BABASAL English Education Journal
BEEJ (BABASAL English Education Journal)is a journal published in Indonesia by English Education Study Program, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, University of Muhammadiyah Luwuk. This journal is published twice a year (March and September) both in print and online. This journal aims to facilitate scholars, researchers, teachers, academics, and professional to publish research articles or critical analysis articles. Therefore, this journal received any topics concerning with language education, linguistics, applied linguistics, literature, cultural researches, and intercultural researches.
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<![CDATA[Mind Mapping in Teaching Writing ]]>
<![CDATA[Mukmin Mukmin]]>;
<![CDATA[Handrini Afriyanti]]>
<![CDATA[ BABASAL English Education Journal Vol 1, No 1 (2020) ]]>
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DOI: 10.32529/beej.v1i1.537
<![CDATA[The objective of this research is to know whether the students’ ability in writing descriptive text using mind mapping in Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 1 Banggai can improve or not and to know how mind mapping improve the students’ ability of writing. This research was quasi experimental research by using non-equivalent design. The population of this research were all of the tenth grade students’ in Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 1 Banggai. The sample were X science 1 and X science 2 and consist of 35 and 34 students. The instrument of this research was written test. The kinds of test were pre-test and post-test. The mean of pre-test score in experimental class is 41 and the mean of post-test in experimental class is 83. The mean of pre-test score in controlled class is 37.35 and the mean of post-test in controlled class is 47.65. From the calculation of tcounted was higher than ttable, the result of tcounted is 18.80 meanwhile ttable in the degree of significance 0.05 is 1.66792. If the tcounted> ttable, it means that Ha is accepted. It shows that the comparison of tcounted and ttable is 18.80 > 1.66792. In the other words the alternative hypothesis is proven. It assumed that mind mapping technique can improve the students’ ability of writing descriptive text.Keywords: Writing Ability; Descriptive Text; Mind Mapping.]]>
<![CDATA[THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CLT (COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING) TO IMPROVE PUPILS’ SPEAKING ABILITY ]]>
<![CDATA[Abdul Rabbi Arrasul]]>;
<![CDATA[Nabilla H. Pole]]>
<![CDATA[ BABASAL English Education Journal Vol 2, No 2 (2021) ]]>
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DOI: 10.32529/beej.v2i2.1449
<![CDATA[The purpose of this research was to determine wheter using CLT (Communicative Language Teaching) can improve pupils’ speaking ability at Prateepsat Ismail Memorial School or not. This research used a quasi-experimental research that required a pre-test and a post-test for both groups. The research population was pupils in grade 2, where class 2/2 as an experimental class consisiting of 36 pupils and class 2/1 as a control class consisting of 36 pupils. In collecting data, reseracers used test. The test consisted of a pre-test and post-test. Data were analyzed statistically. After being analyzed, the result of t-counted was 11,977 with 70 degrees of freedom and a significance level of 0,05, the table is 1,666. This research used a significance level of 0,05 because it has moderate accuracy. Therefore the result of t-counted is higher than t-table. It means that the hypothesis of this research is accepted. In conclusion, there was a significant effect in using CLT (Communicative Language Teaching) to improve pupils’ speaking ability of the second grade at Prateepsat Ismail Memorial School, Thailand.]]>
<![CDATA[AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN UNDERSTANDING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE STUDENTS OF MTS N 1 BANGGAI ]]>
<![CDATA[ST Marhana Rullu]]>;
<![CDATA[Nurvita Nurvita]]>
<![CDATA[ BABASAL English Education Journal Vol 3, No 1 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.32529/beej.v3i1.1568
<![CDATA[The purpose of this study was to identify the difficulties of understanding descriptive text faced by the students of class IX MTS N 1 Banggai, and to identify the factors that influence students' difficulties in understanding reading descriptive texts. The subjects of this study were students of class IX MTS N 1 Banggai. This type of research is descriptive qualitative. This study used two instruments to obtain data, namely interviews and the students’ result. The researchers classify and reduce data. The researcher found that some students still did not understand the descriptive text which was determined by the main idea. The researcher found that some students did not understand the descriptive text, whose main idea was determined first. And, students who had difficulty understanding the vocabulary of the text. Then, there are students who have difficulty in understanding making conclusions from the text using and the last difficulties are to find detail information in descriptive text. The factors that cause students to have difficulty in understanding English reading texts are difficulties in understanding long sentences to read. text, inadequate instruction given by the teacher, difficulty in understanding vocabulary.]]>
<![CDATA[THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VOCABULARY NOTEBOOK ON STUDENTS' VOCABULARY MASTERY ]]>
<![CDATA[Desriani Nggolaon]]>;
<![CDATA[Heriani Mombilia]]>
<![CDATA[ BABASAL English Education Journal Vol 2, No 1 (2021) ]]>
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DOI: 10.32529/beej.v2i1.1323
<![CDATA[The purpose of this research was to determine whether the vocabulary notebook is effective in improving students’ vocabulary mastery. The method used to conduct this research is quasi experimental research. The population consist of 45 students of class VIII SMPN 2 Bulagi. Sampling was done by total sampling involving two classes, class A which is consist of 24 students as the experimental class and 1 students from class VIII B as the control class. In collecting data, researchers used test. After analyzing the data, the result showed that there was a significant difference between the results of increasing students’ vocabulary mastery using vocabulary notebook and those without vocabulary notebook. The score of pretest 58.6 in experimental class was increased significantly in the posttest 81.3. On the other hand, the pretest score in control class only increased from 56.0 to the posttest score 61.1. In addition, using 0.05 level of significant with 43 degree of freedom, it was found that the t-counted value 14.847 was greater than the t-table 2.016, so that Ha is accepted and H0 is rejected. It can concluded that the use of vocabulary notebooks is effective in increasing the students’ vocabulary at SMPN 2 Bulagi.]]>
<![CDATA[INVESTIGATION OF THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS' INTEREST IN LEARNING ENGLISH AT SMP NEGERI 4 TOTIKUM ]]>
<![CDATA[YUSNIATI N. SABATA]]>;
<![CDATA[VIVI KARLINA M. P. LASIBANI]]>;
<![CDATA[SUDARTI DAHER]]>
<![CDATA[ BABASAL English Education Journal Vol 2, No 2 (2021) ]]>
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DOI: 10.32529/beej.v2i2.1564
<![CDATA[Abstract The purpose of the research is to investigate the eight-grade students’ interest in learning English at SMP Negeri 4 Totikum. It was a qualitative research, and the researcher conducted interviews to collect the data. The researcher chose SMP Negeri 4 Totikum as a subject because the researcher had prior data that the students were interested in learning. Therefore, the researcher wanted to know specifically in English subject. Based on the findings of the research, the researcher concluded that majority of the eighth-grade students' interest in learning English at SMP Negeri 4 Totikum were low, majority of them uninterested in learning English. There were several factors supporting the interest, namely: attention, willingness, feeling happy, teaching materials and teachers, participation, environment, family, and society.]]>
<![CDATA[THINK-PAIR-SHARE STRATEGY TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY ]]>
<![CDATA[ST Marhana Rullu]]>;
<![CDATA[Rusdayanti Abdullah]]>
<![CDATA[ BABASAL English Education Journal Vol 1, No 2 (2020) ]]>
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DOI: 10.32529/beej.v1i2.864
<![CDATA[This research aims to determine whether using Think-Pair-Share strategy can improve speaking ability of students in SMP Negeri 3 Luwuk. It applied a quasi-experimental research using non-equivalent design. The research populations were the eighth grade of students in SMP Negeri 3 Luwuk and the sample of the research were class VIII A as the experimental class and class VIII B as the control class. The research instrument used a test which was divided into two parts, namely pre-test and post-test. Data were analyzed statistically. After being analyzed, the result showed that there was a significant improvement in students’ speaking ability in using Think-Pair-Share strategy. In the experimental class, the mean score in pre-test was 46.3 while in the post-test was 81.2. In the control class, the mean score in pre-test was 45.8 while in the post test was 61.6. From the calculation in t-counted was higher that t-table. The result in t-counted was 14.984 while the t-table in the degree of significance 0.05 was 1.667. If the value of t-counted > t-table, it means that Ha is accepted and HΟ is rejected. In other words, the alternative hypothesis is proven. From the result of the research showed that there was a significant improvement in students’ speaking ability in using Think-Pair-Share strategy. ]]>
<![CDATA[Improving Students' Ability to Write Descriptive Text By Using Numbered Heads Together (NHT) ]]>
<![CDATA[Abdul Rabbi Arrasul]]>;
<![CDATA[Muhammad Ibnu Umair]]>
<![CDATA[ BABASAL English Education Journal Vol 1, No 1 (2020) ]]>
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DOI: 10.32529/beej.v1i1.538
<![CDATA[The purpose of this research is to determine whether using Numbered Heads Together (NHT) can improve students’ ability to write descriptive texts at SMPN 6 Toili Barat. This research uses quasi-experimental research that requires a post-test for both groups. The research population was eighth grade students of SMP 6 Toili Barat. The sample of this research was class VIII A as an experimental class and consisted of 26 students while class VIII B was a control class and consisted of 27 students. The test consisted of pre-test and post-test. Data were analyzed statistically. After being analyzed, the result of t-counted was 6,744 with a degree of freedom 51, and a significance level of 0,05, t-table was 1,675. Therefore, the t-test result is higher than the t-table. It means that the hypothesis of this research can be accepted. The result showed that there was a significant influence in using Numbered Heads Together to improve students’ writing abilities in descriptive text in eighth grade at SMPN 6 Toili Barat Keywords:Improving; Writing; Descriptive Text; NHT.]]>
<![CDATA[IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH STORY GRAMMAR STRATEGY AT SMP NEGERI 08 SATAP DODA BUNTA ]]>
<![CDATA[Abdul Rabbi Arrasul]]>;
<![CDATA[Yorib Lang]]>
<![CDATA[ BABASAL English Education Journal Vol 3, No 1 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.32529/beej.v3i1.1553
<![CDATA[The objective this research is to improve students’ reading comprehension through story grammar strategy at SMP Negeri 08 Satap Doda Bunta. This research used a pre-experimental research design with one group pretest and posttest design. The population of this research was the students of VIII grade of SMP Negeri 8 Satap Doda Bunta consisted of twenty-eight students. The sample of this research was all the population of the research. In collecting data, the researcher used test. The test consisted of pretest and posttest. Data were analyzed statistically. After being analyzed, it was found that the result of the t-counted was 9,245. With 27 degree of freedom, and a the significance level of 0,05, the t-table was 1,703.Therefore, the result of t-counted is greater than t-table. It is clear that the research hypothesis is accepted. In other words, story grammar strategy can effectively improve the reading comprehension of VIII grade students at SMP Negeri 8 Satap Doda Bunta.]]>
<![CDATA[THE USE OF SPELLING BEE GAME TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY AT SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT OF SMPN 3 PAGIMANA ]]>
<![CDATA[Wahyuni Bahar]]>;
<![CDATA[Yuliana Mangendre]]>
<![CDATA[ BABASAL English Education Journal Vol 2, No 1 (2021) ]]>
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DOI: 10.32529/beej.v2i1.1583
<![CDATA[This study aims to find out whether the Spelling Bee Game can improve students' vocabulary mastery. This study used a pre-experimental design. The variables of this research are the Spelling Bee game as the independent variable and the students' vocabulary as the dependent variable. The samples of this research were students of class VIIA and VIIB of SMP Negeri 3 Pagimana, totaling forty-four students. The sampling technique is purposive sampling, which means the sample is selected with a specific purpose. This study uses a test as the main instrument which is divided into pre-test and post-test. Analysis of the data in this study using statistical calculations. The results of this study, the mean value of the pre-test is 34.5, while the post-test is 62.2 and the hypothesis test, the t-counted value is 17.07,]]>
<![CDATA[IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY BY USING EXTENSIVE READING AT SMP MUHAMMADIYAH LUWUK ]]>
<![CDATA[Abdul Rabbi Arrasul]]>;
<![CDATA[Nursina Abdul Halim]]>
<![CDATA[ BABASAL English Education Journal Vol 2, No 1 (2021) ]]>
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DOI: 10.32529/beej.v2i1.1325
<![CDATA[The objective this research is to look for the improvement of students’ vocabulary mastery through extensive reading at SMP Muhammadiyah Luwuk. This research used a pre-experimental research design with one group pretest and posttest design. The population of this research was the students of ninth grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah Luwuk consisted of twenty-two students. The sample of this research was all the population of the research. In collecting data, the researcher used test. The test consisted of pretest and posttest. Data were analyzed statistically. After being analyzed, it was found that the result of the t-counted was 12,215. With 21 degree of freedom, and a the significance level of 0,05, the t-table was 1,721.Therefore, the result of t-counted is bigger than t-table. It is clear that the research hypothesis is received. In other words, the implementation of extensive reading can improve students’ vocabulary mastery of the ninth grade students at SMP Muhammadiyah Luwuk.]]>
