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English Teachers’ Perceptions on the Use of Technology-Based Media in Teaching English during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Study at SMA N 9 Padang Olaff Yoki Ardena; Sitti Fatimah
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 10, No 2 (2021)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v10i2.112480

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Digital media is a blend of technology and content, and building digital media products requires teams of professionals with diverse skills, including technical skills, artistic skills, analytical and production of coordination skills. All of these skills need to be balanced on a team, with all team members focused on creating the best user experience. This study is limited to focusing on teachers in the use of digital-based technology media in English learning in Senior High School. The instruments of this research were a questionnaire test and a teacher’s perception questionnaire. The test consisted of 50 questions and the questionnaire consisted of four indicators of the benefits of the teachers. The population of this research is the teachers of SMAN 9 Padang. The result shows that technology media more effective for English teachers. The mean score on the questionnaire was 1.02.
TEACHING SPEAKING USING INSIDE-OUTSIDE CIRCLE METHOD FOR SENIOR HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS Evan Evan; Sitti Fatimah
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7, No 3 (2018)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (672.505 KB) | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v7i3.101098

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Speaking is an interactive process of constructing meaning that can involveproducing and receiving and processing information. it is very important productive skillin our daily life as a connector for each other. The purpose of this article is to explain how the implementation steps of this method in speaking lesson  to senior high school student.IOC is a strategy to increase students' activeness in learning,it is suitable with the curriculum 2013, in that curriculum students must be active in the learning process. So, the writer chooses this method because IOC is a cooperative learning which students can learn together and more active in the class.
The Use of Cohesive Devices in Academic Writing Written by English Language and Literature Department Students Elvia Wilfitri; Sitti Fatimah
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 9, No 3 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v9i3.109340

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This research was aimed to find out and analyse the type of Cohesive Devices used, and errors made by English Department Students at Universitas Negeri Padang in academic writing. This research was classified as descriptive qualitative research. The instruments used in this research were students’ writing task documents and tables. The documents were the students’ final academic writing products in the forms of mini theses focusing on the background of the problem. The data was taken by simple random sampling which resulting 25 academic writing product of English Department Student at Universitas Ngeri Padang of academic year 2017. The results in this research showed that the students use all types of the cohesive devices, but they only use a small amount of examples from each the types. Next, there are 102 transitions signals are used appropriately and 36 were used inappropriately. Then, 368 repetitions of key words or nouns are used appropriately and 25 are used inappropriately. The last 447 consistent pronouns are appropriately used and 115 are appropriately used.
THE USE OF PRO WRITING AID WEB IN EDITING STUDENTS WRITING Aisyah Nasution; Sitti Fatimah
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7, No 2 (2018)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (771.584 KB) | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v7i2.9802

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Writing is an important skill in English. If the students are good in writing, they will be good in having interactions with other people. There are some problems faced by SHS students in learning writing. The problems are related to the teachers who are not creative in teaching writing. Pro Writing Aid is expected to solve the problems. Using pro writing aid in teaching writing could make the learning process become more interesting. The Web is easy to use, and it will help teachers in explaining the materials to the students. Through pro writing aid, teachers can teach students about writing effectively, and the students can learn by themselves to gain the information.
UNP Chemistry Students’ Perception of Using References Written in English Diah Fauzanah; Sitti Fatimah
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 8, No 3 (2019)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (1256.799 KB) | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v8i3.105495

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Chemical Department has used references including some textbooks written in English as the medium of instruction in teaching and learning process. Some students find difficulties to understand textbooks written in English because of some reasons which brings out different perceptions about the use of references in English to the student. This research aims to find out Chemistry students’ perception of using refernces written in English. This research is a quantitative research which used descriptive method. There were 56 Chemistry students as the sample of this research which choosen by using cluster sampling technique. The istrument used in this research is the questionnaire about students’ perception which based on three perception indicator; absorption, understanding and evaluation. The findings shows that the students have positive perception toward the use of refernces written in English viewed from absorption and evaluation indicator, and negative perception viewed from understanding indicator.
An Analysis of Speaking Anxiety Experienced by Tourism And Hospitality Department Students of SMKN 6 Padang Laksmi Riadi Ningsih; Sitti Fatimah
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 9, No 1 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (825.609 KB) | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v9i1.108174

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Speaking is one of the ways to communicate that is mostly used by people to interact with others. However, some people feel anxious to speak in English. This research was conducted to find out the factor and the level of speaking anxiety experienced by Tourism and Hospitality students of SMKN 6 Padang. The subject of this research was 59 students from grade 12th of tourism and hospitality department. The data was collected by using quantitative descriptive method. The research instruments were questionnaire and interview. There were two questionnaires used such as FLCAS and FLSAS questionnaire. Each questionnaire consists of 33 statements. Based on the data analysis, it was found the dominant factors of students’ speaking anxiety was fear of speaking test. On the other hand, the level of students’ speaking anxiety from two questionnaires were in medium level with percentage from FLCAS was 75%, and from FLSAS questionnaire was 71%. It can be concluded that students felt anxious because of some causes such as mispronunciation, afraid of making mistakes, lack of vocabulary, and think that friend is better than themselves.
TEACHING WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT BY USING WEBTOON DIGITAL COMIC TO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Raulan Raulan; Sitti Fatimah
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7, No 4 (2018)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (735.631 KB) | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v7i4.101305

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Writing narrative text might be an unattractive activity for high school students. It is considered be a hard work, students find difficulty in arranging the sentences because lack of literacy and ideas. Here, author suggests the use of Webtoon digital comic to help teacher in teaching writing narrative text in order help students to organize and develop ideas. In process of writing narrative text, author uses five phases: pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing, where the activity in one of the phases is read Webtoon digital comic as an activity to enhance students in generating ideas. This activity does not include any papers at all since the activity is done by using Smartphone and laptop connected with internet. By integrating the use of ICT in this learning activity, it is hoped teacher and students might increase the awareness of ICT implementation to facilitate the learning activity.
An Analysis of English Speaking Activities Found in The Textbook “Bahasa Inggris Untuk Siswa SMA-MA SMK-MAK KELAS X” Anisa Fitri Wulandari; Ratmanida Ratmanida; Sitti Fatimah
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 8, No 1 (2019)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (1092.436 KB) | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v8i1.103063

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 This research is a descriptive research that is aimed to describe the types and the degree of communicativeness of speaking activities found in the textbook entitled Bahasa Inggris UntukSiswa SMA-MA/ SMK-MAK Kelas X published by YramaWidya. The data was gained by using two data formats. The first data format is a table to gain the types of speaking activities in the textbook. The second data format is adapted from Littlewood (2004) which has rank and criteria in each level of communicativeness of the activity. The result of this research revealed that the textbook has relatively varied speaking activities namely role play, drill, discussion, interview, information gap activity, reporting, and storytelling. Also, the degree of communicativeness of the speaking activities in the textbook is above average.
Students’ Ability in Understanding Dangling Modifiers at Universitas Negeri Padang Humaira Utami Putri; Sitti Fatimah
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 9, No 1 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (991.006 KB) | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v9i1.108114

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Dangling modifiers is a problem in sentence structure where there is a mismatch between what the writer or speaker means and what the reader or listener means. This problem will certainly cause a misunderstanding. This study aimed to determine the ability of students to understand dangling modifiers and find out the types of dangling modifiers that were most frequently answered incorrectly by students. This research is a descriptive quantitative study. The population of this study was 35 students from K-2017 English Language Education. Samples were taken using the stratified cluster sampling method. Data were collected through grammar test. The data were given a general score and each part of the test is designed to determine students' ability in understanding dangling modifiers. It was found that the ability of third-year students to understand dangling modifiers was poor because the average score was 49. To find out the type of dangling modifiers that were most answered incorrectly, each answer error in each type of dangling modifiers would be added so that found 55% errors in dangling elliptical clause type. It can be concluded that students need to be aware of logic and illogical sentences (dangling modifiers).
Common Pronunciation Errors Made by Students of English Language and Literature Department at Universitas Negeri Padang Febrice Yumiza; Sitti Fatimah
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 11, No 1 (2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v11i1.116324

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This  study was aimed to find empirical evidence of student errors in pronouncing segmental features of English language students in the 5th semester Universitas Negeri Padang. This research is a qualitative descriptive research. The subjects of this study were students in education class, international class and literature class who were taking speaking classes at Universitas Negeri Padang. while the object of this research is errors pronunciation in  segmental features of English Department. Then, to collect data, the researcher conducted interviews as an instrument to find errors. Interviews were conducted in the form of voice recordings by phone calling. Based on data analysis, the researcher found that some sounds that are often mispronounced are [ð], [θ], [k], [ʒ], [tʃ ], [ɔ:], and [ʊ]. All these errors make up almost 70% of the data. The single largest error occurred in [ð] and the occurrence was 76 times which the errors was 18% and the other largest error occurred in [θ] where the frequency about 59 times which the total errors counted 14% .then the sounds [k], [ʒ], [tʃ], [ɔ:], and [ʊ] have a relatively smaller error rate, namely 9%, 8%,8%, 7%. , and 6% respectively. In conclusion, from 30 students, it was found that there were a total of 423 errors made by students. Consonant errors are more obvious than vowel errors. The consonant error frequency is 293 which is more than 69% of the total errors, and the vowel error is 132 which is almost 31% of the errors.