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STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS TOWARD THE USE OF BLENDED LEARNING IN TEACHING ENGLISH OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STUDENTS AT UIN ALAUDDIN MAKASSAR Siti Juhairiyah; Mardiana; Sitti Nurpahmi; Nur Aliyah Nur
elstic : english language linguistics culture Vol 2 No 1 (2022): Volume 2, Number 1, April 2022
Publisher : Univeristas Islam Negeri (UIN) Alauddin Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (334.176 KB) | DOI: 10.24252/elstic-ij.v2i1.28448

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The purpose of this research is to find out students’ perception toward the use of blended learning. The research question of this research was “what is the students’ perceptions toward the use of blended learning in teaching English at the English Education Students in UIN Alauddin Makassar?”. The research sample and population are the English Education Department students with total number of populations were 98 students.This research applied a quantitative method with survey design, using total sampling where the data collected with online questionnaires. The questionnaires were formed by the researcher, using theories from some experts such as a theory about the learners’ knowledge by (Macdonald, 2008), a theory about the effectiveness of blended learning and theories about the benefits of blended learning by (Debra and John, 2010) and (Brown in Buket and Meryem, 2008). The data was analyzed by using the frequencies of Likert Scale and finding the mean score. The findings showed that the highest percentage of students’ response on the students’ perception toward the use of blended learning in teaching English was in the statement 9 namely “I like to learn at my own phase, that is why blended learning is interesting” with 82.24% which is from the effectiveness of blended learning, one of the aspects of question that are included in the questionnaires. And the lowest percentage was in the statement 18 namely “There is no difference between blended learning and any other methods” with 34.69% which also is the same aspect of question as the highest percentage, but was a unfavorable statement. Based on the research findings, the majority of students gave positive responses toward the use of blended learning in teaching English from the aspect of the effectiveness of blended learning itself and the mean score of students’ perceptions toward the use of blended learning was 3.47 which came from 67 positive responses.
The Effect of Using Picture Series in Teaching Narrative Text Mardiana Mardiana; Sitti Nurpahmi; Wiwi Satriani
ELTIES : English Language Teaching for EFL Learners Vol 5 No 1 (2023): Volume 5, Number 01, March 2023
Publisher : Universitas islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24252/elties.v5i1.25948

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The aim of this research is to find out the effectiveness of using picture series in teaching writing narrative text. The research problem is “To what extent is the use of picture series effective in teaching writing narrative text to the first year students at MAN 1 Makassar”. It is quasi-experimental research. The population is 439 students.The researcher uses purposive sampling technique in selecting the sample. The sample of this research is consisted of 79 students which divide into X MIA 1 as the experimental class and X MIA 2 as the controlled class. The data collection procedures is conducted by giving pre-test, treatment and post-test. In the first meeting, the researcher gives pre-test. Treatment is conducted by teaching narrative text using picture series in the experimental class which took six times meeting. The controlled class and experimental class are taught the same topic of narrative text. In the last meeting, the researcher gives post-test. The data is analyzed by using SPSS. The research findings shows that students obtain score on pre-test with the mean score 58.60 an d on the post-test with the mean score 78.67 as good classification. It is proved by the result of the statistical analysis of the level significance 0.05 with degree of freedom (df) 38 indicated t-test values of the students’ writing narrative text (3.293) is higher than t-table value (2.024). The effectiveness of picture series also can be seen from the effectiveness test. Afterwards, the results of the test is 0.47 (R<1). Based on the result of analysis, the researcher concludes that the use of picture series is effective in writing narrative text. The researcher finds that picture series helped the students in generating ideas. It shows that picture series can be an effective media in writing narrative text.