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THE APPLICATION OF SYNECTICS MODEL TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’SPEAKING ABILITY IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Masda Tumangger; Tjut Ernidawati
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 1, No 2 (2012)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (332.059 KB) | DOI: 10.24114/tj.v1i2.732

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This study deals with the application of synectics model to improve students’ speaking ability in senior high school. This reserach was conducted by applying Classroom Action Research with two cycles in six meetings. The subject of this study was a class in the second year students of SMA SWASTA NURUL HASANAH. There were 24 students that participated in this research. The The qualitative data were taken from the diary notes, interview sheet, observation sheet, and questionnaire sheet and the quantitative data was taken from the test result and done in a pre test and the two test. The result of of the quantitative data indicate that the score of  the students imroved from cycle I to cycle II with a pre-test mean of 45.20, the test of cycle I was 46.79  and the test of cycle II was 77.83. The result of based on the data above, it can be concluded that the application of synectics model was significantly improved students’ speaking ability.   Key words: Speaking, Synectics, test, data
Improving Students’ Achievement on Reading Comprehension through Before, During, and After (BDA) TechniqueThe objective of this study is to investigate whether the application of Before, During, and After (BDA) Technique Misbahudin Misbahudin; Tjut Ernidawati
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 1, No 2 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v1i2.738

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The objective of this study is to investigate whether the application of Before, During, and After (BDA) Technique significantly improves the students’ achievement in reading narrative text. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this research was the students in MTs S Al-Ittihadiyah Mamiyai Medan especially class VIII 1 which consisted of 32 students. The research was conducted in two cycles. The first cycle consisted of three meetings and the second cycle consisted of three meetings. The instruments for collecting data were interview sheet, observation sheet, and diary notes. Based on the analysis, students’ achievement is improved in every test of reading narrative test. In test I, the mean score was 50.93. In test II in cycle I, the mean score was 70.93. In test III in cycle II, the mean score was 91.75. Based on the interview sheet, observation sheet and diary notes, it was found that the teaching learning process ran well. The students were more active and enthusiastic working in group. It was conclude that Before, During, and After (BDA) Technique can improve the students’ achievement in reading narrative text.   Keywords: BDA Technique, Reading, Narrative text, Action Research