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[AN ANALYSIS OF PARENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HOMEWORK IN IMPROVING ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT ]]>
<![CDATA[Saputri, Kurnia]]>;
<![CDATA[Larasati, Finza]]>;
<![CDATA[Febriyani, Martina]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 4, No 2 (2020): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v4i2.3041
<![CDATA[The main purpose of this study was to identify students’ parent perceptions on the importance of homework in improving English achievement of eighth grade students at SMP Bina Bhakti Abab. The subjects of this study were all of the students’ parents of eighth grade students at SMP Bina Bhakti Abab. The study used mixed method through questionnaire as a research instrument and documentation. The questionnaire was to identify and get the information on the importance of homework for their children and the questionnaire was divided into eight points, (1) Parents’ role construction (2) Parents’ self-efficacy (3) School invitations (4) Teacher invitations (5) Child invitations (6) Parental time (7) Parental energy and (8) Parental knowledge and skills. The total of the result of each points showed that: Parents’ role construction 343 (Agree) and 287 (Strongly Agree), Parents’ self-efficacy 111 (Agree) and 99 (Strongly Agree), School invitations 32 (Disagree), 32 (Somewhat Agree) and 42 (Agree), Teacher invitations 111 (Agree) and 56 (Strongly Agree), Child invitations 33 (Agree) and 25 (Strongly Agree), Parental time 42 (Disagree) and 48 (Agree), Parental energy 24 (Disagree) and 36 (Agree), and Parental knowledge and skills 74 (Agree) and 54 (Strongly Agree).]]>
<![CDATA[USING DIRECT METHOD IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION ]]>
<![CDATA[Yuliani, Sri]]>;
<![CDATA[Astria, Henni]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 4, No 2 (2020): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v4i2.3268
<![CDATA[The objective of this research was to find out whether or not it is effective to teach reading comprehension through direct method to the eighth grade students of the State Junior High School 44 of Palembang. This study used a quasi -experimental method where the way of this method compare of two groups namely the experimental group and control group. The differences between them were in experimental group given treatment by using direct method; meanwhile in the control group was not given treatment. The population of this study was all the eighth grade students of the State Junior High School 44 of Palembang. There were nine classes or 332 students, and two classes or 74 students were taken as the sample of the study by using purposive non random sampling. In collecting the data, the researcher gave the test. The number of questions are 20 items. The test was given twice namely, pretest and posttest. The items of the test in the post-test were exactly the same as those in the pre-test. It was calculated by using SPSS 16.0. From the result of the research, It indicated that the students’ average score of the post-test in experimental group was 80.81 and the students’ average score of post-test in control group was 72.84. The result of statistical analysis between experimental group and control group t-obtained should be higher than t-table (0.279). Furthermore the result of the students’ score in experimental group and control group (value t-obtained) were 4.462. Since the value of t-obtained was higher than t-table, so that the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. It can be concluded that teaching reading comprehension through direct method to the eighth grade students of the State Junior High School 44 of Palembang was effective.]]>
<![CDATA[AN ANALYSIS OF THE LEXICAL AMBIGUITY USED IN COCO MOVIE SCRIPT ]]>
<![CDATA[Faina, Ratih]]>;
<![CDATA[Rositasari, Tri]]>;
<![CDATA[Elfarissyah, Andriamella]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2021): English Community Journal ]]>
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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]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2021): English Community Journal ]]>
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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[LEARNING MODELS AND MEDIA EMPLOYED BY 7th GRADE ENGLISH TEACHERS ]]>
<![CDATA[Nurmantara, Loga]]>;
<![CDATA[Inderawati, Rita]]>;
<![CDATA[Suganda, Lingga Agustina]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 4, No 2 (2020): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v4i2.3042
<![CDATA[Learning media and model are increasingly available in this 21st century era. However, many English teachers have not devised the sophisticated tools for learning.The aim of this study is to highlight the learning media and models used by English teachers to the 7th grade students in SMP Negeri 2 Sungailiat in the aspects of planning, implementing, and evaluating. Descriptive qualitative was used to get the data.The participants of this study were three teachers of SMP Negeri 2 Sungailiat who taught the 7th Grade Students. The instruments used were documentation, observation, and interview. The instrument of were adapted based on the Teacher Competency Assessment Tool (Instrument Penilaian Kemampuan Guru), and the result of documentation and observation were classified into four criteria. The findings showed that the teachers used learning model such as direct learning model and cooperative learning model. Meanwhile, the learning media used by the teachers were pictures, real object, whiteboard, textbooks, and example of written texts. The result of data analysis of documentation were classified that the three teachers made a learning plan included in the Good category with the final score 68%, and the result of observation were classified that the three teachers in carrying out learning activities included in the Good category with the final score 60%.]]>
<![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.]]>
<![CDATA[UTILIZING PROJECT BASED LEARNING TO IMPROVE WRITING SKILL AND READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EFL STUDENTS ]]>
<![CDATA[Sari, Farnia]]>;
<![CDATA[Hendrety, Yuyun]]>;
<![CDATA[Tridinanti, Gaya]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 5, No 2 (2021): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v5i2.3478
<![CDATA[This study is aimed at finding out whether or not there was any significant difference on reading comprehension achievement between the students who were taught by using Project Based Learning and those who were not and to find out whether or not there was any significant difference on writing skill between the students who were taught by using Project Based Learning and those who were not. This study used quasi experimental study with the nonequivalent research design. The sample was the third semester students of English Study Program at Tridinanti University selected by using purposive sampling technique. Reading comprehension test and essay writing test were used as the instruments. In order to analyze the data, the researchers used paired and independent sample t-test. Having analyzed the data, the findings revealed that both experimental group and control group perform better on the posttest in writing essays. The two groups made progress, the student were mostly in developing category in pretest but they were then in proficient and basic category in posttest. Even though both groups made progress, it can also be stated that students in experimental group performed more progress on posttest in making more structured essay writing than the control group did. Regarding the findings of reading comprehension achievement, it indicates that the students had no significant difference between the students who were taught by using project-based learning and those were not. Although the experimental group had significant improvement in reading comprehension achievement by using Project based learning.]]>
<![CDATA[THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH CLUB: A CASE AT ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH PALEMBANG ]]>
<![CDATA[Fitriany, Sonia]]>;
<![CDATA[Yuliani, Sri]]>;
<![CDATA[Sulaiman, Masagus]]>;
<![CDATA[Rositasari, Tri]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 5, No 2 (2021): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v5i2.3845
<![CDATA[The title of this study is The Importance of English Club: A Case at English Education Study Program Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang. The objective of this study was to know the importance of English club to improve students’ English ability. This research was regarded on a qualitative study. The researcher used questionnaire to collecting the data and used the percentage analysis to analyze the data. The population of this study was the entire students of English education study program Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang. Then 47 students from the fourth semester students were taken as the sample by using convenience sampling. The questionnaire consisted of 20 items. The result of this study was dominantly students who chose agree. Students think that English club can be useful to improve their English ability, especially in speaking skills. After joining the English club,the students are able to organize their ideas for speaking, more comfortable in speaking English, putting less effort to understand and willing to communicate in English.]]>
<![CDATA[EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES APPLIED IN ENGLISH SPEAKING CLASS (A Case Study of 8 Graders of MTs Muhammadiyah 1 Ciputat) ]]>
<![CDATA[Ainunnisa, Dinda Putri]]>;
<![CDATA[Zaitun, Zaitun]]>;
<![CDATA[Hadi, Muhammad Sofian]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 5, No 2 (2021): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v5i2.3492
<![CDATA[This study was aimed at portraying teachers’ strategies in teaching speaking to students of Junior High School and recognizing these students’ responses toward those strategies by involving two English teachers and a class of 22 students. This research tried to find out whether or not the strategies used by the teachers in teaching speaking were effective. This was a case study which applied qualitative method. The instruments used to collect the data were interviews and questionnaire. Two English teachers of that school became the informants of the interview, while the questionnaire was distributed to the students. The results showed that in teaching speaking in English class, the strategies used by the teachers were discussion and storytelling. By implementing these two strategies, the students were able to use English easier, became more active and were able to receive the material well. The results of the questionnaire revealed that 73.18% students were interested in English learning, 76.59% students preferred storytelling strategy and 73.41% students thought that discussion strategy was more enjoyable for them.]]>
<![CDATA[STUDENTS’ MASTERY OF PHRASAL VERBS AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY ]]>
<![CDATA[Zaitun, Zaitun]]>;
<![CDATA[Hadi, Muhamad Sofian]]>;
<![CDATA[Falaq, Shifa Fadila Nurul]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 5, No 2 (2021): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v5i2.3493
<![CDATA[The objective of this research is to find out whether or not there was correlation between students’ mastery of phrasal verbs and their reading comprehension ability. This research used quantitative method with the research design of correlational study. The subject of this research was 2nd semester students of English Teacher Education, Muhammadiyah University of Jakarta which consisted of 41 students. In collecting the data, the writer used phrasal verbs test and reading comprehension test as the instruments. The data were computed statistically by using Pearson Product Moment SPPS 20. The result showed that there was a positive medium correlation in which the coefficient correlation “rvalue” (0.496) was higher than the value of rtable (0.308) with the level of significance 5% (0.496 > 0.308).]]>
