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The Use of Task-Based Language Teaching in Improving Students' Writing Skills at X Grade in SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Bontoala Nurhidayah J, Israwati; Prabawati Rum, Eka; Hambali, Uyunnasirah
Journal of Language Testing and Assessment Vol. 3 No. 2 (2023): Journal of Language Testing and Assessment (JLTA)
Publisher : FKIP Unismuh Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56983/jlta.v3i2.494

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This study aimed to find out whether or not Task-Based Language Teaching method improve the writing skills of class X AP students at SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Bontoala in terms of grammar and mechanics. The research method used was quantitative with a pre-experimental design. The population in this study were students of SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Bontoala. The number of samples used was 20 students and the sample class were selected using a purposive sampling technique.Based on the results, the pre-test score of students' writing skills in terms of grammar was 65.8 and the post-test score was 81.4. While the Pre-test score of students' skills in terms of mechanics was 64.0 and post-test is 83.0. After analyzed the results of the pre-test and post-test data, the researcher found that in writing skills, p-value (0.000) less than α (0.05), this indicates that the null hypothesis is rejected and alternative hypothesis is accepted.The researcher concluded that Task-Based Language Teaching through descriptive text at SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Bontoala improved students' writing skills. There is a significant difference in students' writing skills in terms of grammar and mechanics with the use of Task-Based Language Teaching methods.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ENGLISH CLUB PARTICIPATION AND STUDEN’S' ENGLISH LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT AT SMAN 1 BARRU Nawir, Aulia Ramanda; Nappu, Syamsiarna; Hambali, Uyunnasirah
Journal of Language Testing and Assessment Vol. 4 No. 2 (2024): Journal of Language Testing and Assessment (JLTA)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56983/jlta.v4i2.1015

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This study aims to determine the correlation between students’ participation in the English Club Extracurriculars and their learning achievement. This research is a quantitative research with correlation method. The population of this study was students of class X MIPA SMAN 1 Barru with a sample of class X MIPA 1 who are selected by using purposive samplingtechnique for selecting the sample because the targetsample taken was students who took part in the English Club. The research data was coelected using two instruments; questionnaires and data documentation. The questionnaire used is an open-closed questionnaire with The document used is student learning outcomes. The questionnaire was distributed to the students who joined on English Club. Then the results was analyszed by calculating using the Spearman correlation analysis method using SPSS software with a significance level, the authors get a significant correlation of 0.008. The result is 0.008 < 0.05. Because 0.008 is lower than 0.005 (0.008 < 0.05), it means that there is a correlation between the student's participation in tutoring and the student's English achievement variable. In addition, from the data analysis, it was found that the Pearson Correlation was 0.621, which means that the correlation is strong according to the interpretation table correlation. Based on the research results, the null hypothesis is rejected. This means that there is a significant correlation between student participation in English Club and student learning achievements.