Sukendra, Irmala
Universitas Islam Syekh Yusuf Tangerang

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The Correlation between Students' Simple Past Tense Mastery and Their Recount Text Writing Skill Febri Rumanto; Irmala Sukendra; Achmad Fahrurozy
Foremost Journal Vol. 2 No. 1 (2021): Volume 2 No. 1 February 2021
Publisher : Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Syekh-Yusuf Islamic University Tangerang

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ABSTRACT This study is to research the correlation between students' simple past tense mastery and their writing skills in recount text at eleventh grade in SMK Setia Bhakti Tangerang Municipality in school year 2020/2021. The data was analyzed by using purposive sampling technique from 28 students. The collected data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The instruments were used students' writing test in recount text and test of students' simple past tense mastery. The research finding indicated that there was moderate correlation between students' simple past tense mastery and their writing skills in recount text. It was considered that alternative hypothesis (Ha) is rejected and the null hypothesis (Ho) which stated that there is correlation between students' simple past tense mastery and their writing skills is accepted. The result of hypothesis test between students' simple past tense mastery and writing skills in recount text of the eleventh grade at SMK Setia Bhakti Tangerang Municipality showed a direct correlation. There was moderate correlation between students' simple past tense mastery and their writing skills in recount text at SMK Setia Bhakti Tangerang Municipality with r-coef=0,451. However, students should improve the way of study, used perfectly time, practice, and had good literature to read tense mastery and English book. In writing, students are very suggested to read a book. So as the scholars conversantwith conversational English support.
The Effect of Think Talk Write Strategy Toward Students’ Writing Skill Fuadiyah, Muniyatul; Sukendra, Irmala; Moddies Swara, Marrieta
Foremost Journal Vol. 6 No. 1 (2025): Volume 6 No. 1
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The experimental research was aimed to find out whether there was significant effect of students writing skill after taught by using Think Talk Write strategy on the tenth grade of SMAN 15 Kota Tangerang. This research was conducted in two classes; the experimental class (X IPS 5) consisted of 37 students and control class (X IPS 3) consisted of 36 students as sample. The data was gained by pre-test and post-test, it was found that the mean of pre-test in experimental class was 69.81 and the post-test was 76.49. It meant that there was significant effect of students writing skill after taught by using Think Talk Write strategy on the tenth grade of SMAN 15 Kota Tangerang. However, based on the t-test formula it was obtained that was -0.579 and was -1.667. It indicated that was accepted and was rejected because was higher than (-0.579 -1.667). Based on the result of t-test, the writer concluded that there was no significant difference between the writing skill improvement of students who taught by using Think Talk Write and who taught by using Discovery Learning.
Analysis of Speech Acts in Dialogue: (The Analysis Study to the Eleventh Grade of SMK Setia Bhakti Kota Tangerang in Academic Year 2019-2020) Wicaksono, Dhani Arief; Sukendra, Irmala; Fachrurozy, Achmad
Foremost Journal Vol. 2 No. 2 (2021): Volume 2 No. 2 August 2021
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The research is a pragmatic study on speech acts and conversational implicatures performed by the student’s dialogue at the Eleventh Grade of SMK Setia Bhakti. This research is aimed at identifying and describing the kinds of speech acts focusing on the dialogues. This research descriptively employed a qualitative method with the researcher as the key instrument and the data sheets used as the secondary instruments. The researcher had the role of planning, collecting, analyzing, and reporting the research findings. The data were in the form of text dialogue according to subject material class, there are Offering and Suggestion and Invitation. The steps of collecting data were students making a dialogue based on the instruction. After being collected, the data were organized and analyzed based on Searle and Leech’s theory in the illocutionary act. The research reveals some findings. There are 5 kinds of illocutionary acts in speech acts that emerged from the students’ dialogue. They are declarative, representative, expressive, directive, and commisive. First, directive speech act as one of the forms declare. The second, subtypes of representative there are stating, informing, agreeing, arguing, explaining, describing, convincing, predicting, reporting, and stating an opinion. Third, subtypes of expressive are stated in the form of greeting, thanking, apologizing, complimenting, stating pleasure, accepting, considering, and stating surprise. Fourth, subtypes of the directive are expressed in the form of commanding, requesting, suggesting, inviting, questioning, and warning. Then fifth, subtypes of kinds of speech act is commisive which is expressed in the form there are promising and offering. Each strength of illocutionary acts is used based on the text of the situation. In some of its findings, the result of the analysis speech act in illocutionary which result of every kind shows percentage; declarative was 53%, representative 19%, expressive 59%, directive 66%, and commisive 41%. Based on the findings, the directive is the illocutionary act emerged by the dialogue of students which has the most finding of various forms. There are commanding, suggesting, requesting, inviting, warning, and questioning.
The Effect of the Story Map Method in Narrative Text to Improve Students' Reading Skills Sukendra, Irmala; Chahyadin, Delvia; Sabur, Ambuy
Foremost Journal Vol. 6 No. 2 (2025): Volume 6 No. 2
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Investigation on instructional strategies provides valuable insights that contributes to students’ better academic outcomes. This study aims to determine the significant effect of using the story map method on improving the reading skills of eleventh-grade science students at Madrasah Aliyah Attaqwa Tangerang. The research specifically focuses on their comprehension of narrative text learning material during the 2023/2024 academic year. This study employed a Quasi-Experimental Design. The research population consisted of all eleventh-grade science (XI IPA) students at Madrasah Aliyah Attaqwa Tangerang for the 2023/2024 academic year. The sample size was 30 students. Data were collected through pre-test and post-test instruments to measure student reading skills before and after the intervention. The collected data were tested for assumptions and found to be both normally distributed and homogeneous. Subsequently, hypothesis testing was conducted using a paired sample t-test. The results of the hypothesis test led to the rejection of the null hypothesis (Ho) and the acceptance of the alternative hypothesis (Ha). This indicates a statistically significant positive effect from using the story map method. Therefore, it is concluded that the story map method effectively improves the reading skills of eleventh-grade science students at Madrasah Aliyah Attaqwa Tangerang in narrative text comprehension.