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Factors affecting maritime students’ achievements in maritime English Sofyan A Gani; Rizka Maulia Adnansyah
English Education Journal Vol 8, No 3 (2017): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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This study investigated and described factors affecting the achievements of maritime students in learning English and was concerned with four factors that are believed to be closely related to learning English. They are family background, orientation, beliefs and learning experiences. The qualitative descriptive method was used for doing this study. The subject of this study was two nautical classes in the fourth semester in 2014/15 at the Malahayati Merchant Marine College at Durung, Aceh Besar District, on the north coast of Aceh about 22 km, east of Banda Aceh. The instrument used for collecting the data was a questionnaire with 17 items, comprising both open ended and closed questions. In addition, interviews were conducted to clarify the data from the questionnaire. The data from the questionnaire were coded, grouped, classified and concluded. The achievements of the students in learning ESL were affected by four factors, viz: (i) family background, which covered the students’ origins and their parents’ level of education, (ii) beliefs, (iii) orientation, and (iv) learning experiences. Of these four factors, belief was the most important one.
Students’ Strategies in Taking TOEFL Listening Test Aina Razmalia; Sofyan A Gani
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 4: December 2017
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English Department students, as a department at Syiah Kuala University, are expected to be able to answer TOEFL listening questions effectively since they have been studying English as their major subject and concentration. However, it was found that some students still have problems in TOEFL test, especially in part A of Listening Comprehension section. This study is carried out to analyze the students’ strategies in Listening of TOEFL test. Descriptive quantitative approach was applied. 31 students who are in semester 8 to 12 were chosen incidentally as the subjects of this study. Meanwhile, the object of this study was the students’ strategies in Listening Comprehension of TOEFL test. The writer used survey techniques in collecting the data. The data were collected by using questionnaire sheet as the instrument. The result showed that the strategies suggested by Phillips (2001) in part A of Listening in TOEFL test are implemented 69% by the students of English Department of Syiah Kuala University. To conclude, the students apply the strategies with the frequency of “sometimes”. Therefore, it is suggested that students implement more strategies, and teachers or instructors are recommended to motivate them and build their awareness to use more strategies when taking a TOEFL. 
Communication Strategies Used by the English Teacher in Teaching Speaking Skill Jumiati Jumiati; Sofyan A Gani; Diana Fauzia Sari
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 4: December 2017
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Communication strategies have a big role in learning target language since they can be the tool in solving communication problem. Both teacher and students need to use the strategies in communicating to keep the conversation flow smoothly. This study aimed to find out the types of communication strategies used by the English teacher during the teaching process and to explain the implementation of those strategies in the classroom. By implementing Dornyei’s taxonomy, the data was classified into thirteen strategies. A qualitative research was used as the method in this study and the data was collected by doing observation, audio recording and interviewing the teacher in SMAN 3 Banda Aceh. The result showed that eight strategies were used by the English teacher included three additional strategies that appeared during teaching process. Based on the result, stalling and time gaining strategy was the highest number of strategies used by the teacher in the classroom. Meanwhile the least number of strategies used was repetition. In addition, the teacher only implemented compensatory strategies in the class since the eight strategies were included into it. Therefore, it could be inferred that teacher who commonly applied compensatory strategies had high proficiency in English. Thus, by conducting this study, the teacher was expected to use and choose the best strategies to overcome the communication problem in the classroom. 
The Interaction between Teacher and Young Learners at Bilingual Classroom Dian Rozalia; Sofyan A Gani
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 4: December 2017
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English classroom interaction is a crucial aspect in learning and improving students’ skill. An English teacher communicates actively with the students by using English during the lesson in order to enhance their English skill. This research aims to find out kind of teacher-student communication patterns the 4th grade students of Elementary School at Fatih Bilingual School, one way or two ways communication pattern which is more dominant. The participants of this research were 20 students and an English teacher at 4th grade at Fatih Bilingual School. The data collected were qualitative in nature. The qualitative data were obtained by doing observation, and recording the video to the students and the teacher. The result of this research showed that the percentage of circular interaction is 76% of the total interaction and one way interaction is 24%. Thus, the kind of interaction between the teacher and the students is two way communications (circular) more dominant than one way communication (linear).
Co-Authors Aina Razmalia Dian Rozalia Diana Fauzia Sari Jumiati Jumiati Rizka Maulia Adnansyah