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The Effect of Using English Speaking Practice Application on the First Year Students’ Speaking Ability at SMA S Adabiah Padang Oktaviano, Rizky; Kher, Dinovia Fannil
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 13, No 1 (2024)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v13i1.127484

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Many high school students were not interested in speaking. It is due to the difficulties to do so. However, there was a mobile phone application named English Speaking Practice application as the solution to those issues. This study aimed to investigate the effect of using English Speaking Practice application on the first year students’ speaking ability at SMAS Adabiah Padang.This study was a pre-experimental one sample pre-test post-test design. The population was all of 10th  grade students at SMAS Adabiah Padang and the sample was 34 students of XE1 at SMAS Adabiah Padang chosen with cluster sampling technique. The instrument was a read-aloud speaking test adapted by Brown (2004). The data was analyzed by using SPSS. It was discovered that the sig. values was 0.001 less than 0.05 which means the hypothesis null was rejected. Therefore, the result of this study shown that there was an effect of using English Speaking Practice application on the first year students’ speaking ability at SMAS Adabiah Padang.
English Language Educational Program Students' Motivation in Learning English Grammar after Covid-19 Pandemic Rahmadani, Ayuda; Kher, Dinovia Fannil
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 13, No 1 (2024)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v13i1.127521

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This study aims to know the English Language Educational Program Students’ motivation in learning English Grammar after Covid-19 pandemic viewed from their intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The sample in this study were 37 students enrolled in the English Educational Program at Universitas Negeri Padang 2021. Researcher used a quantitative research. Data was collected through a questionnaire and interview. Based on this study, the students’ intrinsic motivation was high (73,51%) and the students’ extrinsic motivation was also high (71,31%). The result of the study showed that both of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation was high. This was due to several reasons, namely the students have desire in learning advanced grammar after pandemic to improve their skills, the changing from online learning to offline learning made them feel challenged to learn advanced grammar, student motivation can come from the teaching materials provided by lecturers who teach advanced grammar in class, student said that a punishment from the lecturer can influence them to active at class, and the students’ motivation in learning advanced grammar after pandemic also influenced by the lecturer’ attendance at the class.
Speaking Activities Implemented by English Teachers at SMPN 1 Padang Fitriyana, Tari; Kher, Dinovia Fannil
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 14, No 3 (2025)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v14i3.135351

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This research aims to describe various speaking activities used by English teachers at SMPN 1 Padang, how the implementations, as well as challenges or problems do English teachers face in implementing them. The design of this research is descriptive qualitative. The instruments of this research are interview guidelines and observation sheets. The data collected through interviews and observations with two English teachers at SMPN 1 Padang. The finding shows that there are several speaking activities used, such as Questionnaires, Communication Games, Simulation and Roleplay, Prepared Talks, and Storytelling. The implementation of these speaking activities matches the characteristics of each speaking activity according to experts. These findings also show that some challenges or problems are faced by English teachers in implementing the speaking activities. There are inhibitions and low or uneven participation.