English Community Journal
English Community Journal is a journal of English Education Journal of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education at Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang. English Community Journal includes articles of English Education and published in twice a year, march and September. English Community Journal focusses on teachers, lecturers, students, reseacrhers who consentrate in English Education. Writing articles focusses on English Community Journal template.
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<![CDATA[THE EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY, FACILITIES, AND READING COMPREHENSION ON STUDENTS INTEREST IN READING INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL AT BINA INSAN UNIVERSITY LUBUKLINGGAU ]]>
<![CDATA[Riance, Astri]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2021): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v5i1.3303
<![CDATA[The problem in this research was about the low reading international journal interest of students at Bina Insan Lubuklinggau. This research was a quantitative study by using SPSS program in processing the data . The data collection techniques used were questionnaires, observations, and documents. The population were all of the students at Bina Insan University Lubuklinggau with the total sample was 33 students using the accidental sampling technique. The results showed that technology (X1) had a significant effect on students interest in reading International Journal (Y) because t count (12.685)> t table (1.699), facilities (X2) had a significant effect on students interest in reading International Journal (Y) because t count (2.884)> t table (1.699) ), and reading comprehension (X3) has a significant effect on students interest in reading International Journal (Y) because t count (2.477)> t table (1.699). And technology (X1), facilities (X2), and reading comprehension (X3) have a significant effect on students interest in reading International Journal (Y) because F count (52.161)> F table (3.39). So it can be concluded that there was a significant influence between technology, facilities, and reading comprehension on students interest in reading International Journal at Bina Insan University Lubuklinggau]]>
<![CDATA[THE INFLUENCE OF CASE BUILDING TECHNIQUE AND LEARNING INTERESTS ON THE STUDENTS’ LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT ]]>
<![CDATA[Hermansyah, Hermansyah]]>;
<![CDATA[Jaya, Aswadi]]>;
<![CDATA[Maharrani, Dwi]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v5i1.3331
<![CDATA[This study aims to determine: (1) whether Case building technique and student interest in learning can make a significant difference in improving learning achievement, and (2) the contribution of Case building to increasing student achievement and interest in learning to determine the level of effectiveness of this learning strategy. The data were collected by using a speech test which is evaluated by two assessors using an analytic rubric consisting of five elements, namely accent, grammar, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. Meanwhile, Student interest in learning was evaluated using a questionnaire. Both data were analyzed using the t-test to see the mean difference (1) between the pre-and post-test students' speaking achievement and their self-confidence, and (2) the post-test of speaking achievement and their self-confidence between the first and second groups. Regression analysis was provided to see the contribution of case building to the variables in question. This study found that case buiding technique could improve the students’ learning interest and learning achievement.]]>
<![CDATA[A STUDY ON STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION TOWARDS LEARNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE: A CASE STUDY OF ONE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN PEKANBARU ]]>
<![CDATA[Yuzulia, Irza]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2021): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v5i1.3332
<![CDATA[Motivation is the main point to determine the students’ desire to learn English. Students’ motivation will be correlated with their performance and achievement during the learning process. The research aimed to find out students’ motivations in learning English and the kinds of motivations they have. The respondents of this study were sixty two third-grader students of senior high school in Pekanbaru. This study used quantitative and descriptive method where the information delivered based on the actual condition. A questionnaire that consists of twenty-five questions and open-enede questions was delivered to the students. The answers of the respondents were analyzed and computed to find out the mean valaue of each kind of motivation. Based on the result of the study, it is found that the students have high motivation to learn English. They want to be able to communicate fluently, to understand reading materials and to get better job in the future. However, the students do not neglect the aim of learning English at school is to pass the examination. The teachers are suggested to encourage students to focus on their improvement, not only grade or examination.]]>
<![CDATA[THE CORRELATION BETWEEN UNDERGRADUATE EFL STUDENTS’ READING HABIT AND LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCES ]]>
<![CDATA[Susanta, Mulyana]]>;
<![CDATA[Tridinanti, Gaya]]>;
<![CDATA[Sari, Farnia]]>;
<![CDATA[Dianti, Rahma]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v5i1.3326
<![CDATA[The aim of this study was to find out whether there was significantly correlation and contribution or not between reading habit and linguistic intelligence.Seventy two students as sample by using intact sampling technique. The method of this study was correlational research. In analyzing the data, correlation analysis and regression analysis were used.It was found that the correlation coefficient or the r-value (0.361) was higher than r-table (0.228). Then, the level of probability (p) significance (sig.2-tailed) was 0.000. It means that p-value (0.002) was lower than 0.05.Inanalyzing the data of regression analysis, it was found that the students’ reading habit contributed students’ linguistic intelligence significantly with tvalue (3.234) was higher than ttable (1.667) with sig.value (0.002) was lower than probability (0.05). It means that students’ reading habit support significant effect in the level of 13% toward linguistic intelligence.Itcanconcluded that there was a significant correlation and contribution between reading habit and linguistic intelligences.]]>
<![CDATA[THE INFLUENCE OF THINK-PAIR-SHARE TECHNIQUE (TPS) TO TEACH READING COMPREHENSION TO THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS ]]>
<![CDATA[Ariski, Sri]]>;
<![CDATA[Rositasari, Tri]]>;
<![CDATA[Saraswaty, Dwi Rara]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2021): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v5i1.3308
<![CDATA[The objective of this study was to find out the influence of TPS to teach reading comprehension to the Tenth Grade Students at SMA Negeri 1 Sekayu. The subject of this study was the tenth-grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Sekayu in academic year 2019/2020 which amounted to 64 students’ representatives of 193 populations. This study was a quantitative research. This study used quasi-experimental method. The research design used two groups pretest posttest design. The test consisted 30 items in multiple choices. The result of test was calculated by using SPSS Software22. The alternative hypothesis (Ha) was examined through the test. Based on the criteria of testing hypotheses, the alternative (Ha) 5% significance level was t- obtained of the test. It means that teaching reading comprehension by using TPS technique to the Eighth-Grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Sekayu in the academic year 2020 was effective.]]>
<![CDATA[AN ANALYSIS OF THE LEXICAL AMBIGUITY USED IN COCO MOVIE SCRIPT ]]>
<![CDATA[Faina, Ratih]]>;
<![CDATA[Rositasari, Tri]]>;
<![CDATA[Elfarissyah, Andriamella]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v5i1.3307
<![CDATA[The objectives of this study were to describe the form of homonym of the lexical ambiguity and to analyze the most dominant of homonym of the lexical ambiguity that used in Coco movie script by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina. In analysis of lexical ambiguity, it just focused on homonym that used by Miguel as the main character from the movie script. This study used a descriptive qualitative research and it was obtained by using documentation method and the conversation of movie script as a research instrument. The conversation of Coco movie script was used to identify and get information about homonym, it showed that there were two forms of homonym in lexical ambiguity that used in Coco movie script and they were homophone and homograph. Based on the result of data, it was found that there were 987 conversations of Coco movie script both in homophone and homograph. From 987 conversations of Coco movie script, it can be said that 226 conversations used the homophone words, it consisted of 70 homophone words and it occurred in 645 times. Then, 70 conversations used the homograph words, it consisted of 29 homograph words and it occurred in 06 times. So, it can be concluded that the most dominant of homonym forms of lexical ambiguity in Coco movie script was homophone which consisted of 70 words and it occured in 645 times.]]>
<![CDATA[STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE ACCENTS OF NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN INTERACTIVE LISTENING AND EXTENSIVE SPEAKING CLASS ]]>
<![CDATA[Saipullah, Habib Muhar]]>;
<![CDATA[Syahri, Indawan]]>;
<![CDATA[Susanti, Rini]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v5i1.3291
<![CDATA[The objectives of this study were (I) to know the students' perceptions on the accents of non-native English speakers in the videos and (II) to identify the challenges in listening to the accents of non-native English speakers in Interactive Listening and Extensive Speaking class. The writer used descriptive qualitative in this study. The participant of this study was all students in the third semester of Interactive Listening and Extensive Speaking classes from English Education Study Program. The data were collected by giving the questionnaire to the participants, then analyzing them by using the formula of percentage calculation to be interpreted descriptively. The main finding showed that most of the students in Interactive Listening and Extensive Speaking classes had a positive perception of the accent of non-native English speakers. They believed that understanding different accents could enrich their knowledge of English accents and improve their listening skills. The challenges and difficulties that students identified in listening to the accents of non-native English speakers did not create a negative perception. They believed that listening to the non-native English accents is not easy because it was challenging for the difficulties in understanding them.]]>
<![CDATA[STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING VOCABULARIES ]]>
<![CDATA[Salam, Urai]]>;
<![CDATA[Nurnisa, Nurnisa]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2021): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v5i1.3327
<![CDATA[This study was conducted among early English learners when they encountered problems in learning vocabularies. The purpose of this study was to uncover difficulties in learning English vocabularies faced by 33 Pesantren (boarding school) students in West Kalimantan. These students had low achievement in vocabulary mastery. The data were derived from questionnaires and interviews with selected students. The data revealed that the students experienced four difficulties, namely, pronouncing unique English sounds, spelling, memorizing long syllable-words, and understanding meaning of unfamiliar words.]]>
