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THE USE OF ENGLISH SONGS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY Sri Wahyuni; Hijjatul Qamariah; MulyadiSyahputra
Getsempena English Education Journal Vol. 5 No. 1 (2018)
Publisher : English Education Department

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (460.58 KB) | DOI: 10.46244/geej.v5i1.766

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This study is to implement English songs in teaching speaking for English Department students at STKIP Bina BangsaGetsempena Banda Aceh. This research was quasi-experimental study. The aim of the study was to find out students' improvement in speaking ability by using English songs. The population of this study was the whole students of English Department of STKIP Bina BangsaGetsempena Banda Aceh in academic year 2015/2016. The sample is the second-semester students of English Department that consisted of 35 students. The data needed are recorded by testing students speaking test. The data were analyzed by using t-test. The result of the study is shown that the t-score was 7,25 the critical value of the t-score for the degree of freedom is 34 at the level of significance 0,05. The result showed that the calculation of the score is 7,25, it is higher than t-table 2,14, thus the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted which means that the use of English songs can improve students’ speaking ability.
THE OBSTACLE IN TEACHING SPEAKING BY USING DEBATE TECHNIQUE Sri Wahyuni; Hijjatul Qamariah; Sofyan Abdul Gani; Yunisrina Qismullah
Getsempena English Education Journal Vol. 5 No. 2 (2018)
Publisher : English Education Department

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The study highlighted the obstacles of teaching Speaking using debate technique at higher education students atAbulyatama University under the course named Critical Speaking. The aim of this study was to identify the obstacles found in teaching speaking by using debate techniques in higher education. the study was designed using the descriptive qualitative method where the data was collected through interviewing the designated lecturer who taught the course and then analyzed through three basic steps, they are data condensation, data display,and data conclusion. The lecturer described her difficulties in teaching speaking using debate technique that related to the limitation of time, participation, critical thinking ability,and the speaking ability. Hence, the lecturer applied some solution to the challenges, such as obligating the case-building process even to the audiences, assigning the students to enhance their knowledge on the current issues and starting the debate by the very basic motion.
THE ANALYSIS OF TEXBOOK “PATHWAY TO ENGLISH” USED IN THE SECOND GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BASED ON CURRICULUM 2013 Regina Rahmi; Sri Wahyuni; Intan Rahmalia
Getsempena English Education Journal Vol. 6 No. 1 (2019)
Publisher : English Education Department

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This research analyzes the contents of the textbook ‘Pathway to English “with curriculum 2013 in providing the materials and exercise for the learning students. The data only choose the part of all chapter or 7 chapters in the textbook. Thus, this research focuses on the feasibility of the materials and exercises presented with core competence and basic competence in curriculum 2013 and also how the feasibility of the textbook based on curriculum 2013 with using BNSP assessment. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach and the researcher uses document analysis as the method of collecting data. The result of this research is almost all of the chapters are suitable with curriculum 2013. It assessed by using the feasibility of content based on BNSP assessment which some subcomponents. Firstly, the compatibility of material items with core competence has 96% with a very good category. Secondly is the accuracy of material that gets a very good category too with 90% of item percentage. Thirdly, the learning supporting sources has 91% with a very good category too. The textbook is appropriate with curriculum 2013 and very helpful in increasing the skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) in teaching and learning English. In this case, the textbook scored more 90% with very good category and the content of it is appropriate with curriculum 2013. In the other side, there is some minors incompatibility based on BNSP assessment in this textbook, such as lack of structure and element of meaning and development diversity concept in developing students' knowledge.
STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON LECTURER-STUDENT INTERACTION IN ENGLISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL) CLASSROOM Sri Wahyuni
Getsempena English Education Journal Vol. 6 No. 1 (2019)
Publisher : English Education Department

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Interaction is communication that happens through more than two people for getting the information, and the interaction is the way for the lecturer in the teaching-learning process in the classroom. Interaction involves all participants in the classroom which are lecturer and students. This study aims to know students’ perception of lecturer-students in EFL classroom interaction at the fourth-semester students of the English department at STKIP Bina Bangsa Getsempena Banda Aceh. This study used a questionnaire to get the data and used a descriptive qualitative design to analyze data. The data were collected by giving a set of a questionnaire (20 questions). The result of this research based on the students’ perception is described the teaching-learning process in the classroom was good enough and the students feel comfortable and surely they like lecturer’s teaching method. The classroom interaction in the EFL classroom is good because the lecturer used not only English but also Indonesia to stimulate the students in understanding what the lecturer explained.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN GROUP DISCUSSION AND THINK PAIR SHARE STRATEGY TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY Sri Wahyuni
Getsempena English Education Journal Vol. 6 No. 2 (2019)
Publisher : English Education Department

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The aim of this study is to find out if there is any significant difference in students’ ability enhancement between those who were taught using Group Discussion strategy and those who were taught using Think Pair Share strategy. This study is a quantitative research method using comparative design by using pre-test and post-test. This study was designed to find out the answer to the following question: Is there any significant difference in students’ speaking ability enhancement between those who were taught by using Group Discussion strategy and those who were taught using Think-Pair-Share strategy. The sample of this study were two classes of grade X SMA Inshafuddi Banda Aceh. Grade X IPA 1 was taught using Group Discussion and grade X IPS were taught using Think-Pair-Share. The instrument used for this study was a speaking test, which contained a Congratulation topic. The result of this study showed from the mean score that both classes had an enhancement in their speaking ability. In addition, there was no significant difference between those who were taught using Group Discussion and those who were taught using Think Pair share strategy. However, it meant that both strategies were efficient in enhancing students’ speaking ability.
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN WRITING ENGLISH TEXT IN THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMK-SMTI BANDA ACEH Hijjatul Qamariah; Sri Wahyuni; Meliana
Getsempena English Education Journal Vol. 7 No. 1 (2020)
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Writing has been a challenging skill for EFL or ESL Students to cope with. It needs not only the ability to compose a good piece of writing but also goes on a deep layer called grammatical aspect. Understanding grammar is vital to construct a good sentence. Therefore, this study aims at finding out the types of grammatical errors produced by students while composing the English text. Ten students (10) in the second grade of SMK-SMTI Banda Aceh were selected as participants in this study. They were given a task to compose English texts. Then those 10 students writing sheets were analyzed to find out the grammatical errors made. The results revealed that there were 11 categories of grammatical error types; error in using verb, tense, singular/plural noun, adjectives, preposition, to be, articles, modal/auxiliary, noun, objective pronoun, and phrasal verb with the total of grammatical made are 48 total numbers of errors that students produced in their writing sheet. It can be concluded that these 10 students still cannot compose a good sentence because they still made errors in using the grammatical rule.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSERTION, REASON, EVIDENCE AND LINK BACK (AREL) IN TEACHING SPEAKING Sri Wahyuni; Mulyadi Syahputra; Defi Irmayanti
Getsempena English Education Journal Vol. 7 No. 1 (2020)
Publisher : English Education Department

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This study analyses the students’ perceptions about the use of Assertion, Reason, Evidence and Link Back in teaching speaking. The population of this research was second grade students of SMAN 4 Banda Aceh which consist of 250 students and only 32 students at class XI IA 2 took as the sample of this research. The instruments of this research was questionnaire. This study was applied qualitative analysis by using percentage formula. The result of this study shows that the students’ perception performance got a positive impact after learning A.R.E.L. Thus, the students have been motivated to speak in front of class and A.R.E.L effect students’ speaking understanding in giving their argument.
Critical Thinking Skills: British Parliamentary Debate System to Improve English as Foreign Language (EFL) Students’ Critical Speaking Sri Wahyuni; Hijjatul Qamariah; Sofyan A. Gani; Yunisrina Qismullah Yusuf; Mulyadi Syahputra
Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences Vol 2, No 3 (2019): Budapest International Research and Critics Institute August
Publisher : Budapest International Research and Critics University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33258/birci.v2i3.444

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Debate as one of techniques in teaching speaking has been believed can accommodate and facilitate teachers in improving students speaking skill. It is also believed that students’ critical thinking can be ignited though debate technique. This research, therefore would like to employ the debate technique of British parliamentary system in teaching speaking in order to initiate students critical thinking. This is a quantitative research by applying experimental method. The population of this study was English speaking class in private Higher Education (PTS) in Aceh and the sample were two English speaking classes in Private Higher Education in Aceh. The sample, however, were two English speaking classes in Private Higher Education in Aceh. The data of this study were gained from pre test and post test, thus the results of the test were then analyzed though statistic formula. From the analyzed data, it was showed that in sample 1, the t table was 2.145 and t-test was 6.006, in sample 2 the t table was 2.228 and t-test was 2.936. The research finding revealed that, the t-test found was higher than t-table. It can be concluded that Ho in the study was rejected that there was an improvement on students’ critical thinking skill after applying the British Parliamentary debate system.
EFEKTIFITAS PERMAINAN WAYANG HURUF TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN MEMBACA ANAK USIA DINI DI TK KARTIKA XIV-11 BANDA ACEH Lina Amelia; Sri Wahyuni; Rina
Jurnal Buah Hati Vol. 4 No. 2 (2017)
Publisher : Department of Early Childhood Education, STKIP Bina Bangsa Getsempena

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Anak usia dini adalah individu yang sedang mengalami proses pertumbuhan dan perkembangan yang pesat bahkan dikatakan sebagai lompatan perkembangan karena itu usia dini dikatakan sebagai golden age (usia emas) yaitu usia yang berharga dibanding usia selanjutnya. Membaca pada anak taman kanak-kanak merupakan keterampilan bahasa tulis yang bersifat reseptif. Kemampuan membaca termasuk kegiatan kompleks dan melibatkan berbagai keterampilan, kegiatan membaca juga merupakan satu kesatuan kegiatan terpadu yang mencakup beberapa kegiatan seperti mengenal huruf dan kata-kata, mengubungkan dengan bunyi, serta menarik kesimpulan mengenai maksud bacaan. Penggunaan wayang huruf dalam pembelajaran bahasa anak dianggap lebih efektif karena anak belajar seraya bermain wayang yang berupa huruf-huruf abjad. penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektifitas permainan wayang huruf terhadap kemampuan membaca di TK Kartika XIV-11 Banda Aceh. Rancangan Penelitian ini bersifat kuantitatif, metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode pre-eksperimental desig. Desain penelitian adalah one group pre-test post-tes design. Sampel adalah kelas B1 dengan jumlah anak sebanyak 25 orang. Data dianalisis. dengan menggunakan rumus t-hitung dan persentase. Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Nilai t-hitung h besar dari nilau t-tabel. Nilai t-hitung sebesar 0,648 , dan nilai t-tabel sebesar 1,710. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa wayang huruf efektif terhadap kemampuan membaca.
APPLYING CLOZE EXERCISE PROCEDURES IN MASTERING READING COMPREHENSION Sri Wahyuni
Jurnal Visipena Vol 5 No 1 (2014)
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian (LP2M) STKIP Bina Bangsa Getsempena

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Cloze procedure is a technique in which words are deleted from a reading passage. In this study, researcher used purposive cloze that deleted content word, such as: noun, adjective and verb. The data taken from 43 students belong to both groups, the experimental group (22 students) and control group (21 students), of the second grade students of SMA Al-Falah Abu Lam-U. The instrument used for collecting the data is test in order to know the students’ achievement in completing nouns, adjectives and verbs, while pre-test and post-test in order to get the result of both groups. The result was analyzed by using statistical formula, such as by calculating the mean score, standard deviation and t-test in order to know whether there is the difference between experimental and control group performance in completing reading with content word deletion. The researcher used percentage formula in order to find out the difference of students’ achievement in completing noun, adjective, and verb deletions in reading passage and also to find out in what level the experimental and control group based on the cloze reading inventory level. Based on the data analysis, the writer found that there is a significant difference between cloze exercise for experimental group and conventional way for control group. It can be shown with the t-test result which is higher than the t-table result (9,41>2,02). It means that the researcher accepts her alternative hypothesis that there is a difference between both techniques, and cloze exercise technique is better than conventional technique. The deletion of verbs is quite easy for both groups. The average percentages of the post-test covers 66% noun, 59% adjective and 73% verb for the experimental group, while the control group results are 59% noun, 51% adjective and 61% verb. To support the data above, the researcher also divided the students’ achievement based on “cloze reading inventory level”. Most of the experimental students are in independent level with the average percentage 66% and few of them in instructional level. While in control group, only few of students are in independent level with the average percentage 58% and most of them are in instructional level.