English Study Program Students Research Articles

An Mentoring Listening Skills: YouTube Practical Psychology for Enhancing English Competence of Students at University

Listening is one of the language skills that students must master. However, it is difficult for students to master it. Some factors make it difficult for students to master it, and one of them is that the method or media used by lecturers in the teaching and learning process is not suitable or comfortable. This study aimed to determine if the English study program students of BBG University who are taught listening skills through watching YouTube Channel Practical Psychology are more successful than those who are taught listening skills without watching YouTube Channel Practical Psychology. This research employed quantitative methods and a pre-experiment design with a single group: pre-test - post-test. The population of this study was the entire third-semester English department students at BBG University, was 26 students divided into one class. The necessary data was obtained through testing, and the obtained data was analyzed using the N-Gain Score. N-Gain Score was calculated to be 0.41. It indicated a disparity between the students’ listening abilities before being taught via the YouTube Channel Applied Psychology. After they were taught by watching the YouTube Channel Practical Psychology, the difference was 41%. It means that the students’ listening competence increased by 41% after they were taught through watching YouTube Channel Practical Psychology.

A Contrastive Analysis Of Adjective Clause In English And Indonesia On Explanation Text

This research aims to determine the ability of students of the 6th semester English study program at HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar University in using adjective clauses in Indonesian and English. This research aims to show the dominant function and types of adjective clauses in explanatory text. Apart from that, this journal also shows differences in the use of adjective clauses between English and Indonesian. Researchers looked at adjective-clause material based on English and Indonesian. The method used in this research is called library research, or in other words library research. From this research it can be concluded that the number of words most often found in the use of adjective clauses for explanatory text is 7, with a total of 7 words from 10 sentences. In Indonesia, 7 words out of 10 sentences. This means that, in both English and Indonesian, adjective clauses in explanatory texts have differences and similarities between English and Indonesian.

Sentence Problem pada Penulisan Essay Mahasiswa Program Studi Sastra Inggris

Essay writing is a skill that must be mastered by students, especially English Literature Study Program students. Writing essays in English is a challenge in itself which of course has a lot of problems in the process. In writing essays in English, of course, you have to follow the correct writing rules. Mastery of several important aspects of writing including grammar, vocabulary, content, mechanism and organization is very important to be able to create good and easy-to-understand writing. Besides that. there are several things that need to be considered to create accuracy in writing such as sentence structure, cohesive devices in writing, and so on. In this study, the focus is on the problem of writing sentences. This study investigates sentence writing problems such as sentence fragments, run-on sentences, parallel structures, comma connections, and so on which are often encountered. This study involved semester student essays 6 English Literature study programs. The reason for selecting sixth semester students for the English Literature study program is because at this level students have already taken Writing and Grammar courses. This study aims to explain the phenomena of the sentence problems. This research is expected to contribute to the academic field. The contribution in question is a contribution in improving learning strategies related to writing. Therefore the author chose the research title "Sentence Problem in essay writing for students of the English Literature study program, Pamulang University".

An analysis of students difficulties in public speaking skill of the sixth semester students of english education study program at muhammadiyah kotabumi university academic year 2021/2022

In general, there are four important skills in English: listening, speaking, reading and writing. All these skills are very important for students to master in order to be able to communicate well. Among these skills, speaking is one of the most important. Because not only do students need to know aspects of the language, but they also need to master other aspects such as: Having high self-confidence, getting rid of fear, getting rid of shyness, getting rid of fear, etc. fear. The problem with this study is the difficulty faced by public speaking students, especially those in the sixth semester of the English Education Program at Muhammadiya University Kotabumi. The purpose of this study was to analyze the difficulties faced by public speaking students, especially those in the 6th semester of the English Language Education Program at Muhammadiya University Kotabumi. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative research. Thesubjects of this study were sixth semester students of the English Language Education course. Researchers identified six students as study subjects. The tool used in this study is an interview. In this study, the data collection technique used by researchers was the interview technique. The results of this study indicate that there are two aspects to the problems that lead to language impairment in students. Her two sides to the problem are language issues and non-verbal/psychological issues. Language problems include pronunciation, lack of vocabulary, and lack of grammar. Non-verbal/psychological problems consist of lack of self-confidence, fear, embarrassment, and lack of motivation.Keyword : English, Speaking, Difficulties

Pendampingan Belajar Bahasa Inggris Melalui Kegiatan English Class Bagi Siswa MAN 2 Situbondo

English is a language that must be master by learners. One of the important components in learning English is mastering vocabulary well. In addition, the right method is also needed to be able to develop an English skill, these are 4 skills that need to be developed, namely listening, reading, writing and speaking. In this case, the students of MAN 2 Situbondo learn together by "English Class" with the guidance of tutors from the students of English education study program, Ibrahimy University. English learning activities are carried out using the collaborative learning method which can help the students to be easier for learning English in the school environment, especially in the field of communication. In addition, the students also give a positive response by learning English together with their friends into doing a conversation and also perform mini drama. It also enhance the students motivation and being more confidence in learning English.

The Students’ Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Vocabulary Size of the English Study Program of UIN Fatmawati Soekarno Bengkulu

The objectives of this research are to analyze information about students' vocabulary learning strategies and vocabulary size. This research is mixt-methods; there were descriptive quantitative and qualitative method. The sample of this research is students’ English Study Program of UIN Fatmawati Bengkulu. The data were gathered by using questionnaires, test and interview, and were analyzed by descriptive quantitative and qualitative analysis.The results showed that there was no difference which is significant in terms of frequency of using among each student of English education at UIN FAS Bengkulu. So the dominant strategies were used by students that were determination strategies (M=3.3), metacognitive strategies and memory strategies (M=3,2), cognitive strategies (M=3.1), and the last social strategies (M=3). It meant that determination strategies most frequency used by the students English Study Program of UIN FAS Bengkulu. Result for students’ vocabulary size showed that average vocabulary sizes below 8000 word families. Meanwhile from interview data, the students used metacognitive, memory, determination and social strategies for their vocabulary learning. In conclusion, each strategy is a good vocabulary learning strategies to students for improving vocabulary size andmay help lecturers and students to facilitate English vocabulary learning by English Study Program students and other students.
 

An Islamic Literature as Reading Materials in Islam-Affiliated University

This study aims to develop Islamic literature-based material for reading for English letter study program students. Moreover, this paper carried on research and development design (R&D) which was adopted and modified by Borg & Gall. The data were collected through questionnaires and observation. Qualitative data were analyzed using data reduction, data display, and drawing verification, and quantitative data analysis used Skala Likert analysis. The research participants consisted of lecturers and 20 students from the English Letters study program. The content of the book consists of the following components: the front cover, the introduction, the table of content, the cover text, the materials, references, and the writer. After the implementation of the revision from the expert, and the implementation of both preliminary and main field tests, the data show the student's responses to the Islamic literature-based reading materials designed were 3.72 average scores with a scale of 4, which includes it on a very good category. Then, the response for the literature appreciation rate is from 3.4 to 3.62 in the average score which is on a scale of 4 including the very good category, which means the Islamic literature-based reading materials have an effect on the literature appreciation rate. Therefore, Islamic literature-based reading material is worth applying to the students of the English Letters study program.

Grammar Learning Strategies Applied by English Foreign Language Students

The purpose of this research was to find out types of learning strategies applied by students of English education study program at Hamzanwadi University. The subjects of research taken were 75 students of the first semester who took basic English grammar course. Descriptive quantitative was used to obtain and analyze data. The research result showed that the most dominant learning strategy in studying grammar was metacognitive (20, 93%), followed by cognitive (18, 49%), social (17, 83%), affective (16, 48%), memory (15, 97%) and the least applied by the students was compensation (10, 25%). Furthermore, the reason why the students tend to apply metacognitive strategy in learning grammar because it enables them to pay attention on a particular grammar pattern, try to understand and relate it to the previous materials which have been familiar to the students’ minds. Thus, it is implied to the teachers to understand the types of learning strategies then guide the students during their study for a better learning outcome.

The Correlation Between Students' Translation Ability and The Frequency of Using Google Translate of English Study Program Students at Riau University

The objective of this research was to discover the correlation between students' translation ability and the frequency of using Google translate. This research applied a quantitative approach with a correlational research design. The sample for this research included 36 representative from the sixth-semester students, who have completed Translation subjects for 2 semesters. The researcher used an online questionnaire and translation test to collect the data. The data was computed and analyzed by using Pearson correlation. The score of correlation obtained is -0.075 which is in the interval of 0.00-0.20. Thus, the relationship is categorized as a very low correlation. Furthermore, based on the calculation of the product moment suggested that the p-value is higher than the level of significance (0.662>0.05) which means the Null Hypothesis (N0) is accepted and the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) is rejected. It means there is no significant correlation between students ' translation ability and the frequency of using Google translate of English study program students at Riau University. The calculation of determination of coefficient additionally indicated that only 0.6 % students’ translation ability was influenced by the frequency of Google Translate use.

The Difficulties in Indonesian-English Translation on the Sixth Semester of the English Education Study Program of Muhammadiyah Kotabumi University: A Case Study

Translation is a skill in the process of replacing a message or written statement from one language with a message and statement of the same in another language, where the message and statement conveyed from the source language must be the same as the target language. In fact there are several aspects of difficulties that make students’ difficulties in translation. Those aspects are lexical, grammatical, and stylistic difficulties. The objectives of this research are (1) to describe the difficulties in translating Indonesian-English on the sixth semester students of English education study program of Muhammadiyah Kotabumi University, and (2) to find out the difficulties dominate in translating Indonesian-English on the sixth semester students of English education study program of Muhammadiyah Kotabumi University. The method will be used is qualitative case study method. The researchers will use sampling techniques to get the information and data which is needed by the researchers. Purposive sampling is a sampling technique with certain considerations. In this case the researchers take 6 students who got low score of translating Indonesian-English as subject of the research. The research data is obtained from documents which this case are the results of students’ Indonesian-English translation. The researchers will use the data analysis model of Miles and Huberman. Activities in this data analysis will use data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions/verification. From the data analysis shows that

CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ SELF-CONFIDENCE AND INTERPRETING ABILITY

Every research must have a purpose, as well as this study, which aims to determine the correlation between self-confidence and interpreting ability in seventh semester students of English Study Program at FKIP Unmas Denpasar. There were 27 students taken as a sample of class VII B with cluster sampling technique. This research was designed using correlation research. For data collection in this study, there were two instruments used, namely a questionnaire for a self-confidence test consisting of 30 items and an interpreting test. The collected data was then analyzed using Pearson's Product Moment Correlation on IBM SPSS Statistic 25. The results of the data analysis and based on statistical calculations obtained r of 0.617. From these results, it can be seen that there is a correlation between self-confidence and interpreting of the seventh semester of the English Language Study Program, FKIP Unmas Denpasar. In conclusion, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted.

Assessing Gender Differences In Using Reading Strategies In Classroom

ABSTRACTThis research is motivated by the use of reading strategies by English students based on gender in the classroom. The study used a survey research design involving 38 students of English education study program consisting of 15 male students and 23 female students. Data were collected using the Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) questionnaire developed by Mokhtari and Sheory (2002). Data were analyzed using a survey and statistical test independent sample t-test was conducted to determine the differences between women and men. The results of the analysis using the independent sample t-test showed that there was no significant difference in all subscales of gender differences in the use of reading strategies. Thus, gender does not play a role in determining the reading strategy used.Keywords: Gender, English Students, Reading Strategy.

Penggunaan Memory Trick Game Dalam Meningkatkan Penguasaan Simple Past Tense Mahasiswa Program Studi Tadris Bahasa Inggris Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Bengkalis

The use of regular and irreguler verbs in Simple Past Tense always becomes a problem for students. If they can’t master well, the mistake always apperars. The aim of the study is to find out the significance of using Memory Trick Game in improving the students’ mastery of Simple Past Tense of English Study Program at STAIN Bengkalis. The samples are 20 English Study Program students. In collecting the data, a set of test was given to the samples namely; 1)pre-test and 2)post-test. Findings showed that mean of pre-test was 3.13 while mean of post-test was 4.63 where df = 42, ttable significance 5% = 2.02; in significance 1% = 2.72. In sum, Memory Trick Game was able to improve the students’ mastery of Simple Past Tense.

STRESS SYMPTOMS OF STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE LATE THESIS AT THE FACULTY OF TEACHER AND EDUCATION JAMBI UNIVERSITY

The background of this research discusses the symptoms of stress in students who are late in completing their thesis. who claimed to feel depressed, feel sad, confused, have difficulty controlling their emotions, often feel afraid and have trembling or sweaty hands when they want guidance with their supervisor, feel sad and sometimes feel lazy. So the purpose of this study was to reveal the frequency of stress symptoms in students who were late completing their thesis at the Faculty of Teaching and Education, University of Jambi. The limitations of the problem in this study are: this research was conducted on English education students at FKIP UNJA class of 2018. And this research only examines the symptoms of stress experienced by students, namely from mental symptoms such as; loss of self-confidence, blank look and irritability towards others. Emotional symptoms are manifestations of decreased mood such as anxiety, irrational panic attacks, sadness and fear of criticism, and negative views of oneself. Physical symptoms such as; sweaty palms, restlessness, and shaking hands. And behavioral symptoms; sleeping a lot or a little, socially withdrawn, and lazy. The methodology used in this study is to use quantitative research with a descriptive type. Data was obtained by distributing questionnaires as an instrument that was used to respondents, then the data were analyzed using percentages (%). The population of this study is English Study Program students in class of 2018 who are late in completing their thesis. So the sample of this study was students of the English Study Program with a total of 61 people with purposive sampling technique and the population was carried out on class 2018 students at UNJA.The conclusion from this study is that the frequency of stress symptoms in college students is at a "high" level with a percentage of 66%. In detail regarding matters related to the symptoms of stress, namely: Symptoms of metal stress obtain a "moderate" level of frequency, namely with a percentage of 56%. Symptoms of emotional stress get a frequency of "moderate" with a percentage of 58%. Symptoms of physical stress get a frequency of "moderate" with a percentage of 51%. Symptoms of behavioral stress get a frequency of "moderate" with a percentage of 51%. Suggestions for both lecturers and students are expected to be able to anticipate the symptoms of stress experienced by students during the completion of the thesis so that they do not appear. make motivational deadlines so that they can immediately complete their thesis and prepare themselves to follow the thesis writing process.

Sound stress patterns of nouns ending in -ion produced by English education students

This study investigated the appropriateness and patterns of sound stress on nouns ending in -ion produced by students of English education study program. The research is designed as a descriptive study. There are 40 English students from Universitas Bengkulu and Universitas Negeri Padang who were selected purposively out of 240 students as the research participants. The data was gathered by using a pronunciation test comprises of 40 nouns ending in -ion with the category of 2, 3, 4, and 5 or more syllables. The participants' utterances were recorded in an audio form, then the sound stress was analyzed using the Audacity application. Based on data analysis, it was discovered that: 1) only 34.44% of students produced the sound stress appropriately, while the rest (65.56) did not; and 2) the pattern of sound stress on noun ending in -ion pronounced by the students varied, with the no stress category dominating. It proves that the more syllables of nouns ending in -ion, the more difficult it is for the students to produce sound stress accurately. Finally, the English students are expected to raise their awareness of practicing sound stress, as it is important for the lecturers to provide more chances for the students in the learning activities.

Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) Strategy in Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension

The aim of this research was to know whether has an effect of Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) Strategy in improving students’ reading comprehension at second semester English Study Program of UMB. This research is a quasi experimental research. In this research, the population on the research included all second semester English Study Program of UMB in academic year 2021/2022. There were 32 students for the class. One class is an experiment class, it used concept-oriented reading intruction (CORI) and another without using concept-oriented reading intruction (CORI). The instrument on this research was reading test and aimed to measure students’ reading comprehension. The researcher used essay form with total 10 questions. Those question have been valid and reliable since it was adopted from Reading for Intermediate textbook. The finding of the research showed that there is a significant difference in post-test results between the group that was taught with CORI strategy and the group that was taught with conventional technique at second semester English Study Program Students of University Muhammadiyah Bengkulu. Moreover, the finding of this research confirmed the hypothesis of this research.
 Keywords : Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) Strategy, Reading Comprehension

REDESIGN SPEAKING SYLLABUS BASED ON THE STUDENTS’ NEEDS AT BOSOWA UNIVERSITY

This research is aimed to explore the students’ needs in learning speaking English and redesign the syllabus based on the students’ needs in order to improve the students’ skill in speaking English.The population of this research was the second semester students of English, Indonesian, Civic Education and Math Study Program in Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Bosowa University Makassar in 2021/2022 Academic Year which consisted of 40 students.The result of students’ questionnaires and interviews indicate that redesign syllabus is a must to fulfill the students’ need to give impacts to students’ achievement in learning

An Analysis Of Students’ Attitude In Online English Learning At Fifth Semester Of English Education Study Program In UIN Sjech M. Djamil Djambek Bukittinggi

The purpose of this study was to find out the students’ attitude in Online English learning using zoom at fifth semester of English education study program in UIN Sjech M. Djamil Djambek Bukittinggi. This study used a quantitative approach with a survey design. The population of this study were the students of English education study program at fifth semester academic year 2021/2022, consisting of 127 students from 4 classes. The researcher used simple random sampling technique because the population in this study was more than one hundred so sample in this study was 25% or 32 students. In collecting the data, the researcher used an instrument in the form of a questionnaire.The results of this research related to students' attitude in online English learning using zoom at the fifth semester of English education study program in UIN Bukitinggi academic year 2021/2022 show that some of students had negative and positive attitudes. Based on the findings, the negative attitude that students generally did was turned off the zoom camera when did other activities during English class using zoom with a percentage of 100%. Sometimes most of them felt sleepy while learning English using zoom with a percentage of 90.6%. Besides, they were also had positive attitude such as they liked to speak English in English class on zoom with percentage of 62.5%. So, in general indicated that the students of English education study program at fifth semester academic year 2021/2022 in UIN Sjech M. Djamil Djambek Bukittinggi had negative attitude in learning English online using zoom.

POLITENESS STRATEGIES CONVEYED BY THE STUDENTS IN ONLINE DISCUSSIONS

The present research is inevitable revealing the politeness strategies conveyed by the students of English study program at Jambi University through online discussions. The data of the research are utterances of the research subjects (students) obtained from the students’ Whatsapp chat histories in Literature for Educational Purposes and Teaching English for Young Learners courses all through the classroom interactions. The technique of collecting the data is accomplished by means of reviewing the students’ chats as the consequence of online classes during the period of Covid-19. Every single word obtained from the students’ chats has been read conversely not all of the utterances are regarded as the data (data reduction process). The results of this research highlight four genuses of politeness strategies, namely positive politeness, negative politeness, bald on record, and off record. Briefly, the cultural issue entirely have the aftermath on the politeness strategies realized by the research subjects.

The Utilization of E-Learning Model in Writing Class for University Context: Voices of the Lecturer and the Students

This study aims to find out how is the students’ and lecturer’s voices on the utilization of E-learning in teaching writing at Universitas Muhammadiyah Parepare. E-learning can be a solution to various educational problems. In particular, the use of technology and information is actually believed to be able to improve the quality of learning, develop student skills, expand access to education and much more. The researchers intended to know how the utilization of e-learning specially in writing subject on pandemic era. It applied qualitative approach as a research design. The participants in this research are students of English education study program at Universitas Muhammadiyah Parepare. The selected samples were interviewed to get deep information about implementation of e-Learning in teaching writing. The result showed there was negative and positive responses of the students and lecturer about the implementation of e-learning specially in writing subject. The researchers concluded that the implementation of e-learning in learning writing should be considered and adapt with the lecturer, students and the environment. The lecturers have to master and has a quality before conducting an e-learning for the students specially for the content and delivering the materials so, it would make the students would not faced a difficulties thing when they learn by e-learning. Other side is the big problem of the students was bad network.