Nur Afifi
Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kediri

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REALIA IN EFL CLASSROOM: PROMOTING DESCRIPTIVE WRITING PROFICIENCY OF EIGHTH-GRADERS Sunengko Sunengko; Nur Afifi
ANGLO-SAXON: Jurnal Ilmiah Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Vol 12, No 2 (2021): Anglo-Saxon : Jurnal Ilmiah Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Desember 2
Publisher : English Department, University of Riau Kepulauan, Batam,Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33373/as.v12i2.3711

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Advancing students' writing skill as one of the benchmarks for the quality of literacy requires practical learning innovation. One of the models offered in this study was realia in English as a foreign language class. This research was conducted to determine if realia as a learning medium was effective to improve the students' descriptive writing ability. Quantitative was the design of this research in the form of a pre-experiment. The sample of this study consists of 19 students, 9 for male students, and 10 for female students. They were class eight at SMPI Al A'roof, Loceret, Nganjuk. The study was for three weeks and conducting five meetings. Two meetings are for collecting the data on the pre-test and post-test, and three meetings are to provide treatment to the students using realia as a learning medium in a descriptive writing class. The assessment criteria carried out include content, style, and mechanics. The data analysis indicated that the students' descriptive text writing achievement improved significantly. Therefore, it could be concluded that teaching realia writing helped develop the students' descriptive writing skills.
ENGLISH STUDY CLUB: HOW STUDENTS' MENTAL ATTRIBUTES REFLECT THEIR MOTIVATION Siti Maria Ulfa Mattarima; Nur Afifi; Rezki Suci Qamaria
Celtic : A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching, Literature and Linguistics Vol. 9 No. 1 (2022): June 2022
Publisher : University of Muhammadiyah Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22219/celtic.v9i1.18975

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This study focuses on investigating the main motivation of students in theEnglish club and testing the level of motivation based on the aspects oflearning motivation that have been developed by Worell and Stilwell. Thisstudy aims to reveal the difference in motivation between on-campusclubs and English clubs using quantitative descriptive methods on thesubjects of students in the second semester to the final semester of theEnglish Department. The data was collected through a questionnaire andanalyzed using a non-parametric test, Mann-Whitney. This study indicatesno significant difference between student learning motivation on campusand the English Club from the average of six aspects of learningmotivation. However, the English club was superior in terms of feedbackand goals as the primary motivation for students. From these results, it isknown that the English club contributes well to the mental attributes ofstudents in practicing English proficiency.