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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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Factors affecting maritime students’ achievements in maritime English Sofyan A Gani; Rizka Maulia Adnansyah
English Education Journal Vol 8, No 3 (2017): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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This study investigated and described factors affecting the achievements of maritime students in learning English and was concerned with four factors that are believed to be closely related to learning English. They are family background, orientation, beliefs and learning experiences. The qualitative descriptive method was used for doing this study. The subject of this study was two nautical classes in the fourth semester in 2014/15 at the Malahayati Merchant Marine College at Durung, Aceh Besar District, on the north coast of Aceh about 22 km, east of Banda Aceh. The instrument used for collecting the data was a questionnaire with 17 items, comprising both open ended and closed questions. In addition, interviews were conducted to clarify the data from the questionnaire. The data from the questionnaire were coded, grouped, classified and concluded. The achievements of the students in learning ESL were affected by four factors, viz: (i) family background, which covered the students’ origins and their parents’ level of education, (ii) beliefs, (iii) orientation, and (iv) learning experiences. Of these four factors, belief was the most important one.
Application of the Process Genre Approach for improving writing Fadhliatul Ghina
English Education Journal Vol 7, No 4 (2016): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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This study intended to find out if there was a significant difference in writing ability between students who were taught writing using the Process Genre Approach (PGA) and those who were taught writing using the teacher’s usual approach. Two classes were taken using random sampling, one for the experimental group (EG) and the other for the control group (CG), with 24 students in each group from eleventh graders in Nurul Ulum MA Peureulak. Data, from the results of pre-tests and post-tests, was collected for quantitative analysis of the students’ writing abilities. The results from the analysis showed that the mean of the post-test scores from the EG was 67 whilst that from the CG was 53. The results from the t-test showed that the students who were taught using the PGA performed significantly better in writing than those who were taught the standard way. Analysis of the students’ writing ability showed more than 20 % improvement in four aspects of writing: organization, structure/grammar, content/idea and mechanics. The EG achieved significant improvement in all aspects of their writing ability than the CG so we can conclude that using the PGA can improve EFL writing ability more than present standard teaching-learning for EFL writing. 
Speaking anxiety as a factor in studying EFL Darmaida Sari
English Education Journal Vol 8, No 2 (2017): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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This qualitative study was designed to investigate the speaking anxiety factors in EFL classes. The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) questionnaire adapted and modified from Horwitz, Horwitz, and Cope (1986), and Yahya (2013) was used in collecting the data. Sixty five second grade, year 11 senior high students from SMA Negeri 5 Banda Aceh were asked to fill in the questionnaire to find out what factors lead to speaking anxiety among these EFL students. The findings indicated that communication apprehension factors lead to 71% of students’ speaking anxiety followed by fear of negative evaluations, 53%; then test anxiety, 48%, and the lowest was 39% for anxiety about English classes. English teachers are expected to be able to understand the character of each of their students in the classroom, because the anxiety level for each student can be different, one from the other.
Techniques for ESP Students in Teaching English Fatmawati Fatmawati; Sofyan A. Gani; Iskandar Abdul Samad
English Education Journal Vol 9, No 4 (2018): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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The purposes of this study are to find out the lecturers’ technique in teaching English to Information Technology and Computer, describe the lecturers’ material development, and the way of assessing to Information Technology and Computer students at State Polytechnic of Lhokseumawe. This is a descriptive qualitative study. Two English lecturers at the Information Technology and Computer Department were selected as the participants in this study. Instruments were employed by the researcher to obtain the real data. Observation, interview and documentation were used as the instruments of data collection.The data were analyzed by using descriptive analysis. The results show that varieties of strategies were used by the lecturers in teaching English including communicative language teaching, Contextual Teaching Learning, Problem Based Learning and Learner Centered Approach. The lecturers modified the strategies in the teaching depended on the materials, such as applied the discussion model and used the video as media in teaching. Then, they connected the strategies with students’ experience; prior knowledge as well as the context of Polytechnic students such as the development of computer technology or others technology. The materials were developed by the lecturers to motivate students in learning English by referring to the syllabus and lesson Plan. The materials were developed from books, magazines, newspapers and internet, that involving four language skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing to suit the students’ need of State Polytechnic of Lhokseumawe. Both written and oral test were used by the lecturers for evaluating the learning achievement as a formal assessment. The continuous assessment type was applied as the lecturers’ way assessment to assess the Information Technology and Computer students. The students were not only given score but also feedback continuously.
Authentic materials for developing listening comprehension Azizah Azizah
English Education Journal Vol 7, No 3 (2016): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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This study was designed to investigate the effects of the use of authentic materials in teaching listening to the English Department students of UIN Ar-Raniry, Banda Aceh. The purpose was to find out whether students who got authentic materials in their listening class would get a better result compared to those who did not. The population of this study was all the second semester students who took Listening 2; then two classes were selected using random sampling as the samples; the experimental class (EG) with 25 students and  control class (CG) with 27 students. Data was collected quantitatively from the results of the pre-tests and the post-tests of listening while qualitative data was obtained from the questionnaire distributed at the end of teaching to identify the EG students’ perceptions of the use of authentic materials in listening. The findings showed that the mean post–test score from the EG at 82 was higher than that from the CG at 71, which according to the results from the t-test was significantly higher. This meant that the students who were taught using authentic materials get a significantly better result in listening than those who were taught using the usual course book materials. The responses in the questionnaires showed that the students prefered the authentic listening materials for learning listening skills as these materials were more interesting and more related to their real life context so that it motivated them to pay more attention in the listening class and this also assisted them to improve their listening abilities.
Learning Note-Taking Techniques to Improve Listening Skills Chalis As'ari
English Education Journal Vol 9, No 1 (2018): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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This study was intended to improve the listening skills of third year students in the English Language Education Study Program at Al-Muslim University and to find out their response to the teaching-learning of note-taking techniques and as well to improve the performance of their lecturer. This study used a classroom action research design done in two cycles. The results of the research showed that using the note taking technique was effective in improving the listening skills of the students whose pre-test mean scores of 62  increased to 72 after cycle 1 and then, reached 77 after the end of the second cycle. Furthermore, the results from the observation checklist showed that the percentage of the students participating in the teaching-learning process increased from 71% after the first cycle to 96% at the end of the second cycle which meant that the note taking technique had been successfully introduced with the listening class, and also the lecturer’s performance had improved as well from 72% in the first cycle to reach 97% in the second cycle. Moreover, the results, from the questionnaire, showed that the students responded positively to the teaching-learning of the note taking technique. Thus, based on the results of this study, it is recommended that teaching-[earning of note taking techniques by students  should be introduced by teachers and lecturers as a way to improve the listening compehension skills of their students.
An Analysis of the Second Grade Syllabus for Bilingual Elementary School Level Nanda Miranda; Zulfadli A. Aziz
English Education Journal Vol 6, No 4 (2015): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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This study analyzed the syllabus for second grade of the elementary level at private bilingual school in Banda Aceh. It is a qualitative case study which analyzed the syllabus using a coding system. Out of six aspects to be reviewed based on Breen’s (2001) concepts, five aspects were fulfilled by the syllabus. However the syllabus did not cover one important aspect for an ideal syllabus, namely local content. Moreover, the syllabus was developed without a balance of language skills. It failed to describe the methods to be used in the teaching and learning processes and only specified a small number of games. On the other hand, this syllabus had a theme-based syllabus design which favors young language learners learning a foreign language.  The syllabus had also a good time table for assessment in order to monitor the progress of students during and at the end of the course. Finally, this syllabus specified the teaching objectives which thus enabled teachers to expand the teaching materials. 
Hints to Mayor Election: Genre Analysis of the Political Advertisement On Aminullah – Zainal Posters in Aceh Bustami Usman; Izzatul Rizki; Iskandar Abdul Samad
English Education Journal Vol 10, No 2 (2019): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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Political advertisement – sub-genre of promotional advertisement, takes an important role in the election, particularly Mayor Election.  Hence, this study made an effort on analyzing the element of this genre. The four posters from Aminullah – Zainal were the samples analyzed in this study. Likewise, the data were elaborated descriptively through genre analysis. Furthermore, Barron’s framework (2012) was employed as an instrument to collect the data about rhetorical patterns (RP).  The result of this study revealed that all of the political posters followed the rhetorical pattern of Barron framework. In addition, the seven moves suggested by Barron are the obligatory features of Aminullah – Zainal posters.
Teaching English to young learners: A case study at Nurul Quran Islamic School Aceh Besar Nurasiah Nurasiah
English Education Journal Vol 8, No 1 (2017): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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This study was conducted to see how English language teaching-learning for young learners was done at Nurul Quran Character Based Islamic School in Aceh Besar. This was a qualitative study in which all data were described in a systematic way based on the research questions. Observation sheets, an interview guide, other documentation, field notes and recordings were used as instruments for this study. The data was analyzed by classification, reduction, display and drawing of conclusions. The subject of this study was an English teacher at Nurul Quran Character Based Islamic School. The findings showed that the teacher made preparations including designing the syllabus and lesson plan and preparing and providing the teaching materials. The activities presented in the classroom were based on what was stated in the lesson plan. The activities were procedural and at the students’ level. The teacher had several problems in conducting the teaching such as problems with the curriculum, syllabus design and lesson plans. Then she had problems with students with special needs and with noisy classes, student discipline, catching students’ attention and even problems with the size of the class and the size of the classroom. However, the teacher was capable of solving all these problems so that the teaching-learning could run well.
Why West Acehnese Shift Their Dialect to Other Acehnese Dialect Nur Aini; Zulfadli A. Aziz; Bukhari Daud
English Education Journal Vol 9, No 3 (2018): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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The aim of this study was to investigate the reasons for dialect shifting by speakers from West Aceh when they speak Acehnese outside of the West Aceh area. A qualitative method was used for this research. The data was collected using interviews following an interview guide. The researcher interviewed the informants who were all from West Aceh and living in Banda Aceh for educational purposes. Based on the results from the interviews, the researcher found that the West Acehnese shifted their dialect into other dialects when they spoke with other Acehnese outside of West Aceh. The dialect was shifted by them for various reasons, such as lacking confidence to use their own dialect, to avoid embarrassment or being ridiculed by other speakers, to make them easier to be understood, to get acceptance and respect from the community where they were and due to being influenced, unconsciously, by other, more dominant dialects.

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