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An Analysis on Students’ Ability in Writing Expository Annisa Ramadhani; Kisman Salija; Amra Ariyani
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 1, No 2, April (2022): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This study aims to determine students' ability to write expository text in the form of essays that focus on cause and effect based on five aspects of writing, namely content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics, at the Faculty of Language and Literature, specifically in the Business English class A semester of 2019. Eighteen (18) students did up the research sample. In this research, the descriptive qualitative approach was applied. To collect data, a writing test was conducted. According to the findings, students who wrote expository texts concentrating on cause and effect were able to write expository texts because the outcomes of their students' writing revealed that they were able to master five elements of writing which almost all students had the perfect vocabulary.
An Analysis of Seating Arrangement on Students’ Learning Attention Ahmad Syaifullah; Munir Munir; Amra Ariyani
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 1, No 1, January (2022): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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The objective of this research was to find out how row and U-shaped seating arrangements affect the students’ learning attention. This research employed a descriptive qualitative method. The subject of this research was class VIII A consisted of 25 students taken by using purposive sampling. The instruments in collecting data were observation checklist and interview. The data were obtained through observation to see the Row and U-shaped seating arrangements and kinds of students’ learning attention. The data from the interview were analyzed by recording and transcribing them. The result of this research showed that the U-Shaped seating arrangement is a better form to apply in the class than the Row form. The classroom needs a lot of communication and communication is exchanging information with each other. The information exchange happened by giving attention. Students learning engagement is formed by eye contact with the teacher or among the students themselves because eye contact stimulates external factors to get maximum attention. A u-shaped form is the best form to facilitate eye contact.
Using Short Stories in Teaching Reading Comprehension of Narrative Text to the First-Year Students of SMK Negeri Campalagian Emelia Mustika Efendi; Baso Jabu; Amra Ariyani
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 1, No 4, October (2022): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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The objective of this research was to determine whether or not the use of short stories is effective in teaching reading comprehension of narrative text to the first-year students of SMK Negeri Campalagian. This research used cluster random sampling with 25 students of class X TKJ (Teknik Komputer dan Jaringan). This research used a pre-experimental design consisting of two cycles, namely pre-test, and post-test. The data was obtained through a reading comprehension test which consisted of 30 questions that aimed to determine students’ ability to comprehend a text. In analyzing the data, the researchers used a t-test to find out whether there was a significant difference before and after students were given treatment using short stories. The results of statistic calculations showed a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test. This was indicated by the t-test value which is greater than the t-table value (26.796>1.711). Based on the result, it can be obtained that the use of short stories is effective in teaching reading comprehension of narrative text to the first-year students of SMK Negeri Campalagian.
The Use of Film Stories to Improve Students’ Ability in Writing Narrative Text Rini Anggriani; Amirullah Abduh; Amra Ariyani
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 1, No 1, January (2022): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This study aimed to discover whether the use of film stories could improve students’ ability in writing narrative text. The method of the research was pre-experimental with one group pretest and posttest design. The population of the study was 11th Grade students of Senior High School MA DDI Kanang, West Sulawesi in the 2021/2022 academic year. Twenty-five (25) students were selected as samples of the study using a random sampling technique. The instrument of this research was a writing test which was administered as a pretest and posttest. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The results of the data analysis showed that the posttest mean score was 83.84. This was greater than the pretest mean score that was 68.96. Furthermore, the significant value of this research (0.000) was smaller than the alpha level (0.05). this means that H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. Therefore, it can be concluded that Film stories could be used as media in improving the students’ ability in writing a narrative text of 11th Grades of MA DDI Kanang.
The Use of Humor Stories in Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students of Mts Negeri 1 Sidrap Hudzaifa Afifah Hamka; A. Muliati; Amra Ariyani
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 1, No 3, July (2022): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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The objective of this research was to find out whether or not the use of humor stories in teaching reading improves students’ reading comprehension. This research took place at MTs Negeri 1 Sidrap. The population of this research was the third-grade students of MTs Negeri 1 Sidrap. The researchers used cluster random sampling technique in selecting samples. These researchers used pre-experimental design. The instrument of this research was a reading test which administered as a pretest and posttest. Based on the result of mean score, the researchers found that the use of humor stories in teaching reading comprehension improves because it was found that the post-test score is higher than the pre-test (78.2 > 85.0). So, it can be concluded that the use of humor stories improves students reading at MTs Negeri 1 Sidrap academic year 2021/2022.
Students’ Difficulties in Writing Thesis Background Thahirah Thahirah; Maemuna Muhayyang; Amra Ariyani
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 1, January (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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The aim of this research is to find out the students’ difficulties, the most common difficulties faced by students, and how the students overcome the difficulties in writing thesis background. The participants of this research were eight students in the English education study program of UNM in the academic year 2018. The method of this research was a descriptive qualitative design with interviews and documents as the instrument for collecting data. The result of this research showed three points as follows: 1) The difficulties encountered by the students of the English Education study program at Universitas Negeri Makassar are: a) writing and organizing ideas, b) Novelty, c) Importance, d) lack of vocabulary and e) Grammar. 2) The most common difficulties encountered by the students are writing and organizing ideas. This difficulty arises because there is still a lack of ability to write and understand what should be included in the background. 3) Their way to solve the difficulties they faced when writing a thesis background was three events namely; a) working independently, b) developing or joining a community of practice, and c) working with the supervisor.
The Correlation between Students’ Socioeconomic Status and Their Motivation in Learning English Julianti Sapta Nadilla; Chairil Anwar Korompot; Amra Ariyani
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 1, January (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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The purpose of this research is to determine students' socioeconomic status, motivation to learn English, and the relationship between students' socioeconomic status and motivation to learn English. The researchers used correlational research to achieve this goal, and the participants in this study were 22 students chosen using a random sampling technique. This study's findings were gathered using two types of questionnaires. The results revealed that the majority of the students had a moderate socioeconomic status with 10 (45%) students, only 2 (9%) students having a very high level, 8 (36%) students having a low level. and 1 (4.5%) student for high and very low levels, for their motivation in learning English, the majority of students (45%) are in low levels, and there is a strong relationship between students' socioeconomic status and their social status. The correlation between motivation to learn English and motivation to learn English is 0.75. The in-person product-moment retest score ranges from 0.60 to 0.799 indicating a strong category.
The Correlations between Students’ Reading Habits and Pronunciation Ability at the Eleventh Grade of SMA Negeri 20 Pangkep ita Purnama Sari; Syarifuddin Dollah; Amra Ariyani
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 2, April (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This research aimed to determine the student’s reading habits and pronunciation ability and the relationship between their reading habits and pronunciation ability. A correlational research design was used in the research. Twenty-eight students from the eleventh grade at SMA Negeri 20 Pangkep were chosen using the cluster random sampling technique as the sample group for this research. This research used a questionnaire to learn about the reading habits of the students and a pronunciation test to assess their pronunciation abilities. The findings of this research show that: (1) the eleventh-grade students at SMA Negeri 20 Pangkep had often category reading habits (Repeat reading English text twice or more). (2) The students' pronunciation abilities are good-categorized, and (3) the correlation between students’ reading habits and pronunciation ability was positive because r calculation = 0.924 was higher than the value of r table = 0.329, which means that the H0 of this research was rejected and H1 was accepted. Therefore, it can be concluded that there was a significant correlation between the students’ reading habits and pronunciation ability in the eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 20 Pangkep.
Students’ Perception on Learning English with “Chill English by Schoolfess” in Telegram Nurnadiefa Nurnadiefa; Amra Ariyani; Fitri Radhiyani
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 3, July (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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The purpose of this study is to find out students’ perceptions of their English learning with Chill English by Schoolfess in Telegram. The population in this study were all followers of Chill English by Schoolfess using a purposive sampling technique of 15 High School Student followers as the sample in this research. This study used descriptive qualitative where the researcher used the interview as an instrument and based on the result of the interview, the researcher found positive responses from students in learning English with Chill English by Schoolfess in Telegram. Chill English by Schoolfess is interesting to students as a medium for developing their English outside of school which shows significant developments in their writing and reading skills.