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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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The Use of Reading Aloud in Teaching Reading Comprehension Anum Sahara
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 3, No 2 (2018): June 2018
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This quantitative study was aimed to find out whether there is a significant effect on students achievement after applying reading aloud technique for students’ reading comprehension of the second grade at SMP Negeri 8 Banda Aceh. The pre-experimental research with one group pre-test post-test design was undertaken to see achievement of the use of reading aloud technique. This research utilized pre-test and post-tests to collect the data. The class VIII-5 of junior high school was chosen as the sample in this study to receive treatment for three meetings. The data was then analyzed by using independent t-test. The calculation showed that the post-test score is 45 was higher than the pre-test’ score, it was 36 with the significant standard 0.030 0.05. The result of the research showed that Detail Information and Vocabulary aspects were increased slightly after being taught by using reading aloud technique. Although the improvement only on those two aspects of reading, it is still recomended this technique to be used in teaching reading.
Teachers’ Perceptions on the Content of When English Rings a Bell Textbook Kiki Ramadhani; Siti Sarah Fitriani; Burhansyah Burhansyah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 4: December 2017
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Textbook is a learning material that is often used by teachers in classroom. Textbook is needed by both students and teachers, either as a reference or as guidance during the teaching and learning process. The aim of this study was to describe the perception of English teachers of SMPN 2 Banda Aceh related to the content of English textbook “When English Rings a Bell” based on BSNP (Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan) (2011) assessment aspects, namely the aspect of content feasibility.  It was conducted to English teachers of the seventh grade students of SMPN 2 Banda Aceh. Two teachers were chosen as the interviewees of this study. A descriptive qualitative was used as the method in this study and the data was obtained by interviewing both English teachers. The results of interview with the two teachers about their perceptions about the textbook show that in terms of the suitability of material description with standard and basic competence, the content of “When English Rings a Bell” textbook is already complete and relevant with the 2013 curriculum, syllabus, and standard and basic competence. Furthermore, it shows that the materials provided in this textbook were well-organized and contained no ambiguity. However, according to the two respondents, “When English Rings a Bell” textbook still has some weak points which need to be revisited. For example, the materials are provided in general way with a few examples. Some negatives and positives perceptions regarding the content of the textbook were also found in this study.
A Pragmatic Analysis of Maxim Flouting Committed by The Characters in Avengers: Infinity War Movie Jihan Nurjannah; Bukhari Daud; Ika Apriani Fata
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2020): February 2020
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This research is a pragmatic study which aims to find out the maxim flouting committed by the characters in Avengers: Infinity War movie and to describe its maxim flouting strategies. This research was conducted by using qualitative method. The data were collected by watching the movie and reading its transcript. Then they were analysed and classified based on the type of maxim flouting by Grice’s (1975) Cooperative Principles theory and Cutting (2002) Grundy’s (2000) modified theories of maxim flouting strategies. The results of this research show that the characters in the movie committed to flout all four types of Gricean maxims, which includes quantity, quality, relevance, and manner. Based on the occurrence frequency, flouting maxim of quantity was the most-flouted, while flouting maxim of manner was the least. Meanwhile, they also used all ten kinds of strategies to flout the maxims, including, overstatement, understatement, metaphor, irony, banter, sarcasm, irrelevant statement, ambiguous statement, tautology, and rhetorical question. In this movie, the characters tend to use overstatement very frequently among other strategies which makes it the highest use percentage.
Students’ Perceptions on Teacher’s Oral Feedback Yustia Septiana; Bukhari Daud; Hendra Heriansyah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 1, No 1: Agustus 2016
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As one of the language skills, speaking is learned in schools both at the level of Junior and senior high school. It is also one of the competencies that must be developed based on the 2013 Curriculum. The curriculum expects the students are able to convey their ideas, opinions, and feeling in daily life contexts. This research was aimed at describing the students’ perceptions toward the use of feedbacks used by the teacher in correcting their oral errors. This study was based on the framework proposed by Calderon (2013). The design of this study was a descriptive qualitative study. To obtain the data, the researcher used a questionnaire. The result of data in this study shows that almost all of the students have positive attitude while there are only very few number of students have negative attitude toward the feedback used by the teacher in an oral activity. Regarding to the result, the researchers suggest the English teachers always correct the students’ errors by giving correction through feedback. It is also suggested for other researchers to conduct further research regarding to what the students’ preferences toward the kinds of feedback used by teacher in correcting students’ oral errors through a deep interview. 
Factors Affecting Listening Comprehension Zia Syahreza; Syamsul Bahri Ys; Nira Erdiana
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 4, No 4 (2019): December 2019
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Students who enroll in the English Department are taught by the lecturers by using English. Therefore, the skill of listening is the main and the most important aspect needed to figure out teacher’s meaning. Relating to students listening comprehension, they encountered some difficulties. Thus, the aim of this study is to find out what factors affect students’ listening comprehension in the English Department of Syiah Kuala University. This study was conducted at English Department of Teacher Training and Education faculty of Syiah Kuala University. 20 Seventh semester students of English Department were selected as sample of this study. The method of this study was a quantitative descriptive study. The writer used a questionnaire which consist of 43 questions as an instrument of this study. The result of questionnaire become the main data of this study. The data was calculated by using statistical formula. The result of this study revealed that the most dominant factor affecting students’ listening comprehension skill was physical setting factor, 32%out of 100% followed by failure to concentrate factor (23%), content of Listening text factor (20%), Psychological characteristic factor (19%), speaker factor (14%), listener factor (10%), and linguistics feature (9%) lastly. Therefore, it is recommended for head office of English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Syiah Kuala University to upgrade the equipment used to conduct listening activity.
The Use of Metacognitive Reading Strategies by EFL Learners in Reading Tika Suharni
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 2, No 1: February 2017
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Reading is considered as one of the most important skills in learning English as a foreign Language. Furthermore, it is important for the students to comprehend the text that they read and aware of the strategies they use in the reading process. Nevertheless, the students may have to deal with the problems when they read in English especially an academic text. In this case, it is necessary to find out about the students’ awareness and discover the use of reading strategies in reading process. This study aimed to reveal the students metacognitive awareness and the metacognitive reading strategies that are frequently used. In this study, quantitative research method was used through the implementation of Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) questionnaire by Mokhtari and Reichard (2002).  The questionnaires were distributed to thirty students of a Critical Reading Class in Study Program of English Education, Syiah Kuala University. The results indicated that the students have high awareness of metacognitive reading strategies and use Problem Solving Reading Strategies (PROB) with high frequency.
An Analysis of Clipping Words on Whatsapp Group Chat Ikhsan Ikhsan; Dohra Fitrisia; Chairina Nasir
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 6, No 3 (2021): August 2021
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Clipping word occurs whenever a word is shortened by deleting parts of the base word. Furthermore, clipping is the word formation process wherein words are reduced or shortened without changing the meaning. This research was about an analysis of clipping words on WhatsApp group chat. The aims of this study were to find out the types of clipping word that frequently used by WhatsApp users. The clipping words used was in Indonesian language. The primary sources of the data in this research were the screen shoot of WhatsApp group chats of KBM ESA USK and HMI Komsat FKIP USK. The purposive sampling technique is used by the researcher in order to select the sample of this research as the research thought it was more appropriate to be carried out when research requires special criteria in accordance with the research objectives in order to solve the research problems and can provide more representative value. Five males and 5 females were selected as the research samples. Type of this research was descriptive qualitative research which is purely data-derived in that codes are generated from the data in the course of the study. Researcher analysed four types of clipping words adapted from Hosseinzadeh (2014, p. 19) which are being the object of this research, there are Back Clipping, Fore Clipping, Middle Clipping and Complex Clipping used on WhatsApp group chat. The result showed that the most dominant type of clipping word used was complex clipping word (61.7%) then followed by back clipping word (28%), fore clipping word (8.7 %) and middle clipping word 1.6%. it was concluded that the most dominant clipping word used was complex clipping word. 
An Analysis of Indonesian - English Code Mixing in Kompas Daily Newspaper Sri Hardianti Margareta; Bukhari Daud; Burhansyah Burhansyah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 3, No 3 (2018): August 2018
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This research study investigates about the code-mixing of Indonesian and English used by the journalist in explaining the news. In this research, the writer used the Kompas daily newspaper as the data. Mass media is believed to present information often use the foreign vocabulary by doing code mixing to make the writing become more interesting and modern. The aim of this study is to find the types of code mixing used in the Kompas Daily Newspaper using Musyken’s (2000) theory, who proposes : Insertion, Alternation, and Congruent Lexicalization, and in the form of words and phrases code mixing. The text selected for analysis was obtained from the editions 2nd January to 14th January 2018, and the column were taken from the headlines of Economics (Business) and Politics (Law). In collecting the data, the researcher used documentation analysis involving note takes of the occurances of English code mixing in the selected articles. The data obtained were classified using classification table. The findings show numerous code mixing cases being used in the stated articles.The result showed that the most frequently type of code mixing used in Kompas Daily Newspaper is insertion.  Meanwhile, the factor of code mixing use in Kompas Daily Newspaper are because of terminology that can’t be translated that have a particular meaning, Emphasis the meaning of word and untranslatable that have a match in Indonesia Language.
An Investigation of EFL Classroom Interaction by Using Flanders Interaction Analysis Category System (FIACS) Ari Ayunda; Endang Komariah; Diana Achmad
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 6, No 2 (2021): June 2021
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Flanders Interaction Analysis Category System (FIACS) is a three-category system of communication possibilities inside the classroom. The aim of this study is to find out the percentage of teacher talk, direct and indirect, and students talk for second grade high school student. This study was conducted at SMA Labrotarium Unsyiah Banda Aceh. An English teacher from SMA Labroratorium Unsyiah was selected as the subject of this study while the object of this study was the teacher talk and the students talk during the classroom interaction in the teaching and learning process inside the classroom. The method of this study was qualitative study. The writer used observation sheet and video recording as instruments of this study. The result of this study showed that the percentage of indirect teacher talk category was 9.7%, direct teacher talk category was 40,32%, and the percentage of students’ talk was 50% for the first meeting. However, there was a different percentage for the second meeting. More than 50% of verbal behavior inside the classroom for the second meeting was spent by students’ talk category, followed by direct teacher talk category, 32,21%, and indirect teacher talk category, 16.8%. There was a little improvement between the first meeting and the second meeting in the category of students talk category and indirect teacher talk category.
A Content Analysis of Activities in English Textbook “When English Rings A Bell” Mutia Amalia Putri
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 3, No 2 (2018): June 2018
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This study aimed at identifying and analyzing the levels of activities available in English textbook “When English Rings a Bell” for eighth grade by using cognitive domain of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Content analysis was applied in 12 chapters of textbook in order to know to what extent the activities emphasized on Lower Order Thinking Skills (LOTS) and Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). The activities were collected, listed, and analyzed based on cognitive domain levels of revised Bloom’s Taxonomy; remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. The results showed that the most dominant cognitive domain level focused on remembering level which provided 93 activities (54.4%), followed by applying level (19.3%), analyzing level (11.1%), evaluating level (8.2%), understanding level (4.1%), and creating level (2.9%). It was concluded that this textbook emphasized on LOTS (133 activities/77.8%).

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