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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC APPROACH OF THE 2013 CURRICULUM AT STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS
Get PDFThis study aims at reporting the results of a qualitative study investigating how English teachers implement the Scientific Approach (SA) in English teaching and learning at state junior high schools in Babat Toman. This study is particularly intended to answer three research questions: 1) How is scientific approach implemented in English teaching and learning at State Junior High Schools in Babat Toman, 2) What are the problems faced by the teachers in implementing scientific approach in English teaching and learning at state junior high schools in Babat Toman, and 3) What are the solutions to solve the problems in implementing scientific approach in English teaching and learning at state junior high schools in Babat Toman. The data were collected by using questionnaire, interview, observation, and document review. The participants of this study were the teachers of English, the vice-principal of curriculum, and the students. The findings of this study showed that the teachers used discovery learning to implement of scientific approach in the syntax of the learning model and five stages implemented in English teaching and learning. The problem faced by the teachers in implementing of scientific approach were, the students’ lack of critical thinking, the students’ difficulty in finding the answer of the problem, the students’ inability in analyzing the material, and the students’ lack of vocabulary mastery. The solutions used by the teachers to overcome the problem in applying Scientific Approach were: motivating the students to be more active in learning, giving some stimulates questions related to the material, comparing between the recent material and the previous materials, and translating the difficult words found by the students. The conclusion is the teachers had implemented scientific approach in the learning process
TEACHING READING BY COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC READING: AN ACTION RESEARCH
Get PDFEnglish language learners experienced difficulties in understanding readings in English. This research aims to improve students’ reading comprehension by implementing Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) at second semester students of English Department, STKIP Panca Sakti Bekasi. This research used a Classroom Action Research (CAR) was conducted in two cycles. There are qualitative and quantitative data collected in this research. The former data were gained by analyzing field note, observation sheet and interview while the latter ones were obtained from pre-test, post-test and portfolio of pre-cycle, cycle I and cycle II. The result shows that the mean score of students’ reading performance increases in four dimensions not only on literal, interpretative, applicative but also on critical understanding. The finding indicates that the students’ mean score at pre-cycle (68) increases to 77 and to 87 in the first and second cycles respectively. For interpretative understanding, the average score at pre-cycle was 61, increasing to 69 in the first cycle and to 80 in the second cycle. For applicative understanding, the average score at pre-cycle was 62, increasing to 64 in the first cycle and to 84 in the second cycle. Finally, the critical understanding also increases, from 59 at pre-cycle to 65 in the first cycle and to 85 in the second cycle. Therefore, the implementation of CAR effectively improves the students’ reading performance
THE REALIZATION OF TASK-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING TO FOSTER STUDENTS’ SPEAKING FLUENCY IN VOCATIONAL SCHOOL CONTEXT
Get PDFThe present study aims at scrutinizing the realization of task-based language teaching in fostering students’ speaking fluency in vocational school context. Four diverse tasks are administered to the students particularly: sequencing task, picture narration task, question and answer task, and problem-solving task. Twenty-eight eleventh grade students in one vocational school in Cirebon were selected as the participants. From twenty-eight students, six participants were chosen as the representatives whose speaking performance were scrutinized by considering at several linguistic aspects namely segmental errors, speech rate, and grammatical accuracy. The findings indicated that task-based language teaching fosters students’ speaking fluency. There was an improvement in terms of students’ speech production specifically rhythm, segmental, and speech rate aspect. The students also showed positive responses throughout the realization of task-based language teaching in respect of the various aspect of English pronunciation awareness. Furthermore, the result of observation in each meeting and students’ interview revealed that students’ participation in interacting in English was enhanced. This study suggests that the students need to be exposed and learn the different aspects of pronunciation to further enhance their speaking performance
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUE BY USING WEBLOG IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ISLAMIC WRITING: ACHIEVEMENT AND INSIGHT
Get PDFThe goals of this study were to learn about students' perspectives on literature and blogs for teaching Islamic values to the millennial generation. This research was mixed-methods research. The subject of this study was the millennial generation at the Islamic State Institute Curup, especially students of the English Tadris Study Program. The instruments were questionnaires and interviews. This study included 30 students as participants. The findings of the poll reveal that most students have a favourable view of the use of the mind-mapping approach by utilising weblogs to improve Islamic writing. The implementation of the mind-mapping technique by using a weblog to improve Islamic writing makes students more active and interested in learning Islamic topics. Students also understand more about some Islamic topics that they read or upload to their web blogs. Students are interested in learning more about Islam by using this media. They read more topics about Islam and give their opinions about those in their Islamic literature web blog. It may be stated that a blog can be used as a form of social media and is effective and positive for teaching Islamic values to students
THE MYTH OF METAPHOR SYMBOLS IN SPEECH I HAVE A DREAM
Get PDFThe speech I Have A Dream is Martin Luther King's political speech, delivered in front of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. In the text of speech there are several metaphorical symbols (language style) in conveying his message and protest attitude against the American legal and political system which is considered unfair. To fully understand the meaning and message of the speech, the research question is "What is the meaning of the mythical metaphorical symbol in Martin Luther King’s I Have A Dream?" In analyzing the metaphorical symbols in the speech, the researcher used Roland Barthes' semiotic approach and the research procedure used descriptive qualitative form. The results of this study found that the metaphorical symbols in I Have A Dream's speech used various syntactic patterns, namely: 1) using adjective word patterns such as symbolic shadow, beacon light, flames of withering, long night; 2) using noun patterns such as manacles, chains, island, ocean, languished, land, shameful, valley, hill, mountain, crooked place; 3) use a verb pattern as in the phrase to blow off steam, a rude awakening, returns to busines
THE RECORD OF USING PICTURE SERIES TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS
Get PDFBased on the observations results, the learners had difficulty in exploring their ideas. They took more time and could only write some sentences. Another barrying that students faced was that they could not write well-organized paragraphs. The students also often had difficulty in learning grammar, especially English tenses. Lack of vocabulary mastery was also the cause of writing difficulties. They stated that writing in English was difficult and complicated. That’s why the researchers used classroom action research to apply picture serias as media. It was conducted by two cycles.The subjects were seventeen students of tenth grade science student at Banyuwangi. To get the data, the researchers used observation, interview, and test. The research result could be stated that using the picture series improved the learners’ writing narrative text competence. They could improve their writing gradually from the first cycle to the second one. The picture series that implemented significantly improved their skill in English writing
INVESTIGATING TEACHERS’ BELIEF AND PRACTICES TOWARD DIGITAL MEDIA OF ENGLISH LEARNING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Get PDF The advancement of technology has made a lot of changes especially in educational field. Online learning is one of teaching modes as the response to the educational changes. Moreover, during Covid-19 pandemic, online learning is not an alternative solution, but a compulsory one. In response to this, various kinds of online learning media do exist to use. This study aimed at exploring teachers’ beliefs toward digital media of English learning during Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses qualitative design with participants coming from teachers teaching English at vocational school. Observation and semi-structured interview are used to gain data about teachers’ beliefs. Data were collected and analyzed by descriptively. The result of this research shows that Google Classroom, Instagram, and WhatsApp are preferable for conducting online learning. It shows the common digital media are preferred used by the teachers in order to enable the students to easily engage in the English learning process since the media are reachable and easy to access
THE EFFECT OF PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING MODEL TOWARDS STUDENTS’ COMPREHENSION OF THE ENGLISH READING TEXT
Get PDFThis research entitles The Effect of Problem-Based Learning Model (PBL) on the Students’ comprehension of the English Reading Text. It is aimed at finding out the differences in students’ comprehension of English reading text using the PBL and the TBL models. The methodology used was an experimental method in which there were two groups available. The first group was an experimental group that was treated using the PBL model and the second group was a control group that was treated using the TBL model. The learning models were applied to find out the one which had the greatest effect on the students’ achievement in English reading comprehension. Since the subject delivered was Reading IV, the sampling technique used was purposive sampling, the sample chosen was students of semester IV, English Department of State Polytechnics of Sriwijaya. Based on the result of two-way analysis of variance or ANOVA AB on the level of significance of α = 0,05, it is found that Fhitung = 4,555 dan Ftabel (0,05;1:40) = 4,08. Based on the value of Significance on the table of Tests of Between-Subjects Effects on line A that if it is less than 0.05, the result of the test is significant. In the table of 4.12, the Sig value for line A was 0.039, less than 0.05. Then it is concluded that students treated using the PBL model were far higher in English reading text comprehension compared to those who were treated using the TBL model
LEARNERS’ DIGITAL LITERACY IN THE ONLINE LEARNING DURING COVID-19
Get PDFThis research investigates the understanding of digital literacy in the online learning process during covid-19 for students in the Higher Education students in Indonesia. The objectives of this study are to describe the aspects of digital literacy in the concepts of Bawden, they are basic skill of digital literacy, attitudes and perspectives, background knowledge of the information, technology and iinformation skills, and attitudes and perspectives. This study employ qualitative with the subjects are 117 students; these students were determined using purposive sampling technique with the criteria who were joining the learning classroom actively. The collecting data technique was using 20 questions in the questionnaire and it was analyzed using descriptive quantitative techniques. The results in this study reveal that all of the respondents indicate have good criteria in digital literacy. They have good characteristics in basic skill of digital literacy; have good criteria in background knowledge of the information; have good skill in technology and information; as well as good attitude and perspective of digital literacy. The conclusion is the higher education students have a good digital literacy in the aspect of basic skill of digital literacy, they have a good digital literacy in the aspect of background knowledge of information, and they have a good digital literacy in the term of technology and information skills as well as strong attitude and perspective on digital information.
THE EFFECT OF MOBILE LEARNING-BASED TEAM GAME TOURNAMENT LEARNING MODEL ON RECOUNT TEXT WRITING ABILITY: THE ROLE OF LEARNING STYLE AS VARIABLE MODERATION
Get PDFThe aim of this study is to use quantitative research methods and causality models to investigate the proposed hypothesis of the mobile learning-based team game tournament learning model effect on the recount text writing ability: The Role of Learning Style as a Moderating Variable. The participants in this study are pupils from Kartasura's Al-Islam Junior High School. This study's sample consisted of 100 students chosen using a basic random selection procedure. SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) is the analytical technique employed, and it is controlled by Smart PLS application. The results show that the Team Game Tournament learning model had a substantial beneficial effect on the capacity to write recount text, and the learning style had a significant positive influence on the students' ability to write recount text. In addition, to improve the learning model for the team game tournament's recount text writing abilities, it's important to consider the learning style of each participant