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The Analysis of Negotiation of Meaning Strategy Used by English Teacher in Classroom Interaction
Lidya Rahmah;
Endang Komariah;
Iskandar Abdul Samad
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 5, No 3 (2020): August 2020
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala
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This paper reports on analysis the negotiation of meaning strategy employed by English teacher in classroom interaction. This qualitative research conducted at SMAN 3 Banda Aceh. The result of the research showed that the second-grade English teacher used negotiation of meaning strategy in which appeared in different amount and frequency. Trigger appeared as the most frequent component of negotiation of meaning strategy produced by the teacher during the interaction, meanwhile, self-modification of response (SMR) is the most significance way the teacher response the students’ signal in negotiating the conversation. In the wake of conducting this research, bringing negotiation of meaning strategy in dealing with communication impasses in the classroom in exceptionally proposed for both teacher and EFL students.
The Influence of Using I Spy Game towards Students’ Vocabulary Mastery
Shaumi Fitria;
Iskandar Abdul Samad;
Nira Erdiana
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 6, No 2 (2021): June 2021
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala
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Vocabulary is one of the basic and most important aspects in learning a language. In the learning process, learners need to know lots of words of the target language with such various techniques. Students’ vocabulary mastery is influenced by many factors. In this research, researcher wants to know if there is significant influence towards the students’ vocabulary mastery by using a game called I Spy as the technique used in this research. This research is a quantitative approach with pre-experimental design, one group pretest-posttest. The subjects of this research were the first grade students of junior high school. The class chosen as the experimental class was VII2 which consisted of 30 students at SMP Negeri 2 Takengon with 15 female students and 15 male students. The data was collected from the pretest and posttest result and analyzed by using statistical formula. The analysis result of this study proved that the students’ posttest scores are significantly increased higher than the pretest scores which the mean of pretest was 46.7 and the mean of posttest was 70.5 and the gain between the means was 23.8. According to the data analysis result, it can be inferred that students’ tests scores increased after the I Spy game technique was applied which means that it also influences students’ vocabulary mastery.
Analysis of Moral Values in Jojo Rabbit Movie
Muhammad Irvan Syawal;
Bukhari Daud;
Iskandar Abdul Samad
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 6, No 3 (2021): August 2021
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This research is a literary study on moral values found in “Jojo Rabbit” movie. A descriptive qualitative was undertaken to investigate the research question in this study. Kinnier’s theory (2000) was used to analyze the data related to the types of moral values of the movie. The subject of this research is “Jojo Rabbit” movie and the moral values are the objects. The results of the study showed that there are three of the four types of moral values found in “Jojo Rabbit” movie, namely ”commitment to something that greater than oneself”; “self-respect with humility, self-discipline, and acceptance of personal responsibility”; and “respect and caring the other”.The most frequent type of moral values used in the movie is “respect and caring the other”.
Teacher’s Strategies in Teaching English for Students of Hearing Disorder
Chairun Nisak;
Iskandar Abdul Samad;
Tgk. Maya Silviiyanti
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2019): February 2019
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Teaching English for the students of hearing disorder seems difficult to English teacher. The students need different kind of language treatment in learning and the teacher needs various strategies in teaching. This study aims to determine the application of strategies used by an English teacher for the students of hearing disorder and the challenges faced by the teacher in teaching at SMPLB YPAC Banda Aceh. The design of this study was descriptive qualitative research. It concerned on the strategies used by the teacher and the challenges faced by the teacher in implementing the strategies. The writer used observation sheet and guiding interview as the instruments. The data were presented in form of list and narration. Based on the results of research and discussion could be concluded the strategies used by the teacher were facilitative strategies, repair strategies and memory strategies. The difficulties faced by teacher in implementing the strategies were in communication, student’s limited ability to comprehend the material and applying grammar learning strategies. Facilitative and repair strategies are suggested to be applied in order to avoid and to fix communication breakdown. Memory strategies also could be used to help the students in memorizing and retrieving information.
An Analysis of Metaphorical Expressions in Teenager’s Fiction Novels
Gata Khumaira;
Iskandar Abdul Samad;
Tengku Maya Silviyanti
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 4, No 4 (2019): December 2019
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Figurative language has important role in literature. Figurative language makes the literature works more interesting to read and it has certain deep meaning. Two fiction novels entitled “The Three Musketeers” written by Alexandre Dumas and “Assassin’s Creed Unity” written by Oliver Bowden were chosen as research data. The aims of this research are to analyze Metaphor found in the four chapters of the novels and the implied meaning of Metaphor found in it. In analyzing the data, the researcher used content analysis proposed by Kuhatna (2006) stated that content data analysis is a symbolic meaning. The research shows that there were 71 metaphor expressions found in two teenager’s fiction novels, such as: Active Metaphor (17 expressions), Ontological Metaphor (21 expressions), Complex Metaphor (17 expressions), Conceptual Metaphor (11 expressions) and Dead Metaphor (5 expressions). Those 71 Metaphor types are then categorized as types of Metaphor proposed by Lakoff and Johnson (2003) and Richards (2009). The results of these Metaphor expressions enhanced the deep meaning in the sentences in the novels mentioned above and make it more artistic.
Teaching Speaking Report Text through Documentary Video
Moliatul Muslimah;
Bustami Usman;
Iskandar Abdul Samad
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 6, No 1 (2021): February 2021
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Speaking is a part of English proficiency that should be mastered by student who learn second language, because the success of mastering second language is measured by the ability of carry out a conversation in form of language. The objective of this research was to prove whether or not the implementation of documentary video can improve the students’ speaking ability. This research was carried out on November 19th up 28th 2019 at SMA Negeri 08 Banda Aceh. This research applied an experimental research design. The research population was eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 08 Banda Aceh. The sample of this research was selected by using purposive sampling. The instrument of data collection was test which was distributed to the students as pre-test and post-test. The researcher used a statistical analysis to analyze the data. The data were analyzed statistically in order to measure the difference in the achievement of the students in pre-test and post-test. The hypothesis result by using t-test showed that the obtained t-score was higher than t-table (tscore=54.9ttable=1.703), the difference is statistically significant. Therefore, based on the result there is significant improvement before given treatment using documentary video and after treatment. Thus, it can be concluded that documentary video can improve students’ speaking skills and hence Ha is accepted because after given treatment by documentary video, the students had better achievement in speaking skill.
The Use Of Students’ Team- Achievement-Division Technique To Improve Students’ Reading Skill
Tri Wahyuni;
Iskandar Abdul Samad;
Diana Achmad
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 3, No 4 (2018): December 2018
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This quantitative study was aimed to find out whether the use of Students -Team-Achievement- Division (STAD) technique can improve the students’ reading skill in understanding narrative text among the first grade students at SMK Harapan Pangkalan Berandan. The researcher used simple random sampling to choose the sample.This research utilized three phases (pre- test, treatment and post-test) to collect the data. X AK -1 (Accountancy Class) of SMK Harapan Pangkalan Berandan was chosen as the sample in this study. This research focused on five aspects of reading comprehension mainly in identifying main idea, finding detail information, making reference, vocabulary and inference. The data was analyzed by using t-test. The analysis of t-test shows that t-value t-table or 5,16 2,04 at the level of significance 0,05 with the degree of freedom (df) 29. It means that the alternative of hypotheses (Ha)was accepted and (HO) was rejected. Furthermore, the result of this study shows that the mean score of pre- test was 44,6 and the mean score of post-test was 78,3. While the gain score was 33,7. Based on the findings the students’ reading skill in narrative text are improved after being taught by using STAD technique.
The Use of Cartoon Clips to Teach Listening Skill
Cut Indira Dwi Putri;
Iskandar Abdul Samad;
Chairina Nasir
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 3: August 2017
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This experimental research aims at investigating the effect of teaching listening skill by using English Cartoon Clips on the first year students of SMA Negeri 1 Banda Aceh. Listening skill is one of important skills that students are required to master. As a matter of fact, students are commonly facing some difficulties on this skill. One group pre-test post-test design was used to analyze the significant effect. The data were gained quantitatively by administering pre-test, treatments and post-test. The result revealed that there was an improvement in students’ learning achievements focused on listening sub-skills which deals with its aspects, i.e. understanding the gist in listening and listening for details in the narrative genre. The finding was supported by the result of students’ pre-test and post-test scores. The mean of pre-test scores was 77.4, while the mean of post-test scores was 93.5. The gained score is 16.1. Moreover, the analysis of t-test showed that tscore ttable or 4.43 1.70 at the level of significance 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 25. It is clear that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. Furthermore, based on the comparison between the mean score of each listening aspects of pre-test and that of post-test, it indicated that students gained a better achievement in identifying those listening sub-skills aspects. In brief, the application of English Cartoon Clips affected the students’ listening performance.
The Implementation of Context Clues Strategy in Infering the Meaning of Unknown Vocabulary to Improve Reading Skill
Riska Mauliza;
Iskandar Abdul Samad;
Nira Erdiana
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 4, No 2 (2019): June 2019
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A key to reading comprehension is understanding the message conveyed and it depends heavily on the understanding of the meaning of words appeared in the text. For students, reading comprehension becomes one of the skills that they are more familiar with since they deal with reading texts every day even in examinations. This situation drives students to cope with many unfamiliar English words causing them stuck in comprehending the message conveyed. Therefore, assisting students to improve their comprehension by inferring word meaning from context is very important. Corresponding to the idea, the writer did an experimental study to implement context clues strategy which (is believed) can help students to infer words meaning in reading text. The study was implemented on 20 students of XII IPS3 of SMAN 12 Banda Aceh to figure out how the strategy assists the students in inferring the meaning of unknown words. The result shows that the students’ comprehension improves well reflected on the mean score got by students from pretest and posttest increasing from 54.5 to 80.25. The development can be achieved since the strategy trains and guides the students to find out the clues provided in the text in the form of definition, synonym, antonym, example, or inference, that help them to guess the meaning of the word. In conclusion, context clues strategy does assist the students in inferring words meaning from context. Hence, it is suggested for English teacher to apply it in classroom in order to facilitate students’ reading comprehension.
The Values of Natural Disaster Mitigation in Discourse: The True Story of the Acehnese Tsunami Victims
Denni Iskandar;
Tengku Silvana Sinar;
Iskandar Abdul Samad;
Ahmad Nubli Gadeng
Forum Geografi Vol 36, No 1 (2022): July 2022
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
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This article aims to investigate the values of natural disaster mitigation among Acehnese Tsunami Victims. Natural disaster mitigation is an important issue for people who live in disaster-prone country such as Indonesia. Hermeneutical approach was employed in this study to reveal the values of disaster mitigation contained in the book about true story of the survivors of the Earthquake and Tsunami that occurred on December 26, 2004. The results of this research indicate that there are eighteen values of natural disaster mitigation, with details of 9 mitigation values about what to do when a tsunami occurs, 3 mitigation values about what should be avoided, and 6 mitigation values about preventive measures to reduce tsunami risk. Finally, this research reveals that these empirical facts can corroborate the theories and concepts of mitigation of the Earthquake and Tsunami disaster and also as reference to various educational context.