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Increasing English Translation Skill through Grammar Translation Method at the Fifth Semester Students of English Education Program at STKIP Kie Raha Ternate
No full textThis study aims to describe the improvement of translation skills through a combination of the grammar translation method. This study shows that the students' translation skills have not improved significantly. This can be seen from the achievement of student understanding. The results obtained through a questionnaire show that the translation course is very liked by 66.7 percent of students. Meanwhile, other aspects have not been seen to increase optimally. For assignments / exercises the percentage of 53.3 percent of students showed sufficient results. Meanwhile, for the implications and benefits aspects, the achievement was only in the range of 13.3 percent and the benefits aspect of 20.0 percent
The Grammar Translation Method, The Direct Method, and The Audio-Lingual Method
No full textThis article briefly presents the characteristics of different teaching methods, namely the grammar translation method, the direct method, and the audio-lingual method. Many authors have discussed each method separately and in this brief communication I will present the characteristics of each comparable method. The significance of the discussion in this article, theoretically and practically, can help teachers decide which method will work best for them and their students. By having knowledge about the characteristics of each method, teachers can make optimal use of the method they choose so that learning outcomes can be achieved optimally
The Presentation of Speaking Materials in English Textbook for High School Level
No full textThe purpose of this study is to analyze the performance of speaking material in the textbook "English for Senior High School 12th Class Curriculum 2013 Revised 2018" based on the criteria of an excellent textbook proposed by Savignon (2008) to illustrate the relevance of speaking material in the book. This textbook was published by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia for twelfth-grade students through the 2013 curriculum and described the order of speaking material in the textbook. The writers also found that the relevance of the material spoke sufficiently with the 2013 English Language Competency Standards. However, some competencies did not follow the competency. The reason was that the textbook did not present the material in speaking
Direct and Indirect Speech Acts in the Drama “A Streetcar named Desire” written by Tennessee William
No full textA drama is a work filled with figurative languages that are full of implied meanings. The purpose of writing a drama, of course, is to entertain the reader. However, a drama text can also be a source of pragmatic learning that is rich in expression. This research is one of pragmatic research on drama texts. Using content analysis techniques, the researchers attempted to portray the use of speech acts, both direct and indirect, used by Tennessee William in her play "A Streetcar named Desire". There are at least ten data collected by the researchers and interpreted briefly based on the rules of speech acts in the pragmatic concept. The conclusion drawn from the interpretation of the data is that there are various uses of indirect speech acts in the drama and also changes in the types of speech acts that show how dynamic the language used in the drama is
The Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning Method Type Talking Stick in Improving Vocabulary Memorization of the VIII class Students of MTs Al-Kautsar Kao
No full textThe aim of this research is to know the effectiveness of students in memorizing English vocabulary through cooperative learning model using talking stick. Vocabulary is important to be master since someone can’t talk without knowing vocabulary. At some junior schools the students have a low mastery of vocabulary. This research uses the Classroom Action Research; this research was conducted at Mts Al-Khautsar Kao. The subjects of this research were students of class VIII, totaling 27 students consisting of 14 girls and 13 boys. The research has some techniques and some instruments to gain both qualitative and quantitative data. The techniques are observation, interview, testing, and documenting study. To analyze the data, the researcher started by doing reflection of the cycles of the study. This means that the data were analyzed continually since the implementation of the action began. As this research was a classroom action research, therefore, to avoid subjectivity, the researcher involved the research members to find their perceptions, opinions and suggestions in analyzing the data.The result of the reflection in cycle I was not improved so this research continues in cycle II. Based on the students’ result in cycle II, it was found out that the students‟ vocabulary score was improved. It indicated that the use of talking stick technique could encourage and motivate them to retain and enrich their vocabulary
The Communicative Language Teaching and Students’ Vocabulary Memorizing Improvement
No full textCLT is one of the techniques used to improve students' ability to learn vocabulary. Apart from memorizing vocabulary, students are also expected to be able to use vocabulary to communicate with one another, both indoors and outdoors. The type of research used by researchers is library research. This study aims to determine the development of learning using the CLT technique on vocabulary which was carried out in previous years, from 2008 to 2019. The samples taken were five articles, namely two published journal articles, two regular articles that were unpublished and one thesis. as well as researchers using qualitative methods to analyze some of these articles. The type of data used by researchers is document data. Following the data and results analyzed by the researcher, it can be said that learning using the CLT technique on vocabulary is not effective if it only relies on vocabulary without combining all the skills (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking) that exist in language learning. Therefore, if teachers want CLT learning to Vocabulary to be effective, then all the skills in the language must be combined so that the achievement of the desired results can be realized
The Effect of Applying Mind Mapping Method in Writing Descriptive Text
No full textWriting is one of the four aspects of language skills that a person must possess. By writing, someone can generate interesting ideas and then pour them into writing. The mind mapping method is applied to see how the method influences writing student description texts. This study aims to identify the effect of the mind mapping method on writing descriptive texts for students of SMK Muhammadiyah Tidore Kepulauan. The subjects are students of class XI for the 2020/2021 school year. This study uses a quantitative design. The instrument used by researchers is a test. The analysis technique used to measure student work is by using descriptive text rubrics. The implementation of learning to write descriptive text using the mind mapping method in class XI students is carried out effectively, smoothly, and thoroughly, which can be seen from the seriousness of the students in participating in learning. Previously students were bored, but when learning was done using the mind mapping method, students were enthusiastic and very creative in making mind maps and concentrated very much on writing a descriptive text. The mind mapping method has a positive influence on writing the descriptive text for class XI students of SMK Muhammadiyah Tidore Kepulauan. This can be seen in the learning outcomes that the scores of the results of writing the descriptive text of students using the mind mapping method have increased between the pre-test and post-test scores, the pre-test average score is 51,3 while the post-test average score is 90,6
An Analysis towards Teachers’ Perception on their Schools’ Conduciveness to English Language Learners’ Success at SMA Negeri 3 Kota Ternate
No full textThis study aims at the perception of English teachers on the influence of the conducive environment of the school on students' English learning achievement (SMA Negeri 3 Ternate City, Indonesia). By involving two English teachers at the school, researchers conducted interviews to obtain the required information. By using content analysis, researchers find a variety of very interesting information to pay attention to. In fact, the level of environmental conduciveness in the school also affects the level of achievement of English learning. The contributing factors are differences in students' linguistic backgrounds, lack of technology support, and low time allocation for English subjects. Researchers also found that differences in culture, race, and religion did not affect the conduciveness of the English learning environment at all so that these variables were not relevant to student learning outcomes
Variety of Alay Languages on the Market Place for Selling and Buying Online of Ternate
No full textThis brief overview aims to describe the forms of the Alay language especially in the Ternate online market place (a trading forum on the Facebook platform). This type of research is qualitative research, which produces descriptive data in the form of words or words of people and observed behavior. The data collection procedure was carried out by making observations. Meanwhile, the data analysis technique used in this research includes four stages, namely (1) data collection, (2) data reduction, (3) data presentation, and (4) verification / drawing conclusions. The results showed that the use of Alay language in the market place for buying and selling in Ternate was in the form of words by removing certain letters from the words
Writing at University
No full textThis article is a review of an online course on writing at the university level. It provides an overall summation of the chosen course based on the topics covered during the entire period of the course. As a conclusion, it provides a rounded opinion about the importance of such courses for non-native English speakers and writers