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Students Anxiety in Speaking English at Second Semester Students of English Department in Nommensen HKBP Medan Padang, Della Afriani Br; Pakpahan, Carolina; Lestari, Febrika Dwi
ALACRITY : Journal of Education Volume 4 Issue 3 Oktober 2024
Publisher : LPPPI Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52121/alacrity.v4i3.432

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This research aims to investigate students' anxiety in Speaking English at Second Semester Students of English Deparment in Nommensen HKBP University Medan. The objectives of this research are (1) to identify the factors or situations that make the students’ feel anxious when they are speak English and (2) to find out and describe the strategies to minimize anxiety for the student.The researcher used descriptive qualitative method, with phenomenology approach. The participants in this research were 25 students in 1 class. The instrument of the collecting data interview and questionnaire. Both of them were conducted online. The researcher gave several questions and questionnaires to be answered by students via Google Forms, and from the students' answers, the researcher saw that the students felt uncomfortable when speaking English, so that from this discomfort, a feeling of anxiety arose when they spoke English. The result of the research showed in two factors, they are internal factors (shyness, lack of self -confident, and fear of making mistakes, and the external factors (lack of preparation, limited vocabulary, and friends/classmates). And there were five strategies to minimize anxiety when speaking english showed in this research (preparation, relaxation, positive thinking, concentration and peer seeking).
an Analysis of Students Difficulties in Translating Poetry from Indonesian to English at the Second Grade of SMA Swasta HKBP Sidorame Medan Sembiring, Tasya Amelia; Tampublon, Sahlan; Pakpahan, Carolina
ALACRITY : Journal of Education Volume 5 Nomor 1 Februari 2025
Publisher : LPPPI Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52121/alacrity.v5i1.681

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This study focuses on knowing what kinds of difficulties were faced by second grade students of SMA Swasta HKBP Sidorame Medan while translating a poetry from Indonesian to English. This research used descriptive qualitative method used theory from Eggins (2004). The population of this research was second grade students of SMA HKBP Sidorame and the sample were 10 students from second grade.The source of data were 10 work sheets  of students translation result. Meanwhile, the data of this research were the sentences that contain a mistake or error in meaning after being translated to English language . The result of the study showed that students' struggles translating poetry from Indonesian to English due to a lack  of vocabulary. Students perform poorly while translating, particularly when it comes to stylistic translation.
Students Anxiety in Speaking English at Second Semester Students of English Department in Nommensen HKBP Medan Padang, Della Afriani Br; Pakpahan, Carolina; Lestari, Febrika Dwi
ALACRITY : Journal of Education Volume 4 Issue 3 Oktober 2024
Publisher : LPPPI Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52121/alacrity.v4i3.432

Abstract

This research aims to investigate students' anxiety in Speaking English at Second Semester Students of English Deparment in Nommensen HKBP University Medan. The objectives of this research are (1) to identify the factors or situations that make the students’ feel anxious when they are speak English and (2) to find out and describe the strategies to minimize anxiety for the student.The researcher used descriptive qualitative method, with phenomenology approach. The participants in this research were 25 students in 1 class. The instrument of the collecting data interview and questionnaire. Both of them were conducted online. The researcher gave several questions and questionnaires to be answered by students via Google Forms, and from the students' answers, the researcher saw that the students felt uncomfortable when speaking English, so that from this discomfort, a feeling of anxiety arose when they spoke English. The result of the research showed in two factors, they are internal factors (shyness, lack of self -confident, and fear of making mistakes, and the external factors (lack of preparation, limited vocabulary, and friends/classmates). And there were five strategies to minimize anxiety when speaking english showed in this research (preparation, relaxation, positive thinking, concentration and peer seeking).
an Analysis of Students Difficulties in Translating Poetry from Indonesian to English at the Second Grade of SMA Swasta HKBP Sidorame Medan Sembiring, Tasya Amelia; Tampublon, Sahlan; Pakpahan, Carolina
ALACRITY : Journal of Education Volume 5 Nomor 1 Februari 2025
Publisher : LPPPI Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52121/alacrity.v5i1.681

Abstract

This study focuses on knowing what kinds of difficulties were faced by second grade students of SMA Swasta HKBP Sidorame Medan while translating a poetry from Indonesian to English. This research used descriptive qualitative method used theory from Eggins (2004). The population of this research was second grade students of SMA HKBP Sidorame and the sample were 10 students from second grade.The source of data were 10 work sheets  of students translation result. Meanwhile, the data of this research were the sentences that contain a mistake or error in meaning after being translated to English language . The result of the study showed that students' struggles translating poetry from Indonesian to English due to a lack  of vocabulary. Students perform poorly while translating, particularly when it comes to stylistic translation.