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 INFLUENCE OF CASE BUILDING TECHNIQUE AND LEARNING INTERESTS ON THE STUDENTS’ LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT ]]>
<![CDATA[Hermansyah, Hermansyah]]>;
<![CDATA[Jaya, Aswadi]]>;
<![CDATA[Maharrani, Dwi]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2021): English Community Journal ]]>
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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[APPLYING COOPERATIVE LEARNING FOR SPEECH CLASS AT THE SECOND SEMESTER STUDENTS OF STMIK ATMA LUHUR PANGKALPINANG ]]>
<![CDATA[S, SINTA]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2020): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v4i1.2643
<![CDATA[”The problems of this study:“Is cooperative learning effectively used in teaching English for Speech to the Second Semester Students of STMIK ATMAL UHUR PANGKALPINANG?” The method of research used in this study was the experimental research. The type of experimental method used was quasi-experimental. The result of the test was analyzed by using SPSS Program. Based on the result of the data analysis, From the scores that were found, the result of statistical analysis between experimental and control group (t-obtained) should be higher than t-table (0.05) for two tailed. Furthermore the result of the students’ score in control and experimental group (value of t-obtained) was -10.325. Since the value of t-obtained was higher than t-table, so that the null hypothesis was rejected and alternative hypothesis was accepted. It can be stated that teaching English for Speech using dialoq with cooperative learning method is more effective than conventional way to the second semester students at STMIK ATMA LUHUR PANGKALPINANG.]]>
<![CDATA[ENHANCING STUDENTS WRITING SKILL TO WRITE DESCRIPTIVE TEXT USING PEER REVIEW AND FREE WRITING TECHNIQUES ]]>
<![CDATA[Sartika, Dewi]]>;
<![CDATA[Arriyani, Nurfisi]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 4, No 2 (2020): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v4i2.3039
<![CDATA[The main purpose of this study was to see whether the use of peer review and free writing techniques was effective in improving students’ writing achievement in learning English as a Foreign Language. A non-randomized control-group pretest-posttest design was used. Out of the tenth graders SMA YPI Tunas Bangsa Palembang, 60 students were taken as the sample. There were three groups, each of which consisted of 20 students. The data were collected by asking students to write a composition that was evaluated by using Conventional Standard Written English rubric containing six aspects namely content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. The data obtained were analyzed using one-way ANOVA. The findings showed that the two techniques were effective in improving the students’ writing achievement because the students were guided to check their friends' work and were encouraged to elaborate more ideas that they wanted to write freely.]]>
<![CDATA[THE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF USING EXTENSIVE READING MATERIAL BASED ON CEFR FRAMEWORK ]]>
<![CDATA[Fithriani, Luthfia]]>;
<![CDATA[Paradisca, Methy Lina]]>;
<![CDATA[Sugiarto, Intan Choirunisa]]>;
<![CDATA[Drajati, Nur Arifah]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 4, No 2 (2020): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v4i2.3050
<![CDATA[Extensive Reading is an activity to read a text-based on someone's interest, and it is an effective method to improve reading skills. Nowadays, the university promotes Extensive Reading to boost students’ interest in reading along with improving reading skills. The purpose of this research is to investigate the students’ perception of using material Extensive Reading based on the CEFR Framework. This research using the qualitative method and collecting the data through SHOWeD. The participants in this research were 14 EFL college students of University in Indonesia who are following the Extensive Reading class for 16 meetings in 4 months. The result finds out that the students have positive perceptions toward Extensive Reading based on CEFR as material in reading.]]>
<![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[PRESENT SITUATION ANALYSIS FOR ESP COURSE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS OF TRIDINANTI UNIVERSITY ]]>
<![CDATA[Sari, Farnia]]>;
<![CDATA[Setiawan, Heru]]>;
<![CDATA[Tridinanti, Gaya]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2020): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v4i1.2651
<![CDATA[This paper presents and examines the students’ present situation analysis of mechanical engineering. In order to investigate present situation analysis, the data is collected through questionnaires of present situation analysis are distributed to the students of mechanical engineering study program with the total 111 students. A qualitiative with descriptive research method is adopted for this evaluation study. The results generated by PSA questionnaire is shown that the students learning input including listening input, speaking input, reading input, and writing input. Based on the findings, most of the students’ proficiency levels at beginner category. Regarding listening input, the students’ preferences input for listening used authentic materials and the topic preferences of students were about daily routines. Speaking input, most of the students’ input for speaking preferred monologue and dialogue with new vocabularies list and phonetic transcription with the desired topic for speaking input that was mechanical engineering field. Reading input, students’ preferences for reading input were authentic materials closely related to daily life with the topics desired for reading input was daily routines. Writing input, the students preferred to the explaination of the structures of the text related to the topics with the length of words was 100 – 150 words.]]>
<![CDATA[THE USE OF ICT IN RELATION TO THE PARAGRAPH WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS AT SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY ]]>
<![CDATA[Simamora, Melisa Kristina]]>;
<![CDATA[Inderawati, Rita]]>;
<![CDATA[Hayati, Rita]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 4, No 2 (2020): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v4i2.3040
<![CDATA[Technology has spread throughout the world and has been used by the world community in the 21st century era. The use of technology is integrated into almost all aspects of human life, including education in paragraph writing. The objective of this study was to find out whether or not there was any significant correlation between the use of ICT and paragraph writing achievement. The sample of this study was 75 fourth-semester students of English Education Study Program at Sriwijaya University. The sampling technique used was total sampling method. In collecting the data, two kinds of instruments, the use of ICT tools questionnaire and paragraph writing achievement were used. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to analyse the data. The correlation coefficient (Pearson Correlation) was 0.591, it means the degree of the correlation was fair correlation and the result of Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient showed that there was a significant correlation between the use of ICT and paragraph writing achievement because p-value (0.000) was lower than (0.05).]]>
<![CDATA[THE CORRELATION BETWEEN UNDERGRADUATE EFL STUDENTS’ READING HABIT AND LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCES ]]>
<![CDATA[Susanta, Mulyana]]>;
<![CDATA[Tridinanti, Gaya]]>;
<![CDATA[Sari, Farnia]]>;
<![CDATA[Dianti, Rahma]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2021): English Community Journal ]]>
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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[THE USE OF POW-TEGA IN TEACHING SPEAKING TO THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PGRI 2 OF PALEMBANG ]]>
<![CDATA[Herlina, Herlina]]>;
<![CDATA[Marleni, Marleni]]>;
<![CDATA[Putri, Dini Utami]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2020): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v4i1.2676
<![CDATA[The problem of this study was: “Is there a significant difference between the students who taught by PowTega strategy and those who are not to the tenth grade students of the Senior High School PGRI 2 of Palembang?”. The objective of the study was to find out whether or not there is there a significant difference between the students who taught by Pow-Tega strategy and those who are not to the tenth grade students of the Senior High School PGRI 2 of Palembang. This study applied an experimental control group design with two classes. the prettest-posttest group design. The population of the study was all of the tenth grade students of Senior High School PGRI 2 of Palembang consisting of 8 classes with 228 students as the whole number. The sample was 72 students divided into two classes: experimental and control groups. The sample was taken by using cluster random sampling. In collecting the data, the writer used speaking or oral tests. The tests were given to the students about descriptive text which focus about describing country. Based on the result of the data analysis, the findings of the study showed that the speaking scores of the tenth grade students taught through Power Teaching Game (Pow-Tega) Strategy were higher than those of the ones taught through conventional method of Senior High School PGRI 2 of Palembang. In experimental group, the highest post-test score was 74, the lowest post-test score was 66, and the average was 66.91 while 70 was the highest score in control group, the lowest post-test score was 64, and the average was 67.19 Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. It means that there was significant difference in teaching speaking skill to the tenth grade students of Senior High School PGRI 2 of Palembang who are taught by using Pow-Tega strategy and those who are not. Besides, proved that the students’ scores in post-test were higher than in the pre-test. It implies that the use of Pow-Tega strategy brought improvement to students’ speaking skill and it could be used as an alternative strategy in teaching speaking.]]>
