Grammar Mastery Research Articles

The effects of using whiteboard animation toward Indonesian students’ vocabulary and grammar mastery

English has been a particular subject at schools. Most of the students have difficulties in mastering its vocabulary and grammar. Therefore, at this time the researcher conducted a research which aimed to reveal the effects of using whiteboard animation toward the student's vocabulary and grammar mastery. The researchers used the experimental research. The sample of research consisted of two groups from the eighth grade students at Indonesian Junior high school. For data collection were taken from pre-test and post-test. The results of were analysed using T-test to verify the hypothesis of the research. The results of this research indicate that whiteboard animation has positive effects on mastering English vocabulary and grammar. There was 58.9% improvement from the experimental group for the vocabulary. While for the control group, there is 37% improvement. For grammar test, the experimental group shows impressively significant difference with more than 100% improvement. While the control group shows 50.5% improvement in the grammar test. In conclusion, the researchers found that students who learn vocabulary and grammar through whiteboard animation show more significant improvement than the control group taught by conventional teaching method. The researchers also measured the effect size between vocabulary post test score with R squared of 0.321 and grammar post-test score with R squared of 0.485 from the experimental group. Based on the results of the research, the researchers concluded that whiteboard animation has significant effect towards both students' vocabulary and grammar with more improvement on grammar mastery though.

THE EFFECTS OF VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR MASTERY ON STUDENT'S ABILITY TO WRITE ENGLISH (Survey at Private Vocational School in East Jakarta)

This study aimed to determine the effect of mastery of vocabulary on students' ability to write English. Furthermore, to determine the effects of vocabulary and grammar mastery on students' ability to write English. The research method used was a survey method; samples were taken as many as 70 students with a simple random technique. Data collection using the instrument: tests, data analysis using descriptive statistics such as finding the mean, median, mode, standard deviation, multiple linear regression, normality test data, hypothesis testing, and inferencial statistics to find the correlation coefficient with the calculated T-test and F calculated. The research process takes a month, where the researcher gives the direct tests in class XI of vocational school. The research is done from September to January 2020. The hypothesis of this study is 1) There is a significant influence of mastering vocabulary and mastering grammar together on student's ability to write English, 2) There is a significant influence of mastering vocabulary on student's ability to write English, 3) There is a significant influence of mastering grammar on student's ability to write English. The research method used statistics with the help of Microsoft Excel and SPSS 22.0. Conclusions from the results of this study's analysis: There is a significant influence of mastering vocabulary and grammar mastery on students' ability to write English at private Vocational School in east Jakarta. This is evidenced by the acquisition of Sig = 0,000 < 0.05 and F count = 9,403. Second, there is a significant influence of vocabulary mastery on students' writing English at a private Vocational School in east Jakarta. This is evidenced by the acquisition of Sig = 0,029 < 0,05 and t count = 2,229. Third, there is a significant influence of grammar mastery on student's ability to write English at a private Vocational School in east Jakarta. This is evidenced by the acquisition of Sig = 0,002 < 0,05 and t count = 3,304.

Using EGRA Technique to Improve Students' Grammar Mastery

Grammar is study of rules that cover the combination of words to form meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. This study use Experience, Generalization, Reinforcement, and Application (EGRA) technique to improve students` grammar mastery. By using this technique the students try to find out the form and function of the sentence by themselves. Besides that, EGRA technique has various instructions to help students understand the material; giving picture, vocabularies and quiz in experience step, analyzing the text in generalization step, providing in reinforcement step, and giving a task in application step. This study was aimed to see the Improving Grammar Mastery at the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 7 Pinrang. The objective of this study is to get the empirical data of the differences between students` score grammar test that were taught by using EGRA technique and the students were not. The population of this study consists of 273 students. The sampling process of this research is cluster random sampling technique. The researcher took two classes, X MIPA 2 as experimental class consisted of 36 students and X IPS 2 as control class consisted of 34 students. The design of this study is a quantitative method using quasi-experimental design (non-equivalent control group) with two group classess, namely experimental class and control class. The data was collected through pretest and posttest. It aimed to know whether the EGRA technique in teaching grammar can improve students` grammar mastery. The result of this research shows that students` grammar mastery significantly improves. Based on the calculation, the result of the data analysis by using t-test showed the value of ttest (to) was higher than ttable (tt), to > tt = 9.11 > 1.667, in significant degree of 0.05 (5%). As the statistical hypotheses shows, if ttest (to) > ttable (tt) in significant degree of 0.05 (5%), it means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. In conclusion, EGRA technique is able to improve the students` grammar mastery.

Studi korelasional antara kebiasaan membaca dan penguasaan tata bahasa dengan keterampilan menulis deskripsi kelas V sekolah dasar

<p class="Abstract"><em>This study aims to (1) determine whether there is a relationship between reading habits and description writing skills; (2) the relationship between grammar mastery and description writing skills; (3) the relationship between reading habits and mastery of grammar with description writing skills. This research uses a correlational method. The sample consisted of grade V students in 10 elementary schools, totaling 212 students. The data collection techniques used a descriptive writing test, a multiple choice test for grammar mastery, and a questionnaire for reading habits variable. Data were analyzed using simple correlation and multiple correlation. Based on the results of data analysis, the following conclusions are obtained: (1) there is a significant relationship between reading habits and description writing skills, r</em><em><sub>y1</sub> = 0.606. The correlation coefficient tested using the t test, t</em><em><sub>count</sub> = 11.0464 > t</em><em><sub>table</sub> = 1.9713. (2) there is a significant relationship between grammar mastery and description writing skills with r</em><em><sub>y2</sub> = 0.697, the significance of the correlation coefficient is calculated using the t test, t</em><em><sub>count</sub> = 14.0993> t</em><em><sub>table</sub> = 1.9713. 3) there is a significant relationship between reading habits and grammar mastery with descriptive writing skills as much as r</em><em><sub>y12</sub> = 0.779. The results of the significance test using the F test showed that the F</em><em><sub>count</sub> = 161.88> F</em><em><sub>table</sub> = 3.0391 obtained from the F</em><em><sub>table</sub> with df 209 level α = 0.05. So it can be concluded that reading habits and grammar mastery have a significant relationship with description writing skills.</em></p>

Students’ Grammatical Error in Writing Narrative Text

Students made errors in writing narrative text. Two reasons why students made errors because less in grammar mastery and confuses to differenciate of the verb. This writing is to find out the grammatical errors. The method of research is descriptive quantitative. Process of data are analyzed by reading students’ writing firstly, identification, classification, tabulating, describing, and taking conclusion about the errors. After analyzing the data, it found that students made errors in omission, addition, misformation, and misordering categories. The highest frequency of item error was in using verb tense with total of 61 errors. Meanwhile, the lowest frequency of item errors were in using adverb and adjective with total of 6 errors. Total of the errors was 204.

The Correlation between Students’ Grammar Mastery and Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the First Grade Students in MAN 1 Bandar Lampung

The objectives of the study were to find out the correlation between students’ grammar mastery and writing ability and to find out what aspect of writing has the most correlation on students’ grammar mastery. This research used quantitative approach. The subject of the research was the first grade students of MAN 1 Bandar Lampung. It consisted of thirteen classes; the total number of population was 439 students. By using sample random sampling, the sample of this research was 40 students taken from twelve classes (3 and 4 students in each class). A set of the grammar test in the form of multiple choices was used to measure students’ grammar mastery and writing test was used to measure students’ writing ability. Pearson Product Moment Correlation in SPSS 25.0 for windows was applied in this research to analyze the data. The result indicated that there was a correlation between students’ grammar mastery and their writing ability since the significant value was 0.730 resided between 0.600 - 0.800, which means the strength is high correlation. The data indicated that Sig. (2- tailed) = 0.00 which was lower than 0.05. This suggests that a student who has high scores in grammar mastery, she or he also get a good score in writing. It was assumed that language use was the aspect of writing has the most correlation on students’ grammar mastery because; it was found that during the writing test, the students showed various errors, such as using incorrect tenses and unstructured sentences. From the research findings, it can be concluded that there was a positive correlation between students’ grammar mastery and writing ability in descriptive text and language use was the aspect of writing that most correlated with grammar mastery.

Using Flashcards to Increase Grammar Mastery of MTs Students in Kutai Kartanegara

This study reports the difference of using flashcards and textbooks in teaching grammar for junior school students. The study aimed at examining the hypothesis that read: “flashcards do not improve grammar mastery.” This study used an experimental of post-test only design, implementing an experimental group that received flashcards for the treatments of learning grammar, and the controlled group that received textbooks for learning grammar. The hypothesis testing at p=0.05 and n = 48 indicated that Ho was rejected and the result was significant (t-value = 3.377 and t- table = 1.68). This means flashcards significantly improved grammar mastery. In other words, flashcards as media of teaching grammar is superior than using textbook.

Designing HOTS-based Digital Media to Teach Writing: Exploring Students’ Need Analysis

21st Century skills are one of the educational goals in Indonesia. One of the main goals is enable students to compete at the global level. As a consequence, HOTS-based learning is introduced through 2013 curriculum. In this case, media, materials and teachers should be able to facilitate the students getting used to implement HOTS. To fulfil these challenges, this study investigated the students’ needs which are then used as a basis in the development of digital media. This study is classified into research and development (R & D). A questionnaire was employed to take the data and was distributed to 83 senior high school students. Three students voluntarily took part in the interview to confirm the results of the questionnaire. The results of this study showed that students faced difficulty in learning writing, especially in using the correct grammar and mastering English vocabulary. Consequently, they need and want the material or activity in the media that can train them to improve their understanding of grammar and vocabulary mastery. In addition, they also declared that they need to improve their HOTS, as they are still unable to use analyzing and creating skills. At the same time, the learning-need data indicated that students hoped that the developed media should provide opportunities for fellow students and teachers to mutually review writing and provide constructive comments. The material in the media is expected to provide warm-up activities in forms of videos, quizzes and problems to be discussed. All the topics provided must be relevant to their daily life.

STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING APPLICATION LETTER

The aims of this study are to find out the students’ ability in writing application letter in general. This study done at english department Muhammadiyah Aceh University, while the students of semester four were taken as the participants. This study is a descriptive quantitative in which the students’ worksheets and interview are used as the instruments. The result of data analysis shows that the students’ ability in writing application letter is very good. The highest aspect of writing which mastered by the students is mechanic, while the lowest aspect of writing is grammar. Then, the data shows that the grammar mastery affect the students’ ability in writing paragraph process in which the students do not able to express their written ideas if they do not know how to write grammatically correct in english. The significance of this study is pointed to the lecturers and the students. For the lecturers, it is expected that they can evaluate the students’ ability in writing application letter, especially to support their ability in english, and for the students, it is expected that they can get better ways in improving their ability in writing application letter.

Peranan Bahasa Inggris Komunikatif dalam Meningkatkan Pelayanan Anggota Kepolisian Sektor Denpasar Selatan

The problem faced by members of South Denpasar Police Sector as community service partners is their very limited ability to communicate in English, such as asking questions and giving explanations when providing services to foreigners. This study aims to determine the role of communicative English in improving services for members of South Denpasar Sector Police. The method used in this study is a lecture, pair work, and conversation methods. This study was conducted at South Denpasar Sector Police Office. The office is located in the tourist area of ​​Sanur, so automatically the area of ​​duty includes Sanur area itself, which is one of the main tourist destinations for domestic and foreign tourists. The results of this study indicated that communicative English training can have an impact on vocabulary mastery, communication skills, and grammar mastery by the trainees.

Improving Grammar Mastery by Using Scramble Method of the Eleventh-Grade Students at Senior High School Number 2 Palopo

This research focused on using the scrambling method to teach grammar at the eleventh-grade students of Senior High School Number 2 Palopo. The research problem of this research was: “Does the scrambling method effectively improve students’ grammar mastery?”. The objective of this research was to find out whether or not the scrambling method effectively improves students’ grammar mastery. In this research, the researcher used pre-experimental design, and the treatments were conducted in six meetings. The population of this research was the eleventh-grade students of senior high school 2 Palopo. The researcher used a total sampling technique. There were 26 students from IPA 3 class involved in this research. The instrument used to collect data was a written test. It was divided into pretest and post-test. The data of this research were analyzed quantitatively by using SPSS program version 20. The result of this research showed that the scrambling method effectively improves students’ grammar mastery. The mean score in the pretest is lower than the mean score in the post-test (63, 85 < 82, 23). The researcher found that the p-Value is 0.00, and the alpha is 0.05, therefore p<α (0.00 < 0.05). Meanwhile, the mean score of the post-test is better than the mean score of pretest (82,23 > 63,85).

Investigating English Speaking Problems: Implications for Speaking Curriculum Development in Indonesia

<p style="text-align:justify">The present study aims at investigating some English speaking problems found by the students of English language education department at State Islamic Institute of Kudus and exploring some implications for speaking curriculum development of English language education department. This study used a descriptive qualitative approach and the data were taken from semi-structured interviews, observation and focus group discussion (FGD). The results of the analysis reveal that the problems encountered by the students in English language education department in speaking English cover the lack of appropriate vocabulary, the lack of grammar mastery, the lack of correct pronunciation, the lack of input of English outside the class, the lack of confidence and the lack of English speaking curriculum development. There have been some implications for developing English speaking curriculum. First, the curriculum of speaking should be well designed. Second, lecturers should design English speaking curriculum integrated by technology and social media that makes students to enrich some culture, knowledge and experience around the world. Third, lecturers should facilitate the English speaking curriculum with the English speaking community so that the students will have more chance to speak English inside and outside the class.</p>

THE EFFECTS OF READING HABIT AND GRAMMAR MASTERY TOWARDS STUDENT'S READING COMPREHENSION

The aim of this research are to find: 1) The effects of Reading Habit and Grammar Mastery jointly Towards Student’s Reading Comprehension. 2) The Effects of Reading Habit Towards Student’s Reading Comprehension. 3) TheEffects of Grammar Mastery Towards Student’s Reading Comprehension. The method used is survey method. The instruments were used multiple choice and questioner. Total samples of this research followed by 75 students with a cluster simple random technique. The result showed: 1)There are significant effects of reading habit and grammar mastery jointly towards the student’s reading comprehension. This is proved by the value of sig.0.000<0.05 and F<sub>observed</sub>=52.564. 2) There is a significant effect of reading habit towards student’s reading comprehension. This is proved by the This is proved by the value of sig.0.000<0.05 and t<sub>observed</sub>=7.620. 3)There is significant effect of the grammar mastery towards student’s reading comprehension significantly. This is proved by the This is proved by the value of sig.0.000<0.05 and t<sub>observed</sub> = 6.100.

THE USE OF FIX THE MISTAKE GAME BOOK TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ GRAMMAR MASTERY

The objective of the research was to describe the learning atmosphere during the implementation of “Fix the Mistake Game Book”. Besides, the research was also designed to know how the improvement of the students’ grammar during the implementation of “Fix the Mistake Game Book”. This research was a classroom action research. The research was carried out in first year students of MTSM Penyasawan. This research was conducted in two cycles by following the procedure of action research, i.e. planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. The results of the research showed that the learning atmosphere also improved. The class became more enthusiastic and feel comfort. Furthermore, Fix The Mistake Game Book was able to improve the students’ grammar mastery. It was proven by the increase of the students’ mean score from 41.34 in pre-test to 47.83 in cycle 1, and 49.84 in cycle 2, although the results of the research were just a little bit improvement. It could be concluded that the use of Fix the Mistake Game Book has proven to be an effective way in teaching-learning of grammar on first year of MTSM Penyasawan.

Second Language Acquisition of the Professional Japanese Tour Guides as the Core of Japanese Teaching Development for Tourism Students

In line with the significance of appropriate Japanese learning methods and materials for tourism students, this study investigates how Japanese tour guides in Indonesia learn Japanese. This study aimed to find out some factors which influenced the process of Japanese tour guides’ second language acquisition and the integration of those factors into Japanese teaching. This study was a qualitative study with ethnography method approach. Interviews and observation were employed in this study as the research instruments in which 12 Japanese tour guides became the research objects. The findings showed that two main factors influenced the process of Japanese tour guides’ second language acquisition, namely intrinsic factors and extrinsic factors. Intrinsic factors were the factors which emerged within the tour guides themselves that affected the success of the language acquisition such as age, motivations, personality, aptitudes and the attitudes towards the Japanese language. Meanwhile, the extrinsic factors encompassed learning styles and teaching method that determined the success of language acquisition. Furthermore, the integration of those factors into the Japanese teaching generated some focuses on the teaching process, which were speaking fluently and interacting easily. Speaking fluently put more emphasis on the fluency rather than grammar mastery, while interacting easily was related to the implementation of intercultural language teaching.

ENGLISH FOR INFORMATICS ENGINEERING: NEEDS ANALYSIS

English for Vocational School is a key to bridging non-English major students’ needs including Informatics Engineering students of a private university in South Tangerang, Indonesia. Accordingly, it is important to conduct a needs-analysis study as a way to find the source of information to designing proper English materials. To actualize it, a set of questionnaire was distributed to 35 students of Informatics Engineering Study Program to investigate their necessities, lacks, and desire in learning English for vocational purpose. The data were analysed quantitatively to figure out majority choices to each item questioned. Semi-structured interview to both the lecturers and the students were also conducted to explore reasons for each finding. The result showed that the students were expected to be proficient at using English for daily communication which will be useful for their future working-community because most of the students thought that they were not fluent yet and found difficulties especially in grammar mastery. Accordingly, they expected that instructional process be directed to learning English related to Informatics Engineering without ignoring daily communication topics. These overall findings are a milestone to designing a set of English learning materials for the third semester students of Informatics Engineering Students of the university.

Implementing of Academic Text in Advanced Grammar Learning

Grammar has the main role in English language learning. It can be given the impact on English language skill mastery. The purposes of this study were to find deeply comprehending on grammar mastery using academic text. The method of study used one-group experimental design. Process of collecting data used observation and test. The data analysis used t-test paired two samples for means. The result of finding show that academic text gave more information deeply to identify English structure. Students have a significant increase in scores from the pre-test and post-test results. The results of this study also have implications for improving students' reading skills, especially at the level of reading comprehension and vocabulary mastery.

Coastal Students' Tense on Grammar Tense(s): A Rasch Model Analysis

Coastal students' tense on grammar really affects their grammar mastery. Mostly the factors of the tense are neither from their relationship, environment, nor personal matters. It is from their perception on grammar itself. The purposes of this study are (1) to identify the stressors; (2) to describe the impacts of the stressors on grammar ability. The method used was descriptive quantitative. The setting of the research was in one of the universities in Tanjungpinang, Riau Archipelago, Indonesia. The population of this research was the second semester students comprising 78 students in the academic year of 2018/2019. Questionnaire and grammar test were used to collect the data, and it was analyzed by using Rasch Model. This study revealed (1) from the 30 items of the questionnaire about the students' tense in academic and non-academic factors, only two items were the dominant stressors i.e. having grammar difficulties and facing grammar examinations and they were from the academic factors; (2) Those whose stress was high on grammar difficulties i.e. 29 (37.18%) students showed bad performance at grammar tenses but interestingly those whose stress was high on grammar difficulties i.e 17 (21.79%) students also had good performance at grammar tenses. There were 1 (1.28%) and 15 (19.23%) students who claimed that the grammar difficulties never and rarely stressed her or him but s/he went bad performance at grammar tenses. In fact, those whose claimed that the grammar difficulties rarely made them stressed had good performance at grammar tenses i.e. 16 (20.51%) students. Then, those whose stress was high on facing grammar examination i.e. 32 (41.03%) students had bad ability at grammar tenses. In contrary, those whose stress is high on facing grammar examination i.e. 17 (21.79%) students had also good performance at grammar tenses. The other students claimed that facing grammar examination rarely stressed her or him i.e. 1 (1.28%) got bad performance at grammar tenses; the other 2 (2.56%) students made good performance at grammar tenses. Facing grammar examination, 12 (15.38%) students who never stressed showed bad performance at grammar tenses and the other 14 (17.95%) students went good performance at grammar tenses. Therefore, students' tense on grammar tense(s) is the matter of perception which should be changed for better grammar mastery.

A PENGEMBANGAN KETERAMPILAN ACADEMIC ENGLISH WRITING MAHASISWA SEMESTER IV JURUSAN PARIWISATA POLITEKNIK NEGERI MANADO MELALUI METODE PENERJEMAHAN

English competence is determined by its grammar mastery, more specifically Academic English Competence. In daily conversation, mastery of grammar is not the key point but in Academic English, the mastery of grammatical sentences is an important aspect. The general objective of this research is to prepare the higher semester students to master Academic English in order that they pass the test for further studies both in domestic and foreign universities as well as pass the test for employment recruitment both in public and private sectors that require good Academic English mastery. The specific objective of this research is to enable the target students to fulfill the requirements for undertaking internship in foreign countries and write internship report in English as well as write the Final Project / Skripsi in English. The method used in developing the students’ Academic Writing Skill is Translation Method since this method provides ample grammatical exercises starting from sentence level translation , paragraph level translation and essay level translation as well as vocabulary practice .Further, the students are given examples of ideas in writing sentences, paragraphs and essays. Finally the students are trained to write tourism topics directly in English without depending on translation. The method of this research is Qualitative method. The results of research show that translation Method is very effective in developing the students’ Academic Writing Skills. The final test average score obtained by the Experimental group is 23 % higher than that of the Control group.

Improving Grammar Mastery through Movie Segment for the Fourth Semester of English Students academic year 2018/2019 at Madura Islamic University

Grammar learning in the class is not delivered attractively so that it can cause students to have low enthusiasm for learning. Besides, monotonous learning makes students easily get bored. After understanding the importance of grammar in learning English, it is needed to have learning media that can solve students' problems in class. Researchers offer instructional media in the form of authentic material that is a movie segment to be applied in learning grammar. The purpose of this research is to find out how the movie segment can improve the grammar mastery of fourth-semester students. The use of authentic material in the classroom can create a pleasant atmosphere because it can reduce anxiety levels and provide examples of English applications in the real world. Movie Segment is one type of authentic material in the form of video clips that are used to teach grammar. It is also equipped with worksheets, exercises, and answer keys so that it can facilitate the teacher to use the appropriate material and create a pleasant atmosphere in the classroom. The research design used is Classroom Action Research. Meanwhile, The criterion for success in this study is 75% of students achieve 75 in learning Grammar (Simple Past tense). The results of this study indicate that the mean value on the pre-test was 65.2 and the average value of the post-test in cycle 1 increased to 72.8. Then, the post-test mean score in cycle 2 increased to 78.8. The percentage of students who reached above or equal to KKM is 75 increased from 32% to 60% in cycle 1 and 80% in cycle 2. Therefore, this study proves that the use of movie segments can improve grammar understanding and can be used as one of alternative techniques in teaching grammar (past tense).