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Loquen: English Studies Journal
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The Implementation of “WHATSAPP” as a Media of English Language Teaching Kheryadi Kheryadi
Loquen Vol 10 No 2 (2017): July-December
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This paper discusses the implementation of WhatsApp as one of the current beneficial devices to assist students in communicative language learning. It allows them to engage actively in online conversation and create confidence to use English in daily communication through two forms of conversation such as independent and dependent conversation. The first type assists students in interacting among themselves to discuss curios interesting topics, whereas teachers are not involved in their online dialogues. The later, however, acquire, teacher to guide the whole processes, and they are actively participating in the online discussion. This media can help students build their confidence and motivation to learn. Based on the question are distributed to the subject, it revealed that they felt confident, independence, enthusiasm, and having a positive attitude to learn English using application, hence, WhatsApp is one of the recent technologies that can be used in language teaching.
Critical Discourse Analysis on “We are the World 25 for Haiti” Song Lyrics Herman Herman
Loquen Vol 12 No 1 (2019): January-June
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This research aims in analyzing a song entitled “We are the World 25 for Haiti”. This song was first introduced by Michael Jackson in 1985 named “We are the World 1985” when he made collaboration with other musicians for USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa). The single was intended as a charity single to raise funds for famine relief efforts in Ethiopia who have suffered political instability and disaster drought in 1984-1985. Then, this song is chosen to be used for collecting funds in rehabilitating Haiti after the enormous earthquake. This paper focuses on the composer’s attitudes, the social relation among the participants, the context of the situation, and the power relation in the discourse. The lyrics are taken as the object of the research. The data were initially analyzed based on Martin and Rose (2003). The findings showed that the all types of attitude were found, they were expressing feelings, judging people’s character, and appreciating things. But one parts of judging people’s character was not found in the song lyrics. The result of the study is hoped to be beneficial for readers to have a better understanding about the Critical Discourse Analysis
An Analysis on Pronunciation Errors Made By First Semester Students of English Department STKIP CBN Agnes Maria Diana Rafael
Loquen Vol 12 No 1 (2019): January-June
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This study is conducted to find out the pronunciation errors made by the first semester students of English Education Department in STKIP CBN. In conducting the data, the researcher gave the pre-test to the informants, then; the researcher recorded the performances and transcribed the data. The secondary data was gathered from the interview. Based on the data analysis The researcher counted that there are nine types of errors pronunciation made by the subjects. The first error is the subjects substituted a vowel /æ/ and six consonants /kj/,/tʃ/,/ʃ/,/dʒ/ and /ʒ/ with Indonesian sounds. The second error is the subjects substituted some English vowels into Indonesian vowel. The third error is word cognates cases. The fourth is language interference. The fifth is pronouncing the silent consonant /h/. The sixth error is Deleting or omitting some consonants that appeared at the end of some English words. The seventh error is the subjects pronounced the silent consonant /t/ in the word “often”. The eighth error is the subjects added the consonant /r/ at the word, that word doesn’t required the consonant /r/. The last error is some subjects seemed to generalize the pronunciation of the past tense morpheme which is ended by a bound morpheme /ed/. This research is founded that there are three causes of students’ pronunciation error made in speaking English. The first is an interference errors, the second is an intra lingual errors and the last is a developmental error.
Classification and Description of "YOU" in Indonesian Related with "YOU (KAMU)” in Plural Tatu Siti Rohbiah
Loquen Vol 10 No 1 (2017): January-June
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Abstract: Many forms of greeting in Indonesian language (twenty-three kinds) in the second pronoun (six kinds) and kinship terms (seventeen kinds) reflects many strata in Indonesian society that is "feudalistic" in which different languages such as the use of greeting used to speak or greet the other person who has different strata or classes. This paper is a comparative analysis of both forms of pronouns and kinship terms are used as a form of greeting in Indonesian as a substitute for "you" in English. Provide classification and description of both pronouns and kinship terms are used as a form of greeting to do with the dimension of "you" in terms of quantity, formality, and gender.
Applying Think-Pair-Share Model in Vocabulary Learning Muhamad Ihsan
Loquen Vol 12 No 1 (2019): January-June
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This research aims at finding out whether thinkpair-share model of learning can be applied to improve the vocabulary mastery of the second semester of PAI 1 FTIK IAIN Palu. The researcher focused the vocabulary learning with the objectives: 1) to know the meaning of the words; 2) to know the pronunciation of the words; 3) to know the category of the words; and 4) to know how to use the words in sentences or contexts. The subject of this research was 20 students of the second semester of PAI 1 FTIK IAIN Palu. This was a classroom action research which was done in two months. The researcher applied two cycles during the research. The result of the research shows that the application of think-pair-share model can improve the vocabulary learning of the the second semester of PAI 1 FTIK IAIN Palu. This can be proven by the increase from 8 students (40%) in cycle 1 to 15 students (75%) who got score greater than 75 of 20 students in cycle 2. The treatment was stopped after 75% of the classical achievement has met the criteria of success. Therefore, the application of think-pair-share technique was effective to improve the vocabulary mastery.
The Effectiveness of Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) Technique in Teaching Reading on Narrative Text Farah Yunita; Abdul Muin; Fitri Hilmiyati
Loquen Vol 10 No 1 (2017): January-June
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This research investigates the effectiveness of Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) technique in teaching reading on narrative text. This research conducted based on the problems: 1) How is the students’ reading comprehension on narrative text before using CIRC technique at the second grade of MTs Al-Khairiyah Pipitan? 2) How apply is CIRC technique to students’ reading comprehension on narrative text at the second grade of MTs Al-Khairiyah Pipitan? 3) How effective is CIRC technique in teaching reading on narrative text at the second grade of MTs Al-Khairiyah Pipitan? To answer the questions, the writer collects data from 60 students spread into two classes, one class as experimental class and another one is as control class. the writer takes the sample from VIII E as experimental class and VIII F as control class. the experimental class was taught using Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) technique and control class taught using Grammar Translation Method (GTM). Since the research used experimental research, the data is gathered through pre-test and post-test. The result of the reseach shows that the value tobservasition is 3,77 the writer compared it with ttable both in degree significance 5% and 1%. Therefore, to:tt = 3,77 > 2,00 in degree significance 5% and to:tt = 3,77 > 2,66 in degree of significance 1%. The statistic hypothesis states that if to is hugher than tt, it shows that Ha (alternative hypothesis) of the result is accepted and Ho (null hypothesis) is rejected. It means that significance is the effectiveness of CIRC technique in teaching reading on narrative text.
Disain Materi Bacaan untuk Siswa ESP di SMK Kesehatan Imam Fauzi; Dian Hanifah
Loquen Vol 12 No 1 (2019): January-June
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The study attempted to design reading materials for Medical Science at one of Vocational High Schools Medical Science in Serang. To produce satisfactory teaching materials, the researchers did the following steps: doing needs analysis, reviewing the principles of materials design and reading in a foreign language, designing course framework, designing syllabus, designing the reading materials, and implementing the sample lessons. The researchers employed qualitative methods in gathering the data. The instruments used were questionnaire and interview. The questionnaire was addressed to students, alumni, teachers and institution. The interview was collected from the companies or users that have ever recruited the graduated students. The needs analysis was carried out by distributing questionnaires. The results were then analyzed. The result of needs analysis, became the basis for the researchers to design course framework. The course framework was then developed into a syllabus. Finally the syllabus became the basis for designing reading materials. The reading materials for Vocational High School Husada Pratama applied a topical syllabus. Each lesson or unit had different topics, greeting and introduction. Introduction about nurse, health, dioalogue conversation nurse and patient, eat healthy food, profile a nurse, tools, disease, nutrition, the healthy diet pyramid. Each lesson also adopted various reading skills or strategies. They were skimming, scanning, and guessing meaning from context. When the materials had been designed, the researchers implemented six out of ten lessons of the coursebook. The results were satisfactory. Most students mentioned that the coursebook was related to their field of study. The majority of the students also said that the materials were understandable and interesting. They also said that they were satisfied with the reading materials. Keywords: Reading materials, ESP, Reading skill
Improving Students’ Vocabulary through Make a Match Method at Class VIII of Mts al-Khairiyah Kubangsari Reni Raudatul Munawaroh; Ahmad Suhaili
Loquen Vol 10 No 1 (2017): January-June
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Abstract: The objective of this research is to improve students’ vocabulary through make a match method students at Class VIII MTs Al-Khairiyah Kubangsari. This school located on JL. Sunan Bonang, Lk. Penauan RT 02 RW 01, Kelurahan Kubangsari, Kecamatan Ciwandan, Kota Cilegon Provinsi Banten, 42445. The research was held in February 2018. The researcher conducted two cycles about improve students’ vocabulary through make a match method, students’ at Class VIII A MTs Al-Khairiyah Kubangsari in the second semester of the academic year 2017/2018. The total of the students were 21 students. The research that was done Classroom Action Research. It was done in two cycle and each step has four steps. They were planning, action, observing, and reflecting. Result of the researcher’s observation in the class when teaching learning process, there were students’ improvement in cycle II. Students could study enthusiast. The students got better scores in the second cycle than first cycle. The students score in cycle I was 67.14 and the score in cycle II was 81.90 while in improvement of students average score in cycle I and II was 14.76. Based on this result, it can be concluded that make a match method can improve students’ vocabulary at class VIII A Mts Al-Khairiyah Kubangsari. It means that make a match method can make the students easier to understand the text and more convenient and pleasant to study in teaching learning, students can be better in their vocabulary. Keywords: Vocabulary, Make a match method, and Classroom Action Research. Abstract: The objective of this research is to improve students’ vocabulary through make a match method students at Class VIII MTs Al-Khairiyah Kubangsari. This school located on JL. Sunan Bonang, Lk. Penauan RT 02 RW 01, Kelurahan Kubangsari, Kecamatan Ciwandan, Kota Cilegon Provinsi Banten, 42445. The research was held in February 2018. The researcher conducted two cycles about improve students’ vocabulary through make a match method, students’ at Class VIII A MTs Al-Khairiyah Kubangsari in the second semester of the academic year 2017/2018. The total of the students were 21 students. The research that was done Classroom Action Research. It was done in two cycle and each step has four steps. They were planning, action, observing, and reflecting. Result of the researcher’s observation in the class when teaching learning process, there were students’ improvement in cycle II. Students could study enthusiast. The students got better scores in the second cycle than first cycle. The students score in cycle I was 67.14 and the score in cycle II was 81.90 while in improvement of students average score in cycle I and II was 14.76. Based on this result, it can be concluded that make a match method can improve students’ vocabulary at class VIII A Mts Al-Khairiyah Kubangsari. It means that make a match method can make the students easier to understand the text and more convenient and pleasant to study in teaching learning, students can be better in their vocabulary.
Integrated Lesson in Teaching Oral Skill Ila Amalia
Loquen Vol 12 No 1 (2019): January-June
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This study aimed to identify the integrated lesson as an alternative teaching strategy in pronunciation teaching. The pronunciation teaching mainly focused on word ending of past tense regular verbs. The participants of the study included a lecturer and 30 students of English education department. To collect the data, the researcher used observation and reading test. The result showed that the lecturer employed the integrated lesson based on some criteria: the students, the lecturer, the learning environment, the learning resources, and the classroom activities. The reading test result showed that from 30 students, 11 students got 100% of correctness, 3 students got 95% of correctness, 5 students got 90% of correctness, 4 students got 85% of correctness, 3 students got 80% of correctness, 2 students got 75% correctness, and 2 students got 70% of correctness. It was indicated that integrated lesson accomplished by the lecturer with careful planning and preparation could give positive influence to the students’ language comprehension and performance.
The Influence of Listening English Pop Songs to Improve Learners' Vocabulary at LKP Nuansa Jaya Nurmala Hendrawaty
Loquen Vol 12 No 1 (2019): January-June
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Improving English vocabulary through listening can be done by using English songs that are liked by learners. Therefore, the objectives of this research are to know whether there is an influence of listening to English songs on learners’ vocabulary at LKP Nuansa Jaya English Course in Jakarta or not and to identify and classify the word classes of six selected English pop songs. This is a quantitative and qualitative descriptive research employed by 15 young learners. There is an influence of listening English song on learners’ vocabulary at LKP Nuansa Jaya since the average score of listening test is 75.33. Dealing with identifying and classifying the word classes of six selected English song lyrics, it indicates that the most difficult word class is noun (9.51%); the second is adjective (12.08%); the third is verb (13.37%); the forth is preposition (14.14%); the fifth is adverb (15.17%); the sixth is conjunction (17.22%); the seventh or the easiest one is pronoun (18.51%). As a result, to increase learners’ vocabulary knowledge and mastery, word classes are identified chronologically in every song lyric; then, it is designed into a pocket dictionary. The selection of word classes are based on the results of learners’ vocabulary scores and familiarity. The more difficult the word classes are the more examples are provided. Besides, the meaning of the word classes is translated into Indonesian to make learners easy to understand. Keywords: Listening, English Pop Songs, Vocabulary