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The Implementation of Literature Circles on Students’ Reading Comprehension of Analytical Exposition Texts Fitri, Mainar; Fitria, Nurul; Nurzena, Nurzena
Journal of English and Arabic Language Teaching Vol 15, No 2 (2024): J/E/A/L/T (December)
Publisher : State Islamic University of Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau

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Literature Circles have been found to have effects on students’ reading comprehension.  The question is how Literature Circle can affect students’ reading comprehension in analytical exposition text. This research aimed to examine whether or not there is a significant difference on reading comprehension of analytical exposition texts between students who were taught by using Literature Circles and without using Literature Circles. The research design used in this research was a quasi-experimental design. The researcher used a two-group pre-test and post- test design. The population of this research were the eleventh grade students of Madrasah Aliyah Negeri (Islamic Senior High School)  Pekanbaru., Riau province, Indonesia. The samples of the research were 37 students taken by using Purposive sampling technique.  In collecting the data, researchers used Pre-test and Post-test of reading comprehension of analytical exposition texts in the form of a multiple-choice test. To analyze the data, researchers used an independent sample T-test and eta-squared. The result of the research showed that there was a significant difference on reading comprehension of analytical exposition texts between students taught by using Literature Circles and without using Literature Circles with sigma 2 tailed 0,000. So, it showed that there was an effect of Literature Circles on students’ reading comprehension of analytical exposition texts. The effect size was categorized into large effect (0.26). In conclusion, Literature Circles are effective to help students in reading comprehension of analytical exposition texts. So, it is recommended that teachers should use Literature circles in teaching reading comprehension.
A PORTRAIT OF STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH Fitri, Mainar; Murny, Murny; Nurzena, Nurzena; Mirawati, Mirawati
Journal of English and Arabic Language Teaching Vol 16, No 1 (2025): J/E/A/L/T (June)
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Every learner has different decision to pursue and sustain English language learning.  Their decisions are aspects of English language learning motivation.  This research aimed to describe how the students’ motivation in learning English based on their decision to pursue and sustain English language learning. This research was descriptive quantitative. The population in this research were the sixth semester students of English Department of one of State Islamic University in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Indonesia. Simple Random Sampling Technique was used to take the research sample. The number of samples were 91 students. The instrument used was questionnaires using Likert-Scales analyzed by using Percentage. The result of the research showed that the students’ motivation in learning English was categorized into high level for each motivation aspect. However, the highest motivation aspect came from parental encouragement with the percentage 14 %. Based on the result, it can be concluded that parental encouragement is the most dominant motivation aspect that make the students pursue and sustain in learning English.
Identifying Students’ Problems in Speaking English Fitri, Mainar; Huda, Fadilla Azelya; Nurzena, Nurzena
Journal of English and Arabic Language Teaching Vol 15, No 1 (2024): J/E/A/L/T (June)
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The purpose of this research was to describe students’ dominant problems in speaking English at one of state Islamic senior high school in Pekanbaru, Riau Province; Indonesia. This research was descriptive quantitative research. The population of this research was 395 from 12 classes and the researcher took the sample by using purposive sampling technique with total of samples were 60 students. The instrument used in this research was a documentation.  The researcher analyzed the data by using total score. Based on the result of the research, it was found that the students’ dominant problems in speaking English was fluency with the total score was 187. The researcher concludes that fluency is the most dominant problem faced by the students in speaking English.
THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL SUPPORT ON STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT Fitri, Mainar; Susanti, Mirda Afrilia; Nurzena, Nurzena; Mirawati, Mirawati
Journal of English and Arabic Language Teaching Vol 16, No 2 (2025): J/E/A/L/T (December)
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Parental support is one of external factors that can influence students’ ’learning achievement.  Several studies have examined the influence of parental support on students’ achievement in learning Mathematics and Science subjects. A little attention has been given to English learning. To fill the gap, this study aimed to determine whether there is a significant influence of parental support on students' English learning achievement. The research method used was quantitative with an ex post facto design. The researchers selected 36 eighth-grade students at one of state junior high school in Riau Province, Indonesia as the sample by using a total sampling technique. Data were collected through a questionnaire to measure the level of parental support, while students' English learning achievement data were obtained from scores taken from documentation provided by the English teacher. The data were analyzed by using simple linear regression with the assistance of SPSS version 20.0. The results showed that the calculated t-value was greater than the t-table value, (3.103 > 2.032),   indicating that the alternative hypothesis was accepted. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a significant influence of parental support on students’ English learning achievement. The influence of parental support on students’ English achievement was 22.1%. So, it is suggested that parents should give their support to their children in learning English to make their children get good achievement in learning English.
Co-Authors Fitri, Mainar Graselly, Graselly Huda, Fadilla Azelya Ihsani Aria Muna, Nurmuhammad Miftahul Fauziah, Miftahul Mirawati Mirawati Murny Murny Noviarni Noviarni, Noviarni Nurul Fitria Rizki Amelia Susanti, Mirda Afrilia