Fitria Wulan Sari
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Correlation between Students’ Motivation and Students’ English Learning Achievement of Undergraduate Nursing Study Program Students of STIKes Mitra Husada Karanganyar Nurul Gilang Abriani; Fitria Wulan Sari; Hayu Ulin Nuha
EDU Journal - English Department of UMMU Journal Vol 3 No 1 (2023): Vol. 3 No. 1 May 2023 In Progress
Publisher : English Education Department, Faculty of Education Muhammadiyah University of North Maluku

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52046/edu.j.v3i1.1608

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English is a mandatory course learned by the students in STIKes Mitra Husada Karanganyar. The graduates’ target for Undergraduate Nursing Study Program students is the ability of English language indicated by passing English for Nursing I, English for Nursing II, and TOEFL score at least 450. Motivation is considered important determinants in learning English as a foreign language to help students gain better learning achievement. Motivation exerts a great influence on learner performances of second language learning to prepare learning strategies. The aim of this research is to know whether there is a correlation between two variables; students’ motivation and English learning achievement of Undergraduate Nursing Study Program students of STIKes Mitra Husada Karanganyar. The research design used was the analysis of quantitative correlation. The data were taken by distributing questionnaire of motivation to 77 respondents and their English for Nursing II score. The result showed that students’ characteristics based on gender are mostly female students (89.6%). Students’ English learning motivation is classified into highly motivated (84.4 %). Students’ English learning achievement is classified into good (62.3 %). The findings showed that there is no correlation between students’ motivation and English learning achievement because the level of significance was 0.538 > 0.05 and the coefficient of correlation (r) is -0.71. It is suggested that lecturers are able to apply a variety of learning methods, use interesting media in order to arouse student learning motivation, and involve students more in the teaching and learning process.
Inquiry Based Teaching in Writing Classroom: the Effectiveness to the Students’ Creativity Fitria Wulan Sari
Journal of English Language Teaching and Islamic Integration Vol. 3 No. 1 (2020): JELTII: Journal of English Language Teaching and Islamic Integration
Publisher : STKIP AL HIKMAH SURABAYA

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.62426/

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The main objectives of the research are to find out whether (1) Inquiry Based Teaching is more effective than Guided Writing to teach  writing  skill;  (2)  Students  having  high  creativity  have  better writing  skill  than  those  having  low  creativity;  and  (3)  there  is  any interaction  between  teaching  methods  and  students’  creativity  in teaching  writing  skill  for  students.  The  research  applied  in  this research  was  an  experimental  research.  The  teaching  methods  are Inquiry  Based  Teaching  and  Guided  Writing.  Creativity  as  the attributive variable was divided into high creativity and low creativity. The population of the research was the students of junior high school consisting of 176 students. The samples of this research were the class 8B as experimental class and 8A as control class that consisted of 22 students  in  each  class.  The  result  of  data  analysis  shows  that;  (1) Inquiry  Based  Teaching  is  more  effective  than  Guided  Writing  to teach  writing  skill;  (2)  Students  having  high  creativity  have  better writing  skill  than  those  having  low  creativity;  and  (3)  There  is  an interaction between teaching methods and students’ creativity to teach writing skill for the students. Based on the research findings, it can be concluded that Inquiry Based Teaching is an effective method to teach writing  skill,  and  the  effectiveness  is  affected  by  the  degree  of students’ creativity .