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Teaching English Grammar and Maintaining Students’ Learning Motivation through Humour Stories Asfi Aniuranti; M. Happy Nur Tsani; Yasinta Wulandari
Scope : Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7, No 2 (2023): Scope: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : Pusat Studi Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30998/scope.v7i2.14770

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English structure is one of the principal elements considered problematic by many students. Therefore, every teacher is always encouraged to use the effective teaching ways. One of the proposed ways in teaching English grammar is using media like humour stories. As suggested teaching media, humour stories require an examination. Therefore, this research attempts at finding out the effectiveness of humour stories to teach grammar and maintaining students’ learning motivation. The method employed was quasi-experimental research. The instruments used were a test, questionnaire, and field note. The participants of this study were two classes of English Language Teaching Department. The students learnt some grammar topics such as past simple, present perfect, passive voice of past tense, passive voice of present perfect, passive voice of present simple, passive voice of present continuous, passive voice of present future, relative clause, and noun clause. The results reveal that humour is an effective teaching media for grammar. The significance of 2-tailed (0.035) was lower than 0.05. There is a significant difference between control and experimental group. Furthermore, the result of the questionnaire shows that the usage of humour positively influenced the learners’ motivation. The observation results also reveal that the teaching atmosphere in the experimental class is getting better in each meeting. 
A MORPHOLOGICAL ERRORS ANALYSIS IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS WRITTEN BY THE STUDENTS Isnaeni Fitriana Aziz; Asfi Aniuranti; Yasinta Wulandari
Economics, Social, and Humanities Journal (Esochum) Vol. 2 No. 2 (2023): Economics, Social, and Humanities Journal (Esochum)
Publisher : Faculty of Social, Economics and Humanities

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This research aimed to find out the types of morphological errors in descriptive texts and the causes of the errors. The research type was error analysis research. The techniques of collecting the data were written test and documentation. The subject of this research was the first-grade students of SMK Ma’arif NU 2 Ajibarang. The data gathered were analyzed using several relevant theories. The data analysis revealed that there were six types of morphological error called third-person singular error, article error, omission of noun plural, additional of noun plural, inflectional error, and possessive case error. Furthermore, the possible causes of the errors were incomplete of rule restriction, ignorance of the rule restriction, interlingual error, and carelessness.
Pelatihan TOEFL sebagai Upaya Peningkatan TOEFL Score Para Dosen dan Mahasiswa Asfi Aniuranti; Naeli Rosyidah; Yasinta Wulandari
Madaniya Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024)
Publisher : Pusat Studi Bahasa dan Publikasi Ilmiah

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53696/27214834.762

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Tes TOEFL merupakan salah satu tes yang banyak dibutuhkan untuk kegiatan-kegiatan akademik seperti syarat kelulusan, syarat mendaftar beasiswa, bahkan syarat kenaikan jabatan. Pentingnya penguasaan TOEFL membuat pelatihan TOEFL begitu diminati oleh berbagai kalangan termasuk dosen dan mahasiswa. Oleh karena itu, tim pengabdian merasa perlu untuk mengadakan pelatihan TOEFL bagi berbagai kalangan. Bekerja sama dengan Balai Latihan Kerja Komunitas (BLKK) Darussalam, tim pengabdian mengadakan pelatihan TOEFL yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan score TOEFL para peserta yang terdiri dari mahasiswa dan dosen. Pelatihan dilakukan secara intens selama 12 kali pertemuan. Setelah pelatihan selesai, nilai TOEFL peserta mengalami kenaikan dari nilai rerata 400 menjadi 430. Tanggapan peserta mengenai rangkaian kegiatan pelatihan juga cenderung positif. Hasil angket menunjukkan bahwa masing-masing item pada angket mendapatkan persentase tertinggi pada pilihan setuju dan sangat setuju. Kesimpulannya, pelatihan membawa dampak yang positif yang dibuktikan dengan adanya kenaikan nilai TOEFL dan tanggapan yang positif dari peserta pelatihan.
Effective Feedback to Improve Students’ Writing Skills Wulandari, Yasinta
Educalitra: English Education, Linguistics, and Literature Journal Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022)
Publisher : English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Social, Economics, and Humanities, University of Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto

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Feedback is one of the important elements of teaching and learning which aims to help learners to improve their quality of learning, including in writing activity. This research aims at conducting a library research on how teachers can give their effective feedback in writing classes. Several opinions by experts and previous research related to feedback for writing skills are compiled to provide some strategies that can be used by the teachers for giving effective feedback in writing activity. It is found that by considering the students’ need and purposes of writing, effective feedback that given by teachers can help the learners to know their level of proficiency and their weaknesses. By doing this, students can appreciate their own achievement and fix their weaknesses to make betterment in writing. Teachers can decide which certain kinds of feedback based on the writing purposes and the students’ needs. Therefore, by giving effective feedback, teachers are expected to encourage students’ motivation in improving their writing skills. And it is hoped that the further research will provide in information about oral and written feedback for writing activity.
Exploring the Effectiveness of Babad Pasirluhur Story to Teach Past Simple and Students’ Perspective on Its Usage Insif, Ahmad Iqwamul; Aniuranti, Asfi; Wulandari, Yasinta
Educalitra: English Education, Linguistics, and Literature Journal Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022)
Publisher : English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Social, Economics, and Humanities, University of Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto

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The purposes of this study were to investigate the effectiveness of a local story entitled Babad Pasirluhur for teaching past simple and students’ voices on its usage. Therefore, the method employed was quasi-experimental research, and the instruments used were a multiple-choice item test and a closed questionnaire. The result revealed that Babad Pasirluhur story was effective to teach past simple because the value of Mann Whitney test result (97.5) was lower than Mann Whitney table (324). The significance level was 0.05. Furthermore, the result of the questionnaire showed that most of the students had positive responses toward Babad Pasirluhur. Overall, a local story entitled Babad Pasirluhur was effective to teach past simple, and the students mostly gave positive responses to the story.
Exploring English Idioms in the Song Lyrics of the "Cannot Be, Whatsoever" Album by Novo Amor Aditya, Tasya Devi; Faiza, Dinar; Wulandari, Yasinta
Educalitra: English Education, Linguistics, and Literature Journal Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023)
Publisher : English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Social, Economics, and Humanities, University of Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto

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This research aimed to find the types of idioms in the song lyrics of the Cannot Be, Whatsoever album by Novo Amor. This research used descriptive research with synchronic linguistics analysis. The researcher analyzed 9 (nine) songs. They are Opaline, I Feel Better, Decimal, No Plans, Birdcage, Keep Me, Halloween, If Were Being Honest, and Guest Book. The researcher analyzed the idiomatic expression types using the theory of Makkai (1994), which classifies the idioms based on their structure. Besides that, the researcher used idiom similarity in the idiom dictionary to find the meaning of the idioms. From the analysis, the researcher found 63 idiomatic expressions in the song lyrics of the songs in the Cannot Be, Whatsoever album by Novo Amor. The idiom types according to Makkais theory that was found in this album were 10 Phrasal Verb Idioms, 44 Tournure Idioms, 1 Irreversible Binomial Idioms, and 8 Phrasal Compound Idioms. It can be said that the dominant type of Makkais theory in this albums songs is the Tournure Idiom, and the least type is the Irreversible Binomial Idiom.
Revisiting Newmark’s Theory of Translation: To What Extent Is It Appropriate? Budiman, Asep; Wulandari, Yasinta; Rosyidah, Naeli
Educalitra: English Education, Linguistics, and Literature Journal Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023)
Publisher : English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Social, Economics, and Humanities, University of Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto

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In the twentieth century, when the study of cultural anthropology suggested that linguistic barriers were insuperable and that language was entirely the product of culture, the translation must be as literal as possible. This resulted in confusion among translators when translating a text, not until they were illuminated by Peter Newmark’s "Approaches to Translation". Newmark's idea has been widely used in translator training courses and combines a wealth of practical examples of linguistic theories of meaning with practical applications for translation. However, in this twenty-first century where translation becomes more complex (e.g. political agenda), Newmark’s theory seems to have a deficiency as it does not pay attention to the role of the translators. Therefore, the translation theory needs to be broadened to take into account the value-driven of the human yardstick framework. The present paper aims to provide a critical evaluation of Newmark's theory of translation and to suggest a new theory. It is concluded that Newmark's theory lacks some important criteria to really reach appropriate translation in some cases. Finally, the “Appropriateness Theory” proposed by Woesler (2021, 2) comes to perfect the previous theories and to meet the demands of this twenty-first century translation.
PELATIHAN STORYTELLING BAGI ANGGOTA IKATAN PELAJAR PUTRI NAHDLATUL ULAMA (IPPNU) DESA KEDUNGBANTENG SEBAGAI UPAYA PENINGKATAN KETERAMPILAN BERBICARA BAHASA INGGRIS Yasinta Wulandari; Asfi Aniuranti; M.Happy Nur Tsani
Jubaedah : Jurnal Pengabdian dan Edukasi Sekolah (Indonesian Journal of Community Services and School Education) Vol. 3 No. 1 (2023): Jurnal Pengabdian dan Edukasi Sekolah (Jubaedah)
Publisher : LPPM Universitas Bina Bangsa

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46306/jub.v3i1.122

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Comunication ability is one of the soft skills that is supposed to be mastered by youth in this modern era. This ability can be trained by doing lots of social activities at schools or community. Organisation for youth is one of the places that can be used to improve this communication ability. Communicating in English is now becoming important in all aspects, for example, education, business, health, technologies, etc. Therefore, being able to communicate in English is needed. However, many people still think that communicating in English is difficult. One of them is IPPNU Kedungbanteng members. They still found difficulties and felt unconfident to communicate in English. Therefore, storytelling training was done because this interesting method can be used to improve confidence in communication. The participants of the training were given material related to concept of storytelling and how to prepare storytelling. The result shows that the participants gave positive responses toward the training activities and storytelling
THE CHALLENGES FACED BY ENGLISH TEACHERS AT VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS IN KARANGLEWAS IN IMPLEMENTING MERDEKA CURRICULUM AND RELEVANT SOLUTIONS Toyibah, Ummi Anisatul; Wulandari, Yasinta; Aniuranti, Asfi
Economics, Social, and Humanities Journal (Esochum) Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024): Economics, Social, and Humanities Journal (Esochum)
Publisher : Faculty of Social, Economics and Humanities

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This research is aimed to find out the English teachers’ challenges in implementing Merdeka Curriculum at vocational high schools and the solutions or ways the teachers addressed those challenges. This research used descriptive qualitative research method. The subjects of this research were two English teachers from two vocational high schools in Karanglewas District. The techniques for collecting the data of this research were interview, observation, and documentation. In analyzing the data, the researcher used three steps called data reduction, data display, and conclusions. The results of the study showed that English teachers at Karanglewas Vocational Schools have challenges in implementing Merdeka Curriculum. The challenges were categorized into two, they were internal challenges which originated from the teachers themselves, and external challenges which originated from students, government, and learning or school facilities. The internal challenges were teachers’ ability in using ICT tools, teachers’ capability in determining methods, and adjusting the time allocation and learning activities. While the external challenges were related to practical curriculum given by the government, students’ ability and skills, inadequate learning facilities and resources, and the school proximity to the railways. The results of this study also describe solutions that teachers have taken to overcome these challenges, such as learning by doing, using exciting learning method, motivating students, keeping students focused in learning, conducting listening session with an audio speaker in classroom, and providing e-books as students’ handbook.