Ratu Yulianti Natsir
Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar

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Journal : English Language Teaching Methodology (ELTM)

THE USE OF VOA (VOICE OF AMERICA) LEARNING ENGLISH TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL Afrida Rini Fitriwati; Siti Asriati; Ratu Yulianti Natsir
English Language Teaching Methodology Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): English Language Teaching Method
Publisher : FKIP Unismuh Makassar

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This research aimed to find out whether or not the use of VOA (Voice of America) Learning English improve the students’ speaking skill in terms of accuracy and fluency at tenth grade students of SMK Negeri 1 Pinrang. The researcher used pre-experimental design with one group pre-test post-test design. The researcher conducted pre-test, treatment and post-test in the total of six meetings. The sample was class X OTKP 2 (Otomatisasi dan Tata Kelola Perkantoran) which consisted of 19 students. The instrument of this research was speaking test.The result of the research showed that there was an improvement between pre-test and post-test. The mean score of post-test in accuracy (68.78) was higher than the mean score of pre-test (51.52). Thus, the improvement of students’ accuracy was 33.50%. Moreover, the mean score of post-test in fluency (70.52) was higher than the mean score of pre-test (53.31). Thus, the improvement of students’ fluency was 32.28%. Moreover, based on the data analysis, the t-test value of accuracy was higher than the t-table value (18.55>2.101) and the t-test value of fluency was also higher than t-table (19.55>2.101). It means the Null hypothesis (H0) was rejected and Alternative Hypothesis (H1) was accepted. Therefore, the researcher concluded that the use of VOA (Voice of America) Learning English can improve students’ speaking skill at tenth grade students of SMK Negeri 1 Pinrang.  
STUDENTS’ VOICES ON LECTURER’S SPEAKING TEACHING STRATEGIES AT MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF MAKASSAR Muhammad Ma’ruf Ramadhan H; Nurdevi Bte Abdul; Ratu Yulianti Natsir
English Language Teaching Methodology Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021): ELTM: Teaching Strategies
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The objective of the research was to find out the students’ perception of teaching strategies and what kind of teaching strategies Lecturers used in English Speaking course at the third semester of English Department in Muhammadiyah University from three classes. The researcher used a descriptive quantitative research as design method because it was comparable to collect the data from students’ perception and gave questionnaire to collecting the data. The sample of this research was fifth semester grade students of English Department which consist of 47 students from three classes. The sample was taken by used Purposive Sampling Technique. Based on the findings, it was found that students gave positive perception on the lecturers teaching strategies used in teaching English speaking course and most of the lecturers used Active learning teaching strategies, the positive response came from their experience in learning process. The result of the research indicated that based on the likers score analysis there were 43 (91% ) out of the students was categorized positive perception in which score classification is 61-100 and 4 (9%) of the students were in neutral perception, and there were 166 students who say more often towards active learning strategies than other leading strategies It was categorized that lecturers’ teaching strategies used in teaching English speaking course effective to apply, it helps the learning teaching process in the class.