playing a role in education. Technology, which is part of student life, can offer useful feedback, especially in facilitating, increasing knowledge and English skills. An audio-visual model that can be accessed anywhere can make students feel more open about thoughts, opinions, questions, and be more comfortable and motivated in learning English. This article reports a qualitative study that finds out students' perceptions of English learning through YouTube are beneficial and help them learn English. 5 students who use the YouTube application as a media for learning English in SMK Negeri 17 participated in this study, and data were collected through interview-based on case study design.
 The results of this study find out all of the students have many benefits to improve their English skills, and very easy to access in almost every student's gadget and it can be used in every situation for help and motivated them to learn English. The students are only feeling the difficulty if the internet connection is not good. 
 All of the students are given positive responses about the use of YouTube application in learning English.

CARTOON STORY MAKER AS THE DEVELOPED LEARNING MEDIA IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract The aim of this study was to develop learning media in Writing Descriptive Text. This study was conducted at junior high school level students by applying six stages; gathering information and data, analyzing data, designing materials, validating by experts, revising, and final product.. The data were gathered by administering interview to English teacher and distributing questionnaire to 30 respondents to get the students’ needs. The interview and questionnaire results prove that the students needs English learning media which can motivate the students to understand about the descriptive writing. The product has been validated by experts. The result of the product was videos that contain audio-visual media to be used in mastering the descriptive text writing. Keywords: Cartoon Story Maker,Learning Media, Descriptive Text

The development of interactive magic card (IMC) based on flash card

Researchers aim to develop Interactive Magic Card as a medium that is suited to learning needs. There are 2 objectives in this study; 1) developing Interactive Magic Card as a learning medium; 2) find out the feasibility of the media. This research uses the Research and Development method which was adapted from Borg and Gall. This English learning media is an HTML5-based Flash Card application that was developed to help students in mastering vocabulary and improve their Speaking and Writing skills.The results of this study indicate that; 1) the results of the material expert validation are 89; 2) the results of media expert validation are 84; 3) main field test results are 91. Based on the results of the study, the researchers concluded that Interactive Magic Cardis suitable for use as a medium for learning English

The The Use of Google Classroom as an English Learning Media

ABSTRACT: The objective of this writing was to describe the usage of Google Classroom as an English Leraning Media focused on the description of Google Classroom using as the English learning media. The method used in writing this article was literature based by collecting data and information of the topic Google Classroom as e n English learning media. This writing indicated that Googe classroom was very potential to be developed as an English learning media used in virtual class of teaching and learning forum on ICT based. In summary, English teacher can use the Google Classroom as an alternative for teaching and learning media.

PERSEPSI SISWA SEKOLAH MENENGAH ATAS TENTANG PENGGUNAAN SMARTPHONE SEBAGAI MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA INGGRIS

In her previous-related study the researcher discussed about the digital learning model aiming at educating Indonesian students and English language teaching and learning practitioners in increasing the listening and speaking skills in English (Wahyuni, 2017). Meanwhile in this research, the researcher focused on the students’ perception on the use of smartphone as an English learning media especially for Indonesian Secondary High School (SMA) students. This is the type of concurrent mix (combination) research whose qualitative method is more highly used than its quantitative method. Data collecting techniques in this research are survey study with Likert-scaled questionnaire, direct observation, and interview. The survey result then classified and ranked statistically to know the frequency level of the smartphone use in learning English as well as to encounter students’ perception on it.To present more comprehensive data and information, the research result then quantitatively illustrated in an appropriate chart or diagram, and qualitatively described in narrative form. The implication about the use of smart phone is presented as well to give more insightful view for the students or teachers about how to maximize the advantages of smart phone media in learning English.

THE EFFECT OF MS PHOTO STORY 3 ON STUDENTS� SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT

Technology information and communication now takes the best attention from educators. It plays to be good or even better media in teaching and leraning process. Therefore, prospective English teachers should have good skill in creating new class atmosphere toward technology. They need to use technology to be the suitable media in learning English, especially speaking, since speaking is considered to be one of difficult skill. Ms Photo Story 3 is one of many computer applications that can be used as a media in teaching speaking. This present study focuses on the effect of Ms Photo Story 3 in improving prospective English teachers� speaking and the response of using Ms Photo Story 3 in learning English, especially speaking. Experiment with one group, pre-test, treatment and post-test were employed in this study. The results showed that there are increasing prospective English teachers� scores. It can be seen from the comparison score of pretest and posttest. Furthemore, the result from the questionaire revealed that the participants� response after using Ms Photo Story 3 in speaking class is categorized good. Thus, it can be concluded that Ms Photo Story 3 is effective in giving prospective English teachers experiences to create digital speaking.Keywords: Ms Photo Story 3; prospective English teachers; speaking; teaching media; technology.

CARTOON STORY MAKER AS THE DEVELOPED LEARNING MEDIA IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR JUNIOR HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS

The aim of this study was to develop learning media in Writing Descriptive Text for Grade VIII of Junior Highschool Students. This study was conducted by using Research and Development (R&D) design through six stages; gathering information and data, analyzing data, designing materials, validating by experts, revising, and final product.. The subject of the study was Grade VIII of SMP N 3 LubukPakam. The data were gathered by administering interview to English teacher and distributing questionnaire to 30 respondents to get the students’ needs. The interview and questionnaire results prove that the students needs English learning media which can motivate the students to understand about the descriptive writing. The product has been validated by experts. The result of the product was videos that contain audio-visual media to be used in mastering the descriptive text writing. Keywords: Cartoon Story Maker, Descriptive Text, Research and Development (R&D)

USING SONG AS MEDIA IN TEACHING ENGLISH

This study was aimed at first investigating whether or not the use of songs significantly give effect as media in teaching English. Second, the difficulties faced by the students in learning English were also investigated. This quasi experimental research involved two classes of students of agriculture in UMTS. The data were collected through pretest, posttest and questionnaires. In analyzing the collected data, quantitative research method was employed. Furthermore, the data taken from questionnaires were also investigated to find out the difficulties faced by the students in using songs as media in learning English. The study found that the use of songs likely improves students’ motivation in learning English. It was evidenced by tobt (6.542) that greater than tcrit. As the result of the study, the null hypothesis of this research was rejected; the use of songs is likely to give effecct in learning English.

AN ANALYSIS OF TENSES USAGE IN ANIMATED MOVIE “UP”: The relevance with 2013 curriculum for teaching EFL at junior high school in Indonesia

Movies have been seen as an encouraging media in learning English, tuning out the formal fear of English. They have helped increase students’ confidence and initiative to ask and answer the questions, and improve their listening skill and attention span in English drastically (O'Donnell, 1990). This article is intended to seek the applicability of the English sentences used in the movie Up and their uses for EFL learning in Indonesia. The 2013 curriculum was used as the standard guideline to determine the sentences’ appropriateness. A qualitative research by imposing content analysis method was employed to conduct the data analysis in this article. The findings classified the specific numbers of sentences generated in this research into ten (10) categories of English tenses. Another finding also indicated the applicability of those sentences for teaching EFL/ESL in junior high schools. Remarkably, these findings were substantial for appending the teachers’ resources in teaching English tenses.

Relationships of Using Social Media Online to Learning English at the English Program, STBA YAPARI-ABA Bandung

The purpose of this research was to get the information on the frequency of using social media, identify the types of social media features, and prove the relationship between the frequency of using social media in English learning. This research used quantitative approach. Data were collected through a questionnaire distributed on a propotional random sampling that were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The respondents were 100 students, taken from several classes of regular students in Bachelor Degree in Semester VI and VIII of English program in STBA Yapari-ABA Bandung. The results show that most respondents have more than three social media accounts (71%). Youtube is the site that the most influential respondents (53%). The most useful social media feature is ‘sharing’ (54%) while the most frequently used part of the sentence is 'phrase' (42%). The most beneficial language ability is vocabulary (31%). There are other descriptive data describing the frequency of various English related activities in the use of respondents' social media. In addition, it is evident that there is a positive correlation, although its correlation value is very weak (Spearman rho: 0,098) between the frequency of social media usage with the acquisition of English indicated by the GPA.

UPAYA MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN MEMBACA DALAM PELAJARAN BAHASA INGGRIS DENGAN STRATEGI CHORAL READING MELALUI POWERPOINT

The purpose of this research are: (1) to know the implementation of choral reading strategy with variation of powerpoint learning media in English learning; (2) to know the effectiveness of applying choral reading strategy with variation of powerpoint learning media in learning English to students' reading ability. This type of research is a classroom action research consisting of 2 cycles. Subjects in the study were students of class XI majoring in Accounting, amounting to 28 people. Data collection techniques used were observation, documentation, and tests. Technique of data analysis with qualitative that is by doing record of reflection, that is thinking which arise at the time of observing and is result of process compare, linking or connecting data which is displayed with previous data.Results of Action Research This class has an increase from initial ability compared to cycle 1 that is complete students in cycle 1 amounted to 18 students or 64.28%. From the 2nd cycle results can be written the completed student is 24 students from 28 students or 85.71%. From cycle 1 to cycle 2 there is an increase of 21.43%. This proves that the use of choral reading strategy through powerpoint is very effective.