Garuda - Garba Rujukan Digital

Diki Riswandi

Universitas Sebelas Maret

Author-ID : 3376761

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Published : 3 Documents Claim Missing Document

Claim Missing Document

Articles

Can We Find the Washback Effects of International English Language Testing System on IELTS Learners? Diki Riswandi; Didik Tri Wahyudi
Leksika: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra dan Pengajarannya Vol 12, No 1 (2018)
Publisher : University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto

IELTS test nowadays becomes one of the most important thing to get for those especially who want to continue their study in English speaking country especially UK or Australia. Because of the important roles of this standardized tests, it effects on students’ lives around the world. This study is conducted to find out the IELTS test influence on learners preparing for a test on learning and teaching outcomes and an obvious path for IELTS teachers in order to modify their methods and strategy of teaching. Therefore, the present study has tried to investigate whether IELTS preparation classes have any influence on the learning processes and the achievement of students in such an examination. To obtain the data, the writers used library research. A qualitative analysis was employed by identifying and classifying the finding of previous research of washback effects of the IELTS test toward the learners. It was found that there are positive and negative washback effects of IELTS test toward the learners.

Edublogs: a Media to Improve Students’ Writing Skill in Recount Text Diki Riswandi; N Ngadiso; Abdul Asib
Leksika: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra dan Pengajarannya Vol 12, No 2 (2018)
Publisher : University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto

This study designed to improve students’ writing skills through Edublogs of one Senior High Schools in Indonesia. Based on the preliminary observation, there were problems found in the field such as students’ poor writing skills and low interest toward writing, inappropriate teacher’s style in teaching, the role of media and the unsuitable utilization of internet facility. Regarding to the result of the observations, students had some problems in recount text writing those are the generic structure, the purpose and the language features. In addition, they had no capability to make a self-reflection on their mistakes in their own writing. It happens since their English teacher has a tendency to to directly correct their mistakes.This current research was an action research study consisting of two cycles. There are 23 students involved in this study. The data of this study were qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were obtained, the first, by observing the teaching and learning process during the implementation of the actions and the second, by interviewing the students and the collaborator about the actions implemented. Furthermore, the qualitative data were in the form of field notes and interview transcripts. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were gained by assessing the students’ writing skills through the pretest and posttest. The qualitative data were analyzed using the qualitative data analysis those are data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. The results of this study show that Edublogs is an effective media that can be used to improve students’ writing skills qualitatively and quantitatively. Qualitatively, using Edublogs, teaching and learning process became more interesting. The students enjoyed the writing process. The students’ problems in writing can be reduced by using Edublogs in teaching-learning process by applying writing stages through Edublogs. Quantitatively, the average score gained by the students in cycle one was 67.37 while in cycle two is 72.58. The results, however, show that students’ writing skill improves significantly through blogging activity. Thus, it can be concluded that the students are more enthusiastic and more interested in writing English.

The Implementation of Project-Based Learning to Improve Students’ Speaking Skill Diki Riswandi
International Journal of Language Teaching and Education Vol. 2 No. 1 (2018): VOLUME 2, Number (Issue) 1, March 2018
Publisher : Universitas Jambi, Magister Program of English Education Department

This study addresses specific teaching methods, which are believed to achieve a beneficial outcome to students’ learning ability. Project Based Learning is a modern teaching method. The core idea of Project Based Learning is to connect student's experiences with school life and to provoke students to acquire new knowledge. This study aims at (1) describing to what extent the use of Project-based Learning can improve the students' speaking skill and (2) describing the teaching and learning process when Project-Based Learning is implemented in the class. The subject of the study is the seventh-grade students of one of Junior High Schools in Surakarta. The method of the study was classroom action research with two cycles. Furthermore, the data were collected through speaking assessment. The finding showed that there was improvement in the students' speaking skill. Some aspects which are improved including students' fluency, vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and comprehension. To conclude, PBL (Project-based learning) help student in improving their speaking skill.

Title

Found 3 Documents
Search

Abstract

Abstract

Abstract

Title Search

Found 3 Documents Search

Abstract

Abstract

Abstract

Title

Found 3 Documents
Search