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EMPLOYING GENRE BASED APPROACH WITH AUDIO DIALOGUE TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING PERFORMANCE Rahmi Rahmi; Asnawi Muslem; Bukhari Daud
English Education Journal Vol 11, No 1 (2020)
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This study was aimed at investigating whether the implementation of Genre-Based Approach through Audio Dialogue can significantly enhance students’ speaking performance of SMPN 2 Muara Tiga and finding out the students’ responses toward the implementation of Genre Based Approach with Audio Dialogue. To achieve the purposes, the present study employed a quasi experimental research design. The population of the study is 100 students. By employing random sampling technique, 40 students were selected to be the sample of the study, comprising 20 students in class VIII-1 as an experimental class, and 20 students in class VIII-3 as a control class. To collect the data, the instruments employed were a series of tests, namely, pre-test and post-test, and also questionnaire. The data obtained from pre-test and post-test were analysed by employing SPSS 23 to find out t-test value of two classes, namely, experimental and control class. In addition, the data obtained from the questionnaire’s result were also analysed by employing SPSS 23 to examine the students’ responses of experimental class toward the use of Genre Based Approach with Audio Dialogue. The result of t-test showed that ttest (4.269) is higher than ttable  (2.086). Employing independent samples t test, the sig. 2-tailed value (0,007) (0.05) revealed that Ha is accepted and H0 is rejected. Additionally, the students gave a very positive responses (90%) toward the use of Genre Based Approach with Audio Dialogue. To sum up, the implementation of Genre based Approach with audio dialogue is effective in enhancing students’ speaking performance in terms of accuracy, comprehensibility, and fluency and motivation. It is recommended that future related research conduct a study with integrated skills.
THE INVESTIGATION OF REFUSAL STRATEGIES USED BY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Aulia Fitri; Asnawi Muslem; Saiful Marhaban
English Education Journal Vol 11, No 4 (2020)
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The aim of this research is to investigate the refusal strategy used by Acehnese EFL university students and  how the  interlocutor’s power status affects on it. The sample of this study were 25 students at fifth-semester of English language department of Syiah Kuala University. In collecting the data, this study used a discourse completion test consisting of 10 situations, and semantic formula were analyzed and categorized according to the Beebe, Takahashi and Uliss-Weltz (1990). The results show that the students used different manners in presenting the refusal strategies. In refusing the intelocutors, they tended to choose an indirect strategy by stating regret or saying 'sorry', and excuses or explanations, while the direct and adjunct strategies were the least to be used. Moreover, this study has also been shown that the interlocutor's status became a significant role in the number of strategies used for refusing. The higher the status of our interlocutor was, the more polite the use of refusal strategies the participants employed. Additional analysis revealed that the students’ culture greatly influences the presenting of their strategy in refusing. The study's results are expected to pave future research concerning English foreign language learners' refusal strategies.
Teachers’ perceptions of English language teaching process via online learning during Covid-19 Cut Meurak Bulan Aflah Aksyah; Asnawi Muslem; Saiful Marhaban
English Education Journal Vol 12, No 4 (2021)
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During the Covid-19 pandemic, many teachers and students were doing the teaching and learning process from home. They experienced many problems during the remote instruction. Therefore, the objectives of this research were to investigate the teachers' perceptions and obstacles in the process of teaching and learning English by using online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. The method used in this research was mixed method, combining quantitative and qualitative methods. The instruments used were a set of questionnaire and interview. The data collected from the questionnaire was analyzed using descriptive statistic. In addition, the interview result was analyzed qualitatively to describe the obstacles. The result in the questionnaire indicated that most of the teachers were against the implementation of online learning, i.e. 55.45% and 44.54% teachers were in favor of this method of instruction. The problems can be categorized into technical and situational problems. These problems can be resolved depending on teachers' teaching experience, condition, and situation. Teachers can give the learning module to the students, and the teachers must be creative in delivering the teaching material. In addition, parents' support is very crucial for maintaining students’ motivation, enthusiasm, and expression during online learning.
USING INTERACTIVE APPROACH IN ENHANCING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION Nurul Hayati; Usman Kasim; Asnawi Muslem
English Education Journal Vol 11, No 2 (2020)
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English is one of the compulsory subjects at schools in Indonesia, including at junior high schools. This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of implementing an interactive approach in teaching reading comprehension. It also investigated the students' responses toward the implementation of an interactive approach in teaching reading. The true-experimental design was carried out in this study along with the pretest and post-test. Two classes of the first-grade students of SMPIK Nurul Quran in Aceh Besar were chosen as the sample of the research with total population sampling technique. This sampling technique was employed because of the limited individuals to be randomized as samples. Each group consisted of 20 students for the experimental class and 20 students for the control class. The instruments used in this study were test and questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics through SPSS Version 20. The results show that the use of an interactive approach improved students’ reading scores and they also gave positive responses toward the use of interactive approach in teaching reading. Therefore, the alternate hypotheses of this research was accepted. It means that the implementation of interactive approach could increase students’ reading scores significantly as compared with the students who were taught by using the bottom-up approach. The students also had positive responses to the implementation of interactive approach during teaching and learning reading comprehension. It can be concluded that interactive approach is one of the effective approach for teaching reading comprehension.
PROMOTING STUDENTS’ READING FLUENCY AND MOTIVATION THROUGH SHARED-READING WITH ANIMATED-VIDEO STORY Cut Iqa Martia; Asnawi Muslem; Siti Sarah Fitriani
English Education Journal Vol 11, No 1 (2020)
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This research was conducted to investigate whether there was a significant difference in achievement between students who were taught by using Shared Reading with Animated Video Story and those who were not taught by using Shared Reading with Animated Video Story in reading fluency in terms of accurate reading, reading speed and reading expression, and the motivation toward the use of Shared Reading with Animated Video Story in reading fluency. This research was an experimental research. The population of the research comprised 129 students; samples of the research were 41 students from population by using  random sampling, 21 students in class 7C as experimental group, and 20 students in the class 7F as control group. The instruments used to collect the data were test and questionnaire. The data obtained from both instruments were analyzed by using SPSS 23 The post-test result of the experimental group showed that ttest (2.680) was higher than ttable (1.67). Further, utilizing independent samples t test, the sig. 2-tailed value (0,004) (0.05) confirmed that Ha was accepted and H0 was rejected. Moreover, the students had a quite positive responses (85%) toward the use of Shared Reading With Animated Video Story. To sum up, the implementation of shared reading strategy with animated video story is effective in improving students’ reading fluency and motivation. It is recommended that future related research should be conducted in more diverse educational settings to see how shared reading with animated video story is implemented.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUMMARIZING ACTIVITY BY USING SOMEBODY WANTED BUT SO (SWBS) STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION Mursyida Mursyida; Iskandar Abdul Samad; Asnawi Muslem
English Education Journal Vol 11, No 3 (2020)
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The aim of this research is to find out if there is a significant difference between the students who were taught through summarizing activity using somebody wanted but so (SWBS) strategy than those who were not taught through the strategy to improve the students’ reading comprehension in terms of finding out the main idea, specific information, word meaning, reference, and inference. This study employed a true experimental design in which there were two classes as the samples classified into experimental and control classes. The classes were chosen by using cluster random sampling and each class consisted of 36 students. In collecting the data, pre-test and post-test were used and the data were analyzed by using SPSS version 21. The result of the study found the post-test mean score at the experimental class is 84.78, and the post-test mean score at the control class is 73.33. Furthermore, the result of the z-score between both experimental and control classes is 6.05 at the level significance of 5% (0.05). Thus, it indicates that there is a significant difference between the students who were taught through SWBS strategy than those who were not taught through this strategy to improve the students’ reading comprehension.
An investigation on using teaching media in teaching speaking skill Fitri Marhamah; Asnawi Muslem; Saiful Marhaban
English Education Journal Vol 13, No 1 (2022)
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Teaching media is a mode and learning messages to students that can help teachers to improve students’ learning achievement. This study aimed at finding kinds of the teaching media used by teacher in teaching speaking skill and the obstacles that she encountered in using teaching media. This study is a qualitative study. There were one teacher and one online class meeting involved in this study. To collect the data, the researcher employed observation via Zoom Cloud Meeting recording and interview. The result of the study indicates that there are 8 of teaching media which are generally used by the teacher, comprising: Zoom application, WhatsApp group, Microsoft word and Microsoft PowerPoint, video, YouTube, whiteboard, and course book. The teacher faced the obstacles toward the difference background of students’ ability, the number of the students, the availability of network, and the teacher’s less attention in using teaching media. In short, the teacher should consider the appropriateness of teaching materials to the students’ level of intelligence because it will help them to understand the material successfully.
An Analysis on Factors That Influence Students’ Anxiety in Speaking English Mahdalena Mahdalena; Asnawi Muslem
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 6, No 1 (2021): February 2021
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This research aims at exploring some theories and previous findings related to students' speaking anxiety and identifying the factors and the phenomena that influence students’ speaking anxiety as well as finding out the way students to anticipate reducing their anxiety while speaking English.This research used library research in nature. In conducting the research, the researcher used two theories as the framework of the study. The first theories used by Worde (2003) and the second theory was from Rajitha Alamelu (2019).  The researcher analysed this data using descriptive qualitative. The results of this research found that there were some influential factors that contribute to the students' anxiety in speaking English namely: speaking activities, inability to comprehend, pedagogical practices, error correction, fear of negative evaluation, external factors and internal factors. Meanwhile, several strategies from Kondo and Ying-Ling (2004)used toreduce students' anxiety in learning foreign languages, especially when appearing in front of the class, are preparation, relaxation, positive thinking, making friends, and resigning. Therefore, students are expected to be able to minimize their anxiety and improve their English skills.
The Effectiveness of Using Authentic Englsih Youtube Media in Improving Students’ Oral Reading Irma Zuraini; Asnawi Muslem; Nurul Inayah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 5, No 4 (2020): December 2020
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This study aimed at finding out whether using YouTube media can sigficantly improve students’ oral reading in three aspects; rate, fluency, and accuracy. A pre-experimental study with one group pretest-posttest design was undertaken by giving the students oral reading test. The sample of this study was 19 students of VIII-1 class of SMP 14 Banda Aceh. The result showed that the students’ oral reading scores were significantly improved from 46.93 in the pre test to 71.45 in the post test. The findings of this study revealed that t-test value was 17,832, while the t-table value was 2.120. It means the t-table value was lower than the t-test value (ts=17,832tt= 2.120). In conclusion, there was a significant improvement on students’ oral reading ability after they were taught by using YouTube. The result, thus, explains that Youtube can also be useful in improving oral reading in EFL classrooms.
The Impact of Using Think Pair Share Technique on the Students’ Speaking Skill Cut Misria; Asnawi Muslem; Yuliana Natsir
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 4, No 2 (2019): June 2019
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This study aims to find out whether the use of Think Pair Share technique can improve students’ speaking skill. This research was conducted at the second grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Simpang Ulim, Aceh Timur, Indonesia. The method of this study was quantitative research (experimental study) with one group pre-test and post test design. The sample of this research was one class at XI MIPA 1 which consists of 20 students. The researcher used an oral test about giving opinion (analytical exposition text) as an instrument in collecting the data. In analyzing the data, the researcher used statistical formula. The calculation result showed that the mean score of students pre-test was 33.75 and the mean score of post-test was 55. Furthermore, the t-score was 8.23 and t-table was 2.093. Thus, the t-score was higher than t-table. It means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. In this case, applying Think Pair Share technique in learning English Foreign Language had a positive impact for the students to improve speaking skill.