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Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar,Indonesia

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TEACHING MEDIA IN EFL CLASSROOMS: WHAT ARE THEY AND WHY SELECT THEM ? Kiki Andriani; Ardiana; Firman
Journal of Language Testing and Assessment Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022): Journal of Language Testing and Assessment (JLTA)
Publisher : FKIP Unismuh Makassar

Teaching media are essential in the teaching and learning English. The use of appropriate media in teaching a new language will help teachers create more effective learning environment in the classrooms. Using a descriptive qualitative method, this study explores what kinds of teaching media used by the teachers in teaching English and what factors influencing English teachers’ selection of teaching media in the classroom. This study was conducted at SMP Unismuh Makassar, involving two English teachers who have worked there for several years. The researcher used interview and observation as instruments in data collection process. The data were analyzed using data reduction, data display and data verification. The results of the study show that the teachers make use of four kinds of media, namely graphic media such as textbook and picture, media video such as video, projected media such as Power Point and display media such as a board. In addition, the factors influencing the teachers’ selection of those media are time availability, media availability, students’ characteristics, and students’ needs

AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS IN WRITING PASSIVE VOICE MADE BY THE SECOND GRADE OF SMAN 9 TAKALAR Juliana Basir; Saiful; Firman
Journal of Language Testing and Assessment Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): Journal of Language Testing and Assessment (JLTA)
Publisher : FKIP Unismuh Makassar

The purpose of this research is to find out and analysis the students’ problems in writing passive voice made by the second grade of SMAN 9 Takalar. The design of this research was descriptive quantitative research. The total number of the sample was 15 students. The researcher used the purposive sampling technique. The instrument used to get the data was a test and questionnaire with Google Form as data collection tool. Based on the result, the researcher found the percentage of students’ problems in writing passive voice. The researcher found that 13 students with a percentage of 86,67% had a problem writing passive voice in the simple present tense, and 12 students with a percentage of 80,00% had a problem writing passive voice in the simple past tense. The causes that become problems for students in writing passive voice are knowledge and understanding, less practice, and educational background. Finally, based on the findings, it can be concluded that students of the second grade of SMA Negeri 9 Takalar have problems in writing passive voice and three causes that make students problems in writing passive voice.

THE USE OF MONOLOGUE PERFORMANCE OF SOUTH SULAWESI FOLKLORE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MA ASSALAM TIMBUSENG Malida Ibrahim; Ratna Dewi; Firman
Journal of Language Testing and Assessment Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): Journal of Language Testing and Assessment (JLTA)
Publisher : FKIP Unismuh Makassar

This research aimed to improve students’ speaking ability at the Eleventh Grade of MA Assalam Timbuseng using Monologue Performance of South Sulawesi Folklore. The researcher used Classroom Action Research where the data gained from the speaking test. The subjects of the research were 27 students of the Eleventh Grade of MA Assalam Timbuseng in the Academic Year 2020/2021. The research findings showed that the students’ speaking ability before and after using monologue performance was significantly different. The students’ D-test mean score in terms of fluency was 66.63 while in final test cycle 1 was 71.78 improvement, however it still did not get the standardization score of English subjects (75). Then, the mean score in terms of fluency in final test cycle 1 was 79.89 which mean there was 11.29% improvement from cycle 1 through cycle 2. Furthermore, students’ score frequency in terms of fluency in cycle 1, it can be seen that there are 7 (26%) students got good, 19 (70%) students got fair and 1 (4%) student got poor. Then, the students showed the improvement in cycle 2 which is 9 (33%) students got very good, 17 (63%) students got good and 1 (4%) student got fair. It means that there was a significant improvement of students’ speaking ability after using monologue performance of south Sulawesi folklore. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that digital storytelling was effective to improve students’ speaking ability at the Eleventh Grade of MA Assalam Timbuseng in the Academic Year 2020/2021.

THE ASSESSMENT-FOR-LEARNING TO ENHANCE SPEAKING FLUENCY AT THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF MAKASSAR Muh. Nahwi Al-Bukhari W. Simbala; Eny Syatriana; Firman
Journal of Language Testing and Assessment Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): Journal of Language Testing and Assessment (JLTA)
Publisher : FKIP Unismuh Makassar

This research aimed to find out the improvement of students’ speaking fluency skill by using Assessment-for-learning approach. The sample of the research was the fourth semester students from UNISMUH MAKASSAR which consisted of 20 students. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling. The research findings showed that the fourth semester students of UNISMUH MAKASSAR had quite low score in pre-test. After treatment, their speaking skill was significantly improved. The result of the research was the mean score of speaking fluency obtained by the students pre-test was 44.75 and post-test was 70.25 with the significant score of the t-test is (0.00) or <(0.05). It means that there was significance difference between before and after giving the treatment. It indicated that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. It was concluded that the use Assessment-for-learning approach is effective in improving the students’ speaking fluency. Assessment-for-learning approach was one of the approach that can be considered in teaching English in order to help improved the students’ speaking fluency skill.

Co-Authors Ardiana Ardiana Eny Syatriana Juliana Basir Kiki Andriani Malida Ibrahim Muh. Nahwi Al-Bukhari W. Simbala Muhammad Arief paturusi Nurul Ulfah Ratna Dewi Saiful

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