Semester Students Of English Department Research Articles

THE IMPROVING OF STUDENTS ABILITY IN WRITING RESEARCH BACKGROUND OF CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH PROPOSAL BY USING SCIENTIFIC APPROACH

This study is aimed to know the improvement in writing background of Classroom Action Reseach proposal by using Scientific Approach done by the sixth semester students of English Department of Nommensen University Academic Year 2020/2021.Scientific writing is a way for someone to put the concept of thinking in written form so that other people can understand what is being thought. The method used here is an action research using Scientific Approach.In conducting this classroom action research, the writer divided the action into twocycles. The instrument of collecting data were qualitative data from observation, interview, diary notes, and documentation. Quantitative data were taken from students writing of CAR proposal, which was carried out in the end of everycycle. It is applied for students’ learning in writing Classroom Action research proposal. The students are expected to have logical thinking aspects, data objectivity, vocabulary mastery, use of Enhanced Spelling (EYD), use of effective sentences, and paragraph development. The result showed that Scientific Approach can improve students’ ability to write background of Classroom Action research proposal since inapplying Scientific Approachare found that students are very active in doing observation, questioning, experimenting, associating and communicating so it motivated students to achieve the maximum learning outcomes.

Hubungan Kosa Kata dan Kecakapan Berwicara

Productive vocabulary size (PVS) and speaking fluency (SF) are two aspects among other important aspects of language that should be mastered by students. It is caused by the fact that PVS and SF are getting the important places and significance in the college compared with the level of the previous education in the senior high school (SMU). This study is an attempt to discover the vocabulary achievement and speaking fluency level of English students of FKIP Universitas Serambi Mekkah. Three research questions were formulated : (1) how is the vocabulary achievement of the English students of FKIP., (2) how is the speaking fluency level of the English students of FKIP., and (3) what is the correlation between vocabulary size and speaking fluency level of English students of FKIP?. The study was descriptive and quantitative in nature. The target population of the study was all last semester students of English Department of FKIP. The sample was drawn randomly from the accessible population whose number was 66 students. The research instruments which were developed to collect the data were completion test and oral test. The completion test was used to measure the vocabulary achievement, and oral test was used to measure students' fluency in speaking. Nevertheless, an interview was also utilized to obtain supporting data. The collected data were analyzed to determine the highest, and lowest scores, mean scores, and the correlation between vocabulary and speaking fluency level. The result of the analyses showed that the mean score of vocabulary (PVS) was 60.40, the mean score of speaking fluency level was 64.95, and the correlation between vocabulary and speaking fluency was 0,77. These scores were classified as average according to the standard of performance issued by the Department of National Education, 1982/1983. However, some students did not master productive vocabulary and fluency skill. Because the vocabulary size of the students was still far from satisfactory, suggestions were put forward to the teachers, lecturers, and students of English. For this purpose, the suggestions are concerned with the attempt to improve the students' vocabulary size. Key Words : Vocabulary, size, speaking, fluency.

The Implementation of Talking Football Game Towards Students’ Speaking Skill at Second Semester English Department of STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung

The purpose of this research was to know the students’ speaking ability by implementing Talking Football Game at second semester English Department students of STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung. This research was experimental research called One-Shot Case Study which used one class as the sample. The population of this research was second semester English Department students of STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung registering in 2014-2015 Academic Year. The data of this research were collected by using oral test. The data were analyzed by t-test formula. From the calculation of the result of the test, it was indicated that tcalculate was 3, 22 and ttable 2, 02 with a = 0,05. So, it means that tcalculate was greater than ttable and the hypothesis was accepted. The result of this research showed that Talking Football Game increase students’ speaking ability. It implied that Talking Football Game could be used as a technique of teaching speaking ability at second semester English Department students of STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung year of 2014-2015.
 Keywords: Talking Footbal Game, Speaking Skill, Speaking Ability

STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE AWARENESS ON LINGUISTICS PROBLEMS DURING NEGOTIATION OF MEANING IN PAIR WORK DISCUSSION.

The objectives of this study are :1) to describe linguistics problems produced by the students during the negotiation of meaning in pair work discussion, and 2) to describe the students’ language awareness (willingness and unwillingness to correct the linguistics problems). This study applied descriptive quantitative design and the subjects are 3 pairs consisting of high-high (H-H) learner, high and low (H-L) learner and low- low (L-L) learner. All of them are the fourth semester students of English department of teachers training faculty of Lampung University in academic 2018/2019. Each pair was given a topic (chosing 5 personality traits that a teacher should have). Each pair discussed the topic and during the discussion, all their utterances were recorded, transcribed and were analyzed based on relevant theories. The results show that each pair produced linguistics problems, such as grammatical and vocabulary. Most of the learners, especially H-L and L-L are not aware of linguistics problems because they focus more on the message across. Eventhough some of the pairs are aware of linguistics problems and are willing to correct them, it does not guarantee that the input can be internalized by their pairs since they focus more on meaning during the interaction. Therefore, it is suggested further researchers investigate this phenomena.

STUDENTS’ DIGITAL LITERACY IN ONLINE READING CLASS: A CRITICAL REFLECTION ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

Since literacy deals with the ability to read and write therefore information using technologies is really vast developed. In this digital era, students of English need to get accustomed to various disciplines, such as computer, ICT, and media literacy. Digital literacy deals with social practices and conceptions through digital texts. This reveals four main elements, i.e.: understanding cultural, social, and historical contexts of technology use; critical thinking and analysis; reflective practice; and facility with the functional skills and tools of digital technology production. This is a qualitative study which examined students’ critical digital literacy when they did online reading activity outside the class. The data were collected by using questionnaire. The subject of this research were the fourth semester students of English Department of Universitas Tidar Magelang. The findings navigate students with their critical digital literacy and understanding of the text with their background knowledge and interpret text effectively. This research implies to the concept of online class implementation, especially in reading class.

Scaffolding EARGD: On Effective Teaching Writing for EFL

This paper is concerned with the applying scaffolding in learning of writing for English Second Language learners. A quantitative approach used to address the research problem in this paper. The subject is the second semester English Department students of IAIN Takengon, it was purposively sampled for the study. The pre- and post-test responses were evaluated using the same rubric, modified to evaluate students’ writing content, to increase the reliability of the assessment. The same assessment given in the pre-test was used after the treatment. The assessment was used to determine whether students could demonstrate the application of new knowledge, language, and variation in organizational structure and whether scores had improved. The results have shown that the use of scaffolding EARGD is effective to increase students’ writing ability.

The students’ perspectives of platforms used in virtual learning environment: a survey study in COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 has been the pandemic in Indonesia since March 2020. Drastically, it impacts on educational segment; therefore, the platforms of digital tools are able to be the best alternative way to overwhelm this issue and to strengthen the material delivery conducted by educational institution including universities. They can be beneficial tools in COVID-19 pandemic condition as teachers’ assistance. Due to these issues, this study was conducted to determine students’ perspective on the implementation of platforms in virtual learning environment during Covid-19 pandemic. This study involved 105 participants of the sixth semester students of English department of Universitas Pamulang. To obtain the data, the writer distributed a survey consisting 3 major questions (the platform reference, the advantages and the challenges); the students handed the reflective notes in to all questions related to the implementation of virtual learning in COVID-19 pandemic situation. The findings revealed that the students prefer having screen recording in learning activity (38.10%), Google Meeting (28.57%), Kahoot (19.04%), and Ed Puzzle (14.29%). Furthermore, the advantages of the platforms are time flexibility, effective platforms, less quota, interaction, fun application, the mastery of grammar; however, the challenges are monotonous activity, the students’ boredom, difficult to create an account, poor responses, poor internet connection and inequivalent schedule.

THE EFFECT OF USING HERRINGBONE TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT UNISI TEMBILAHAN

The present study aims to find out the effect of using Herringbone technique on students’ reading comprehension at the third semester of English Department in Unisi Tembilahan. This study is an experimental research. The data were collected by using test. The results indicate that the pre-test average is 31,06 and in post-test is 41,18. The obtained t-observed is 4,6, whereas the t-table is 2,12 in 5%. The t-observed score is higher than he t-table (4,6>2,12). It means that ha is accepted while ho is rejected. Since t-observed score is higher than the t-table, Herringbone technique is effective on students’ reading comprehension at the third semester students of English Department in Unisi Tembilahan. Based on the finding, the researchers assume that Herringbone technique can be used as one of the alternative techniques in the teaching reading comprehension.

STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY IN NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH AT THIRD SEMESTER OF ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM OF STKIP YPM ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021

: Writing is the highest level in mastering of language after listening, speaking, and reading. It is unnatural act which is difficult, but it can be learned through practice continuously and intensively. In real condition, students have problem with writing, they were not comprehensible because the content of the composition was not relevant to the topic, the ideas were not clearly stated, the ideas and sentences were not well organized. The aim of this research is to find out the ability of the third semester students of English Department of STKIP YPM in writing a narrative paragraph. This research was descriptive quantitative method. It was done to find out the students’ ability in writing narrative paragraph. It was used in this research because in descriptive research the researcher has been described the events and indications. Meanwhile, quantitative approach was used to give the numeric in analyzing the data, give the table, and calculate the students’ numbers or points. Population of this research was the third semester students English Department of STKIP YPM Bangko. The researcher used total sampling in taking the sample because the total of population was 28 students. The instrument used to collect data in this research was written test. Based on the research finding and data analysis, it can be concluded that students’ ability in writing narrative paragraph. Based on the research finding and data analysis, it can be concluded that students’ ability in writing narrative paragraph, A was 2 students, A- was 4 students, B+ was 3 students, C+ was 8 students, C was 6 students, C- was 5 students. From the data above, 19 students had low score in qualification C+, C, and C-. Based on the table above, it can be seen the percentage of the students. It just 32 % students who got high score, but 68% students who got low score. It means that the higher of of percentage of the students’ ability who did not understand in writing narrative paragraph.

An Analysis of Students Problem To Pronounce Aspirated /P/, /T/, /K/ at Initial Position of English Words

The purpose of this research was to analyze the third semester students’ problem in learning English basic sounds pronunciation. The research design was case study. The data were collected by recording the students’ pronunciation. The subject of the research were the third Semester Students of English Department at Universitas Ekasakti). The result of the research was found that Each aspirated /p/, /t/, /k/ have two allophones, [ph] and [p], [th] and [t], [kh] and [k]. Then, all instances of [ph] occured immediately before a stressed vowel. It can be said that the following rule: /p/ becomes [ph] when it occured before a stressed vowel or initial position of English words. Moreover, aspirated /p/, /t/, /k/ sounds were really pronounced in two different ways. First, when these sounds came at the beginning of the word they are always followed by a puff of breath. Second, if aspirated /p/, /t/, and /k/ occur at the end of final position of English words, it is not necessary to pronounce them by following a puff of breath. In following there is a chart of aspirated /p/, /t/, /k/ sounds at initial position of English words

The Effect of Graphic Organizers on ELT Students’ Writing Quality

Graphic organizers are used in ELT classroom to help the students learn better. It refers to the way the students use graphic organizers in writing. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of graphic organizers on ELT students’ writing quality. This study was a quasi-experimental research design. The experimental group was taught by using graphic organizers. The control group was administered by using conventional strategy. The participants of the research were the second semester students of English Department, in one of the private universities in Madiun. The data were analyzed by utilizing independent t-test and one-way ANOVA based on the level of significance at .05. The result of the study shows that there is a significant difference between the mean scores of the students in the experimental and control groups. The students who are taught by using graphic organizers are better than the students who are taught using conventional strategy. The students in the experimental group perform better on writing quality in terms of content, vocabulary, and mechanics than those who do in the control group. It can be concluded that graphic organizers have a significant effect on ELT students’ writing quality. It is effective to be used in order to help the students write better. The students are successful in generating the ideas of writing and it can create a social community. We recommend for the future researchers to realize other various graphic organizer models into research.

ENHANCING THE STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY AT STKIP MUHAMMADIYAH BULUKUMBA THROUGH LEARNING FROM ERROR METHOD

The objective of this research were to find out the effectiveness of Learning from Error Method to enhance the writing ability and the attitude of the second semester students of English Department of University of Muhammadiyah Bulukumba toward the application of Learning from Error Method in learning writing. The research is restricted to grammatical aspect or language use. The research used Pre-experimental design. It took by using convenience-sampling technique, which chose the class 19 B that consisted of 27 students to be sample. The instrument of the research used the subjective test of writing to know the achievement of the students’ writing ability. The test was having the students write a descriptive paragraph according to the title given. The questionnaire is given to know the attitude of students toward the application of learning from error method to enhance their achievement in writing ability. The result of this research shows that there is significant different between the mean score of the students’ pre-test and the students’ post-test. The result of the t-test indicates that the value 1.39 from the t-test is higher than the t-table 1.315. It means that learning from error method is an effective method in teaching writing. The students have positive attitude toward learning from error method. It is indicated by the result of the questionnaires given to the students, which consist of ten items.

The Use of Mobile Assisted Language Learning in English Learning of Fourth Semester English Department Students at IAIN Samarinda

Mobile Assisted Languge Learning, (MALL,) is a learning tool focused on language learning that used mobile phone. MALL in English learning is handy for students who in need to enhancing their English skills. Especially English department students at IAIN Samarinda, they were required to master the primary English language skill to support the learning process. The research objective was to knew students perspective toward the use of MALL in English learning, how do studnets use MALL to support their English learning activities in English and their perpective toward the advantages and disadvantages of utilizing MALL. The instrument was interview conducted by a brief introduction to the subject of the study and then selected students based on their last GPA. Based on the data finding, MALL are indeed useful and bring advantages for students. They share their experience in using MALL for English learning to facilitate, save time and energy, easy theory learning and information access, and improve motivation. However, besides the advantages MALL can provide, it also has its disadvantages. The students shared that the mobile phone is too small so that it is difficult to type, the application of online classes is not yet perfect, the source of material that cannot be trusted completely and the difficulty of internet access that requires money is limited for some students

The Effect of Familiar Songs’ Tune to Improve Students’ Understanding in Irregular Verbs

English is one of the most important language in the world. It can be used as a language in any part of the world. That is why it is taught at all level of education in our country, Indonesia. Elementary school, high school and university students are all learning English now. However, learning English sentence pattern is much more difficult than learning Indonesian’s. English language learners usually get problems in understanding and using those three forms of verb which are commonly called irregular verbs as the core of tenses which are very essential in formulating tenses, have been taught at Junior and Senior High School. However, it is assumed that they are hardly used, even by those students of English Department of FBS UNIMA in Tondano. As prove it is observed that almost all students rarely speak English although they always meet at campus it is seems that they do not know how to speak English even a very simple sentence. It is assumed that their low of English competence has made them not have confidence to do their performance. Anyway, this is still an assumption that needs to be investigated. The low of competence of English knowledge might have been one of the causes that make them not able to communicate in English. Not mastering the three forms of verbs, their meanings and functions caused them enable to expressed what happened in the past present and future or they might know the structure or the pattern but do not know when to use. The research questions: Can the effect of familiar songs’ tune improve students’ understanding on irregular verbs. The study was delimited to the forms, meanings and functions of irregular verbs. The focus on this study was the fourth semester students of English department, FBS UNIMA. The tune is limited to that belongs to the songs which are well known by the students. To learn and memorize irregular verbs which have the same V2 and V3, the tune is taken from the song “Are you sleeping Brother John”. Each line was sung twice in order that the students are able to memorize easily. This is a quantitative research through pre-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test design. The pretest was given to the students before treatment and the post-test was given after the treatment. This research showed that the effect of Familiar Songs’ Tune was improved students’ understanding on irregular verbs and it has made the class atmosphere become so lively and the students enjoy learning English by singing. Learning English by singing is fun.

Students’ Mastery of Adjective Clause: A Case Study towards the Second Semester Students of English Department

This is a case study that aims at analyzing the students’ ability in answering grammar questions about adjective clauses. The method used to analyze the data is qualitative descriptive method. The result of the study showed how well students’ ability of the second semester student of English Literature department at Universitas Pamulang in dealing with grammar questions about adjective clauses. There were 26 random students from two different classes in the same semester who were included in this study. The study shows that the average of students score resulted them to be classifed to have Fair (got 60 to 69 score) category of adjective clause mastery by reaching 46% of the total percentage.

Students’ Experiences in Using Online Learning Applications Due to COVID-19 in English Classroom

The COVID-19 has brought about schools and universities closed the whole way across the world. Subsequently, teaching has changed drastically, with the distinctive rise of online learning, whereby teaching is embraced remotely and on computerized stages. Research recommends that online learning has been appeared to expand maintenance of data, and take less time, which means the progressions of coronavirus have caused may be digging in for the long haul. In this case, online learning application stages are broadly utilized by English educators in instructing and learning. The online learning stages are likewise utilized as a strengthening apparatus to advance autonomous learning. This study focuses on the utilization of online learning application in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Classroom. The participants of this study were 35 students of second semester students of English Department in one of universities in Salatiga, Indonesia. The data was gathered through surveys and semi-structured interviews. Moreover, it was explained using descriptive qualitative approach. This investigation showed that most of students considered the utilization of online learning application in English learning is effective and efficient in this emergency situation. However, the obstacles in using online learning application in English classroom were slow-speed internet connection, so many tasks, not all teaching material can be taught through online learning, and lack of interaction between lecturer and student. In this pandemic situation, the most favorite online learning application among students is WhatsApp Group because it takes a bit of internet quota. Therefore, students can save their internet quota in this condition.

The Implementation Of Peer Teaching In Teaching English For Young Learners Of English Department, Univet Sukoharjo

The objective of the study is to identify the application of Peer Teaching in the subject of Teaching English for Young Learner (TEYL) and combined it with teaching media that suitable for the teaching material. Besides it also observed the dominance of teaching media that were used by students in TEYL. It is a qualitative method.The subject of the study is 6 th semester students of English Department. The collecting data of the study are observation, interview, and documentation.The application of Peer teaching in the study are 1) making sure that peer teacher mastered the teaching material, 2) using system reward, 3) using positive reinforcement, 4) choosing the appropriate exercise, 5) using grouping strategy, 6) using role play of peer teaching, 7) forcing on feedback that was given by the lecturer. Then the dominant teaching media used in peer teaching is downloaded video from YOUTUBE. The reason was easier to get and it is also cheap.

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT AND THEIR SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT AT SECOND SEMESTER STUDENTS’ OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT IN HALU OLEO UNIVERSITY

This study aims to measure the correlation between vocabulary achievements and speaking achievement at second semester students of English study program in Halu Oleo University. The design of the study was research deign or correlational design; the type of the study was quantitative approach. The problem of the study was, is there any correlation between vocabulary achievement and speaking achievement at second semester students of English study program in Halu Oleo University? The population of this research was the second semester students of English Department in Halu Oleo University in the academic year of 2018/2019 with a total number of 120 students. It was divided into two class they are A and B. There are 105 students taken as sample in this study by using purposive sampling technique. The instruments of this research are mid test score of vocabulary examination and basic speaking Examination. The result of calculation using SPSS 20 program found that, (r (105) = 0.459, p = 0.000) was also higher than r at 5% and 1% significant level. It could be concluded that alternative hypothesis (H1 table) stating that there is a significant positive correlation between vocabulary achievement and speaking achievement at second semester students of English Department in Halu Oleo University and null hypothesis rejected. Based on the research findings, it is shown that there is positive correlation between vocabulary achievement and speaking achievement at second semester students of English Department in Halu Oleo University. It means that students’ who had much vocabulary performed speaking better than the student who had lack of vocabulary.

UTILIZING VIDEOCAST: FOSTERING STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Listening has an important role in communication which is applied in foreign language classroom and it is considered as necessary skill because it has an essential role in facilitating learners to master English proficiency. The aims of this research were to find out the extent to which videocast improves listening comprehension of the fourth semester students of Makassar Islamic University and the students’ perceptions toward the utilization of videocast in teaching and learning activities. This research was carried out in the fourth semester students of English Department of Makassar Islamic University. The method used was quasi-experimental design with pre-test, eight meetings of treatment, and post-test. The data were collected using two kinds of research instruments: listening test and questionnaire. The data were then analyzed by means of statistical analysis through the independent sample t-test and the frequency of questionnaire. The result showed that the independent t-test which compared the students’ score on post-test revealed a value of p<0.05. It means there is a significant difference between listening comprehension of the students who were taught by utilizing videocast and the students who were not taught by utilizing videocast. Furthermore, the analysis of questionnaire indicated that the students’ perceptions toward the utilization of videocast were very positive. It can be concluded that utilizing videocast improves significantly students’ listening comprehension.

THE USE OF TEXT ALOUD SOFTWARE IN TEACHING STUDENTS' PRONUNCIATION

Pronunciation is often viewed as difficult English sub-skill for EFL students in Indonesia. Many of students did not know how to respond the problem of pronunciation they have in class. Moreover, many teachers or lecturers also did not support the students’ pronunciation teaching and learning with a proper media. This situation happened in second semester students of English Department, FKIP UHAMKA Jakarta 2018/2019 Academic Year. In fact, there are plenty of technology applications that can support or assist them to practice pronunciation by their own. One of it is Text aloud Software. Thus, in this small-scale study, the researchers aim to reveal the use of Text Aloud Software as one of technology application that can help English as Foreign Language (EFL) students to mastery English pronunciation in the classroom. This study applies quantitative method with the use of quasi-experimental design and also added by close-ended questioners. The question of this research is; does Text Aloud Software help EFL students to master English pronunciation? To be able to answer the research question, this study involved 20 respondents who were selected purposively. The results showed that both data of pre-test and post-test in control class and experiment class was normally distributed and homogeny. The statistical test or t-test also showed that t observed (to = 1.68) was smaller than t table (tt = 2.02) which was 1.68 < 2.02. It can be concluded that Ho is rejected and Hi is accepted. Therefore, Text-Aloud Software is effective in helping students to master pronunciation.