e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society)
e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) is an electronic open-access journal that aims to publish the latest research results in the area of English education from academicians, professionals, and other practitioners at all levels of English education. The journal coverage includes the following: current trends of ELT methodology, curriculum, and material development, language assessment and evaluation, linguistics in education, teacher professional development, and literature in education
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<![CDATA[USING FLASHCARDS TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ]]>
<![CDATA[Widya Astuti]]>;
<![CDATA[Mawardin M. Said]]>;
<![CDATA[Erniwati Erniwati]]>
<![CDATA[ e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 10 No. 2 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.22487/elts.v10i2.2483
<![CDATA[The objective of this research is to find out if using flashcards can increase students’ vocabulary of grade VIII students at SMPN 4 Tanantovea Donggala. The researcher used quasi-experimental design with two classes, experimental class consisted of 24 students and control class consisted of 20 students, experimental class and control class. The selected through total sampling technique. In collecting data, the researcher administered pretest and posttest to both the experimental class and control class. The data were analyzed statistically in order to find out the significant difference of students’ achievement before and after treatments.Using 0.05 level of significance and 42 degree of freedom (df), the researcher found that the value of t-table was 2.019, which was lower than the of t-counted (4.65. It means that the hypothesis is accepted. In other words, using flashcards can increase students’ vocabulary.]]>
<![CDATA[CORRELATION BETWEEN VOCABULARY MASTERY AND READING COMPREHENSION ]]>
<![CDATA[Enjel Enjel]]>;
<![CDATA[Darmawan Darmawan]]>;
<![CDATA[Mashuri Mashuri]]>
<![CDATA[ e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 10 No. 2 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.22487/elts.v10i2.2484
<![CDATA[The purpose of this research is to find out if there is any significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension of the eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri 32 Sigi. A correlational research design was used in this research and applied quantitative approach. The researchers used a simple random sampling technique to choose the sample. 36 students were chosen as the sample in this research. The researchers collected data using tests as the primary instrument, which included a vocabulary and reading test. The average score of the vocabulary test was 85 and the reading comprehension test was 80. It revealed that two variables have positive relationship. The Pearson Product Moment result of both tests' data analysis was 0.539. The category was moderate. The value of rtable was 0.329 when the degree of freedom (df) was 36 and the level of significance was 0.05. According to the data, rxy is higher than rtable. It can be concluded that alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. This indicates that there is a positive and significant correlation between the vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension of the eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri 32 Sigi.]]>
<![CDATA[THE EFFECT OF PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING TO THE SPEAKING ABILITY OF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS ]]>
<![CDATA[Nurhazizah Nurhazizah]]>;
<![CDATA[Mukrim Mukrim]]>;
<![CDATA[Muhammad Arid]]>;
<![CDATA[Nadrun Nadrun]]>
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DOI: 10.22487/elts.v10i2.2492
<![CDATA[The objective of this research is to find the effect of problem-based learning to the speaking ability of the tenth grade students at SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Palu. This research employed experimental research of quasi-experimental design. The samples were the students of X Farmasi as the experimental group and the students of X TKJ A as the control group. They were selected using convenience sampling technique. The data were collected through pretest and posttest analyzed by using t-test formula to compare the mean score of the experimental and control groups. The result of the data analysis shows that t-table (1.968) higher than t-value (0.96), so the hypothesis is rejected. It means problem-based learning has no effect significantly to the students speaking ability. That caused by several factors such as situation, teaching implementation, and students participation.]]>
<![CDATA[PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF ZOOM IN SPEAKING CLASS OF THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS AT TADULAKO UNIVERSITY ]]>
<![CDATA[Muhammad Triansyah]]>;
<![CDATA[Konder Manurung]]>;
<![CDATA[Wahyudin Wahyudin]]>
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DOI: 10.22487/elts.v10i2.2493
<![CDATA[This study aims to know students' perceptions on the use of zoom in speaking class as an alternative solution. Whether the use of zoom as a media of online learning in speaking class is perceived positive or negative during pandemic eras of covid-19. The subjects of this research were 47 students of class 2019, the academic year 2021–2022, at Tadulako University of English Education Study Program. The research was mix method research with embedded design. The instruments used to collect data are questionnaires and interviews. The results of data analysis show that the use of zoom in speaking class perceived negatively by the student, there are many aspects influenced such as: the use of zoom application in speaking class could not fulfill the evaluation aspects of speaking skills itself, instability of internet connection interfere in the midst of knowledge transfer, financial problem in purchasing internet package, and students lack of initiative in upgrading their speaking achievement. However, there are also some positive perception that is found in this study regarding the use of zoom as a media of learning. The students agreed that the use of zoom application is helpful and could help the student learn autonomously which change their learning habit and support students to be actively engaged during speaking class. This implies that the use of the zoom application is not appropriate to be use in speaking classes. In addition, students agree that the zoom application cannot help them improve their speaking skills.]]>
<![CDATA[AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ERRORS IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT ]]>
<![CDATA[Anugrah Mustika Maizu]]>;
<![CDATA[Jamiluddin Jamiluddin]]>;
<![CDATA[Agussatriana Agussatriana]]>
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DOI: 10.22487/elts.v10i2.2494
<![CDATA[This research aims to find out the grammatical errors and the dominant error written by the tenth-grade students of SMA Karuna Dipa Palu in the academic year 2021/2022 in writing recount text. The researchers used the descriptive qualitative design. The subject of this research was all the tenth-grade students of SMA Karuna Dipa Palu which consisted of 32 students. In collecting the data, the researchers used test as the instrument. The researchers analyzed the data by using error analysis. The result of the research showed that the students made 412 errors in their recount texts which are classified into: simple past tense (34.7%), preposition (6.1%), pronoun (3.9%), spelling (10.7%), and punctuation (44.7%). The dominant error is punctuation. The dominant errors occurred because the students pay less attention to the use of good and correct punctuation. They are apathetic to the use of punctuation.]]>
<![CDATA[THE USE OF EVERYONE IS A TEACHER HERE METHOD TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL ]]>
<![CDATA[Eka Permatasari]]>;
<![CDATA[Abdul Kamaruddin]]>;
<![CDATA[Mashuri Mashuri]]>
<![CDATA[ e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 10 No. 2 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.22487/elts.v10i2.2495
<![CDATA[The objective of this research is to investigate whether or not the students’ speaking ability can improve through the Everyone is A Teacher Here Method in teaching speaking skill of tenth grade students at SMA Negeri 5 Palu. This research applies quasi experimental design, that used two classes, they are experimental class and control class. The research population was the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 5 Palu which is consisted of 325 students. The samples were selected by purposive sampling technique and it was 17 students of X Mipa 6a and 16 students of X Mipa 6b. The instruments that was used to collect the data was tests. The tests include pre-test and post-test, with the pre-test mean score 35.29 for experimental class and 35.63 for control class. While post-test mean score is 45.29 for experimental class and 37.50 for control class. The result of the data is analyzed statistically by applying the t-test formula. The result of the data analysis show that the value of t-counted is 2.45. Applying the degree of freedom 31 (Nx + Ny – 2 = 17 + 16 – 2) and 0.05 level of significance the value of t-table is 1.567. The calculation show that the t-test value is higher than the t-table value. It means that the hypothesis of this research is accepted. It affirms that Everyone is A teacher Here Method can improve students’ speaking skill of the tenth grade students at SMA Negeri 5 Palu.]]>
<![CDATA[AN ANALYSIS OF THE TEACHER’S COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES IN TEACHING ENGLISH ]]>
<![CDATA[Nur Azizah]]>;
<![CDATA[Nadrun Nadrun]]>
<![CDATA[ e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 10 No. 2 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.22487/elts.v10i2.2496
<![CDATA[This research aims to find out the types of teacher’s communication strategies and the dominant strategy used by English teachers in teaching English at SMA Lab school Untad Palu. This research design was qualitative study, more especially descriptive qualitative approach. The subject of this research was the English teachers of SMA Lab school Untad Palu. In collecting the data, the researcher used observation and interview. The data were analyzed by using Tarone's Taxonomy. This study showed that the communication strategies used by the teacher were: 46% language switching, 27% literal translation, 14% circumlocution, 8% appealing for assistance and 6% approximation. Based on the result, the most frequent communication strategies is language switching which is found 17 times. This is due to the fact that students still have limited English knowledge, and the teacher adapts the situation by following them using a lot of L1 in order to make it easier for them to learn English. Thus, this finding may imply that English teacher is expected to use and select the effective strategies to overcome the communication problem in the classroom.]]>
<![CDATA[STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF NARRATIVE TEXT WRITING DIFFICULTY ]]>
<![CDATA[Anggri Nurmawarni]]>;
<![CDATA[Abdul Kamaruddin]]>;
<![CDATA[Budi Budi]]>
<![CDATA[ e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 10 No. 2 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.22487/elts.v10i2.2497
<![CDATA[The purpose of this study was to determine the difficulties and causes of difficulties for class VIII students in writing narrative texts. This study uses a qualitative research design. The subjects of this study were students of class VIII B, totaling 20 students. In this study, data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires and interviews. Based on the results of the analysis of questionnaires and interviews, it is known that students have difficulty in writing narrative texts. The difficulty lies in the tenses of the narrative text, the difficulty in placing punctuation and capital letters, and the difficulty in understanding the generic structure of the written narrative. The causes of difficulties in writing narrative texts are lack of vocabulary, lack of writing practice, and the last cause is the obstacles experienced by students when learning online. The solution that the researchers gave to the students was that students were expected to learn more about narrative text material and increase English vocabulary so that students could more easily understand and writing narrative texts.]]>
<![CDATA[TEACHERS’ STRATEGIES IN TEACHING ENGLISH DURING PANDEMIC COVID-19 ]]>
<![CDATA[Jumrah AM Parusi]]>;
<![CDATA[Mawardin M. Said]]>;
<![CDATA[Mashuri Mashuri]]>
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DOI: 10.22487/elts.v10i2.2498
<![CDATA[At the end of 2019, the world was shocked by the Covid-19 virus in Wuhan, China. This situation requires teaching and learning activities to be carried out at home. This research aims to find out the teachers’ strategies in teaching English during Pandemic Covid-19 at SMP Islam Terpadu Qurrata 'Ayun Palu. This research used qualitative descriptive method. Data collection was carried out with questionnaire and recorded interview procedure. The subjects of the research were two English teachers. Based on the results of the research, the researcher can draw the conclusion that the strategies used by teachers are first is communicative language teaching and many types of applications, second is class management. The strategies used by teachers were quite effective and increased students' interest in learning, so that students are motivated to learn English during the pandemic.]]>
<![CDATA[STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF USING G-SUITE IN LEARNING SPEAKING AT SMA NEGERI 3 PALU ]]>
<![CDATA[Sri Masriyani]]>;
<![CDATA[Nadrun Nadrun]]>;
<![CDATA[Afrillia Anggreni]]>
<![CDATA[ e-Journal of ELTS (English Language Teaching Society) Vol. 10 No. 2 (2022) ]]>
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DOI: 10.22487/elts.v10i2.2499
<![CDATA[The objective of this research is to find out the students’ perception on the use of G-Suite application in learning speaking during the Covid-19 Pandemic era. Qualitative descriptive research was used by involving 36 students of the tenth-grade IPA 8 who have experienced in learning speaking by using the G-Suite application at SMA Negeri 3 Palu. Questionnaire and interview were employed to collect the data. The questionnaires in this research consist of 2 indicators, namely the effectiveness of G-Suite and the effect to speaking component. The interview was conduct to get more information from the students as a supporting result of the questionnaire. Based on the analysis of data, the conclusion can be drawn that students’ perception of using G-Suite in learning speaking during the Covid-19 Pandemic effective and have a positive perception. It can be seen from the percentage of the data based on the questionnaire related to the effectiveness of G-Suite and the effect to speaking component. Perception related to the effectiveness of G-Suite showed the highest frequency with a percentage 94.4%, and perception related the effect to speaking component showed the highest frequency with a percentage 88.9%. From the finding, using G-Suite in learning speaking quite help for students and teacher during the Covid-19 Pandemic.]]>
