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Genre Journal: Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS UNIMED
Published by Universitas Negeri Medan
ISSN : 23015160     EISSN : 29861551     DOI : https://doi.org/10.24114/genre.v11i4
Core Subject : Humanities, Education,
Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media
Genre Journal : is a journal of art creation and study managed by the English and Literature Program, faculty of Language and Art, State University of Medan. Genre is a quarterly publication primarily intended to publish articles, either research-based or conceptual, on language teaching and learning, language acquisition, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics.
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Improving Grade XI Students’ Writing Achievement in Analytical Exposition through Collaborative Writing Strategy Sri Lestari Sidauruk; Tina Mariany Arifin
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 1, No 2 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v1i2.739

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This study was focused on the improvement of Grade XI students’ writing achievement in analytical exposition through the application of collaborative writing strategy. The objective of this study was to find out whether collaborative writing strategy could improve Grade XI students’ writing achievement in analytical exposition text. The study was conducted by using Classroom Action Research (CAR). The subjects of this study were students of Grade XI Class 2 of State Senior High School (Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri: SMAN) 4 Pematangsiantar consisting of 32 students. The study was implemented in two cycles and each cycle consisted of three meetings. The instruments of data collection consisted of quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data were taken from students’ written test and the qualitative data were taken from the interview, diary notes, observation sheet, and questionnaire. Based on the analytical exposition writing result, students’ score was 57.9. In the test of Cycle I, the mean score was 67, and in the test of Cycle II was 78.3. Based on the observation sheet, it was found that the teaching-learning process well done. The students were active and curious in writing. In line with the data, it was found that collaborative writing strategy can improve Grade XI students’ writing achievement in analytical exposition text. Keywords: Classroom Action Research, Analytical Exposition, Collaborative Writing Strategy.
POLITICAL DYSTOPIA IN SUZANNE COLLINS’ THE HUNGER GAMES Siswantia Sar; Sri Minda Murni
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 1, No 2 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v1i2.743

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The study deals with the aspects of political dystopia in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. The objective of study is to describe the aspects of political dystopia occur in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. The data were analyzed by identifying the statements found in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. The findings show that there are five aspects of political dystopia occur in the novel. The five aspects are: a) Totalitarian Government, b) Political Repression, c) Dehumanization, d) Restrictions of Freedom, e) Oppression which Led to the Rebellion. From those aspects, it is concluded that political dystopia occur in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. Keyword        : prose, novel, science fiction, political dystopia
Improving Students’ Achievement on Reading Comprehension through Before, During, and After (BDA) TechniqueThe objective of this study is to investigate whether the application of Before, During, and After (BDA) Technique Misbahudin Misbahudin; Tjut Ernidawati
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 1, No 2 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v1i2.738

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The objective of this study is to investigate whether the application of Before, During, and After (BDA) Technique significantly improves the students’ achievement in reading narrative text. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this research was the students in MTs S Al-Ittihadiyah Mamiyai Medan especially class VIII 1 which consisted of 32 students. The research was conducted in two cycles. The first cycle consisted of three meetings and the second cycle consisted of three meetings. The instruments for collecting data were interview sheet, observation sheet, and diary notes. Based on the analysis, students’ achievement is improved in every test of reading narrative test. In test I, the mean score was 50.93. In test II in cycle I, the mean score was 70.93. In test III in cycle II, the mean score was 91.75. Based on the interview sheet, observation sheet and diary notes, it was found that the teaching learning process ran well. The students were more active and enthusiastic working in group. It was conclude that Before, During, and After (BDA) Technique can improve the students’ achievement in reading narrative text.   Keywords: BDA Technique, Reading, Narrative text, Action Research
The Effect of Applying Learning Together Method on the Students’ Reading Comprehension Haryato Siregar; Elia Masa Ginting
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 1, No 2 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v1i2.744

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This study was aimed at finding out the effect of applying Learning Together Method on the students’ reading comprehension. This study used the experimental design. The population of this study was the students of SMP Negeri 1 Muara. There were sixty students of eighth class as the sample of the research. This study was conducted with two randomized groups namely experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by applying Learning Together Method while control group was taught without applying Learning Together Method. The instrument of collecting the data was multiple choice test which consists of 20 items. To obtain the reliability of the test, the researcher used Kuder-Richardson (KR-21) formula. The calculation shows the reliability was 0.82(high). The data were analyzed by using t-test. The calculation shows that t-observed (4.9) is higher than t-table (2.00) at the level of significance (α) 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58. Therefore, the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It means that teaching reading comprehension by applying Learning Together Method significantly affect reading comprehension. Keywords: Learning Together Method, Reading Comprehension
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH COLLABORATIVE WRITING Nurhasanah Sidabalok; Siti Aisah Ginting
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 1, No 2 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v1i2.740

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The main objective of this study is to know how effective the use of Collaborative Writing in teaching writing descriptive texts is. So this final project mainly aims at determining the effectiveness of using Collaborative Writing in teaching writing descriptive texts. This study was conducted under the consideration that the students often get difficulties in describing something. In order to achieve the objective of the study, the writer designed an action research. The population of this study was the second grade students of SMP Negeri 29 Medan. The number of the subjects of this study was 37 students. During the research, the students becoming the subjects were taught by using Collaborative Writing in teaching writing descriptive texts. There were two cycles in this action research. Each cycle consisted of four phases. Before giving treatments in those two cycles, the students were given pre-test. After each treatment in each cycle, the students were tested. And the last, they were given post-test and questionnaire. The main purpose of conducting it was to find out the validity and the reliability of the test as instrument. The result of this research showed that the students’ ability in writing descriptive texts improved after a series of treatments given in the cycles. It can be seen by comparing the means of their tests. The mean score for the pre-test was 53.92, the mean score for test 1 was 70.27, while the mean score for the post-test was 80.08. It is clear that after applying Collaborative Writing in each treatment, the mean of each test improves and gets better. The use of Collaborative Writing technique is one of the ways to make students interest in studying English especially writing descriptive text. Keywords: Achievement, Writing, Descriptive Text, Collaborative Writing
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING RECOUNT TEXT ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUE IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Maria Rosa Marpaung; Johan Sinulingga
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 1, No 2 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v1i2.745

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This study concerns with improvement of students’ achievement in writing recount text through mind mapping technique in Junior High School. The subject of the study was the students in SMP Free Methodist 1 Medan, class VIII-1 which consisted of 37 students. This study was conducted by applying Classroom Action Research. The procedure of this research was done in two cycles in six meeting. The mean of students’ score in test I was 67.24. It was increased in test II to 72.78 and in test III, it became 78.79. The improvement was not only showed in the mean of the students’ score but also in the number of students who got point up to 75. In test I, the number of students who got point up to 75 was only 5.4%. In test II, the number was increased to 29.8% while in test III it became 81.1%. Based on the diary notes, observation sheet and questionnaire sheet, it was found that the students gave good responds in the teaching and learning process. Based on the result of quantitative and qualitative data, it can be concluded that the application of mind mapping technique had improved the junior high school students’ achievement in writing recount text.   Keywords: Writing, Recount Text, Mind Mapping, Junior High School
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION ( FGD ) Wenny Sasmita; Busmin Gurning
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 1, No 2 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v1i2.742

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This study deals with the improvement of students’ writing achievement through focus group discussion method. The objective of this study is to find out whether students’ writing achievement will be improved through focus group discussion method. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this research was class VIII-4 SMPN. 2 Tanjung Pura. The number of the students was 36 students which consist of 18 male students and 18 female students. The research was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consisted three meetings. The instrument for collecting the data were quantitative data (writing test ) and qualitative data ( observation sheet, interview and field note). Based on the analysis, students’ achievement kept improving in every test. Key Words : Writing, Recount, Focus Group Discussion
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH TEAM PAIR SOLO Iqbal Faisal Rambe
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 1, No 2 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v1i2.737

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ABSTRACT This study attempts to improve students’ achievement in reading comprehension through team pair solo. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this research was class VIII2 MTs Al-jihad which consisted of 41 students. The research was conducted in two cycles, cycle I consisted of four meetings and cycle II consisted of two meetings. The instruments for collecting data were quantitative data (reading comprehension test) and qualitative data (diary notes, observation sheet, and questionnaire sheet). Based on reading comprehension scores, students’ score kept improving in every reading comprehension test. Based on diary notes, observation sheet, and questionnaire sheet, it was found that the teaching-learning process ran well. The students were active, interested, and enthusiastic in reading. The result of the research showed that team pair solo significantly improved students’ achievement in reading comprehension. Key Words: reading, reading comprehension, team pair solo
IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING ANECDOTE TEXT TROUGH SPIDER MAP TECHNIQUE Rafani Syaddanur Lubis; Sumarsih Sumarsih
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 1, No 2 (2012)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v1i2.741

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This study attempts to improve students’ achievement in writing through Spider Map Technique. The subject of this research was the class IX of SMP N 1 Ranto Baek. The number of the students in this class was 30 students and was conducted in two cycles. The instruments for collecting data were quantitative (writing test) and qualitative data (diary notes, interview). Based on the data analysis, it can be seen that there is a difference of the students’ achievement in cycle I and cycle II. In the Pre-test the mean of the students’ score was 57.2, in the Post-test I the mean of the students’ score was 69.8, and in the Post-test II the mean of the student’s score was 81.8. Based on the diary notes and interview, it showed that the expression and excitement of the students were also improved. It was found that teaching writing anecdote by using Spider Map Technique could improve. It is suggested that English teachers apply this Spider Map Technique as one of the alternatives in teaching writing anecdote.  Keywords       : writing, anecdote, Spider Map

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