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APPLYING POSSE STRATEGY IN TEACHINGREADING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT TO THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS Novia Lorena; Darmawan Budiyanto; Gaya Tridinanti
Didascein : Journal of English Education Vol.3 No.1 March 2022
Publisher : Universitas Tridinanti Palembang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36767/d.v3i1.922

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not using POSSE Strategy was to find out whether there was a significant difference in students’ reading comprehension between the students who were taught using POSSE strategy and those who were not. There were 80 tenth-grade students taken as the sample selected using purposive sampling, with one group serving as the experimental class and the other serving as the control class. The writers gave pre-test and post-test for experimental and control classes to collect data. This study employed a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design. The experimental group was taught using POSSE strategy, while the control group was taught using the discussion strategy. The experimental group's mean score increased from 68.10 in the pre-test to 75.87 in the post-test. Furthermore, the results of independent t-tests from the experimental and control groups revealed that the t-value obtained was 3.060, which was higher than the t-table value of 1.664. It means that the POSSE strategy was effective in improving reading comprehension achievement of the tenth-grade students at SMA Negeri 11 PalembangKeywords:reading comprehension, descriptive text, POSSEĀ  strategy
IMPROVING ENGLISH VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH RIDDLES GAME TO THE FIFTH STUDENTS OF SD XAVERIUS 9 PALEMBANG Tarima Parapat; Gaya Tridinanti; Nita Ria
Didascein : Journal of English Education Vol.3 No.1 March 2022
Publisher : Universitas Tridinanti Palembang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36767/d.v3i1.935

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Vocabulary is central to learning of foreign language at primary level. Every person need vocabulary to express their ideas especially in English, even in a simple of conversation. The purpose of this study was to find out whether or not there was any significant difference in English Vocabulary to between the fifth students of SD Xaverius 9 Palembang who were taught by using Riddles Game and those who were not. The method in this study was quantitative research with quasi-experimental for control group and experimental group. The sample of this study was fifty seven students of the fifth grade of SD Xaverius 9 Palembang in academic year 2018/2019. The data were analyzed by using independent sample ttest. The result of Independent Sample t-test showed that the value of t-obtained (6.540) > the value of t-table (1.673) with the significance value (0.00) was lower than the alpha value (0.05). It means that there was a significant difference in English vocabulary to the students of SD Xaverius 9 Palembang between who were taught by using Riddles game and those who were not.Keywords: vocabulary, Riddles game