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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.

Arjuna Subject : Seni dan Humaniora - Bahasa dan Linguistik

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AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS DIFFICULTIES IN SPEAKING ENGLISH AT SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 49 MEDAN Ade Syahputri Ritonga; Masitowarni Siregar
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 9, No 4 (2020)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Speaking seems to be the most important skills of all the four skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing), because people who know a language are usually referred to as speakers of that language. It is the means through which learners can communicative with others to achieve certain goals or to express their opinions, intentions, hopes, and viewpoints. Speaking is one of the most important skills to be developed and enhanced as means of effective communication. One of language skills that should be mastered by students is speaking. Speaking skill is regarded one of the most difficult aspects of language learning. Therefore, to overcome this problem, the researcher agreed to conduct a study entitled “An Analysis of Students Difficulties in Speaking English at Smp Muhammadiyah 49 Medan”.

THE ANALYSIS OF THE READING MATERIALS IN “ENGLISH ON SKY 2” TEXTBOOK BASED ON SCHOOL-BASED CURRICULUM FOR GRADE VIII STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Nurul Hidayah Siregar; Masitowarni Siregar
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 4 (2017)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

This study attempts to describe the conformity between reading materials in English on Sky 2 Textbook for grade VIII students’ of junior high school and the requirements of School-Based Curriculum in the aspects of indicators, text types, social function, rhetorical structure, and linguistic features. It was designed as documentary analysis in the form of descriptive qualitative research. The data of this study were reading materials collected from English on Sky 2 Textbook published by Erlangga in 2007. Based on the analysis of those aspects, it was found that the aspect of indicators gains 81.66% conformity, the aspect of Text types gains 66.66% conformity as the six text types required by School-based Curriculum are not all presented in the textbook, the aspect of social function gains 37.5 % conformity, moreover, the aspect of rhetorical structure gains 100% conformity, and the aspect of linguistic features gains 100% conformity. From the data obtained, the total conformity between the textbook and the requirements of School-based Curriculum attains 77.16% conformity. This number is categorized as good according to Nurgiyantoro’s Criterion Referenced Evaluation. Therefore, this textbook is appropriate to be used by both teachers and students in English language teaching, particularly in teaching reading as this textbook has already followed the instructions and the requirements of School-based Curriculum. Key words: reading materials, textbook, School-based Curriculum

ITEM ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH SUMMATIVE TEST BASED ON ITEM RESPONSE THEORY (IRT) Maria Lumbantoruan; Indra Hartoyo
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 11, No 3 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

This study aims at finding out the indices of English summative test as well as describing the test quality based on the 3-PLM of IRT (Item Response Theory). A descriptive-quantitative design is applied by using Rstudio program to analyze the data. The findings show that there are three indices in evaluating English test based on the 3-PLM of IRT, they were item difficulty (b -parameter), item discrimination (a -parameter) and pseudo guessing (c -parameter). As much as 95 % (38 items) are in the good category of difficulty index and 5% (2 items) are in the poor category/very easy items. Then, as much as 30 % (12 items are in the good category and 70 % (28 items) in the poor category of the discrimination power. While referring to the guessing parameter, as much as 90 % (36 items) are in the good category and 10 % (4 items) are in the poor category.

FOCUS OF THE TASK IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS OF 2013 CURRICULUM Irene Monica; Berlin Sibarani
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 11, No 2 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

The study was aimed to find out and describe focus of the tasks in Englishtextbooks of 2013 curriculum. The researcher used Mileff’s (2009) theory. Thereare three kinds of focus of the tasks, namely skill focus, structure focus andnotional focus. The study used descriptive qualitative design and documentarytechnique to collect the data. The results of the study showed that the researcheronly found one kind of three focus of the tasks, namely skill focus (listening,reading, speaking and writing). In addition, there were four reasons found why thetasks focused on intensive listening, literal reading, responsive and descriptivewriting in the task, namely skill focus (listening, reading, speaking and writing).In addition, there were four reasons found why the tasks focused on intensivelistening, literal reading, responsive speaking and descriptive writing in the tasks.The first reason why the task focused on intensive listening was because to trainstudents’ hearing in getting more understanding of the text. The second reasonwhy the task focused on literal reading was because to make students retell andrecall the information presented in a text. The students acquired the informationdirectly from the text through comprehension question. Third reason why the taskfocused on responsive speaking was because to develop an appropriate shortresponse of students. The last, the reason why the task focused on descriptivewriting was because to help students clarify their understanding of new subjectmatter material.

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)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v1i2.737

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

DEVELOPING LEARNING MEDIA FOR TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT WRITING BY USING LECTORA INSPIRE TO THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF TRAVEL AGENCY AND TOURISM PROGRAM IN SMKN 7 MEDAN Febrasoni Marpaung; Indra Hartoyo; Nora Ronita Dewi
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 8, No 2 (2019)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

This research aimed to develop learning media for teaching writing descriptive text by using Lectora Inspire. This research was conducted by using educational research and development (R&D) proposed by Gall, Gall & Borg method through six phases: gathering data and information, conducting need analysis, designing media, experts validating, revising, and final product. The subjects of this research are 27 students of grade ten of Travel Agency and Tourism program of SMKN 7 Medan which is located in at Jl. STM 12 Sitirejo Medan. The data and data resources were the teacher’s lesson plan, teacher’s interview, and students’ questionnaires result. After getting the last data, the media should be planned to be designed as the students’ needs. The media were developed and had been validated by the experts. The percentage of the media from the experts is 90% that is categorized as very eligible. It can be concluded that interactive learning media is already appropriate to be used as a learning media in teaching writing descriptive text. Keywords: Research and Development (R&D), Learning Media, Descriptive Text, Lectora Inspire, Travel Agency and Tourism program.

AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF USING PAST TENSE IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMA NEGERI 5 BINJAI AND SMA NEGERI 7 BINJAI Ricka Setiawati; Anni Holila Pulungan
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 4, No 1 (2015)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v4i1.3959

This research deals with an error analysis. The objective of the study are (1) to identify and classify the kinds of past tense error find in narrative writing by the eleventh grade students at SMA Negeri 5 Binjai and At SMA Negeri 7 Binjai, (2) to find out the causes of past tense error in narrative writing by the eleventh grade students at SMA Negeri 5 Binjai and at SMA Negeri 7 Binjai. The research design that was used in this study descriptive research. The sources of data were taken from the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 5 Binjai which consists of 40 students who were chosen by taking the X-1 class as the sample. And in SMA Negeri 7 Binjai which consists of 40 students who were chosen by taking the X-3 class as the sample. In this research, the writing text was used as collecting data. The result of the analysis shows that: (1) the errors of past tense in narrative writing made by the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 5 Binjai were 141 occurrences of all errors. And in SMA Negeri 7 Binjai were 166 occurrences of all errors. Keywords : Error Analysis, Past Tense

TEACHING STRATEGY ON SPEAKING ABILITY FOR ELEVENTH GRADE AT SMA RK SERDANG MURNI LUBUK PAKAM Ranto Nicolius Turnip; Masitowarni Siregar; Rahmad Husein
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 9, No 3 (2020)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

This study aimed to find out the strategy on teaching English on Speaking skill which is implemented in SMA RK Serdang Murni Lubuk Pakam. The research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative analysis. It was conducted in SMA RK Serdang Murni Lubuk Pakam, especially the English teacher who taught for the eleventh grade students at SMA RK Serdang Murni Lubuk Pakam. The data were gathered by administering interview and classroom observation. From the result of the analysis, it was found that the teacher used practicing dialogue and discussion as the strategy to teach the eleventh-grade students at SMA RK Serdang Murni Lubuk Pakam. The strategy wasn’t going according to lesson plan goal. It was caused several things, such as; the teacher ran the class activity monotonously, there were less speaking activities in the class, the students didn’t have intention to be involved in class activity, and the students’ willingness was also low. Therefore the researcher believes that the teaching strategy by using discussions and practicing dialogue were not effective in teaching and learning process for the eleventh grade students at SMA RK Serdang Murni Lubuk Pakam.

CLASSROOM INTERACTION IN ENGLISH SUBJECT AT SMP NEGERI 1 BERASTAGI Steven Karta Ginting; Sumarsih Sumarsih; Busmin Gurning
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 6, No 3 (2017)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

This study was aimed to find out the teacher and students talk percentage, teacher characteristics and the roles of the teacher during classroom interaction classroom interaction at SMPN 1 Berastagi in 2016/2017 academic year. This study used descriptive design. The subjects of this study were 38 students Grade VIII and an English teacher. The data were analyzed by using Flander’s formulates and interaction observation tally sheet. The instrument of collecting data ware observation tally sheet and video recording. The analysis showed that teacher talk percentage was 71,90 % and 28, 09% for students. It was found that teacher was dominant in talking than student. The teacher highest characteristics found were teacher control means dominated by commands or direction and content cross which were dominated by lecturing and questioning. For the roles of teacher, the two highest were teacher as controller and teacher as resource. From the result the writer concludes that the students were passive in the classroom interaction, on the other hand teacher hold almost the whole activities in the classroom. Key words: Classroom interaction, Flanders interaction analysis category system

GENDER LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS USED BY STUDENTS IN SCHOOL Chrystin Wulandary Sipahutar; Willem Saragih
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 10, No 2 (2021)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

This study deals with the gender language characteristics used by students in school. The objectives of this study were to reveal the gender language characteristics used by students and to describe why students interact using the gender language characteristics in school. The research design in this study was a descriptive qualitative. The data was collected by observing language utterances between male and female students from one class of grade eight and interview. The findings of this study show that sometimes male students used female language characteristics, and female students also used male language characteristics in school. And the male students used 6 kinds of female language characteristics, and the female students used 9 kinds of male language characteristics. The most dominant female language characteristic used by female students is taq questions, while the most dominant male language characteristic used by male students is minimal responses. And, there are four reasons that affect the use of language characteristics used by female and male students in school, namely equal status, formal situation, positive affect, and contact. So, the researcher can conclude that the female students are more dominant in using female and male language characteristics in school. In addition, of the four reasons that affect students' use of language characteristics, frequent contact is the dominant reason affecting students' use of language characteristics when they communicate

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