DIDASCEIN （Journal of English Education）
Didascein: Journal of English Education, periodically issued twice a year, is a scientific journal managed by the English Education Department of the Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Tridinanti University. This journal focuses on facilitating researchers, academicians, and teachers of English to publish their scientific works or papers under the following scopes: English education, language assessment and evaluation, and English linguistics.
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<![CDATA[INCREASING STUDENTS' SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH FISHBOWL ]]>
<![CDATA[Sara Wati]]>;
<![CDATA[Farnia Sari]]>
<![CDATA[ Didascein : Journal of English Education Vol 4 No 1 (2023): March Issue ]]>
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DOI: 10.52333/djoee.v4i1.61
<![CDATA[TThis study was intended to find out whether or not there was a significant influence on speaking achievement of the eighth-grade students of SMP Utama Bakti Palembang who were taught by using the fishbowl technique and those who were not, and there was the significant difference in speaking achievement between the eighth-grade students of SMP Utama Bakti Palembang who were taught by using fishbowl technique and those who were not. The quasi-experimental method was used to conduct the study. The population of this study was the eighth-grade students of SMP Utama Bakti Palembang in the academic year of 2020/2021. In this study, the sample was taken using the purposive sampling technique. In this study, the sample was taken from the population, and they would be divided into two classes. VIII A was an experimental group with a total of 23 students and VIII B was a control group with a total of 23 students. The results showed that the value significance of 0.001 was higher than the value significance of 0.05. While the value of t-obtained (3.592) was higher than t- table (2.079) with a degree of freedom was 44. In other words, there was a significant difference in speaking achievement between the eighth-grade students of SMP Utama Bakti Palembang who were taught by using the fishbowl technique and those who were not.]]>
<![CDATA[THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT ]]>
<![CDATA[Fitri Novia]]>;
<![CDATA[Rachmanita]]>;
<![CDATA[Rika Ramayanti]]>
<![CDATA[ Didascein : Journal of English Education Vol 4 No 1 (2023): March Issue ]]>
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DOI: 10.52333/djoee.v4i1.62
<![CDATA[Students should be relaxed and confident while using English as they are expected to be bolder than ever while sharing their thoughts or ideas and speaking in front of big audiences. In order to boost their confidence and make language learning easier, learners must understand how their self-confidence affects their ability to learn a language. The goal of the study was to determine whether or not there was a link between students’ speaking proficiency and their confidence in the tenth grade at UPT SMA Negeri 06 Ogan Ilir. The study participant was all the tenth-grade students of UPT SMA Negeri 06 Ogan Ilir. The sample of the study consisted of 124 pupils chosen by using total sampling. This study was conducted using a correlation research approach. The questionnaire and oral test were both utilized to gather the data. The Pearson Product Moment correlation analysis was employed for analyzing the data. Based on the findings, it was discovered that the correlation coefficient of r-obtained (0.274), at p-value: 0.0020.05, and it was greater than r-table (0.176). It implied that speaking proficiency and student self-confidence were related. It was evident that students' self-confidence played a significant role in earning a high speaking achievement score.]]>
<![CDATA[STUDENTS’ WRITING ACHIEVEMENTS IN USING PAST TENSE ON NURSING STUDENTS OF STIK BINA HUSADA ]]>
<![CDATA[Arief Pamuji]]>
<![CDATA[ Didascein : Journal of English Education Vol 4 No 1 (2023): March Issue ]]>
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DOI: 10.52333/djoee.v4i1.68
<![CDATA[Writing activity is an activity that is often carried out by many people, such as students. They often write both formally and informally. The objective of this research was to find out The students’ writing achievements in using past tense on nursing students of STIK Bina Husada. The sample of this research was taken by using totaling sampling technique with 30 nursing students of the fifth semester. The data was obtained based on observation of students’ writing in using past tense in every meeting from the October 3rd to 4th November 2022. Then from the data analysis, it was obtained that there was a good progress on students’ writing where t response by writing English related to the material since the first day to the fifth day. For the first day the average score of students’ writing was 50 in their writing result and in the the fifth day the average score for students’ writing was 70. Since this research focused on students’ tenses in writing, it showed that the students had good progress from fair category 3.80 (76%) to good category 4.97 (99.33%). It could be concluded that it the students were able to use past tense in their writing.]]>
<![CDATA[A BETTER LOOK AT THE STUDENTS’ READING INTEREST AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION ]]>
<![CDATA[Devistha Arry Purnama]]>;
<![CDATA[Dewi Warna]]>;
<![CDATA[Eka Sartika]]>
<![CDATA[ Didascein : Journal of English Education Vol 4 No 1 (2023): March Issue ]]>
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DOI: 10.52333/djoee.v4i1.69
<![CDATA[The purpose of this study was to find out whether or not there is a correlation and the impact between students’ reading interest and students’ reading comprehension at SMA Negeri 9 Palembang. This research applied quantitative study with correlational design method to answer the objective of the research. Researchers used convenience sampling to determine the sample. The members of the sample in this research were 207 students. The data of this research were collected by using two instruments. The data were collected by using a questionnaire for students’ reading interest and a test for reading comprehension. The researchers used SPSS to analyze the data. The researchers used Pearson Product Moment correlation and regression analysis to find out the answers of the research questions. Based on the results of Pearson Product Moment found that r is 0.419. It indicates the moderate correlation between variable X and variable Y and students’ reading interest influences reading comprehension. It is found that the value of R square was 0.175. It can be concluded that the students’ reading interest contributed 17.5% to their students’ reading comprehension achievement. It can be said that the better the students’ interest in reading, the better the score will be.]]>
<![CDATA[THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SPEAKING ANXIETY AND SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS ]]>
<![CDATA[Aji Tamara Putra]]>;
<![CDATA[Amalia Hasanah]]>;
<![CDATA[Deta Desvitasari]]>
<![CDATA[ Didascein : Journal of English Education Vol 4 No 1 (2023): March Issue ]]>
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DOI: 10.52333/djoee.v4i1.71
<![CDATA[Speaking becomes a crucial ability that must be mastered in communication. This is quantitative research with a correlational design which aimed to find out whether or not there was a significant correlation between students’ speaking anxiety and their speaking achievement and the contribution of speaking anxiety to their speaking achievement. The population of this research was all of the eighth-grade students of SMPN 1 Tanjung Raja with a total number of 128 students. However, there were only 32 students involved as the sample in this research taken by using stratified random sampling. By using oral Proficiency categories, students‘ speaking achievement was scored in terms of the six sub-skills of grammar, vocabulary, fluency, pronunciation, comprehension, and task. Furthermore, Public Speaking Classroom Anxiety Scale (PSCAS) questionnaire developed used to measure speaking anxiety containing 17 items. Pearson Product-Moment was used to find out the correlation between variables. The result showed that there was no significant correlation between students speaking anxiety and their speaking achievement with r= (.177) lower than r-table (.349) and the level of probability (p) significance (.332) was more than (.05). It indicated that H0 was accepted and Ha was rejected. This study could have implications for English language teachers, students, and future researchers.]]>
<![CDATA[THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ HABIT IN WATCHING ENGLISH MOVIE AND VOCABULARY MASTERY ]]>
<![CDATA[Rizky Azhar Azhar]]>;
<![CDATA[Gaya Tridinanti]]>
<![CDATA[ Didascein : Journal of English Education Vol 4 No 1 (2023): March Issue ]]>
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DOI: 10.52333/djoee.v4i1.77
<![CDATA[Watching English movie is to enrich students’ knowledge especially vocabulary. The objectives were to find out whether or not there was a significant correlation between habit in watching English movie and vocabulary mastery of the tenth grade students. It was also found out how much habit in watching English movie contributes toward vocabulary mastery of the tenth grade students at MAN 2 Palembang. This study involved 77 students as the sample chosen by using purposive sampling. The data were collected by using habit in watching English movie questionnaire and vocabulary mastery test. It was found that there was a significant correlation between habit in watching English movie and vocabulary mastery of the tenth grade students at MAN 2 Palembang since the p-value (0.024) was lower than 0.05. It can be stated that the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. Then, the r value was 0.836 that showed high correlation between students’ habit in watching English movie and vocabulary mastery. It is assumed that watching English movie gave contribution to vocabulary mastery as much as 41.9 %. In conclusion, there is a positive correlation between students’ habit in watching English movie and vocabulary mastery.]]>
<![CDATA[USING PARS STRATEGY TO IMPROVE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ]]>
<![CDATA[Bella Anggraini]]>
<![CDATA[ Didascein : Journal of English Education Vol 4 No 1 (2023): March Issue ]]>
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DOI: 10.52333/djoee.v4i1.78
<![CDATA[Reading holds an important role in our lives. Reading allows us to expand our insight and knowledge. This research highlights the implementation of PARS strategy to improve secondary students’ reading comprehension. The objectives of the research were to find out whether or not there was any significant improvement on students’ reading comprehension of recount text by using PARS strategy and to find out whether or not there was any significant difference in students’ reading comprehension of recount text between those who were taught by using PARS strategy and those who were not. The population of this research was the tenth grade students of SMA 11 Palembang. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling and consisted of 85 students. The method of this research was a quantitative research with quasi experimental research design. The process of collecting the data was done by administering reading comprehension test with multiple choice form. The obtained data were analyzed by running Paired Sample T-test and Independent Sample T-test via SPSS. The result of Paired Sample T-Test revealed that PARS strategy could significantly improve students’ reading comprehension of recount text. Meanwhile, the result of independent sample t-test signified that there was no significant difference in students’ reading comprehension between those who were taught by using PARS strategy and those who were not.]]>
<![CDATA[THE USE OF SHORT ANIMATED MOVIE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SKILL IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ]]>
<![CDATA[Rusli Irawan]]>
<![CDATA[ Didascein : Journal of English Education Vol 4 No 1 (2023): March Issue ]]>
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DOI: 10.52333/djoee.v4i1.84
<![CDATA[The appropriate and effective media that will be able to attract the students’ interest is the short animated movie that could help students improve writing skill. Thus, the objective of this study was about to find out whether it is effective to use short animated movie to improve students’ skill in writing descriptive text to the seventh-grade students of Sumsel Jaya Junior High School Palembang or not. The experimental method was used in this study whereas the design of this method was using pre-experimental design. The type of the experimental design used was one group pretest-posttest design. The population of this study was 62 students and 30 students as the sample, which chosen through convenience non-probability sampling. The format of the test was essay and the test was using two raters to check the test result. The data obtained was analyzed by using matched t-test. It was supported by the result of the data analysis where the t-obtained that the result of matched t-test calculation was 9.427. It was higher than critical value 1.699. It could be concluded that the use of short animated movie to improve students’ skill in writing descriptive text to the seventh grade students of Sumsel Jaya Junior High School was effective.]]>
<![CDATA[Enhancing Tenth Graders' Reading Comprehension of Narrative Texts Using SQP2RS ]]>
<![CDATA[Anita]]>;
<![CDATA[Heru Setiawan]]>
<![CDATA[ Didascein : Journal of English Education Vol 4 No 2 (2023): September Issue ]]>
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DOI: 10.52333/djoee.v4i2.164
<![CDATA[Reading is an essential skill that contributes significantly to the success of language learning; therefore, it should be prioritized. Reading skill needs comprehension to understand the context and get new information from the texts. To comprehend the texts, the readers need a strategy. This study aimed to find out whether or not there was any significant difference in students’ reading comprehension of narrative text between those who were taught by using SQP2RS and those who were not. This study used quasi quasi-experimental method to conduct the research. There were 72 students taken as samples using purposive sampling. In collecting the data, the result of the test was used as a pretest and posttest. To verify the hypothesis, the result of the Paired Sample T-Test found that the t-obtained was higher than 0.05. It indicated there was no significant improvement in students’ reading comprehension. Furthermore, the result of the independent sample t-test found that the t-obtained was lower than the t-table and the significance value of the Paired Sample T-Test was higher than 0.05. It indicated that there was no significant improvement in the tenth graders’ reading comprehension achievement. Meanwhile, the result of the Independent Sample T-Test showed that there was no significant difference in students’ reading comprehension between the experimental and control groups. Thus, it can be concluded that the SQP2RS strategy could not be an effective strategy to improve students’ reading comprehension of narrative text.]]>
<![CDATA[Grammatical Errors Made by the Students During Seminar Proposal Examination ]]>
<![CDATA[Robi Soma]]>
<![CDATA[ Didascein : Journal of English Education Vol 4 No 2 (2023): September Issue ]]>
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DOI: 10.52333/djoee.v4i2.183
<![CDATA[Those proficient in spoken English grammar can adequately grasp the English language. This ability differs significantly from written English grammar since it occurs naturally and spontaneously during conversations without any preparation. This study examined spoken grammatical errors committed by English major students during the seminar proposal examination at one public university in Jambi. To carry out this study, the researcher utilized case study research. This research effort enlisted the participation of five students from the eighth and tenth semesters of an English education study program, one male and four females. The researcher classified the grammatical errors based on Richard’s theory (1990) as (1) Errors in the production of verb groups, (2) errors in the distribution of verb groups, (3) miscellaneous errors, (4) errors in the use of prepositions, (5) errors in the use of articles, and (6) errors in the use of the question. The spoken grammatical errors were assessed using the six categories above after listening, audiotaping, and transcribing their seminar proposal assessment. The findings and discussion sections will go through each feature type in further detail. The researcher expected to get some distinct information in relation to students’ spoken grammatical errors and make some improvements through teaching and learning developments.]]>
