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Improving Reading TOEFL Score through Note Taking Strategy Nyak Mutia Ismail; Ika Apriani Fata
AT-TA'LIM Vol 28, No 1 (2021)
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15548/jt.v28i1.668

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There are still a number of less skilled readers in higher degree education where academic texts are staple needs (Hellekjaer, 2009). This study investigated a technique to help students increase their reading ability in TOEFL reading section. A technique named Notetaking technique was implemented during two cycles of classroom action research. There were 3 meetings for each cycle. The participants were 17 Economics students who are taking TOEFL Preparation course at Universitas Syiah Kuala, Aceh, Indonesia. The result from cycle one showed no increase since the average only incline to 38.58. Then in cycle 2, there was a significant increase reaching 45.11 (which is the minimum TOEFL standard for the university). It can be deduced that this technique might not be appropriate for large classes as it demands individual assistance. Besides, a good skill of organizing information is fundamental in this strategy to maximize the students’ effort in answering the TOEFL questions during the test.
Factors Affecting Internship Students’ Speaking Anxiety Asnawi Muslem; Ika Apriani Fata; Inayatullah Inayatullah
AT-TA'LIM Vol 26, No 2 (2019)
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang

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This study is sought to discover the English speaking anxiety factors in class of internship students and to investigate the students’ efforts to cope the problems. This research applied qualitative method in addition research subjects were 30 English internship students of Universitas Syiah Kuala in 2015. The data were collected through questionnaire and interview. Both of the instruments were adapted from (Tum Kunt, 2013). The study discovered that the major factors of students’ speaking anxiety divided into two interrelated groups; psychological and educational factors. Regarding to the psychological factors, the students were anxious and feeling fear of having misunderstanding teachers’ instruction and supervision. The educational factors were reflecting to the current bad performance of speaking skill aspects namely; inaccurate of fluency, inappropriate of vocabulary, inappropriate application of grammar rule, insufficient materials preparation and poor of pronunciation. Nevertheless, 16 internship students who were indicated high level of speaking anxiety used various efforts to solve the speaking anxiety such as; practicing, listening to native speaker’s utterance, reading English texts, memorizing words, keeping using English in class, learning grammar rule, making note, preparing the material and using audio dictionary. This study concludes that everyone has anxiety and it is common, yet this problem could be reduced by doing some efforts
A Study on Teacher’s Experiment and Students’ Development with Listing Technique (LT) in Writing EFL Class Ika Apriani Fata; Usman Kasim; Dian Fajrina; Arief Darmawan
AT-TA'LIM Vol 22, No 3 (2015)
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang

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This paper reports a case study of students’ writing development at state junior high school in Indonesia. The common problems in writing are developing main ideas, vocabulary and grammar subsequently using listing technique is one of the ways to generate ideas. It develops and arranges students’ ideas well. The purpose of this study is to find out whether listing technique can improve students’ writing skill or not with quantitative design. There were 23 students as the sample in which design randomly. The instruments were test and lesson plan. There were two test; pre-test and post-test. The result of test found that there was significant difference of the students’ writing skill between pre-test and post-test after teaching by using listing technique. To prove the hypothesis, the writer used t-score formula. Based on data analysis t-score was 12.5, meanwhile t-table was 2.074. Also, listing technique could improve students’ ability of writing aspects. Therefore, the writer concluded that teaching writing descriptive text by using listing technique gave good effect for students’ writing skill and the ability in aspects of writing; content, vocabulary and grammar. Keywords: Developing writing skill, listing technique, EFLCopyright © 2015 by Al-Ta'lim All right reserved
Investigating English teacher’s teaching strategies in teaching reading comprehension Endang Komariah; Ika Apriani Fata; Sheila Prisilia
U-JET Vol 11, No 2 (2022): U-JET
Publisher : FKIP UNILA

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This study aims at investigating types of teaching strategies used by an Englishthe teacher and analyzing how she implemented them in teaching reading comprehension in senior high school. In order to observe the teacher’s strategies and how they were being applied, this study employed qualitative design. The instruments used to collect the data were observation, interview and document. The subject was an English teacher at SMAN 11 Banda Aceh.The results of the observation indicates that teacher used partial questioning strategy, review strategy, and feedback strategy. However, the teacher did not elaborate questioning strategy in her lesson plan. The teacher mixed questioning and review strategies at the beginning of the lesson and continued with feedback at the end of the lesson.Those strategies were very useful in attracting students’ attention, boosting up their confidence and keeping them focus on the lesson if managed properly.
A Pragmatic Analysis of Maxim Flouting Committed by The Characters in Avengers: Infinity War Movie Jihan Nurjannah; Bukhari Daud; Ika Apriani Fata
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2020): February 2020
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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This research is a pragmatic study which aims to find out the maxim flouting committed by the characters in Avengers: Infinity War movie and to describe its maxim flouting strategies. This research was conducted by using qualitative method. The data were collected by watching the movie and reading its transcript. Then they were analysed and classified based on the type of maxim flouting by Grice’s (1975) Cooperative Principles theory and Cutting (2002) Grundy’s (2000) modified theories of maxim flouting strategies. The results of this research show that the characters in the movie committed to flout all four types of Gricean maxims, which includes quantity, quality, relevance, and manner. Based on the occurrence frequency, flouting maxim of quantity was the most-flouted, while flouting maxim of manner was the least. Meanwhile, they also used all ten kinds of strategies to flout the maxims, including, overstatement, understatement, metaphor, irony, banter, sarcasm, irrelevant statement, ambiguous statement, tautology, and rhetorical question. In this movie, the characters tend to use overstatement very frequently among other strategies which makes it the highest use percentage.
The Effect of Multipass Strategy in Teaching Reading on Students’ Reading Comprehension Putri Nabila Aisyah; Burhanuddin Yasin; Ika Apriani Fata
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 6, No 2 (2021): June 2021
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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This research aims to look at the effect of the Multipass strategy in teaching reading on students’ reading comprehension (A Library Research). The Multipass strategy and reading comprehension function as the independent variable and dependent variable consecutively. The Multipass strategy is a teaching strategy that aims to increase students' reading ability by using three main procedures; survey-pass, size-up pass, and sort-out pass. The researcher focuses on the lack of students' reading comprehension and aims to find out the effectiveness of the Multipass strategy to improve students' reading comprehension skills. The method of this study is library research and the data attached in this research are obtained from the previous works of the other researchers and some literature sources include journals, books, articles, and internet websites. The data analysis technique includes the process of data identification from relevant literature sources, determining where the data are located, obtaining the data, evaluating the data, and incorporating data into the research presentation. The results of this study show that the students reading comprehension skills were improved after they were given the treatment of the Multipass strategy using ten teaching instructions and the three Multipass main procedures (survey-pass, size-up pass, and sort-out pass). The results were proven by the students' test scores and validity tests. To sum up, the Multipass strategy is considered as the teaching strategy to improve students' reading comprehension skills. 
Syukuran and Anniversary Celebration: Exposing Translation Non-Equivalency in Indonesian Novel Ika Apriani Fata; Suci Aroh Syahiman
English LAnguage Study and TEaching Vol 2, No 2 (2021): ELASTE
Publisher : Universitas Serambi Mekkah

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Achieving equivalence is a significant issue in translation work. However, since one language is different in many aspects from other languages, non-equivalence is inevitable in the process of translation. Non-equivalence arises when the target language cannot provide equal meaning to the source-language text. By applying the framework proposed by Baker (2011), this research was designed using descriptive qualitative method to find out the cases of non-equivalence at word level in the translation of Negeri 5 Menara. The results showed 55 cases of non-equivalence at the word level were found. The cases were classified into seven out of eleven categories; (1) culture-specific concept with eight cases, (2) non-lexicalized source language concept with three cases, (3) different distinction in meaning with nine cases, (4) target language lacks superordinate with one case, (5) target language lacks hyponym with 15 cases, (6) differences in expressive meaning with eight cases, and (7) the use of loan word in the source text with 11 cases. Additionally, the findings also exposed 21 cases that were not categorized into Baker’s (2011) types of non-equivalences at the word level. It was suggested that future researches discuss the topic of non-equivalence words by applying other translation theories aside from Baker’s in order to cover the issue of uncategorized cases found in this study. It is important for translators to understand the contribution of equivalency in both source and target language so that the potential of misinterpretation was avoidable.
Analyzing Students’ Perceptions of English Language Learning Through Online Learning Implementation Asnawi Muslem; Ika Apriani Fata; Lathifah M.Nur
Jurnal Pendidikan Indonesia Vol 11 No 3 (2022): September
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat

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E-Learning also known as online learning became fully established during previous school year. This study aims to analyses students' perceptions of the usefulness of the E Belajar platform as a medium in the English online classroom, as well as the presences of English teachers. The method use is qualitative, consisting of a questionnaire and an interview. In a questionnaire, 56 students from one schools were asked to rate 20 statements on a five-point Likert scale. This school was chosen through purposive sampling because it used the E-belajar platform designed by ministry of education. In interview, there are five respondents through purposive sampling method to explore in depth usefulness of E-belajar and teachers presences. For the analysis, questionnaire data were analyzed using SPSS IBM Version 22, while the interview data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The result show that students preferred offline classes because the explanation of the learning materials was more obvious. In a face-to-face class, students can ask the teacher direct questions; they can maintain the offline class; they can gain more lessons in an offline class; they can understand more easily; they can enjoy themselves; the time in an offline class is more efficient; the explanation is clearer, and they can interact with the teacher. In summary, they acknowledged that E Belajar was beneficial in learning English and that teachers should consider using the digital platform during English online classes; however, teachers must guide and teach students accordingly.
Assessment of Readability Level of Reading Materials in Indonesia EFL Textbooks Ika Apriani Fata; Endang Komariah; Andira Riski Alya
Lingua Cultura Vol. 16 No. 1 (2022): Lingua Cultura
Publisher : Bina Nusantara University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21512/lc.v16i1.8277

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The research aimed to assess the readability of reading material in two different English textbooks published by different publishers. Many pieces of research have been conducted to examine the reading materials in English textbooks, and it had been discovered that the reading materials were insufficiently adequate for the levels of students. The research applied a descriptive content analysis method to analyze, interpret, and describe the data. The Flesch Reading Ease formula was as an instrument. The research’s data were derived from the English textbook “Pathway to English” by Erlangga grade X and the English textbook “Bahasa Inggris” by The Ministry of Education and Culture grade X. Based on the findings of the research, five reading texts out of 15 match with students’ level (fairly difficult level) of grade X in the first textbook, while three texts out of 13 equal with students’ level (fairly difficult level) of grade X in the second textbook. Furthermore, the first textbook’s average readability score indicates that the texts are ‘standard’, whereas the second textbook indicates that the texts are ‘fairly difficult’. Based on the study findings, some recommendations for teachers are to use the readability formulas to provide appropriate reading material for students, as well as for other researchers to conduct a larger context about readability.
“Holy Moly!” Positive and Negative Connotations of Swear Words in A Popular Western Animated Movie Kismullah Abdul Muthalib; Ika Apriani Fata; Zahra Nuzula
Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 7(2), November 2022
Publisher : Pusat Pelatihan, Riset, dan Pembelajaran Bahasa

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21462/ijefl.v7i2.525

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The use of swear words is common and even popular in movies for adult viewers. However, misunderstanding and ignorance of the intended viewers can cause younger viewers to be exposed to movies with various profanities. The Simpsons, an animated movie, is a good example of this phenomenon. This animated movie is known to contain obscene language expressions which can be mistakenly assumed to be intended for younger viewers. This study sought to identify the kinds and purposes of expletives used in The Simpsons. The current study used Hughes’ framework to analyze the types of swear words, and Andersson and Trudgill's framework was used to analyze their functions. Data were gathered from seven episodes drawn from different seasons of the animated series. Of 102 swear words found in the dialogues of the episodes, seven types of swear words were identified, including anatomical insult, excrement, sexual intercourse, personal background, mental illness, animal term, and religious oath. Additionally, four swearing meanings and functions were discovered abusive, auxiliary, expletive, and humorous. Therefore, it is expected that general readers will express themselves more thoughtfully, be able to identify the target audience for movies, and make more informed decisions when choosing movies for younger audiences.