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IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION OF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS THROUGH DISCOVERY LEARNING Gebriela, Delya; Darmawan, Darmawan; Maf'ulah, Maf’ulah; Suriaman, Aminah
e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 13 No. 2 (2025)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22487/elts.v13i2.4629

The objective of this research was to prove that the Discovery Learning method can improve reading comprehension at the tenth grade students of SMA Bala Keselamatan Palu. This research used quasi-experimental design. The sample of this research were the students of X B as the experimental class which consisted of 22 students and the students of X A as the control class which consisted 22 of students. The data were collected through pre-test and post-test. The result of this research revealed that there was a significant improvement in the score of students taught by using Discovery Learning method. The improvement could be seen from the changes in students score which were previously poor to fair. In other words, the use of Discovery Learning method can improve reading comprehension at the tenth grade students of SMA Bala Keselamatan Palu.

THE USE OF DEMONSTRATION TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE WRITING SKILL OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS Firdayani, Firdayani; Nadrun, Nadrun; Rofiqoh, Rofiqoh; Maf'ulah, Maf’ulah
e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 13 No. 2 (2025)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22487/elts.v13i2.4631

The objective of this research is to prove whether the application of demonstration technique can improve writing skills of the eleventh-grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Witaponda or not. The population of this research is the eleventh-grade students of SMA Negeri1 Witaponda, the sample was XI IPS2 as experimental class and XI IPS3 as control class. The number of each sample was 21 students. The research applied quantitative method. The instruments of the data collection were pre-test and post-test. The finding showed that the experimental group's mean score on the post-test was 72 and the pretest was 56.6. Whereas the control group's mean score on the post-test is 45.7 and the pretest is 53.5. The results of data analysis revealed that the value of the t-counted (3.804) was higher than the value of the t-table (1.684) by applying a significant level of 0.05 with a degree of freedom (df). It means that the hypothesis is accepted. It indicates that there is a significant improvement. In addition, the implications of these findings can be concluded that the use of demonstration techniques was effective for teaching writing procedure texts because it can help practice their ideas and help teachers transfer material related to the lesson.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING MASTERY THROUGH CULTURE-BASED LEARNING (CBL) CONTENT Salamses, Moh. Rifal; Marhum, Mochtar; Mukrim, Mukrim; Maf'ulah, Maf’ulah
e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 11 No. 2 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22487/elts.v11i2.3840

This research focuses on the use of Culture-Based Learning (CBL) as learning content to improve students' mastery of English speaking. This research aims to look at the use of Culture-Based Learning (CBL) in improving the English-speaking mastery of class VII students at MTs. Negeri Tojo Una-Una. MTs Negeri Tojo Una-una is located in the District of Ratolindo, Tojo Una-una Regency, Central Sulawesi. The population in this research were all class VII students for the 2022/2023 school year with the amount of 77 students. This research method is a quantitative method with a quasi-experimental design using a sample of students in class VII A and VII B with a total of 50 students obtained by purposive sampling technique. To collect data, this research uses tests as instruments, namely pre-test and post-test given in the form of the oral test either in groups or individually. Based on the research findings, it was concluded that the use of Culture-Based Learning (CBL) as learning content shows a significant improvement. This is shown by the percentage improvement of 44.50% in students who are members of the experimental group, while in the control group, there is only an improvement of 10.60% from the pre-test, treatment, to the post-test.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HABIT IN WATCHING ENGLISH MOVIES AND VOCABULARY Anastasia, Paula; M. Said, Mawardin; Maf'ulah, Maf’ulah
e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 11 No. 1 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22487/elts.v11i1.4398

This research aimed to identify the relationship between habit of watching English movie and vocabulary of grade VIII students' at SMP Negeri 6 Palu. It applied correlation research with a quantitative data approach. Students of Class VII-A, which consisted of twenty-five students, were selected as the sample for this research using the purposive sampling technique. The instruments of this research were questionnaires, vocabulary tests, and the SPSS 26th version. The result of data analysis using the correlation coefficient product moment and SPSS 26th indicated the relationship between students' habit in watching English movies and vocabulary is positive in the high category of relationship (0,702) with a significant level (α = 0.05). Then, comparing the value of the r-counted, which is higher than the r-table, indicates that students' habits of watching English movies contribute to their vocabulary. Therefore, students with a high frequency of habits in watching English movies have a higher probability of gaining a lot of new vocabulary.

A STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FLASHCARDS IN TEACHING VOCABULARY Budiman, Teguh; Manurung, Konder; Maf'ulah, Maf’ulah
e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 11 No. 3 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22487/elts.v11i3.4401

The objectives of this research are to describe how the implementation of Flashcards in teaching vocabulary and to describe how is students’ vocabulary mastery is after the implementation of Flashcards. The study applied qualitative design that implemented the Library Research Method. The data were collected from scientific writings on implementing Flashcards in teaching vocabulary between 2011 and 2021. The scientific writing was found on the internet. The data were analyzed using content analysis based on Wright (1989). There are nine scientific writings as the data. The results of data analysis showed that implementing Flashcards in nine different studies was carried out using many methods. Some researchers refer to expert recommendations using Flashcards. Buttner (2007), Budden (2013), Allen (1983), Read (2013), Wright (1989), and Harmer (2007). All studies show that students' vocabulary increases after applying Flashcards in their research. Flashcards have some impact on students. For example, Flashcards increase students' motivation to learn vocabulary, students easily understand the material, students can make simple sentences, students acquire new vocabulary, students' vocabulary increases, and students can understand the material. The increase in students' vocabulary is caused by several factors, namely the amount of treatment given, class conditions, and the strategies used by the teachers to overcome students' vocabulary weaknesses.

CORRELATION BETWEEN GRAMMAR MASTERY AND WRITING SKILLS OF 4th-semester STUDENTS Randy; Jamiluddin, Jamiluddin; Maf'ulah, Maf’ulah
e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 11 No. 2 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22487/elts.v11i2.4408

The objective of this research is to find out the correlation between grammar mastery and writing skills. The researchers applied a correlational research design. There were two variables in this research, they were grammar mastery as variable X and writing skills as Variable Y. The researchers took the 4th-semester students as the population and the sample of this research. In selecting the sample, the researchers used a random sampling technique. 3 students from each class were taken randomly as the sample of this research. The total sample was 18 students. In conducting this research, the researchers used two tests. The tests were grammar and writing tests. A grammar test measured students’ competence in simple past tense. The test consists of 20 multiple-choice questions. The test is aimed at collecting data on students’ grammar mastery. In the writing test, the students chose one of three topics that were provided in the test’s instructions. The students wrote the text in the form of a recount text. The data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The result shows that the correlation coefficient between students’ grammar mastery and writing skills is 0.630. The result is categorized as substantial or high. It indicates that there is a positive correlation between grammar mastery and writing skills of 4th-semester students of the English Education Study Program of Tadulako University. It means that the students who have good grammar mastery also have good writing skills and the students who lack grammar mastery also have poor writing skills because grammar is one important aspect that influences students’ writing skills. The implementation of this finding in the teaching of writing skills is that the lecturers must find a way to integrate the teaching of writing skills with grammar.

DIFFICULTIES IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FACED BY THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 PALU Neliyanti; Rofiqoh, Rofiqoh; Maf'ulah, Maf’ulah; Dewi, Anjar Kusuma
e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 11 No. 3 (2023)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22487/elts.v11i3.4421

This research aims to find out the difficulties in writing descriptive text faced by the eleventh-grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Palu. The researcherss applied descriptive quantitative design. There were 10 students involved. The instrument of data collection was a writing text. The data were collected by asking the students to write a descriptive text. The findings show that the most difficulty of writing in each aspect was mechanics 77.16% of students, grammar 21.1% of students, vocabulary 1.23% of students and content and organization 0% of students.

IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MA ALKHAIRAAT BIROMARU THROUGH STORY MAPPING STRATEGY Marmumah; Mukrim, Mukrim; Maf'ulah, Maf’ulah; Darmawan, Darmawan
e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 12 No. 3 (2024)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22487/elts.v12i3.4439

The reading comprehension of class X1 students at MA Alkhairaat Biromaru. This research uses a quasi-experimental design by applying a nonequivalent control group design. The population was class X1 students at MA Alkhairaat Biromaru consisting of 30 students from two classes. The sample is class IPA as the experimental group and class IPS as the control group. Sample selection was carried out in total. Tests are used to collect data consisting of pre-test and post-test. The test results show that the average pre-test score obtained by the experimental group is 40.47, while the mea pre-test score obtained by the control group is 43.53. Then, the average post-test score for the experimental group is 86.68, while the control group is 67.13; the t-calculated value (4.28) was higher than the t-table value (1.70), which means that the hypothesis was accepted. The T-test tests determine the significance and relevance between two groups of unpaired samples. Based on the research results, using Story Mapping can improve the reading comprehension of class X1 students at MA Alkhairaat Biromaru.

INVESTIGATING ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OF GRADE VIII STUDENTS AT SMP NEGERI 18 SIGI Sagita, Evi; Mukrim, Mukrim; Maf'ulah, Maf’ulah; Jamiluddin, Jamiluddin
e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 12 No. 3 (2024)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22487/elts.v12i3.4442

This research aims to find out whether the application of descriptive text is effective in improving the writing skills of grade 8 (eight) students at SMP Negeri 18 Sigi. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods. This population is students in class 8 (eight) of Sigi State Middle School, consisting of 100 people. Sample selection was carried out in total. The test was used to collect data consisting of a pre-test and post-test. The test results showed that the average pre-test score obtained was 59.58. After carrying out the post test the results showed that there were 85% of students who were competent and 15% who were not competent. Increasing students' abilities means that the application of descriptive text to grade 8 (eight) students at SMP Negeri 18 Sigi was declared successful.

STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING YOUTUBE AS A MEDIA FOR LEARNING Ayuni; Mukrim, Mukrim; Maf'ulah, Maf’ulah; Aminah, Aminah
e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 12 No. 3 (2024)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22487/elts.v12i3.4444

This research aimed to discover students’ perception of using YouTube as a Media for Learning and factors that can contribute to the use of YouTube as a learning media. Qualitative descriptive are used. The subjects of this research were 30 students of class X 7. Questionnaires and interviews were applied to collect data. The questionnaire consists of 30 questions; interviews were conducted as supporting data. Based on data analysis, data from the questionnaire shows that most students agree with the use of YouTube as a medium for learning English. Learning to use YouTube also gives students new experiences in learning and can overcome boredom in monotonous learning. The interview results also showed that students were happy and gained new experiences by using YouTube as a learning medium. The conclusion can be drawn that students agree that using YouTube can overcome boredom in class, increase interest in learning and gain new experiences

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