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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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The Use of Media in Innovative Learning to Improve Students’ Achievement in Learning English Anggia Susanti; Usman Kasim; Diana Achmad; Burhansyah Burhansyah; Chairina Nasir
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 7, No 2 (2022): June 2022
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This is a library research which aims at finding out the use of media in teaching English is implemented and aims at finding out the use of media in innovative learning to improve students’ achievement in learning English based on literature analysis. The data were collected using investigation technique of discourses from textbooks, articles, journals, papers and other relevant data sources. There are 10 sources in this study, those are: Sutirman (2013), Rahmi (2014), Mudofir (2015), Tanggoro (2015), Muktamir (2017), Nurrita (2018), Hanif (2019), Nurdyansyah (2019), Emilda (2020), and Maru'ao (2020). The researcher analyzed the data by reading deeply to get understanding of the important data from all of the sources. The researcher reviewed to look for similarities or association between one source and another source. After that, the researcher paraphrased and elaborated the statements to give valuable information. The data analysis technique included the process of data identification from relevant literature sources. The findings from the selected data were explained and summarized by where the data are located, how the data are obtained, evaluated, and incorporated into the research presentation. The result of the analysis from all the sources showed that the implementation of the use of media in teaching English to junior and senior high school students and the use of media in innovative learning can improve students’ achievement in learning English. 
The Analysis of Satire in Stand Up Comedy Indonesia (Suci) 8 Kompas TV Afrina Nanda Jaya; Bukhari Daud; Lismalinda Lismalinda
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This research deals with satire in Stand Up Comedy Indonesia (SUCI) 8. The objectives of this study were to find out the types of satire which were applied in Stand Up Comedy Indonesia (SUCI) 8 based on Abrams’ and Harphams’ theory and the differences betweeen the use of types of satire to the age group of the speaker on the 10 performances. This research applied a qualitative method. The subject of this research was the “Stand Up Comedy Indonesia (SUCI) 8” and types of satire also the differences that found as the object. The findings of this research shows that there were three types of satire found in this research, they were Juvenalian, Horation, and Manippean Satire. It found 17 utterences consist of satire, there were Juvenalian 5 utterences, Horation 10 utterances, and Manippean 2 utterances. Horation was the most dominat types found in this research. Whereas for the differences betweeen the use of types of satire to the age group of finalist on the 10 performances, it found that  there were no any differences in using types of satire despite the age difference among the finalists. As further recommendation, the researcher is expect there will be another research about analyzing satire in other literary works or the next edition of SUCI. 
An Analysis of Using Mind Mapping Technique to Improve EFL Students’ Writing Ability Nia Nidayanti; Usman Kasim; Hendra Heriansyah
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This study investigates the effectiveness of using mind mapping technique to improve students’ writing ability. This study is a library research and used content analysis method to analyze the data. Of the 5 (five) journals and previous research about using mind mapping technique to teach English, all of them proved the technique to be effective. The findings showed that using mind mapping technique also improves students’ skill in writing aspects such as grammar, vocabulary, and idea organization. Furthermore, the biggest challenge in conducting mind-mapping technique was some of the students did not understand the characteristic of a mind mapping quite well. They wrote too much sentences in their mind maps. Thus, the solution applied by the previous researcher was using a warm up activity that is related to the mind-mapping technique to increase students’ motivation in writing and students’ understanding about the use of mind-mapping technique. Finally, the researcher suggests the English teachers to apply various learning activities and implement mind-mapping technique to motivate students such as using various media and pictures in teaching and learning of writing.
An Analysis of figurative Language in Banda Neira’s Album Yang Patah Tumbuh, Yang Hilang Berganti Maghfirah Fitri MG; Kismullah Kismullah; Chairina Nasir
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Figurative language is a way of expressing language feelings. This research discusses the analysis of figurative language in Banda Neira’s album yang patah tumbuh, yang hilang berganti. The purpose of this study to determine the types of the figurative language contained in the album. Besides, the researcher also explained the real meaning, the message contained in the song and mentioned the theme of each song. The source is taken from Banda Neira's album "Yang patah tumbuh, yang hilang berganti". The research design used in this research is qualitative research with document analysis as a data collection technique. From the analysis that has been done, it was found 40 figurative languages contained in the five songs selected in the album. The figurative language found in this study is categorized based on the Keraf framework (2007). The data found were metaphor (7 data), personification (10 data), metonymy (7 data), allegory (2 data), epithet (8 data), synecdoche (3 data), antonomasia (1 data), allusion (1 data), and hypalase (1 data). Meaning is important in understanding the content of song lyrics. If the listener can understand the meaning of the song, the message can be conveyed. This research can help readers to understand the types of figurative language, especially understanding the meaning and message contained in the Banda Neira album "Yang patah tumbuh, yang hilang berganti".
The Effectiveness of Using Picture Books to Strengthen Students’ Performance in Reading Comprehension Putri Ratna Sari; Dohra Fitrisia
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This research is a library study that analyzes how the use of picture books can improve students’ reading ability based on some experts and previous studies. This study focuses on the theory by Honig, Diamond, and Gutlohn (2008) that can be categorized into three activities, which are initial steps, main activities’ steps, and post activities steps. Data collection is done using discourse investigation technique on text books, articles, journals, research papers and other data sources of high relevance. There are 5 sources in this study, those sources are: Dameiyanti (2019), Laraswati (2018), Jusmini (2017), Roslina (2017), and Subekti (2014). Here, the researcher perform the analyses by reading comprehensively to acquire an understanding of the important data from all sources. The researcher analyses to find similarities or relationships between one source and the other. Afterwards, the researcher paraphrases and breaks down the statements to obtain valuable information. Findings from the data selected are explained and summarized by including the name of the researcher, methodology, text type, students’ background, field of study, instruction procedure, learning outcomes, advantages and disadvantages of the technique. The results of the analysis of all the sources  show that the use of picture book can improve students’ reading capability.
Anxiety Problems Encountered by the Students in Learning English Speaking Skill Khairunnisa Khairunnisa; Sofyan A. Gani; Diana Achmad
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This is a library research. This study aims to investigate the factors that can cause the students to feel anxious in speaking English according to some literatures. Meanwhile, the object of this study is experts’ opinions about factors that made students feel anxious in speaking English. The data of this study are the anxiety felt by students in speaking English. There were 5 literatures as references to collect the data. In collecting data, the researcher used content analysis. First, the researcher found some references such as books, journals, and articles. Then, the researcher read and selected the needed data based on the research objective. After reviewing five references of previous studies regarding factors that cause students’ anxiety in speaking English, the researcher concluded that the are some factors generating anxiety of EFL students; low self-esteem, presentation in the classroom, fear of making mistakes, communication apprehension, test anxiety, negative evaluation, teaching testing procedure, fear of taking risks, teacher manner, and learner’s belief. The researcher suggests students who suffer anxiety here should be able to analyse their own problem in speaking performance in order to find thesolution to decrease it. Another suggestion is teachers should be able to understand students’ characteristics to analyse their problem related to anxiety before finding the way to reduce it.

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