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THE EFFECT OF USING HERRINGBONE TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT UNISI TEMBILAHAN Maizarah Maizarah; Sri Erma Purwanti
JELLT (Journal of English Language and Language Teaching) Vol 4 No 2 (2020)
Publisher : Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36597/jellt.v4i2.9459

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The present study aims to find out the effect of using Herringbone technique on students’ reading comprehension at the third semester of English Department in Unisi Tembilahan. This study is an experimental research. The data were collected by using test. The results indicate that the pre-test average is 31,06 and in post-test is 41,18. The obtained t-observed is 4,6, whereas the t-table is 2,12 in 5%. The t-observed score is higher than he t-table (4,6>2,12). It means that ha is accepted while ho is rejected. Since t-observed score is higher than the t-table, Herringbone technique is effective on students’ reading comprehension at the third semester students of English Department in Unisi Tembilahan. Based on the finding, the researchers assume that Herringbone technique can be used as one of the alternative techniques in the teaching reading comprehension.
A STUDENTS SILENCE IN SPEAKING CLASS: FACTORS AND SOLUTIONS: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY AT ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN.1 AND SMAN.2 TEMBILAHAN KOTA Sri Erma Purwanti; Melda Yeni
Wiralodra English Journal Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021): Wiralodra English Journal
Publisher : Universitas Wiralodra

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31943/wej.v5i1.118

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Speaking is one of four skills that learned by the students in learning English as a foreign language. Through this skill they are supposed to be able to communicate and to express their idea, feelings, and thought orally in English. Students silence is a phenomenon that often occurs in speaking class where the students are not actively engage in speaking activity. It also happened to the eleventh grade students at SMA N.1 and SMA N.2 Tembilahan Kota. This problem motivated the researchers to investigate what factors causing the students to be silent in speaking class and what are the teachers’ efforts to cope with it. There were 144 students of eleventh grade and 5 English teachers as the subject of this research. The instruments were questionnaires, 15 closed-ended questions to the students and 10 open-ended questions for the teachers. The results shows that psychological factor is the dominant factor that make mostly students performed passively in speaking activity with percentage 42%, linguistic factor 39%, and socio-cultural 19%. While the efforts of the teachers to cope with students’ silence are implementing various strategies and teaching techniques, using audio visual media, and personal approach to help students’ difficulties in Speaking.
CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AND STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AT VIII GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 4 GAUNG ANAK SERKA Trinovangke Fatimah; Sri Erma Purwanti; Agus Mustajib
J-Shelves of Indragiri (JSI) Vol 1 No 1 (2019): J-SHELVES OF INDRAGIRI (JSI)
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32520/jsi.v1i1.803

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between students' vocabulary mastery as the independent variable and speaking ability as the dependent variable. The sample of this study were 38 students of eighth-grade students of SMPN 4 Gaung Anak Serka. The research method used in this study was a correlation study. The researcher gave tests of vocabulary and speaking ability to collect data. After the data has been collected, it was found that the average of students' vocabulary mastery is 42.7, it was in the very low category, and the average of students' speaking ability was 36.5, also in the very low category, it was in the range 00 – 49. Based on those findings, the researcher analyzed the relationship between the students' vocabulary mastery and speaking ability using the Pearson Product Moment formula, the results was 0.339 it was classified as low correlation. Then to test the hypothesis, the researcher compared the values of rxy = 0.339 and rtable = 0.2709 (5%) and 0.3202 (1%). In short, 0.2709 < 0.3393 > 0.3202. Meanwhile, the SPSS result has also proven that the Sig. (2-tailed) was 0.037, which was less than 0.05. Dealing with the results, it could be determined that Ho (null hypothesis) was rejected, and H1 (alternative hypothesis) was accepted. It means that there is a positive and significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and speaking ability. If students have good vocabulary so that they will have a good speaking ability.
IMPROVING SPEAKING SKILL OF REPORT TEXT USING FINDING MISSING INFORMATION TECHNIQUE AT THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MA SHABILAL HUDHA SUNGAI EMPAT Ana Setiawati; Melda Yeni; Sri Erma Purwanti
J-Shelves of Indragiri (JSI) Vol 2 No 1 (2020): J-SHELVES OF INDRAGIRI (JSI)
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32520/jsi.v2i1.1477

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This study aims at improving students' speaking skills in using English with the approach of finding missing information techniques in the report text in the tenth grade of MA Shabilul Hudha Sungai Empat. In learning English, especially those that focus on their learning abilities, making these they become brave enough to express or not dare to use and communicate using English is because they feel ashamed of their classmates and their habit of using mother tongue conversation. This research is a classroom action research, where the implementation time is one month or four meetings starting from April 13, 2019, to April 24, 2019, with participants in the tenth grade MA Shabilul Hudha Sungai Empat totaling 30 students in the data collection process; the researcher used tests to students in the form of report texts and the form of observations of students and teachers. The field data analysis results obtained students' value in the first cycle test with an average value of 68.07, so this study used two cycles for the assessment of students' speaking skills. In the second cycle test, the average score was 75.84; in other words, the study using learning methods finding missing information techniques to improve the speaking skills of tenth graders Shabilul Hudha Sungai Empat can improve students' speaking skills. Therefore, using learning methods to find missing information techniques is useful for improving students' speaking skills.
STUDENTS’ SELF EFFICACY IN SPEAKING ENGLISH Desma Ayuni Lestari; Melda Yeni; Sri Erma Purwanti
J-Shelves of Indragiri (JSI) Vol 2 No 1 (2020): J-SHELVES OF INDRAGIRI (JSI)
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32520/jsi.v2i1.1478

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The purpose of this research is to determine how students' self-efficacy in speaking English at the second grade of computer and network engineering in SMKN 01 Kempas. This research is categorized as descriptive research. It was done at second grade of computer and network engineering, consisting of 30 students, 17 male, and 13 female. The instrument used was a questionnaire. After the data collected, the results obtained are the percentage of students' self-efficacy in speaking English from 37.50% to 67.85% of students studied online due to the corona pandemic, only 21 students participated in answering the questionnaire. one student has a low category,13 student have a medium category, and three student have a good category.
THE FACTORS OF STUDENTS’ SILENCE IN THE ENGLISH SPEAKING CLASSROOM PERFORMANCE AT ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMKN 1 TEMBILAHAN Anjas Pratama; Sri Erma Purwanti; Melda Yeni
J-Shelves of Indragiri (JSI) Vol 2 No 2 (2021): J-SHELVES OF INDRAGIRI (JSI)
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32520/jsi.v2i2.1556

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The phenomenon of silent students often occurs in the learning process of English, especially in English speaking classes, where students do not respond to the teacher when the learning process is running, so this interferes with the smooth learning process. This study aims to determine the factors that cause students to be silent when learning in English speaking class and determine the dominant factor in the eleventh grade of SMKN 1 Tembilahan. This research is a quantitative descriptive study. This research instrument uses a questionnaire that contains 20 statements. Moreover, the total population is 459 students, and the total samples taken 25% of the total population, as many as 116 students. The sampling technique in this study was random sampling. The sample used in this study was the 11th-grade students of all departments in the SMKN 1 Tembilahan school. Based on calculating students' responses to 20 questionnaire statements, it was found that ten factors caused students to be silent when learning English. They are inadequate vocabulary, the inability to manage vocabulary, lack of understanding of English grammar, unconfident in their abilities, afraid of making mistakes, lack of pronunciation, feeling nervous while speaking, getting difficulty in understanding English material, afraid of being criticized, and feeling embarrassed to speak in front of the class. While the dominant factor comes from the indicator (students' proficiency), which has 4 points, the first point is that grammar understanding is still lacking, then the second point is a lack of self-confidence, and for the third and fourth points, they have the same point which is about vocabulary. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the ten statements above are the factors that cause students to stay silent in learning English and the dominant. They come from the indicators (students' proficiency) in the eleventh grade of SMKN 1 Tembilahan, as the researcher explained above.
STUDENTS’ LEARNING STRATEGIES IN DEVELOPING SPEAKING SKILL AT ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF INDRAGIRI Sri Erma Purwanti; Fauziah Sudra; Suldania Pratiwi
J-Shelves of Indragiri (JSI) Vol 2 No 2 (2021): J-SHELVES OF INDRAGIRI (JSI)
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32520/jsi.v2i2.1560

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English is a language that is used as a medium of international communication. Unfortunately, the ability of English students at the Islamic University of Indragiri in speaking skills is still considered low. They find it challenging to develop their speaking ability. Therefore they need some strategies to develop their speaking skills. Therefore, this study investigates the learning strategies used by English students to develop their speaking skills. The subjects of this study were 20 English students of semester four at the Islamic University of Indragiri. The research design was descriptive. To collect the data, the researchers administered a questionnaire consisting of 18 statements using the Likert scale. The results from the analysis showed that the students used almost all of the strategies proposed by Oxford (1990). They are cognitive strategies, metacognitive strategies, compensatory strategies, memory-related strategies, effective strategies, and social strategies. In order, the most frequent strategies employed by them were Cognitive Strategies (19%), compensatory strategies (17.75%), and social strategies (16.80%).
A STUDY ON THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN USING EXPRESSION OF SEVENTH GRADE MTs AL-RASYID TANJUNG SIANTAR Fauziah Sudra; Sri Erma Purwanti; Felci Tria Sauhana
J-Shelves of Indragiri (JSI) Vol 3 No 1 (2021): J-SHELVES OF INDRAGIRI (JSI)
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32520/jsi.v3i1.1769

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The main purpose of this study was to describe the students' ability to use expressions. This research was conducted at the seventh grade of MTs Al-Rasyid Tanjung Siantar from January to February 2021. It is descriptive research and uses total sampling technique in selecting the samples. There are 24 students to be the sample in this research. The data were collected by using a test. The researcher got the result that more than 50 % of the students could use expressions with a total mean score of 72 in the the good category. The total mean score is taken from 5 indicators, that were students' ability In using greeting expression with mean score 80.83 in the good category, leave taking expression with mean score 70.83 in the good category, thank you/ gratitude expression with mean score 75 in the good category, apology expression with mean score 64.16 in the good category, and the students' ability in using self-introduction expression with mean score 69.16 in the poor category. The researcher concluded that the students' ability to use expressions was good, a total score of 72. It means they have a good understanding of expressions, mainly greeting expressions.
THE EFFECT DESCRIBE AND DRAW TECHNIQUE TOWARD STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL Suldania Pratiwi; Sri Erma Purwanti; Agus Mustajib
J-Shelves of Indragiri (JSI) Vol 3 No 1 (2021): J-SHELVES OF INDRAGIRI (JSI)
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32520/jsi.v3i1.1773

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Speaking skill is one of the skills that students need to have. However, there are several factors that make students not master speaking, that was students feel ashamed to express opinions, afraid to make mistakes. One of them in students of MTsN 3 Indragiri Hilir. This problem is the background of the problem in this research. To find out the effect of describing and drawing techniques, researchers used experimental research with pre-experimental designs. The data collection technique in this research was a test using the oral test as an instrument. The sample of this research was 25 students of VII MTsN 3 Indragiri Hilir. After getting the data using the oral test, the researcher found that describe and drawing technique given an effect on students’ speaking skills, the score of the post-test (76.44) was better than the pre-test (66,32), and indicated by some factors, students more active, enjoy, brave. And with the result, t-observed was 22.0 while the t-table was 2.06 to 5. % and 2.81 for 1%. The t-observed score was higher than the t-table. Based on the result, H0 (null hypothesis) is rejected and H1 (alternative hypothesis) is accepted. It also means that describe and draw technique was given effect on students' speaking skills at grade VII of MTsN 3 Indragiri Hilir in academic years 2020/2021.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SPEAKING SKILL AND READING COMPREHENSION (A CASE STUDY ON THE THIRD SEMESTER OF ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAMAT ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OFINDRAGIRI TEMBILAHAN) Maizarah Maizarah; Sri Erma Purwanti
EJI (English Journal of Indragiri) : Studies in Education, Literature, and Linguistics Vol. 4 No. 1 (2020): EJI (English Journal of Indragiri) : Studies in Education, Literature, and Ling
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32520/eji.v4i1.875

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Speaking is a skill to produce sequences of words that exist at the meaning while reading means a skill to get meaning from the written words. Vocabulary is the key in which these two skills relate to each other. The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between speaking skill and reading comprehension of the third semester English students at Islamic University of Indargiri. The sample of this study was 20 students. The research method used in this study was a correlational study. Researchers gave the test of speaking skills and reading comprehension to collect data. After the data has been collected, it was found that the average of the students’ speaking skills was categorized as Good because 70,8 in range 66-79 and the students’ reading comprehension was categorized as Good to Excellentbecause 78,7 in range 76-100. Based on those findings, researchers analyzed the students’ speaking skill and their reading comprehension by using Pearson r formula, with the result is 0,691. Based on the coefficient correlation, 0,691 was interpreted as Moderate Correlation. It means there is a significant correlation between students’ speaking skill and their reading comprehension.