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Journal : SAGA: Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics

EFL STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THEIR VOCABULARIES IN CRITICAL READING CLASS Erna Sefriani Sabuna; Lesly N. Ndun; Marthisa Oliva Billik
SAGA: Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics Vol 2 No 2 (2021): August 2021
Publisher : English Language Education Department, Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana (UKDW), Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21460/saga.2021.22.102

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This research attempts to find out students’ strategies to improve vocabularies size in Critical Reading class of second semester students at English Education Program of STKIP SoE. A descriptive qualitative method was used in this research. There were 21 students involved as the research participants and willing to be interviewed. The result of this research showed that students applied strategies, such as listening to the songs, watching movie, reading, and listing difficult words to improve their vocabularies. By applying those four strategies, students were able to understand vocabularies in context without any assistantship, understand the words in foreign language, repeat the words several times, describe the conversation in mother tongue, pick some words when reading books, remember the words that they get, and write down some difficult words.
The Implementation of Short English Movie to Improve Students’ Vocabulary Mastery in Interpretive Listening Class Densiana Tnomat; Marthisa Oliva Billik; Tri Buce. J Banu
SAGA: Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics Vol 3 No 1 (2022): February 2022
Publisher : English Language Education Department, Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana (UKDW), Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21460/saga.2022.31.121

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This paper aims to investigate the students’ vocabulary mastery improvement after the implementation of a short English movie in Interpretive Listening class. There were 15 students of Interpretive Listening class of STKIP SoE as the participants. The researcher used Classroom Action Research as the method and collected the data by using test, in the form of pretest, posttest and observation for the students’ vocabulary mastery. The result of the study indicated that short English Movie can improve students’ vocabulary mastery. The improvement covered, the students’ being active in the process of teaching and learning in the classroom.