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Usman Kasim
Universitas Syiah Kuala
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EXPLORING MARITIME CADETS’ ANXIETY IN ENGLISH SPEAKING Desy Intan Fathiah; Usman Kasim; Siti Sarah Fitriani
English Education Journal Vol 11, No 1 (2020)
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This research was aimed at measuring the level of cadets’ anxiety in speaking English and finding out the dominant aspects of speaking anxiety faced by maritime cadets at Malahayati Merchant Marine College. To obtain this objective, the study was conducted at Malahayati Merchant Marine College. The participants of this study were 174 second-semester cadets at Malahayati Merchant Marine College and 15 English teachers. The data were obtained through questionnaires. Descriptive quantitative was used in describing the data. The data demonstrated that Maritime cadets’ level of speaking anxiety was moderate level, with average percentage of 58%. Furthermore, communication apprehension was dominant aspect in cadets’ speaking anxiety. Lastly, both the teachers and the students should be aware about English speaking anxiety because somehow it can be a barrier in learning English.
The mapping of TOEFL scores among EFL students in Aceh Nurkholish Umar; Usman Kasim; Iskandar Abdul Samad
English Education Journal Vol 13, No 2 (2022)
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The purpose of this study was to describe the proficiency level of English for Foreign Language (EFL) students based on their TOEFL scores. The samples for this descriptive quantitative study consisted of 30 English Education Department students from Syiah Kuala University and Ar-Raniry State Islamic University. The scores gathered from the organised TOEFL test were analysed according to the CEFR reference levels to categorise the English proficiency level of the students. The total TOEFL scores gathered showed that, on average, the students placed in the B1 (intermediate) level of English proficiency. Individually, there were four students in the A2 (elementary) level, 15 students in the B1 (intermediate) level, ten students in the B2 (upper intermediate) level, and one student in the C1 (advanced) level of proficiency. Regarding the skills proficiency, on average, the students achieved the B2 (upper intermediate) level in the first section, which was higher than the remaining two sections that averaged on the B1 (intermediate) level. The students’ proficiency levels found in this study showed that, on average, they were able to pass the universities’ TOEFL graduation requirement but still fall short for abroad scholarship admission.
The Use of Media in Innovative Learning to Improve Students’ Achievement in Learning English Anggia Susanti; Usman Kasim; Diana Achmad; Burhansyah Burhansyah; Chairina Nasir
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 7, No 2 (2022): June 2022
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This is a library research which aims at finding out the use of media in teaching English is implemented and aims at finding out the use of media in innovative learning to improve students’ achievement in learning English based on literature analysis. The data were collected using investigation technique of discourses from textbooks, articles, journals, papers and other relevant data sources. There are 10 sources in this study, those are: Sutirman (2013), Rahmi (2014), Mudofir (2015), Tanggoro (2015), Muktamir (2017), Nurrita (2018), Hanif (2019), Nurdyansyah (2019), Emilda (2020), and Maru'ao (2020). The researcher analyzed the data by reading deeply to get understanding of the important data from all of the sources. The researcher reviewed to look for similarities or association between one source and another source. After that, the researcher paraphrased and elaborated the statements to give valuable information. The data analysis technique included the process of data identification from relevant literature sources. The findings from the selected data were explained and summarized by where the data are located, how the data are obtained, evaluated, and incorporated into the research presentation. The result of the analysis from all the sources showed that the implementation of the use of media in teaching English to junior and senior high school students and the use of media in innovative learning can improve students’ achievement in learning English. 
An Analysis of Using Mind Mapping Technique to Improve EFL Students’ Writing Ability Nia Nidayanti; Usman Kasim; Hendra Heriansyah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 7, No 2 (2022): June 2022
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This study investigates the effectiveness of using mind mapping technique to improve students’ writing ability. This study is a library research and used content analysis method to analyze the data. Of the 5 (five) journals and previous research about using mind mapping technique to teach English, all of them proved the technique to be effective. The findings showed that using mind mapping technique also improves students’ skill in writing aspects such as grammar, vocabulary, and idea organization. Furthermore, the biggest challenge in conducting mind-mapping technique was some of the students did not understand the characteristic of a mind mapping quite well. They wrote too much sentences in their mind maps. Thus, the solution applied by the previous researcher was using a warm up activity that is related to the mind-mapping technique to increase students’ motivation in writing and students’ understanding about the use of mind-mapping technique. Finally, the researcher suggests the English teachers to apply various learning activities and implement mind-mapping technique to motivate students such as using various media and pictures in teaching and learning of writing.
Teaching Speaking Skill By Using Numbered Head Together Yunita Sari; Usman Kasim; Chairina Nasir
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 6, No 1 (2021): February 2021
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This research was conducted at SMPN 3 Gunung Meriah, Aceh Singkil. It was intended to find out whether the use of Numbered Head Together improved students’ speaking ability in learning speaking or not. The researcher used random sampling by drawing lottery number. The sample of this research was the students of grade VIII-1. The data was collected by researcher using pre-test, treatment and post-test. The materials used in the speaking tests were pictures. The speaking aspects were pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. In analyzing the data, the researcher used statistical formula. The mean score of pre-test was 45 and post-test was 70. The data showed that the improvement of the mean was 25. The critical value of 0.05 significant level and 19 degree of freedom was 2.093. The result of t-test (3.930) was higher than t-table (2.093). So, this mean that the implementation of teaching speaking skill by using Numbered Head Together give significant difference in students speaking scores between pre-test and post-test of students VIII-1 of SMPN 3 Gunung Meriah.
An Analysis of Oral Corrective Feedback Applied by the English Teachers in the EFL Classroom Deza Aulia Sari; Usman Kasim; Diana Achmad
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 7, No 4 (2022): December 2022
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Oral corrective feedback is the teacher’s response and strategy toward students’ oral errors in the classroom especially in learning English as the target language. The study was aimed at finding out the types of oral corrective feedback dominantly used by the teachers at SMA Labschool USK Banda Aceh and their perceptions about oral corrective feedback. This research belongs to descriptive qualitative research using interview guide adopted from Fungula (2013) as the instrument of the research. To obtain the data, the researcher used interview dan recorded the data using smartphone. The findings show that there are four types of oral corrective feedback appeared as the types dominantly used by the teachers namely; recast, metalinguistic feedback, elicitation, and repetition. Furthermore, the teachers have positive opinions about oral corrective feedback. The teachers also explained the way they applied oral corrective feedback and the appropriate timing in providing the feedback. In their opinions, they believed they should adaptable and flexible in using various types of oral corrective feedback in order to obtain the best outcome on learners’ speaking skill in English. Regarding to the result, the researcher suggests the English teachers enhance their awareness about the advantages of different types of oral corrective feedback. In addition, future studies is needed on the learners’ uptake and their perceptions toward oral corrective feedback, as well as students’ preferences regarding explicit or implicit feedbacks. 
Teaching Writing Skill by Using Think Pair Share Technique Mirna Lisna Santika; Usman Kasim; Burhansyah Burhansyah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 7, No 4 (2022): December 2022
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This research belongs to a library research. This study aims to figure out whether teaching writing skill using think pair share technique is effective or not according to some literatures. Meanwhile, the objects of this study are theories and literatures about the effectiveness of using TPS in teaching writing ability. The researcher used library research as the method in this study. There are five literatures in the forms of journal articles related to the topic of this research as the references to collect the data. In collecting data, the researcher used content analysis. First, the writer searched out some references such as books, journals, and articles. Then, the writer read and selected the needed data based on the research objective. After reviewing five references of previous studies regarding the effectiveness of using TPS to teach writing, the writer concluded that each literature proved that Think Pair Share technique is an effective technique to teach writing skill, it can be seen from the result of observation, the students’ result of every cycle, and the students’ score in pre-test and post-test. The writer suggests teachers should train and enhance students’ writing interest by giving interesting writing materials. Teachers should use time allocation effectively in order to make the teaching learning process able to be used maximally.
Student-teacher conferences and video-recorded microteaching sessions in developing pre-service teachers' teaching competences Saiful Marhaban; Usman Kasim; Arifin Syamaun; Teguh Sulistyo
Studies in English Language and Education Vol 10, No 1 (2023)
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The present study highlighted the importance of pre-service teachers’ teaching competences in English Language Teaching (ELT). Facts show that empowering pre-service teachers is very important, but inspiring lecturers to implement a suitable teaching model takes time. Thus, this study aimed to determine how student-teacher conferences and video-recorded microteaching sessions (VRMS) affected pre-service teachers’ competences. Besides, the self-reflection of the pre-service teachers after watching their own teaching performance video and the conference with the lecturer was also investigated to see their behaviors towards their teaching performances. This mixed-method study involved one group and applied three main instruments to collect data: interviews (student-teacher conferences), checklists of teacher self-evaluation forms, and teaching practicum performance tests using a scoring rubric adapted from Brown (2000). There were 20 participants who were taking the Microteaching Course at the Department of English Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The study was conducted in one consecutive semester consisting of 16 meetings, each of which was 200 minutes long (4 credits). The results proved that student-teacher conferences and VRMS stimulated pre-service teachers’ teaching competences. Pre-service teachers grew their self-reflection after watching their own teaching videos and understood their strengths and weaknesses after getting student-teacher conferences. It implies that the improvement of their teaching competences resulted from a process involving the willingness to do self-reflection and the lecturer’s help in understanding what areas the pre-service teachers had to improve. The implications of the study are also presented and discussed in this paper.
The Use of Numbered Head Together to Improve Students’ Writing Ability for Grade VIII of Junior High School Hani Ammaria; Usman Kasim; Saiful Marhaban
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 8, No 1 (2023): February 2023
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This research aimed at analysing whether the use of Numbered Head Together (NHT) technique in improving students’ writing ability based on the experts and some previous studies. Library research was used as the method of this research. NHT is a cooperative learning that aims to increase students’ writing ability by using four steps; numbering, submitting questions, collective thinking, and answering. The data for this research were obtained from previous works of the other researchers and some literature sources include books, journals, articles, and other relevant data sources. The data analysis technique includes the process of data identification from relevant literature sources, determining where the data is located, obtaining the data, evaluating the data, and incorporating the data into the research presentation. The result of the analysis from all the sources showed that the use of NHT can improve students’ writing ability and the aspects of writing such as content, organization, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanic. 
An Analysis of Students’ Speaking Anxiety in Virtual Learning Classroom During the COVID-19 Diana Fauzia Sari; Usman Kasim; Zakaria Zakaria; Yuliana Yuliana; Fenny Regita
English Education Journal Vol 14, No 1 (2023)
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This study aimed to find (1) the level of students’ speaking anxiety; and (2) factors causing the anxiety among students during virtual learning. This research used descriptive qualitative method, with the aim of analyzing data taken from 30 students of second semester students of English Education Department at Syiah Kuala University in academic year of 2021/2022. In conducting this study, the researcher used PSCAS (Public Speaking Class Anxiety Scale) questionnaire by Yaikhong and Usaha (2012). The results revealed that most of students (67%) were in medium  level which experienced by 20 out of 30 students. Meanwhile, the factors that most influenced student anxiety is lack of preparation factors (73%). Then, the next factors are grammatical error, motivation, friend/classmate, embarrassment, lack of confidence, fear of making mistakes, shyness and limited vocabulary. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that speaking in the virtual classroom can make students feel anxious and pressured. Anxiety can negatively affect students' speaking achievement; therefore, it is important for lecturers to be concerned with students' anxiety and find the best learning methods to reduce their anxiety, also by making the class atmosphere more comfortable and not monotonous.
Co-Authors Abdullah Abdullah Anggia Susanti Arifin Syamaun Bukhari Daud Burhansyah Burhansyah Chairina Nasir Desy Intan Fathiah Deza Aulia Sari Diana Achmad Diana Fauzia Sari Fauza A. Rahmi Fauzan Fauzan Fenny Regita Hafrizal Hafrizal Hani Ammaria Hendra Heriansyah Iskandar Abdul Samad Iswan Aramiko Marlina Mirna Lisna Santika Nia Nidayanti Nurkholish Umar Putri Yunisari Raihal Fajri Raudhaturrahmi Raudhaturrahmi Ridhayatullah Ridhayatullah Rusydi Rusydi Saiful Marhaban Siti Sarah Fitriani, Siti Sarah Teguh Sulistyo Yuliana Yuliana Yunita Sari Zakaria Zakaria Zulfadli A. Aziz