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The use of podcasts in improving students’ speaking skill Ahmad Bustari; Iskandar Abdul Samad; Diana Achmad
(JELE) Journal Of English Language and Education Vol 3, No 2 (2017)
Publisher : LPPM Universitas Mercu Buana Yogyakarta

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 AbstractPodcast is a digital recording which contains a recorded programs from television, radio, and interviews. Many researchers have discussed about the podcast as an alternative teaching media to support students developing their speaking skills. This research article aims at finding out if there is a significant improvement on students’ speaking skills by using this Podcast. Class XI IS3 was chosen as the sample of this study with total 30 students. This pre-experimental study employs pre-test and post-test. These tests are provided in the form of oral tests. The data from these tests were then calculated by using statistical formulas. The result showed that the post-test score was higher than the pre-test. The finding showed that there was a significant improvement of the students’ speaking skills performance after undertaking treatments. Thus, podcast media can be used as one of the alternative media in teaching English especially speaking skill in EFL classes. 
Teaching question sentences by using Five Fingers Technique Rahmi Daniati; Siti Sarah Fitriani; Diana Achmad
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 2: June 2017
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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Grammar has an important role in building good sentences. In learning grammar, the students are usually taught about phrases, clauses, sentences, and also question sentences. Tocreate question sentences, there is a technique that can be used by the students; this is called five fingers technique. Therefore, this research aims to find out whether five fingers technique can improve the students’ ability in making question sentences. The study was encouraged by the problems faced by the students in learning question sentences and the need of fun activity in teaching learning process. This study used one group pre-test and post-test design. The sample of the study was class VIII-1 which consisted of 29 students. Random sampling technique was used by the writer to choose the sample. Based on the tests results, where the score of post-test was higher than the score of pre-test, it can be concluded that using five fingers technique which use the fingers as the tool to memorize the types of question sentences (wh-question, yes/no question, positive tag question, negative tag question, and assumption question) can improve the students’ ability in making question sentences. Therefore, it is recommended for the teachers to use five fingers technique in teaching question sentences.
Numbered Head Together Technique on Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension Fahmi Risnaldi; Bustami Usman; Diana Achmad
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 1, No 2: December 2016
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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This study aims at investigating the impacts of the implementation of Numbered Heads Together technique perceived by the students on their reading comprehension and the impacts of the implementation of Numbered Heads Together technique perceived by the teacher on her students and the difficulties. Descriptive qualitative study design was undertaken by using purposive sampling. The instruments of this study were questionnaire items and interview guide. The collected data were analyzed by presenting them in the form of narration and three steps proposed by Miles and Huberman. The result of this study showed that the implementation of Numbered Heads Together technique gave positive impacts perceived by the students and the teacher. Their enthusiasm in learning can be higher, easier in accomplishing the difficult questions, more interested in group working, and easier in accomplishing the difficult questions. Thus, Numbered Heads Together technique can be used by the English teacher as one of the alternative teaching techniques in English particularly teaching reading in EFL classroom.