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Pelatihan Menulis Teks Bahasa Inggris Melalui Pendekatan Saintifik Terintegrasi Dengan Teknik Mind Mapping Bagi Siswa SMK Plus Insan Andalan Cianjur Nurviyani, Vina; Helmie, Jauhar; Ningsih, D. Nurfajrin; Utama, Gina Nanda; Burki, Audrey Bianca; Halimatu Sya’diah, Siti Nurhayati
Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat (ABDIRA) Vol 5, No 1 (2025): Abdira, Januari
Publisher : Universitas Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31004/abdira.v5i1.559

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In the globalization era, students should have the ability to communicate in English. However, the results of the need analysis conducted at SMK Plus Insan Andalan Cianjur showed that students needed to improve their English skills, especially writing skills. One of the solutions is writing coaching of English texts through the scientific approach integrated with mind mapping technique. The purpose of the writing coaching is to improve students' literacy competency, particularly students' English writing skills. The writing coaching was carried out face-to-face involving 40 students in grade 10. The writing coaching was carried out in three stages, i.e., preparation of writing coaching, implementation of writing coaching, and evaluation of writing coaching. Referring to the results of observations, interviews, and questionnaires, the findings show that the implementation of a scientific approach integrated with mind mapping techniques facilitate students to get ideas and compose English sentences more easily so that students are more enthusiastic in writing English texts. Thus, the students’ literacy competencies can be improved more optimally.
EXPLORING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ANXIETY IN CLASSROOM Mulyana, Sherly Saputri; Burki, Audrey Bianca; Helmie, Jauhar
Jurnal JOEPALLT (Journal of English Pedagogy, Linguistics, Literature, and Teaching) Vol 12, No 1 (2024)
Publisher : Universitas Suryakancana

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35194/jj.v12i1.3415

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ABSTRACTThis research discusses students’ speaking anxiety in English classroom. The aims are to investigate the factors that cause students’ anxiety in speaking English and the strategies that students use to reduce their anxiety in speaking English. The researcher conducted this research in one of senior high schools in Cianjur and this research used a descriptive qualitative method. The participants of this research were 35 students. The data were obtained from open-ended questionnaire and interview. The techniques of analyzing data were data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusion. The results revealed that there are various factors that cause students’ anxiety including apprehension of verbal communication, test anxiety and fear of negative evaluation. Furthermore, the researcher found the strategies that students use to reduce their anxiety in speaking: preparation, relaxation, positive thinking, peer seeking, holding things, socially awkward, gesture/body language and self-entertaining. Keywords: anxiety, students' anxiety, speaking English, factor anxiety, strategies to reduce anxiety