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Research in English and Education Journal
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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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Teaching Written Descriptive Text through Gallery Walk Technique Mardiana Mardiana; Syamsul Bahri Ys; Burhansyah Burhansyah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 5, No 2 (2020): June 2020
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This study is intended to find out whether the use of Gallery Walk technique can improve the students’ ability in writing descriptive text or not. This is an experimental research that used one group pretest-posttest design. The population of this study was the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 5 Banda Aceh. The sample of this study is class X-4 consisting of 25 students selected by using simple random sampling. The instrument of data collection is written test. The result of data analysis showed that the students’ mean score in pretest was 53.24 and the mean score in posttest was 76.8. Moreover, the analysis of t-test showed that tscore ttable or 12.144 1.711 at the level of significance 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 24. The most improvement of writing aspects was in content and organization. Other aspects such as grammar, vocabulary and mechanics also improved, but not as much as those two aspects. It means that the use of Gallery Walk technique improved students’ ability in descriptive writing. Thus, the application of Gallery Walk technique can be used to improve the students’ ability in writing descriptive text.
The Effectiveness of Using Guided Reading Strategy to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension Widia Audira; Sofyan A. Gani; Diana Fauzia Sari
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 5, No 2 (2020): June 2020
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This research belongs to experimental quantitative research and was carried out at SMPN 16 Banda Aceh. The sample was eight grade students which consists of 30 students. In collecting the data, the researcher used pre-test, treatment and post-test with 27 multiple choices as scoring. Then data was analysed using t-test formula. The researcher used recount text as the topic of the reading passage when the students were given pre-test, treatment, and post-test. The aim of this research was to investigate whether or not guided reading strategy can  improve students’ score in reading comprehension at SMPN 16 Banda Aceh. Therefore, the result had positively answered the research question stated in the beginning of the study. The result showed students’ mean of pre-test was 32, while the mean of post-test was 78. The hypothesis result by using t-test showed that the obtained t-score was higher than t-table (8.17 2.052) , the difference is statistically significant. Therefore, based on the complication, there is significant difference in reading comprehension score of students before given treatment using guided reading strategy and after treatment. Thus, it can be said that guided reading strategy improved students’ reading comprehension and hence Ha is accepted because after given treatment by guided reading strategy, the students had better achievement in reading comprehension. 
The Use of Animation Videos to Improve Students’ Speaking Skill Cut Irmayunda; Sofyan A. Gani; Nira Erdiana
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 5, No 2 (2020): June 2020
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The objective of this study is to figure out whether the use of animation videos improve students’ speaking skill to the second-year students at SMP Negeri 16 Banda Aceh. The method of this study was quantitative research (experimental study) with one group pre-test and post-test design. The sample of this research was one class at VIII-1 which consists of 30 students. The researcher used simple random sampling to determine the sample. The researcher used an oral test to collect the data about giving a dialogue (an expression to invite someone) with their partner. In analyzing the data, the researcher used a statistical formula to measure the data. The calculation result showed that the mean score of students' pre-test score was 21 and the mean score of the post-test was 41. Then, the t-score was 4.89 and the t-table was 2.045. It can be seen that the t-score was higher than the t-table. In conclusion, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. As a result, the use of animation videos in learning English improves students speaking skills.

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