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Research in English and Education Journal
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Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media
READ (Research in English and Education) Journal (e-ISSN 2528-746X) is a peer-reviewed and open access academic journal published by the Department of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. It highlights and publishes works in the parameters of English education disciplines with notable attention to English language teaching and learning, linguistics, and literature. This journal accommodates students, lecturers and academicians in these fields as a compass to maneuver their work with broader audiences both within and outside academia. Its end is to offer a plausible and accessible venue for the distribution of their scholarly work into the public, professional, and academic discussion.
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The Use of Video in Teaching Speaking Sufrisa Sufrisa; Arifin Syamaun; Diana Fauzia Sari
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2019): February 2019
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The research problem of this study that does the use of video in teaching speaking improve students’ speaking skill at the VIII4 Graders of SMPN 1 Peukan Bada Aceh Besar. The objective study is to find out the use of video in teaching speaking improve students’ speaking skill at the VIII4 Graders of SMPN 1 Peukan Bada Aceh Besar. It is focused on the use of video to improve students’ speaking ability, especially on vocabulary at the VIII4 Graders of SMPN 1 Peukan Bada. The method used was descriptive quantitative research. The population was the second year students of SMPN 1 Peukan Bada Aceh Besar. The sample was 19 students of class VIII4 by using purposive sampling. The data was pre-test and post-test. Based on the calculation of the data, it can be seen that there was significant difference between the result of pre test and post test. The mean of pre-test result was 67 and the post-test result was 76,47. In this case, the result of test indicated that the achievement of students in post test is higher than that of pre test. It means video can improve students’ speaking ability, especially at the VIII4 Graders of SMPN 1 Peukan Bada Aceh Besar.
Investigating Figurative Language Used in Katy Perry’s Song Lyrics Azhari Zama; Hendra Heriansyah; Nurul Inayah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2019): February 2019
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This study aimed at investigating the types of figurative language found in Katy Perry’s song lyrics. It also tried to find out the functions of figurative language in these songs. A descriptive qualitative was undertaken to investigate the research questions in this study. Abrams and Harpham’s theory (2005) used to analyze the data related to the types of figurative language. While, Jakobson’s theory (1995, as cited in Tribus, 2017) utilized to analyze the functions from the types figurative language found in the song lyrics.  The results of the study showed that there are some types of figurative language used in Katy Perry’s song lyrics such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, alliteration, etc. Simile and repetition are the two most frequent types of figurative language found in these songs. Meanwhile, there are two functions of figurative language discovered through the song lyrics namely conative and poetic. The poetic function is the most one used in the song lyrics. In conclusion, the figurative language is a commonly matter used in the literature area.
The Use of Running Dictation Technique to Improve Students’ Listening Skill Melya Destiana; Syamsul Bahri; Nurul Inayah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2019): February 2019
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Listening is one of challenging skills for EFL students. However, limited attention in the classroom was given to improve the skill. A preliminary study at VIII-4 class of MTsN Model Banda Aceh revealed that there were 3 main listening difficulties faced by the students. Those are listening for details, unfamiliar sounds and vocabulary. Since most of the students (18 out of 35 students) experienced difficulty in listening for details, this study focused to improve the listening for detail sub skill by applying running dictation. The sample in this study was taken by using purposive sampling. The writer chose the students of preliminary study as the sample. There were 35 students participated in this study. The result of the study revealed that after being taught by using running dictation, the students’ score in listening for details improves significantly. The mean score of pretest 35.43 goes up sharply to 86.29 in the posttest. It means that running dictation increase students’ score 50.86 points. Furthermore, the analysis of t-test showed that tscore ttable or 13.12 1.69 (tscore greater than ttable). It could be concluded that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It thus, can be said that running dictation can be one of way to improve the listening for details sub skill in listening classroom.
Teacher’s Strategies in Teaching English for Students of Hearing Disorder Chairun Nisak; Iskandar Abdul Samad; Tgk. Maya Silviiyanti
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2019): February 2019
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Teaching English for the students of hearing disorder seems difficult to English teacher. The students need different kind of language treatment in learning and the teacher needs various strategies in teaching. This study aims to determine the application of strategies used by an English teacher for the students of hearing disorder and the challenges faced by the teacher in teaching at SMPLB YPAC Banda Aceh. The design of this study was descriptive qualitative research. It concerned on the strategies used by the teacher and the challenges faced by the teacher in implementing the strategies. The writer used observation sheet and guiding interview as the instruments. The data were presented in form of list and narration. Based on the results of research and discussion could be concluded the strategies used by the teacher were facilitative strategies, repair strategies and memory strategies. The difficulties faced by teacher in implementing the strategies were in communication, student’s limited ability to comprehend the material and applying grammar learning strategies. Facilitative and repair strategies are suggested to be applied in order to avoid and to fix communication breakdown. Memory strategies also could be used to help the students in memorizing and retrieving information.
The Use of Think Bingo Game to Improve Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Rita Noviyanti; Syamsul Bahri; Chairina Nasir
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2019): February 2019
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Vocabulary is one of the keys to learn a language especially English because knowing sufficient vocabulary will affect the four skills that must be mastered by the students. A good teacher must know strategies to improve the students' vocabulary and one of the them is Bingo game.  The aim of this research was to find out whether the use of Bingo game can improve students’ vocabulary at SMPN 16 Banda Aceh or not.  In this research, the researcher took 20 students from VIII-3 class as the sample. The research design of this research was one group pretest and posttest design.  To collect the data, the researcher used a vocabulary test which containing 20 questions on pretest and posttest. The calculation result of this research shows that the tscore = 6,18 ttable = 1.72 with the level significance 0.05 and the degree of freedom (df) 19. Therefore, (Ho) is rejected and (Ha) is accepted. In line with this, it can be concluded that Bingo game can improve students’ vocabulary mastery and Bingo game can be recommended as one of the great strategies in teaching vocabulary to students.

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