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Improving Students’ Speaking Skill By Using Their Spoken Audio Recording In The Middle School Widyawan, Kristanto Wahyu; Hartati, Elysa
(JELE) Journal Of English Language and Education Vol 2 No 1 (2016)
Publisher : LPPM Universitas Mercu Buana Yogyakarta

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The background of the study was based on phenomenon at the eighth grade students of SMP Bopkri Godean. Some of them were still too shy or even discourage to speak in English because they did not have enough idea of what to speak. It used their own audio voice recording in teaching English speaking to activate students’ ability in speaking English. So they will have something to speak. It will give positive outcome toward the problem. This was a classroom action research. The object of this study is the eighth class students of SMP Bopkri Godean. The methods of collecting data were using test and observation. The result of this study showed that in the pre cycle, the students’ average score was 41.96. In the first cycle, the students’ average score was 60.93. It means that there was a progress of students’ achievement after being taught by using their spoken audio recording. In the second cycle, the students’ average score was 75.93. Using their audio recording we were able to improve the students’ speaking ability because they became easier to express what they are going to say based on the prompt from us. 
Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension through Cooperative Learning Strategies Using Numbered Heads Together Nelli, Nelli; Hartati, Elysa
(JELE) Journal Of English Language and Education Vol 4 No 1 (2018)
Publisher : LPPM Universitas Mercu Buana Yogyakarta

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This research aimed at improving students reading comprehension through cooperative learning strategies using numbered heads together in MTs Ma’arif 2 Muntilan. This was classroom action research with 3 cycles. There were 4 steps in conducting the research; (1) Planning; (2) Acting; (3) Observing; (4) Reflecting. This research involved 27 students of eight graders. The instruments used in this research were observation, interview, test (pre-test and post- test), field-notes, questionnaire, and documentation. It was found that the students’ average score in pre-test was 46, the first post-test was 59. The second post-test was 81 and the third post-test was 94. It meant that the post-test was higher than pre-test. Besides, the students also had been well interested during the learning process in each cycle. In conclusion, the findings of this research showed that through CL strategies using NHT could improve the students’ reading comprehension. Hence, it is recommended for the further researcher to use NHT as an alternative strategy in improving the students’ reading comprehension.
Critical discourse analysis on nomophobie students at in private university Setyawan, Agustinus Hary; Hartati, Elysa
(JELE) Journal Of English Language and Education Vol 4 No 2 (2018)
Publisher : LPPM Universitas Mercu Buana Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26486/jele.v4i2.609

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Nomophobie students have a major concern for current academic issues. Most mobile phone addiction is correlated with negative impacts. Hence, it is needed another descriptive result to know the whole impacts of nomophobie.The aim of this research is to know the critical discourse anlaysis for macro structure, superstructure, micro structure of the news articles by nomophobie students. This is a descriptive qualitative research of case studies which requires an exploratory method to examine, analyze and uncover certain cases.  This research was conducted at a private university in Yogyakarta during January - September 2018. The ability of smartphone users' discourse analysis to circulate news about New Yogyakarta International Airport in two articles has been known in several elements. The findings show that theme elements has been 100% known by the nomophobie students. The second is the rethoric elements which is 91.6%. The third is stylistics which is known for 41.6%. The fourth is syntax which is 16.6%. Scheme and Semantics have not been known at all (9%) by the nomophobie students. Thus, it was proven that all nomophobie students always bring negative impacts towards a certain issue.