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<![CDATA[The The Effect of Using Chain Story Technique In Writing Descriptive Text For The Grade Students of SMP Negeri 14 Medan ]]>
<![CDATA[Pakpahan, Yohana Serepina]]>
<![CDATA[ The Explora Vol. 7 No. 3 (2021): Desember 2021 ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Pascasarjana Universitas HKBP Nommensen ]]>
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DOI: 10.51622/explora.v7i3.501
<![CDATA[The study focused on finding out the effect of applying Chain Story Technique in writing descriptive text. The chain story technique is a technique which is used to make writing class more interesting. this technique is suitable use in writing activity. It can help teacher in teaching learning process and can help students to understand quickly to make summary of the text. The population of the research was the eight grade students of SMP NEGERI 14 MEDAN. There were fourty eight students of the eight grade as the sample of the research. This study was conducted with two randomized class namely experimental class and control class. The experimental class was taught by applying Chain Story Technique, while the control class was taught without Chain Story Technique. The instrument of collecting the data was writing test. The data were analyzed by using reliability (KR21) and t-test formula. The calculation shown that the mean score of students in experimental class is 8,45 and the mean score of control class who are taught without Chain Story technique is 3,25. It can be concluded that the mean score of experimental class is higher than control class. There is a significant difference scores between experimental group and control group. Based on research finding, it is concluded that t-observed is higher than t-table. T-obs> t- table (p=0.05) 8.813>1.679. it means that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. Chain Story Technique significantly affects on the eight grade students of SMP NEGERI 14 MEDAN in writing descriptive text. It is suggested the English Department Students, lecturer and all of people to use this strategy]]>
<![CDATA[Contrastive Study of English with Arabic in Imperative Sentence ]]>
<![CDATA[Farianti, Suci]]>
<![CDATA[ The Explora Vol. 7 No. 3 (2021): Desember 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.51622/explora.v7i3.502
<![CDATA[The objectives of the research are to identify the differences and the similarities which can be found between imperative sentence in English and Arabic. The variable of this research is imperative sentence which is compared and contrasted to the English and Arabic language. In addition, in collecting the data, the writer uses library study and documentation technique. It is because the research was held in the library to find out the data from books, journals, and the other documents which are related to the research. Moreover, the writer also uses nothing technique and separating technique as the technique of analysis data. In describing the data, the writer also uses qualitative approach and descriptive analysis to interpret the data systematically and to find out the characteristic of imperative sentence in English and Arabic. Afterwards, to analyze the data the writer uses content analysis to analyze how far the data can describe and interpret the complete informations about the variable of the research in order to find out the similarities and the differences of imperative sentence in English and Arabic completely through contrastive analysis. Based on the result, imperative sentence in English and Arabic have the differences in several points such as the difference of the subject, the forms of the verb, the pattern, etc. However, there are also the similarities of imperative sentence in English and Arabic in general such as the similarity of the use ‘you’ as the subject, positive and negative imperative sentence as the form, etc.]]>
<![CDATA[An Analysis of Escapism in Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” ]]>
<![CDATA[Pangaribuan, Rotua]]>;
<![CDATA[Hutapea, Sri Natalia]]>
<![CDATA[ The Explora Vol. 6 No. 2 (2020): July 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.51622/explora.v6i2.507
<![CDATA[This study deals with Tennessee Williams’ work, The Glass Menagerie based onpsychological analysis. The characters in the play are intentionally made to identify the attitudesand behaviors of each character in order to give up clear descripion of the characters. In the GlassMenagerie there are three characters who try to escape from reality but they have differentpsychological problem in life. Living in illusion is Amanda’s way to escape, playing the glassfigure is the way of Laura to escape from reality, while the way of Tom to escape is going to themovies. The purpose of analyzing the literary work is to display clearly about the psychologicalelement in the play and also moral lesson clearly.]]>
<![CDATA[The Effect OK5R Strategy On Students' Achievement In Reading Comprehension ]]>
<![CDATA[Simbolon, Ferry Irawan]]>
<![CDATA[ The Explora Vol. 6 No. 3 (2020): Desember 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.51622/explora.v6i3.508
<![CDATA[Reading comprehension is a skill and knowledge that the students must understand and can use to find the text's central idea. Based on the researcher observation, almost all of the students at SMKN 2 Panyabungan faced reading comprehension difficulties. The researcher applied (OK5R Strategy) to know the effect on students' reading comprehension of descriptive text at the SMKN 2 Panyabungan. This research uses a quantitative method with experimental research and for collecting data using observation and tests. The sample used in this research is XI TB1, as the experimental class consists of 20 students, and XI TM1 as the control class consists of 20 students. The technique of sampling in this research is a saturated sampling. This research OK5R Strategy positively affects students' achievement in reading comprehension at eleventh-grade students SMKN 2 Panyabungan. Based on the result, the teacher can practice this strategy in the learning and teaching process.]]>
<![CDATA[Challenges On Teaching Online English Subject ]]>
<![CDATA[Aisyah, Iketi]]>
<![CDATA[ The Explora Vol. 6 No. 3 (2020): Desember 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.51622/explora.v6i3.509
<![CDATA[Online education continues to expand as distance learning grows in popularity. Today, most colleges and universities offer virtual classes in addition to their traditional in-person classes. This study aimed at identifying and describing the challenges faced by teachers in teaching online English subject in STAIN Mandailing Natal. English teacher as the subjects of this study is. This study applied a qualitative method. The research method used by researchers is by interviewing online. This study found that poor internet access experienced by students is a major problem. Students are often slow to respond to the process of learning activities carried out online. In addition, teachers also cannot directly measure students' ability. To reduce internet access problems experienced by students, the school facilitates internet data packages for teachers and students. In the end, this research is expected to be useful for English language teachers, readers, and schools to obtain information and be able to develop the quality of education.]]>
<![CDATA[An Analysis Of Illocutionary Acts Performed By Gala In Tuo Nifaro, A Movie by Brams Zega ]]>
<![CDATA[Pangaribuan, Rotua]]>
<![CDATA[ The Explora Vol. 6 No. 3 (2020): Desember 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.51622/explora.v6i3.510
<![CDATA[This research deals with the types of Illocutionary Acts in Conversation As Found in Tuo Nifaro Movie by Brams Zega. The objectives of this study are to find out kinds of illocutionary act performed by Gala as the main character in Tuo Nifaro movie. The Descriptive qualitative was used in the analysis of theIllocutionary Acts. The data of this thesis is derived from identify and classify the types of Illocutionary acts in Tuo Nifaro movie’s transcription that performed by Gala. The data showed that there were 59 Illocutionary Acts that appeared in Gala’s utterances. The data analysis indicated that Gala as the main character in Tuo Nifaro movie applied five Illocutionary Acts based on Searle: Assertives, Directives, Commissives, Expressives, and Declaratives. The dominant type of Illocutionary Acts is Directives, because the amount reaches is 34 i.e 57.62%. Meanwhile Assertives is 8 i.e 13.55%, Commissives is 3 i.e 5.10%, Expressives is 9 with 15.25%and Declaratives is 5 i.e 8,47%. The writer would like to give suggestions to the movie’s script writer who should be add knowledge about Illocutionary acts in the making of movie script to get a language that captivates the audience and to the other researchers who interested in conducting the research about pragmatics especially in illocutionary acts, this research can be used as the references in conducting the research about illocutionary acts.]]>
<![CDATA[Issues in Teaching Speaking Online ]]>
<![CDATA[ The Explora Vol. 6 No. 3 (2020): Desember 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.51622/explora.v6i3.511
<![CDATA[Online education changes all components of language teaching and learning, particularly in teaching speaking. Online speaking class are usually recorded so both teachers and students can go back and watch and listen to the interaction again. This is beneficial for feedback, consolidation and correction, something that doesn’t usually happen in face-to-face classrooms. However, despite the rapid growth of technology in education, some issues arise concerning with the usedigital platform in teaching English. A review of literature using Cooper’s framework was conducted to identify such issues. Two major categories of findings were identified: issues related to online learners included learners’ readiness and participation in online class, while instructors’ issue related to transitioning from face-to-face to online, time management, and teaching styles.]]>
<![CDATA[The Importences Politeness Values in English Classroom ]]>
<![CDATA[Andriyani, Rita]]>
<![CDATA[ The Explora Vol. 6 No. 3 (2020): Desember 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.51622/explora.v6i3.512
<![CDATA[Its norms and politeness values. Some things that are considered polite in one culture could be considered impolite in another. This greatly affects the utilization of politeness value that is used by students in English textbooks that they use compared to their own culture that would creates some questions about politeness like which politeness value that they are supposed to use. Besides, politeness values in Eastern country like Indonesia are very prominent. The culture in Indonesia usually uses negative politeness values in conversations. This paper explains about the importance of norms and politeness values in interaction within English class. The purpose of this paper is to describe the English learning that is not only taken from textbooks but also inserts the politeness values of that very culture in order to enable the students in comparing and determining the forms and differences between those two politeness values. This paper is expected to give valuable contribution to English teachers and English class students in UMTS Tapanuli Selatan about how to see the difference between politeness values of textbooks and their own culture and how to apply the politeness values shown on the English textbooks.]]>
<![CDATA[Improving Students’ Reading Skills by Using The Mind Mapping Technique at SMP N 5 Panyabungan in The Academic YearOf 2019/2020 ]]>
<![CDATA[Sima, Syarifah]]>
<![CDATA[ The Explora Vol. 6 No. 3 (2020): Desember 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.51622/explora.v6i3.513
<![CDATA[The nature of this study is action research. This study aimed at improving the students‟reading skills by using the mind map technique in the process of reading teaching and learning. This research consisted of two cycles. It was conducted collaboratively with the English teacher. The subjects of this research were 25 students of class IX 1 in SMP N 5 Panyabungan, Mandailing Natal. The data in this research were collected through observations, interviews, and documentations. The data were in the form of fieldnotes, interview transcripts, photographs, and students‟ portofolios. The researcher used qualitative method in analysing the data. The researcher also enhanced the trustworthiness of the data and the subjectivity by using the two forms of triangulation: timeand researcher triangulation.The result of the two cycles showed that the use of the mind map technique could improve the students‟ reading skills. The students gotimprovements in the paraphrasing sentence, finding topic sentence,and vocabulary mastery. Moreover, through the mind map technique, the students were motivated to be active in the classroom activities. They were actively involved in the process of teaching and learning. This condition stimulated the students to work based on their own actual capability. Thus, the students got more experiences and improved their achievement.]]>
<![CDATA[The Effectiveness of Roundtable Technique to Teach Writing Descriptive Text for Students with LowSelf-Efficacy ]]>
<![CDATA[Maja, Adi]]>
<![CDATA[ The Explora Vol. 7 No. 1 (2021): April 2021 ]]>
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DOI: 10.51622/explora.v7i1.515
<![CDATA[Self efficacy is someone’s belief of his capability to complete a task or to perform something. Zimmerman and Martinez-Pons, as cited in Kitikanan and Sasimonton (2017: 4) say, “Students with high self-efficacy tend to learn and achieve more than those with low ones”. In other words, when someone has high self-efficacy, his/her effort to do writing will be better and it is assumed that their writing achievement will be better as well. On the contrary, students with low self-efficacy often have lower score of writing than the students with high self-efficacy. Then, many techniques work well for only students with high self-efficacy. This study was designed to see whether or not Roundtable technique is effective tobe used to teach writing descriptive text for the students with low self-efficacy. The research was done at SMA N 1Panyabungan. This was an experimental research design with 51 students in the population. The students were spread in three classes which consist of 17students in each class. Two classes were chosen as the sample by using cluster random sampling technique. One class was the experiment class, and the other was as control class. Students’ self-efficacy was tested by using questionnaires. Then, they were grouped into students with high and low self-efficacy. After that they were given treatment. The data were then collected after the treatment was given by administering writing test. The students’ writing achievement scores were analyzed by using t-test formula and the level of significance used was 0.05(5%).After being calculated, the value of t-observed was 2.975, whereas the t-table was 2.306. Consequently, Roundtable technique was effective to be used to teach the students with low selfefficacy to write descriptive text at Al Azhar Islamic Junior High School 32 Padang.]]>
