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THE USE OF SINGLE SLOT SUBSTITUTION DRILLS IN WRITING A DESCRIPTIVE TEXT Antonia, Tia; Rufinus, Albert; Susilawati, Endang
Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Khatulistiwa Vol 7, No 7 (2018): Juli 2018
Publisher : Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Khatulistiwa

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AbstractThe aim of this research is to improve students’ writing ability, especially in subject-verb agreement in simple present tense of a descriptive text. This research was conducted at the Grade Eight students of SMPN 22 Pontianak in academic year 2017/2018. In this research, the subject is class VIIIB that consists of 30 students. The researcher conducted a classroom action research. The data were collected by measurement technique. The tools of data collecting were observation checklist, field note, and test. Single slot substitution drills was used as the technique of improving writing ability in this research which was conducted in two cycles. The research findings showed that students’ individual score on the first cycle, there were 14 students of 30 students passed the test. On the second cycle, 23 students passed the test. The writing ability of a descriptive text of Grade Eight students of B class of SMPN 22 Pontianak in academic year 2017/2018 improved by single slot substitution drills technique. Keywords: Writing, descriptive text, single slot substitution drills. 
A Descriptive Study of the Students' Problems in English Reading Comprehension of X grade at SMAS AMKUR Sungai Pinyuh in the Academic year 2021/2022 Aditya, Denuk Ayu; Antonia, Tia
Proceedings International Conference on Teaching and Education (ICoTE) Vol 4, No 1 (2024): ICoTE Proceedings 3
Publisher : Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Tanjungpura

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This study investigates the problem of student English reading in the Senior High School of SMAS AMKUR Sungai Pinyuh in terms of types of material, reading tasks, and cognitive level of reading tasks. The participant of this study consists of 23 students of grade X Social Studies. The researchers used descriptive qualitative research to develop the material in teaching reading, especially for English subjects. Not only for the texts, vocabulary, and the information but also to build students"™ critical thinking in reading comprehension. The book used as the instrument is Bahasa Inggris SMA/MA/SMK/MAK Kelas X Edisi Revisi 2017 published by Pusat Kurikulum dan Perbukuan, Balitbang, Kemendikbud. The findings based on the teacher"™s observation from the students showed that some texts are too long and most of the time the readers do not suitable to the local contexts, the text used unfamiliar words to the students, and the books do not provide the list of vocabularies, used direct information to the answers of the questions after reading the text. Based on the research findings, the recommendation to improve students' reading comprehension is that the teacher needs to be more selective to know that the material is suitable for the students.