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Improving Students’ Vocabulary Achievement Through Word Webbing Technique
Irma Agustini and Yunita Agnes Sianipar
REGISTER: Journal of English Language Teaching of FBS-Unimed Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Jan-March
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan
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DOI: 10.24114/reg.v4i1.2093
This study attempts to Improving Students’ Vocabulary achievement Trough Word Webbing Technique. The objective of the study is to discover whether the use of word webbing technique could significantly improving students’ vocabulary. This study conduct by applying Classroom Action Research which was carried out in two cycles in six meetings. The subject of this study of SMPN 4 Takengon, Aceh Tengah which consisted of 40 students. The quantitative data were collected by using observation sheet, questionnaire sheet and diary field. Based on the vocabulary test score, students’ score kept improving in every test. The mean of students’ score cycle (80) was higher than the fist cycle (67,75) and orientation test (55.25). based on observation sheet, questionnaire sheet and diary field, it was found that teaching learning process ran well. The students were more active and more enthusiastic during the teaching learning process in the second cycle than the first one. The result of the research showed that is use of word webbing technique significantly improving students’ vocabulary.
THE EFFECT OF APPLYING EXAMPLES NON EXAMPLES METHOD ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Astri Khoirun Nissa and Sri Juriati Ownie
REGISTER: Journal of English Language Teaching of FBS-Unimed Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Jan-March
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DOI: 10.24114/reg.v4i1.2089
This study is aimed to find out whether Examples Non Examples method significantly effects the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. This study was an experimental design. The population of the study was grade VIII of SMP Swasta Siti Hajar. There were two classes as the sample and each class consisted of 30 students. The classes were divided into two groups, namely Experimental and Control group. Experimental group was the class taught by applying Examples Non Examples method, while Control was taught without using Examples Non Examples method. In this study, writing test was used as the instrument of collecting the data. Both experimental and control group were asked to write descriptive paragraph in pre-test and post-test. The data obtained were analyzed statistically by t-test formula. The result got that t-observed (t-obs) is higher than t-table (2.64 > 2.042) at the level significance 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58. It means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and Examples Non Examples method significantly effects students’ achievement in writing descriptive text.
An Analysis of Conversational Implicature in Smart Fm’s Radio Talk Shows
Irma B. Pakpahan and Sumarsih
REGISTER: Journal of English Language Teaching of FBS-Unimed Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Jan-March
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DOI: 10.24114/reg.v4i1.2094
The objectives of this research were to find out the two types of conversational implicature, namely: generalized conversational implicature and particularized conversational implicature and the dominant one used in Smart FM’s Radio talk shows. This research was conducted by using qualitative descriptive design. It took fifty eight conversations taken from Smart FM’s Radio talk shows which were on air from April 3rd until 24th 2012. The result of analyzing found two types of conversational implicature were used in the talk shows in Smart FM, they were: generalized conversational implicature and particularized conversational implicature. The findings of data analysis showed that the total numbers of conversational implicature from the two types were: 25 (62,5%) generalized conversational implicature and 15 (37,5%) particularized conversational implicature. It means that generalized conversational implicature is the most dominant type of conversational implicature used in Smart FM’s Radio talk shows. It is 62,5%. Generalized conversational implicature is dominant because it indicates that when the interviewees answer the question, they usually used the clear answer to make their partner and listeners understand what he/she talked about. It can be concluded that the dominant conversational implicature that occured in the four editions of Smart FM’s Radio Talk Shows was Generalized Conversational Implicature. It shows that the interviewee gave a strong and clear implicit meaning.
THE EFFECT OF USING VIDEO ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT
Eka Desi Ariyuni and Rahmad Husein
REGISTER: Journal of English Language Teaching of FBS-Unimed Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Jan-March
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DOI: 10.24114/reg.v4i1.2090
The objective of this study was to investigate whether video significantly affected on students’ achievement in writing procedure text. This study was an experimental research design. The population of this study was grade XI students of SMA Swasta Sinar Harapan Lubuk Pakam with 70 students as samples who were divided into two groups, namely experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by using video, while the control group was taught by without video. The instrument of collecting data was essay tests. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The result of the analysis showed that tvalue is higher than ttable (4.79 > 2.00) at the level of significance 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 68. It implies that video is appropriate to be applied for writing procedure text.
THE EFFECT OF APPLYING THINK-TALK-WRITE STRATEGYON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT
Irna Junita and Rahmah
REGISTER: Journal of English Language Teaching of FBS-Unimed Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Jan-March
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DOI: 10.24114/reg.v4i1.2095
This study deals with The Effect of Applying Think-Talk-Write Strategy on the Students’ Achievement in Writing Analytical ExpositionText. The method of the research was quasi experimental design. The population of the research was grade XI of SMA Swasta Al-Fattah Medan. There were two classes namely XI IPA 1 and XI IPA 2 and each class consist of 30 students with the total number 60 students. This study uses total sample which these two classes were chosen as sampling.XI IPA 1 as the experimental group and XI IPA 2as the control group. The experimental group was taught by applying Think-Talk-Write Strategy and the control group without applying Think-Talk-Write Strategy. The data were acquired by administrated the pre – test and the post – test. The mean score of the experimental group in pre – test = 57.7, Control Group = 57.53. In the post – test, mean score of the experimental group = 67.53 , while the control group = 63.7
THE EFFECT OF APPLYING PQRST METHOD ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION
Herbiana Sipayung and Lince Sihombing
REGISTER: Journal of English Language Teaching of FBS-Unimed Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Jan-March
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DOI: 10.24114/reg.v4i1.2091
This study deals with the effect of applying PQRST method on students’ reading comprehension. The objective of this study is to find out whether PQRST method significantly effect on students’ reading comprehension or not. This study was conducted by using experimental research design. The population of the study was the students of grade X of SMA Negeri 1 Sidamanik. There were sixty students as the sample of the research. This study conducted with two randomized groups namely experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by using PQRST method while control group was taught using traditional method. The data of the study were obtain from students’ score of test. To determine the reliability of the test, the writer used the Kuder Richardson formula (KR-21). The result of the study showed that reliability of the test was 0.618. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula, the analysis showed that score students in the experimental group was significantly higher than that of students in the level of control group at the level of significance 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58 the t-observed is 5.333 while t-table is 2.000. It can be concluded that applying PQRST method significantly affects on students’ reading comprehension. It means that the hypothesis is accepted.
THE EFFECT OF TEAMS “KNOW-WANT-LEARN” STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Putri Sri Rezeki Siregar and Sumarsih
REGISTER: Journal of English Language Teaching of FBS-Unimed Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Jan-March
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DOI: 10.24114/reg.v4i1.2096
The aim of this study is to discover the effect of applying Teams “K-W-L” strategy in reading descriptive text. Experimental research design is used as the research method. This research took place at SMP N 1 SIANTAR NARUMONDA. There were 2 classes chosen as the sample with 30 students in each class. The classes were divided into two groups namely experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by using Teams “K-W-L” strategy and control group was taught by using conventional method. The instrument was used to collect the data was a set of multiple choice tests, which was divided as pre-test and post-test. The result showed that t-test was higher than t-table (4,53 > 2,00) at the level of significant 0,05 with degree of freedom (df) 58. It means that hypothesis alternative (Ha) is accepted which show that Teams “K-W-L” strategy significantly effected on the students achievement in reading descriptive text. It was proved since mean score of experimental group is 74,83 higher than mean score of control group is 63,33. So, English Teacher are suggested to use Teams” know-want-learn” Strategy in order to improve students’ achievement in reading descriptive text.
THE EFFECT OF APPLYING THINK-TALK-WRITE STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Indah Pratiwi and Lince Sihombing
REGISTER: Journal of English Language Teaching of FBS-Unimed Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Jan-March
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DOI: 10.24114/reg.v4i1.2092
This study is an attempt to discover the effect of applying Think-Talk-Write strategy on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. The objective of this study were to find out whether applying Think-Talk-Write strategy affect the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. This study was an experimental research. In conducting the research, the writer used 60 students of Al-Fattah Senior High School Medan as the sample. The 60 students were taken from two classes and they were divided into two groups namely the experimental group who was taught by using Think-Talk-Write strategy and the control group who was taught without Think-Talk-Write strategy. The data of the test were collected by administering written test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The result of the analysis shows that the value of t-observed is higher than the value of t-table (2,3> 2,00 (α = 0.05)) with the degree of freedom (df) = N-2 = 58. It means that there is significant effect of applying Think-Talk-Write strategy on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. So the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. The conclusion is that applying Think-Talk-Write strategy can encourage and increase the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. Therefore, it is suggested that English teacher should try to apply this strategy.
THE EFFECT OF GROUP INVESTIGATION METHOD ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE
Yuni Khairina and Masitowarni Siregar
REGISTER: Journal of English Language Teaching of FBS-Unimed Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Jan-March
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DOI: 10.24114/reg.v4i1.2097
This study is an attempt to discover the effect of applying Group Investigation Method on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. It was conducted by using experimental research design. The Population of this research was the tenth (X) grade students of SMAN 11 Medan which consists of nine parallel classes with the total number of students is 286. The samples of this research were taken by random sampling through lottery technique. The result was class X IPA 1 consisted of 33 students became the experimental group and class X IPA 3 consisted of 31 students became the control group. The experimental group was taught by using Group Investigation Method while the control group was taught by using Conventional Method. The instrument for collecting the data was writing test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The result shows that the value of t-observed (3.733) is higher than the value of t-table (2.000) (α = 0.05) with the degree of freedom (df) = 62. It means that there is a significant effect of applying Group investigation Method on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. So, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted.
THE EFFECT OF SQ3R METHOD ON THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN READING COMPREHENSION
Annisa Hutasuhut and Elia Masa Gintings
REGISTER: Journal of English Language Teaching of FBS-Unimed Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Jan-March
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DOI: 10.24114/reg.v4i1.2088
The aim of this study is to discover the effect of applying SQ3R method in reading comprehension. Experimental research design is used as the research method. This research took place at MTS AMIN DARUSSALAM MEDAN. There were 2 classes chosen as the sample with 32 students in each class. The classes were divided into two groups namely experimental and control group. The experimental group taught by using SQ3R method and the control group was taught by using conventional method. The instrument used to collect the data was a set of multiple choice tests, which divided as pre test and post test. The result of the research was analyzed by using t-test formula. The result showed that t-test was higher than t-table ( 3,93> 2,00 ) at the level of significant 0,05 with degree of freedom (df) 60. It means that hypothesis alternative (Ha) is accepted which shows that SQ3R method significantly improves the student’s reading comprehension.