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Journal : ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching

ENGLISH DIGITAL TALKING BOOKS AS MEDIA TO TEACH NARRATIVE WRITING Hufron, Ainul; Trisanti, Novia
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 5 No 2 (2016)
Publisher : Jurusan IKM FIK UNNES

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There are many studies have been conducted to investigate the use of talking book, but not with the digital talking book. In other words, the use of digital talking book has not been widely prevalent among the EFL learners. This study investigated whether there is any significant differences on the students’ writing achievement between those who are taught by using English digital talking books and those who are taught by using simple brochure as media. The population of the study was the twelfth grade students of SMA N 1 Comal, Pemalang, in the academic year of 2014/2015). There were 80 students, divided into two groups of 40, participated in this quasi experimental study as experimental and control group. The result of t-test showed that the difference between the students who were taught using English digital talking books and those who were taught using simple brochures can’t be seen significantly. It also showed that in this study, English digital talking books were more effective than simple brochures to improve students’ ability in writing a narrative text.
CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE AND PEER ASSESSMENT IN TEACHING WRITING RECOUNT TEXT TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Widyawati, Eka Yunita; Trisanti, Novia
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 6 No 1 (2017): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching

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This study was conducted under the consideration of the observation in SMPN 39 Semarang that many students faced problems in learning to write a text. This research is aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using clustering technique and peer assessment in teaching writing recount text compared to three-phase technique and the students’ perception of the lesson. A quasi-experimental was used as the research design in this study. The subjects were the eighth graders of SMPN 39 Semarang in the academic year of 2016/2017 with 60 students as the samples. The control group (VIIIC) was treated using three-phase technique and teacher assessment, while the experimental group (VIII D) was taught using clustering technique and peer assessment. The findings revealed that the use of clustering technique and peer assessment significantly improved the students’ achievement in writing recount text. It was proven by the result of t-test in which the t-value (4.31) was higher than t-table (2.00). In addition, based on the result of the questionnaire, 90% of the students agreed that the use of clustering technique and peer assessment improved the students’ writing achievement. All in all, the use of clustering technique and peer assessment is more effective for teaching writing recount text to junior high school students than three-phase technique and teacher assessment. Moreover, most of the students have a positive perception to the lesson.
CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE AND PEER ASSESSMENT IN TEACHING WRITING RECOUNT TEXT TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Widyawati, Eka Yunita; Trisanti, Novia
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 6 No 1 (2017): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v6i1.20455

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This study was conducted under the consideration of the observation in SMPN 39 Semarang that many students faced problems in learning to write a text. This research is aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using clustering technique and peer assessment in teaching writing recount text compared to three-phase technique and the students’ perception of the lesson. A quasi-experimental was used as the research design in this study. The subjects were the eighth graders of SMPN 39 Semarang in the academic year of 2016/2017 with 60 students as the samples. The control group (VIIIC) was treated using three-phase technique and teacher assessment, while the experimental group (VIII D) was taught using clustering technique and peer assessment. The findings revealed that the use of clustering technique and peer assessment significantly improved the students’ achievement in writing recount text. It was proven by the result of t-test in which the t-value (4.31) was higher than t-table (2.00). In addition, based on the result of the questionnaire, 90% of the students agreed that the use of clustering technique and peer assessment improved the students’ writing achievement. All in all, the use of clustering technique and peer assessment is more effective for teaching writing recount text to junior high school students than three-phase technique and teacher assessment. Moreover, most of the students have a positive perception to the lesson.