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[Reading Log to Promote Extensive Reading Activities: Students’ Perspective ]]>
<![CDATA[Tiara Salsabila]]>;
<![CDATA[Pratnyawati Nuridi Suwarso]]>;
<![CDATA[Devinta Puspita Ratri]]>;
<![CDATA[Rifa Utmawati]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 6, No 2 (2021) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v6i2.155
<![CDATA[Reading log serves a crucial function in extensive reading by reminding students to read and encouraging them to record all they have read. However, some argue that keeping a reading log might be a burden for students and reduce their reading passion. Therefore, this study aims at figuring out students' perceptions and experiences with reading logs in order to help them with their extensive reading. This study involved 100 high school students who were equally assigned to do extensive reading activities outside of school hours for six weeks. The research data were collected through the questionnaire to find out student perspectives about extensive reading, the benefit, and difficulties when doing extensive reading activities using a reading log. Although the students had some difficulties, however, after data analysis, it was found that the students' perspective on extensive reading activity using a reading log was good.]]>
<![CDATA[EFL Motivational Strategies in Teaching Reading ]]>
<![CDATA[Fauzana Azya Arifta]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 6, No 2 (2021) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v6i2.146
<![CDATA[This study aims to determine the strategies the teacher uses in motivating students to read in English lessons. This study uses a qualitative case study of microethnography to obtain data. This research was conducted online to the English teacher and five students'. in collecting data using interviews and observation. The results of the research found that teachers have good English, provide motivational strategies to students in reading, motivate students by giving interesting stories, and provide assessments or praise to increase students' reading enthusiasm.]]>
<![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[Students Language Awareness in English Classroom of English Education Study Program ]]>
<![CDATA[Audriyan Audriyan]]>;
<![CDATA[Hilma Pami Putri]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 6, No 2 (2021) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v6i2.118
<![CDATA[Despite their designation as students of the English Education Department who are meant to teach English to others, many of these students rarely use English both inside and outside the classroom. This phenomenon’s prevalence in Indonesia makes students unaware of their mistakes when using English. The purpose of this study is to analyze the language awareness of sixth-semester students through the five language awareness domain to provide insight into the importance of language awareness in the classroom, especially for students of this particular type of department. This study used random sampling and using a questionnaire with fifteen items collected from 108 responses. This analyzed their language awareness through the five domains of language awareness, namely the affective, social, power, cognitive, and performance domains. Results showed that 86.67% of students had the affective domain from the social domain was 81.62%, from the power domain was 73.13%, from the cognitive domain was 75.96%, and from the performance domain was 65.86%. The overall value of the five domains is 76.65% showed that students have good language awareness. It means language awareness of students IS pretty good inside the classroom.]]>
<![CDATA[The Effectiveness of Using List Group Label Strategy Students’ on Vocabulary Achievement ]]>
<![CDATA[Dian Tri Rahmi]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 6, No 2 (2021) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v6i2.147
<![CDATA[This research was due to discovering the effectiveness of using list group label strategy on students’ vocabulary achievement at the second grade of SMPN 8 Bukittinggi in academic year 2019-2020. This research was caused by the lacked of students’’ vocabulary mastery in learning English at the second grade of SMPN 8 Bukittinggi. It can be proven by seeing the students’ laziness to bring a dictionary in English subject. It also impact to their interest in learning English. Other problems, the students were also difficult to differentiate between words; verbs, nouns, and adjectives in learning English. The students’ scores were under the minimum standard, 75. Hence, the researchers saw that LGL Strategy was due to discovering the effectiveness of using list group label strategy students’ on vocabulary achievement at the second grade of SMPN 8 Bukittinggi in academic year 2019-2020. This research was descriptive quantitative research. The population of the research was second grade students of SMPN 8 Bukittinggi consist of four classes. The sample was VIII.1 and VIII.2. To determine the sample, the researcher used a purposive sampling technique. The data was got through the documents’ vocabulary test before giving test, the test has been validated English lecturer and English teacher. The result was obtained by analyzing the data from students’’ vocabulary achievement from the result of the test. The finding showed that the effectiveness of the List group label strategy on students’ vocabulary achievement at the second grade of SMPN 8 Bukittinggi in Academic Year 2019-2020 with the score percentage 73.31 was effective. To sum up, the used List group label strategy on students’ vocabulary achievement in the second grade of SMPN 8 Bukittinggi in Academic Year 2019-2020 was effective]]>
<![CDATA[IMPROVING STUDENT'S READING COMPREHENSION OF NARRATIVE TEXT THROUGH WHATSAPP GROUPS ]]>
<![CDATA[Yeni Afriyeni]]>;
<![CDATA[Gunaldi Masbiran]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 6, No 2 (2021) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v6i2.157
<![CDATA[The objective of this research was to improve students’ reading comprehension of narrative text through WhatsApp. Related to the purpose of the research, the researcher design which used in this study was class action research. The subject of the research was students of class X at SMA IT Fadhilah Pekanbaru which consist of 23 students. The action research was conducted from December to January 2020 - 2021. The researcher conducted one cycle, one cycle consisted two meeting of action research. The result of the study showed that the criteria of success of this research depend on the minimum score of the school that have been determined. It was 2,66 and the research would be successful if in the class there were 75% of the students have passed minimum score. Based on the result in the cycle, it was found that 28 or 85% students succeeded. Therefore, it can be concluded that students’ reading comprehension of narrative text can be improved through WhatsApp media]]>
<![CDATA[An Analysis of Students’ Ability in Writing Analytical Exposition Text ]]>
<![CDATA[Zuliani Zuliani]]>;
<![CDATA[Genta Sakti]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 6, No 2 (2021) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v6i2.166
<![CDATA[This research aim at describing the second grade students’ writing ability in analytical exposition text SMA N 1 Canduang. The researcher uses descriptive quantitative research design. This study concerns on analytical exposition text. Which are written by XI class of SMA N 1 Canduang. The total population was 100 students’, distributed into four classes, 2 classes of IPA and 2 classes IPS. 2 IPA and 2 IPS were used as research sample, the four classes’ consisted of 25 students. The result of the data analysis showed that the students’ writing ability on an analytical exposition text at SMA N 1 Canduang was good. Base on the result there are one students’ who are in poor level, four students’ in moderate level, and then, five teen students’ in Good level. At last, one students’ in Very Good level. Overall, the ability of the eleventh grade of Senior High School 1 Canduang is in proficient level.]]>
<![CDATA[The Factors that Influence the Language Shift among Parents ]]>
<![CDATA[Idaryani Idaryani]]>;
<![CDATA[Fidyati Fidyati]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 6, No 2 (2021) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v6i2.169
<![CDATA[Due to the massive use of Bahasa Indonesia in the non-formal domain, it has influenced the existence of Bahasa Aceh as the heritage language among Acehnese people. This study aims to find out the factors that influence the language shift on the use of the Acehnese language as a means of communication both in written and spoken forms in non-formal domains. The study employed a descriptive qualitative method. The Data was gathered based on semi-structured interviews. The participants are 10 female parents from Lhokseumawe City, Aceh Province. The result of the study shows in term of spoken, the language shift among Acehnese parents are influenced by their level of education and negative attitude towards the Acehnese language. While in terms of written forms, the language shift among Acehnese parents is due to the efficient use of written form in the Indonesian language instead of the Acehnese language which does not yet have a standard language reference program to be used.Keywords: Parents’ Attitude, Language Shift, Heritage Language]]>
<![CDATA[The Use of Google Meet for Critical Reading Improvement Strategies ]]>
<![CDATA[Gunaldi Masbiran]]>;
<![CDATA[Yeni Afriyeni]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of English Language and Education Vol 6, No 2 (2021) ]]>
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DOI: 10.31004/jele.v6i2.158
<![CDATA[As we know that one of the most important aspect in mastering a language is the ability to read. As a matter of fact, that many students get low score in reading class lesson. On the other hand, only few students get high score in reading class lesson. If we analyze by using the four competencies of mastering english such as: Speaking, Writing, Reading and Listening, they have tight relationship each other. In the researcher point of view, based on daily observation and interview with some students, the main cause of students’ low reading achievement is reading strategy or techniques of reading. It can be checked in class activity, some of them do not have self confidence in reading and do the exercises. Thus, some of them do not do the assignment well, this can be caused by lack of knowledge of reading techniques and they also regard that reading is one the most difficult subject and bored to read english reading material. Consequently, they often get low marks in reading subject at the end of the the semester.]]>
<![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.]]>
