Journal of English Language and Education
Journal of English Language and Education (pISSN: 2597-6850 and eISSN: 2502-4132) is a journal that focuses on researching or documenting issues in education, language education, applied linguistics, English education, English language teaching, English Literature, language assessment and evaluation. It is published by Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai is indexed in Google Scholar and Supported by Relawan Jurnal Indonesia (RJI).
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<![CDATA[Teachers Strategies in Teaching English Vocabulary in Junior High School ]]>
<![CDATA[Rodolfo Josafat Gultom]]>;
<![CDATA[Jesie Nuari Simarmata]]>;
<![CDATA[Olin Risnawati Purba]]>;
<![CDATA[Erikson Saragih]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 1 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i1.182
<![CDATA[This study aims to describe the strategies used by teachers and the problems teachers deal with in teaching vocabulary. The author uses qualitative description to analyze the data. Data were extracted from questionnaires and documents. The object of this study is the process of teaching vocabulary to university students. Based on the results of the questionnaires and documents, the author draws some conclusions about the teacher's strategy and the problems that the teacher has solved. The strategies teachers use are: (1) using a translation, (2) a game, (3) using a dictionary, and (4) a story. The problems the teacher deals with are (1) the teacher calls, noisy students, and questions the materials or orders noisy students to leave, (2) the teacher gives advice and motivation about the importance of learning English and the importance of improving vocabulary. In addition, teachers also apply another strategy by giving grades to active students. Students can also review difficult materials with the teacher outside of the classroom, (3) the teacher provides new vocabulary written on the board at each meeting to improve vocabulary. The strategy used by the teacher is good because the strategy can make the students more active. In addition, strategies used by teachers can encourage student participation in the classroom.]]>
<![CDATA[The Subject-Verb Agreement Errors on Students’ Writing ]]>
<![CDATA[Vitri Angraini Hardi]]>;
<![CDATA[Lusi Marleni]]>;
<![CDATA[Nurhidayah Sari]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 1 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i1.183
<![CDATA[Subject-verb agreement is an essential component to be mastered by English Language Learners to produce a good writing. Examining the students’ errors on writing is part of the evaluation in English language learning and teaching. To produce a good writing, the English language learners have to be able to know the rules of the language use. However, the English learners still struggle in mastering the subject-verb agreement in the writing. Due to the reason, it would be significant to diagnose the errors made by the students as well as to explore the factors contribute the errors. To obtain the data, the researcher employed a document analysis and a semi-structure interview. The findings showed most of the errors belonged to misinformation category (33%) and were subsequently followed by omission category (29%) and addition category (29%) and misformation (9%). In addition, from the interview the researcher also found three major factors contribute the students’ errors, namely ignorance the editing process, the unawareness of the grammar rules, and intralingual errors.]]>
<![CDATA[YouTube as Learning Medium for Promoting EFL Students’ Reading Habit and Motivation ]]>
<![CDATA[Adimawati Helingo]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 1 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i1.184
<![CDATA[The massive English YouTube videos uploaded on YouTube provide potential for anyone to be able to study independently, including students. This study intends to investigate the use of YouTube media among EFL students in maintaining their motivation reading English text and their interest in learning English inside and outside classroom. This qualitative study used the interview to collect research data from 7 students as respondents. The selection of 7 students was based on the habit of these students accessing YouTube videos more often than most other students. The results showed that 5 students felt that watching YouTube with a certain intensity in a day could encourage the desire to study harder and be interested in learning English. Some who use YouTube as a learning tool can improve reading habits or interests and also improve other skills such as listening, speaking and other things. With many features, so that everyone can access anything they want to access in YouTube with their purposes, including improving reading habits and motivation]]>
<![CDATA[PQRST Technique on Students’ Reading of Hortatory Exposition Text ]]>
<![CDATA[Firdha Aulia]]>;
<![CDATA[Fahriany Fahriany]]>;
<![CDATA[Desi Nahartini]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 1 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i1.187
<![CDATA[This study aimed to find the empirical evidence of the Effect of Using PQRST Technique on Students’ Reading in Hortatory Exposition Text at the eleventh-Grade of SMAN 1 Sukaraja in Academic Year 2020/2021. The population of this study was the eleventh grade of SMAN 1 Sukaraja. The sample was 70 students selected by using purposive sampling technique and was divided into two classes; experimental class and controlled class. The method used in the study was a quantitative method using a quasi-experimental design. Research instrument of this study was pre-test and post-test. The data was then analyzed by using the T-Test. Using T-Test to compare the value of to and T-Table, to is higher than T-Table (to t-table). The result obtained from this study showed the effectiveness of using the PQRST technique on students’ Reading in Hortatory Exposition text. Based on the results of data analysis from the pre-test, the average of study result gained in tests with the average value was 69,5, and the average of study result gained in post-test was 82,2. Whereas, in post-test after the researcher applied PQRST technique was increased 12,7 points from the pre-test. This research proved that the PQRST technique affected students’ reading in hortatory exposition text on eleventh-grade at SMAN 01 Sukaraja.]]>
<![CDATA[EFL Learners’ Ability in Reading Scientific Text in TOEFL ]]>
<![CDATA[Maspufah Maspufah]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 1 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i1.167
<![CDATA[TOEFL as one type of test is commonly used to measure learners’ English proficiency. TOEFL consist of reading comprehension, listening, structure and written expression. However learners got difficulties to do reading section, especially in reading scientific text due to its condensed information and different terms with general English. The aim of this research was to find out EFL learners’ ability in reading scientific text of TOEFL. Descriptive quantitative method was applied to the research. The subject of the research was 8 learners of the fourth semester of 2019/2020 academic year STIBA Persada Bunda Pekanbaru. The instrument used to collect the data was reading test in the form of multiple choice tests. The data were analysed by using descriptive statistics to find the level of learners’ ability in reading scientific text in TOEFL. From the finding, it was found EFL learners individual score average was 79. The highest score was in previewing and the lowest score was in making inferences and identifying exception. In brief, it could be concluded that EFL learners’ ability in reading scientific text were in intermediate category.]]>
<![CDATA[The Effect of Guessing Game on Students' Vocabulary Knowledge ]]>
<![CDATA[Raudlatul Hasanah]]>;
<![CDATA[Ismalianing Eviyuliwati]]>;
<![CDATA[Maya Defianty]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 1 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i1.204
<![CDATA[The purpose of the study was to know and describe the effect of the guessing game technique on students’ vocabulary knowledge at the seventh grade of a state Islamic Junior High School (MTsN). This study applied a quantitative method and a quasi-experimental design. The samples of the study were chosen using the purposive sampling technique with a total number of 63 students. There were two classes consist of the Experimental class and the controlled class. The experimental class was taught by using the guessing game technique while the controlled class was taught by listening to the teacher’s explanation on the textbook’s material and doing assignments. The data were collected through pre-tests and post-tests and analyzed using a t-test. The result of the pre-test showed that the mean score of the experimental class was 57.9 and the controlled class was 68.54. However, after being given guessing game treatment, the experimental class mean score increased up to 78.4 while the controlled class mean score was 70.93. It means that Ha was accepted. In addition, the effect size was 1.0 (moderate effect). Therefore, it can be concluded that there was a significant effect of using the guessing game technique on students’ vocabulary knowledge at the Seventh Grade of a state Islamic Junior High School (MTsN) .Keywords: Vocabulary, Knowledge student of Islamic School, Guessing game]]>
<![CDATA[The Effect of Using Poster Media (الوسيلة الملصقة) on Students' Speaking Skill ]]>
<![CDATA[Syahrul Ayup]]>;
<![CDATA[Zikra Wahyuni Maiza]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 1 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i1.221
<![CDATA[The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of using poster media on students' speaking skills at the H. Muhammad Djana Lubis Islamic Boarding School Modern Islamic School Foundation, Cubadak. This research using poster media is expected to provide benefits to teachers and students in carrying out teaching and learning activities, especially in improving Arabic speaking skills. The method used in this research is an experimental method using two class groups. One class as the experimental class and one class for the control. the researcher delivered the learning material using poster media in the experimental class, while in the control class where the learning material was delivered by the lecture method. Based on the results of the analysis in the previous discussion, it was stated that the students' scores in the experimental class were superior to the control class. The average score obtained by students in the experimental class using poster media is 85.5 and the average score in the control class without the latest media assistance is 80.5. Using poster as media has significant effect on the students’ Arabic speaking skill.]]>
<![CDATA[Exploring Deixis and Politeness Strategy Committed between Student and Lecturer ]]>
<![CDATA[Jaul Fadoli]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 1 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i1.224
<![CDATA[This current study aims at seeking the type of deixis and politeness strategy often used by student and lecturer. The writer applied a descriptive qualitative research method to explore the phenomena on student and lecturer interaction. The data were primarily collected from student and lecturer chat on WhatsApp and Email. Then, those were analyzed on deixis and politeness theory proposed by Brown and Levinson theory. The research revealed that the occurrences of person deixis and address terms were prevalently committed. As the conclusion, the results of this study might become insight for students as an effort to create effective interaction with their lecturers.]]>
<![CDATA[Content Analysis of Indonesian Cultural on EFL Textbook Published by Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture ]]>
<![CDATA[Normalela Normalela]]>;
<![CDATA[Absharini kardena]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 1 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i1.225
<![CDATA[As an unquestionably helpful instrument, textbooks should fulfill the criteria of effective textbook such as cultural value that reflects the nation’s values and ideas. This research analyzed an English textbook of grade nine Junior High School used in Indonesia based on cultural perspective. It occurs since Indonesian students should focus more on their culture rather than target language culture as a demand of Indonesian national education system. In order to analyse the book systematically and comprehensively, this research used Byram’s cultural content theory. Byram’s theory is considered comprehensive and sufficient that consist of nine criterion. The result showed that the textbook being analysed covered seven from nine criterion based on Byram’s theory. This finding indicated that there is a demand to revise English textbook of nine grade on Junior High School in order to improve the contribution of textbook towards Indonesian education itself.As an unquestionably helpful instrument, textbooks should fulfill the criteria of effective textbook such as cultural value that reflects the nation’s values and ideas. This research analyzed an English textbook of grade nine Junior High School used in Indonesia based on cultural perspective. It occurs since Indonesian students should focus more on their culture rather than target language culture as a demand of Indonesian national education system. In order to analyse the book systematically and comprehensively, this research used Byram’s cultural content theory. Byram’s theory is considered comprehensive and sufficient that consist of nine criterion. The result showed that the textbook being analysed covered seven from nine criterion based on Byram’s theory. This finding indicated that there is a demand to revise English textbook of nine grade on Junior High School in order to improve the contribution of textbook towards Indonesian education itself.Keywords:English textbook, Indonesian culture, analysis.]]>
<![CDATA[The Effect of RAP Paraphrasing Strategy and Semantic Map Strategy on Reading Comprehension ]]>
<![CDATA[Yusti Elida]]>;
<![CDATA[Resy Oktadela]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 7, No 1 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v7i1.235
<![CDATA[This research was a causal comperative design. The aims of this research are (1) to investigate whether there is any significant difference on students’ reading comprehension between using RAP Paraphrasing and Semantic Map strategy in comprehending reading text, (2) to determine which one is more effective of the two strategies. The research design used in this study was Pre-test and Post-test Comparison Group Design. The writer took the sample as cluster sampling. The total sample was 50 students. The form of the test were essay test. The research finding were: first the writer found that significant probabilities was higher than 0.05 (sig 0.05) in multiple comparison one way ANOVA. The level of significance of students’ reading comprehension post-test mean score between experimental class and experimental group II in sig (2-tailed) is 0.017 means that Ha is accepted. The second finding is thatthe value of sig (2-tailed) is 0.000 and it is lower than significant probabilities 5% (P 0.05. The third finding that the value of sig (2-tailed) is 0.00 and it is lower than significant probabilities. The fourth finding that the value of eta square is 0,74. it is higher than 0,20 (0,74 0,20). The value 0,74 is included in Moderate Effect (0,51 – 1,00). The result of the fifth hypothesis testing shows that Ha is accepted. The last finding, by using RAP Paraphrasing strategy gave better result than using Semantic Map strategy which can be proven from the result value of eta square is 0,74 and 0,71. ]]>
