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Teaching Speaking through Story Telling: The Case of a Junior High School Yelia Yelia; Vera Wahyuni; Rachmawati Rachmawati; Dony Efriza
Edukasi Vol. 8, No. 2, Dec 2021
Publisher : State Islamic University of Raden Fatah Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19109/ejpp.v8i2.10896

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This collaborative classroom action research described the use of storytelling in teaching English speaking. The subjects of the research were 13 junior high school students at SMP Laboratorium STKIP Jambi, Indonesia. The qualitative data consisted of field notes, students’ diaries, photographs, and videos of teaching and learning process collected through observations and analyzed descriptively. The quantitative data were the students' scores in their English speaking performance generated through speaking tests and analyzed by using Microsoft Excel. The findings showed that the use of storytelling in teaching speaking could attract students’ attention to the lesson and encourage them to speak English. Pronouncing words, constructing sentences, and retelling the story could enhance students’ speaking performance. The students’ mean scores in their speaking performance tests got a significant improvement from cycle to cycle.
Augmented Reality Trends in Teaching English Tenses: The Case of Non-English Education Students Yelia Yelia; Dony Efriza; Santi Hendrayani
Indonesian Research Journal in Education |IRJE| Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021): IRJE |Indonesian Research Journal in Education|
Publisher : Universitas Jambi, Indonesia

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The purpose of this study was to examine a classroom action research about using augmented reality media to improve non-English students’ tenses mastery. The study was carried out in two cycles and each cycle consists of four stages, including plan, action, observation, and reflection. The participants of the study were a class of students of economic education study program, faculty of teacher training and education at a public university in Jambi who were taking English subject. The data of the study were taken from a test and observations in collecting the data. The results of the data analysis indicated that there was an increase from the first cycle to the second cycle. Moreover, the research results showed that: 1) augmented reality created a good atmosphere in the teaching and learning activities; 2) augmented reality made the students understand the use of tenses easily; and 3) the students became more active and attractive in the teaching and learning activities. It can be concluded that the use of augmented reality can improve students' tenses mastery.