Research in English and Education Journal
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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<![CDATA[Students’ perception toward English club activities ]]>
<![CDATA[Zulvy Melviza]]>;
<![CDATA[Syamsul Bahri Ys]]>;
<![CDATA[Nira Erdiana]]>
<![CDATA[ Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 2: June 2017 ]]>
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<![CDATA[This study is intended to find out the perception of students toward English club activities in speaking. This study was conducted at SMAN 3 Banda Aceh. The researcher used two instruments to find the data needed, namely; questionnaire and interview. Both questionnaire which adapted from Kasmalinda (2011) and interview were used by the researcher to figure out the perception of students toward English club activities in practicing speaking. The researcher combined both of the instruments to support the data of the research. the sample of this study was the students of SMAN 3 Banda Aceh who have participated English club. The researcher took 40 students as the sample (all English club members). Based on the data obtained from both instruments used, the findings showed that students perceived English club plays an important role in supporting students to practice speaking. The students also think that English club has a great way to encourage students’ motivation to practice speaking with friends. The students also viewed that they feel glad while joinning English club. In other words, English club gets them more experiences and more knowledge. In addition, the class atmosphere tends to be fun and comfortable and it makes them more interested in practicing speaking.]]>
<![CDATA[The Use of Video in Teaching Speaking ]]>
<![CDATA[Sufrisa Sufrisa]]>;
<![CDATA[Arifin Syamaun]]>;
<![CDATA[Diana Fauzia Sari]]>
<![CDATA[ Research in English and Education Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2019): February 2019 ]]>
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<![CDATA[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.]]>
<![CDATA[A Study of Error Analysis in Aceh ]]>
<![CDATA[Rezki Nuarta]]>;
<![CDATA[Usman Kasim]]>;
<![CDATA[Yuliana Natsir]]>
<![CDATA[ Research in English and Education Journal Vol 1, No 1: Agustus 2016 ]]>
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<![CDATA[The goal of this study is intended to figure out what errors of surface strategy made by the students of SMP Negeri 4 Banda Aceh in writing are. The subject of this study was the eighth grade students. Qualitative study was used as a method to obtain the data. To collect the data, the students’ writings were taken from the teachers in the form of journal text. The technique used in analyzing the data was the technique suggested by Corder (1974) which involves choosing the language corpus, identifying errors in the corpus, classifying errors, explaining errors and evaluating errors. However, to classify the errors, the writer used surface strategy taxonomy suggested by Dulay et.al. (1982). It shows that all of the students produced the errors in surface strategy including omission, addition, misformation and misordering. The most dominant error was omission and it was followed by misformation, addition and misordering. The students also made non surface strategy errors including past tense, spelling, identifying the noun, creating ideas, and capitalization.]]>
<![CDATA[Teaching Speaking Skill By Using Numbered Head Together ]]>
<![CDATA[Yunita Sari]]>;
<![CDATA[Usman Kasim]]>;
<![CDATA[Chairina Nasir]]>
<![CDATA[ Research in English and Education Journal Vol 6, No 1 (2021): February 2021 ]]>
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<![CDATA[This research was conducted at SMPN 3 Gunung Meriah, Aceh Singkil. It was intended to find out whether the use of Numbered Head Together improved students’ speaking ability in learning speaking or not. The researcher used random sampling by drawing lottery number. The sample of this research was the students of grade VIII-1. The data was collected by researcher using pre-test, treatment and post-test. The materials used in the speaking tests were pictures. The speaking aspects were pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. In analyzing the data, the researcher used statistical formula. The mean score of pre-test was 45 and post-test was 70. The data showed that the improvement of the mean was 25. The critical value of 0.05 significant level and 19 degree of freedom was 2.093. The result of t-test (3.930) was higher than t-table (2.093). So, this mean that the implementation of teaching speaking skill by using Numbered Head Together give significant difference in students speaking scores between pre-test and post-test of students VIII-1 of SMPN 3 Gunung Meriah.]]>
<![CDATA[Students’ Strategies in Taking TOEFL Listening Test ]]>
<![CDATA[Aina Razmalia]]>;
<![CDATA[Sofyan A Gani]]>
<![CDATA[ Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 4: December 2017 ]]>
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<![CDATA[English Department students, as a department at Syiah Kuala University, are expected to be able to answer TOEFL listening questions effectively since they have been studying English as their major subject and concentration. However, it was found that some students still have problems in TOEFL test, especially in part A of Listening Comprehension section. This study is carried out to analyze the students’ strategies in Listening of TOEFL test. Descriptive quantitative approach was applied. 31 students who are in semester 8 to 12 were chosen incidentally as the subjects of this study. Meanwhile, the object of this study was the students’ strategies in Listening Comprehension of TOEFL test. The writer used survey techniques in collecting the data. The data were collected by using questionnaire sheet as the instrument. The result showed that the strategies suggested by Phillips (2001) in part A of Listening in TOEFL test are implemented 69% by the students of English Department of Syiah Kuala University. To conclude, the students apply the strategies with the frequency of “sometimes”. Therefore, it is suggested that students implement more strategies, and teachers or instructors are recommended to motivate them and build their awareness to use more strategies when taking a TOEFL. ]]>
<![CDATA[Analyzing Students’ Ability in Using the Language Features in Writing Descriptive text ]]>
<![CDATA[Bela Putri Mendale]]>;
<![CDATA[Endang Komariah]]>;
<![CDATA[Siti Sarah Fitriani]]>
<![CDATA[ Research in English and Education Journal Vol 4, No 4 (2019): December 2019 ]]>
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<![CDATA[The purpose of this research was to find out the students’ ability in using the language feature in writing descriptive text. This research was designed as quantitative research and it was conducted at SMPN 4 Banda Aceh is located at Peunayong on April 25th 2019. The number of sample in this research was 20 students which were taken from the seven grade students. In this research, the researcher used writing test as the instrument of the research where the students were asked to write the language features in a descriptive text based on the picture given to them. In this research, the researcher analyzed two components of descriptive text written by the students such as grammar and vocabulary. To measure students’ ability, the researcher showed the result that in the grammar analysis of writing, 20% of the students score 22-25, 60% score 19-21, and 20% score 11-17. In the result vocabulary analysis 75% score 18-20 and 25% score 14-17. The result level categories of vocabulary 75% level excellent. 25% level good. And the result level categories of grammar 20% level excellent, 60% level good the last 20% level fair. From the result it means their ability in using the language features in writing descriptive text can be categorized in the good level.]]>
<![CDATA[Think Pair Share technique in teaching speaking skill ]]>
<![CDATA[Rika Amila Desta]]>
<![CDATA[ Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 1: February 2017 ]]>
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<![CDATA[The objective of this research is to find out whether teaching speaking by using Think Pair Share technique improved students’ speaking skill. This research was conducted at the second grade students of SMP Negeri 14 Banda Aceh. The design of this study was quantitative research. In speaking class, the common problem faced by the students is difficulty in expressing ideas. Through this technique students enter the stage of thinking, pairing, and sharing process. The data were collected by using pre-test and post-test. The instrument of this study was oral test. The result of the test showed that by using speaking assessment which is proposed by Brown (2004). The result of the test was analyzed by using t-test. The calculation result showed that t-score was higher than t-table (3.66 1.68). The result of this study revealed that there was improvement on students’ speaking after taught by using think pair share technique which the mean score of experimental class is 86.4 while the mean score of control class is 72.1. By implementing Think Pair Share, the students are motivated to do the speaking activity during this technique. This method is assumed to give the students an opportunity to practice the target language. It keeps students more active in cooperation and makes them more confident in the class.]]>
<![CDATA[Board Game in Speaking Skill ]]>
<![CDATA[Cut Ratna Putri]]>;
<![CDATA[Bustami Usman]]>;
<![CDATA[Chairina Nasir]]>
<![CDATA[ Research in English and Education Journal Vol 1, No 2: December 2016 ]]>
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<![CDATA[This quantitative study is about Board Game to develop students’ speaking skill on expressing their ideas on descriptive text especifically on describing people. The speaking tests were used as the instrument, which are divided into pretest and post-test. A number of 25 students of SMPN 11 Banda Aceh participated in this study that chosen randomly from eight grader. The scores were tabulated statistically by using t-test. The result showed the hypothesis testing of the students’ pronunciation performance is significantly improved (19.7 t-count 1.71 t-table). It was found that this technique improved students’ speaking skill in the target language and their acuracy. It also could give positive reinforcement on fluency vocabulary and accuracy while learning within this technique. The finding suggested to use Board Game as a technique in improving speaking skill. The study has demonstrated that the treatment activities have improved the students’ interest to speak the target language.]]>
<![CDATA[The Use of Collaborative Strategic Reading to Teach Reading ]]>
<![CDATA[Sara Rifqi]]>
<![CDATA[ Research in English and Education Journal Vol 3, No 2 (2018): June 2018 ]]>
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<![CDATA[The objective of this research is to investigate the types of grammatical errors made by the sixth semester English department students of Syiah Kuala University in writing. The method used in this research was quantitative in nature. The samples of this research were 20 English Department Students of Syiah Kuala University using writing test on the descriptive text. The data were analysed that focus on omission, addition, misformation, and misordering. The result found that the most common type of errors made by the students is misformation (47 errors), followed by omission (43 errors), addition (6 errors), misordering (5 errors). So, it can be concluded that students still made errors in their writing. Hence, this research result can give information for the teachers or readers about the types of grammatical error committed by the students. Thus, through the error analysis, the lecturers should give more detailed grammar teaching materials to the students.]]>
<![CDATA[An Analysis of Semiotic Signs in Romance Movie Posters ]]>
<![CDATA[Darliati Darliati]]>;
<![CDATA[Masrizal Mahmud]]>
<![CDATA[ Research in English and Education Journal Vol 5, No 4 (2020): December 2020 ]]>
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<![CDATA[This research is a study of semiotics signs found in Indonesian romance movie posters. The subject of this research is fifteen movie posters of Indonesian romance movies. This research aims at identifying and describing the types of meaning of signs depicted in the posters based on the visual grammar theory proposed by Kress and van Leeuwen (2006). Using qualitative method, three types of meaning namely representational meaning, interactive meaning, and compositional meaning are described. The result is presented in form of written description and tables. The findings of this study show that most of the aspects of visual grammar theory can be found in the posters with every posters share different aspects. However, there are also some aspects of the visual grammar theory that are not found in the posters which are classificational process as one of sub processes of conceptual process and vertical angle in perspective aspect. Based on the depicted elements of the fifteen romance movie posters that have been analyzed, it shows that the romance movie posters involve many aspects of emotions. It includes the emotions of love, affection, hope, struggle, sadness, and desire which based on the theme of the movies. All of these emotions are presented through the colors, illumination, facial expressions of the characters, and the setting of the posters.]]>
