Mean Score In Cycle Research Articles

Improving Students’ Speaking Skill by Using Story Telling at Class X Of MAS Nurul Yaqin Durian Lecah Merangin

This study was a classroom action research to obtain information about the research problems. It aimed to improve the students’ speaking skills by using storytelling. The subject of this study was the class x students of MAS Nurul Yaqin. The researcher conducted this research in class with four steps: plan, action, observation and evaluation, and reflection. The data were collected from the teaching and learning process, teacher and students’ observation sheets, and students’ achievements in every cycle. Based on the result of the mean score and performance indicator in two cycles, it can be concluded that the students achieved better scores in speaking after the treatments given. It can be seen from the mean score in cycle I was 52.78, and the increase in cycle II was 16.67. Also, the percentage of students’ performance indicators in cycle II (83.33 %) was higher than in cycle 1 (47.22 %). The result shows an improvement in every cycle of the students’ speaking skills taught through the implementation of storytelling. In conclusion, storytelling improves students' skills in class x of MAS Nurul Yaqin, academic year 2023/2024. It can be suggested that the teacher use it as an alternative strategy in teaching speaking

Using Islamic Videos to Increase the Writing Skills of the Senior High School Students

The research aims to determine the effectiveness of Islamic Videos in increasing the students' writing skills and perceive the use of Islamic videos (History of Rasulullah). This research used Classroom Action Research (CAR); this study was located at Senior High School 1 Lasusua. The study was done on 28 September-02 November 2021. The research subject was XI IPA 2, and their total was 28. The instruments of this research were tests, observation techniques, and interviews. This research used two cycles in which every process had four steps: planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. The researcher analyzed the observation qualitatively and then analyzed the test quantitatively. The students' mean score in cycle 1 was 74.46, while the mean score in cycle 2 was 80.21. it can be concluded that the Islamic video (history of Rasulullah) increased the students' ability to write narrative text students' learning outcomes. To overcome the lack of student mastery in writing narrative text, the researcher solved it in several ways: (1) the researcher applied an Islamic video (history of Rasulullah). (2) Doing exercise in every meeting. (3) Reviewing the current material in every meeting. Doing the action shows that students always made an improved learning activity and a vast understanding of the material. Besides that, the students felt enjoyed and fun during the learning process.

Enhancing Listening Comprehension through Youtube Videos for Non-English Major Students

The goal of this study is to enhance students' listening comprehension by using YouTube videos. This study employed classroom action research Kemmis and Taggart’s design as its methodology. There were thirty- five of non-English major students in the subject. The findings demonstrate a significant improvement in students' listening comprehension. After the teaching and learning process using YouTube videos, it reveals that the students' mean score in cycle 1 was 68.3, with 68.57% passing the minimum standard score. It continued to cycle 2 with a mean score of 71.0 and a passing percentage of 85.71%, indicating a significant improvement in listening test results. In cycle 3, students' mean score was 84.2, and 94.29% passed the minimum standard score. Hence, the implementation of YouTube videos as a learning media can help students to enhance their listening comprehension. It is proven by the improvement of students’ mean score and their learning performance in each cycle.

Improving Students' Speaking Skill by Using Task Based Learning Technique at First Semester of English Education Study Program STAIN Bengkalis

This research aims to explain the extent to which task based learning (TBL) technique can improve the students’ speaking skill and what factors that influence the changes of the students’ speaking skill by implementing TBL technique. This research is a classroom action research (CAR), which was conducted in two cycles. The instruments that were used to collect the data were speaking test, observation sheet, field notes, and interview guide. The data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings reveal that the implementation of TBL technique can improve the students’ speaking skill at first semester of English Education Study Program STAIN Bengkalis. It was showed from the students’ average score. The mean score before conducting the research was 2.62, the mean score of cycle 1 was 2.98, and the mean score of cycle 2 was 3.38. Besides, this research also found the factors that influence the changes of the students’ speaking skill by implementing TBL technique namely, real world material, interaction, and lecturer’s role. Therefore, it can be concluded that TBL technique is effective in teaching speaking. While, real world material, interaction, and lecturer’s role influence the improvement of the students’ speaking skill at first semester of TBI.

Improving Students' Skills in Writing Narrative Text by Implementing Comic Strips Media at MA. Riyadlus Sholihin

This research was purposed to describe how comic strips media was implemented to improve students’ skills in writing narrative text at MA. Riyadlus Sholihin Probolinggo. This research applied Classroom Action Research (CAR) methodology. The researcher was helped by a collaborator in designing the lesson plan, implementing the action, observing the action, and making reflection. The subjects of the study were eleventh grade students of language program of MA. Riyadlus Sholihin Probolinggo. This action research consisted of two cycles because in the second cycle the criteria of success were achieved. Each of the cycle consisted of three meetings for teaching learning process and one for the test. The data analysis used quantitative data and qualitative data. The quantitative data were obtained from the students’ writing test and the qualitative data were obtained from observation checklist and field-notes.
 The criteria of success were fulfilled after the implementation or the treatment in the second cycle. It means that the students’ skill in writing narrative text improved. It is related to the students active participation, student interest, students` enjoyment during English learning using Comic strips media. It also reveals that the students’ achievement in the test with the mean score 77.56 which was better than the mean score in the pre- test, 62.6. This score was better than the mean score in cycle 1, which was 75.4. The observation checklist and field note also proves that the students are interested in learning narrative text by implementing Comic strips media.
 Based on the result of the research, it can be concluded that the implementation of comic strips media improve students’ skill in writing narrative text. In order to be successful, several procedures in teaching and learning activities should be followed. First, it has students discussion activities in groups. Second, the teacher explained detailed about sentence pattern of past tense and structure in which the students frequently made mistakes. Then, the teacher explaining conjunction to help students in collaborating sentences for good writing. Therefore, the result of this research is expected to help students to write better by implementing comic strips media.
 Key Words: Writing Skill, Narrative text, Comic Strips

Video Blogging (Vlogging) to Enhance Students’ Speaking Skill of IAI Ibrahimy Genteng Banyuwangi

This research was aimed to enhance students’ speaking performance by using vlog of the 1st semester Islamic Law students of IAI Ibrahimy Genteng Banyuwangi 2021/2022 Academic Year especially on Class A and B. It was focused to improve their speaking ability by using video blogging (vlog) as media. The research design of this study was a classroom action research. The 38 students of class A and B were participating in this research. The researcher observed the students’ improvement in speaking by collecting data through observation checklist, field notes and speaking performance by making a vlog. Based on the data, the students showed improvement in the process of speaking. In the cycle I, they were already great in making a vlog content but some of the students were still making some pauses and wrong pronounciation. Thus, the researcher conducted the cycle II which resulted that the students could speak more fluently and accurately and some of them gained good scores. It was proven that the mean score in cycle 1 of Class A was 73.92 and it was increased 78.57 in cycle 2. Whereas, the mean score of Class B in cycle 1 and cycle 2 was 76. There was no improvement but the criteria of success were achieved. By using vlog as media in enhancing students speaking performance, they got motivation to speak during the teaching and learning activity. Thus, based on the result, it can be inferred that vlog could enhance students’ speaking performance.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH GUIDED READING STRATEGY

The study was aimed to increase students’ reading comprehension through Guided Reading strategy at the eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 1 Natar 2021/2022. The subjects of research were 35 students. The research was focused to increase students’ learning activities and students’ reading comprehension. The improvement of students’ reading comprehension showed mean score in pre-cycle was 58.71, there were 10 students or 28.57% who achieved target score of Minimum Mastery Criteria. The mean score in cycle 1 was 72.14, there were 20 students who achieved score above Minimum Mastery Criteria or 57.14%. The improvement of pre-cycle to cycle 1 was 13.43 or 28.57%. The mean score of cycle II was 81.82, there were 29 students who achieved score above Minimum Mastery Criteria or 82.85%. The improvement of reading test from cycle 1 to cycle 2 was 9.68 or 25.715%. While, from the students’ learning activities, the improvement of students’ learning activities showed mean score of students’ learning activities in cycle I was 7.26 with the criteria was quite active. While, the mean score of students’ learning activities in cycle II was 7.89 with the criteria was active. It could be concluded Classroom Action Research by conducting Guided Reading strategy improved students’ reading comprehension and students’ learning activities.

THE APPLYING OF KWL (KNOW - WANT TO KNOW - LEARNED) STRATEGY IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION AT IAIN TAKENGON

This research is aimed to describe the applying of K-W-L (Know-Want-Learned) strategy in teaching reading comprehension at IAIN Takengon. The subjects of the study were 30 students of HTN (hukum Tata Negara) class which were at second semester. By using qualitative design, the data were collected through observation, and giving questionnaire. Moreover the researcher administered pre-test and post-test to the students in the way measuring how the KWL strategy brings improvement in students reading comprehension. It was found that the mean score in cycle 1 was increasing, from 50,50 to 75,83 and in cycle II, the mean score was 85,67. Furthermore The result of observation and questionnaire given to students showed that students became more understand about the text read and more enthusiast and the class activity become more fun and enjoyable. Keywords: KWL Strategy,teaching English, reading comprehension.

READING COMPREHENSION OF REPORT TEXT THROUGH SCIENTIFIC APPROACH

Reading is one of the language skills. That should be mastered by students, especially for senior High School. Objectives and development of knowledge, technology, art, and culture, and relationship with the others country. It is true that language is really necessary for education. The problem of this research is How to improve the students’ reading comprehension through scientific approach. The study aimed to improve the students’ reading comprehension through scientific approach. This research design of this study was classroom action research (CAR). This research is conducted at XI Agama 2 of MA Al-Amiriyyah Blokagung, it was known that the students had problem in reading comprehension. Based on the result of analysis of the data, can be concluded that the application of scientific approach in learning report text can improve the students’ reading comprehension. It can be shown from the result of mean score and test score have increased. The mean score in pre-cycle was 65,78 and the percentage of completeness of 37%, in cycle 1 was 69,47 and percentage of completeness of 63%, the mean score in cycle 2 was 81,05 and percentage of completeness of 100%.

The implementation of the integrated performance assessment (IPA) model to improve English students' speaking skills

This study aims to analyze the extent to which the application of the IPA model could improve Indonesian students’ speaking skill, especially speaking skills for discussion course. It was classroom action research in which the stages of its activities include planning, implementation, evaluation, and reflection. This research’s subjects were the third semester English Department University of Bengkulu. The researchers only took four cycles as the data of the research. Qualitative and quantitative data were analyzed to find a valid conclusion. The results show that the application of the IPA model improved the basic skills of students’ speaking skills in class. It can be seen from the improvement in almost every cycle. The mean score in cycle 1 was 80, followed by 80.3 in cycle 2, but slightly decreased in cycle 3 with a mean score of 79.6 and got higher again in cycle 4 with a mean score of 82. Internal and external factors also contribute to the students’ speaking skills.

THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH NEUROLOGICAL IMPRESS METHOD (N.I.M) AT THE EIGHT GRADE OF MTS AL-MANSUR BIANGLOE

This research aimed at improves the students’ reading ability at the eighth grade through Neurological Impress Method in term of literal comprehension dealing with main idea and supporting details.To explain the improvement, the researcher used a classroom action research (C.A.R) which was conduct in two cycles in which every cycle consisted of four meetings. The location of this research was taken at the eighth grade students of MTS Al-Mansur Biangloe with a number of the subject were 20 students.The research findings indicated that the application of Neurological Impress Method was Significant in improving the students reading ability in term of literal comprehension dealing with main idea and supporting details. It was proved by the mean score of cycle I was 40. It was classified as poor then improve to be 83.75. It was classified as good in cycle II. They are higher than the mean score of diagnostic test namely 32.5 that classified as very poor. Therefore, there was the improvement of the students reading ability in teaching and learning process from cycle I to cycle II in term of literal comprehension dealing with main ideas and supporting details.

Story Mapping: An Effective Technique for Improving Students' Writing Ability at Middle School Students

This research aimed to improve the students’ writing skill of narrative text by using Story Mapping Technique. The researcher used Classroom Action Research as the design of collecting data. The subject of the research was held in one class with 34 students’. It consisted of 2 cycle, in collecting data the researcher used observation sheet and writing test. The research finding of the learning activities that were improvement from cycle 1 to cycle 2. The writer had the mean score in cycle 1 was 6.28, in cycle 2 obtained the mean score was 7.74. there were increased by 1.46. The result of writing test in cycle 1 that had the mean score was 57.11 but in cycle 2 the mean score was obtained 79.56, there were increased by 23.45. There were improvement of writing test from cycle 1 to cycle 2. The writer found the result of students’ completeness in cycle 1 was 41.18% and of the cycle 2 was 79,41% which active categorized. Therefore it can be concluded that the implementation of story mapping technique was successful to improve the students’ learning activities and students’ writing skill of narrative text at the class eighth of MTS. Raudhatul Mu’minin Bandar Lampung in Academic Year of 2021/2022.

IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING SKILL THROUGH DOUBLE BRAIN POWER METHOD’ AT THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS’ OF SMA YPPP WONOMULYO

This research aimed to finding out whether or not the use of Double Brain Power Method in improving the reading skill. The research in terms of finding the student that focus on level of literal and interpretative the improvement of students’ ability by using Improving The Students’ Reading Skill Through Double Brain Power Method’ at the second grade students’ of SMA YPPP Wonomulyo.The research used Classroom Action Research (CAR) as the method of the research. The researcher conducted two cycles, where each cycle consisted of four meetings. The researcher did the classroom action research at class XI IPA 2 of SMA YPPP Wonomulyo. The subjects of this research were 30 students. The research findings showed that second grade students’ in SMA YPPP Wonomulyo was improvement from cycle I to cycle II. The students’ improvement in literal comprehension through Double Brain Power Method It indicated that there was significant improvement of the students’ reading comprehension from the diagnostic test to cycle I and cycle II, where in the diagnostic test the students’ mean score was 4.55, but after the evaluation test in cycle I, it was become 6.03. So the improvement of the students’ achievement from diagnostic test to cycle I was 34.15. There was also significant improve from cycle I to cycle II where the students’ mean score in cycle II was 8.53. The improvement of the students’ mean score from cycle I to cycle II was 41.46. From these findings, the researcher made conclusion that by using double brain power method could improve the students’ reading skills achievement and make the students’ active in learning process.

Improving Student’s Listening Skill by Using Song at Second Semester of STIE-SAK Academic Year 2021/2022

This research aims to improve the teaching and learning process in the classroom. The researcher would work together with collaborator in order to see the activities that were done during the research. The data used in this research were listening test, fieldnotes and observation form. For the test, it was done at the end of each cycle. Field notes and observation, those were done by the collaborator who helped the research to collect the data. It was taken during the teaching in the class. The participant was the students at second semester of STIE-SAK academic year 2021/2022. There were some classes in the second semester, the sample was taken randomly. Based on the research finding in two cycles, the researcher came to the conclusion because this research was done in two cycles. First, there was a good improvement from students’ test in cycle one and cycle two. Students’ mean score in cycle one was 56, 37 % and increased to 69, 19%. It meant that students’ listening skill was improved after implementing song in teaching English especially in teaching listening at second semester of STIE-SAK especially in the class 2M3 academic year 2021/2022. The students showed positive attitudes towards listening lesson. There are some factors improve student’s listening skill namely song as media improves the students’ interest and motivation, song as teaching media can be implemented with various techniques in teaching learning process, song develops students’ background knowledge, and teaching activities.

Improving Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Through the Keyword Technique At The Tenth Grade of SMAN 2 Tulang Bawang Tengah

The aim of this research was to improve students’ vocabulary mastery of the tenth grade through the use of Keyword technique. This research is categorized as classroom action research. The subject of this research was the tenth grade students of SMAN 2 Tulang Bawang Tengah in the academic year of 2021/2022. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and quantitative data analyses. This research was conducted in two cycles where each cycle consisted of three meetings. Based on the analysis of the research findings, the students’ vocabulary mastery was improved by using Keyword technique based on the quantitative and qualitative data. From quantitative data, the result showed that the mean score of each cycle was increased from post-test of cycle 1 to cycle 2. The mean score of cycle 1 was 62.07, there were 13 students or 46.43% who passed Minimum Mastery Criterion, while in cycle 2 was 77.93, there were 21 students or 75% who passed Minimum Mastery Criterion. Moreover, this improvement can also be seen from qualitative data, such as the results of students’ observation sheet from cycle 1 to cycle 2. The mean score of cycle 1 was 6.41, while in cycle 2 was 7.31. The improvement of students’ learning activity from cycle 1 to cycle 2 was 0.90. It showed that the students seemed to be more motivated and confidence in learning vocabulary. Therefore, it can be concluded that the implementation of the Keyword technique can improve students’ learning activities and vocabulary mastery.

Enhancing Students' Reading Comprehension Through Two Stay Two Stray (TSTS) Technique

Reading is one of the techniques in learning that is often involved in classroom practices, and Two Stay Two Stray is one of the methods introduced in the cooperative learning process. This study aims to find out how the Two Stay Two Stray technique improved students' reading comprehension. This research focused on applied classroom action research. The population of this research was the students of the English Education Department. This research was used to take one class as the research sample, which consists of 32 students. The instrument of this research was a multiple-choice test. There are two cycles in this research. The result shows that students' mean score in cycle 1 was 59,68 and in cycle 2 was 75,31. Based on the results, the Two Stay Two Stray technique was successful. Therefore, it can be inferred that the Two Stay Two Stray technique strengthened the students' reading comprehension. In addition, the students were more interested and inspired to join the class, and they were excited during the teaching-learning process, based on the results of the observation sheet.

The Implementation of Cooperative Learning Through Teams Games Tournament (TGT) Model to Improve Students’ Speaking Ability

The objective of this research is to know the implementation of cooperative learning through (TGT) model in teaching English to improve students’ speaking ability. This was classroom action research (CAR) it was objectives to repair teaching-learning. The methods of collecting primary data are observation and test. The methods of supporting data were obtained from interviews and documentation. Based on the result and data analysis it can be concluded that the teacher already applied the team's games tournament (TGT) and good enough preparation. The students get significant scores. It can be seen that before using teams games tournament students’ mean score was 59.8, in Cycle 1 students’ mean score was 72 and students’ mean score in Cycle 2 was 79. Finally, it is a great number that the implementation of cooperative learning through teams games tournament (TGT) in teaching speaking is success categories and the teacher should give more exercise in English to the students to develop their skill in teaching speaking, give motivation student’s continually, the teacher should make a good relationship with students to get result of speaking material maximally.

Design and Implementation of Online Problem Based Learning (PBL) Assisted by Innovative Media to Improve Elementary School Student Learning Outcomes

During the Covid-19 pandemic, online learning implementation in elementary schools experienced problems in delivering material to students. The use of fully online learning methods causes learning difficulties, so that it has an impact on decreasing student learning outcomes. To overcome this problem, the purpose of this study is to apply the Problem Based Learning model assisted by innovative media in class II students to improve learning outcomes in thematic learning. This research is a classroom action research that is designed in two cycles. Each cycle has four stages, namely, planning, action, observation/evaluation, and reflection. One cycle is carried out for three meetings, namely two meetings to implement learning and one meeting to implement learning outcomes tests. During the research, the learning outcome data were measured using multiple-choice tests, and the learning process was measured using the observation method. Data in the form of scores were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and observational data were analyzed qualitatively. The results showed that the classical mean score in cycle I was 81.91% (high category), and there was an increase in cycle II with a classical mean score of 91.13% (very high category). Thus, the online PBL model assisted by innovative media can improve student learning outcomes.

Using Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy (VSS) to Improve Mastery Student’s Vocabulary

The research aims to know that Vocabulary Self-collection Strategy (VSS) can improve students’ vocabulary mastery and to find out how far Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy (VSS) can be useful for the students' vocabulary mastery at the second-grade students of SMP Sinar Husni Medan. The methodology of this research used Classroom Action Research. It was conducted on a two-cycle. In analyzing the data, the researcher used quantitative data. The implementation of Vocabulary Self-collection Strategy (VSS) in teaching vocabulary at eight grade students was successful. It can be seen from the progress of the mean score in cycle I to cycle II. Mean score in a period I 71.20 % and rating in cycle II 78.80 %. The implementation Vocabulary Self-collection Strategy (VSS) as a learning strategy was not only increasing students' mean score but also increase students' motivation and behavior. The students were more interested, happy, and active in teaching-learning English, especially vocabulary. Based on the result above, it could be concluded that Vocabulary Self - Collection Strategy (VSS) improved their students’ vocabulary mastery.
 Keywords: vocabulary mastery, vocabulary self-collection strategy (VSS)

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).