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Using Modified Problem Based Learning to Improve Students’ Speaking Skill for the Eighth Graders of SMP Negeri 7 Madiun
No full textABSTRAK The aim of this research is to know how Modified Problem Based Learning (MPBL) can improve students’ speaking skill for the eighth graders of SMP Negeri 7 Madiun. It focuses on fluency, vocabulary, pronunciation and structure aspects. The design of this research was classroom action research which consisted of four stages: planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. The instruments used for gathering the data were speaking test, observation checklist, interview guide, and questionnaire. The subjects of this research were the VIII-H class of SMP Negeri 7 Madiun. The researcher conducted the preliminary study by giving the students a pre-test. The result of pre-test showed that only 4 out of 24 students could pass the minimum standard score, 70. All students’ average score was 43.13. The researcher held cycle 1 consisting of three meetings to solve the problem. The result of post-test in cycle 1 did not reach criteria of success, 70% passed the test. The students’ average score in this post-test was 64.17. The researcher continued to cycle 2 which consisted of two meetings. The result of post-test in cycle 2 indicated that all students reached criteria of success. The students’ average score in the post-test was 80.21. The findings of this research presented the students’ progress in speaking ability. Firstly in pre-test, only 4 students reached minimum standard score. In post-test 1, 10 students and in final post-test, all students reached score above minimum standard score. Secondly, the students became more active and enthusiastic toward the strategy implemented. This can be inferred that Modified Problem Based Learning gives good impacts to the students both in speaking and motivation in learning. There are some suggestions. For the English teachers, they can apply MPBL strategy in improving students’ speaking skill. For schools, they should add textbooks and support learning media so that education goals can be achieved successfully. For the future researchers, they should apply MPBL strategy as a reference to conduct other studies with other subjects, skills, and materials
THE USE OF THE FIRST LANGUAGE DURING THE ENGLISH TEACHING PROCESS IN SMA N 6 MALANG
No full textABSTRAK Sari, R.I. 2017. The Use of the First Language during the English Teaching Process in SMA N 6 Malang. Undergraduate Thesis, Department of English, Faculty of Letters, State University of Malang. Advisors: (I) Prof. Ali Saukah, M.A., Ph.D., (II) Dr. Suharyadi, S.Pd., M.Pd. Keywords: first language, English teachers, English teachers’ teaching process The use of the first language during English teaching process has been a disputable issue among teachers and researchers over years. It remains controversial whether first language should or should not be used in English classes, and to what extent its use is justifiable. Several studies have been conducted to address this issue. However, those studies focused on the first language use during English teaching and learning process in the primary and tertiary levels of education. The studies were also dominated by survey studies. Thus, this study was conducted in the secondary school and was designed to be in-depth for the purpose of filling the gap left by the previous studies. For this study intended to investigate the use of the first language during English teachers’ teaching process in an in-depth manner, a qualitative study; specifically a case study; was deployed. The type of case study used was explanatory case study since the study aimed to explain the teachers’ manners and reasons for using the first language during certain occasions of their teaching process. The subjects of the study were the tenth-grade and twelfth-grade English teachers of SMA N 6 Malang. This study used observation, interview, and related-documents collection as the data collection techniques. All the data were collected with the presence of the researcher without relying on well-developed instruments. Repeated cycles of the observation on the English teachers’ teaching process, in-depth interview with the English teachers, and triangulation which included theoretical and data triangulation were done to enhance the validity of the data collected. The process of the data analysis was taken place both during and after the data collection process. The data analysis process included data reduction, data presentation, conclusion drawing or verification. The temporary conclusions were drawn after each cycle of data collection process. The final conclusions were obtained when the new data did not change the conclusions had been drawn. The results of the data analysis indicated that there were fourteen different occasions on which the first language was used by the English teachers during the teaching process, four different manners of the English teachers in using the first language, and eleven different reasons for the teachers’ use of the first language on the occasions and in the manners mentioned
Contrastive Pragmatics: Compliment Response Strategies of Indonesian and American Speakers
No full textABSTRAK Understanding Speech Acts across culture, in particular compliment responses, is very essential nowadays, as it saves us from the communication breakdown during communication with people from different cultural background.Thus, thisstudy aims at studying the major compliment response strategiesperformed by Indonesian and American native speakers. Moreover, it also investigates the differences between Indonesian and American speakers in performing compliment response strategies. Besides, ittries to find out the underlying reasons of one in responding to compliments. This study employs a descriptive qualitative design. The data were obtained from respondents consisting of 40 participants (20 Indonesian and 20 American respondents). Questionnaire was utilized as an instrument to collect the data. There are two types of questionnaires used. First, the questionnaire is in the form of discourse completion test (DCT) which consists of 12 points where the informants are asked to respond to compliments in certain situation. Then, the second questionnaire was aimed at finding the underlying reasons why do people give response to compliments. In this study, questionnaires were distributed twice. The first cycle was the try out which intended to ensure the validity of the questionnaire. The next cycle was distributing the questionnaires to the 40 participants for the actual result of this present study. Furthermore, the data collected were analyzed based on Herbert’s Taxonomy (1990). The findings revealed that (1) Appreciation token becomes the most frequently used strategies by Indonesian native speakers (28.3%). Meanwhile, for American native speakers comment acceptance (34.6%) becomes the major used strategy when they are responding to compliments. (2) Both American and Indonesian native speakers employed the strategies which belong to agreement categories. In other words, either American or Indonesian compliment recipients tend to accept the complimentary force from the Addresser. (3) For Indonesian respondents, cultural matters or being polite to the people who gave the complimentary force to them become the most chosen reason of responding to compliments (100%). Whereas, for the American native speakers, Habit is the highest chosen reason of responding to compliments (95%). This present study of compliment responses in English and Indonesian can serve as a reference to enrich the body of linguistics. Nevertheless, it is strongly recommended that further studies be conducted on daily discourses and from the point of view of other field, especially syntactic pattern of compliment responses, for its betterment
Code Switching in JKWVlog YouTube Channel
No full textABSTRAK Nurwanti, Nanik. 2018. Code Switching In JKWVlog YouTube Channel. Sarjana’sThesis, English Language and Literature, Department of English, Faculty of Letters, UniversitasNegeri Malang.Advisor: (I) Prof. Dr. YazidBasthomi, M.A, (II) Dr. Suharyadi, S.Pd, M.Pd Keywords: Code Switching, JKWVlog YouTube Channel, YouTube User, Social Media There has been a growing academic interest in investigating the presence of English-Indonesian code switching implying that this research topic is still important and leaves spaces to explore, especially in the context of social media. The present study is aimed to identify types of code switching performed by netizens leaving comments on official YouTube channel of President JokoWidodo, namely, JKWVlog. In this research, the researcher used a descriptive qualitative method because it aims to describe social phenomenon which occurs naturally. To conduct the study, the researcher employed several steps as follows: 1) collecting data, 2) identifying English – Indonesia code switching in the JKWVlog comment field, 3) interpreting and analyzing the data, and 4) discussing and summarizing the findings. The samples involved in this research were 10videos obtained fromJKWVlog YouTube channel. The 10 videos are the most-viewed videos uploaded in JKWVlog among 13 videos available. The content of the comments in the 10 videos also suits the focus of the study the most, code-switching. The researcher collected the data from June 24th to June 30th, 2017. After that, the datawere analyzed and classified into the categories of code switching based on Hoffman’s (1991) theory. From the 426 units of utterances analyzed, 172 utterances contain code switching. The analysis showed that the YouTube users tended to use intra-sentential (82.55%), inter-sentential (12.21%), change of pronunciation (2.91%), continuity with the previous speaker (1.74%), and emblematic (0.58%). The intra-sentential occurred 142 times, inter-sentential 21 times, change of pronunciation 5 times, continuity with the previous speaker occurred 3 times, and emblematic 1 time. Therefore, the most frequent type used in JKWVlog comment field is intra-sentential. From the findings, the researchers conclude that all the five types suggested by Hoffman (1991) appeared in JKWVlog comment fields. Moreover, the researcher suggests that this study show the development of language usage in YouTube which is rich in data for further research
Errors Found in Brochures Issued by Hotels in Malang
No full textABSTRAK Rahmawati, Khoililla. Errors Found in Brochures Issued by Hotels in Malang. Sarjana’s Thesis, English Department, Faculty of Letters, State University of Malang. Advisors: (I) Nunung Suryati, M.Ed., Ph.D., (II) Drs. Andi Muhtar, M.A. Keywords: error, surface strategy taxonomy, hotel brochure Hotels need tools to advertise their services; thus, they produce brochures. Brochure alone is a thin book giving information or advertising something. It is in the form of a pamphlet or flyer that is used to distribute information about the hotels. In this case, it is used to inform and advertise the service of some hotels in Malang, including facilities, rates, terms and conditions, direction and location, and contact of the hotels. It holds an essential role as it gives information of the hotel service. Hence, the texts of the brochures are supposed to be convincing and interesting, to attract a lot of visitors. Unfortunately, some parts of the English version of the brochures are poorly written and some terms are unacceptable. Related to that, the researcher conducted this study to find out what kind of errors the writers of hotel brochures issued by hotels in Malang have made. This study was conducted using descriptive quantitative approach. The samples of the data were brochures issued by 10 starred hotels in Malang. In the data analysis, the researcher classified the errors based on The Surface Strategy Taxonomy by Dulay et al., (1982). The findings of this study showed that there were 117 errors of misformation (44.49%), 103 errors of omission (39.16%) 23 errors of misordering (8.75%) and 20 errors of addition (7.60%). The researcher also provided corrections for the errors found.Such errors might occur due to the interference of the structure from Indoesian language as the source language of the hotel brochure writers, known as interlanguage. The findings from this study are expected to give considerations to the hotel managers to provide persuasive, convincing, and interesting advertisements of the hotel through the brochures, with appropriate use of English. For English practitioners, the researcher suggests the findings of this study to be used as one of the sources that shows the errors occurred in the practical application of English. For English teachers, especially whose students are majoring in hospitalization and marketing in Vocational High School, the findings of this study is expected t be one of sources to develop teaching materials. For future researchers, it is suggested to conduct other research with deeper and more detailed analysis. They are also suggested to conduct other studies of the same topic, but with different object of study
Storytelling Group as an Implementation of Cooperative Learning in Teaching Speaking Skill
No full textABSTRAK Indira, Henny. 2018. Storytelling Group as an Implementation of Cooperative Learning in Teaching Speaking Skill .Thesis.English Department.Faculty of Letters.State University of Malang. Advisors: (1) Dr. MirjamAnugerahwati, M.A. (2) Dr. Emalia Iragiliati, M.Pd. Key words: Storytelling group, speaking, cooperative learning Speaking is one of the most difficult skills for students. They were usually afraid for being bullied by their friends when they made mistakes while they were speaking in front of the class. They also didn’t have any self-confidence to speak in front of many people. The problems above were also found in VIII-H class of SMP Laboratorium UM. The time allotment for speaking practice was too limited; most of the time was used to reading and did the assignment in the course book. Based on the preliminary study, it was found that the student’s score in speaking were categorized low and they were also less of self-confidence, not only that they also didn’t have responsible in group working. To solve those problems, the researcher tried to implement the Storytelling Group Technique, as a technique in teaching speaking and to make the teaching and learning process more interesting and fun. The study was a classroom action research. The researcher conducted this study in one cycle consisting of 4 meetings. The subjects of the research were 23 students of VIII-H class of SMP Laboratorium UM. The data collection techniques were Observation checklist and questionnaire. Hence, the data were in the form of student’s attitude in the class through observation checklist and the result of students’ opinion through questionnaire. The data obtain from the instruments were analyzed ad compared to the indicators of the criterion of success, which were: (1) the observation checklist; the percentage of students in the class who performs the indicators should be more than 65%. (2) Questionnaire; the average percentage of student’s opinion should be more than 60% for appropriate and very appropriate or appropriate plus very appropriate. The research findings showed that the average score of students improvement through observation checklist the percentage of the students who performance the indicators were more than 65% for the final test. Besides, the result students opinion were more than 60% for appropriate and very appropriate or appropriate plus very appropriate. As stated in research findings, the researcher wanted to purpose some suggestion for the English teachers and further researchers the way to overcome students’ speaking problem in the class. For the English teacher in SMP Laboratorium UM, the result of this study can be a consideration to implement Storytelling group technique as a solution of student’s problems in speaking class. The researcher is welcome to the future researcher to make this study as a reference to conduct further studies in solving students speaking problems
An Evaluation of an English Coursebook Entitled "Bright" for The Eight Graders
No full textABSTRAK Aini, Zulfa Nur. 2018. An Evaluation of an English Coursebook Entitled “Bright” for the Eight Graders. Thesis. Department of English, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang. Advisors: (I) Dr. Emalia Iragiliati, M.Pd, (II) Dra. Sri Andreani, M.Ed. Coursebook is as a complement material in the classroom activities provides the students with a written and recorded materials. By using the coursebook as a guide in learning English, the students will be able to improve the four important skills in English. Those are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. To improve the quality of the coursebook, this study aimed at evaluating the English coursebook entitled “Bright” for grade eight using seven selected criteria of a good English coursebook. Those are (1) aims and approaches, (2) design, (3) organization, (4) language content, (5) skills, (6) topics, and (7) coursebook package. The research design used in this research is qualitative content analysis. The researcher developed the checklist to evaluate the book in the form of table consisting 4 columns: the number of variables, the variables of the criteria, the “Yes” column and the “No” column. In analyzing the data, the researcher computed the data in the form of percentage. First, the researcher calculated the sum of “Yes” for the total variables of all criteria and divided it by the number of variables of all criteria and then multiplied it by 100% to get the whole evaluation of a good communicative English coursebook. Second, the researcher calculated the sum of “Yes” in each criterion and divided it by the number of variables in each criterion and then multiplied it by 100%. The results are interpreted as ‘Excellent’ (81%-100%, ‘Good’ (71%-80%), ‘Adequate’ (61%-70%), and ‘Poor’ (60%-0%). The result of the research the English coursebook entitled “Bright” has fulfilled 77% of the whole evaluation of a good communicative English coursebook from the seven criteria and is categorized as ‘good’. The seven criteria to evaluate the English coursebook are (1) aims and approaches criteria has fulfilled 100% of a good book and is categorized as ‘excellent’, (2) design criteria has fulfilled 57% of a good book and is categorized as ‘poor’, (3) organization criteria has fulfilled 77% of a good book and is categorized as ‘good’, (4) language content has fulfilled 75% of a good book and is categorized as ‘good’, (5) skills criteria has perfectly fulfilled 100% of a good book and is categorized ‘excellent’, (6) topics criteria has fulfilled 71% of a good book and is categorized as ‘good’, and (7) coursebook package crtieria has fulfilled 67% of a good book and is categorized as ‘adequate’
PEER-EDITING STRATEGY TO ENHANCE THE RECOUNT WRITING SKILLS OF THE 8TH GRADERS OF SMPN 11 MALANG
No full textABSTRAK This study was aimed at improving the writing skills of students of 8F class in SMPN 11 Malang using peer-editing strategy. The design of this study was Classroom Action Research (CAR). The subjects of this research were the 8th graders who were in 8F class of SMPN 11 Malang in the academic year of 2016/2017. There were 23 students who participated in this study. The instruments used in this study were scoring rubric, opinionnaire, and field notes. The instruments were validated through expert-validation and revised several times. There were four components to be scored in the scoring rubric, namely organization, grammar, mechanics, and content. In the opinionnaire, the classroom teacher was interviewed before and after the implementation of the strategy. All activities were also recorded in the field notes. The findings show that peer-editing strategy gives a positive result to improve the students' writing performances. To define the success of this study, the researcher set criteria of success. This study was considered successful if there were at least 70% of the students who scored 75 and above, while 30% of the students scored 65 or above. At the end of the study, there were 91% of the students who scored 75 and above, while 9% of them scored not less than 65
Cultural Information in The English Textbook “When English Rings the Bell” for The Seventh Graders of SMP/MTs
No full textABSTRAK English is one of international languages which is very important for education in Indonesia because many references or sources are written in English, for example journals and textbooks. English textbooks become the learning sourve for learners which includes cultural information which reflects with the background of the author. This research is a descriptive content analysis to answer: 1) to know whether English textbook “When English Rings the Bell” for the seventh graders of SMP/MTs cover cultural information and 2) how cultural information is covered on English textbook “When English Rings the Bell” for the seventh graders of SMP/MTs which use questions rubric about the content of the textbook which was related to cultural information. The instrument is adapted from Kilickaya’s article which was entitled “Guidelines to Evaluate Cultural Content in Textbooks.” The data is collected through document analysis. This research shows that English textbook “When English Rings the Bell” for the seventh graders of SMP/MTs covers native culture more than foreign culture, which are shown from the pictures and the dialogues in the textbooks because the learners are still on learning process of early level so it is expected that the learners know native culture closer before learning foreign culture. The materials which are explained on textbooks cover things around the learners so the learners feel familiar with the topics given. The topics which are given do not contain bad or good comment because it could make bias. It is found that: 1) English textbook “When English Rings the Bell” for the seventh graders of SMP/MTs covers the cultural information and, 2) the ways the English textbook “When English Rings the Bell” presents the cultural information for the seventh graders of SMP/MTs covers are by the content of the textbook, from the activities on the book, for example, the pictures which are shown and the exercises, such as crossword and projects. It is suggested that the teacher is expected to be aware of cultural information in the textbook. The teacher is also expected to discover and complement the foreign cultural information for the learners. The developer of the textbook is expected to be discreet on including the materials which are related to foreign culture. Future researchers are expected to conduct other studies on cultural information more deeply in topics which are related to this study because there are plenty of textbooks which are not researched yet
The Effect of Kamishibai on the 8th Graders’ Writing Recount Text
No full textABSTRAK Nugrahani, Elok. 2018. The Effect of Kamishibai on the 8th Graders’ Writing Recount Text. English Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang. Advisor I Dra. Nunung Suryati, M.Ed., Ph.D. Advisor II Prof. Dr. Nur Mukminatien, M.Pd. Keywords: Kamishibai, Recount Text, Writing Recount Text The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Kamishibai on eight graders’ writing a recount text. The subjects of this research were eight graders of MTsN 2 Kota Malang from class A and F chosen by the school with total of 40 students. There were 19 students from class A and 21 students from class F. The research design was quasi-experimental research which required two groups’ mean score to be compared. One class was the experimental group and the other class was the control group. Both groups received treatments for six meetings. The experimental group was taught by using Kamishibai while the control group was taught using conventional method. The instrument used in this research was writing test. Both groups were given pre-test to see the homogeneity, and post-test to see if Kamishibai was effective. Students’ works were evaluated based on contexts, text stuctures, language features, and mechanics. Both groups’ score were calculated using Independent Sample t-Test on SPPS to see if the difference is significant. The findings showed that there was a significant mean score difference between experimental group and control group scores after the treatment. The post-test score of experimental group was 8.2 while the control group score was 7.3. The experimental group improved recount text writing skill especially in content and text structures category. The t-Test result showed that the calculated p-value was .022 which was less than .05. The result showed a significant difference which meant that the null hypothesis which stated that the mean score of experimental group and control group was not significantly different was rejected. It could be concluded that Kamishibai was effective on improving students’ writing recount text. This conclusion was derived from the results of t-test. The findings of this study were expected to be useful for teachers and future researchers. For teachers, Kamishibai could be used as one of strategies to teach writing recount text. For future research, this study could be used as one of relevant references regarding Kamishibai and writing