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Teachers’ Strategies in Teaching Speaking at MAN 2 Padang Utami EZ, Fany Tri; Amri, Zul
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 13, No 1 (2024)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v13i1.127259

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Speaking is one of the language skills that students must master, even though it is not easy. Teacher must implement appropriate teaching strategies to overcome students’ speaking difficulties. This study aimed to find out the teachers' strategies in teaching speaking at MAN 2 Padang and the students’ perceptions of the strategies in teaching speaking. This research was descriptive research with a mixed approach that combines qualitative and quantitative data. The samples for this research were three English teachers and the students of three classes where the observations were carried out. The instrument were observation, interviews, and questionnaire. Observation and interview data were analyzed by activating data, making transcripts, and drawing conclusions. Quesinoer data was analyzed using Excel. The results of this research indicate that teacher A used live listening, drilling and chant, writing task, discussion, presentation, and outside-class speaking strategies. The students’ perceptions of Teacher A’s strategies were good with average perception results ≥76%. Teacher B uses recording and transcript, live listening, drilling, writing task, dialogue, role-play, and discussion strategies. The students’ perceptions of Teacher B’s strategies were quite good with average perception results ≤75%. Teacher C uses live listening, writing task, dialogue, role-play, discussion and debate, and presentation strategies. The students’ perceptions of Teacher C’s strategies were good with average perception results ≥76%. It can be concluded that the teachers at MAN 2 Padang use recording and transcript, live listening, drilling and chant, writing task, dialogue, role-play, discussion and debate, presentation, and outside-class speaking strategies in teaching speaking and students’ perceptions of the strategies were good. 
An Analysis of Student Speaking Competence and Student Speaking Activity at MTsN Nurul Islam Islamic Boarding School Fazira, Hirodian Nurul; Amri, Zul
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 13, No 3 (2024)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v13i3.130192

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This research was conducted to find out the level of students speaking competence of grade VIII MTsN Nurul Islam Islamic Boarding School, and the activities undertaken by students to hone their speaking competence. This descriptive research used a qualitative method. The participant consisted of 33 students of grade VIII Nurul Islam Islamic Boarding school. The research instrument are documentation and observation. The documentation used in this research is the score of students speaking examination. While the observation used for analyze the activities of the students. the study instrument comprises the documentation findings, were analyzed using SPSS 26 for Windows and Pearson Product Moments. Based on the research analysis, it was found that the level of students speaking competence is the good level with the mean score was 73.39. on the other hand, there are several speaking activities researcher assumed as support for students speaking competence of MTsN Nurul Islam Islamic Boarding School. In the classroom, teachers initiate discussions to foster active participation and critical thinking, engage students in question-and-answer sessions to reinforce learning, and organize group presentations on specific topics to encourage teamwork and public speaking. Additionally, communication games like "Two Truths and a Lie" are used to maintain interest and improve verbal fluency. Daily activities include bi-weekly public speaking sessions where students present memorized speeches, weekly conversation practices where students engage in dialogues based on provided texts, and regular vocabulary exercises where students learn and use new words in sentences, with periodic assessments to ensure retention.
Students’ Interest in Learning English with Teachers who Use Humor in Teaching and Learning Process at SMKN 53 Jakarta Rinaldi, Ade; Amri, Zul
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 13, No 1 (2024)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v13i1.127623

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The English learning process was considered difficult and boring for students. This made students lose interest in learning English. Students' interest in learning could emerge through a fun learning process. One way that teachers could use to create a fun learning process was to use humor. In this study, researcher tried to find out students' interest in learning English with teachers who used humor in the teaching and learning process. The population was 12th grade students from SMKN 53 Jakarta while the sample was four classes of 12th grade students at SMKN 53 who were collected using purposive sampling technique. The total participants in this study were 100 students who were collected using questionnaires and strengthened by interviews. This study used a descriptive quantitative method. The data analysis technique used for the questionnaire was the basic method of descriptive statistical analysis while in analyzing interview data researcher used data presentation. Based on the data obtained and analyzed, it was known that students' interest in learning English with teachers who used humor was very high. This could be seen from the average value of 3.352 for feeling pleasure, 3,138 for students’ engagement, 3.2 for students’ attention, and 3.0925 for students’ involvement. The results of the interview data also supported this statement.