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An Analysis of Students’ Difficulties in Writing Narrative Text Nandha Amelya; Samtidar Samtidar; Sultan Baa
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 1, No 4, October (2022): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This study aims to find out the difficulties were experienced by the students in writing narrative text. This study used descriptive qualitative method. To achieve the research objectives, researchers used written test and interview as the instruments in collecting the data. The subjects of this study were students of XI IPS 1 in SMAN 5 Bone, there were 26 students as the participants and there were six students as the respondent of the interview. This study used random sampling technique to determine the subject of research. Based on the results of the study, the researchers found that difficulties were experienced by the Eleventh-grade students of SMAN 5 Bone are classified into psychological difficulties, linguistic difficulties, and cognitive difficulties. Psychological difficulties were experienced by the students are low confidence, low motivation, and writing anxiety. They also experienced difficulties in four writing aspects, there are; vocabulary and language use which are classified into linguistic difficulties, content and mechanic which are classified into cognitive difficulties. Then, the most difficulties that happened to the students when writing narrative text are vocabulary and language use aspect. The students still had limited vocabulary. They also are less knowledge about English grammatical.  In accordance to those difficulties, students also have internal problems; writing anxiety, low confidence and motivation.
Students' Perception on the Use of WhatsApp in Learning EFL during Covid 19 at Remote Area Nur Lindawati; Baso Jabu; Sultan Baa
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 1, No 4, October (2022): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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The aim of this study was to find out the students' perception on the use of WhatsApp in learning EFL During covid 19 at remote area (Study at SMPN 11 Selayar Island South Sulawesi). The researchers applied mixed method (quantitative and qualitative) research design. The data of this research were collected through questionnaire and interview. The subjects of this study were students of SMPN 11 Selayar. The sample of the questionnaire was 50 students and Interviews of eight students were taken using purposive sampling technique. The results of data analysis showed that (1) positive student perceptions on the use of WhatsApp in learning EFL during Covid-19 at remote area with the classification, 7(14%) students classified Strongly positive, 38 (76%) students classified Positive, 4(8%) students were classified as Medium, 1 (2%) student were classified as Negative and not there are students who were classified as strongly negative. (2) Student explanations in interviews regarding the perception on the use of WhatsApp in learning EFL during Covid-19 at remote area explained that WhatsApp is a good online learning tool because WhatsApp has good features that really support EFL learning in this pandemic era. Even though there is a pandemic, students can still learn EFL through WhatsApp because in WhatsApp students and teachers can still interact and discuss well.
The Effects of Engage, Study, Activate (ESA) Method on 10 Year Students’ English-Speaking Ability Azizah Hairunniza; Muhammad Asfah Rahman; Sultan Baa
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 1, No 2, April (2022): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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The purpose of this research was to discover whether the use of the ESA Method in teaching speaking has effects or not. The pre-experimental design was the method used by the researchers with one group pre-test and post-test. The population was the tenth-grade students of SMAN 3 Makassar in the 2021/2022 academic year. The sample was taken by using a purposive sample technique that consisted of 30 students. The instrument of this research was a speaking test administered as a pre-test and post-test. The result of this research proved that there was a significant difference between students’ scores before treatment and students’ scores after treatment. The students' speaking ability after the implementation of ESA is increased or getting better than before the implementation of the ESA Method. It can be seen from the mean score, the mean score of students’ pre-tests was 61.64,0020and it was lower than the mean score of post-tests (74.73). The significant value of this research (0.000) was smaller than the significant level (0.05). It can be concluded that the use of the ESA method affects students’ speaking ability in terms of accuracy and fluency at the tenth-grade students of SMAN 3 Makassar.
The Relationship between Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension Ability of Junior High School Students Andi Fitri Rahmasari M; Sultan Baa; Chairil Anwar Korompot
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 1, January (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This research aimed to discover the relationship between students' vocabulary knowledge and their ability to comprehend text. The researchers in this study employed a quantitative approach. Students from SMPN 1 Liliriaja's ninth-grade class participated in this study. Purposive sampling was used to collect the data. The correlation between the two variables was determined by comparing the obtained data. Students' vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension were found to have a strong correlation. The possibility of the correlation value. (2-tailed) becoming 0.000, which is below the significance level, can be verified (0.05). As a result, the researchers can rule out the null hypothesis (H0) and accept the alternative hypothesis (Ha). Because the value is 0.698, it can be concluded that students' vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension have a significantly strong correlation (0,61-0,80).
A Study on the Effectiveness of Using Digital Material of Podcast to Improve Students’ Speaking Ability Rahmi Aulia Amir; Chairil Anwar Korompot; Sultan Baa
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 2, April (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This study aimed to assess whether the use of podcasts to improve students' speaking ability is effective. The speaking ability measured consisted of five levels: pronunciation, intonation, fluency, accuracy, and comprehension. This study was designed as a pre-experiment one group pre-test and post-test which involved 30 students at the class XI MIPA 1, SMAN 9 Sinjai, Sinjai. Research data was collected using a speaking test. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and paired samples test using SPSS type 16.00. A significant level was determined at α = 0.05. The result of the study indicated that the use of digital material podcasts is effective in improving students’ speaking ability. The students achieved better speaking ability and reached higher post-test scores on average. It indicates that the implementation of the digital material podcast had a significant effect on students’ speaking ability, which includes pronunciation, intonation, fluency, accuracy, and comprehension. Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that the use of digital material podcasts was effective in improving the students’ speaking ability. The findings suggest that the process of speaking after the podcast was implemented can develop students’ speaking ability. Future research could discuss the results of a test conducted to investigate the effectiveness of the digital material of podcast approach based on the student’s favorite types of podcasts.
The Efficacy of Picture Series from Popular Indonesian Fairy Tales in Improving Year 11 Students' English-Speaking Skills Nurjihan Nabilah Noor; Chairil Anwar Korompot; Sultan Baa
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 2, April (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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This study aimed to determine whether the picture series from popular Indonesian fairy tales improved Year 11 students' English-speaking proficiency. A pre-experimental study involving one group pre-test and post-test, this research was carried out at SMAN 1 Tinambung, a public senior high school in the Polewali Mandar Regency, West Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, in the 2021-2022 academic year. The sample of this research was Year 11 students who were recruited using a cluster random sampling technique. The respondents were chosen from a class consisting of 30 students. Employing quantitative methods, the researchers used a speaking test as a research instrument. The data collection technique was a speaking test administered to the students as a pre-test and a post-test. The students' speaking ability scores from the pre-test to the post-test showed a significant difference. It was found that (t = -9.635, p = 0.0005) was 0.000 < 0.05. The students' speaking improvement scores from the pre-test to the post-test showed a significant difference. The results showed that the mean value of the pre-test was 42.53 with a standard deviation of 13.14, while the average value of the post-test was 57.33 with a standard deviation of 8.55. The findings mean there is an increase in the English-speaking skills of SMAN 1 Tinambung students thanks to the use of picture series from popular Indonesian fairy tales. This finding shows that applying picture series from popular Indonesian fairy tales effectively improved the students' English speaking skills.