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Journal : JOSAR (Journal of Students Academic Research)

The Use of Captional Videos Strategy to Improve Students' Vocabulary Mastery Ilma, Firda; Mafulah, Siti
JOSAR (Journal of Students Academic Research) Vol 9 No 1 (2024): March
Publisher : Universitas Islam Balitar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35457/josar.v9i1.3274

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The aim of this study is to investigate how captional videos strategy as a teaching media improve students' vocabulary. Classroom Action Research (CAR) was used in this study. There were 32 students of eighth grade of junior high school as participants. The instruments used were test, observation checklist, and questionnaire. Criteria of success, lesson plan, media used was set on planning. The step was followed by implementing, obserning, and reflecting. This study was done on two cycles since the result of the first cycle did not meet the criteria of success. The result shows that vocabulary test result in Cycle II passed the criteria of success. Out of 32 students, 86% of the students got scores above 75, and 75% of students were active in the class. This suggests that including captioned movies into the classroom may be a useful way to expand students' lexical knowledge and proficiency in English. Therefore, it is suggested for teacher to use captional video as alternative media in teaching English especially in improving studdents’ vocabulary.
Text Planner and Self-Assessment of Recount Writing Ability among Junior High School Students Mafulah, Siti; Sribudiati, Wiwik; Haider, Sanwal
JOSAR (Journal of Students Academic Research) Vol 9 No 2 (2024): September
Publisher : Universitas Islam Balitar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35457/josar.v9i2.3938

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This study aims to explore whether the use of text planner combined with self- assessment affects students' recount text writing ability at junior high school students. The research employed a pre-experimental method using a one-group pretest- posttest design. The participants were 32 students from class VIII-H of SMP Negeri 1 Turen. The results showed a significant improvement in the students' recount writing performance from pretest to posttest. The average score increased from 67.27 to 80.08, indicating that the intervention of using a text planner combined with self-assessment has a positive impact. The Paired Samples T-test further confirmed the statistical significance of this improvement, with a p-value of 0.000, which is less than the standard significance level of 0.05. These findings suggest that the use of a text planner to guide the organization of recount texts, combined with self-assessment to enable students to critically evaluate their own writing, can be an effective approach to improve junior high school students' recount writing ability. The study provides valuable insights for educators seeking to implement evidence- based strategies to support students' development in this genre of writing. In addition, due to the limitation of this study, it is reccommended for futrure researchers to conduct research on the different text type and the implementattion in the different level of students so that the use of text planner combined withh self-assessment can be generalized as an effective way to teach English Writing Skill.