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English Education Journal
Published by Universitas Syiah Kuala
ISSN : 20853750     EISSN : 30259789     DOI : -
Core Subject : Education,
Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media
EEJ (English Education Journal) is a peer-reviewed and open access academic journal published by the Graduate Program of English Language Education, University of Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. It presents the work/research of students and lecturers who are in the program. It is published four times a year in the months of January, April, July and October. The articles are those in the scopes of English language teaching and learning, linguistics, and literature.
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The Implementation and Obstacles in Jigsaw Technique in Teaching Reading Murniati Murniati
English Education Journal Vol 6, No 4 (2015): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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This study is intended to figure out the implementation of Jigsaw Technique (JT) in teaching reading to the first year students. The study used a descriptive research design. The population in this study was all the first grade students at SMAN 1 Peusangan Siblah Krueng, a total of 40 students and two English teachers were taken as the sample. The data were collected by using three instruments namely: observation sheets, an interview guide, and a questionnaire. Based on the data analysis, it was found that the two English teachers at the school used JT themselves as a model. Furthermore, the teachers did three phases in using JT, including: (a) preparation, learning curriculum and syllabus: the teachers match the basic competences with appropriate technique. (b) core activities: students’ questions about JT, students are student-centered in the learning process with good interaction, cognitive-affective-psychomotor of the students in using JT are good, (c) closing: summarization of using Jigsaw JT, motivation/moral value and giving homework. In addition, two English teachers did positive performance in using JT. Some difficulties faced by the two English teachers in the implementation of JT in teaching reading are: in designing lesson plan, preparing appropriate teaching materials by using JT, source of reading text. Finally, the students’ responses toward the implementation of using JT were very positive. The findings shows that 90% of the students like to learn reading in English by using JT. So, it is suggested that English teachers should use JT in teaching reading because it is an effective tool in the teaching–learning process.
A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH: IMPROVING SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH INFORMATION GAP ACTIVITIES M Afrizal
English Education Journal Vol 6, No 3 (2015): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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The research was based on a preliminary study on the causes of problems related to the students’ inability to speak English. One of the research objectives is to describe the atmosphere in improving speaking by using activities in the Information Gap Technique (IGT). The researcher and the collaborator worked together in designing the lesson plans, implementing the actions, making observations and reflecting on the results. The subjects of this research study were second semester students from the English Department at Almuslim University. This study was conducted in three cycles following the procedures for action research, namely planning, implementing, observing and reflecting. To collect data, the researcher used instruments of observations, lists, tests and questionnaires. The data obtained was presented in two ways, qualitatively and quantitatively. The findings showed that IGT activities were effective in improving the speaking abilities of the student in class. This can be seen from the improvements after each cycle. This can be seen by the rise in the students’ mean scores in the test results: 58.8 in the first cycle, 68 in the second cycle and 81.3 in the third cycle. Improvement was also seen based on the results from the observations that showed positivity, and good responses from the students. From the questionnaire results, it was found that the mean score for the students’ perception was 3,616. This means that the students responded positively to the implementation of this technique.
EXPLORING TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION TOWARD THEIR PROFESSIONALISM IN TEACHING ENGLISH Ety Fahriani; Iskandar Abdul Samad; Saiful Saiful
English Education Journal Vol 11, No 3 (2020)
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This study is intended to explore the teachers’ perception toward their professional development in teaching English at senior high schools in Bireuen.  This study employs a qualitative design in collecting and analyzing the data.To collect the data, 30 English teachers of 146 English teachers in Kabupaten Bireuen were randomly chosen as the participants. A set of Likert Scale questionnaires was given to 30 teachers and 10 of the teachers were interviewed by using a guided interview to explore the general perception about the teachers’ perception toward their professional development and their effort to improve their professionalism in teaching English. The finding revealed that the English teachers in Kabupaten Bireuen presumed themselves as professionals in doing their occupation. It is due to their perception that they accomplished the four pre-requirement competencies namely pedagogical, social, personal, and professional. They improved pedagogical competence by collecting teaching materials from the internet, books, and their seniors and learning about new teaching methods. They improved their competence by building a good relationship with students, parents, and school stakeholders.The teachers improved their professional competence by joining the forum of subject matter teacher (MGMP), attending education seminars, training, and workshops, and they improved the competence by behaving with good characters.
THE TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDING OF CONTENT AND PROCESS STANDARDS OF 2013 CURRICULUM AND THEIR ABILITIES IN PREPARING ENGLISH LESSON PLAN Rusydi Rusydi; Usman Kasim; Iskandar Abdul Samad
English Education Journal Vol 11, No 4 (2020)
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Teachers’ understanding of how both content and process standards affect their preparation on the lesson plan (RPP) is still weak. There is a lack of learning assessment, basic competence, indicators, teaching materials, and learning models and their use which is not appropriate based on the Indonesian 2013 curriculum. This research was aimed at finding out the English teachers’ understanding of two main elements of the 2013 curriculum; content and process standards that lead the teachers to prepare appropriate lesson plan (RPP) which has a direct interaction with the instructional process. The selected samples were six English teachers from different levels of junior high schools in Banda Aceh. The questionnaire and interview guide were used as research instruments. The result of the teachers’ understanding of the content standard of 2013 curriculum showed that the English teachers had an fairly good understanding of the standard of the content of the curriculum 2013 as indicated by an average score of 65.23, while teachers’ understanding of process standard of curriculum 2013 showed the English teachers already had a good understanding of the standard of the content of the 2013 curriculum, as shown by an average score of 72.21. Overall, the average score of lesson plan (RPP) preparation was 65.16 which was categorized as being fairly good.
THE USE OF MIME MEDIA TO ENHANCE WRITING OF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF ISLAMIC SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ON RECOUNT TEXT Syahyar Ridhana Putra; Sofyan A. Gani; Kismullah Abdul Muthalib
English Education Journal Vol 11, No 4 (2020)
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This study was aimed at finding out the implementation of the mime media to enhance students’ writing skills on recount text at the tenth-grade students of Islamic Senior High School Langsa. This study is quantitative research which used some numerical data that were analyzed statistically. The subjects of this study were 42 students who were taken from X MIA 3 as an experimental group and X MIA 4 as a control group. The instruments used to collect the data were pretest, posttest, and questionnaire. The result of the pretest score in the experimental class was 63.61, and the result of the posttest score in the experimental class was 77. The result of the pretest score in the control class was 63.80, and the result of the posttest score in the control class was 74.47. The test of the hypothesis using the t-test formula showed that the t-count was higher than the t-table. The score of the t-value was 1.72, while t-table on = 5% with df 40 was 1.68, which means the hypothesis was accepted. It could be concluded that there was a different result between the students who were taught by using mime media and those who were not, where the students who were taught by using mime media gained better scores. In the questionnaire, the researchers found that almost all the students choose “agree” toward mime media in writing recount text processes.
USING ENGLISH COMMEDY MOVIES WITH PEER SUPPORT IN TEACHING SPEAKING Rahmatul Ukhra; Bustami Usman; Asnawi Muslem
English Education Journal Vol 11, No 3 (2020)
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The study aimed to investigate the effects of using comedy movies with peer support on students’ speaking skills and students’ responses toward the implementation of using comedy movies with peer support. In doing this, 60 students of class X at SMAN 2 Peusangan Bireuen were chosen as the samples. The data were collected by giving tests and questionnaires.  The data from the speaking test were analyzed by using IBM Statistic SPSS version 23. Meanwhile, the data from questionnaires were analyzed by using a percentage formula. The finding revealed that there was a significant difference in the post-test scores of the students who were taught speaking by using comedy movies with peer support strategies and those who were taught speaking without using comedy movies with peer support strategy. The mean score of the posttest on the experimental group was 75.93. Meanwhile, the mean score of posttest on the control group was 67.50. The result of the t-test score showed the score difference was significant (-1.96 9.50 1. 96).  Moreover, the students gave positive responses toward using comedy movies with peer support in teaching speaking. They also faced some difficulties in learning speaking by using comedy movies with peer support strategy. In fact, they admitted that they lacked of confidence, vocabulary, and comprehension because of having a very limited time to practice speaking.
USING FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN COSMETIC ADVERTISEMENTS ON INDONESIAN TELEVISION Mastura Sofyan; Zulfadli A. Aziz; Bukhari Daud
English Education Journal Vol 11, No 4 (2020)
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Advertisement is one of the essential types of mass communication expected to persuade people to buy  products or services. In advertisement, language use should be persuasive because it intends to influence the customers to purchase the items. Using figurative expression in advertisement is one way to attract consumers ‘attention. This qualitative research was aimed at finding out the types of figurative expression and its function used in cosmetic advertisements advertised on Indonesian television. The data of this research were the cosmetic advertisements showed on Indonesian television in 2018 that employed English figurative expression in slogan of the advertisement. From 23 data identified, the researchers found that all of them deployed figurative expressions in various types. The most dominant figurative expression found in this research was hyperbole. It was found that out of 23 advertisements, twelve of advertisements used hyperbole expression, whereas personification expression was found in one advertisement. Besides, the researchersfound five advertisements using repetition expression, two advertisements employing metaphor expression, two slogans of advertisement using simile expression, and one parallelism expression found in advertisement.
IMPLEMENTING EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING METHOD TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL Naulan Millatina; Sofyan A. Gani; Iskandar Abdul Samad
English Education Journal Vol 11, No 3 (2020)
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Foreign language students may face difficulties in developing speaking skills due to the reasons of lacking the opportunity to speak, the inhibition or enxity, and lacking the motivation to study. This study aimed to investigate the implementation of Experiential Learning Method as an effort to solve such problems. Thus, there were two objectives in this study which were to examine the difference of speaking achievement on the use of Experiential Learning Method and to find out the students’ responses toward the method. The sample was taken by using random sampling from the population of the first grade students at SMAN1 Banda Aceh in the 2019/2020 academic year. Two classes were taken as the sample, each for experimental class and control class. The data were analyzed by using t-test through SPSS for speaking test and percentage for questionnaire. The result showed that Experiential Learning Method was more effective than conventional method (teacher centred) to teach speaking. Also, the students had a quite positive response to the use of Experiential Learning Method in their speaking class. It can be concluded that the Experiential Learning Method provides a positive contribution for the development of the students’ speaking performance.
THE INVESTIGATION OF REFUSAL STRATEGIES USED BY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Aulia Fitri; Asnawi Muslem; Saiful Marhaban
English Education Journal Vol 11, No 4 (2020)
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The aim of this research is to investigate the refusal strategy used by Acehnese EFL university students and  how the  interlocutor’s power status affects on it. The sample of this study were 25 students at fifth-semester of English language department of Syiah Kuala University. In collecting the data, this study used a discourse completion test consisting of 10 situations, and semantic formula were analyzed and categorized according to the Beebe, Takahashi and Uliss-Weltz (1990). The results show that the students used different manners in presenting the refusal strategies. In refusing the intelocutors, they tended to choose an indirect strategy by stating regret or saying 'sorry', and excuses or explanations, while the direct and adjunct strategies were the least to be used. Moreover, this study has also been shown that the interlocutor's status became a significant role in the number of strategies used for refusing. The higher the status of our interlocutor was, the more polite the use of refusal strategies the participants employed. Additional analysis revealed that the students’ culture greatly influences the presenting of their strategy in refusing. The study's results are expected to pave future research concerning English foreign language learners' refusal strategies.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PROBLEM SOLVING METHOD AND LANGUAGE GAME IN TEACHING SPEAKING Andi Tenrisanna Syam
English Education Journal Vol 11, No 3 (2020)
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This research aimed to find whether or not there was any significant difference in the speaking achievement of students taught by using language games, compared to those taught by using a problem solving method. This research applied a quasi-experimental design. The sample consisted of 50 students who belong to two groups. The technique of taking sampling was systematic random sampling. The instrument of the research was a structured interview. SPSS 22.0 was used to analyze the data. The researcher found that there was any significant difference in the speaking achievement of the students taught by using language games, compared to those taught by using a problem solving method. In other words, language game was more effective than problem solving method to improve the speaking skill of the fourth semester students of English Study Program at State Islamic Institute of Palopo. The mean score in the language game group was higher than the mean score in the problem solving method group (69.9 43.2). The difference of those mean scores was statistically significant; it is based on t-test value at a significant level 0.05, the probability value was lower than the significant level (0.00 0.05).

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