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Polingua : Scientific journal of Linguistics, Literature and Language Education
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Polingua : Scientific Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Language Education is a peer-reviewed open-access journal for publishing the results of high-quality research in all aspect of Linguistics, Literature and Language Education. The journal publishes state-of-art papers in fundamental theory, experiments, and simulation, as well as applications, with a systematic proposed method, sufficient review on previous works, expanded discussion, and concise conclusion. As our commitment to the advancement of science and technology, Polingua follows the open access policy that allows the published articles freely available online without any subscription. Submitted papers must be written in English for initial review stage by editors and further review process
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The Implementation of Genre-Based Approach in Teaching Writing at SMA 4 Solok Widya Syafitri
Journal Polingua: Scientific Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Language Education Vol 5, No 2 (2016)
Publisher : Politeknik Negeri Padang

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This research is aimed to describe the way English teachers of SMA 4 Solok implement genre based approach in teachingwriting. This research also investigates the problems found by the English teachers in implementing it and examines how theyovercome those problems. The findings of this research show that the teachers have not implemented genre based approach inteaching writing optimally. Lack of comprehension about the basic principles of genre based approach has been the main cause. Theteachers experienced in familiarizing grammar and vocabulary to the students. It is hard for them to find appropriate materialswhich are close to their life. This study was descriptive qualitative research which was conducted in SMA 4 Solok.
Student’s Cognitive Engagement in Learning Process Sesmiyanti Sesmiyanti
Journal Polingua: Scientific Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Language Education Vol 5, No 2 (2016)
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Students’ engagement becomes essential factors in learning process because students have to participate in learningprocess. Not only the students but also the teachers have to make a good atmosphere during classroom activities. They have to createlesson, assignment and also project that interested to the students. Students’ cognitive engagement involves the students to thinkduring academic task, they have to have motivated to improve their ability in learning and also they have to participate and active inthe classroom. This paper is literary study.
The Effect of TPSq and TPS Strategy on Students’ Speaking Skill Viewed from Students’ Motivation Hilma Pami Putri
Journal Polingua: Scientific Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Language Education Vol 5, No 2 (2016)
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This research was aimed to investigate the effect of think pair square and think pair share strategy on students’ speakingskill of describing things viewed from students’ motivation. This research employed 2 x 2 factorial design and involved the studentsof SMK YPM Zain Pauh Kambar, Padang Pariaman. The samples were chosen by using purposive sampling. The data were gainedthrough speaking test and analysed by using appropriate quantitative methods. The result of the research showed that think pairsquare and think pair share strategy were able to improve students’ speaking skill. There was an interaction between teachingstrategy and students’ motivation of speaking skill. Hence, it can be concluded that these two strategies can be used as alternativestrategies to enhance students’ speaking skill, and that they can enrich students’ experience to do other cooperative learningstrategies.
The Use of E-Portfolio for Improving Students’ English Skills: A Pilot Study in English Department, The State Polytechnic of Padang Dhini Aulia; Desi Yulastri; Witri Handayani
Journal Polingua: Scientific Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Language Education Vol 5, No 2 (2016)
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ne"> This research addresses the use of technology, especially information technology, by promoting the use of electronicportfolio (e-portfolio) for improving students' English skills. Some experts have suggested the use of e-portfolio for students inindependent learning activities and others proposed this as one of alternative assessment tools. Barret (2005) defines e-portfolio as thestore to collect and organize portfolio artifacts in many types of electronic media such as audio, video, graphic, and text; it usuallyuses hypertext links to manage the materials, connect evidence to appropriate outcomes, goals or standards. However, the term of eportfolio has not been popular among English teachers in Indonesia, especially in English Department of the State Polytechnic ofPadang, although some lecturers in this institution have been using social media in giving instructions, collecting assignments andgiving feedback to students. Moodle LMS has been applied as a platform for the e-portfolio in this research. This research examineswhether the use of e-portfolio improves students’ English skills. The English skills include four skills: Listening, Reading, Speaking,and Writing. An experimental research design will be employed. More specifically, this article discusses the students’ responsestoward the use of Moodle LMS in their learning. The questionnaire was distributed to students to find out their perceptions aboutMoodle LMS. It was found that 64.62% of the responses indicates positive perceptions. In other words, the students gave positiveresponses to the use of Moodle LMS. It can be concluded that Moodle LMS is considered to be used supporting the use of e-Portfolioin the next main study, which will be conducted as an experimental study.
Factors Affecting the Language Learning of EFL Students Through ABC Model: A Cross Cultural Analysis Sariani Sariani; Mutia El Khairat
Journal Polingua: Scientific Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Language Education Vol 5, No 2 (2016)
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This research concerns on a breakthrough in enhancing the learning by having more understanding between the studentsand lecturers. It is in basis of one experience is un-comparable to another experience as each has their own uniqueness. Regarding tothis matter, the use of ABC’s model, as has been experienced by other studies, is considered significant to reach the goal of thisresearch. This study applies qualitative method based on the descriptive data, and are analyzed by using cultural analysis ofdifferences and similarities taken from the ‘Venn Diagram’ between autobiographies of the participants and biographies of theirpartner. The participants were randomly chosen from fresh year students at English Department, State Polytechnic of Padang. Theyare from different family backgrounds; middle up family level and low family level. Derived from the ABC analysis conducted, thereare five factors found which are considered to affect EFL students in learning process; those are passion in learning English, learningprocess, motivation, facilities, and circumstances.
The Use of Edmodo to Improve the Writing Ability of English Department Students of State Polytechnic of Padang Desi Yulastri; Dhini Aulia; Hendro Saptopramono
Journal Polingua: Scientific Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Language Education Vol 5, No 2 (2016)
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This study aims to examine the usage of Edmodo for writing 1 subject for English Department students of StatePolytechnic of Padang. The design of this research is experimental design; two classes became the experimental and control groups.There were 25 students in experimental group and 27 students in control group. Edmodo was used in experimental group while thecontrol group was taught without using Edmodo. SPSS program was used to analyse the data. The result showed that theexperimental group had improved significantly in their post test result. The paired samples statistics result showed that the mean ofexperiemental group post test was 70.32, while the control group post test was 63.94. For the t test result, the p value (0.000) was lessthan 0.05 for the experimental group, which means that the null hypothesis was rejected. On the other hand, the p value of the controlgroup (0.06) was greater than 0.05 which means the null hypothesis was retained. From the statistic result, the study has proved thatthe use of Edmodo in writing class can improve students’ writing ability. Therefore, the researchers suggest other lecturers to use thedevice. However, further study may need to involve larger population in order to elucidate further the efficacy of this application.

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