Genre Journal: Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS UNIMED
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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<![CDATA[CODE MIXING IN THE CLASSROOM INTERACTION OF SMKN 7 MEDAN ]]>
<![CDATA[Muhammad Azmi]]>;
<![CDATA[Sumarsih Sumarsih]]>
<![CDATA[ GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 11, No 1 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24114/genre.v11i1.36225
<![CDATA[The objective of this study is to find out the type of code-mixing used by theteacher and students and the factors causing the teacher and students mix thelanguage in classroom interaction. Code-mixing is a bilingualism phenomenonwhich has become very popular in society. It is used to prevent misunderstandingsuch the teacher and students in classroom interaction. This study was conductedby using descriptive qualitative design. The subjects of this study were the teacherand students from tenth grade of hotel accommodation in SMKN 7 Medan. Thedata were collected by recording the teacher and students’ utterances in classroominteraction, the interview result of teacher and questionnaire of students. From theresearch, it was found the type of code-mixing used by the teacher and studentswere word insertion, phrase insertion, and clause insertion. All of data belongs toouter code-mixing and the factors causing teacher did the code-mixing werespeaker partner, bilingual or multilingual, and absence of vocabulary. And for thestudents, according to the percentages of their questionnaire result the data showsthat out of 24 students 45,8% of them chose speaker partner as their reason did thecode mixing, 8,3% chose bilingual or multilingual, and 45,9% chose absence ofvocabulary.]]>
<![CDATA[Improving Grade VII Students’ Achievement in Procedure Text Through Still Pictures ]]>
<![CDATA[Berta Ito Lubis]]>;
<![CDATA[Tina Mariany Arifin]]>
<![CDATA[ GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 2, No 1 (2013) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24114/genre.v2i1.719
<![CDATA[This study was conducted as an attempt to improve students’ writing achievement in a procedure text by using Still Pictures. The method of the study was Classroom Action Research with two cycles and six meetings. The subject of the study was the students of Grade VII students’ MTs. S. Syahbuddin Mustafa Nauli. The research was conducted in two cycles and each cycle consists of three meetings. The instruments for collecting data were taken from writing tests as quantitative data. The result shows the improvement of the students’ score from orientation test to Cycles I and II tests. The mean of the students’ score for orientation test as Test I was 50.41, Cycle I test was 66.25, and Cycle II test was 85.41. The total percentage of the improvement from Orientation test to Cycles I and II tests was 99.2 %. It can be concluded that the use of Still Pictures improves students’ achievement in writing a procedure text. The qualitative data taken from Observation Sheet and Diary Notes show that the students’ were enthusiastic and attracted in writing a procedure text because the Still Pictures encourage their creativities and ideas to write better. For English teachers, it is suggested to use Still Pictures as one alternative media of teaching writing a procedure text.]]>
<![CDATA[INITIATION RESPONSE FEEDBACK (IRF) TECHNIQUE IN CLASSROOM INTERACTION FOR SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP AL-AMJAD MEDAN ]]>
<![CDATA[Fidia Laraswati Saragih]]>;
<![CDATA[Yeni Erlita]]>;
<![CDATA[Rafika Dewi Nasution]]>
<![CDATA[ GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 8, No 3 (2019) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24114/genre.v8i3.19698
<![CDATA[This study aims to analyze the types of IRF (Initiation-Response-Feedback) technique that used by the teacher and students in classroom interaction based on Sinclair and Coulthard Technique for seventh grade students at SMP Al-Amjad Medan. The data were collected for two meetings/weeks 2x40 minutes. There were 32 students for seven grade that had research and collected data through observation, audio, and video recording, transcription and interview. This study found that there were four structures of IRF technique in categories teacher those were ; to inform (21.98%), to direct (9.92%), to elicit (29.78%), to check (4.96%), and there were two structures of IRF technique in categories students, those were; to inform (7.09%), to elicit (26,24%). And the most dominant structure of IRF were teacher elicit (IR) (29,78%) and student elicit (IR) (26,24). The most dominant structure of IRF is teacher elicit (IRF) that produced by the teacher who is expected to create classroom interaction. The reason of the most dominant structured occurred in classroom interaction because the teacher always stimulated the students by questioning and ordering. This study is expected to be an inspiration for other researchers to conduct more conductive research in the future about Initiation Response Feedback (IRF) technique in classroom interaction. Keywords: Initiation Response Feedback (IRF), Classroom Interaction, Speaking.]]>
<![CDATA[THE EFFECT OF GUIDING QUESTIONS TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ]]>
<![CDATA[Widya Putri Amelia]]>;
<![CDATA[Busmin Gurning]]>;
<![CDATA[Rita Suswati]]>
<![CDATA[ GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 4, No 1 (2015) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24114/genre.v4i1.4109
<![CDATA[This study deals with the effect of Guiding Questions Technique on Students’ Achievement in Writing Descriptive Text. The objective of the study is to find out whether the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text taught by guiding questions technique is higher than that taught by using word webbing technique.. This study was conducted by using experimental design. The population of the study was the students of grade VIII of SMPN 35 Medan in the academic year 2015/2016, where there were 6 classes of VIII and there were two classes were selected as the sample by applying random sampling. The sample was divided into two groups. The Experimental group (VIII 1) was taught by applying Guiding Questions Technique, while the control group (VIII 2) was taught by applying Word Webbing Technique. The data of the study were obtained from the students’ score of writing test. To determine the reliability of the test, the writer used Pearson Product Moment formula. Based on the calculation, the coefficient of reliability of the test was 0.85. It showed that the test was reliable and the reliability was very high. There were two data used in this study. They were pre-test and post-test. After analyzing the data, the result of the study showed that t-observed (3.698) was higher than t-table (2.712) (t-observed ˃ t-table) at the level of significance of α = 0.05 and at the degree of freedom (df) = 38. The result of this study showed that students’ achievement taught by using Guiding Questions Technique is higher than that taught by using Word Webbing Technique or in other words the hypothesis is accepted. Keywords: Guiding Questions Technique, Descriptive Text]]>
<![CDATA[DEVELOPING CAKE APP AS DIGITAL MEDIA FOR TEACHING SPEAKING IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ]]>
<![CDATA[Ade Putra Pulungan]]>;
<![CDATA[Masitowarni Siregar]]>
<![CDATA[ GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 9, No 3 (2020) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24114/genre.v9i3.24461
<![CDATA[This research was aimed to develop appropriate, interesting and attractive speaking digital media for ninth grade students of SMP Kreatif Medan. Due to the result in the form of product, this study was conducted by using Research and Development (R & D) method which adapted from Borg and Gall (1989). The subject of this study was the ninth grade students of SMP Kreatif Medan. In conducting this research, the procedures were gathering the data and information, conducting the need analysis, designing the first draft of media, revising the media, and producing the final product as the digital media. The instruments of collecting data were the combination of two strategies; interview and questionnaires. The interview result was analyzed as qualitative data and the questionnaires analyzed as quantitative data. The result of the study were a digital media to be used in teaching speaking. In the percentage form, the average score of experts’ validation in term of material aspect was 95.3%, and media aspect was 96.6% these scores were categorized “Very Good”. It means the developed media for teaching speaking was appropriate for the ninth grade students of SMP Kreatif Medan.]]>
<![CDATA[THE EFFECT OF VISUAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT ]]>
<![CDATA[Arie Dwiutami]]>;
<![CDATA[Sumarsih Sumarsih]]>;
<![CDATA[Rafika Dewi Nasution]]>
<![CDATA[ GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 3 (2017) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24114/genre.v6i3.8525
<![CDATA[This study focused on finding out the effect of Visual media on students’ achievement in writing procedure text. This study was conducted in experimental design. The population of this research was the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Stabat. There are 60 students of seventh grade as sample of the research. This study was conducted by using random sampling. The sample was divided into two groups, experimental group and control group. The experimental group was taught by using Visual media (picture), while the control group was taught by using Video. The instrument of collecting the data was a written test. To obtain the reliability of the test, the researcher used scoring rubrics. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The calculation shown that t-observed is higher than t-table (3.52 > 2.00) at the level signivicance (α) 0.05 with the degree of freedom 58 (df = N-2). It means that there was a significant effect of using Visual media on students’ achievement in writing procedure text. So, the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted.Keywords: Visual Media, Students’ Achievement, Writing Procedure Text]]>
<![CDATA[STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS TEACHER’S QUESTION IN CLASSROOM INTERACTION ]]>
<![CDATA[Rizka Rahmadini Panggabean]]>;
<![CDATA[Siti Aisah Ginting]]>
<![CDATA[ GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 11, No 3 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24114/genre.v11i3.41742
<![CDATA[Teacher's question in the classroom activities are thought to help students learn more effectively. Successful learning in an English classroom should include knowledge of both the language and the material. In order for learning to be relevant and successful, questions in the English classroom should create opportunities for students to actively participate in the learning. Not only to promote classroom interaction, but also to encourage students to communicate in a real-life setting, to foster a closer relationship with the students, and to assist student with difficulty expressing themselves due to their limited vocabulary. The objective of this research were to (1) know about types of questions that frequently used by teacher in classroom interaction (2) identify students' perceptions of teacher while giving questions in English classes. The research was carried out from December 2021 to February 2022 on the teaching learning process in the XI RPL Class of SMKN 9 Medan. The data was gathered through an interview and questionnaire with 34 XI RPL 4 students, which is recorded and then transcribed. Students' perception data were analyzed by collecting data, reducing data, presenting data, and drawing conclusions. After that, the data was descriptively and qualitatively analyzed. The findings of this study were presented descriptively in order to fully reveal the students' perceptions. It was discovered that (1) when a teacher asks a question, students prefer referential questions over display questions. (2) the results of the questionnaire show that students had positive perception towards teacher's question in English classroom.]]>
<![CDATA[DEVELOPING READING COMPREHENSION WORKBOOK FOR GRADE X HIGH SCHOOL ]]>
<![CDATA[Annisa Damayanti]]>;
<![CDATA[Rahmad Husein]]>;
<![CDATA[Isli Iriani Indiah Pane]]>
<![CDATA[ GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 11, No 1 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24114/genre.v11i1.36212
<![CDATA[The objective of this study was to supplement the reading comprehensionquestions by analysing the weakness regarding the levels and types of questions inthe textbook Contextual English for Grade X of Senior High Schools and todevelop a reading comprehension workbook for grade X based on Curriculum2013 and Barrett’s Taxonomy. It was found that this textbook contained too muchliteral question which was at 61.6% and only low number of high level questions(10.86%). From the preliminary finding, this workbook was then developed with210 questions and validated by teacher, lecturer, and also the students’ try out.The result of validation showed that the product was excellent. The average scorefor each aspect by the first validator was 87.36% (good) and then revise until thescore given by the second validator was 91.57% (excellent). The result ofstudents’ try out showed that the value of 0.4 on each exercises on the bookand was considered valid. From these result, it was concluded that by the designand content, the product is appropriate to be used for public.]]>
<![CDATA[DEVELOPING VISUAL ART IN LEARNING SPEAKING SKILL FOR STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ]]>
<![CDATA[Betty Simanjuntak]]>;
<![CDATA[Amrin Saragih]]>;
<![CDATA[Willem Saragih]]>
<![CDATA[ GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 7, No 3 (2018) ]]>
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DOI: 10.24114/genre.v7i3.12440
<![CDATA[The objective of this study was to develop English learning media based on students’ needs. This research was conducted in SMP N 37 Medan for students in grade VII which consists of 30 students. This study followed the steps of research and development proposed by Borg and Gall (1983), which are 1) need analysis; 2) planning (develop preliminary form of product); 3) Collecting data; 4) designing media; 4) media evaluation; 5) revising (designing final product). It was found that 96.66% students agreed that the existing an interactive learning medium currently used by the students of Junior High School. The more relevant media were developed based on student needs, which can provide opportunities for students to participate in the classroom. The learning media were developed into 4 media based on 4 units of speaking materials. Then the learning media were validated by two experts. The average score of the validation was 90. It showed that the developed learning media were very good, relevant and feasible.Keywords: English learning media, speaking, visual art media.]]>
<![CDATA[IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT BY USING PICTURES ]]>
<![CDATA[Ammatunnur Siddiqa]]>;
<![CDATA[Amrin Saragih]]>
<![CDATA[ GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 1, No 1 (2012): Improvement of English Teaching and Learning ]]>
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DOI: 10.24114/genre.v1i1.493
<![CDATA[This study attempts to increase students’ vocabulary achievement by using pictures. This study is conducted by using Classroom Action Research. This study was conducted as the first grade students of SMP Nurul Hasannah Medan. One class from four classes was selected as the subject of this research. The number of the subject of the reseearch was 38 students. The class taught by using interview sheet and observation sheet. The quantitative data were collected by giving multiple choice tests counting the mean of the students. The result of the research shows that the mean of the second cycle (77.29%) is higher than the mean of the first cycle(72.71%) and pre test (67.14%). Based on the observation sheet, interview sheet, questionnaire sheet and diary notes, the students were more active and enthusiastic during the teaching and learning process in the second cycle than in the first cycle. Key Words: Vocabulary, Pictures]]>
