Olga Dona Retsi
English Education Study Program, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, University of Palangka Raya

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The Effect of Thesaurus Application on Students’ Writing Ability of Recount Text at SMAN 3 Palangka Raya Gina Yati Indina; Elanneri Karani; Olga Dona Retsi
IALLTEACH (Issues In Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching) Vol 5 No 1 (2023): Issues in Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching
Publisher : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris (Universitas Internasional Batam)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37253/iallteach.v5i1.7761

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English is an international language that all school levels make it one of the subjects in their school program. Many students still faced difficulties in writing recount text such as they do not know how to make a good sentence and lack of vocabularies. This research was conducted to find out the effect of Thesaurus application on students’ writing ability of recount text at the tenth grade students of SMAN 3 Palangka Raya. The method used in this research was a pre-experimental research. The sample was taken by Purposive Sampling technique from class of X MIPA 3, tenth-grade students of SMAN 3 Palangka Raya in the academic year 2022/2023. Test in form of writing recount text was used as the instrument to collect the data needed. The data of test were analyzed by using the non-parametric statistics of the Wilcoxon test. The results showed that Sig (2-tailed) higher than 0.005 (0.406 > 0.005). It means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was rejected and the null hypothesis (Ho) was accepted. It can be concluded that there is no significant effect of Thesaurus application on students’ writing ability at the tenth-grade students of SMAN 3 Palangka Raya in the academic year 2022/2023.
The Effect of British Council for Teens Website on Students’ Vocabulary at the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN-1 Palangka Raya Arga Syafutra; Bahing; Olga Dona Retsi; Ristati; Muhammad Subhan Fikri
General English Education Vol 3 No 2 (2023): EBONY- Journal of English Language Teaching, Linguistics, and Literature
Publisher : The Study Program of English Education of Palangka Raya University 

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37304/ebony.v3i2.8573

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English vocabulary is crucial. However, students struggled with vocabulary. This study examined how the British Council for Teens website affected Senior High School tenth-graders’ English vocabulary. This website taught English vocabulary using topic-related graphics and audio. This pre-experimental investigation used a one-group pre- and post-test. The researcher used purposive sampling to choose the SMAN-1 Palangka Raya X-6 class. Data was collected via a short answer test. Pre- and post-tests were provided. The researcher circulated a questionnaire to assess the British Council for Teens website’s impact on vocabulary learning. The Paired Sample T-Test in SPSS version 25 was used to examine the data at 5% (0.05). T-test analysis accepted Ha and rejected Ho. Hence, British Council for Teens improved SMAN-1 Palangka Raya tenth graders’ English vocabulary. The British Council for Teens website’s favorable questionnaire result supported that. Consequently, this website was effective on expanding students’ English vocabulary.