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IMPROVING READING SKILL OF STUDENTS OF HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION PROGRAM OF SRIWIJAYA STATE POLYTECHNIC THROUGH PUBLIC Risa -
Holistics (Hospitality and Linguistics) : Jurnal Ilmiah Bahasa Inggris Vol. 5 No. 1 (2013): Jurnal Holistic
Publisher : Politeknik Negeri Sriwijaya

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This study investigated the improvement in reading skill thorugh weblog. It was aimed at finding out whether or not there is a significant difference in reading achievements between the students who have treatment and that of those who have not, and how much weblog contributes in improving students' reading achievements. Forty out of 99 second semester students in the academic year 2011/2012 of Hopsitality Industry Concentration Program of English Department Sriwijaya State Polytechnic were selected as the sample based on the criteria: (1) their average score of their reading between 66-85, (2) their TOEIC score was between 255-600, and (3) they were taught by the same lecturer. They were divided into two groups that consisted of 20 students for experimental group and 20  students for control group. All samples were given reading test taken from TOEIC test. T-test and  regression analysis were used in analyzing the data. The results showed that the students who had not. This study found out that weblog gives much contribution in improving the students' reading achievements.
IMPROVING WRITING SKILL OF STUDENTS OF HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION PROGRAM OF SRIWIJAYA STATE POLYTECHNIC THROUGH WEBLOG Risa -
Holistics (Hospitality and Linguistics) : Jurnal Ilmiah Bahasa Inggris Vol. 6 No. 1 (2014): HOLISTICS Journal, Volume 6, Number 11 June 2014
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This study investigated the improvement in  writing skill through weblog.  It was   aimed at finding out whether or not there is a significant difference in writing achievements between the students who have treatment and that of those who have not, and how much weblog contributes in improving students’  writing achievements. Forty out of 99 second semester students in the academic year 2011/2012 of Hospitality Industry Concentration Program of English Department Sriwijaya State Polytechnic were selected as the samples based on the criteria: (1) their average score of their reading and writing between 66 – 85, (2) their TOEIC score was between 255 – 600, and (3) they were taught by the same lecturer. They were divided into two groups that consisted of 20 students for experimental group and 20 students for control group. All samples were given  writing tests based on the suitable topics of their major. T-test and regression analysis were used in analyzing the data. The results showed that the students who had treatment achieved higher and better scores in their writing compared to the students who had not. This study found out that weblog gives much contribution in improving the students’  writing achievements.
EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEACHING MODULE OF SPEAKING 1 Sri Endah Kusmartini; Risnawati _; Risa -; Darmaliana _
HOLISTICS Vol. 9 No. 18 (2017): Vol 9, No.18 (2017): HOLISTICS VOLUME 9, NUMBER 18 DECEMBER 2017
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In the hospitality industry, English speaking competence is needed in order to be able to compete in this global era. The assignment of the people in an educational institution is to ensure that the students have the teaching module to study. The main objective of this study was to evaluate and develop the teaching Module of Speaking 1. It was a research and development study. The research was conducted in English Department Sriwijaya State Polytechnic. The research applied small-scale project of R & D developed by Gall, Borg, and Gall (2003). The research revealed that based on the evaluation, the existing Speaking 1 module produced in 2014 was not appropriate anymore and needed to be developed. Therefore, lesson plan was designed based on the newest syllabus. The teaching module of Speaking 1 was developed based on the lesson plan. Content validation and construct validation were conducted to the draft. Main product revision was conducted based on the content and construct validation. Main field testing was conducted to see the practicality and the level of difficulties of the draft. The final revision was conducted based on the main field testing. This small-scale project of R & D cycle was conducted due to time and budget limitation.