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An Analysis Of Students’ Difficulties In Speaking English Through Conversation Nurcahaya Citra Resmi Gulo; Feby Meuthia Yusuf; Yessy Marzona
JURNAL ARMADA PENDIDIKAN Vol 4 No 2 (2026): JURNAL ARMADA PENDIDIKAN
Publisher : Kilau Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.60041/jap.v4i2.425

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This study aims to analyze students' difficulties in speaking English through conversation at Ekasakti High School, Padang. Speaking is a very important language skill in supporting communication; however, many students still experience difficulties in expressing ideas orally in English. This study used a descriptive research design. The study population was all nine grade XI IPS students at Ekasakti High School, Padang, and all of them were used as a sample (total sampling). The research instrument was a speaking test in the form of an English conversation on the topic "Environmental Cleanliness". The assessment of students' speaking ability was based on five components: comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and fluency. Data were analyzed using average scores and percentages. The results showed that the average score of students' speaking ability was 56.6%, which is categorized as moderate. The main difficulties faced by students were limited vocabulary, pronunciation errors, and anxiety when speaking.
A Study of Students’ Storytelling Ability in Narrative Text at SMKN 1 Painan Maiziko; Yessy Marzona; Sherly Franchisca
JURNAL ARMADA PENDIDIKAN Vol 4 No 2 (2026): JURNAL ARMADA PENDIDIKAN
Publisher : Kilau Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.60041/jap.v4i2.437

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The objective of this research was to find out the students’ ability and student difficulties in story telling of narrative text. This research was conducted at SMKN 1 Painan, the academic year 2024/2025. The researcher conducted this research based on the finding in the classroom. Many students were not able to speak well in the teaching and learning activities in the classroom. The research used descriptive method. The population in this research was 39 students first grade of SMKN 1 Painan, namely X AKT I and X AKT II. the sample, the researcher used cluster random sampling teqnique and X AKT 1 was selected as a sample with a total of 20 students. The instrument of this research was speaking test. In collecting the data, the researcher used an oral test to know the student’s speaking skill in story telling of narrative text and researcher recorded the stude nt’s speaking performance in order to know how there is speaking ability in story telling of narrative text.
An Analysis of Students’ Listening Skill through Podcast at Tenth Grade of SMK Negeri 6 Padang Prinanda Tito Ramadhan; Elda Martha Suri; Yessy Marzona
JURNAL ARMADA PENDIDIKAN Vol 4 No 2 (2026): JURNAL ARMADA PENDIDIKAN
Publisher : Kilau Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.60041/jap.v4i2.438

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Podcast is an online media that provides content for listeners around the world. The purpose of this research was to determine the level of students listening skill and the difficulties for students in listening through podcast. The research that used descriptive method had a population of 134 people with Class X Fashion Design Department 2 that consisted of 33 students. The research instrument was a written test in 20 questions format and a podcast provided by the researcher in 30 minutes time period. This research used the rubric score that was adopted from Highline College Writing and score classification by Arikunto. This research also used 2 ways to analyze the data: mean and percentage. The results of the research stated that the average score of students in listening test was 67.67 and the lowest score in aspects of listening was to respond with 17.71%. In conclusion, all students in the class had a high level of listening and the most difficult aspect of listening for students to do was to respond.
VALIDITAS ANGKET FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHIKECANDUAN GAME ONLINEPADA SISWA SMA SWASTA SE-KOTAPADANG Nela Sari Yolanda Nela; Yessy Marzona
Ekasakti Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengabdian Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020): Ekasakti Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengabdian
Publisher : LPPM Universitas Ekasakti

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31933/ejpp.v1i1.92

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Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan untuk melihat faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kecanduan bermain game online. Melihat perkembangan game online saat ini, dampak negatifnya yaitu kecanduan. Oleh karena itu dibuatlah angket untuk melihat tingkat kecanduan siswa SMA swasta se-kota Padang. Sebelum angket disebarkan maka perlu diperlukan validasi terhadap angket. Angket di validasi oleh 3 validator yaitu 2 ahli matematika dan 1 ahli Bahasa. Aspek-aspek yang dinilai oleh validator adalah aspek Bahasa, aspek permasalahan dan aspek tujuan. Hasil validasi menunjukkan bahwa angket sudah valid dari setiap aspek yang dinilai.