Dalle, Muhammad Basri
Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar

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THE USE OF PARTICIPATION POINT SYSTEM IN TEACHING THE ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL AT THE VII GRADE OF SMPN 4 BARAKA ENREKANG REGENCY Amelia, Amelia; Dalle, Muhammad Basri; Setiadi, Muhammad Astrianto
JKIP (Jurnal Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan) Vol 5 No 1 (2018): JKIP
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This research was aimed at finding out the improvement of students’ pronunciation and self-confidence through Participation Point System (PPS) Method in teaching speaking skill. The research method used was class action research design consisting of 4 stages, namely planning, action observation and reflection. It had 2 cycles. The research was implemented on the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 4Baraka 2016/2017. The researcher took 20 students as the subject of the research. The researcher taught speaking English using PPS Method. The data were gathered after scoring the students’ speaking skill on both pronunciation and self-confidence through diagnostic test and test of cycle I and II. The research findings showed that the mean score of the students’ speaking diagnostic test was 5.22 as categorized poor (low ability) while the mean score of the students’ speaking test in cycle I was 5.34. It had a significant progress but the result still did not reach the determined standard score 7, so the research was proceeded to the cycle II that the researcher gained the mean score 7.00 as categorized good. It showed that the latest progress in the cycle II had reached beyond the determined standard score and there was a significant improvement on the seventh grade students’ speaking skill on both pronunciation and self-confidence in the English teaching using Participation Point System Method at SMP Negeri 4 Baraka 2016/2017.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THINK ALOUD STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN NARRATIVE TEXT STUDY AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH LIMBUNG Juniati, Juniati; Dalle, Muhammad Basri; Azis, Awalia
JKIP (Jurnal Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan) Vol 5 No 1 (2018): JKIP
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The problem of this research consisted of how is the improvement at the students’ literal and interpretative reading comprehension through Think Aloud Strategy at the eighth grade of SMP Muhammdiyah Limbung? This research aimed to find out the improvement of the students’ literal comprehension and interpretative comprehension. The research is limited to improve the students’ comprehension in narrative text through Think Aloud Strategy on literal reading comprehension (the specific information and sequence events) and interpretative comprehension (conclusion and implication). To find out the improvement, the researcher used pre-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test design. The population was the eighth grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah Limbung. The sample was taken by purposive sampling technique and the total number of sample was 36 students. It employed of six meetings (one meeting for pre-test, four meetings for treatment, and one meeting for post-test). It employed reading test as instrument. The research findings indicated that the application of Think Aloud Strategy was effective in improving the students’ literal and interpretative reading comprehension. It was proved by the value of the t-test 19.91, which was higher than the value of t-table (2.030). This indicated that H1wasaccepted, and H0 was rejected and there was a significant difference of the students’ reading comprehension before and after using Think Aloud Strategy. It was concluded that Think Aloud Strategy improved the students’ reading comprehension.