Don Narius
Universitas Negeri Padang

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An Analysis of Second Semester English Department Students of UNP at Subject-Verb Agreement in their Paragraph Writing Assignments Muhammad Wira Rizki; Don Narius; Witri Oktavia
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 8, No 3 (2019)
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This research aimed to analyze the students’ subject-verb agreement accuracy in the paragraph writing assignments.  This research is descriptive quantitative research. The population in this research is the first year, second semester of 2018 English Department students of Universitas Negeri Padang. The sample was taken by using cluster random sampling. There are 40 students that become the sample of the research. In this research, the data was collected from the students and lecturers who taught paragraph writing class. Based on the findings and discussion about the students’ subject-verb agreement, the researcher found that Subject-Verb Agreement accuracy of second semester English Department students in Paragraph Writing course at Universitas Negeri Padang is 37,4%, which is categorized as Fail. The sequence of the types of errors from the highest to the lowest made by the students was omission, misformation, addition, and misordering.
An Analysis of Student's Reading Motivation in Reading Subject at English Department of Universitas Negeri Padang Atikah Indah Arridha; Don Narius
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 8, No 3 (2019)
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AbstractReading is an important activity that cannot be separated from human’s activity. As a student, reading becomes a vital aspect for helping them toward the learning. However, there are many factors that steal students’ attention from reading. In this research, the researcher wanted to find out how students’ motivation in this recent situation. The purpose of this study was aimed to analyse the students’ reading motivation and defined the type of students’ motivation in reading subject at English Department of UNP. The study was descriptive study using quantitative approach. The data were collected through a ready-made questionnaire “Motivation Reading Questionnaire” by Wigfield and Guthrie (1997). The subject of the study was 2016 English Education students from English Department of UNP. The samples of the study were chosen by using cluster random sampling technique. The result of this study showed that: (1) 2016 English Education Students have a good motivation in reading, because a half of the participant were in average level of reading motivation, followed by the high level of motivation, and there were only two students who have low motivation, (2) the students’ type of motivation were dominantly extrinsic motivation.  
The Analysis of Students’ Learning Style Preferred by Basic Listening Classes of English Department at Universitas Negeri Padang Juliance Primurizki; Aryuliva Adnan; Don Narius
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 9, No 3 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v9i3.109343

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The variation of students in acquiring and understanding knowledge is influenced by learning styles. But, based on the observation, the students are less aware of their own preferences in learning styles. This research was conducted to analyze the learning styles preferred by students in the Basic Listening classes of English Department, Universitas Negeri Padang (UNP). This descriptive research used a quantitative descriptive method. The research instrument was questionnaires. There were 2 questionnaires used in this research. First VARK questionnaire (Version 7.8) designed by Fleming. VARK questionnaire represented visual (V), aural (A), read/write (R), and kinaesthetic (K). It consisted of 16 questions with four options. The second questionnaire was Index of Learning Styles (ILS) designed by Richard M. Felder and Barbara A. Soloman in 1997. This questionnaire was categorized into four dimensions, namely active or reflective, visual or verbal, sensitivity or intuition, and sequential or global. It consisted of 44 questions with 2 options. The population of this research was the students in Basic Listening Classes of English Department. The sample was 60 students who were chosen randomly from the total population using Simple Random Sampling. This result of this research showed that the students had various learning styles and mostly their learning styles were dominated by visual style.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN LEARNING SPEAKING AND SPEAKING ABILITY OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITAS NEGERI PADANG ACADEMIC YEAR 2017 Tio Eka Putra; Ratmanida Ratmanida; Don Narius
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7, No 1 (2018)
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This research is a quantitative-correlational research that measures the stage of the motivation of the students in learning speaking subject and their speaking ability in English. In addition the population of this research is the under-graduate students of English for education department, Faculty Language and Arts academic year 2017, Universitas Negeri Padang and the sample is chosen by using cluster sampling. Furthermore, the problem backgrounded this research is how the relationship between students’ motivation in learning speaking and the speaking ability. For this research, motivation is treated as the x variable and speaking ability as y variable. The instruments used in this research are questionnaire and test. The questionnaire is used to measure the motivation and test for the speaking ability. The questionnaire used is adapted from the The Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB) by Gardner. The questionnaire was analyzed by using likert scale and speaking test by using speaking rubrics by Brown. The result of this researchshows that there is a relationship between the motivation and speaking ability of tye students. It is shown by the correlational coefficient (rxy) with number 0,002. However, the relationship is not significant because when it is compared with rtable with (α) 5%, the number is 0,3494. It means that rtable > rxy. Thus, it can be concluded that the relationship between x variable and y variable is not significant, Keywords: speaking ability, motivasion, correlational research
Theme Shifts Found in English-Indonesian Translation of Newspaper Article by the Translation Students of English Department UNP Titis Grahita; Don Narius
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 8, No 4 (2019)
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This study analyzed type of themes in source text (ST) and target text (TT), also theme shifts in students’ translation product which are under Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) proposed by Halliday and Matthiessen (2004). The participants of this research were translation students of English education program of UNP that registered in academic year 2015. They were asked to translate newspaper article which published by The Jakarta Post from English into Bahasa Indonesia. Furthermore, descriptive qualitative research is applied. Based on the research findings, the researcher found that: (i) simple un-marked theme (SUT) was the theme most frequently used in both the ST and the TT; (ii) Students mostly did the theme shifts in the same-level of clause.
THE ABILITY OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF SMKN 2 PARIAMAN IN WRITING INQUIRY LETTERS Latifah Turrahmah; Rusdi Rusdi; Don Narius
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 6, No 1 (2017): Serie A
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This research is about students’ ability in writing a business letter, especially an inquiry letter. This research was aimed at analyzing students’ ability in writing inquiry letters deal with its letter organization. This research used descriptive research. The population of this research were all of the first year Office Administration students from two classes, X AP1 and X AP2. There were seventy-four students. The samples were twenty-five students taken by using random sampling technique. The instrument applied in this research was a written test about inquiry letter. Students were asked to write inquiry letter based on three topics that they have chosen in the previous week for sixty menutes. The data was analyzed by using a rubric score of the inquiry letter deal with its letter organization. The result of this research showed that students got 4 (well) in writing the inquiry letter deal with its letter organization. However, there were some organization of letter that did not write properly. Students were expected to have more understanding in writing a proper inquiry letter deal with its letter organizaton