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Published by Universitas PGRI Sumatera Barat

ISSN : 24427608 EISSN : 25027468 DOI : https://doi.org/10.22202/tus

Core Subject : Education, Social,

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

The purpose of TELL-US Journal is to promote the wide dissemination of the results of systematic scholarly inquiries into the broad field of English research. TELL-US Journal is intended to be the journal for publishing articles reporting the results of research on English. The TELL-US Journal invites manuscripts within spectrum: English Language Teaching General English Studies Linguistics (Language Studies) Literature (Literary Studies) Usage The TELL-US Journal accepts articles in any English related subjects and any research methodology that meet the standards established for publication in the journal. The primary, but not exclusive, audiences are academicians, graduate students, practitioners, and others interested in English research. Discussions on the latest issues in relation to the above topics are the main spectrum of this journal. Research articles, book reviews, or annotated bibliography are welcomed to be published in this journal. All topics need to be the factual and discussed among the scholars in the field of English language and literature or English Education. The primary criterion for publication in TELL-US Journal is the significance of the contribution an article makes to the literature , i.e., the significance of the contribution and on the rigor of analysis and presentation of the paper. The acceptance decision is made based upon an independent review process that provides critically constructive and prompt evaluations of submitted manuscripts.

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UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF VLSs ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITAS PGRI SUMATERA BARAT Yelliza, Yelliza; Siska, Siska
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 9, No 1 (2023): March 2023
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The objectives of this study were obviously to determine the most and least commonly used vocabulary learning strategies by the students. In addition, it was to identify the reasons behind their use of these strategies. An explanatory mixed-method research design was employed, with the population consisting 3 translation classes in English Department Students at Universitas PGRI Sumatera Barat in the odd semester, academic year 2019/2020. Data was collected through questionnaires and interviews, using the Vocabulary Learning Strategies Questionnaire which contained 40 statements. Descriptive statistics, such as means and standard deviation, were used for statistical analysis. The findings indicated that determination strategies (M=3.32) were the most frequently used vocabulary learning strategies by students, while social consolidation strategies (M=1.82) were the least used. Furthermore, the study explored the reasons behind the students' most and least used strategies. It was found that the students' preferred strategy of using dictionaries to find the meaning of new words was due to its ease and effectiveness, whereas the least used strategy of interacting with native speakers to find new words was limited by the availability of context and vocabulary knowledge.

Cohesion in The Abstract of The Theses Written by Undergraduate Students of English Education Program Dania, Rahma
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 4, No 2 (2018): September 2018
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This study aims to explore the realization of cohesive devices in the abstracts of the theses written by undergraduate students of English Education Program at a state university in Bandung. This study also attempts to reveal the contributions of the cohesive devices used by the students in their abstract to build the cohesiveness of the text. This study belongs to a descriptive study involving 42 abstracts as the data of the study. This study exposes two main findings. First, cohesive devices that are employed in students’ abstract are reference, conjunction, substitution, and lexical cohesion. Second, each device gives significant contribution to the cohesiveness of students’ abstract. Reference contributes to keep track of the participants of the text and help readers to point to something within or outside the text. Lexical cohesion also contributes to keep tract of the participants of the text. Meanwhile, the contribution of conjunction in students’ abstract is to connect the preceding part with the next one systematically. In addition, substitution is used by the students to avoid repetition in their abstract. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that cohesive devices are important devices to create cohesive abstracts.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF PROCEDURE TEXTS BY USING COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC READING Suswanti, Hermi
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 7, No 1 (2021): March 2021
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This article describes students’ reading comprehension on procedure texts at grade IX 1 of SMPN 2 Ampek Angkek which can be improved by using collaborative strategic reading and to gain the information the factors which cause the improvement. It is a kind of classroom action research. The findings showed that the mean of indicators of procedure texts ; on finding general information, finding the specific, stated information, finding the specific, unstated information, finding the language feature, finding the social function, finding the generic structure, finding vocabulary/guessing words , in cycle 1 was 41,6. It increased become 65 in cycle 2.There were some factors influenced the changes of reading comprehension of procedure texts during the collaborative strategic reading such as; teaching materials, media, classroom management, teacher approach and teacher strategy. Teaching materials, classroom activities and classroom management influenced the changes significantly.Key words: Improving, reading comprehension, procedure texts, collaborative strategic reading

STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN WRITING THESIS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM IN MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA BARAT Hendrita, Rini; Ariani, Sri
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 8, No 3 (2022): English Education Art
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This research is about difficulties faced by the students in writing thesis at eight semester of English Education Study Program of Muhammadiyah University of Sumatera Barat. The purpose of the research is to describe the students’ difficulties in writing the thesis. The participants of this research were eight semester students of English Education Study Program of Muhammadiyah University of Sumatera Barat that consist of 15 students. This research is a descriptive research. It is aimed at describing things as the way and also analyzing the interrelationship of the data. The instrument used in this research was questioner and interview. The questioner is used to find out the students’ difficulties in writing thesis while the interview is used to support the data gotten from questioner. The result of this research shows that there are 13 difficulties faced by students in writing thesis. And the most frequent difficulties is “pouring ideas into scientific writing”. All of the students (15) faced this difficulty.

The Influence of Reading Comprehension Achievement at the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Rawa Bening By Using DRTA and KWL Strategies Andriani, Dwi
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 2, No 2 (2016): December 2016
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The Influence of Reading Comprehension Achievement at the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Rawa Bening By Using DRTA and KWL Strategies

AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHERS’ WAYS IN STIMULATING STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS AT VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 9 PADANG Yulmiati, FNU
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 4, No 1 (2018): March 2018
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The background of this research was the decreasing of students’ interest in the teaching learning process of English which several students tended to make noise, disturb their friends, talk with their friends, be lazy, do daydream, go to toilet many times, and leave the subject. The purpose of this research was to find out and to describe the teachers’ ways in stimulating the students’ interest in the teaching learning process and to find out and to describe the influences of the teachers’ ways toward the students’ interest in the teaching learning process. This research was qualitative research which there was four English teachers as the participants. In gathering data, the researcher did the observation in the participants’ class by using tools such as: camera, observation checklist, and field note and then, the researcher did interview toward the participants by using recoder. Based on the research result, the researchers found that there were 11 teachers’ ways in stimulating students’ interest in teaching learning process. From 11 ways, there were 7 ways based on the theories and 4 ways were found different from the theories. Then, the researcher also found there were some influences of the teachers’ ways toward the students’ interest in teaching learning process. The influences were included from the indicator of characteristics of students’ interest such as attention, concentration, pleasant feeling of applied effort, willingness to learn and information seeking (cognition). For the indicator of information seeking (cognition), the researcher did not find anything teachers’ ways that could stimulate the students in searching the information. The researcher concluded that the teachers at SMKN 9 Padang had different ways in stimulating the students’ interest in the teaching learning process of English which the ways had the difference influences toward the students’ interest in teaching learning process.

LANGUAGE AND COMMUNITY RESPONSE ON THE APPEAL AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF COVID-19 Ladyanna, Sonezza; Almos, Rona; Merina, Yola
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 6, No 2 (2020): November 2020
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Language in appeals and announcements regarding Covid19 in public spaces is an important factor in communication regarding the handling of this pandemic. In this regard, this article describes the language and reactions of the public to the appeals and announcements regarding Covid19. The data source in this study is the language of appeals and announcements regarding Covid19 in public spaces in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia. The data in this study are linguistic variations and people's responses to linguistic variations in the Covid19 appeal and announcement. Data collection was carried out through observation and questionnaires. The analysis was carried out in the framework of sociolinguistic study. Based on the results of the analysis, it can be concluded that the languages used are Indonesian with formal and informal varieties, English, and Minangkabau language, also found the use of abbreviations, acronyms, and mixing-code. People have different reactions regarding the use of the language, some agree and disagree, on the other hand there are those who are affected and not. This difference is influenced by age and education. The novelty in this research is the finding that appeals and announcements relating to handling Covid19 will be more optimal if they are equipped with the number of victims of this virus.

THE DIFFERENCES OF GRAMMAR TEACHING METHOD USED BASED ON THE TEACHERS’ LENGTH OF TEACHING EXPERIENCES Faradila, Nandatul; Yunita, Wisma; Syahrial, Syahrial
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 8, No 3 (2022): English Education Art
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The preference in implementing the suitable method in teaching English grammar is important to be considered in order to achieve the learning aims effectively. This study attempted to investigate the differences of grammar teaching method used by the English teachers based on the length of teachers’ teaching experiences. The explanatory mixed methods design was carried out in this study. Eighty English teachers at the junior high schools in North Bengkulu regency were the participants of the study. The quantitative data were collected through distributing the questionnaire to 80 English teachers. Meanwhile the qualitative data were collected through interviewing eight teachers and observing the classroom teaching practice of three teachers. The results showed that based on the length of teachers’ teaching experiences, the frequently grammar teaching method used similarly was Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT). The differences were found in the kind of the tasks given and in the implementation of the TBLT in teaching and learning process. This study gives insights for the English teachers to reflect on their grammar teaching in the classroom.

Using Instructional Technology as Media in English Language Teaching Sani, Rini Dwi
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 2, No 1 (2016): March 2016
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This paper discusses about using instructional technology as a media in improving students’ English. Some problems faced by students in teaching and learning process especially for student English achievement. For instance, they got some difficulties in following quicker information on the slide because the instructor providing too much information. This situation made the class was boring also some students were unsure if their lecturers were using technology effectively because often it is not the fault of the lecturer, but the fault of the technology itself. Problems with the technology lead to disruption in learning when there is a technical failure, and most of the instructors ask to help fix the problem. There are two important causes of this condition; they are the instructors and technology. Using instructional technology can be more effective and improve student English if the instructors have confidence and skills in using the technology.doi: 10.22202/tus.2016.v2i1.1332

AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PERSONALITY TRAITS AND LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES Aminah, Aminah; Mayuasti, Mayuasti; Putri, Dian Mega
TELL - US JOURNAL Vol 3, No 2 (2017): September 2017
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The purpose of this research is to analyze students’ personality traits and language learning strategies at the tenth grade students of SMK N 9 Padang academic year 2016/2017. Design of this study is descriptive qualitative. There are 25 students at the tenth grade of SMK N 9 Padang was becoming the respondents of this study which were chosen by stratified random sampling technique. The data was collected by using Big Five Inventory and Strategy Inventory for Language Learning version 7.0 (SILL) questionnaires. As the result, it found that there are various characteristics of the tenth grade students of SMK N 9 Padang academic year 2016/2017 are extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness. In addition, each of personality traits used different learning strategies where extraversion and agreeableness students use affective strategy, meanwhile, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness use metacognitive strategy.

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