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THE USING OF ROUNDTABLE TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE GRADE EIGHT STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SMP SWASTA TAMAN ASUHAN Pasaribu, Rebekka Viona; Manalu, David Berthony; Efipanias Manihuruk, Leonita Maria
REVIEW OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION, CULTURE AND PEDAGOGY Vol. 2 No. 4 (2023): AUGUST
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55047/romeo.v2i4.919

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This research aiming to find out whether the use of roundtable technique can significantly improve the grade eight Students’ ability in writing descriptive at SMP Swasta Taman Asuhan. This research used assessment rubric which consisted of 5 aspects: Content, Organization, Vocabulary, Language use and Mechanism. By using quasi-experimental design, the research involved the grade eight students of SMP Swasta Taman Asuhan Pematang Siantar in the academic year 2023/2024 with total of 64 students. In this case, the experimental class was VIII-3 that consisted of 22 students and the control class was VIII-2 that consisted of 22 students. This research used purposive sampling technique. This research used writing test as instrument to collect the data for pre-test and post-test. The result showed that mean score of the experimental class increased from 50.55 to 61.55 after applied the treatment (Roundtable Technique). Mean scores in control class were from 45.85 to 50.55. The T-test computation revealed that there was a significant difference between two classes by used significance 0.05. It was proven that T-test was 1.92 and T-table was 1.68595, which was found that t-value was higher that T-table (1.92>1.68595). Based on the findings, Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected. Therefore, it can be concluded that Roundtable Technique is proven as an effective technique that significantly improves the grade eight students’ ability in writing descriptive at SMP Swasta Taman Asuhan.
A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF VERB IN INDONESIAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ON SINDO NEWS Pasaribu, Rebekka Viona; Siringoringo, Daniel J. O.; Nainggolan, Vivi Grasella; Sitanggang, Anita
JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND BUSINESS Vol. 1 No. 4 (2022): AUGUST
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55047/jhssb.v1i4.268

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This study contrasted verb features that exist between the two languages, with Indonesian as the source language and English as the target language. The contrastive analysis is used to help second language or foreign language learners understand the target language being studied more easily. The problem limitation is focused on analyzing the differences in verbs for action and non-action verbs between English and Indonesian (https://ekbis.sindonews.com/read/824401/33/dunia-gonjang-ganjing-luhut-ekonomi-kita-salah-satu-yang-terbaik ) in SINDO News. The research used descriptive qualitative research. The technique of analyzing data used in this study is based on contrastive analysis from SINDO News. The researchers searched and found data from Google media. After that, the researcher analyzes each word from the economic news, which includes the action verb and non-action verb. Next, the researcher analyzes for words that have the same meaning in the action verb and non-action verb by using an English dictionary, then compares them with the same word in Indonesian using the Indonesian dictionary. The results of the analysis show that there are 15 verbs found in news.