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Improving Speaking Ability of the Second Year Students of SMK Negeri 1 Sinjai Through Small Group Discussion Bahrun, St Rahmaniah
JLE: Journal of Literate of English Education Study Program Vol 1 No 1 (2020): Volume 1 Number 1 July 2020
Publisher : Universitas Islam Ahmad Dahlan (UIAD)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47435/jle.v1i01.381

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The objective of this research is to find out the improvement of studentsspeaking ability through small group discussion. The researcher applied quasiexperimental method. The population of this research is the second year students ofSMK Negeri 1 Sinjai. The researcher used total sampling technique, where two classeswere taken as sample, class of 2 AK 1 consisting of 20 students as the experimentalgroup, and class of 2 AK 2 with 20 students as a control class. The findings of the studyshowed that small group discussion activated the students. The result of data analysisshows that t-test value is greater than t-table value (4.81 > 2.042) at level of significance(p) = .05 with degree of freedom (df) = 19. It means that there is a significant differenceof speaking skill between two groups and it indicates that null hypothesis (H0) isrejected and alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted. It is also supported by theobservation checklist analysis that shows the students’ progress from each treatment.Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of small group discussion can improve thestudents’ speaking skill.
The Use of Code-Switching in English Foreign Language Classroom of SMKN 2 Sinjai Bahrun, St Rahmaniah; Aminah, Sitti
JLE: Journal of Literate of English Education Study Program Vol 1 No 1 (2020): Volume 1 Number 1 July 2020
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47435/jle.v1i01.382

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This research aims at finding out (1) the types of code-switching used by the teachers in theforeign language classroom, (2) functions of code switching used by the teachers in the foreignlanguage classroom, and (3) the implication of code-switching on TEFL. The research employeddescriptive qualitative research design. The subjects were three English teachers of SMKN 2 Sinjai.All of them used Buginese language in their daily life but in class they used Indonesian language asmother tongue and English language as target language. The researcher findings that there are fivetypes of code-switching that used by the teachers in teaching and learning process. Those were intersentential code-switching, intra-sentential code-switching, extra-sentential or tag switching,establishing continuity with the previous speaker and emblematic. The data had shown that there weresix functions’ code-switching. Those were topic switch, reiteration, checking the studentsunderstanding, for instruction, grammar translation and explanation, inserting humor and expressemotion. The implication of code-switching on TELF was very useful because it can be used as amethod or strategy in explaining English materials, motivating the students to speak specially for lowlevel students, analyzing problem and encourage them to pay attention when the teacher explainingmaterial.
Variation of Politeness Strategies Among the English Education Students at Islamic Institute of Muhammadiyah Sinjai Bahrun, St Rahmaniah; Putri , A. Mentari Nurul
JLE: Journal of Literate of English Education Study Program Vol 1 No 2 (2020): Volume 1 Number 2 December 2020
Publisher : Universitas Islam Ahmad Dahlan (UIAD)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47435/jle.v1i2.511

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This study aims to find variations in the use of student politeness strategies in Islamic Institute of Muhammadiyah Sinjai. The researcher applied a descriptive qualitative research method. The participants of this research were 5th semester of English Education program consisting 34 students. The observation administered and mainly observed during the teaching and learning process in the classroom. The transcriptions were analyzed and discussed based on the theory of politeness of Brown and Levinson (1987). The findings from this study show that English students used different kinds of expressions to encode their politeness in the class. Those expressions were in the forms of greetings, thanking, addressing terms, apologizing, asking permission, rejecting, and fillers. There are also several terms comes from the student's regional language which is used as a form of their politeness. These expressions are categorized as positive and negative politeness.