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Journal : ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SEND A PROBLEM TECHNIQUE FOR TEACHING WRITING AN ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT (A Quasi-Experimental Study of the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA N 8 Semarang in the Academic Year 2015/2016) Amilia, Intan Kris; Sisbiyanto, Amir
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 5 No 2 (2016)
Publisher : Jurusan IKM FIK UNNES

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The aim of the study is to find out whether teaching writing analytical exposition text by using Send a Problem technique is effective or not for Senior High School students. In the working hypothesis (H1), “There is significant difference in students’ writing achievement between those who are taught using Send a Problem and those who are taught using conventional way.” Meanwhile, in the null hypothesis (Ho), “There is no significant difference in the students’ writing achievement between those who are taught using Send a Problem and those who are taught using conventional way.”The population of this study was the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 8 Semarang in the academic year 2015/2016. The total number of the sample was 60 students that consisted of 30 students of class XI IS 4 as the experiment group who were taught using Send a Problem technique and 30 students of class XI IS 5 as the control group who were taught using conventional way. The design of this study was a quasi-experimental study. The data were collected through the writing test. In the pre-test, the mean score of the experimental group was 62.80 and the control group was 62.77. After the treatment, the result of post-test of the experimental group was 75.57 while the control group was 68.57. The independent sample t-test used by the writer showed that there was a significant difference between post-test of control group and experimental group. Lastly, teaching writing analytical exposition text using Send a Problem technique is effective than conventional way. English teachers are suggested to concern better in their technique variety in teaching writing any kind of texts especially analytical exposition text.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WORD WIZARD GAME IN LEARNING VOCABULARY Yunia, Anna; Sisbiyanto, Amir; ., Indrawati
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7 No 1 (2018): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching

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This study aimed to investigate the significance difference on the students’ comprehending in learning vocabulary for those were taught by using Word Wizard Game for experimental class and were taught by Direct Translation method for control group. The subject of this study was the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Ambarawa in the academic year 2016/2017. The instrument used to obtain the data were pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire. However, the writer conducted try out test to check whether the instrument was reliable and valid to be used for pre-test and post-test. The data were gathered and calculated using Ms. Excel and SPSS. The result of this study revealed that Word Wizard game could improve students’ vocabulary mastery by significant improvement of students’ achievement. The result analysis of the quantitative data shows that the mean scores of the experimental group increases from 56.00 to 76.31. The t- test of mean difference was 8,875 and t- table was 2.00. The result concludes that the working hypothesis is accepted. It means that there is a significant difference between students who were taught by using Word Wizard game and those who were taught by using Direct Translation method. In addition, the analysis of the questionnaire shows that students were interested towards Word Wizard game for reading narrative text (mean: 3.25). They recognized that the implementation of the technique for learning narrative text made them enjoy the class (agree: 62.5% and strongly agree: 37.5%). Thus, the analysis reveals that Word Wizard game effective in teaching vocabulary.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WORD WIZARD GAME IN LEARNING VOCABULARY Yunia, Anna; Sisbiyanto, Amir; ., Indrawati
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7 No 1 (2018): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching

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This study aimed to investigate the significance difference on the students’ comprehending in learning vocabulary for those were taught by using Word Wizard Game for experimental class and were taught by Direct Translation method for control group. The subject of this study was the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Ambarawa in the academic year 2016/2017. The instrument used to obtain the data were pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire. However, the writer conducted try out test to check whether the instrument was reliable and valid to be used for pre-test and post-test. The data were gathered and calculated using Ms. Excel and SPSS. The result of this study revealed that Word Wizard game could improve students’ vocabulary mastery by significant improvement of students’ achievement. The result analysis of the quantitative data shows that the mean scores of the experimental group increases from 56.00 to 76.31. The t- test of mean difference was 8,875 and t- table was 2.00. The result concludes that the working hypothesis is accepted. It means that there is a significant difference between students who were taught by using Word Wizard game and those who were taught by using Direct Translation method. In addition, the analysis of the questionnaire shows that students were interested towards Word Wizard game for reading narrative text (mean: 3.25). They recognized that the implementation of the technique for learning narrative text made them enjoy the class (agree: 62.5% and strongly agree: 37.5%). Thus, the analysis reveals that Word Wizard game effective in teaching vocabulary.
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ERROR IN PERCEPTION OR PRODUCTION IN PRONOUNCING ENGLISH SOUNDS WHICH HAVE DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS WITH THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE Biantoro, Ryan; Sisbiyanto, Amir; ., Suprapto
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7 No 2 (2018): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching

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This paper is written based on the error analysis on perception or production inpronouncing English sounds which have different distributions by the students ofSMP N 2 Demak in Academic Year of 2015/2016. The study was aimed to describeand to explain the most common problems faced by the students in learning Englishfinal voiced stops [b, d, g]. This study is using qualitative approach. The populationof the study was the eight grader students of SMP N 2 Demak. The total numbers ofthe population used in this research are 310. Random sampling technique was usedto get the sample. The data of this study was obtained from listening and speakingtests. The result of those tests were used as the source of data collection. Then, theresult was interpreted by using Tinambunan‟s criterion grading. In perception test,the error proportion of the 30 students was 6,07% while in the production test, theerror proportion was 28,2% out of 30 students. Based on the results, it is concludedthat the students were considered exellent in perceiving but fair in pronouncing finalvoiced stops [b, d, g].
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WORD WIZARD GAME IN LEARNING VOCABULARY Yunia, Anna; Sisbiyanto, Amir; ., Indrawati
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7 No 1 (2018): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v7i1.25307

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This study aimed to investigate the significance difference on the students’ comprehending in learning vocabulary for those were taught by using Word Wizard Game for experimental class and were taught by Direct Translation method for control group. The subject of this study was the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Ambarawa in the academic year 2016/2017. The instrument used to obtain the data were pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire. However, the writer conducted try out test to check whether the instrument was reliable and valid to be used for pre-test and post-test. The data were gathered and calculated using Ms. Excel and SPSS. The result of this study revealed that Word Wizard game could improve students’ vocabulary mastery by significant improvement of students’ achievement. The result analysis of the quantitative data shows that the mean scores of the experimental group increases from 56.00 to 76.31. The t- test of mean difference was 8,875 and t- table was 2.00. The result concludes that the working hypothesis is accepted. It means that there is a significant difference between students who were taught by using Word Wizard game and those who were taught by using Direct Translation method. In addition, the analysis of the questionnaire shows that students were interested towards Word Wizard game for reading narrative text (mean: 3.25). They recognized that the implementation of the technique for learning narrative text made them enjoy the class (agree: 62.5% and strongly agree: 37.5%). Thus, the analysis reveals that Word Wizard game effective in teaching vocabulary.
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ERROR IN PERCEPTION OR PRODUCTION IN PRONOUNCING ENGLISH SOUNDS WHICH HAVE DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS WITH THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE Biantoro, Ryan; Sisbiyanto, Amir; ., Suprapto
ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7 No 2 (2018): ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Dapartment, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/elt.v7i2.28851

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This paper is written based on the error analysis on perception or production inpronouncing English sounds which have different distributions by the students ofSMP N 2 Demak in Academic Year of 2015/2016. The study was aimed to describeand to explain the most common problems faced by the students in learning Englishfinal voiced stops [b, d, g]. This study is using qualitative approach. The populationof the study was the eight grader students of SMP N 2 Demak. The total numbers ofthe population used in this research are 310. Random sampling technique was usedto get the sample. The data of this study was obtained from listening and speakingtests. The result of those tests were used as the source of data collection. Then, theresult was interpreted by using Tinambunan‟s criterion grading. In perception test,the error proportion of the 30 students was 6,07% while in the production test, theerror proportion was 28,2% out of 30 students. Based on the results, it is concludedthat the students were considered exellent in perceiving but fair in pronouncing finalvoiced stops [b, d, g].