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THE EFFECT OF COLLABORATIVE WRITING TOWARDS STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL AT TENTH GRADE OF SMAN 10 TANGERANG IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 Adinsyah, Divi; Nirmala, Nirna
Foremost Journal Vol 1 No 2 (2020): Volume 1 No. 2 August 2020
Publisher : Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Syekh-Yusuf Islamic University Tangerang

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ABSTRACTThe aim of this research was to know whether there is a significant effect of collaborative writing strategy at the tenth grade of SMAN 10 Tangerang. This research is quasi-experiment and was conducted by using a quantitative method, with 35 students as the sample which taken non-random by using purposive sampling. The Population was students at the tenth grade of SMAN 10 Tangerang. The hypothesis data was tested using the formula of Wilcoxon Sign Rank. The result of the study showed that effect of collaborative writing gave positive significant effect towards students’ writing skill. The reaction of students towards collaborative writing showed a significant result. Their score increased because of students learnt how to produce a genre text (recount text) with their peers who had a score which is above the minimum criteria. Students who had a score below minimum criteria. got guidance from their peers who had score above minimum criteria. Moreover, students had pre-test scores which are below minimum criteria, got increased score of post-tests after getting guidance by their peers. In summary, there was an improvement in students’ writing skill after the implementation of learning how to produce text by using collaborative writing.Keywords: Writing Skill, Collaborative Writing.
The Relationship between Metacognitive Strategy and Reading Comprehension at The Tenth Grade of Sman 3 Kabupaten Tangerang in Academic Year 2019/2020 Hurriyah, Ika Rosiyatul; Nirmala, Nirna
Foremost Journal Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020): Volume 1 No. 1 February 2020
Publisher : Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Syekh-Yusuf Islamic University Tangerang

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  This article presents the analysis of metacognitive strategy and reading comprehension. The result shows that there is not any positive relationship between these variables. Although the metacognitive strategy of students is high, it does not contribute to the improvement of the ability of the students reading comprehension at SMAN 3 Curug in academic year 2019/2020. The research findings shows there is no correlation between metacognitive strategy and reading comprehension of students in SMAN 3 Curug. As the result, the value skills obtained by students was associated with the understanding of the low reading comprehension skills. These conditions also influenced in decreasing metacognitive strategy of the students, because they will feel hopeless with the result obtained. The findings of this research also have implications to the teachers, some efforts given to students by awarding something to students was useless. Therefore, the teachers are expected to try doing another approach to improve the student metacognitive strategy by praising or giving reward in order to appreciate what students done.  
Quizlet as Learning Media to Enhance Students’ Vocabulary Mastery and Motivation in Learning English Nirmala, Nirna; Mufarika, Mufarika; Swara, Marrieta Moddies
Foremost Journal Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024): Volume 5 No. 2
Publisher : Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Syekh-Yusuf Islamic University Tangerang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33592/foremost.v5i2.5083

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Enhancing motivation is essential for students in acquiring English vocabulary. The higher motivation the students gain, the bigger success they achieve in mastering vocabulary. However, the majority of students in senior high schools are less motivated to increase their vocabulary mastery. Therefore, the teachers must find the right media that will increase student motivation. Certain applications for vocabulary study can be accessed via a smartphone. The goal of the research is to investigate into the usefulness of using the Quizlet application as a tool to enhance the motivation of learners to learn vocabulary. This type of research is Quasi-Experimental with quantitative methods. The researcher used multiple choice tests and questionnaire. The participants were 72 students who were divided into the experimental and the control groups. In processing the data, the independent samples t-tests used to collect the data. The findings indicate that using the Quizlet Application to enhance students' motivation in learning vocabulary is helpful. Students were more enthusiastic, did not get bored fast, and as a result showed a high level of interest when learning vocabulary with Quizlet.