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Laugh and Learn: Evaluating from Studentsâ€™ Perspective of Humor Used in English Class Ika Apriani Fata; Endang Komariah; Irfandy Irfandy
AT-TA'LIM Vol 25, No 2 (2018)
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang

Laughter is an easily reachable way that can be used to erase barriers of communication for educational purposes. The purpose of this paper is to seek out studentsâ€™ perception of humor added in teaching English and how that humor influenced studentsâ€™ engagement in English classroom activity. This study employs research instrument of questionnaire and observation concepts through qualitative design. There are 78 students of multi-background: gender, level of intelligence and social background as research participants. These backgroundsareintended to obtain objective perception of the students. The findings revealed that the majority of students believed the teacherâ€™s humor could prevent them from feeling stress of learning English, develop a better relationship between teacher and students, help them remember and understand the lesson, encourage them to be more active in the classroom and ease them in learning English. However there are some obstacles to overcome during humor application that apparently the English teachers need to build a good relationship and mutual trust with students and understand studentsâ€™ interests, likes and dislikes prior to applying humor, so that the humor would be more likely to be welcomed and it would not cause emotional and psychological impact such as bullying and etc for the students.

Using Story Mapping Technique to Improve Students’ Ability in Writing Recount Text Rizka Yunda; Endang Komariah; Burhansyah Burhansyah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 4: December 2017
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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This study aims at examining whether or not the use of story mapping technique can improve students’ ability in writing recount text. It was conducted to the second grade of SMPN 1 Darul Imarah. The sample was chosen randomly. There were 25 students as the sample. Quantitative approach with pre-experimental type of one group pre-test post-test design was undertaken to overcome the problems faced by students in learning writing skill. The data was obtained by giving a set of tests in the form of written test. Some statistical formulas were used to analyse the data. From the results of the study, it reveals that the post-test score of five aspects in writing is higher than the score of pre-test. To test the hypothesis, the writer used t-score formula. Based on data analysis, t-score was 21.03, meanwhile t-table was 2.064. It means that t-score was higher, so that alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. It proves there is a significant improvement on the students’ writing ability after they are taught by using story mapping technique. Thus, story mapping can be one of the alternative techniques used by the teacher in teaching writing.

The Use of Authentic Materials in Dveloping Students’ Writing Competence (An Experimental Study at SMA Labschool Unsyiah) Muharri Aqly; Endang Komariah; Hendra Heriansyah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 3: August 2017
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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This study aims at examining whether the use of authentic materials as a teaching material develops students’ writing competence or not. Quantitative approach with pre-experimental study of one-group pretest-posttest design was applied in order to develop students’ writing competence in term content, grammar, mechanics, and other aspects which were acknowledged by the students as difficulties in writing learning. The population of this study was first grade students of SMA Labschool Unsyiah, while the sample was X-IPS students. The instrument used to collect the data was test which was assessed by using analytic method suggested by Brown (2007). The result of this study confirmed that the students’ scores increased after receiving the treatment. It showed that posttest scores were higher than pretest where the mean of total score of posttest is 81 while the mean of pretest is 75. Moreover, the data of both tests were analyzed by using t-test formula to find out the t-score which was gain was 4.256. Since t-score (4.256) of this study was higher than t-table (2.120), the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. The researcher concluded that using authentic materials in teaching writing develops students’ writing competence.

Improving Students’ Speaking Skill By Retelling Technique Using Video (An Experimental Study at the Second Grade Students of MTsN Kuta Baro Aceh Besar) Syahra Fitri; Endang Komariah; Hendra Heriansyah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 3: August 2017
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This study aims at examining whether or not the use of retelling technique using video can improve students’ performance in English speaking. The researcher focuses on the application of retelling technique using video in teaching speaking. The type of text that is taught is narrative text in the form of simple monologue. The study was conducted in Islamic Junior High School (MTsN) Kuta Baro Aceh Besar. Quantitative approach with pre-experimental type of one group pre-test post-test design was used. The data was obtained by giving a set of tests in the form of oral test. The students were asked to retell the story that they had watched. Data were analyzed by using speaking criteria proposed by Brown (2004). In addition, statistical analysis used to analyze the data. From the results of the study, it reveals the average score of the students on the pretest is 26.8, while on the posttest is 55.2. Moreover, the researcher found that the t-score in this research is higher than the score of t-table (ts = 4.856 tt = 2.080). It shows that there is a significant improvement on students’ speaking skill after the implementation of retelling technique using video. It means that retelling technique using video can be one of the alternative techniques used by the teacher in teaching speaking.

The correlation between students’ reading speed and their reading comprehension Syuqaira El Humaira; Endang Komariah; Nurul Inayah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 2: June 2017
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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This research is aimed to find out if there is a significant correlation between the reading speed of the XII grade students at SMA Negeri 3 Banda Aceh with their reading comprehension. The population for this study were all students of class XII at SMAN 3 Banda Aceh. By using the random sampling, the researcher chose 31 students of class XII MIPA 6 as the sample. The data was collected by using reading speed and reading comprehension test. After the data was collected, the correlation data is processed using product moment formula. The rXY result achieved to 0.74. The result reveals that the rvalue, 0.74, was higher than the rtable, 0.355. Referring to the table at significant level 0.05, the result means that there is a significant correlation between students’ reading speed and their reading comprehension.

A Study on Students’ Metacognitive Awareness and Their Reading Comprehension Fatima Zahra; Endang Komariah; Diana Fauzia Sari
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 1, No 1: Agustus 2016
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This study aimed to find out the correlation between students’ metacognitive awareness and their reading comprehension. The framework of metacognitive awareness is provided by Mokhtari Reichard (2002). A number of 30 students of SMA Laboratorium UNSYIAH Banda Aceh are designated as the sample. In this research the instruments are reading comprehension test and questionnaire. The reading comprehension test and questionnaire were given to the students in order to find the correlation between students’ metacognitive awareness and their reading comprehension. The data was analyzed by using SPSS. The value of correlation of both variables was 0.000 which was less than critical limit of α 0.05 and there was a significant relationship between metacognitive awareness and students’ reading comprehension. There was also a positive correlation between both variables. It means that the more metacognitive awareness the students have the better understanding they have in reading comprehension. In addition, the type of metacognitive awareness strategies which was mostly used by the students was Global Reading Strategies. It is suggested as further studies that another researcher look in depth the cause of Global Reading Strategies applied by the student.

The Perceptions of Students on the Importance of English Speaking Skill in the Tourism Sector Syahwil Saputra; Endang Komariah; Yuliana Natsir
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 3: August 2017
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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The objective of this study is to find out the perceptions of students on the importance of English speaking skill in the tourism sector. The instruments used to collect the data were the questionnaire and interview. Both the instruments were adapted from Arslan and Akbarov (2012). The set of interview questions were adjusted by the writer to figure out the perceptions of students toward the importance of English speaking skill in tourism sector. The subjects of this study were the fourth and sixth semester students of Tourism Academy of Muhammadiyah Aceh. The writer took 25 students as the sample. The data were analyzed by using qualitative data analysis (data reduction, data display, and conclusion). Based on the data obtained from both instruments, the findings showed that the majority of students perceived that English speaking skills in the tourism sector was important. It can be seen from the data result based on each category of the questionnaire item. More than 50% of the respondents perceived that English for tourism was attractive to learn. Furthermore, 90% of the respondents stated that English for tourism was useful in finding future jobs. Based on the third category, there were 91% of the respondents stated that English was important in facilitating communication process in the tourism sector. Moreover, there were 56% of the respondents stated there was an impact of speaking English to native language. The last category, 91% of the students perceived that they were aware of basic terms of tourism in English.

The Use of Comic to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension Skill at Junior High School Afwun Kamil; Endang Komariah; Yuliana Natsir
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 3: August 2017
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The objective of this experimental study is to know the achievement of students reading comprehension after implementing comic as learning media. The population was all of the eighth grade students of SMPN 17 Banda Aceh. The sample was the students of class VIII-9 (experimental class) and VIII-6 (control class). True Exprimental Design is used in this study. The writer conducted pre-test, treatment and post-test to collect data, and used gain score calculation. The mean score of pre-test in experimental class was 62 and post-test was 75.6, while the mean score of pre-test in control class was 36.8, and post-test was 59.2. The gain score of experimental class was 9.78, while control class was 8.11. It indicated that there was an improvement of students’ achievement both of classes. However, the improvement of students’ achievement in experimental class is higher than control class. Moreover, the analysis of t-test showed that tscore ttable or 2.36 1.68 at the level of significance 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 25. It is clear that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It means that comic is effective media in teaching learning reading recount text.

Investigating English speaking skill problems encountered by students at Islamic modern boarding schools Misna Amelia; Endang Komariah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 2: June 2017
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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This research is intended to analyze English speaking skill problems encountered by students. The sample of this research was 26 students from XI-MIA 1 class who have learned English for five years. They were chosen purposively. The data of this research were collected through speaking test and interview. The interview was conducted to see the students who got very low score from the speaking test. The findings from the speaking test showed that the students faced the problems in five aspect of speaking skill; pronunciation, grammar, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. The most dominant problems are pronunciation, grammar and fluency. The findings from the interview showed that the students they faced many problems such as inhibition, nothing to say, law participation and mother tongue used. To conclude, the students of Babun Najah Islamic Modern Boarding School faced the problems in speaking.

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.

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