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Joyful Learning as a Worthwhile Instructional Activity for English Beginner Students in the Post Covid 19 Pandemic Era Maming, Khadijah; Patahuddin; A, Nasrullah; Sianna; Arsyad, Nur Ainun
Ethical Lingua: Journal of Language Teaching and Literature Vol. 10 No. 1 (2023): volume 10 No 1 2023
Publisher : Universitas Cokroaminoto Palopo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30605/25409190.569

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, there were many ways that schools used to keep learning going, and one of the learning approaches that are meaningful and fun in the child's world is joyful Learning. SDIT Al-Furqan located in Enrekang regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, also felt the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The most visible effect is that their enthusiasm for Learning has decreased because they have been "sent home" for a long time. The researchers concluded that using children's songs will be easy to gain success in their listening goal and make the students more interested in learning English. For this reason, English for beginners in the new normal era through joyful Learning can be used as a choice to restore the learning mood of students. Joyful Learning assumed as a worthwhile learning activity in English. The researcher applied a pre-experimental class design with one group pretest and posttest design. The population of this research was fifth-grade students of SDIT AL-Furqan, Indonesia. The data analysis showed that the joyful learning method positively impacts the students. It was proved by the students' mean score in pretest was better than in posttest. Moreover, the students also give their positive perceptions of implementing joyful Learning. Briefly, joyful learning activities positively affect beginner elementary school students' English achievement.
Existence of English Meeting Club in Supporting the English-Speaking Skill of University Students: Their Constructive Voices Maming, Khadijah; Sianna; Hasman; Maria Elaine A Cabuso; Eka Sasmita
Eduvelop: Journal of English Education and Development Vol 7 No 2 (2024): Eduvelop: Journal of English Education and Development
Publisher : Universitas Sulawesi Barat

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31605/eduvelop.v7i2.3656

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This study aimed to find out the students’ perception on English meeting club to support their English-speaking skill. The subject of this study were students at Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Parepare who are the members of English meeting club in LIBAM (Lintas Imajinasi Bahasa Mahasiswa). This study was case study of descriptive qualitative. There are seven students participated as research respondent. This study used interview as a research instrument. From the result of interview, majority of students had the perception that the English club was able to improve their speaking skill. They experienced development when speaking English in English meeting club such as no longer filler words anymore, can pronounce words properly, speaking correctly and know more about grammar. In addition, after joining English meeting club, they become more confident to speak in front of people. They also taught and trained to teach English at the junior and senior high school which is called TOT (Training of Trainer) in preparation for becoming tutor in the school-built program and English camp provided by LIBAM in several schools. The researchers concluded that the students had the perception that the English club was able to improve and support in developing English speaking skill. They are also more interested being taught by cheerful tutors in informal situations preferred in regular class, so the English meeting club provides students with a place to practice speaking English well without fear of making mistakes and it is appropriate media to improve students' speaking skill.
STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON VIDEO MAKING TASK TOWARDS THEIR SPEAKING SKILL Nurhasanah; Salasiah; Sianna
La Parole : Journal of Language Teaching and Pedagogy Vol. 2 No. 1 (2019): La Parole: Journal of Language Teaching and Pedagogy
Publisher : Pusat Pengembangan Publikasi dan Hak Kekayaan Intelektual Universitas Muhammadiyah Parepare

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31850/laparole.v2i1.2353

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The aimed of this study was to knowing students' perceptions about the task of making videos on English speaking skills of English department of Universitas Muhammadiyah Parepare. This study also aims at how the effect of using video making tasks on students' speaking skills. And this research is expected to increase knowledge and information in the teaching and learning process. To improve students' speaking understanding, researchers used qualitative research methods. The subjects in this study were the 8th of English department of Universitas Muhammadiyah Parepare in the force 2016, totaling 10 people. In addition, data was collected through interviews. The results showed that students generally liked the video making task and could improve their speaking skills. The task of making this video is to develop speaking components such as vocabulary, pronunciation, and fluency in speaking. Researchers also found several advantages of the video making task from student perceptions, namely: making students able to use technology, increasing creativity, increasing self-confidence, and making students challenged to deepen language.
FOSTERING STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION BY USING WHISPERING TONGUE TWISTER Asriani; Maming, Khadijah; Sianna; Sahabuddin, Ilham
NIVEDANA : Jurnal Komunikasi dan Bahasa Vol. 6 No. 1 (2025): NIVEDANA: Jurnal Komunikasi & Bahasa
Publisher : Sekolah Tinggi Agama Buddha Negeri Raden Wijaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53565/nivedana.v6i1.1250

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This study was designed based on the results of observations of the pronunciation skills of eighth grade students at SMPN 1 Parepare, South Sulawesi. Many average students' pronunciation skills are categorized as low, making it difficult to speak English. The researcherss provide solutions by teaching pronunciation using the whispering tongue twister method to students with the concept of playing while learning. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to find out whether the use of the whispering Tongue Twister method can help students' pronunciation. The researcherss used the pre-experimental method with a group pretest and post-test design. The population of this study included all VIII grade students at SMPN 1 Parepare, with a sample size of 32 students in class VIII.4 as the experimental class. The sample selection used the purposive sampling technique and data collection using pretest and post-tests with the text read. The treatment was done in four meetings with two aspects of assessment, namely accuracy and fluency. In analyzing the data, researcherss used SPSS 29. The results of the data analysis show an improvement in student pronunciation. This is evidenced by the average score on the initial test of students, which is 33.84 and the average score on the final test of students, which is 45.84. After analyzing the data, the result of the probability is 0.001 and the significance value is 0.05. This indicates that H0 was rejected and H1 was rejected. It can be concluded that the use of the Whispering Tongue Twister method can foster students' pronunciation at SMPN 1 Parepare in the 2023/2024 school year.