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Teacher’s Strategies in Teaching Receptive English Skills to Students at Secondary School
Bowu, Nella Aswi;
Dollah, Syarifuddin;
Salija, Kisman
Celebes Journal of Language Studies Vol. 3 No. 2 December 2023
Publisher : Har Press Indonesia
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DOI: 10.51629/cjls.v3i2.164
The objectives of the research are to find out the strategies the teacher used in teaching receptive English skills, the constraints faced by the teacher in teaching receptive English skills, and how students' engagement in teaching receptive English skills using teacher's strategies. This research the researcher used a descriptive qualitative research design to find out the teacher's strategy in teaching Receptive English skills at secondary school. The subjects of this research consisted of 1 English teacher and the students of TKJ 4 class at SMK Telkom Makassar. By applying classroom observations and interviews, the researcher found the results of this research. The results of the research are: (1) the strategies that teacher used in teaching Receptive English skills which are brainstorming, sentence completion, summarizing, the use of technology, previewing, retelling, and group discussion. (2) The constraints that teacher faced in the classroom are the level of difficulty, students' lack of vocabulary, and students' concentration. (3) The majority of the students give a positive response to the teaching strategies used by the teacher in teaching receptive English skills.
Students’ Perception in Using Daily Activities Diary to Improve Writing Ability of the Tenth-Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Mamuju
Rusdi, Jumriah;
Dollah, Syarifuddin;
Sakkir, Geminastiti
Celebes Journal of Language Studies Vol. 4 No. 1 June 2024
Publisher : Har Press Indonesia
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DOI: 10.51629/cjls.v4i1.187
This study analyzed the use of a daily activities diary to improve students' writing ability. The study aimed to determine students' perceptions of using daily activities diary to improve the writing ability of the tenth-grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Mamuju. This study used a quantitative research method with quasi-experimental design. The population of this study was the students of SMA Negeri 1 Mamuju. The samples of this study were students of class X B who used the daily activities diary continuously. The researcher used interviews as the research instrument. The results of this study showed that students' perceptions of using daily activities diary to improve their writing ability were positive perception. This illustrates that the use of a daily activities diary could improve the writing skills of tenth-grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Mamuju.
PENGGUNAAN TEKNIK SNOWBALL THROWING DALAM PENGAJARAN KETERAMPILAN MEMBACA BAHASA INGGRIS
A. Dian Islamiati;
Syarifuddin Dollah;
Sakkir, Geminastiti
INDOPEDIA (Jurnal Inovasi Pembelajaran dan Pendidikan) Vol. 2 No. 1 (2024): MARET 2024
Publisher : Media Inovasi Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran
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This study aims to determine whether the snowball throwing technique in teaching the reading skills of class VIIIA students at MTs Negeri 1 Sidrap. This study employs quantitative research methods with a quasi-experimental design. The population under investigation consists of 25 students in class VIII A designated as the experimental group, and another 25 students in class VIII B designated as the control group at MTs Negeri 1 Sidrap, the samples were selected using the cluster random sampling technique. Data collection included pre-tests and post-tests. The data analysis results indicated a significant influence between the two tests. Therefore, it can be inferred that the utilization of snowball-throwing techniques has an impact on reading skills. So, in this research it was found that reading texts using the snowball throwing technique was used to improve reading skills of class VIIIA at MTs Negeri 1 Sidrap and the null hypothesis (H0) was accepted, indicating that the snowball throwing technique effectively enhanced the reading skills of class VIIIA students at MTs Negeri 1 Sidrap.
AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING SKILLS MATERIALS FOR THE 11TH-GRADE STUDENTS OF MAN 1 MALUKU TENGAH
Dian Safitri;
Syarifuddin Dollah;
Chairil Anwar Korompot
INDOPEDIA (Jurnal Inovasi Pembelajaran dan Pendidikan) Vol. 2 No. 1 (2024): MARET 2024
Publisher : Media Inovasi Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran
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The aims of this study are to determine the suitability of the English-speaking skills material to the needs of class 11 students at MAN 1 Maluku Tengah. This research uses a qualitative approach with a qualitative descriptive research design. The subjects of this research were 11th-grade English materials at MAN 1 Maluku Tengah, an English teacher, and seven 11th-grade students at MAN 1 Maluku Tengah. Data was collected using assessment checklists and interviews. The evaluation checklist was carried out offline at school and filled in by an 11th-grade English teacher and the researcher. Interviews with students are used to obtain information about students' needs regarding the English speaking-skill learning materials. Meanwhile, interviews with the teacher were conducted to obtain additional information regarding the English learning materials that she used. Student needs are divided into 3 aspects: necessities, lacks, and wants. From the research findings, the researcher concluded that the English-speaking skills are not yet appropriate to the student’s needs.
AN ANALYSIS OF CODE MIXING USED BY EFL STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM PRESENTATION
Fadliyah, Riskatul;
Dollah, Syarifuddin;
Muhayyang, Maemuna
ARRUS Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 3 No. 4 (2023)
Publisher : PT ARRUS Intelektual Indonesia
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DOI: 10.35877/soshum1905
This descriptive qualitative research aims to have a descriptive account of the types of code mixing used by the EFL students in the classroom presentation for the English course provided. The researchers conducted this research at the English Education Faculty of Institut Parahikma Indonesia, Gowa (IPI Gowa) purposely taking 1 lecturer teaching the English course and 1 class of the fourth semester students consisting of 10 students having a classroom presentation as one of the learning activities designed. It employed a classroom observation and open interview to collect the data in which their results were classified based on Musyken’s theory (2000) and analyzed using the theory of Miles, Hubberman, and Saldana (2020) coming with three stages of the interactive model data analysis, namely data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing or verification. The result of data analysis showed that the code-mixing types utilized by the students when doing the presentation were three, that is (1) insertion (word) taking the most dominant type used with 27 extracts, (2) alternation (clause) taking more dominant type used with 15 extracts, and (3) congruent lexicalization (dialect) taking the least with 12 extracts in the classroom presentation. These findings simply means that the use of code mixing becomes the students’ communicative strategy channeling the presenters and the audiences’ ways of understanding the points of their discussion during the classroom presentation.
Factors Affecting Students’ Motivation to Learn English at SMA Negeri 1 Soppeng
Safitri, Risna Sinta;
Dollah, Syarifuddin;
Munir, Munir
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 4, October (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS UNM
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The purpose of this research is to find out what factors influence students’ motivation to learn English. This research took place at SMA Negeri 1 SOPPENG. The participants of this study were students of SMA Negeri 1 SOPPENG in class X.3. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method with the aim of sampling techniques to select participants. This research instrument is a questionnaire and interviews. Based on the results of the questionnaire, the researcher found data on students who liked and did not like learning English. Based on the results of the interviews, the researcher found data about what factors influenced the students' motivation to learn English. Furthermore, the researchers concluded that there were several internal and external factors that influenced students' motivation to learn English at SMA Negeri 1 Soppeng. The researcher found that there were two factors, namely positive factors and negative factors, which came from within the student and from outside the student. For factors from within students, there are two positives, namely to facilitate communication and also to facilitate entry into tertiary institutions, while for negative factors there are also two factors, namely, English is a difficult lesson and also from how students feel while studying. For external factors, there are two factors, namely family environmental factors and school environmental factors.
The Eligibility of the Speaking-Skills Materials for 11th-grade Senior High School Students
Safitri, Dian;
Dollah, Syarifuddin;
Korompot, Chairil Anwar
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 3, No 3, July (2024): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS UNM
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DOI: 10.26858/joeele.v3i3, July.65706
The aims of this study are to determine the appropriateness of the English speaking-skills material with the criteria for good material established by Cunningsworth (1995) and Mukundan (2011). This research uses a qualitative approach with a qualitative descriptive research design. The subjects of this research were 11th-grade English materials at MAN 1 Maluku Tengah, an English teacher and seven 11th-grade students at MAN 1 Maluku Tengah. Data was collected using assessment checklists and interviews. The evaluation checklist was carried out offline at school and filled in by an 11th-grade English teacher and the researcher. Interviews with students are used to obtain information about students' needs regarding the English speaking-skill learning materials. Meanwhile, interviews with the teacher were conducted to obtain additional information regarding the English learning materials that she used. The research results show that the suitability of the English speaking-skills material with the overall criteria for good material is 86.15%. The highest percentage of criteria was “aims and approach”. The criteria have 95.8% because all the materials were in accordance with the learning objectives, syllabus and curriculum. Meanwhile, the lowest percentage of the criteria was “design and organization”. This is because the material is still lacking in design so the criteria just have 62.4%. From the research findings, the researcher concluded that the English speaking-skills material meets the standard criteria for good material by Cunningsworth (1995).
Students’ Strategies in Understanding Reading Section of TOEFL
Rahmadani, Arvya;
Dollah, Syarifuddin;
Sakkir, Geminastiti
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 3, No 2, April (2024): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS UNM
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This study aimed to find out the students’ strategies used in the reading section of TOEFL. This research design used qualitative research with qualitative descriptive. The population of the research was English Literature students in the academic year of 2020 at Universitas Negeri Makassar. The sample was 22 students used purposive sampling to gain the data. The data was collected using a questionnaire and Interview. In this study, the researcher analyzed data using reduction, display, and draw a conclusion. Based on the research results, the researcher found that there were some strategies used by students to overcome their problems in understanding the reading section of TOEFL. The result showed students used reading the questions before reading the text, making notes or summarizing while reading the TOEFL test, preparing before the test by familiarizing with English texts, and using skimming and scanning techniques. In conclusion, the survey results regarding the Reading Section in the TOEFL test for Universitas Negeri Makassar students clearly illustrate the challenges faced and the strategies implemented.
Teachers’ Strategies to Overcome Students’ Misbehavior in Learning EFL
Rahmat, Rahmat;
Dollah, Syarifuddin;
Nur, Sahril
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 3, No 3, July (2024): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS UNM
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DOI: 10.26858/joeele.v3i3, July.65709
This study aimed to know the types of students' misbehavior and teachers’ strategies to overcome students' misbehavior in learning EFL. Teachers' strategies as the independent variable and students' misbehaviors as the dependent variable. This study used a descriptive qualitative method. There were 3 English teachers at SMA Insan Cendikia Syech Yusuf as the subjects of this research. The data of the research was obtained by observation and interview. Based on the research findings, it can be concluded that the subjects faced various students’ misbehaviors. These misbehaviors were categorized into four categories (verbal interruption, off-task behavior, physical movement, and disrespect to the teacher). In overcoming those misbehaviors, the subjects had some strategies to overcome students' misbehaviors. These strategies were non-verbal intervention, verbal intervention, and logical consequence.
The Implementation of Task-Based Learning to Improve Reading Comprehension of the Second-Year Students’ of SMP Negeri 1 Sungguminasa
Sukardi, Vera;
Dollah, Syarifuddin;
Korompot, Chairil Anwar
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 3, No 1, January (2024): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS UNM
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The purpose of this study was to find out whether the use of Task-Based Learning can improve students reading comprehension of the second-year students of SMP Negeri 1 Sungguminasa. This research was conducted at SMP Negeri 1 Sungguminasa. The researchers used a quantitative research method. The population of this research is the second-year students of SMP Negeri 1 Sungguminasa. The instrument in this study was reading tests. The tests were given before the treatment (pre-test) and after the treatment (post-test). Based on the result of the mean score, the researchers found that the use of Task-Based Learning could improve the student's reading comprehension skills. It was proven by the result of the post-test which was higher than the result of the pre-test (86.28 > 39.63). Therefore, the researchers concluded that the use of Task-Based Learning can improve second-year students' reading comprehension skills at SMP Negeri 1 Sungguminasa.