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The Quality of English Final Test at the Second Semester of Third Grade Students of SMAN 1 Pagaran in Academic Year 2016/2017 Horhon Lumbantoruan; Sri Minda Murni; Isli Iriani Indiah Pane
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 4 (2017)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

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The objective of this study is to find out the quality of the English final test designed for the second semester of third grade students of SMAN 1 Pagaran in academic year 2016/2017. It describes whether or not the test items have good characteristic of test in terms of validity, reliability, difficulty level, and discriminating power. The test consists of 35 items multiple choice forms. The research design uses in this study was Descriptive Qualitative Research. To find out the discriminating power of the test, the writer chose the top 31% for the upper group and top 31% for the lower group. The result of this study shows that there are 18 (51%) acceptable items to meet the criteria of validity and 17 items (49%) is Invalid. The test is reliable since has 0.676 the level of validity. The test has unacceptable index of difficulty since has 15 items (43%) too difficult and are only 5 items (14%) easy items. Whereas for discriminating power index, the writer found there are 7 (20%) has negative result of the point have to be discard, 6 (17%) poor items, 8 (22%) satisfactory items, 13 (38%) good items, and 1 (3 %) excellent item. In conclusion, English final test designed for the second semester of third grade students of SMAN 1 Pagaran in academic year 2016/2017 does not meet the criteria of effective and acceptable test.Keywords:  Validity, Reliability, Level of Difficulty, Discrimination Power
EXAMINING EFL CLASSROOM INTERACTION BASED ON SINCLAIR AND COULTHARD MODEL Nurul Wulanda; Anni Holila Pulungan; Isli Iriani Indiah Pane
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 1 (2017)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

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The aim of this study were (a) to identify classroom discourse patternings of EFL classroom interaction based on Sinclair and Coulthard Model, and (b) to describe how EFL classroom interaction affects the students’ learning process based on Sinclair and Coulthard Model. The subject of this study were an English Teacher, and 40 students of XI MIA 1, SMA Swasta Nurul Iman. The instrument for collecting data were observation and recording. The result of this research were the following, (a) it was found that in the classroom discourse, there were seven patterns initiated by the teacher and four patterns initiated by the student as the IRF (Initiation-Response-Feedback) was used more often by the teacher, (b) the interaction affects the teaching learning process in a way how the lesson passed on to the student affects the goal of learning English itself to be able to use English both inside and outside the classroom. It can be concluded that the students were not getting used to interact with English, and the goal of communicative skill in English was not achieved. Thus, the teachers should reorganize the activities which can foster more interaction by using English in the classroom. Keywords: Classroom interaction, classroom discourse, Sinclair and Coulthard, IRF Pattern.
LANGUAGE FEATURES OF TEACHER’S TALK IN TEACHING PROCEDURE TEXT FOR THE TWELFTH GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT SMA SWASTA TUNAS PELITA BINJAI Siska Rahayu; Amrin Saragih; Isli Iriani Indiah Pane
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 1 (2017)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

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This study aims at analyzing features of teacher’s talk in teaching procedure text. The data of the study were the script of utterances the teacher and students. The source of data were the twelfth grade of Senior High School at SMA Swasta Tunas Pelita Binjai where the teacher taught 27 students in one class. This study was used descriptive qualitative. SETT (Self Evaluation of Teacher Talk) framework used to identify and classified features of teacher talk during learning process which used video recording and field notes. The finding of the study showed that the dominant feature of teacher talk was extended leaner-turn (41, 6%). This feature effected on the students’ learning process because the teacher gave the opportunity to the learners to deliver their ideas, it could improve the learners’ speaking skill. Keywords :  Procedure Text, Features of Teacher Talk, Learning Process.
DEVELOPING ENGLISH READING MATERIAL FOR FASHION DESIGN PROGRAM IN VOCATIONAL SCHOOL Zhana Sabrina Amelia; Busmin Gurning; Isli Iriani Indiah Pane
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 1 (2017)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

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This study concern on how reading text materials are developed for fashion design vocational school. The objectives of this research were: (1) to design English reading material for students in Fashion Design Program, (2) to develop English reading material for students in Fashion Design Program. This study was conducted by using developmental research (R & D). The subject of the research was grade twelve in SMK N 10 Medan consisting of 33 students. Instrumentation for collecting data was document, questionnaire, and interview. After analyzing the data, the writer got the students’ need learning English based on their program in school. Based on the students’ need analysis, it was got some reading materials from the students’ book are not appropriate with the syllabus. Then, there is reading material that should develop based on their syllabus and their need. After the materials had been designed, the reading materials were done. The results show of the 84.1% from the Expert – lecturer and 92.1% from the Expert – English teacher, for the new reading material and the categorized is “relevant” as the reading material criteria. The developed teaching materials were related to the vocation that the students had; it was fashion design program. The development of materials followed six stages; those were gathering information and data, analyzing data, designing new reading material, validating expert, revising new reading material from experts’ suggestion and developing reading material (final product). Keywords: Develop, Reading Text Materials, Fashion Design, Vocational School, Developmental Research