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The Role of English Teachers in Guiding Students to Win the English Debat Competition Wiradarsia Wiradarsia; Potjut Ernawati; Asnawi Muslem
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 1: February 2017
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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This study aims at investigating empirical data on the role of the English teachers in guiding the students to win the English competition in the form of qualitative study. The study was carried out at SMPN 19 Percontohan Banda Aceh in February 2016. The objective of this study was to identify the roles the English teachers. The roles of the teacher were adapted from Harden and Crosby those roles include information provider, model, facilitator, assessor, planner, and resource material creator. The sources of the data were from informants and classroom observation and the data were collected through observation and interview. In analysing the data, the writer used interactive model analysis including reducing the data, presenting the data, and drawing conclusion.  The results of this study indicate that the roles of the English teacher of Percontohan Junior High School play a big contribution on students’ success in winning the English contest competition. Besides, this school provided extracurricular clubs which help students to improve and increase their skill.
The implementation of Numbered Heads Together technique in improving speaking ability Amirullah Amirullah; Potjut Ernawati; Nurul Inayah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 2: June 2017
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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This study is meant to figure out whether the implementation of Numbered Heads Together can improve students’ speaking ability in terms of descriptve text. The writer conducted an experimental research by using one group pretest-posttest. Total sample of students was 20 students and they were chosen by using purposive sampling technique. The instruments used to measure students’ speaking achievement by using oral performance test. There were three meetings for the treatments. The students’ pre-test mean score was 75.40 and posttest 80.70. Each aspect was improved after the treatment, i.e. Vocabulary 16 or (10.0%), fluency 17.6 or (9.50%), pronunciation was17.1 or (4.50%), comprehension 16 or (1.50%), grammar 14 or (1.00%). The writer used 5% (a=0.05) as significant value.  The t-test result, i.e. tvalue (2.34) was higher than ttable  (1.73) suggesting that Ha is accepted. This finding shows that the implementation of Numbered Head Together Technique improved second grade junior high school students’ speaking ability (vocabulary, fluency, pronunciation, comprehension, grammar) in terms to describing people, places or things orally. Therefore, it is suggested that teachers who want to develop their students’ speaking ability use this technique.