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CRAFTING MEDIA TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH VOCABULARY Permana, Dira; Qomariyah, Siti Syafi'atul
Jo-ELT (Journal of English Language Teaching)Fakultas Pendidikan Bahasa dan Seni Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Vol 5, No 1 (2018)
Publisher : IKIP Mataram

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This study aims at (1) seeking whether or not crafting media is able to enhance students? English vocabulary of fourth grade at SDIT Anak Sholeh Mataram and (2) elaborating on how Craftingmedia is implemented to enhance students? English vocabulary of fourth grade at SDIT Anak Soleh Mataram. This study used Classroom Action Research (CAR) with test, observation, and documentation as the instruments of gaining data. Based on data findings, the mean score of pretest was 80.7 and posttest was 88.9. This significant gap in scores between pretest and posttest (8.2) implied there had been enhancement in students? English vocabulary achievement as the students were taught by using Crafting media. Crafting media was implemented through several related phases which presented students? direct and active selves-involvement to pump up the students? learning motivation to recognize various objects their surroundings. Thus, it can be concluded that Crafting media is able to enhance students? English vocabulary learning of fourth grade at SDIT Anak Sholeh Mataram. Furthermore, Crafting also could help the students drive their motor and language skills. Therefore, it is expected that English teachers use Crafting media as an alternative teaching media to enhance students? vocabulary in the English class learning.
THE APPLICATION OF THE LEARNING STRATEGY TO IMPROVE THE SPEAKING SKILL OF THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS AT SMA UII YOGYAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 Permana, Dira
Jo-ELT (Journal of English Language Teaching) Fakultas Pendidikan Bahasa & Seni Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris IKIP Vol 1, No 1 (2014)
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The objectives of this study were to identify the problems of the second grade students in speaking English and to discover the effective steps of the learning strategy to improve the speaking skill of the second grade students at SMA UII in the academic year 2011/2012. This study applied a classroom action research and was conducted in two cycles consisting of planning, acting, observing, evaluating, and reflecting. Subjects of the research were the second grade students of SMA UII in the academic year 2011/2012. Data collecting techniques used were observation, interview, diary and speaking test. Data analysis techniques used were descriptive analysis. Based on the research, there were four strategies applied in cycle I, i.e., the strategies of asking for clarification or verification, grouping, repeating and placing new words into a context. The result of strategies application in cycle I gave positive and negative responses that it did not give much significance to the students? speaking skill. The highest speaking score of the students in cycle I was 18. Therefore, revision was done. There were two strategies that must be revised in cycle II, which were the strategies of grouping and repeating. As the revision was done in cycle II, students showed positive response and gave significant improvement to the students? speaking skill. The highest speaking score of the students in cycle II was 27. Thus, it can be concluded that the learning strategy is successfully implemented and improves the speaking skill of the second grade students at SMA UII in the academic year 2011/2012.