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Student Difficulties on Reading Comprehension in Explanation Text at Eleventh Grade Students of MAN 1 Makassar Achmad Chrisbianto Sachran; Munir Munir; Nur Aeni
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 1, No 4, October (2022): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS UNM

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The activity of reading is very important because with reading students get new words in learning English, especially in writing, speaking, and listening. And also Reading skills teach students how to pronounce the words of the sentence in the text. With reading, students can understand the existing conditions and situations. The student also will do some activities by reading in every place, reading some words, and sentences or passages. By reading, students will get the information, knowledge, and idea. Reading is also having important in education, especially in teaching and learning processes. Nowadays teachers usually teach reading only gives the clue or material point related to the material.
An Analysis of Students’ Difficulties in Listening Comprehension at Senior High School Windamayanti Windamayanti; Haryanto Atmowardoyo; Munir Munir
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 is to find out the difficulties faced by students in listening. This research used a descriptive research method and was conducted at a senior high school in Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi. Thirty-one students from the eleventh grade were selected as research subjects through a random sampling technique. The data was obtained from a questionnaire and an interview. The results obtained from the data analysis is the difficulties that students face when doing listening comprehension are; lack of vocabulary, students' interest in English, pronunciation, lack of concentration, accent, speaker talks too fast, topic changing, and they don't trust themselves.
The Correlation between the Senior Secondary School Students' Habits of Listening to English Songs and Their Listening Ability Sitti Kurnia Aziz; Muhammad Asfah Rahman; Munir Munir
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 goal of this study was to see If there is a substantial difference relationship between the habit of listening to English songs as well as their listening skills. This study used quantitative methods and correlational research was used as a research strategy. This study's population consisted of students from SMA Negeri 2 class X Pangkep in the 2021/2022 school year. The samples were collected with the help of a cluster random sampling technique consisting of 37 students. The instrument of this research is a Questionnaire of 20 numbers and a Listening test of 30 numbers. From the analysis of data and computations, it was found that there was no relationship between students who like to listen to music and their listening ability. The result of rxy is -128, and after consultation with rtable, rxy (-128) < rtable (0.334). This means that there is no correlation. The significant worth of this research was 0.000 where significant degree used was -0.128. The hypothesis which states that There isn't any connection between habit in listening and listening abilities is (Ho) accepted so that the alternative hypothesis is rejected. Finally, there are a strong unfavorable relationship between listening habits and listening ability.
Benefits and Difficulties in Using Learning Management System (LMS) in Paragraph Writing Class: A Study of a Lecturer’s and Her Students’ Perception Muhammad Nurul Multazam; Chairil Anwar Korompot; Munir Munir
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 1, No 1, January (2022): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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The objective of this research was to find out benefits and difficulties in using learning management system (LMS) in paragraph writing class: a study of a lecturer’s and her students’ perception.  This research employed a mixed method research called a convergent parallel mixed method design with qualitative and quantitative data. The population of this research were a lecture and 30 students from class A and 34 students from class B of English department at UNM in academic year 2019. The data were collected through questionnaire for the students and in-depth interview for the lecturer. The findings showed that the benefits of LMS perceived by the lecturer are it is complete, easy to use, has good features, effective to design the meetings and assignments, reducing the use of internet quota, and extensive time to do the task. While her difficulties are it is not socialized well, difficult to create a video, poor signal, and there is no feature for correcting paragraph writing. Meanwhile, the benefits of LMS perceived by the students are accessible material, well-organized, easy assignments submission, fun quiz, helpful video explanation, less paper, not time consuming, and improving skill in technology and punctuality. In contrast, their difficulties before Covid-19 pandemic are technical problem in paragraph writing, sometimes it was inaccessible due to bad network, and there was no enough credit for the internet. Likewise, their difficulties during Covid-19 pandemic are LMS was often error, cannot ask the lecturer directly, bad network to open the video, and sometimes it took the answers wrong even they are already correct. It is suggested that it is significant to preserve the benefits and overcome the difficulties in using LMS especially in paragraph writing class.
The Use of Four-Square Technique to Improve Students’ Writing Ability Yulianti Yunus; Syarifuddin Dollah; Munir Munir
Tamaddun Life Vol 20 No 1 (2021): June 2021
Publisher : Fakultas Sastra - Universitas Muslim Indonesia

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This study employed a quasi-experimental approach that aimed to find out the extent of the improvement students' writing ability by using the Four-Square Technique on the descriptive text at students X SMAN 3 Takalar. the authors took 53 samples, 28 students as the experimental group and 25 students as the control group. The study data was obtained by giving a pre-test and post-test and analyzed by using the Dependent Sample T- Test. The result of the data showed that students' writing ability improved. It was proved from score result of tobs (16,673) which was higher than t-table (2.052) and sig. P (0.05) was higher than sig.score (0.000). Students' writing ability improve by 0.1% after using the Four-Square Technique from pre-test mean score was 65.07 and the post-test mean score was 75.14. So, it can be concluded that using Four-Square Technique can improve students' writing ability in writing a descriptive text at students X SMAN 3 Takalar. By using it, students showed that they can be motivated in writing, students more easily generate and organize their ideas into a text so that students’ writing was more organized also easy to understand.
Students’ Perception of Using Microsoft Teams in English Online Learning at SMAN 10 Pinrang Suciati Faisal; Asfah Rahman; Munir Munir
Tamaddun Life Vol 20 No 2 (2021): December 2021
Publisher : Fakultas Sastra - Universitas Muslim Indonesia

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This study aims to explore students' perception of Using Microsoft teams in English Online Learning. The present study applies descriptive qualitative method to achieve the research objectives, the data collected were in the form of questionnaire and interviews. The subject of this study was students of SMAN 10 Pinrang class XII IPA 3 academic 2021/2022. The sample of the questionnaire were 29 students, and the interview were 5 students who were taken using simple cluster random sampling technique. Based on the results of the study, researchers found that students' perception of the use of Microsoft teams in English online learning as a flexible, affective, effective and facilitate interaction between teachers and students continues to run smoothly during online learning. Of the 29 students who filled out the questionnaire, 22 students agreed that online learning using Microsoft teams is more effective because it comes with a variety of complete features that can make it easier for students to learn online during a pandemic.
Teachers’ Strategies in Teaching Reading Comprehension to the Second-Grade Students of Senior High School Anggi Oktavia Nur HS; Kisman Salija; Munir Munir
Journal of Excellence in English Language Education Vol 2, No 1, January (2023): Journal of Excellence in English Language Education
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The purpose of this study is to find out teacher strategies in teaching reading comprehension at SMAN  2 Jeneponto. Based on the research problem, it is evident that the purpose of this study is to describe the tactics employed by English teachers in teaching English to second-grade students at Senior High School 2 Jeneponto. This study is descriptive qualitative. Observation interviews and documentation were used to compile the data. The tactics for improving students' reading skills were based on Jeremy Harmer's premise of teaching reading: "Reading is not a passive ability; students must be involved with what they are reading." And the students' reactions are positive, with the majority of them finding the teaching reading skills to be enjoyable and interesting. This research shows that teachers employ many teaching strategies in teaching reading comprehension, including scaffolding and the QAR strategy. According to this study, those tactics are beneficial in teaching reading comprehension since they can aid students in understanding the material. Students who struggle with reading will find it easier to grasp reading comprehension. The teacher can more readily give the material to the students when they utilize this technique. Because the students are more engaged, those tactics can benefit the teacher. Students can also discuss their ideas with their friends.
The Pronunciation Errors Made by Students of Frist Grade of SMA Frater Makassar Ryan Agung Kurnia; Baso Jabu; Munir Munir
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 study aims to find out what sounds are wrongly spoken and the classification that causes pronunciation errors made by students. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative with a sample of class X IPA 1 which consists of 20 students and the sample was selected by using the cluster random sampling technique. In obtaining the data, the researchers used a reading test and documentation (recording) as an instrument. The results found that pronunciation errors made by students amounted to 22 sound errors such as in sounds (e), (i), (i:), (l), (s), (k), (a), (p), ( ), (r), (h), (t), (ɡ) (z), (ʊ), (n), (ʌ), (f), (d), (c), (ͻ:) and (_). The classification of the causes of student pronunciation errors are 5 (five) such as mother tongue, phonological interference, avoidance, interlanguage transfer, and native language. So, it can be concluded that the pronunciation errors made by students are quite large, and the errors are caused by their first language so students often change the meaning. It is necessary to have extra practice for students in communicating and learning English so that there are no pronunciation errors so that in the future students can be better than before.
Students’ Voices: Poster Session as an Alternative Way of Teaching Writing Amra Ariyani; Maemuna Muhayyang; Munir Munir; Geminastiti Sakkir
ARRUS Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 3 No. 2 (2023)
Publisher : PT ARRUS Intelektual Indonesia

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This study aimed to investigate the students' participation and the student's perceptions of the use of poster sessions in essay writing classes. A qualitative method was applied in this study. The study respondents were third-semester English Education Study Program students who took an essay writing class. Sixty-third-semester students from two classes were selected randomly to participate in the study. The participants consisted of 30 students. The reason for choosing the third-semester students was that they have studied Paragraph Writing in the previous semester. In other words, they have basic writing skills. Data was collected using classroom observation notes and semi-structured interviews. The study indicated that students were comfortable, confident, and continuously engaged in learning essay writing. The result further revealed that all students showed positive perceptions of the use of poster sessions. They felt enjoyed and satisfied in learning essay writing by using poster sessions. They thought this was a new way to learn writing using poster sessions. They showed their interest in learning. They not only improved their skills in essay writing but also improved their oral skills. It was recommended that further researchers examine students' writing ability using poster sessions and identify other aspects that foster students` success in a poster session.
Impact of Anxiety and Personality on Speaking Performance of Public Senior Secondary School Alyarosali Alyarosali; Maemuna Muhayyang; Munir Munir
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 aims to find out the anxiety has an impact on speaking performance, to find out personality has an impact on speaking performance, and to find out students’ strategies to reduce anxiety in speaking performance. This research took place at SMA Negeri 3 Makassar. The population of this research was the second-grade students of SMA Negeri 3 Makassar. The researchers used convergent parallel. This research uses quantitative and qualitative design. The sample of the questionnaire is 30 students and Interviews with 5 students were taken using a purposive sampling technique. There are four students had high-level anxiety (13,3%), ten students had medium-level anxiety (33,3%), and sixteen students had low-level anxiety (53,3%). (2) students’ explanations in interviews regarding strategies to reduce their anxiety have several strategies that they do such as preparation, relaxation, positive thinking, resignation, and looking away. The researchers can conclude that different levels of anxiety and personality can have an impact on speaking performance. But students at SMA Negeri 3 Makassar have a good strategy to reduce their anxiety when speaking performance.