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QAR Strategy for Effective Teaching of Reading Comprehension Nurhayati Nurhayati; Asnawi Muslem; Abdul Manan
English Education Journal Vol 10, No 1 (2019): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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The objective of study was to investigate the effect of implementation of Question Aswer Relationship(QAR) strategy on teaching reading comprehension at the third year students of MTsN 7 Aceh Besar.This study employed true experimental in which there were two classes taken as the sample, namely a control group which consisted of 21 students and an experimental group that consisted of 23 students. They were taken through random sampling tehnique. In addition, the data were collected through quantitative (pre-test and post-test) and qualitative method (questionaire). The result shows that the mean of the post-test score of the experimental group was 73.69, while the mean of the post-test scores of control group is 65.64. By comparing t-test score with t-table score, it shows that the result of t-test was 3.08, while the result of t-table at a level of significance with α = 0,05 was 2,021. It means that t-test score is higher than t-table score.The results indicate that alternative hypothesis was accepted and the null hypothesis was rejected. Moreover, the students’ responses toward the use of QAR strategy in learning reading comprehension were quite positive(80.9%). Finally, it can be inferred that QAR strategy is an effective strategy in teaching reading comprehension at the third year students of MTsN 7 Aceh Besar.
Students’ perception of oral corrective feedback in speaking classes Asnawi Muslem; Teuku Zulfikar; Inas Astila
English Education Journal Vol 8, No 3 (2017): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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This survey was aimed at finding out students’ perceptions towards lecturers’ oral corrective feedback in speaking classes. This survey involved 100 fourth semester students of the Department of English Language Education at Ar-Raniry State Islamic University (UIN Ar-Raniry) in Banda Aceh. They were randomly chosen to fulfil the estimated population needed for the survey sample. A modified questionnaire from Calsiyao (2015) and Elsaghayer (2014) was used to collect the data. The results showed that the students perceived the lecturers’ oral corrective feedback as an important part of language learning. The lecturers’ oral corrective feedback was very helpful in improving the speaking ability of the students.
Implementation of portfolio assessment in teaching English writing Zuhri Efendi; Bustami Usman; Asnawi Muslem
English Education Journal Vol 8, No 2 (2017): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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The objectives of this study were to investigate whether the implementation of portfolio assessment improved students’ writing skills and responses. The method used in this research is pre-experimental with a one-group pre-test and post-test design and descriptive analysis of the students’ responses after the implementation of portfolio assessment for teaching English writing. The population for this research was all students from grade X at SMKN 1, in Banda Aceh and the sample was 30 students chosen by a purposive sampling technique. The data was collected through tests (a pre-test and a post-test) and a questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed after the post-test to find out the responses of the students after the teaching-learning process using portfolio assessment for writing. The data collected from the tests was analyzed using a t paired sample test through SPSS 16. The results showed that implementation of portfolio assessment improved the’ writing skills and the responses of the students. Therefore, the hypotheses of this study were accepted. There was a significant improvement in the students’ writing skills and their responses after teaching by using portfolio assessment. It was concluded that the use of portfolio assessment can increase students’ writing skills and their responses.
The Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Amongst EFL Teachers: Perceptions and Challenges Asnawi Muslem; Rena Juliana
English Education Journal Vol 8, No 4 (2017): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the perceptions and challenges of English teachers to the implementation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in ELT classrooms. The objectives of this study were to find out their perception of ICT and the challenges they face when using it. This study used mixed methods, qualitative and quantitative in nature. Purposive sampling was used to select the subjects of this study who were 26 English teachers at senior state high schools in Banda Aceh. The instruments used to collect data were a questionnaire and interviews. The data was analyzed and interpreted through qualitative and quantitative procedures. The results showed that these English teachers agreed that ICT was very helpful in teaching. However, limited time and insufficient equipment coupled with poor internet connections as well as a lack of knowledge and experience and lack of ICT training became obstacles that the teachers face in using ICT. Through this study, the teachers are expected to further deepen their knowledge of ICT so as to improve their skills in teaching English using ICT.
Analysis of Reading Comprehension Questions by Using Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy on Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS) Febrina Febrina; Bustami Usman; Asnawi Muslem
English Education Journal Vol 10, No 1 (2019): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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The objective of this research was to investigate the three up levels of cognitive domain of revised Bloom’s Taxonomy used in the textbook entitled Bahasa Inggris SMA/MA/SMK/MAK grade 11 th semester 1, namely analyzing level (C4), evaluating level (C5), and creating level (C6). Using the descriptive qualitative method and content analysis, this study examined the questions in the reading comprehension tasks only to determine to what extent the reading comprehension questions emphasize on Higher Order Thinking. This research focused on analyzing the Bahasa Inggris SMA/MA/SMK/MAK textbook grade 11 th semester 1 published by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The researcher collected and listed the questions in the reading comprehension tasks and then calculated the percentage and frequencies of each level of cognition in each separate book chapter and in all five combined book chapters. The results showed that the most dominant level in the textbook was higher order thinking skills HOTS). It was 66.8 % of 100 % while it was 33.4 % for lower order thinking skills LOTS). It indicated that this textbook concentrated more on higher –level thinking questions than lower lever thinking.
Teaching students’ writing skill through Stay and Stray Technique Putri Rizki; Asnawi Muslem; Dian Fajrina
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 1: February 2017
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The objective of this research was to investigate whether the use of stay and stray technique improved students writing skill in recount text. This study was conducted at State Junior High School 13 (SMPN 13) Banda Aceh. The study used pre-experimental of one group pre-test – post-test design. The sample of this study was class VIII-5 with 21 students, which consists of 13 male and 8 female. The research instrument used in this study was the written test. For pre-test, the students were asked to write a recount text with the topic “memorable day” which consists of 70 words. For the post-test, they were asked to write a recount text with the topic “holiday” which consists of 70 words. The data was collected from the pre-test and post-test result. The data was analyzed by using t-test and statistical formula to prove the hypothesis. The result showed that the students’ mean score in writing result of post-test is better than pre-test, which is 81.3 67. Based on the hypothesis, Ha is accepted since t-test is higher than t-value at the level of significant 0.05 (8.75 2.086). It proves that the use of stay and stray can improve the students’ writing skill in recount text.
The students’ perceptions toward teacher’s way in teaching reading comprehension Syiar Muhammad; Asnawi Muslem; Diana Fauzia Sari
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 1: February 2017
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The objective of this qualitative study was to find out students’ perceptions toward teacher’s way in reading comprehension. The subjects of this study were 28 second grade students chosen by using purposive sampling technique. The data were collected by conducting interview and distributing questionnaire which were designed based on Likert Scale. The data of questionnaire were analyzed by using formula suggested by Sudijono (2010). The result of this study showed that most students gave positive response toward teacher’s way in teaching and learning reading comprehension process. There were only 6 students who have negative response that teacher’s ways in teaching reading comprehension which can not help, motivate and attract them in learning many reasons namely; they did not get explanation before the class begins, they did not aware of class properly and they were not excited in learning English. The classroom circumstances were not good that can make them not focus to study appropriately. Briefly, the teacher’s ways in teaching process can help, motivate, and attract them in learning English particularly the materials given related to their daily life and simple ways and detailed explanation that can ease the students grasping the lesson properly.
The Role of English Teachers in Guiding Students to Win the English Debat Competition Wiradarsia Wiradarsia; Potjut Ernawati; Asnawi Muslem
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 1: February 2017
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This study aims at investigating empirical data on the role of the English teachers in guiding the students to win the English competition in the form of qualitative study. The study was carried out at SMPN 19 Percontohan Banda Aceh in February 2016. The objective of this study was to identify the roles the English teachers. The roles of the teacher were adapted from Harden and Crosby those roles include information provider, model, facilitator, assessor, planner, and resource material creator. The sources of the data were from informants and classroom observation and the data were collected through observation and interview. In analysing the data, the writer used interactive model analysis including reducing the data, presenting the data, and drawing conclusion.  The results of this study indicate that the roles of the English teacher of Percontohan Junior High School play a big contribution on students’ success in winning the English contest competition. Besides, this school provided extracurricular clubs which help students to improve and increase their skill.
Teaching Reading Comprehension through Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review (SQ3R) Strategy Sakinah Sakinah; Asnawi Muslem; Diana Fauzia Sari
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 4: December 2017
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This study was a quantitative research about the implementation of Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review (SQ3R) a strategy for solving specific questions individually and for helping students to memorize teaching materials, in teaching reading descriptive text. It was intended to find out whether or not SQ3R strategy could improve students’ reading comprehension. The subject of this study was all students of class VIII-5 of SMP Negeri 8 Banda Aceh which was chosen by using simple random sampling. The reason for conducting this study was due to the fact that students’ reading comprehension was still low. Moreover, the design used in this study was one group pre-test post-test design. In this study, the data was collected through pre-test, treatment and post-test. From the result of the study, it is found that mean of post-test (60) was higher than mean of pre-test (30.95). It indicated that the students’ post-test scores were increased from their pre-test scores Moreover, based on t-test formula, the result of t-score (7.83) was higher than t-table (2.086). It means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted, while the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. Hence, it can be concluded that SQ3R strategy can improve the students’ reading comprehension in descriptive text.
The Problems Encountered by Male and Female Students in Learning Speaking Skill Muhammad Naufal; Asnawi Muslem; Endang Komariah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 3: August 2017
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the problems faced by male and female students in learning speaking skill which are related with the components in speaking and the factors that cause difficulties in speaking. This study took place in SMP negeri 1 Banda Aceh. The sample in this study was 80 of second grade students (40 for male and 40 for female students). In order to ascertain the problems faced by students in learning this skill, qualitative study design undertaken by using purposive sampling. To collect the data in this study, the researcher used the questionnaire items as a main of instrument in collecting data. To strengthen the result of questionnaire, the researcher asked 4 questions in interview guide to the students in relation to the problems of speaking. The collected data were analyzed by presenting them in the form of narration and following three steps proposed by Miles and Huberman (as cited in Sugiyono, 2012). The research finding shows that all students face problems in speaking. According from male and female students, the most problems that they faced in learning speaking skill were lack of vocabulary, poor pronunciation, not fluent to speak, afraid of making errors while speaking, less confidence to speak, nervous to speak, not accustomed to speaking English, difficult to express words and sentences and accustomed using of native language in daily conversation.
Co-Authors Abdul Manan Bustami Usman Dian Fajrina Diana Fauzia Sari Emma Hankinson Endang Komariah Febrina Febrina Hendra Heriansyah Ika Apriani Fata Inas Astila Iskandar Abdul Samad Muhammad Naufal Novalia Rizkanisa Nurhayati Nurhayati Potjut Ernawati Putri Rizki Rena Juliana Rosnani Sahardin Sakinah Sakinah Syiar Muhammad Teuku Zulfikar Wiradarsia Wiradarsia Yulianti Djalaluddin Zuhri Efendi