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Published by Universitas HKBP Nommensen
ISSN : 24429384     EISSN : 24603244     DOI : 10.51622
Core Subject : Education,
Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media
This research researches on The Explora . It is interested to publish qualitative and quantitative researches. It focuses on the impact of a teaching method to the achievement of the learners on a specific subject matter. It is also interested on the linguistic characteristic of the English language of the learners such as linguistics, language in teaching, language education, and literature. The purpose of this journal is to distribute the hottest information from the classroom instruction to the English teaching community at all levels. Article manuscripts are submitted to the editorial board for double blind review before their publication
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Critical Discourse Analysis on Medan Newspapers’ Editorial Tampubolon, Sahlan
The Explora Vol. 8 No. 1 (2022): April 2022
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The aim of this paper is to explore how critical discourse analysis is realized in editorial local newspaper in Medan. The analysis is grounded based on Norman Fairclough’s assumption on critical discourse analysis that discussed three dimensions of analysis, such as micro, macro and meso. The data collected were the editorials of Medan local newspaper between June till December 2012, they are the editorial of Analisa, Andalas, Medan Bisnis, Orbit, Sinar Indonesia Baru (SIB), Waspada that observed three major topic of discussions like topic on politics, state officials, and social phenomena. Findings are in micro analysis includes language use such as the realization of genre, passive voice, collective noun and naming individual, in macro-analysis shows that the editorials position to control, and in meso analysis are the editorial’s role in giving his thought. These findings shows that the Medan local newspaper have just enjoyed for free press in delivering the news
The Role of Students’ Perception and Informatioin Technology in Improving The Production of (Θ) and (Ð) by 1thSemester Students of STIKOM Tunas Bangsa Pematangsiantar Jalaluddin
The Explora Vol. 8 No. 1 (2022): April 2022
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The productions of the English consonants (θ) and (ð) are constant difficulties faced by English learners whose mother tongue is not English. The failure in perfect productions of these consonants very often goes on to the time when the students’ speech sound plays a key part in their career. With the role of students’ perception of correct positions of the articulators against the required points of articulation in producing the dental fricative consonant sounds (θ) and (ð) and information technology,,the students can improve the quality of the productions even to perfect state.
The Rise and Fall of Michael Henchard in the novel “The Mayor of Casterbridge” by Thomas Hardy A story of a man of character Sembiring, M.K Baginta
The Explora Vol. 8 No. 1 (2022): April 2022
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There are many determining factors that can be considered as the main cause of success and failure of a certain person in life which is full of challenges. And those who never care for the certain causes of their failure will fall, meanwhile those who want to learn the causes of their failure will rise. It seems so simple if just talk about ‘realize’, but in this context is the person who realizes and determines to change the causes, or at least to suppress them so that they will not be the influential elements for certain failure. “Several critics have pointed to the classical tragic shape of ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’. It is the story of the rise and fall of a man of character, a man flawed in certain destructive ways; his story is confined in space and time: there clear echoes of Greek tragedy and of King Lear
The Effect of Paraphrasing Strategy on the Students’ Ability in Comprehending Narrative Text at the Eighth Grade of SMP Negeri 1 Mandrehe
The Explora Vol. 8 No. 1 (2022): April 2022
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Reading is one of English skills that should be mastered by students because through reading, readers get important information, ideas or opinions of text they read about. But the fact, the students of SMP Negeri 1 Mandrehe at the eighth grade in 2015/2016 are not able to get information of narrative text. So, the researcher tries to apply Paraphrasing Strategy to investigate its significant effect on the students’ ability in comprehending narrative text. Paraphrasing Strategy is restating information in reading activity by finding the main ideas of paragraphs and by getting the specific facts of a text in own words. In conducting the research, the research uses quasiexperimental design. The subject of this study is the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 1 Mandrehe in 2015/2016. The population of the research was consists of 103 students, the sample which consists of 68 students by cluster sampling. The data collected both of groups’ pre test, the data were normality and homogenous. The researcher did the treatment to the experimental group by using Paraphrasing Strategy. Based on the result of the data computation, it shown the mean score was 76.61 stated good. In the control group, the researcher taught the students by using conventional mathod. The result of post test was 61.47 stated adequate. Based on the result of hypothesis testing by using t-test, the researcher got tcount ≥ ttable (6.3347 ≥ 1.943 from the ttable with dk = 2(n-1) = 2(34-1) = 66 and the significance level is 5% (∝= 0.05). Because ttableto dk 66 is not be found in the critic distribution t of value table, so ttable is interpolated to dk 60 is 2.000 with ttable to dk 120 is 1.9880 So, ttable = t1/2∝(dk) = t0.025 x 66 = 1.943. Ha is accepted and H0 is rejected. It can be conclude that there was a significant effect of Paraphrasing Strategy on the students’ ability in comprehending narrative text at the Eighth Grade of SMP Negeri 1 Mandrehe in 2015/2016. Base on the analysis, the researcher suggest to the English teacher to use the strategy to teach the students. The strategy is Paraphrasing Strategy, it can solve the students problems, havefeedback,active and create the relation between teacher and student when teaching readingcomprehension especially in narrative text.
The Affects of Academic Controversy Method on Students’ Speaking Skills
The Explora Vol. 8 No. 1 (2022): April 2022
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This study aimed at investigating the effect of Structured Academic Controversy (SAC) on students speaking skill. Academic Controversy is a cooperative learning activity that leads students to argue different sides of an issue. Academic controversy is learning to take a position and defend it with reason is an essential skill in democratic society. The method involves a cooperative form of debate in which groups of four, divided into two groups, take turns representing two opposing views on an issue before attempting to reach a consensus on the issue. Students work in pairs to become familiar with one side of an issue, and then debate with another pair who has become familiar with the opposing side. Pairs then switch “sides,” become familiar with the opposing argument, and debate again. Finally, the two pairs come together to discuss the strengths and weakness of each side of the argument, come to a consensus about their collective opinion about the argument, and present that idea to the other quads. Finally, one other cooperative learning principle that can inform the use of Academic Controversy is ‘cooperation as a value’. Academic controversy method canimprove students’ speaking skill, by academic controversy, the students will be taught step by step to argue . The teacher can apply Academic controversy method to overcome the students’ speaking skill.
The Effect Of Using Jakarta Post Headlines And Sub Headlines as Teaching Media Towards The Students Vocabulary Mastery
The Explora Vol. 8 No. 1 (2022): April 2022
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This research is about the effect of using Jakarta post headlines as teaching media towards the students’ vocabulary mastery. The objective of the study is to find out whether Jakarta post headlines and sub headlines affects students’ vocabulary mastery. This study was conducted by applying experimental quantitative research. The subject of the study was the second year students of SMP N.17 Medan. The researcher took VIII-4 which consists of 30 students as experimental group using Jakarta post headlines and sub headlines media and VIII-1 which consists of 30 students as control group used conventional method or without Jakarta post headlines and sub headlines. The population of this research was 60 students which consist of two parallel classes. The researcher took both groups as total sampling to see the effect of using Jakarta post headlines and sub headlines as teaching media towards the students’ vocabulary mastery. The data were taken by giving vocabulary test which consists of word completion and matching. The tests were divided into two tests: pre-test and post-test for both experimental and control group. The mean score of pre-test in experimental group is 53.73 and the post-test is 79.86. The mean score of pre-test in control group is 43.86 and the post test is 58.667. It is concluded that the mean score of experimental group is higher than control group. The result that t-calculated > t-table at the level of significance p = 0.01 (3.095>2.660). The alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. It means that Jakarta post headlines and sub headlines can be used as teaching media as alternative to enrich students’ vocabulary mastery at the second year students of Junior High School. key words: Jakarta post headlines and sub headlines, Vocabulary
Developing English Writing Materials Based on Scientific Approach in Descriptive Text For Grade Students X of SMAN 1 Kolang
The Explora Vol. 8 No. 1 (2022): April 2022
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This research aims to develop writing material for students of SMAN I Kolang class ten. The research problem is Which writing materials are suitable to be developed for SMAN I Grade Students X Kolang students based on a scientific approach in a text descriptive. The goal of this study is to know the appropriate writing materials that need to be developed by SMAN 1 Grade X Kolang students based on a scientific approach in a descriptive text. The data collected is by giving an interview to the English teacher and spreading the questionnaire to 36 students, where the results of interviews and questionnaires show that students. need to write English that contains the knowledge and the topics appropriate to the curriculum and the student's level, material of writing developed, namely descriptive text. Research design Sugiyono (2008). The uses of Research and Development (R&D) have gone through the 3 theoretical phases: Preliminary study, design, and the development of a model of writing material. The material of new writing was passed by the two experts. Based on the expert judgment results, the score was 87 06, which belonged to a good category in Dirgeyasa (2011), as the range is 670-89). The result of the investigation of this find is that the materials to be developed are the tourist attractions and history, boldness of Unit Lin terms of content, presentation, language, and graphics.

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