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THE 3-DIMENSION PICTURES IN INCREASING THE STUDENTS ABILITY AND INTEREST TO WRITE DESCRIPTIVE COMPOSITION Asrifan, Andi; Rinantanti, Yulini; Tang, Syamsu; Nadirah, Nadirah
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED ENGLISH STUDIES Vol 2 No 1 (2019): Journal of Advanced English Studies
Publisher : Study Program of English Literature

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47354/jaes.v2i1.51

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The aim of conducting this research are to find out whether or not using 3-Dimensional pictures is able to increase the ability of the students of SMP Negeri 3 Pangsid Kabupaten Sidenreng Rappang to write a descriptive composition. And to find out whether or not the use of 3-Dimensional pictures is interesting for the students in writing English. In this research, the researcher employed a cluster random sampling technique meaning two classes from five classes in the population were taken as the sample which represented the experimental and control group. The classes were selected randomly. The number of total samples was 60 students. The researcher used two kinds of instruments in collecting data namely writing test and questionnaire and calculating the mean score, standard deviation, frequency table, and the value of t-test to identify the difference between pretest and posttest by using inferential analysis in SPSS 21.0 program for the windows evaluation version. To calculate questionnaire data into a percentage, the researcher used the percentage technique using this SPSS 21.0 program for the windows evaluation version. The result of the research shown that the use of 3D-Pictures as an authentic material can improve the students’ writing ability. The writing ability of students who used 3D-Pictures as an authentic material and those who had just used conventional way had a significant difference. Therefore, it could be concluded that the Eighth-grade students’ of SMP Negeri 3 Pangsid Kabupaten Sidenreng Rappang have better writing ability by using 3D-Pictures as authentic material. And the use of 3D Pictures in teaching process particularly in writing skill was interesting and effective. It was proved by a mean score of students answer in the questionnaire showed that the students were categorized as interested.
THE ABILITY TO TRANSLATE ENGLISH PHRASES INTO INDONESIAN AND THE DIFFICULTIES FACED BY THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 PANCARIJANG Nadirah, Nadirah; Tahir, M. Hijaz; Asrifan, Andi
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED ENGLISH STUDIES Vol 2 No 1 (2019): Journal of Advanced English Studies
Publisher : Study Program of English Literature

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47354/jaes.v2i1.53

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The research aims at finding out the ability to translate English phrases into Indonesian which cover the noun phrase, verb phrase, adjective phrase, adverb phrase, and prepositional phrase; and also the difficulties faced by the eleventh-grade students of SMAN 1 Pancarijang. The research will employ the descriptive method. It will take six classes, and each class consisted of thirty-five students which mean that is 210 students as the population in this research. It will use a proportional random sampling technique to minimize the big population. The researcher will take 7 students randomly for each class, totally 42 students. The data will be collected by using a reading test, questionnaire and interview to know the students’ ability which will be analyzed through SPSS 21.0. The research result will be indicated that the translate English phrases into Indonesia can develop ability students’ of SMAN 1 Pancarijang. The research method employed was a descriptive method. The research data were collected using three kinds of the instrument which test to asses students’ ability to translate English phrases into Indonesian, questionnaire, and interview to know the difficulties faced in translating English phrases into Indonesian was analyzed descriptive method. The findings of the research showed that the students’ mean score in translation test is 78.43 and it was categorized as good. The study concluded that (1) the students have a good ability in translating English phrases into Indonesian, and (2) although the students have good ability in translating English phrases into Indonesian, they still face difficulties in translation. Most of the difficulties dealt with the ‘language problem’ which is related to vocabulary and structure. It is more vocabulary and grammar in order to minimize the difficulties faced by students in translation. It is then recommended for further related research to conduct research on other types of translation test.
INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA IN EFL CLASSROOM: A STUDY OF TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN INDONESIA Nadirah, Nadirah; Asrifan, Andi; Vargheese, K. J.; Haedar, Haedar
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED ENGLISH STUDIES Vol 3 No 2 (2020): Journal of Advanced English Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47354/jaes.v3i2.92

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The objectives of the research were to find out: (1) whether or not the use of interactive multimedia improve students reading comprehension in the Eighth-Grade of SMP Negeri 4 Panca Rijang and (2) whether or not the use of interactive multimedia interest students’ in learning reading comprehension in the Eighth-Grade of SMP Negeri 4 Panca Rijang. This research employed mixed method design that applied experimental and control group. The population of the research was the Eighth-Grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Panca Rijang. The result of data analysis showed that there was significant difference between achievement of the students who used interactive multimedia and those who did not use interactive multimedia (conventional technique) in reading comprehension. It was proved by the mean score of experimental group was higher than control group in post-test (59.35 > 46.75). Furthermore, the result of the t-test value (3.581) was greater than t-table (α = 0.05; df = 38; t-table = 2.021) which means that H1 was accepted. The data analysis of questionnaire showed that the students had high interest toward the use of interactive multimedia in reading comprehension. It was supported by 4 students (20%) who were strongly interested, 14 students (70%) who were interested and 2 students (10%) who were moderate. The mean score of students’ answers in questionnaire (79.55) was classified as interested category. Based on the data analysis, the researcher concluded that: (1) the application of interactive multimedia enhanced the students’ ability in reading comprehension; (2) the application of interactive multimedia strategy in reading comprehension was interesting for the students.