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Research in English and Education Journal
Published by Universitas Syiah Kuala
ISSN : -     EISSN : 2528746X     DOI : -
Core Subject : Humanities, Education,
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.
Arjuna Subject : Seni dan Humaniora - Bahasa dan Linguistik
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Teaching Reading Skill by Using Think Pair Share Model Marvira Aulia Harvianda; Endang Komariah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 4, No 2 (2019): June 2019
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The objective of this study is to figure out whether Think Pair Share based on cooperative learning improves the students’ ability in reading comprehension skill or not. Experiment quantitative is used as the research design in this study. The population of this study is the third year students at SMA 6 Banda Aceh. The writer chose one class as the sample in this study. The data was collected by using tests and the results are analyzed by using statistical formula. The result showed that the use of Think Pair Share in the teaching reading to the third year students of SMA 6 Banda Aceh was successful. The result showed that the t-score (5.79) was higher than t-table (2.021). It indicates that the students in the experimental class who are taught by using Think Pair Share get better improvement than before they were taught by using Think Pair Share.
Numbered Head Together Technique on Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension Fahmi Risnaldi; Bustami Usman; Diana Achmad
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 1, No 2: December 2016
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This study aims at investigating the impacts of the implementation of Numbered Heads Together technique perceived by the students on their reading comprehension and the impacts of the implementation of Numbered Heads Together technique perceived by the teacher on her students and the difficulties. Descriptive qualitative study design was undertaken by using purposive sampling. The instruments of this study were questionnaire items and interview guide. The collected data were analyzed by presenting them in the form of narration and three steps proposed by Miles and Huberman. The result of this study showed that the implementation of Numbered Heads Together technique gave positive impacts perceived by the students and the teacher. Their enthusiasm in learning can be higher, easier in accomplishing the difficult questions, more interested in group working, and easier in accomplishing the difficult questions. Thus, Numbered Heads Together technique can be used by the English teacher as one of the alternative teaching techniques in English particularly teaching reading in EFL classroom.
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.
Reading comprehension difficulties encountered by senior high school EFL students Rizka Puji Lestari; Siti Sarah Fitriani; Nira Erdiana
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 2: June 2017
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This study aims at finding out reading comprehension difficulties faced by the EFL students and the factors of the difficulties faced by thirty second graders of senior high school Banda Aceh. This research used mix method and the data were collected through test and interview. This research focused on five aspects in reading comprehension namely main idea, detail information, inference, reference, and vocabulary. The data collected were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The quantitative approach was used to obtain the data about the frequency of students’ difficulties in reading comprehension, while the qualitative approach was used to find out the factors why students face the difficulties. Based on the result from the test, the researcher found that the major difficulty students face in reading comprehension text is vocabulary (27%), followed by main idea (23%), inference and reference (18%), and detail information (14%). Moreover, the result from the interview with five students who got the lowest scores in the test and an English teacher who teaches the class indicates that the factors why the students face the difficulties are the absence of extensive reading, inadequate vocabulary, type of text, type of questions, the absence of the use of reading strategy, and the uncertainty of students’ reading levels. The findings suggest the English teacher measures the students’ reading levels properly, clearly teach the reading strategy, and apply an interesting strategy in teaching reading to motivate the students to read in English more.
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.
KWL: Strategy on Improving Reading Comprehension Cut Intan Maulida; Sofyan A. Gani
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 1, No 1: Agustus 2016
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This study is about the implementation of Know, Want, Learned (KWL) strategy to enhance students’ reading comprehension. The desire to conduct the research toward this study is to investigate how the proper implementation of KWL helps the students’ increasing their ability in terms of reading skill. This study was approached quantitatively, specifically through an experimental method using the design of one group pretest-posttest. The population of this study was the first grade students at SMPN 3 Banda Aceh, while the sample of this study was VII-9 class which consisted of 30 students which was chosen randomly. The data for this study were obtained by using test as the instrument for collecting the data. Also, the data were analyzed using repeated measures T-test in order to prove the hypothesis. The calculation result showed that null hypothesis (H0) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted, because the result of t-test calculated was 5.07, higher than t-table 2.04. Therefore, the writer concludes that teaching reading by using KWL gives good effect for students’ reading comprehension at SMPN 3 Banda Aceh.
An Analysis on Factors That Influence Students’ Anxiety in Speaking English Mahdalena Mahdalena; Asnawi Muslem
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 6, No 1 (2021): February 2021
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This research aims at exploring some theories and previous findings related to students' speaking anxiety and identifying the factors and the phenomena that influence students’ speaking anxiety as well as finding out the way students to anticipate reducing their anxiety while speaking English.This research used library research in nature. In conducting the research, the researcher used two theories as the framework of the study. The first theories used by Worde (2003) and the second theory was from Rajitha Alamelu (2019).  The researcher analysed this data using descriptive qualitative. The results of this research found that there were some influential factors that contribute to the students' anxiety in speaking English namely: speaking activities, inability to comprehend, pedagogical practices, error correction, fear of negative evaluation, external factors and internal factors. Meanwhile, several strategies from Kondo and Ying-Ling (2004)used toreduce students' anxiety in learning foreign languages, especially when appearing in front of the class, are preparation, relaxation, positive thinking, making friends, and resigning. Therefore, students are expected to be able to minimize their anxiety and improve their English skills.
The Use of Think Pair Share Technique to Improve Students’ Speaking Performance Feni Cahyani
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 3, No 1 (2018): February 2018
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The aim of this research was to find out whether the use of Think Pair Share technique can improve students’ speaking performance or not. The writer uses Think Pair Share technique to teach speaking. Think Pair Share is a part of cooperative learning strategy that makes the students work together in small group. Quantitative method with experimental study of pretest and posttest control group design was undertaken in this research. The data result of the test was analyzed by using t-test. The result of the data analysis indicated that the students’ speaking score in experimental group after they taught by using Think Pair Share has been improved. The result of the data calculation showed that t-score was higher than t-table ( = 3.50 = 1.68) with the significant standard  = 0.05 and the degree of freedom = 48. There are any improvements in students’ score in speaking performance after learning by Think Pair Share technique. In this case, Think Pair Share technique can be one of the teaching technique alternative applied by the English teacher in teaching English for English Foreign Language class.
The Interaction between Teacher and Young Learners at Bilingual Classroom Dian Rozalia; Sofyan A Gani
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 4: December 2017
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English classroom interaction is a crucial aspect in learning and improving students’ skill. An English teacher communicates actively with the students by using English during the lesson in order to enhance their English skill. This research aims to find out kind of teacher-student communication patterns the 4th grade students of Elementary School at Fatih Bilingual School, one way or two ways communication pattern which is more dominant. The participants of this research were 20 students and an English teacher at 4th grade at Fatih Bilingual School. The data collected were qualitative in nature. The qualitative data were obtained by doing observation, and recording the video to the students and the teacher. The result of this research showed that the percentage of circular interaction is 76% of the total interaction and one way interaction is 24%. Thus, the kind of interaction between the teacher and the students is two way communications (circular) more dominant than one way communication (linear).
Teachers’ view in improving students’ speaking ability through pictures Muflihatun Muflihatun; Bustami Usman; Nira Erdiana
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 1: February 2017
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In curriculum 2013, students are expected to use English in oral communications related to the skill pictures are frequently use teaching. Descriptive is a text that often use in speaking. Unfortunately, student lack of vocabulary, no ideas, and not enough information to describing something in detail; based on the problems, teachers’ try to solve it in classroom activity. One of them is media picture that used by teacher to attract student’s attention and motivations. This study was descriptive qualitative. To find the data the researcher ask  teachers’ view’ on the impact of media picture in improving students speaking ability; by using interview and recorded.  The researcher found that positive view of teachers’ related to pictures. In addition, pictures are easy to obtain, colorful is better to attract students’ attentions. It was give many contributions in field of education.

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